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Auto racing history and my problem with wikipedia

Wikipedia and I have a very tense relationship. Let me explain. As a racing history researcher, I find wikipedia to be wanting. For those that do not know the English expression, it means lacking, insufficient. I began writing about racing history back in 2003, when even blogs were not yet the rage. I used to include texts on a site I had, called brazilyellowpages.com, which no longer exists as a standalone site (long story). There was no such a thing as wikipedia. And google was still a young company, looking for "partners" in the way of content builders. So, when I began building my blogs in earnest, I had the ambition of building the largest depository of race results in the internet, or at least winners. I soon found several sites that had very good information, but I found copying all laboriously compiled information a bit sneaky simply. So I understood that I could present winners and let others do what they do well. Unfortunately, Wikipedia has other thoughts...