User talk:Rjs55 85

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Sourcing for football infobox parameters
Hi,

since you seem to be a new contributor, I thought I should give you a heads up about some stuff regarding league season articles, especially for the infoboxes.

First of all, anything that is not already sourced in the article itself, such as "longest winning/losing" streaks, attendance records or any match dates, must be referenced. The reference itself should be from a reliable source and directly mention the fact being sourced. If this is not the case, the content in question may be removed as original research, which is not allowed at Wikipedia, at any time.

In other words: If team xyz has won eight matches in a row, you need to cite a source where exactly this is stated; the fact must be verifiable. If the match with the highest number of goals takes place on 5 June 2010 (note that there are no trailing zeros in the date format), we need a page (ideally a match report) with the date. It is not sufficient if you just put a link to a general page (e.g. Soccerway) or another kind of statistical overview page, as this makes verification difficult, if not impossible.

Another, albeit minor, thing is that flags for any players should not be included in infoboxes, for two reasons. Besides eating up much-needed space, the flags hinder information accessibility as they distract the human eye from a otherwise text-only box. The only exception for that rule is for supernational championships of any kind.

Finally, there are two preferenced formats for the goalscorers lists, this one and this one. Both have their advantages. If you prefer easy editability, I'd recommend the list format; however, if you like a clean layout better, use the table format. When using the table format, please note that the "goals" column should not be formatted like the "rank" column; in other words, avoid any kind of "rowspans" for the goals. In any case, each goalscorers/assistants list should contain the best ten players plus those level with the tenth-best player (if there are not too many of them, of course).

I hope this helps. Nevertheless, if you still have a question, either read the first section of the season article task force talk page or just drop a line to one of the veterans in here (e.g., or myself, just to name a few). Lastly, thank you for contributing, you are doing edits that are much needed and appreciated! :-) Cheers, Soccer-holicI hear voices in my head... 12:33, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

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