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GA/FA Push?[edit]

Hi. I'm probably thinking about getting this article to GA or FA status with the intention of featuring it as a TFA on February 18, 2016 (the 15th anniversary of Earnhardt's death) and April 29, 2016 (what would have been his 70th birthday). Here are a few things we need to look at.

The lead section should be a summary of his whole life, and legacy.
The NASCAR career section may need to be trimmed and shoehorned into the biography section. His early life and personal life can be separated into it as well.
We also need to summarize the death section and aftermath as well too, but leave in important information as well (the rest of it is covered in the main article, Death of Dale Earnhardt, which I also plan to take it to GA sometime soon).

Any thoughts or ideas on how to improve the article would be appreciated. Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 23:00, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Sjones23: We'd probably have to start making a push now if we wanted a TFA February 18. At first glance, it seems like there's some trivial fancruft that could be removed, and maybe some of the headers under the NASCAR career section could be merged. I took up Sam Hornish, Jr. for a GA push in August, and after getting looked at by the GoCE, it's waiting for a review at GAN. It's also probably in the best shape of any NASCAR biography, so perhaps it could be used as a point of reference (of course, Hornish doesn't have the same notability level as Earnhardt, but regardless...). --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 17:50, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Also, @Jahn1234567890: Would you mind double-checking the results tables and making sure they are all sourced and accurate? Thanks, --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 17:52, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yep no problem. I'll ping you once I double-checked all results. Jahn1234567890 (talk) 10:50, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

His 70th Birthday would be in 2021, which is five years from now. Paul T. "Ptb1997" Backes (talk) 15:33, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Contradiction on ownership of "No. 3" ?[edit]

Section "Aftermath":

"Childress, who holds the rights from NASCAR to the No.3"

Section "No. 3 car":

"A common misconception is that Richard Childress Racing "owns the rights" to the No. 3 in NASCAR competition (fueled by the fact that Kevin Harvick's car has a little No. 3 as an homage to Earnhardt and the usage of the No. 3 on the Camping World Series truck of Ty Dillon), but in fact no team owns the rights to this or any other number."

I don't know which if either is right, but one of you who does might find one or both of those to be in error and needing an edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.27.72.99 (talk) 05:01, 20 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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