Talk:February 2007 in sports

Order of teams
I notice that someone has been changing the order of teams in the Rugby Union Six Nations results from the proper order in which Dale Arnett and myself put them (always home team first, then the visitors) to "winning team first" at wherever the game was held. Note that this practice is normally applied only to American sports. For rugby, football (soccer), etc, worldwide the order is ALWAYS home team first; this makes mention of where the game was held unnecessary. -- Arwel (talk) 18:17, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * This is an article that puts together results from different sports played at different countries. The conventions of writing scores varies from sport to sport and from country to country. People who read this article may not be aware of this and could get easily confused, so I think a uniform writing style is needed here.--Nitsansh 00:37, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't. I wouldn't dream of editing all the American Football scores so that their format is consistent with pretty much all the other sports played worldwide, and I would hope that other editors would respect the traditional ways other sports present their results, too. For rugby and soccer, unless something unusual happens, there's no need to say the match was played "at x." because everyone who follows the sport knows which stadia are normally used for international matches. That said, today's Six Nations rugby match between Ireland and France is noteworthy because it is the first time the GAA have ever allowed Croke Park to be used for a "foreign" (non-Gaelic) sport, while Lansdowne Road is rebuilt. -- Arwel (talk) 01:33, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * You should never assume that people who read this page are regular followers of the sport in question and know its particular buzzwords. Encyclopedia should be understood by all people, including people who may encounter this subject for the first time.--Nitsansh 21:37, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * In North American sports, when scores are organized by home-and-away as opposed to winner-and-loser, the home team is always listed second. That's because in baseball, the home team always bats second. I personally prefer that system to always putting the winner first, but it obviously would not work for European sports. So it would be hard to use a single system without violating the standard scoring practice of one set of sports or another. -- Mwalcoff 02:21, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Sporting events on the main In the News Page
It seems that most of the time a sports related event is listed on the main page, it is always discussed as to why it is there. Even more so with American sporting events. The Super Bowl has came under redicule most recently, that is the biggest sporting event in the U.S. If that doesn't get included than not a whole lot of sporting events would get included. So I thought we should start a discussion on what sporting events should automatically be added to the main page when they occur. I am sure I am leaving out some, some may even be obvious, just add it to the list. --Holderca1 16:07, 12 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Golf - All 4 major golf tournaments (Masters, U.S. Open, The Open Championship, and the PGA Championship)
 * Tennis - All 4 tennis major tournaments (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open)
 * American Football - Super Bowl
 * Baseball - World Series, World Baseball Classic (every 4 years), Little League World Series
 * Basketball - NBA Finals, Basketball World Championship (every 4 years), European Championship (every 2 years)
 * Cycling - Tour de France
 * Football - FIFA World Cup (every 4 years)
 * Ice Hockey - Stanley Cup
 * Rugby - Rugby World Cup (every 4 years)
 * Olympics - Summer Olympic Games (every 4 years), Winter Olympic Games (every 4 years)


 * This discussion should be held at the main page.--Nitsansh 21:31, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I say lets not expect any of sporting championships to appear on ITN. Perhaps the "Big 4 leagues in North America should appear; for European sports the intercontinental competitions (UEFA CL, H-Cup) should appear, world championships of major team sports should, too. Others are on a case-by-case basis, like if a record is broken, etc. -- Howard  the   Duck  07:48, 15 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I think for Golf, you should add the Canadian Open because it's part of the Triple Crown of Golf (Tiger Woods claims it). For Tennis, the Super Series of Tennis events should also be included. (the tier below the four majors). For Ice Hockey, the World Cup of Hockey should definitely be included, along with the U-20 World Juniors, and annual World Championships, and Women's World Championships. For Cycling, the World Cup should be included.
 * Your list is missing the most popular spectator sport in the world (or so it is claimed), Formula One auto racing... every event should be on the Main Page. Other auto racing events that should go there are the Daytona 500, Indy 500, 24 Hours of Le Mans, Paris to Dakar Rally, especially the Monaco Grand Prix
 * The world's oldest cup should be included, the America's Cup yacht racing event. Also the Volvo Ocean Race should be included, and the Sydney to Hobart Regatta.
 * Horse racing - Triple Crown (Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes), and the largest horse race in the world, the Mongolian Games.
 * The Asian Games is a large multisport event that should be there, as well as the Commonwealth Games, and the Pan-Am Games.
 * Other sporting events that should be mentioned: the running of the bulls in Pamploma.
 * Ccccccccccc 07:20, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, Ccccccccccc'suggestions are good for the portal page, but for the main page, only the pinnacle of a major sport should get there. -- Howard  the   Duck  04:29, 25 February 2007 (UTC)