Talk:Flavio Briatore

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The article for John Barnard said he "left" Benetton , but the article for Flavio said that he was "fired." Two different stories. - Funkeh 20/3/06

How do I determine what images should enjoy a promotional tag?

It seems to me that images on a team's official website are promotional in so far as they seem intended to fulfill one purpose: spreading the word. To wit, a promotional image tag reads as follows: 'This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising material or a promotional photo in a press kit.' (I know team websites aren't part of a literal 'press kit,' but it's also 2006, & the teams communicate with the press & public in many ways, some via electronic means.) I haven't been corrected on this point yet.

So why shouldn't an image from Flavio Briatore's offical website enjoy promotional status? What are the pictures there for? I'd be interested to hear what criteria I should use to determine if an image is indeed promotional. I would like to get it right.

-Erik Kennedy, 19.4.06

Geometra is not a land surveyor

Briatore got a diploma as a Geometra, literally somebody skilled in Geometry. This is a very popular and common diploma in Italy and Land Surveyor (whilst being the correct historic translation) is not a particularly appropriate translation, but unfortunately there is no direct equivalent in English of this "category" of person. Put bluntly, land surveyor suggests that his education had nothing to do with Formula 1, when in reality I would suspect that there are many Geomotra diplomates amongst Italian F1 teams. A Geometra, whilst being orientated towards being a "civil engineering technician" recieves a very broad technical education.