Talk:2022–23 PHF season

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Game box templates for Playoffs[edit]

PHF/NWHL articles have historically used Template:NHLPlayoffs. For this season, I’ve setup the games to use Template:IceHockeybox instead. Several factors contributed to the change but it boils down to this: The use of NHLPlayoffs in previous PHF/NWHL pages didn’t follow template use guidance provided in the template documentation, i.e. assists should not be included, number of goals should be designated, goal time should always be closest to centre, etc. All of which suggests the template isn’t well suited to the content. IceHockeybox aligns much more closely with the content (assists are included!) and offers even more parameters, like total PIM, shots on goal, attendance, and refs/linesmen.
NHLPlayoffs is intended for use with at least one paragraph summarizing the series and covering content not included in the template, such as assists, penalties, etc. but this has not been done for PHF/NWHL series in the past. IceHockeybox includes a lot of that information, so even if no one ends up writing a paragraph, the data can still be saved. And, ultimately, preserving the maximum amount of information is the goal, since women’s ice hockey documents have a track record of disappearing after a few years and then the data is lost.
All of that said, please let me know if there is a strong desire in the community to continue using NHLPlayoffs and I will gladly reformat this article with that template. Spitzmauskc (talk) 23:56, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]