Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Season article task force

Welcome to the Season article task force of WikiProject Football.

Scope
The season article task force covers...
 * National season articles, such as 2009–10 in English football
 * League season articles, such as 2009–10 Premier League
 * Cup season articles, such as 2009–10 FA Cup (including cup final articles, such as 2010 FA Cup Final)
 * Team season articles, such as 2008–09 York City F.C. season
 * Lists of seasons, such as List of Birmingham City F.C. seasons
 * Any questions on creation, maintenance and layout regarding these articles

Assessment
Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Football_season_articles_by_quality

To do
The primary things to do are for now:
 * Create content guidelines for league, cup and team season articles
 * Maintain existing articles, e.g. keeping those updated
 * Recruit interested Wikipedians by posting WPFOOTY-seasonarticletaskforce-invite on their talkpages

Besides that, there is the "usual stuff" to do:
 * Tag related articles to include the season=yes parameter
 * Review importance and quality of existing articles
 * Identify articles for creation
 * Identify articles for improvement

Guidelines
Working out the guidelines for any type of season article is a primary goal of this task force for now as those are not existent yet. This should be done in compliance with both the Project Manual of Style and Wikipedia's Manual of Style.

Tagging and assessment
Any articles that are within the scope of this task force should be tagged with the following:

You should add  as this will automatically put the talk page into the appropriate categories.

Categories
There are a number of categories where articles in the scope of this task force can be found. Note: Replace "xxxx" with the specific season you are interested in, e.g.:
 * Project articles: Category:WikiProject Football season articles
 * League season articles: Category:xxxx domestic association football leagues
 * Club season articles: Category:Association football clubs xxxx season
 * Cup season articles: Category:xxxx domestic association football cups

You may also find articles of a certain year under Category:xxxx in association football.

Templates
Templates which are used in season articles mainly focus on elevated and distinctive matches during the competitions, such as championship decision matches, relegation/promotion playoff matches or cup matches in a certain round. Below is a list of the most commonly used templates.

Make sure that you have read the documentation of the respective template before using it in an article as each of them has a plethora of parameters available!!!

Single match templates

 * Footballbox – Used for important matches all over WP:FOOTY. Typical uses include domestic cup matches from quarter-finals or higher, any kind of league decision matches (championship or relegation/promotion) and national team matches.
 * Footballbox collapsible – A collapsible version of Footballbox. Mainly used for early stages in cup articles (recommended up to 48 matches for a round) and club season articles.

Infobox templates

 * Infobox football league season – The standard infobox used for league season articles.
 * Infobox football tournament season – The standard infobox used for cup season articles.
 * Infobox football club season – The standard infobox used for club season articles.
 * Infobox football country season2 – The standard infobox used for national season articles.

Stub templates
Stub templates should generally be applied to all season articles which contain only very little information. You may find suitable stub templates at Category:Association football competition stubs for competitions and Category:Association football stubs for general purposes. A more fitting set of stub templates may be created in the future.

Resources
Participants may find the booklist at WikiProject Football useful.