Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Good article drive

Welcome to a proposal to have a good article drive in the baseball WikiProject proposed in March 2013 by Go Phightins!.

Timeline

 * March 25, 2013 - April 15, 2013: Interested editors sign up and determine which articles should be targeted for improvement.
 * April 16, 2013 - June 15, 2013: Project members improve designated articles with the hope being that as many as possible attain GA status.
 * June 16, 2013 - July 15, 2013: The GA review period - though editors may certainly nominate articles as they are ready, this thirty day period is designated for nominating articles and completing the review process. Ideally, the project has enough help involved that one editor can remain uninvolved and serve as the reviewer. If not, additional help can be solicited from other baseball editors or can wait through the normal course of the GAN process.
 * July 16 - July 20, 2013: Involved editors are awarded a barnstar for their participation and the encyclopedia reaps the rewards having up to 60 new baseball good articles.

Background and reason for proposal
I have been a member of the baseball WikiProject for probably about a year and with the exception of Baseball Mountain, which is a good project but sources can be a little more difficult to find, I have not seen much organized collaboration among baseball editors in article space. Such collaboration would be good for us as editors, for the baseball wiki-project, and for the encyclopedia as a whole. The reason I have targeted younger players (entering seasons 1-3 in 2013) is that it is these players whom casual fans often know the least about and whom they would probably like to learn more about, especially ones playing in their division. As this new season dawns, there are sure to be breakout seasons by younger guys; in 2012 we saw the likes of Bryce Harper, Lucas Duda, and Mike Trout come out of either nowhere or at the least come as top prospects out of the minor leagues. Therefore, I think collaborating as a project to improve an article like Lonnie Chisenhall or Danny Duffy would be of great benefit.

Editors Interested

 * If you are interested in helping with this project, please sign below and if you are interested in helping with coordination, please note that also.
 * 1) Go   Phightins  !  - as proposer, will certainly help coordinate
 * 2) EricEnfermero  Howdy! Sure thing. Most of my baseball contributions have not involved active players. I'm looking forward to helping with this aspect.
 * 3)  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C  •  AAPT ) I'm not really interested in a bunch of GA runs, but I might be able to help take some of the more barebones articles to DYK to provide some groundwork for others.
 * 4) Dewelar (talk) 23:08, 25 March 2013 (UTC) I'll do what I can when I have time.
 * 5)  Astros 4477  ( Talk )  02:30, 26 March 2013 (UTC) Count me in.
 * 6) Wizardman  19:11, 28 March 2013 (UTC) I generally don't touch active players (too dynamic obviously) but I'll try to tackle it.
 * 7)  ö   Brambleberry   of   RiverClan  15:57, 1 April 2013 (UTC) Sounds like a job for a WikiPuma.

Reward scheme
I propose an informal "scoring process" similar to the WikiCup, just not as intense. My thoughts:
 * Good article - 25 points (can be divided among any number of editors who are involved)
 * Featured article - 100 points (FA far exceeds the goal, hence the greater number of points)
 * Did you know 5x expansion - 15 points
 * Good article or DYK review - 5 points

Obviously, scoring shouldn't be the primary goal...that would be improving the coverage, but I figure the top two or so can get a barnstar of some kind.

Article candidates

 * As mentioned, I think that having two designated players from each team would be a good idea, but it's not about me; it's about what the project wants to do, so if you have alternate suggestions, please let me know.
 * Feel free to add your signature next to articles on which you plan to work. More than one editor can sign up for an article; the more collaboration the better!

Suggestions
These are my suggestions for possible players. Feel free to leave comments. Note: These players each have less than three seasons of playing more than a dozen games or so.

AL East

 * Baltimore Orioles
 * Wei-Yin Chen -- Go  Phightins  !
 * Manny Machado
 * Boston Red Sox
 * Félix Doubront
 * Ryan Lavarnway
 * New York Yankees
 * Melky Mesa
 * David Phelps
 * Tampa Bay Rays
 * Alex Cobb
 * José Lobatón
 * Toronto Blue Jays
 * Steve Delabar
 * Aaron Loup -- ö   Brambleberry   of   RiverClan

AL Central

 * Chicago White Sox
 * Chris Sale
 * Dayan Viciedo
 * Cleveland Indians
 * Lonnie Chisenhall--  Astros 4477  ( Talk )
 * Zach McAllister--  Astros 4477  ( Talk )
 * Detroit Tigers
 * Al Alburquerque
 * Drew Smyly
 * Kansas City Royals
 * Salvador Perez
 * Lorenzo Cain
 * Minnesota Twins
 * Vance Worley
 * Chris Parmelee--Dewelar (talk) 19:25, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

AL West

 * Houston Astros
 * José Altuve
 * Marwin González
 * Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
 * Kole Calhoun
 * Barry Enright
 * Oakland Athletics
 * Yoenis Céspedes
 * Jemile Weeks
 * Seattle Mariners
 * Héctor Noesí
 * Carlos Peguero
 * Texas Rangers
 * Mike Olt
 * Jurickson Profar

NL East

 * Atlanta Braves
 * Cristhian Martinez
 * Tyler Pastornicky


 * Miami Marlins
 * Steve Cishek
 * Rob Brantly


 * New York Mets
 * Jenrry Mejia
 * Jon Niese


 * Philadelphia Phillies
 * Phillippe Aumont -- ö   Brambleberry   of   RiverClan   Go   Phightins  !
 * Ben Revere -- ö   Brambleberry   of   RiverClan   Go   Phightins  !


 * Washington Nationals
 * Steve Lombardozzi Jr.
 * Tyler Moore

NL Central

 * Chicago Cubs
 * Michael Bowden
 * Welington Castillo
 * Cincinnati Reds
 * J. J. Hoover
 * Todd Frazier
 * Milwaukee Brewers
 * Wily Peralta
 * Jeff Bianchi
 * Pittsburgh Pirates
 * Jeff Locke
 * Jose Tabata
 * St. Louis Cardinals
 * Matt Carpenter
 * Matt Adams

NL West

 * Arizona Diamondbacks
 * Josh Collmenter
 * Adam Eaton
 * Colorado Rockies
 * Josh Rutledge
 * Rex Brothers
 * Los Angeles Dodgers
 * Dee Gordon
 * Tim Federowicz
 * San Diego Padres
 * Yonder Alonso
 * Anthony Bass
 * San Francisco Giants
 * Brandon Belt
 * Eric Surkamp