Talk:Michael Masi

Deadlink

@SSSB: - there a link to the Australioan that's been tagged as dead but I think is really just behind a pay wall - what's the right way of tagging that?Pipsally (talk) 10:16, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

@Pipsally: just done it. (Special:Diff/1027336956) Is it possible for you to update the title for those sources manually (becuase it obviously isn't "Subscribe to The Australian | Newspaper home delivery, website, iPad, iPhone & Android apps"). Thanks,
SSSB (talk) 10:22, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

oh, right , yes.Pipsally (talk) 10:27, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 December 2021

Source is wrongly named in the article: Change "The Atlantic" to "The Athletic". Delikatus (talk) 14:10, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

 Done. Heartmusic678 (talk) 16:48, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 December 2021 (2)

CHANGE Masi came under much scrutiny during the 2021 Formula One season, when fans, ex-drivers, and team principles all sounded their concerns regarding his handling of penalties, and the inconsistent decisions he made in key situations.[1][2]

TO Masi came under much scrutiny during the 2021 Formula One season, when fans, ex-drivers, and team principals all sounded their concerns regarding his handling of penalties, and the inconsistent decisions he made in key situations.[1][2] PM Dron (talk) 14:25, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

 Not done. Content was removed from the page by another editor. Heartmusic678 (talk) 16:51, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Undue focus

About 75% of this article is about yesterday's race, which seems WP:UNDUE for a biographical article. The level of detail on one race is too much for this article, it's already covered in the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix article. For comparison, Charlie Whiting has just 3 sentences of text about the 2005 United States Grand Prix, which was his biggest controversy. That is a much more appropriate amount of text in a biographical article, as readers should read the race article if they want all the details on the issues/controversy/protests. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:21, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Agreed -- think it's gone on too long since 50% of the article is the grand prix. Probably better to move this to the race article and summarize here. quin (talk) 17:25, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Removing WP:UNDUE after most content has been moved to 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.quin (talk) 17:43, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Quite. Many other decisions have had attention, but we're omitting all of it and dedicating the sum of the article to this short-term issue. It should be reduced even further. Solipsism 101 (talk) 19:18, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Agreed. A couple of sentences would be appropriate: "Masi was critised for his actions during the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, when he made decisions that appeaered to contradict the sporting regulations. The result was protested, but the result was upheld on the grounds that [quote from the document]." or something like that. This can then be built into the "2021" section. SSSB (talk) 09:31, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Works for me, though I would be more diplomatic and say it was alleged that they contradicted rather than appeared to contradict. The stewards did not find his actions inconsistent. Solipsism 101 (talk) 10:11, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Agreed. The technical aspects of the incident do not need to be discussed at length. I think mentioning Masi's decision, Mercedes' protest and dismissal, and the litany of race reactions from other drivers and fans would be concise (as it stands right now #IStandWithLewis is the top trend on Twitter). The fact that the article structure even includes this section is enough to show that many thought his actions were controversial. quin (talk) 19:09, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

I was wondering if instead of describing the incident in this section too much, maybe just mentioning what Masi said as a defense citing the two articles of the FIA regulations would be a better focus, as that is specifically about him and not the whole controversy as a whole. I believe he cited 48.13 and 15.3 of the FIA regulations. Amicuswiki07 (talk) 06:10, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

Neutrality concerns

I have just tagged the entire article as failing neutrality. Over 73% (section sizes break-down at time of writting this are below) of this article currently covers incidents over which Masi was critised/had to defend himself.

This is disportotionally large, to the effect that this can not possibly be considered a neutral biography of this life and career. I suggest we cut down completely and simply have a list of contraversial races, let those articles explain in detail the incident. Something like:

==Contraversial moments===

• 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Masi had to defend decisions surrond the deployment and withdrawal of the red flag.
• 2021 Belgian Grand Prix - Masi was critised for the decision to run laps under the safety car, before abandening the race.
• 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Masi was critised for changing the running order during a red flag period, after Max Verstappen made an, alleged, illegal overtake on Lewis Hamilton.(Alleged because the stewards never made a rulling)
• 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Masi was critised over the resumuption of the race following a safety car period. Mercedes protested the result, the protest was not upheld.

We simply let the article on the relevant races break it down and discuss it further. Otherwise we risk a slippery slope where this article is constantly under threat from non-neutral additions. SSSB (talk) 16:15, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

• Yes. Trim it more. Drmies (talk) 18:19, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Perhaps it can be put into one sentence, as a list takes up a lot of space and seems to give too much weight (at least visually) to the controversies. Something like:

Several of Masi's decisions as race director during the 2021 World Drivers Championship season was subject to scrutiny from drivers, teams, and press. Masi was criticized for unusual race restart procedures in Azerbaijan; abandoning the Belgian Grand Prix after three laps to ensure points were still awarded; negotiating with teams during races to change positions in Saudi Arabia; and ad hoc changes to safety car procedure to contrive excitement in Abu Dhabi.

This would immediately trim 90% of it while still being informative, and we don't need to create a new section for controversies. quin 23:19, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

That's also fine. Though we may need to re-visit the list idea if there are more contraversies down the line. SSSB (talk) 11:19, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

Agree should be much less focus on controversies, and they shouldn't be in their own section, as per WP:Controversy sections. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:21, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

I have reduced all this to one paragragh at the end of the career section as discussed in this section (ie. not a dedicated section, see Special:Diff/1066010915) Pinging editors involved in the discussions (across multiple threads) so that they can review (if they'd like) @Joseph2302, Qsung, Solipsism 101, Amicuswiki07, Drmies, and F1V8V10V6: SSSB (talk) 11:35, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Looks much better to me. Though I expect it won't be long until people readd all the massive detail again. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:22, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

SSSB, "unprecedented changes to safety car procedure to allegedly contrive excitement" is far from neutral. "Unprecedented" may be correct, but since nothing really like this happened before, it's not surprising that the decision was unprecedented. "Contrive" is of course a highly negative term, and "excitement"--well, if one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter, then one editor's "contrived excitement" is another editor's "honest race". Drmies (talk) 16:24, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

I see now that "unprecedented" was User:F1V8V10V6's, and I reverted back to your "ad hoc". Drmies (talk) 16:27, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

@Drmies: in my defense, the "contrived excitement" is "alleged". That being said, I agree with you, and have adjusted accordingly: Special:Diff/1066074599. SSSB (talk) 17:56, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Well done! Drmies (talk) 01:27, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

2021 Azerbijan Grand Prix

I don't see the justification of listing this as a contraversial moment. Yes, Masi was asked to clarify his reasoning behind some of his decisions, but as far as I can make out (by reading the post-race section of 2021 Azerbijan Grand Prix) once he'd explained his reasoning, nobody seemed to have any problems with the way the race was managed, there was nothing contraversial with the decisions. SSSB (talk) 11:27, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

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Balance of viewpoints, and multiple issues

Most of the article is focused on the negative and the controversial actions by Michael Masi. Positive/good parts haven't been added and given due weight with similar contextual emphasis. For example, some of Masi's decisions as race director, for which he was praised, has to be added.

As it stands, this page isn't even a biography of a living person. It's as if the page was made just to show all the controversies Michael Masi has been involved with, it almost makes him look like a bad person. I don't know. The positive doesn't have to outweigh the negative, but it has to be balanced.

I suggest moving the page to something like: "Michael Masi's controversial decisions as Formula One race director." Or something shorter. As it stands, this article goes against WP:BLP.

The problem is, despite the multiple POV templates at the top of this page, and the multiple disputes surrounding the neutrality of this page, NO effort was made to improve the article in accordance with the Wikipedia rules.

 F1V8V10V6!  01:04, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Rectified, see #Neutrality concerns for details of what I have done. SSSB (talk) 11:30, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Contested deletion

This page should not be speedily deleted because it provides a balanced perspective on the major issues surrounding Masi's tenure as FIA Race Director, which is the part of his career that qualifies him for a biographical article. However, substantial editing is required to add sufficient biographical information to conform to Wikipedia's standards for a biographical article. Alternatively, the article could be retitled as being about the controversies or about the 2021 F1 season, rather than included in Masi's biograophy108.7.209.41 (talk) 03:00, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

With a race director like a referee in most sports, they usually only get press if they have done something the press finds objectionable. Therefore, there will be a bias in negative coverage. WP:DELETE goes over the deletion policy and you can find links to the procedure there. Alternatively, you can suggest edits you find appropriate, e.g. people defending Masi for certain decisions (which I could not find, but they still might exist). If well-sourced, I am sure no one would have an issue with adding them on your behalf. Solipsism 101 (talk) 12:21, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Too many misinformation. DOTCOMsun (talk) 13:47, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Spelling mistake.

Can someone fix the spelling mistake at the end of Career section? “resumuption” should be “resumption” 50.43.104.37 (talk) 15:09, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

 Done SSSB (talk) 17:35, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

Issue in first paragraph

Micheal Masi was not fired from RD. He was removed and has been given another role in the FIA. 2001:8F8:1C2B:1200:51A1:9F15:D9B6:DB4D (talk) 14:50, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Rectified SSSB (talk) 20:31, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Wrong date on removal as race director

"On 17 February 2021, Masi has been removed from his role as Race Director."

This date needs to be 17 Feb 2022. 178.51.32.110 (talk) 22:32, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

 Done SSSB (talk) 22:35, 17 February 2022 (UTC)