Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports

Welcome to WikiProject Sports. This collaboration resource and group is dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of sports, including the organization of information and articles on this topic area. This page and its subpages contain suggestions and various resources, including article assessment information, that we hope help focus the efforts of other Wikipedians to improve all sport related articles in order to make Wikipedia an excellent resource for sports-related information for all who visit. And we are here to point editors in the right direction to get involved in child projects that focus on their more particular sporting interests. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page, join the project, and see the to-do list below.

Scope
This WikiProject aims primarily to:
 * Describe how sporting-related articles should be represented and what information belongs in the articles
 * Provide a central location for coordinating and organizing sports articles and their features
 * Serve as an article assessment group, helping move articles closer and closer to Featured Article status
 * Foster sports article creation and improvement
 * Creation of useful Wikipedia templates for use in sports articles – navigation boxes, stub tags, infoboxes, etc.
 * Out of scope: board games, table top games, video games (even sports simulation ones) and other games of a non-sporting character; for such pastimes, please see WikiProject Games and its child projects.
 * ''Also out of scope are individual athletes. These should be under the person's relevant sports Wikiproject

Instructions
Any member of WikiProject Sports may assess Sports-related articles by following the guidelines below. If you aren't sure about an article, ask about it on the assessment page.

Core articles
These are some of the most important articles to improve to GA-quality or better - or at least cleanup to B-class without tags.

Userbox
For all participants to use I have created a userbox to both declare your allegiance to the project and to increase the visibility of the project to the community.


 * Template:User WikiProject Sports

Structure
There shall be an alphabetical list of all sports. There shall also be an organization of sports by categories. There shall be a listing of sport competitions, that involve multiple sports (e.g. the Olympics, the Commonwealth Games, the Maccabiah Games, the Good Will Games, etc.) -- competitions for particular sports, or groups of sports, would be better located on the page for that sport. The lists of competitions should be organized along the lines of what area of the world they involve -- i.e. are they global (e.g. the Olympics), restricted to a particular region of the world (Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa, etc.), or restricted to a particular country (in which case, they could be placed under a section on the sport in that particular country.) These lists shall be either on the main Sports page, or if they become too long on separate pages linked to by the main page.

Suggested topics:
 * information on sport in general (what is a sport?, why do people play sports?, what are the benefits of sport?)
 * information on particular sports (Wikiproject Sports Listing)
 * information on sporting competitions, clubs, events (incl. the Olympic Games)
 * famous sports people
 * sports ethics, drugs in sport, cheating
 * related areas: sports law, sports medicine
 * sporting history

Historical and annual summaries
The purpose of these articles (e.g., History of baseball, 2009 in sports) is to summarise significant events that are relevant to the sport or period under review. It is very important that the articles are not encumbered by excessive detail, particularly where a certain theme is being promoted. This is in accordance with general Wikipedia guidelines and policies such as WP:NOT, WP:UNDUEWEIGHT and WP:NOTDIRECTORY. For that reason, the project has decided to exclude lists of births and deaths. Births have no conceivable importance to sports in the year of the person's birth, no matter how famous the person might become a generation hence. Deaths of active sportspersons are significant but must be recorded under a section about the relevant sport or the relevant time period.

History of sports: category
Articles that cover a sport's general history must be categorised in Category:History of sports and a category specific to the history of that sport. Histories of specific events in a sport or covering a limited period only must not be categorised in the sports history category. Currently, there are relatively few general histories about individual sports and most sports have their histories within the sport's own article (e.g., the history of boxing is in the main boxing article, whereas baseball has a history of baseball article). Until such time as a general history of the sport can be created, the main article must be included in the sports history category.

Subpages

 * List of

Sports by country of origin

 * Category:Sports by country of origin

Hierarchy
No official classification of Sports has been defined.

However:


 * Category:Sports and its subcategories provide a hierarchical view of the sports articles and their categorization, and


 * WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture/Sports provides a somewhat hierarchical view of sports-related WikiProjects.

Active participants

 * 1) 45BearsFan - Stadiums or Ice Hockey :D
 * 2) THENBAMVP - I usually do Basketball!
 * 3) Daniel kenneth –
 * 4) P64 –
 * 5) Spewmaster –
 * 6)  Solar Police  –
 * 7) SMcCandlish – I focus mostly on WP:CUE and WP:SNOOKER, but am insterested in the overall "administration" of the sports article- and category-space, as well as consistent templates, etc.
 * 8) SheffGruff – Interested mainly in 'field' hockey.
 * 9) Shootmaster 44 –
 * 10) StarryWorld –
 * 11) Carlosguitar –
 * 12) Lihaas – soccer + cricket + Sports diplomacy
 * 13) 2o-DeMoN-o8 – I follow all sports, and will be happy to do what I can.
 * 14) BlackJack – interested in a wide range of sports and especially their history
 * 15) Macarism – Likely to concentrate on sports with UK interests, and working on list articles
 * 16) Armbrust – I focus mostly on WP:TENNIS and WP:SNOOKER.
 * 17) Drsjpdc – I focus mostly on Olympic, World and Regional Games sports medicine, and sports chiropractic doctors involvement, and their federations.
 * 18) Sean –
 * 19) Afkatk – Mainly I'll probably focus on curling.
 * 20) Mark Rauterkus – of Pittsburgh, PA, USA, a swim coach and wiki organizer at A for Athlete.
 * 21) zoroark –
 * 22) A NG C HENRUI – have contributed to Youth Olympic and football articles in general; still looking to attach myself to a sport-specific WikiProject
 * 23) Sellyme – I'm interested mainly in AFL and soccer, but will gladly contribute to any article in any sport.
 * 24) TechnoBladeSPX - Focusing mostly on soccer and cricket -- FIFA; IPL; CWC, but would be glad to help in Rugby, Basketball, or Tennis.
 * 25) Hic142 Hockey, Soccer, Racing, Rally
 * 26) Bill william compton – Cricket, Lawn Tennis, World and Regional Games, India related articles, etc.
 * 27)  Around The Globe  ??????? ???? – active on WP:Cricket, contribute to other sports where possible
 * 28) Mckaywiii –
 * 29) Roger6r –
 * 30) Fabregas0414 – I focus mostly on WP:FOOTBALL, WP:TENNIS, WP:SNOOKER and WP:HKF(Hong Kong football).
 * 31) Jweiss11 – I focus on college football and American college athletics conferences
 * 32) Joecompan – Cricket, baseball, AFL, fencing.
 * 33) GuzzyG – Will get around to updating coverage of minor sports and such. (sometimes major ones as well)
 * 34) Qantasplanes – Main focus on cricket.
 * 35) ZappaOMatic – Mainly focused on American football.
 * 36) Gustavo gho – Handball and WP:VOLLEYBALL
 * 37) buff – I mainly do  American Football and Basketball.
 * 38) Miszatomic –
 * 39) MasterTTFV ([[Use –  (3 June 2014) - British sport/players/teams, tennis, cricket and football
 * 40) Da Drewster – Lacrosse and Ice Hockey players, teams, seasons, venues and coaches.
 * 41) CUA 27 –
 * 42) SWASTIK – Interested mainly in Cricket and Soccer.
 * 43) dpchalmers – Most sports. Cricket, Football (Association & Australian), Rugby Union, Tennis, Athletics (Track & Field)...
 * 44) Fbgpwns5277 –
 * 45) Sirpottingmix – I focus mainly in both codes of Rugby, although I may pop up in Soccer, Basketball and Cricket.
 * 46)  Bbabybear02  ?Talk  – I mostly focus on Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Sports pages like the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Pittsburgh Penguins
 * 47) User:kostas20142
 * 48) Abishe
 * 49) User:Luisftd Tennis and athletics (combined events - heptathlon and decathlon) at the moment.
 * 50) User:Luxic
 * 51) Alfred Gonzalez
 * 52) User:Bennyben1998 - I was personally named after golfers Ben Hogan and Ben Crenshaw. I also like football, basketball, baseball, and hockey. :)
 * 53) User:Malo95 - I create WP:HANDBALL.
 * 54) Maxim Stoyalov
 * 55) User:CNorthHD - I'm a fan and writer for combat sports and both types of football, but I like most sports.
 * 56) Human
 * 57) Sue Kastle - I edit my favorite teams pages which include baseball, American football, ice hockey, rugby union, MMA (mixed martial arts), extreme sports and Olympic sport events.
 * 58) Dey subrata Edit generally on Indian sports and sports person and sometimes on other country teams and club
 * 59) Denim11 I edit my favourite game pages which include cricket and football .I also do some editing on other pages.
 * 60) Eliyili00
 * 61) Spaceboy900 I tend to focus mainly on college athletics and organizations like the National Junior College Athletic Association.
 * 62) Raavi Mohanty I research on sports equipment & manufacturers
 * 63) Andrew Base- I edit and research on cricket and football pages.
 * 64) Emily Mohlin - I plan to research and edit topics related to women's sports.
 * 65) Phikia – I focus mostly on water polo.
 * 66) Phosphor - A bit of every sport but mainly sports where athletes from my country achieve great results
 * 67) GDLenny123 - I mainly work on Multi-sport events like Olympic Games, Asian Games, Athletic Championships etc.
 * 68) EliteArcher88 - I have a passion for almost all sport but I used to compete in Archery.
 * 69) Bhockey10 - I mainly focus on US college athletics governing bodies, sports, conference, and teams as well as North American pro sports.
 * 70) JurassicClassic767 - I'm mainly interested in Soccer, Basketball and Cycling.
 * 71) Christine - As username implies.  Trying to improve figure skating articles in time for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 04:26, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 72) Fayçal.09 - I contribute in Soccer, all collective sports and many olympic sports. --Fayçal.09 (talk) 15:49, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 73) Ken Tony- Work mainly on Football.
 * 74) Erokhin – I mainly focus on sports in Russia, USSR, Post-Soviet states.
 * 75) Yinglong999 - focus on wushu
 * 76) Arorae - focus on Athletics.
 * 77) Benjamin112 - Main focus on WP:FOOTBALL and especially WP:CYCLING; also like to fill in missing results of current/recent sports events while browsing around
 * 78) BRICK93
 * 79) Cyrobyte
 * 80) SarahTHunter - I focus on making bios for Paralympians.
 * 81) DannyHatcher
 * 82) Richard Michael William
 * 83) Kerenruz
 * 84) Jahamian876242 Mainly the sport of Athletics, with a focus on Bios, national records, and medal table updates.
 * 85) Sneha04 Icons8 flat ok.svg South Asian Games, Cricket, World Championships, World Tournaments
 * 86) Ply.T - I focus on martial arts.
 * 87) Keith161
 * 88) ChekhovsGunman - I mainly focus on baseball and football.
 * 89) Patrick Cristiano - I focus mainly on the Philippines sports scene
 * 90) Rauterkus (talk) Webmasster, publisher of how-to books and coach in country club, scholastic and college settings.
 * 91) UberLordMetagross (talk) - I  focus mainly on motorsports but occasionally chime in on football (soccer for the Americans) too
 * 92) 98Tigerius – assessing sports related articles
 * 93) Red0ctober22

Former participants

 * 1) R-HIT
 * 2) Eisenhower
 * 3) gurulegend
 * 4) Einar Ragnarsson
 * 5) Catneven
 * 6) cheesepuffsaretasty!!!
 * 7) Alaney2k
 * 8) Bluedogtn
 * 9) Matt294069
 * 10) ProfCara - Interested in gender and sport

Parent WikiProject

 * WikiProject Culture

Descendant WikiProjects
See WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture/Sports for an up-to-date chart showing all sports WikiProjects and their interrelations.

Other related WikiProjects

 * Wikiproject Biography – Sports and games work group
 * WikiProject Flag Template – Result of a WP:VP request for handling flag icons, such as in sports results.
 * WikiProject Games
 * WikiProject Olympics
 * WikiProject Wiki Makes Video/Sports
 * Commons WikiProject Sports