User:RM395/Course/Manypedia/NASCAR

I chose to compare NASCAR on the English and Italian wikipedia pages. I was surprised to find that there is actually a good amount of information on the sport on the Italian page. The history of NASCAR, although described in slightly more depth on the English page, was lengthy and accurate on the Italian page. On the English page, there is a heading for sanctioned series, under which all of the competitive events in NASCAR are listed. I found that on the Italian page, almost all of the same events were listed and described, with the exception of a few. I was surprised to see that the Italian page had a heading for rules and regulations while the English page did not. I would have thought that since the sport is dominated by the US that there would be a segment on rules. Then again, maybe they are so straightforward and well known in the US that they were deemed unnecessary. I was also surprised to see that the Italian page had a heading for drivers and teams, while the English page did not. This seems like crucial information that could have been included on the English page. There is a NASCAR in culture heading on the English page, which I thought made sense since it has evolved to be a big part of American culture. This heading was not available on the Italian page, but rather a heading for NASCAR in films, which I also found appropriate. There was a heading for criticisms of NASCAR on the Italian page, which I also found appropriate since Italians are unbiased on the subject while the English page would want to stray away from portraying negative connotations of a sport so widely accepted.

I chose to compare these two article because I figured Italy has a large racing culture. I figured they would have adequate information on the subject for this reason and was actually surprised at how in depth they covered it. In some cases it was even in more depth than the English version, which surprised me. --Ryenocerous (talk) 15:20, 25 March 2013 (UTC)