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I looked at the definition of race as "a contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective." I think going through checkpoints without competing against anything (like Caddy Daddy) shouldn't be categorized as a race.--spaceeinstein 20:43, 16 September 2011 (BST)

You're right that it's not technically a race if there are no opponents, but how else would we categorise it? We could call it a "Checkpoint Challenge" or something, but I think most people will understand if we call them races. I think that's less confusing than having separate categories for very similar things, and expecting users to find the right one easily. I think the best option is to keep them in one category (unless there are dozens), and then the Races page can distinguish between them. But I'm open to suggestions, as always. gboyers ^talk 21:22, 16 September 2011 (BST)

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	I looked at the definition of [[wiktionary:race\|race]] as "a contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective." I think going through checkpoints without competing against anything (like [[Caddy Daddy]]) shouldn't be categorized as a race.--'''[[User:Spaceeinstein\|spaceeinstein]]''' 20:43, 16 September 2011 (BST)		I looked at the definition of [[wiktionary:race\|race]] as "a contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective." I think going through checkpoints without competing against anything (like [[Caddy Daddy]]) shouldn't be categorized as a race.--'''[[User:Spaceeinstein\|spaceeinstein]]''' 20:43, 16 September 2011 (BST)

			:You're right that it's not technically a race if there are no opponents, but how else would we categorise it? We ''could'' call it a "Checkpoint Challenge" or something, but I think most people will understand if we call them races. I think that's less confusing than having ''separate'' categories for very similar things, and expecting users to find the right one easily. I think the best option is to keep them in one category (unless there are dozens), and then the [[Races]] page can distinguish between them. But I'm open to suggestions, as always. [[User:Gboyers\|gboyers]] <sup>[[User_talk:Gboyers\|talk]]</sup> 21:22, 16 September 2011 (BST)