Talk:Galle Gladiators in 2020

Article issues
Rather the blunder ahead and do this myself, I'm going to raise the issues I have with this article here and let someone else do it - on the grounds that these sorts of issues need to be addressed in a number of articles.

In the table of players there are issues with:
 * there is no prose introducing the table; there needs to be, especially as this is for a specific season;
 * ❌, which tables? About squad?


 * there's no date last updated


 * the flags don't have words attached to them; they need to for accessibility purposes


 * there is no reason to be using colour in the table headers; if this is being used for any non decorative purpose that has major accessibility issue related to it; just use a plain table - it's much easier to read from an accessibility perspective;


 * the pink lines with players unavailable for the rest of the season now need to be removed and the key updated;


 * the ages are going to continue to update. This is misleading - in 20 years time it will appear that people in their 50s played in matches for this side. Using the template Birth date and age2 allows the ages to be tied to a given date - I would suggest the first date on which a match in the LPL was played in 2020;


 * the source is given as CricInfo, followed by six references, none of which are for CricInfo. So what is the source(s)?

Then I would think:


 * the admin and support staff section has no prose. Given the content, this would be much better off simply as prose rather than as a table;


 * "first-ever" is a tautology; but thank you for writing a prose section for this;
 * should the list of matches be in the same section as the prose? Or do we need that list at all? The competition table could also be included within that section;
 * ❌, I think it should be there.


 * the results by match is redundant and should be removed;


 * for the table of matches, I would suggest:
 * the abbreviations are meaningless to a causal reader; remove them and replace them with names;
 * sort out the column widths;
 * ❌, don't know how to do so.
 * lose both of the first two columns - the date is more important;
 * why have you included the player of the match? If it's included, we need an indication of which team they played for and we should lose the flags - these aren't significant in this part of the article;
 * ✅, In most cases, man of the match belongs to the winning team. Moreover, the squad is given above.
 * by notes, we mean reference, yes? So say that;
 * ❌, these are not only refs but some additional notes like 'won in super over', 'cancelled due to rain'.
 * by notes, we mean reference, yes? So say that;
 * ❌, these are not only refs but some additional notes like 'won in super over', 'cancelled due to rain'.


 * the stats needs a brief prose intro at least - there is a case that all of this would be better served by prose rather than a set of tables;
 * the same issues with the colour in the tables and the overuse of flags remain;
 * don't make table widths 100% - there's no need to do that; the column widths are much more important;
 * the as of dates are now redundant;
 * the awards and achievements section is unnecessary; if this information isn't already included in the season summary prose section then it should be; player of the match is not a highlight worth having its own set of tables for;
 * ❌, I think MotM should remain there. This is not included in season summary.
 * the as of dates are now redundant;
 * the awards and achievements section is unnecessary; if this information isn't already included in the season summary prose section then it should be; player of the match is not a highlight worth having its own set of tables for;
 * ❌, I think MotM should remain there. This is not included in season summary.
 * ❌, I think MotM should remain there. This is not included in season summary.


 * the entire see also section should be removed under WP:ALSO;


 * how may nav boxes do you want at the bottom? And why? Just the 2020 season one and the team one is fine.

These are basic things that need to be addressed about article like this. They aren't hard to do - and it's ironic that the really hard thing (writing a referenced season summary prose section) has been done. Blue Square Thing (talk) 12:06, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , I'm ready to fix and solve these issues. Thank you for bringing this to attention. Empire AS   Talk ! 15:03, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , Hi, hope you are fine, I apologise for causing these problems as I am the author of the article, however I will fix them soon. Thank you. Tahaaleem  Talk 15:32, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
 * there's no need to apologise at all. These are things that I see in many articles developed by many editors. I don't usually write a list like this of the things I have issues with, but felt that as this article had been nominated for DYK and the discussion above about that, that it was worth sharing my opinion. Blue Square Thing (talk) 15:35, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I assume the same adjustments would have to be made to:
 * Jaffna Stallions in 2020
 * Kandy Tuskers in 2020
 * Colombo Kings in 2020
 * Dambulla Viiking in 2020
 * Yoninah (talk) 16:28, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , some of the issues have been fixed. Others would be soon. After this article, we would adjust other articles too. Thank you. Empire AS   Talk ! 16:33, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Some issues have been resolved, however I think the season summary section needs to be summarised I think it's very detailed as compared to other team articles. Thank you. Tahaaleem  Talk 16:38, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

, Have a look a tasks as well as article. I've answered the tasks with Done and Not done templates. Thank you. Empire AS   Talk ! 10:28, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I will get around to looking at this over the next couple of days - and sorting out things like the col width. For the first point in the list, yes, the table of players. Blue Square Thing (talk) 19:31, 7 January 2021 (UTC)