Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ice Hockey/Archive13

No diacritics on non-player article template
Are there any templates that exist that tell people about how diacritics are to be used on player pages only on ice hockey-related articles? I've come across a couple people lately that have been adding diacritics and it'd be easier to tell them if there was a template I could subst instead of me (or whomever) typing it all out. I don't think I'm the only one who's ever wondered this, but I could be. Anyway, does anyone else think there should be one or does anyone else know if there already is one?  Bsroiaadn Talk 19:18, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Do you mean articles- like List of current NHL captains and alternate captains, Norris Trophy, 2007 NHL Entry Draft for example? GoodDay 19:48, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Mostly team pages, but if those aren't supposed to have diacriticals either then those to. I'm still not sure about things like trophies and drafts and the such, I assume they fit under the no-diacritic/hidden-diacritic categories, though...but that isn't very clear to me. The team-page format says no diacritics on team pages and the player-page format says diacritics should be shown on player pages (that require them) but neither one, nor anything I've seen, mentions the other articles.  Bsroiaadn Talk 19:59, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Currently, there's no diacritics ban on most of those NHL related pages (admittedly they are inconsistant). Some of those pages have decided their own Diacritic criteria. Perhaps you should begin a discussion here, on weither or not to allow or ban diacritics from those NHL related pages (for page consistancy). Admittedly, I'm personally neutral about diacritics on those pages. GoodDay 20:21, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Why exactly was the consensus chosen for no diacritics? I don't see the harm, as long as redirects are always available, and the non-diacritic name is used for sorting.  For example, I see no problem in using Jaromír Jágr everywhere, since Jaromir Jagr exists as a redirect.  In that article,   is used to ensure that diacritics don't show up in category lists.  Andrwsc 20:38, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I believe it was so people with English keyboards could more easily edit, and that the NHL and some other places don't use diacritics. I wasn't around when the consensus was made, so I'm not sure what the reasoning was exactly, I just go along with it. I do think diacritics should only be on team-pages though.  Bsroiaadn Talk 20:43, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The reason behind the diacritics compromise at NHL team pages and NHL player pages- Pro and Anti Diacritic editors came to an understanding. We learned to respect each others PoV (concerning diacritics usage). We realised a continuing of 'edit wars' and 'heated discussions' was pointless and frustrating (for both sides). In otherword, we became tired of fighting each other and bascially shook hands. GoodDay 20:52, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Um, yeah, I understand how consensus happens... I'm trying to understand why there was any squabble in the first place.  It doesn't seem like a big deal to me.  Andrwsc 00:41, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It doesn't to most of the people who wanted diacritics. Its the people against them that were mostly having the big stink. I really don't see what the problem is as long as there is a redirect available. --Djsasso 13:20, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, both sides were equally argumentive (thus the need of the compromise at NHL team pages and NHL player pages). GoodDay 20:05, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know about that. The only ones who seem to get spitting angry are the ones against having diacritics. Just look in the tread down below for an example from RGTraynor --Djsasso 23:06, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Diacritics on non-team and non-player pages
So, it has recently been brought to my attention (read above) that articles like 2007 NHL Entry Draft, Norris Trophy, and List of current NHL captains and alternate captains(using those same examples as I know they use diacritics somewhere), haven't been discussed, or at least no consensus upon them was made, during the diacritic vs. no diacritic discussions. So, I'm starting this in the hopes that a consensus can be reached for the articles that aren't player or team pages. I, personally, think we should keep diacritics off these articles since it's not about the players themselves, like the team pages. I think it would make more sense to keep the lists/non-player articles and team articles more consistent with each other in the way names are shown.  Bsroiaadn Talk 20:43, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Howabout, we keep diacritics off/hide wik-linked diacritics on North American related Hockey pages -NHL, AHL etc (except for Player pages, of course) and keep diacritics on non-North American related Hockey pages -IIHF, Finnish Elite League, Russian Elite League etc. Just a thought. GoodDay 20:57, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Works for me.   RGTraynor  21:00, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Just because the NHL doesn't use diacritics on their website - which is understandable - doesn't mean we should remove them. Keep in mind that the letters Å, Ä, and Ö, in the Swedish and Finnish language are separate letter. For example, I don't think anyone here can pronounce Selänne's name since most people think it's Selanne, when the Ä is more of an eh sound, simular to the E in end. It's not up to us to decide what a players name is, sure it's says Lidstrom, Salanne, Naslund and etc on their jerseys but their names are Lidström, Selänne, and Näslund. --Krm500 21:37, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Well the same argument could be used as just because IIHF articles use diacritics on their website.... I'm for any solution that prevents 'edit wars'. If you have any, by all means - present them. GoodDay 21:57, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * To GoodDay, then what about the Victoria Cup where the IIHF (more specifically, the Champions Hockey League, run by the IIHF) and the NHL are both directly related to it? To Krm500, I see where you're coming from, but I disagree. It's not wrong to have their names with no diacritics, just like it wouldn't be wrong to show Yutaka Fukufuji as a name instead of 福藤 豊 as those aren't English characters.  Bsroiaadn Talk 22:03, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * From GoodDay, in such a case as Victoria Cup - diacritize non-North American (and French Canadian) players and leave off diacritics on the rest of the North American players. GoodDay 22:21, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

I have to say something. My name has diacritic on it and I don't like it when people don't write the way it is supposed to be written. That thing is part of my name and how you read it and I'm sorry if your alphabet doesn't have that symbol, but that's my name. This would work for everything. Except for Russians. Or Greek. (Laugh) I like diacritics anyway...--Serte [ Talk · Contrib ] 22:05, 27 June 2007 (UTC)


 * From my POV, since this is the English Wikipedia, we should stick to the Americanized (for lack of a better word) spelling, as that would be the best fit for the language this encyclopedia is published under. For player pages, it is useful to list the native spelling of an individual's name, but for these other pages, I would think that the same standard we apply to team pages is preferable. Resolute 22:10, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

English language use the latin alphabet, don't bring russian and japanese in to this discussion since those names are translated to latin. For example the draft, the player that gets drafted has been drafted for what he did the year prior to the draft. If he played in Europe his name probably had diacritics over his name. How do you think the players feel (or people not from english speaking countries for that matter), we are butchering their names and their cultural heritage. --Krm500 00:36, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm sure they'd look at it the same way they look at it when they look at the names on the back of their jerseys or the rosters, they accept it. I'm sure they don't like it, as I wouldn't either, but that's not what this discussion is about. When you write out "El Nino" in English, do you write "N" or "Ñ"? You write "El Nino" (note the first paragraph, it states it right there). And please note, I'm not trying to offend, nor is anyone else here, anyone with diacritics in their name. Either way, I think they'd be fine with it as long as it stated their name with diacritics on the player page.  Bsroiaadn Talk 00:59, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know that you used a good example cause El Ñino is how it is spelled in the papers up here in Canada. Always with the diacritic. Either way as I have always said I am always for using the diacritics. The only reason I accepted the compromise to not have them on NHL team pages was because their jerseys don't have them. However for anything non-NHL (including the victoria cup) I believe they should be included. --Djsasso 01:24, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

I have to agree with whomever first stated that we keep diacritics on non-NHL pages, including player pages, and leaving them off NHL-oriented pages. I would prefer that we keep it on all pages, as it is part of their names, but I know that will not ever work out here, so I'm for the compromise. Kaiser matias 04:10, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * That sounds find to me. I completely agree with them being on non-NHL (and AHL, IHL, other North American leagues I'm assuming), I just still haven't completely made up my mind about whether or not they should be on NHL pages. Hmmmmm....after having some sleep, I think I might actually rather have diacritics on NHL pages, too. But, ofcourse, I'll go along with whatever is decided.  Bsroiaadn Talk 05:28, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Again, I ask, what's the harm with having them everywhere? If you don't want to add them in your edits, use the non-diacritic version (which would link to the redirect), and surely somebody will come along and update it later. Andrwsc 05:35, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I wonder....does anyone in here know anything about bots? Maybe someone could make a bot to add the diacritics if we decide to show them for one reason or another.  Bsroiaadn Talk 09:51, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm all for it but we must come to a consensus to avoid edit wars. --Krm500 14:05, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * To be perfectly blunt, I don't give a rat's backside about whether some player might feel that his cultural heritage is allegedly being disparaged because a Wikipedia article spells his name without his home-country diacritical marks; if it doesn't injure his pride to pull on a jersey lacking those marks every night, I fail to see any facts upon which to base such sheer speculation. The prevailing standard is clear; since this is the English language Wikipedia, we use the name version for just about anything most familiar to English-speaking readers and most widely used by English-language sources.  When the NHL uses diacritics, when the NHLPA does, when the news media does, then we can follow suit.    RGTraynor  14:15, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Most other wiki languages have the players names spelled fit in their language. Take Markus Naslund for example. His wiki page in Latvia (I think) is []. You can clearly see they spell it "Markuss Neslunds". This is perfectly acceptable to me because it makes sence in their language to spell it like that. And in English articles, it makes sense to spell his last name "Naslund" without the diaretics. Thricecube 14:40, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * That is really not the same situation. That is a case of things being spelled completely differently. If that were the case we would have to spell Pavel Bure as Paul Bure to make it truely english and I don't think anyone here would want that. --Djsasso 15:54, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Keep in mind that English is a universial language and the largest of all the wikipedias. We can not disregard the fact that some player names have diacritics. --Krm500 17:06, 28 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Nobody has answered my question why are some people against diacritics? If the issue is editing them, the easy answer is "don't".  Redirects will take handle that initially, and if other editors are so inclined to update the links at a later time, rest assured they will.  If the issue is seeing them, I fail to understand why it's a big problem.  I am easily able to read Jaromír Jágr and Teemu Selänne.  It's not like we're talking about using Павел Буре for Pavel Bure!  Andrwsc 17:19, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The question has been answered, many, many times, over the couple years such discussions have been going on: diacritical marks are not, generally, part of the English language, and proper names rendered in English-language sources and by the English-language media do not, generally, use them. Whether you like or agree with those answers is one thing, but it is at the very least disingenuous to claim that no one's ever answered.    RGTraynor  17:38, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * No need to get upset. If someone had told me to look in the archives when I had asked the same question several times in the past couple of days, I would have done so.  But nobody bothered to tell me even that (until now).  Andrwsc 17:56, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * If it were just an every day word I would say by all means no diacritics. But its a name and as such you don't alter names. There are many company names that aren't proper english but wiki doesn't change them. It's no different for an actual person. And just because the media and other english language sources are doing it doesn't make it right. --Djsasso 18:22, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I thought my idea (earlier) would take hold, because it showed respect for pro-Diacritic and pro-English editors. Sadly, the discussion has become eerily similar to the old disucssion concerning NHL team & player pages (since resolved). If all are interested in ending this inevitable stalemate, adopt my 'plan' (it accomadates both sides of the issue). GoodDay 19:01, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Exactly what Djsasso said; It doesn't make it right. It's understandable that english language media doesn't use diacritics, but that doesn't make it right. And certainly doesn't mean we that shouldn't use diacritics. This is an encyclopedia, people come here to get information about subjects and we are obligated to provide the correct information. I'd go as far to say that when it comes to natives of non english countries, english sources, such as media or NHL and the NHLPA are not verifiable sources. --Krm500 23:04, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah yes, here we go again, the old tiresome 'Diacritics usage' debate. We're all going to have to face facts (like we did at NHL team pages & NHL player pages) - compromise. Pro-English editors will never accept 'diacritics' at every hockey related page AND Pro-Diacritics editors will never accept 'no diacritics' at every hockey related page. So what's it gonna be? -compromise- OR -stalemate-. GoodDay 23:26, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I would have to agree with that. I have never thought the NHL or NHLPA sites were verifiable sources when it came to diacritics. Because its just simply too easy for them to not put them onto the site or jerseys for that matter. They don't do it cause they are translating it. They do it cause its too hard to sew that extra bit onto the jerseys or push the few extra buttons to get the proper characters on the keyboard. People keep saying English doesn't use diacritics. But that is only half true, they don't use them for native English words. However, proper names keep them. Go look at any English atlas and you will see them all over the place in place names. Still fail to see how people are any different. --Djsasso 23:38, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Good luck to all, in reaching an agreement. I'm going to stay away from this debate for awhile (let others have a chance to solve this 'diacritics usage' discussion). A solution will be reached, someday soon (I hope). GoodDay 23:46, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I like GoodDay's idea, seems great to me. Especially since if we keep arguing, we're never going to get anything done.  Bsroiaadn Talk 23:54, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi my name is...er... Peter Forsberg, you know, the Swedish guy who used to play for the Quebec Nordiques. I must say that as a man who uses diacratics in his name Monday-Wednesday, is that although diacratics serve great purpose all this argument does is distract from the real purpose, and that is the hockey. Having said that, as a man who uses American English in his name Thursday-Saturday, I must say that you Americans need to stop your agressive tactics.... you are turning the great sport of ice hockey into something it is clearly not! My suggestion, as a former Bud Light Plus/Minus Award recipient, is to use the first edit rule.... the first one to edit the page in a certain way, is the precedent set for that page. Anyways I gotta go, I just managed to buy the Nashville Predators for $9 million and both Leipold and Bettman gave me permission to move the team to Orsnkoldsvik... based on the fact that I have attracted more fan attention there then in Nashville by selling out the 200 wooden bench seats for their ice hockey pond. Foppa    Tre Kronar Forever   00:28, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Haha I love it...but the reason I don't think the first edit rule works in this case is cause I think this is a case of right or wrong. Whereas with things like centre or center both are correct. But yeah I think we could probably all agree to leave the diacritics off north american pages and have them on pages that involve european countries. --Djsasso 02:01, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Again I will state my view, which has been said by many others: NHL-related pages: No diacritics at all Non NHL-related pages: Diacritics.

That is all. Kaiser matias 04:49, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * So does this mean, my compromise will be adopted? or should we have a survey? What say you all? (yep, I'm back). GoodDay 21:04, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm all for GoodDay's compromise.  Bsroiaadn Talk 21:24, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah I am good with that. --Djsasso 22:56, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yep no problem with GoodDay's compromise, I just want to see this silliness end. CroCan    I'll die before I surrender, Tim   03:55, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Since it's been about two days, with no objection here. I've gone ahead and added the 'compromise' as the new policies. If anyone objects? (feel free to remove them). GoodDay 19:22, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football
Hey, guys. As a member of this project, I just want to bring up this discussion that I started over at the WikiProject Football. If you agree or don't agree, I'd love to hear why. Also remember that I'm a hockey guy, not a soccer guy, and I came up with this proposal, so there's no pro-soccer bias going on :-D. Thanks, JHMM13 (Disc) 17:18, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Hall of Fame in infobox
Hey guys, I started a topic of discussion over at the infobox talk page regarding how "Hall of Fame" appears on players' infoboxes. Essentially, I was disappointed that it wasn't highlighted more on the pages where it's present. Football HOF pages have a bright yellow line for the HOF line on their infoboxes (see, e.g. Joe Montana). I think we should change the code on the infobox to give it a color so it's more readily apparent who's in the Hall, which is quite a significant honor. Anthony Hit me up... 21:01, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

List of players
I briefly brought it up earlier in the 07 draft discussion but now I need some advice. I'm working on a list of players that is somewhat different from the current featured list of Devils and Avs players. But I simply can't decide how the list should look! It's sortable and I have made a few examples of different sortable features such as position and jersey number. But too many and it looks cluttered. The only required fields are; Name, Nationality, Playing Career (with team), Games Played, Goals, Assist, Points, and PIM. One idea is not to make position sortable and simply put it in parentheses after the player name. I want to know what the you, WP:Hockey members, opinion are. --Krm500 23:26, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Here's one example;

Any suggestions? Should position be sortable too? Include jersey numbers? Any input is appreciated. --Krm500 01:00, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Jersey numbers change too much so no they should not be included and there is no real point to sorting them. And I like the sample with the positions just after the name. --Djsasso 02:42, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Sortable lists could be a problem because I'm not sure if all browsers work with them. It shut mine down when I tried to use it. T Rex  | talk  11:14, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * And last I checked there was still a problem with sorting the plus/minus on these sortable lists. Don't know if this has been fixed yet or if it will be... --T-rex 02:28, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Quick question
Someone brought this up on the Devils page as a result of it being on the front page (yay!). It relates to singular vs. plural noun use with respect to teams. US English says "The New Jersey Devils is..." British usage would say "The New Jersey Devils are". What's the consensus? Interestingly enough for me personally, Devils are seems more natural than Devils is, but then again I'm born & raised in Jersey and I say y'all... go figure. Anyway, wanted to throw that out there for discussion. Anthony Hit me up... 20:21, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * "The New Jersey Devils are...." sounds more natural to me as well, but I can understand "is" too. I suppose the reason that "is" might make sense is it's a team as in a single item, rather than multiple people making it up. Much like "This bag of oranges is really heavy," rather than "This bag of oranges are really heavy,".  Bsroiaadn Talk 20:38, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Not to be grammar nazi on you, but that analogy doesn't work, since you're modifying the word "bag", not "oranges". Bag is singular, so it would have to be "is" and not "are".  I understand your point, though. Anthony Hit me up... 23:59, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I think the singular is is, the plural is are. Since the Devils are plural (as oppose to 'New Jersey Devil'), are is the correct word. GoodDay 20:45, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed. The team name itself is in the plural, so to me, it should be "The New Jersey Devils are..." Resolute 22:07, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Then what would the lead be on, say, the Colorado Avalanche page? The lead there says "The Colorado Avalanche are..."  I would imagine this is a case of American English vs. rest of world, and as we've seen previously, the rest of the world always wins (see: Defenceman (ice hockey), etc.)  At any rate, I was bringing this up more to affirm the existing standard rather than cause a stir, I apologize if anyone misinterpreted my point. Anthony Hit me up... 23:59, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I think in this case it would be is as well. I usually consider singular team names to actually be plural when it refers to the whole team, like Heat, Magic, Avalanche, etc. So you would say "The Colorado Avalanche are" such and such because there are multiple people that comprise the team. With any team, it would probably make more sense to say "is" when referring to the whole entity, but using "are" is just the conventional way of doing things. bmitchelf•T•F 00:25, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah I happen to think any team name is plural cause it is referring to a group of people but then maybe that's the Canadian coming out in me. --Djsasso 01:00, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * So, everyone agrees it should be "are"? By the way Historystudent2010's edits consist solely on changing "are" to "is" on New Jersey Devils and Colorado Avalanche. So, I have a feeling he/she may give us a hard time about that.  Bsroiaadn Talk 02:03, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

New Jersey Devils
I've just been digging a bit through the site and I think this is close to being a featured topic. I'd be happy to help to improve it, but I want some comments. --Evilclown93 (talk)  15:25, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I did an overhaul of New Jersey Devils seasons and I think that it's close to featured list status, it just needs an expanded lead and some more references. --Krm500 16:22, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I think I am confused as New Jersey Devils is a featured topic. --Djsasso 16:56, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Dj, it's only a featured article; featured topics are a collection of articles on the same subject. Since New Jersey Devils, List of New Jersey Devils players, and List of New Jersey Devils head coaches are all featured articles/lists (along with Martin Brodeur), the only ones left are New Jersey Devils seasons (which needs all the season articles to be finished and an update on prose to make FL status) and New Jersey Devils draft history (which I'm working on my sandbox before throwing into the main wiki space), before we go for featured topic.  We're a few weeks away from making it happen, but it will happen soon, no doubt. Anthony Hit me up... 17:12, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah I just realized that...I misread what he said. --Djsasso 17:50, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Clean-up job needed
Could somebody familiar with the ECHL please have a look at Lexington Men O' War. The article is in dire need of improvements. Flibirigit 17:24, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Joe Sakic being reverted
Some anonymous user, no doubt a fan of Sakic and/or the Avalanche, is reverting a sourced statement talking about Sakic's weaknesses as a player. I have now reverted twice within the last 12 hours, and don't really want to violate the 3RR. So can someone keep an eye on it and make sure that what is being removed stays, as it is referenced and just seems to keep being removed because someone doesn't want to hear about Sakic's shortcomings. Kaiser matias 03:11, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I've told the anon user (at his page) to take his complaints to the discussion page (checked anon's personal history, he's been randomly vandalising pages). GoodDay 13:48, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey guys I can't believe I'm saying this but I think the IP is correct. A scouting report for one source is not viable, otherwise competing scouting reports from separate websites will conflict. Sakic is known for his wrist shot, that much is for sure, but I don't think all the other stuff (strengths & weaknesses combined) don't belong in the context of the article. His lack of size!?! He's 5'11-195, which isn't huge but its not like he's Marty St. Louis or anything. CroCan    I'll die before I surrender, Tim   01:52, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I find it redundant, he is know for his wrist shot, nothing else in particular. --Krm500 02:07, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Possible merger of Minnesota North Stars and Dallas Stars
I would like to propose a merger between the pages for the Minnesota North Stars and the Dallas Stars. The two teams are the same team. The Stars claim their previous history as the North Stars, and there is a different team in Minneapolis now. In addition, whereas the Atlanta/Calgary Flames, the Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes and the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche were WHA teams, which is a point to keep those separate, the North Stars were an indigenous NHL team. There is really no reason to keep them separate. Thoughts? --Kitch (Talk : Contrib) 15:17, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose It's simply too much information for one page to handle. GoodDay 15:20, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * PS- The Flames franchise was never in the WHA. GoodDay 15:56, 2 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Oppose - All previous incarnations of a team should be separate pages, to differentiate their histories. I note, however, that hockey is the only sport on Wikipedia that does this; all other sports have redirects to the current franchise, which I disagree with.  The history of the Oakland Athletics is long enough; when you try to encompass not only Oakland, but Philadelphia and Kansas City before that, it becomes unwieldy.  I think all versions of a franchise should be separated, with limited exceptions (the Oakland/California Golden/Regular Seals/Whatever they called themselves being the primary example). Anthony Hit me up... 16:10, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, as noted above, the Seals/Golden Seals were only relocated in 1976 (as the Cleveland Barons). From 1967-76 they're the same 'located' franchise. Thus no seperation needed. GoodDay 16:35, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Furthermore, under Kitch's proposal - the California Golden Seals, Cleveland Barons (along with the Minnesota North Stars) would all have to be merged with the Dallas Stars. That's way too much info, for one page. GoodDay 18:35, 2 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Oppose For all the reasons stated by others above. Gmatsuda 18:46, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Just so everyone knows, I think he mostly posted this here so we know about it. The discussion is going on at Talk:Dallas Stars, we should probably keep it there so people at WP:RM will see everyone involved, rather than just the couple people there currently.  Bsroiaadn Talk 19:18, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose Wiki long ago decided to keep such articles separate in all sports. A decent current example is Montreal Expos and Washington Nationals. I really don't understand why people keep trying to merge these types of articles. Wikipedia is NOT a paper encyclopaedia. --Djsasso 19:27, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Mike Peluso v. Mike David Peluso
All due respect to Mike Peluso, but Mike David is much more well known and had a much longer career than his younger cousin. Why was Mike (the long haired former Devil) moved to Mike David, while the 38-game playing hardly known Mike moved to this one? Seems silly to me. Anthony Hit me up... 23:11, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * You're correct, the senior cousin deserves the Mike Peluso title. I embarrased to say, I've never heard of the other Mike Peluso (who should be moved to Mike Peluso (b.1974). GoodDay 23:18, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Technically cause the first thing you try to disambiguate with is the middle name so I think Sparkhurst thought that was the best way to do it. Like you I disagree. Since I am not an admin I can't fix his moves so I am going to make it a disambiguation page and name both of the article properly.--Djsasso 23:21, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * There is precedent for my changes (James Stephen Smith, the better known Steve Smith). I figured birth years in article titles should be avoided if possible. Had I found a middle name for the former Flyer Peluso I would have moved him and not the former Devil Peluso, but such was not forthcoming. --Sparkhurst 03:48, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The reason James Stephen Smith is listed that way is that they both have the same birth year and the same birth month making it impossible to differentiate via the standard birth year. --Djsasso 13:02, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Current Roster
We nee a clear criteria on the Team section. I'm currently in a dispute with an anon user, about wether or not Dylan Hunter should be on the Buffalo Sabres roster. Hunter is listed at the Sabres website (with #0), yet he hasn't played any games for the Sabres yet, hasn't played any games in the NHL yet (none that I'm aware of). The anon user does have an argument for including Hunter (the Sabres official website), but we've always waited until a non-NHLer makes the team. I don't want an 'edit war', what should be done? GoodDay 17:05, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Until he plays a game he is not on the roster, thats always been the criteria and I don't think its all that unclear. Even if the official website has him listed. It's the summer and its obvious they are just indicating that they signed this player. That or it could be an over zealous webmaster adding a player that may not even make the team. Either way just revert his edit. --Djsasso 17:39, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * If he is listed on the team's website, he should be listed on the roster. I don't think players are allowed to wear #0, however. --Sparkhurst 17:42, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Well the other day the Flames had every player invited to training camp listed as their roster. Would you add all 70+ players to the roster? I don't think so. Last summer we just stuck to leaving the previous season's roster with major additions added (such as Ryan Smyth) who are obviously going on the roster. It worked well last year and avoid many edit wars. --Djsasso 17:47, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I think that until the season starts, only one-way contracts should be kept on the rosters to avoid these types of issues. Thricecube 17:51, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yup that's exactly what I was trying to say but worded better. --Djsasso 17:53, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Could someone contact User:71.126.31.216, and explain it to him? He's a little annoyed with me. GoodDay 17:56, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The Sabres only have 21 players listed. Whether the Flames actually had that many players listed or not, it apparently didn't last long. It was an anomaly. Regarding two-way contracts, many players with two-way contracts finished the season with their NHL club. Should they be removed then or not? --Sparkhurst 17:58, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * That's a toughy, particular in the case of the Anaheim Ducks, where (I believe) a two-way contract player was in the Finals (thus getting his name on the Stanley Cup). GoodDay 18:14, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree that seventy names (for instance) is a lot, but our opinion about what the Sabres' roster is or not is irrelevant. It's what the Sabres' opinion is that counts. If the Sabres include the fellow on the roster, that's what's what. Beyond that, there's no way we use a "actually played" criteria. Has Paul Kariya played any games yet for St. Louis? Manny Fernandez for the Bruins? Daniel Briere for the Flyers? Are those players not listed on their new team rosters anyway?  RGTraynor  18:22, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * In that case, players should remain on the roster until they don't make the team in the Fall. bmitchelf•T•F 18:23, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Personally I think there should be no roster at all till the season starts. Because there is no roster during the off season. --Djsasso 18:27, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * That's rediculous - the teams still have players that belong to them. If anything, you could hide unrestricted free agents until they sign somwhere, but other sites that list rosters have the UFAs until they change teams, leaving them if they re-sign. bmitchelf</b>•T•<b style="color:#FF0000;">F</b> 18:39, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * That is true. But it doesn't mean they have a roster. The roster is choosen at training camp. So from the time the season ends to when training camp ends there is no roster, just a group of players under contract to them. --Djsasso 18:46, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Personally, I think every player who finished the season on an NHL roster playing NHL games should be included; no more, no less until the season begins. Thricecube 18:40, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Kariya, Briere, Fernandez are NHLers, Dylan Hunter isn't. GoodDay 18:43, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * That would make sense too. --Djsasso 18:46, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

The biggest problem is that we are all basing what we want on our own POV, which is something Wikipedia frowns upon. Really, the official roster as released by the team should take precedence, imo, thus whatever the Sabres list, should be valid. This would be one of those cases where I would find it more productive to just let the IP user include that player, and look for other battles to fight. Resolute 18:46, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll go along with that (besides, the Sabres website might remove his name later). Eitherway, it's be cleared up in October. GoodDay 18:54, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Plus, I've also 'tweaked' the Dylan Hunter page, to show he's no longer a member of the Rochester Americans. GoodDay 20:17, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * While I agree that the official roster by the team does take precedence, which roster is currently correct? One could dispute the assertion that Dylan Hunter is no longer a member of the Rochester Americans.  While he may be shown on the Buffalo Sabres' Roster as a player, he is also still shown on the Rochester Americans' Roster as a player there too. Pparazorback 20:48, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Guess we'll have to leave him on both teams (for now). PS- I've also removed Jimmy Howard and Dallas Drake from the Red Wings and Blues rosters respectively (as those teams official websites, no longer list them). GoodDay 21:26, 4 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Chances are the NHL team will be faster to update than the AHL team would be. I have no issues with leaving him on both for now.  As GoodDay suggested, this is an issue that will clear itself up in October. I'm not sure that getting into edit disputes over these borderline players is productive for us right now. Resolute 21:39, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I think the people at the Blues website, are in their summer haze. When they added Kariya to the roster, they accidentally added his Predators A (unless the Blues have named him an alternate captain). GoodDay 22:04, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Probably so. I wonder who will keep the #9 Jersey, Newcomer to the team Kariya, or Jay McClement who wore #9 last season. Pparazorback 22:45, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey don't make fun of Blues fans, its not their fault they've never won a Cup... CroCan    Mein Führer, I can walk!   02:12, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Collaboration
I was just thinking about something. We've got a lot of dedicated fans on this project who've made great strides in featured content on Wikipedia (especially my fellow Devils fans, haha). But I was thinking: what if we combined all our focus on one article a week? Lots of other projects have weekly collaborations, and many of the articles are greatly improved and end up as FA or at least GA. I'm not saying we can't still all do our own thing, but the Devils fans are working on Devils articles, Flames fans are working on Flames articles, and Leafs fans... well, they're sitting in a corner crying, but we can include them too! The point is, the Article Improvement Drive is a joke; hell, it hasn't even been updated in ages to include all the featured content. But if we had a serious collaboration, where we all offer choices on articles that need a good upgrade, and we spend all week focusing on that one article, we could really crank out some quality stuff. Personally I want to catch up to the Cricket people, they're kicking our butts in total featured content, and it's about CRICKET!!! Who the **** plays cricket? Seriously? Let's show them what we can do! Any ideas, or am I pissing in the wind here? Anthony Hit me up... 14:30, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It's definately a good idea, me personally I tend to just edit when something strikes me and I am in the mood. If I am working on something specific and set it seems too much like work so I end up leaving wiki for awhile. I definately support the rest of you going hard at it but I probably won't be much help other than proofing what you all do. As for cricket many many more people in the world than play hockey. haha --Djsasso 15:52, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd really like to see AID active and people working together.--Serte [ Talk · Contrib ] 17:19, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar
Why are no wikiproject ice hockey award? NJD4life 02:14, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Probably cause most of us working on the project aren't doing it for rewards so to speak....in typical Canadian fashion (well those of us who are Canadian) probably just like to stay under the radar. --Djsasso 05:25, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * And besides which the Running Man Barnstar works just fine.   RGTraynor  12:43, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Diacritics (once again....)
There's been a little edit war going on the last 24h between a few of us here at this project. And I agree with GoodDay that we must stop the edit wars and that's why I'm bringing it up here. The background to all of this was that I reverted an anon-user at the New Jersey Devils article who added diacritics to Elias name. I only did a partial revert and removed the diacritics from Elias name, not his place of birth. I didn't think much more about it until yesterday when I saw that the the town didn't have any diacritics in its name. So I checked out a few articles and found that all diacritics were removed from the NHL team pages. Even city and villages names were without diacritics. That was not something we agreed on. We have absolutely no authority here to change the names of countries or cities. The one and only argument for removing diacritics from players name have been that the NHL does not recognize their names with diacritics. We have agreed to keep diacritics away from players name but that agreement does not include diacritics in country and city names. To quote Wikipedia's naming convention; "In the absence of a common English name, the current local name of the city should be used.". That means that unless there is an common English name for example; Helsinki, Prague, Copenhagen, Vienna, Gothenburg, and etc. the the current local name of the city should be used (ie, native name, with diacritics). --Krm500 23:40, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Count me out of the war Krm500, I've lost faith in compromising diacritics. I'm through with diacritics disputes. Just wanted to let you know, it's nothing personal. I don't care where diacritics are or where they're not (from now on). I'm sick of the bickering, the non-stop bickering. Goodluck, in this and any futher disputes over diacritics. Remember- compromising is give and take, 50/50. GoodDay 23:54, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Exactly, it is a compromise and no one has added diacritics to player names. I have followed our compromise that started on our talk pages long ago. --Krm500 00:16, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Just wanted to let everyone know, feel free to re-add diacritics to any hockey page. Days earlier (before the policy was amended yesterday), I had removed diacritics from NHL team pages concerning place names, in the current roster section. It had been my interpretation, that all diacritics be removed from and hid via wiki-links from North American hockey pages, meaning no exceptions (that's what I thought we had agreed upon, days ago), I was wrong (I've been wrong before). So again, add/remove any of those 'cubes', I won't be removing them, anymore. GoodDay 13:55, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * We don't need to abolish our agreement regarding player names. But we simply can't change names of countries and cities. Luckily many major cities in Europe have English names, for example Göteborg and København which is Gothenburg and Copenhagen respectively, in English. I for one will continue to keep to our agreement regarding player names on NHL team pages. --Krm500 15:12, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks Krm500. I guess it was those double grave accents that pushed me over the edge. As an English speaker, they're difficult to read. GoodDay 15:51, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I guess that is what always confuses me. I am an English speaker and live in Canada and I keep seeing the no-diacritics people saying its hard to read diacritics and I guess I just don't understand that because all you do is ignore them. The letters aren't any different that are below the diacritics (in most cases). --Djsasso 17:40, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Just a heads-up
User:Koavf has gone on a crusade to rename pages while throwing anybody's set naming conventions out the window. I just noticed it while doing some work for the college hoops WikiProject, and it's disruptive enough there (doing things like moving UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball to the full spelled-out name of the university), but if you start going through his contributions, you'll notice that essentially every page with an abbreviation that's under your realm o' influence has been moved. With a quick glance, I thought I saw that the naming standard here was to keep leagues abbreviated, so I figured you'd want to get a jump on fixing the damage if the moves were inappropriate. --fuzzy510 02:08, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I have started fixing them but at the rate he is going I could use some help. --Djsasso 03:01, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I think I've at the very least stalled him. I'm trying to (gently) make him realize that he screwed up, so with any luck he might start reverting himself. --fuzzy510 03:35, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah a bit of a debate has now gone up on the requested moves page in regards to WP:COMMONNAME --Djsasso 04:02, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Well I have fixed all of the WHL, QMJHL, and OHL season pages but he has changed every page in WP:Ice Hockey that had a abbreviation. --Djsasso 04:24, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Geeze he even changed all the all-star games from 52nd etc to actual years. --Djsasso 04:28, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Wow, he made A LOT more moves than I thought he had made.  Bsroiaadn Talk 04:57, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah I don't think there is even a single page left that had an abbreviation that still does. --Djsasso 05:04, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll go over his edits and try to revert any I find, but he has so many I'd have to look over. Not to mention all the player pages he's moved. The one that sticks out in my mind, though the players name eludes me at the moment so I'll use variables in it's place, is when he moved "X" to "X (ice hockey)" so that "X" could redirect to....Kid Rock. Or do we want to leave the un-abbreviated ones alone? Although I do think that the NHL all-star games would be better with the numbers, rather than the years.  Bsroiaadn Talk 05:31, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Most of his stuff should be reverted I think. If there is one you are not sure about you could always bring it here and we all could decide. He had valid reasons for thinking some of them should move but his way of going about it was all wrong. He even did it to all the NFL pages as well....I think the best way to check changes will be when the projects Rating Bot makes its run in a day or so and it will list all the pages whose names changed that had the ice hockey tag in the talk page. --Djsasso 05:49, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Jesus H. Christ on a crutch, what the hell did this guy do? And how did he do it so fast?  I'm surprised the servers didn't shut down on him with all the activity he was shoving through.  I understand "be bold" and stuff, but to completely obliterate conventions based on a whim... I'll try to be civil on Wiki, but as I was going through his contributions list I had words going through my head I don't want to type here for fear of the banhammer, lol.  Let's just try to clean up and explain to him why we did what we did.  Because on the one hand, "be bold", on the other, "don't be a dick". Anthony Hit me up... 14:25, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I thought I was prolific, when I erroneously anglonized 'place names' on the 30 NHL team pages (current roster). All those page movements, only to have them reversed. Oh well, now he knows -it's better to look, before you leap-. GoodDay 15:01, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Personally, I am not at all pleased with these moves, made without any discussion. I would just as soon see them all moved back. At the very least, his more ridiculous moves like Edmonton Oil Kings (Western Canada Hockey League) needs to be reverted. This was a major case of someone, albeit with good intentions, causing a major disruption using an overly broad interpretation of a style guideline. If it aint broke, don't fix it. Resolute 15:16, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Please go and support the moving of a few pages back to their original names. He has contested the moves back. These are ones I couldn't do on my own and required an admin. Contested moves. --Djsasso 15:58, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * You'd think that the fact that there was a mass complaint against the moves would be enough to revert all of them and have any further action be discussed, first. --fuzzy510 16:16, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Koavf was blocked by an admin for a week for his actions. Evidently, he's done something like this before. Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents --Resolute 19:07, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * More permanent link here. Doogie2K (talk) 00:08, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Repairing the damage
I just went through and reverted the moves on all of the NHL and NHA articles - that was so much better use of my time than writing articles - and I think the OHL, WHL and QMJHL ones have been done. I suspect the AHL and ECHL seasons will have to be looked at, if not already, along with the draft and all-star game articles. Fun. Resolute 01:28, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Season format
Using the prototype of the 1988-89 Calgary Flames season, I've copied & pasted a rough version of a structure onto the NHL season pages format. This way, anyone creating a team article can just copy & paste, and not have to start from complete scratch. I used that Flames season since I think it's probably the best individual season article we have among them, and with a little work it's definitely GA quality. Anthony Hit me up... 14:09, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks great! But I'd consider the whole article as a collection of list so if you want to get it recognized I'd recommend shooting for featured list status. Do you mind if I do a little experiment in my sandbox, I have two ideas I'd like to try out for the article that might improve it a little bit. --Krm500 15:00, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It's kind of a hybrid article. Eventually I intend to add a good deal of prose for the playoff section, as I did at 2003-04 Calgary Flames season.  But you are right, it is a collection of lists more than anything else, to FL status would be interesting to try for.  And thanks for the comments on the quality of that article, Anthony.  That was one I felt was necessary to put a lot of work into, heh. Resolute 15:34, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

(Redent)No problem, I really thought it captured a lot about the season. I'd tend to lean towards article, only because it's not just a series of lists; there's also prose in there as well. Perhaps if more prose was added or the existing sections beefed up, it would make a more coherent case for article status. Maybe a section on the playoffs describing each series, I don't know. But keep it up, it's looking good and it's providing a standard for the other season articles. Anthony Hit me up... 20:53, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Perhaps a 'Roster' section can be added to these pages (similiar to the NHL 'current rosters'). We'd no who wore what jersey number, how they shot (R or L), position (D,C,RW,LW), how the golie catched (R,L). The players 'birth place'. Just a thought. GoodDay 19:31, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * There is no need for a separate roster section. Additional columns could easily be added to the player stat section. Jersey number I might buy, but the rest I am not sure is required in these articles, as they are listed in each player's article.  I'm not sure we want to get bogged down in details that aren't specific to the subject of the article. Resolute 19:36, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Could you add the 'jersey number' column (or at least, show me how), then I'll add the numbers. GoodDay 19:48, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Sure. The current header is like this:

|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#c0c0c0" ! ALIGN="center" colspan="1" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! ALIGN="center" colspan="5" | Regular season ! ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! ALIGN="center" colspan="5" | Playoffs |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#c0c0c0" ! ALIGN="center" | Player ! ALIGN="center" | GP ! ALIGN="center" | G ! ALIGN="center" | A ! ALIGN="center" | Pts ! ALIGN="center" | PIM ! ALIGN="center" | GP ! ALIGN="center" | G ! ALIGN="center" | A ! ALIGN="center" | Pts ! ALIGN="center" | PIM

I'm not sure if jersey number should be listed before or after a player's name, or at the end. I think for now I prefer after the player's name, but I can easily be convinced otherwise. To add a column for number, make the following changes/additions:

|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#c0c0c0" ! ALIGN="center" colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! ALIGN="center" colspan="5" | Regular season ! ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! ALIGN="center" colspan="5" | Playoffs |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#c0c0c0" ! ALIGN="center" | Player ! ALIGN="center" | # ! ALIGN="center" | GP ! ALIGN="center" | G ! ALIGN="center" | A ! ALIGN="center" | Pts ! ALIGN="center" | PIM ! ALIGN="center" | GP ! ALIGN="center" | G ! ALIGN="center" | A ! ALIGN="center" | Pts ! ALIGN="center" | PIM

You would then have to add "||#" after the player's name for each player for the chart to show up properly aligned. Resolute 20:00, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm continuing to have problems. Can't seem to get new column to line up correctly. Could you add the column to the 1988-89 Flames season, symatics isn't easy for me. GoodDay 20:30, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. I've left a blank space for each player's number after their name, before their regular season GP. Resolute 20:42, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you, a whole bunch. GoodDay 20:53, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It'll take me a 'few' days to complete all existing team season pages (as I'm taking my time). Feel free (anyone) to pitch in. GoodDay 21:03, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Here's an example of a sortable stats table for season articles. Unfortunately I can't get it to work with the Regular Season and Playoff row at the top. But the regular season and the playoffs are separated with different background colors. It's a very nice feature with sortable tables since you quickly can get information on games played, goals, assist, points, and pim leaders. What do you all think?

--Krm500 23:31, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I did a small change and added them (Regular season and Playoff) at the bottom instead. --Krm500 23:46, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm still not huge on including nationality, but that ain't bad. There has to be a way to get the regular season and playoff headers at the top though.  Resolute 01:33, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately no. I tried but the sort buttons automatically ends up on the top row. So the second row with the GP, G, A, P, PIM, which is supposed to be the ones you can sort lose that function. Apparently you can make columns "unsortable" but not rows (except for the bottom row).


 * I added number and nationality to the table since the talk here was about including the roster used on the team pages. Neither of them are necessary, we can remove the nationality column or perhaps only use flags. --Krm500 02:14, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

How about it? Should we use this sortable stats table instead of the current one? --Krm500 21:57, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd be up for it. It is a nicer chart overall than the simple one I used. Resolute 04:39, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

One idea could be using separate tables for the regular season and the playoffs. For example; Having the regular seasons scoring table directly after the regular season game log and the playoffs scoring table after the playoffs game log. Anyway, a full example of the table in use can be seen here. --Krm500 12:27, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Gordie Howe hat trick list
Would anyone be willing to help compile a list containing all known "Gordie's". Although most clubs don't officially keep an official stat, there probably haven't been too many recorded. Someone suggested this on the Gordie Howe hat trick talk page, and I think it's a great idea. I know Sean Avery has registered 3 in his career. (might be a record?) IrisKawling 15:28, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I highly doubt that 3 Gordie Howe hat tricks is the record... and I highly doubt Sean Avery holds it considering he's only been in the league for five years. I'd be willing to help but I need source material to research, and I have no idea where to look for it. CroCan    Mein Führer, I can walk!   00:23, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

HockeyFights.com list every fight in a season since 1989-90 I think. Checking that data and checking the game logs somewhere else to see if a player who participated in a fight scored a goal and an assist.--Serte [ Talk · Contrib ] 13:24, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Which would be a disproportionate amount of work for a bit of quirky trivia.   RGTraynor  14:04, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree we should have other priorities on more important articles.--Serte [ Talk · Contrib ] 16:32, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes I agree, it only interests me for the purpose of personal research but its borderline Wikiable at best. The work would be better spent trying to maintain the thousands of articles we have already have. CroCan    Mein Führer, I can walk!   20:08, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Was just an idea, if the information is not readily available I agree there's no use in dedicating time to make a pretty trivial list. IrisKawling 16:55, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Task Force
We are roughly between five and ten wikipedians who mostly focus our edits to Swedish related hockey articles. So far we have had trouble coordinate our efforts and most talk between us have occurred on different members talk pages. We would like to start up a task force within this project. Our goal is to improve the quality of Swedish related hockey articles, for example the Elitserien article, Elitserien team articles and so on. Of course we will follow this projects format and guidelines and all talk will be in English so everyone can see what we're doing and maybe help or ask questions. I wanted to ask here before proceeding with creating a sub page to this project. I hope everyone is ok with what we're doing. --Krm500 01:06, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I support it fully. Very good quality articles on a subject I hardly knew about, and this only helps to get them better. Kaiser matias 01:32, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Anything that makes the project better as a whole is fine by me. --Djsasso 02:14, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Sweden task force is now started. --Krm500 23:54, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Image tagging
Right now, I'm going through and converting various different sports logos to PNG versions and resizing them properly to fit fair use guidelines, and I've gotten to hockey on my image tour de force. As I go through them, do you all want the images tagged with your template, or do you not worry about tagging images? I don't mind going back and tagging what I've done so far, but I just want to make sure that I don't leave them all untagged if you want them to be. --fuzzy510 03:03, 10 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't know if it matters or not...just asking...but why are you changing what appear to be perfectly good images just because you want PNG versions? Is there something I'm missing here? Gmatsuda 04:38, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I believe it is related to one ore more of Wikipedia's convoluted image policies. As far as tagging goes, I don't believe we have typically tagged images in the past, and frankly, I'm not sure it matters one way or another. Resolute 04:48, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * PNG is the preferred file format for logos when there isn't a vector version available (see the image use policy. I don't have the capability to create vector images (and some images are too complex to be properly rendered in SVG format anyways), so I'm simply doing all that I can to met that.  PNG's a better format, anyways, because it doesn't lose quality when it shrinks down to a smaller display size, whereas GIF takes quite a beating.  (Look at the Montreal Canadiens historic logos before and after my edits and you'll see what I'm talking about).
 * The other thing is that a lot (actually, damn near all) of the images are larger than what fair use typically allows. I'm reducing them to a size that's still perfectly usable for your purposes, whereas there are plenty of people who, if they see them, will just arbitrarily shrink them and not bother looking at them in context, pretty well ruining them for any real use.  --fuzzy510 04:51, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I suspect that a few of us are about to see a flood of orphaned fair use template warnings in our talk pages as a result of this.  You've already caused one for me, heh. Resolute 04:55, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah......apologies in advance for that. --fuzzy510 04:56, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * OK...just wondering. :-) Gmatsuda 05:21, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Most of the logos I've uploaded, I converted to GIF since they got smaller than PNG that way. The quality was not that bad that it needed the larger PNG version. I haven't had time to check myself but I guess the policy thinks PNG is more free than GIF and thereby preferable? About the tagging, I don't see the point in removing (not re-adding) the current tags/description/etc of the non-PNG images. As long as the images still are allowed by policy (escapes the Betacommandbot etc) after the change, I'm happy. --Bamsefar75 00:19, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I've been making sure to add a fair use rationale template to every image, so there should be no issues with Betacommandbot. Even if there is, I'll be notified and I'll make sure to take care of it.  I'm only interested in having images deleted en masse if there's already a suitable fair-use alternative.
 * Feel free to go through the images I've uploaded, and if there's anything in particular that you'd rather have done some other way, don't hesitate to let me know. --fuzzy510 00:47, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Template images, revisited
It appears a consensus was reached in this archive, Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ice_Hockey/Archive12. Do we need a neutral admin to close this before continuing? Flibirigit 19:20, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * We do need to make a special request to get some protected templates edited first. Flibirigit 20:38, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I laughed when I read "Support I agree with me, as well. GoodDay 19:48, 1 July 2007 (UTC)". Hahaha. Anyway, what protected templates do we need admins for? If there are any, we have a couple sysops in this WikiProject. And I don't think we need a neutral admin as there was really no one opposing, so no one will care much about which admin is chosen.  Bsroiaadn Talk 23:33, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, I never even noticed that Template:Ice hockey was protected. Woops.  Bsroiaadn Talk 23:35, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll probably do most of the editprotected requests (except for the weekend, when I'm off), as I'm easily the most active WP:HOCKEY sysop. --<font face="Arial"><font color="#FF7133">Клоун  00:01, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Flibirigit 03:51, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Let's start converting images to Image:Icehockeylayout.svg. But the important question is what size do we make the image?
 * stubs = 30px
 * WikiProject member = 90px
 * Project banner = 120px


 * About your comment on what your edit above was...I always thought it wasn't the size that counted? :D Sorry...couldn't resist. Gmatsuda 03:58, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * LOL... well, size matters... but as long as it fits. :-) Flibirigit 04:00, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Ottawa Senators
Is it just me (probably so) or does the 'reinstatement' section of 'Ottaw Senators', contradict that page? It's seems to say the (1992- present) Senators are the same franchise as the Senators/Eagles (1893-1935), which isn't the case. Can we actually have it both ways? GoodDay 20:09, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Discussion being held here. GoodDay 20:24, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Ranking articles
After some five months of tedious work, I have completed my work of assessing the some 9000 articles that fall under our scope. It shows that the majority of our articles are, unsuprisingly, are stubs and have no information at all. However, we have a lot of higher quality articles, including a large amount of European-league articles. So while I've been thanked for the task I wasted a lot of time doing, I have to say it was not at all my job. I have to thank everyone else for their work on creating and producing thousands of articles that are of a decent quality. Kaiser matias 18:57, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I saved some of your time a little while ago, by tagging all the templates, images and categorys as NA with AutoWikiBrowser. But, I'll say it again, good job! Thanks.--Serte [ Talk · Contrib ] 19:02, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I tried to tag as many categories as I spotted with the NA ranking, but what little work I did pales in comparison to yours. Great job. Skudrafan1 19:11, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Congrats, to all. Your hard work, benefits all of us. GoodDay 19:38, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

I actually noticed a while ago that all the images, categories, etc. were all removed. Thought someone had a hand in that. Saved me a lot of time ranking them. Kaiser matias 22:23, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

New Sharks logo
It's been leaked here (and looks pretty snappy, if I do say so myself), and I've gotten confirmation from friends in the know that it's the real deal. Should it now replace the old one, be uploaded and displayed as a leaked image in the main text of the article, or none of the above until it's officially unveiled? --fuzzy510 18:58, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * That would be the latter. We get no awards for scoops here, and it's fundamental that we do nothing that cannot be sourced.   RGTraynor  19:01, 13 July 2007 (UTC)


 * It is sharp.... but Traynor is right.... unless we have permission from the Sharks... I wouldn't touch it. DMighton 19:02, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm in agreement as well, wait until the Sharks official website confirms it. GoodDay 19:04, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Good enough. Hey, at least we've got a PNG to upload once they do announce it.  --fuzzy510 19:18, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't think we can even add it to the article until we know the copyright status of the image. --Krm500 20:50, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I must say I agree with Traynor's point, but boy do I like these new logos coming in these days because of the new jerseys for next.... This looks really sharp and the new Capitals jerseys are stunningly good. Lets hope we see more of this. CroCan    "Short answer 'yes' with an 'if'...long answer 'no' with a 'but'"   22:04, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Caps new are really nice, I liked their white road jerseys with the eagle but those copper, black jersey were awful. But the best improvement so far in my opinion was Bostons removal of that silly looking bear, their new shoulder patch is great. --Krm500 22:38, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Do you have a link for the shoulder patch? I can't find it anywhere.  Thricecube 00:06, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Head coaches articles
I saw somewhere that consensus was to move articles about head coaches to ex. "List of Detroit Red Wings head coaches" vs. "Detroit Red Wings Head Coaches". Could someone clear this up for me if this was true? — M o e   ε  00:21, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It's true, see this (now archived) discussion.  Bsroiaadn Talk 01:47, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * OK. I was just wondering because after a large amount of page moves made by User:Koavf was made, he said there was consensus for this and I wanted to be sure. I will start moving articles to the prefered naming convention per that talk page discussion, if they already haven't been done before. — M o e   ε  02:05, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

More anonymous reverting
An anonymous user, 83.192.168.7 has decided to change the List of NHL statistical leaders by country by declaring players like Mariusz Czerkawski, Reto Von Arx, and Michel Riesen active. Now Czerkawski retired at the start of last season, the latter two haven't played in the NHL since 2001, and all three don't seem to be coming back any time soon. I just reverted the article for the second time in less than 12 hours, so I need someone else to watch out for the article. Kaiser matias 01:07, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I've got it on my watchlist now. --fuzzy510 01:48, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Czerkawski is retired (no quarrel there). Perhaps, Von Arx and Riesen can be tagged as 'inactive' (neither active or retired). That might end the dispute. GoodDay 13:57, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Category:Deaths by athletes during careers
Okay I'm just a lil cheesed off that the category I created got deleted, mostly because I wasn't aware at all of the discussion until afterwards and that very few users from the sporting end contributed in the discussion. The category was Category:National Hockey League players who died during their careers and it had I think a total of 26 players on it. I think its a notable category, and not a trivia-sort of thing in any way shape or form. What I need to know is if I'm right or if I'm just overreacting and being too defensive. CroCan   "Short answer 'yes' with an 'if'...long answer 'no' with a 'but'"   02:35, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree it was a notable one. Not many athletes die during the course of their careers, so, it would be interesting to have that.--Serte [ Talk · Contrib ] 09:43, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, who could forget Bill Masterton, Pelle Lindbergh and Michel Briere (to name a few). It should be restored and kept. GoodDay 14:06, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

You know after having a sleep (or sleeping on it if you will) I've decided that perhaps the best course of action is not to revive the categories but to create a whole new article on the subject which gives me a chance to expand on the topic. I'm personally thinking for an article title something along the lines of List of notable ice hockey players who died young... and model it somewhat along the lines of the List of famous people who died young article. I do it ice hockey players and not NHL players so that players such as Duncan MacPherson or the four Swift Current Broncos players who died tragically in that bus accident 20 years ago. I think I'm gonna go ahead and do it, any help would be appreciated and if you have any objections, raise them here. CroCan   "Short answer 'yes' with an 'if'...long answer 'no' with a 'but'"   16:16, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Absolutely no objections, sounds like a good idea. --Krm500 16:38, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Well I'm gonna be doing more extensive research today, and probably get the article up either later today or tomorrow, so don't hold your breath ;) CroCan    "Short answer 'yes' with an 'if'...long answer 'no' with a 'but'"   17:29, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Just a lil sidenote/report, there's a lot more information then I figured, especially from the olden days, so hopefully I'll get going on the actual article by the end of the week. CroCan    "Short answer 'yes' with an 'if'...long answer 'no' with a 'but'"   01:44, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Personal attacks
link. Never something like this happened to me here. After two days of extensive editing and improving the article, hearing "you should be banned for your utter stupidity" is not nice and I'm pissed at it. Just because English is not my first language, it doesn't mean that my contributions are not valid and I've worked on hockey articles a lot. I'm very disappointed.--Serte [ Talk · Contrib ] 18:10, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I suggest, you report the anon user to the Administrators, immediately. His/her behaviour is completely unexceptable. GoodDay 18:14, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * He is thought to be a Sockpuppet. DMighton 18:19, 15 July 2007 (UTC) I've passed a message along to the admin who handled his non-anon block, hopefully he will do something.  DMighton 18:26, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. He made an edit now, but didn't revert to the "forsberg plays for nashville predators" revision of his. Even though I don't think Forsberg should be mentioned as a Predators player now, that was not the point. No personal attacks here please. Thank you guys.--Serte [ Talk · Contrib ] 18:47, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Try getting involved in things like AfD's and vandalism cleanup. My user page has been vandalized by ten different accounts now.  Some people just don't understand respect. Resolute 19:15, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I find the best way to treat them personally is with a sense of humour, because really all they are is telling a joke if they think they know anything about you to make those kinda comments. I have posted my personal favourite on my user page after standing up to one IP, and he responded with.

Comment Damn. It isn't an advertisement you idiot, If you could actually read by putting on your x1600 glasses on you would see it wasn't k? And I checked some of your profile.. f*cking Austria? I bet you thought it was pr0n until you discovered it was a city.. *Backs Away and looks at an english newspaper article about list 99 in suspicion*..At least these other guys have comments where you are like 'umm.. we should delete i cos... erm.. I SAID SO.' Personally its a great article and I think it should stay. It's well written and explainable about some of it's History. kthxbai. By the way I hear specsavers are good for vision problems.. Ah forget that laser eye surgery would be better. Bye you freaking idiot! :) By the way are you in a 'special class'?

Just don't take'em seriously otherwise you'll never stick with it here, unfortunately it just happens too often. In my mind compared to verbal abuse in real life, these ones here only have a fraction of the potential potency. CroCan   "Short answer 'yes' with an 'if'...long answer 'no' with a 'but'"   19:33, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I wish, only registered users could edit pages, anons limited to 'discussion pages'. GoodDay 19:50, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Our suspected 'suckpuppeteer' is back (at Peter Forsberg) under his original moniker. I thinks it's time to call in an Administrator. GoodDay 21:33, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry Serte, I was going to slap him with a warning when I saw what he had said in his edit summary. Unfortunately I had to go so I didn't have anytime to do it. That sort of behavior is not acceptable. --Krm500 22:29, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Barely blocked and he's at it again, see Peter Forsberg. Perhaps an Permanent Ban is due. GoodDay 23:01, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * No that would be a little extreme. Although I am all against anonymous editing, its not like he's TRYING to destroy the encyclopedia, he just thinks he's right. CroCan    "Short answer 'yes' with an 'if'...long answer 'no' with a 'but'"   17:42, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The personal attacks are unacceptable whether he thinks he is right or not. DMighton 23:16, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Request photo page
I had the idea we could create a page with requests for photos for the wikiproject. Be it players, or game situations. That way it would be easier for people to see what the Wikiproject needs in terms of photos and collaborate.--Serte [ Talk · Contrib ] 13:08, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a good idea. I think that there were some talk about it at an article talk page a while back. --Krm500 14:59, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Here's the old discussion. Did you mean that we should start a photo request page or what was your plan? I have many hockey images since photography is a hobby of mine. If anyone wants something specific you can ask me but I'm not to eager to upload images to Wikipedia due to the idio... eh, not to beneficial copyright policy. --Krm500 19:53, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It sounds good, but I'm not exactly sure what you mean. Do you mean we make a list of all articles in need of images that don't have one? Like players, trophies, whatever? Or a specific request page? I personally think just having a list of all articles that need images would be better than specific requests.  Bsroiaadn Talk 01:37, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * My idea was to have a list which everyone could edit.--Serte [ Talk · Contrib ] 10:31, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Sounds good to me, where should it get started? WikiProject Ice Hockey/Requested Images?  Bsroiaadn Talk 13:08, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, there, why not? We link the wiki project main page there, put a little tutorial there on licenses and wikimedia commons and it's done. Let's do it?--Serte [ Talk · Contrib ] 14:56, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Alright, except I'm not-so-good at writing tutorials....not very good at writing anything really, haha. How should we start it out? Tutorial at the top then further down have the list of requested images? We should probably have things like players, trophies, and moments (things like fights, hits, etc.) in different sections. Probably a logos section too, though they're probably the easiest to get and put up. We should probably make the fact that (even though I dis-like it) "fair-use images that merely show what someone looks like", or whatever it says, will end up just getting deleted anyway. Also, for stuff like logos, add the the different templates needed, as well as another template that will put logos under Category:Hockey logos, it being, to help keep them all together. And whatever else anyone can think of that's worth adding. We should probably try to make it clear what would be free, what would be fair-use, how/where to upload free images from flickr, and all that, and simple too so people will not get confused while uploading their first couple images.  Bsroiaadn Talk 05:25, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Ice Hockey/Requested Images created. Help and discussion from all members welcome. I think we should focus solely on free images, with the exception of rare hard-to-find team logos. Other than that, only free images should be there. Help needed discussing the layout of the page and the instructions, mainly.--Serte [ Talk · Contrib ] 22:46, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks nice. How about some blank fair use template to use for logos so that Beta guy doesn't tag them? And maybe some sort of layout for image pages so all have the same look. Look at User:Diliff who has customized image description on almost all his images. We could make something similar for all hockey images. --Krm500 23:09, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Instructions finished (or almost) and your advice was heard. What do you think?--Serte [ Talk · Contrib ] 23:52, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
 * That's looks fine to me. --Krm500 00:12, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

How about a "New images" section at the request page? --Krm500 01:07, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * What do you mean?--Serte [ Talk · Contrib ] 10:29, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Just like we have the new article page we could have a small sub-section with new images. That way other users can see new available images and use them in articles, also make sure that the have correct tags and so on.

Soviet players
What is the policy regarding country flags for players that were born in the USSR in cities that are now in independent republics? I've been doing roster changes so if a player was born in say the Ukraine, which used to be the USSR, do I put in a UKR or a RUS flag? JRWalko 20:21, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * We use the flag of the country they now represent. --Djsasso 20:23, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * But the place of birth should say for example, Czechoslovakia or U.S.S.R. --Krm500 22:34, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Whatever they currently represent. So in the case of Czechoslovakia the new country would be the Czech Republic or Slovakia. Whichever one they now represent. --Djsasso 22:39, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, well take the case of Vitaly Vishnevski, born in the Soviet Union, now Ukraine, plays for Russia. I know this isn't a big deal but I don't know how to deal with this. :-) JRWalko 22:47, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * On his team's NHL page, keep USSR as birth country, but add Ukraine's flag. Afterall, he's nationality is Ukraine.GoodDay 22:51, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Correction, his bio page says his nationality is Russian. Therefore, keep the Flag of Russia. GoodDay 23:04, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I typically use the flag of the nation a player represents. Thus, Brett Hull gets a 🇺🇸. Resolute 23:26, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * That criteria, would require 🇷🇺 for Vishnevski, aswell. GoodDay 00:00, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Nicknames in player articles
Oh by the way what's the standard for nickname notability to be mentioned in player articles? I find myself reverting constantly nicknames that are unverified, pre-conceived or just ridiculous short-lived teammate nickname (for example, Henrik Tallinder becomes Tally, or Daymond Langkow becomes Langy, or Peter Forsberg becomes Forsberggy etc.)... CroCan   "Short answer 'yes' with an 'if'...long answer 'no' with a 'but'"   02:33, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd like to see sourcing for some of the weirder ones, and I wish we'd stick to celebrated nicknames. Pretty much any hockey fan can give you Dave Schultz's, Bobby Hull's, Maurice Richard's or Dominik Hasek's nicknames off the top of their heads.  If the Todd Fedoruks and Wade Flahertys of the world have nicknames, there'd better be some strong sourcing.    RGTraynor  12:51, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I see tons of articles with Hank, Pat, Bob, etc. Names that are short for Henrik, Patrice, Bobby and etc. Those are hypocoristic, not nicknames. I consider 'the great one', 'le magnifique', 'sid the kid', 'the russian rocket', 'the finnish flash' nicknames. --Krm500 13:59, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * EXACTLY MY POINT! Good to see you guys are in 100% agreement, and I will continue my Grumpy Old Man editing strategy. CroCan    "Short answer 'yes' with an 'if'...long answer 'no' with a 'but'"   17:44, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, nicknames that are like what the other players give each other, using an "s", "y", or "ie" supplemented to the real name shouldn't be on here. To that end, I've started to remove them; I'm just finishing up the Anaheim players. <b style="color:#FF4500;">bmitchelf</b>•T•<b style="color:#FF0000;">F</b> 18:59, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

All hands on deck
With Fighting in ice hockey on the front page today, I imagine we will be busy reverting vandalism for the next 24 hours... Resolute 03:59, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yep. I'm astonished that the article hasn't been semi-protected.    RGTraynor  12:31, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I tried that with New Jersey Devils when it was getting hit hard while on the front page. I was rejected bluntly with the comment that main page articles should not be protected, as this is the "encyclopedia that anyone can edit." Apparently we work to prevent vandalism any time except when it is the most prominent article on the site.  go figure. Resolute 13:28, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The reasoning for not protecting the FA is because Jimbo, I believe, or Raul654 (FA director) want it to be editable, and only protected if the vandalism is extremely severe. --Maxim 15:06, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I gathered. But then, I am firmly on the side that thinks anonymous editing should be barred.  I'll just grin and bear it, heh. Resolute 16:54, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The vandalism has actually been quite manageable today. Some anons are making useful changes, and that's why they want it unprotected.  Most of the work seems to be answering declarations of impropriety from editors on the Talk page. We have gotten some useful feedback from Britons as well; turns out some things we take for granted in North America are not necessarily clear over there! --<b style="color:#6666FF;">Spike Wilbury</b> <b style="color:#000000;">♫</b>  talk  17:48, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Fighting in ice hockey on the main page
Well that was fun day. Some negative feedback but mostly positive response to the article. I certainly hope we get some more articles on the main page in the future. Anyway, I just wanted to say that I replaced the JPG screenshot with a PNG version. --Krm500 01:06, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * And thanks again for the photo - it adds a lot to the quality of the article. --<b style="color:#6666FF;">Spike Wilbury</b> <b style="color:#000000;">♫</b> talk  01:18, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Two things
1. I've re-done Template:Ice hockey. I haven't put it there yet, I want your approval first, see it in my sandbox. I've added a couple parameters (some myself, some were there in a copy-and-paste kinda thing), it can now have the "auto assessment" that WikiProject Biography often has. The newly created WikiProject Ice Hockey/Sweden task force now has it's own parameter which will place all articles in it's own sub-category and will also have them separated by ratings automatically if it's rated. If a hockey team, place, league, etc. needs an infobox, just add needs-infobox=yes and it will be tagged as needed an infobox and someone can go and add it if another editor doesn't know how to do it or just goes through quickly tagging to edit them later. Also, a peer-review (which we kind of have, but not really, so it's not useful at the moment, so I just directed it towards the customary "peer review" sub-page) parameter has been added. It started off as a way to learn more about templates, I didn't think I'd actually get it to work, though. Note, I made it so it doesn't always show up...you have to click "show" to see them all. And I know some people don't like the image, but I just used the one currently in use, it can be changed...wouldn't bother me at all.

2. Me and User:FutureNJGov talked about it quickly, and it seems like a good idea to us to make a "New Jersey Devils task force", we think there are enough editors that would join to warrant it's creation. Going along with WP:TASKFORCE it should be brought up in the main project and should be supported by it before being created.

Also, 2 more things, I think the Sweden task force should be moved to WikiProject Ice Hockey/Sweden Ice Hockey task force or "Swedish", whichever one is better, to better keep in consistency with other wikiprojects (except I think "Ice" and "Hockey" should be capitalized since it's that way in the title of this wikiproject), if it's not too much trouble and if everyone is ok with it. It would also make it easier for the new template due to the fact that I can't name the categories "Sweden task force" in case other task forces take up those categories if they haven't already. And we need to make a page with all the infoboxes so it can be linked to from the template if we decide to go along with this one.

So, what does everybody think?  Bsroiaadn Talk 14:59, 20 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Auto-assessment and Task force support in the template are good things. I prefer Sweden Ice Hockey task force over Swedish cause it changes less of the current name, and I suspect that names of countries are easier to understand than nationalities in some cases. I also think both cases would leave the current scope unchanged. --Bamsefar75 15:35, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * So....everyone's ok with this becoming the new template and the "New Jersey Devils task force" then? And yea, after thinking about it, "Sweden" is probably better.  Bsroiaadn Talk 23:10, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Looks good and I don't mind the changes. But I'd like to see the ice rink overview instead of the pucks. --Krm500 23:53, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah I think thats what most people said. --Djsasso 00:03, 21 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Seems the protected template code is updated now. (Code only, not the parameters usage text?) However, I tried to make a sample preview adding Sweden-task-force=yes to a team page but there was no effect showing up in the preview. Maybe the update is not complete yet? --Bamsefar75 15:01, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, scratch that. The category appeared, I guess that was the point. --Bamsefar75 15:04, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Or not... Seems the category etc appears in User Namespace, but not in Main Article Talk Namespace? --Bamsefar75 15:15, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmmmmm....I'll have to look into that, not sure what the problem is.  Bsroiaadn Talk 18:31, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, if you put the needs-infobox=yes, then the sweden task force part shows up...but not if you only put sweden-task-force=yes....apparently I have some bugs to work out.  Bsroiaadn Talk 18:33, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, fixed, now just waiting for an admin to update it. Thanks for pointing that out.  Bsroiaadn Talk 18:39, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

And, the New Jersey Devils task force has been created.  Bsroiaadn Talk 19:15, 23 July 2007 (UTC)


 * If by the time a sysop reads this it hasn't been completed yet, can you please fulfill my protected edit request at Template talk:Ice hockey? Thank you.  Bsroiaadn Talk 02:16, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Diacritics, I'm back (sorta)
A few NHL team pages have 'place diacritics', most don't. Can we please have consistancy, (I can't add diacritics, I can only remove them). Either revert them, or add them. I'm not here to argue, just pointing out 'inconsistancy', among the 30 NHL team pages (which happen to be North American hockey related). GoodDay 16:40, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia standard is to have them on places that don't have english translations as was mentioned last time you brought this up. So in some cases there will be diacritics and in some cases there will not be. This isn't really up to the project to decide as there is already an overriding wiki policy on it. Examples being Göteborg and København which are Gothenburg and Copenhagen in English. --Djsasso 16:47, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * You're misunderstanding me. Elias' home city (for example) is diacritized at New Jersey Devils, but isn't at other NHL team pages, same with some other European cities. GoodDay 16:52, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * That's just a case of editors not having the time or thinking about going and fixing them. There is always going to be inconsistancies in wikipedia as things are constantly being edited. --Djsasso 16:56, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thirty articles isn't too much trouble. Hopefully, they'll be fixed soon. GoodDay 17:22, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Case in point, I had put the diacritics back on place names for some Eastern Conference teams, such as the Rangers, Devils, Capitals. I was just going around to rosters to check them after the signings and trades and make sure links go to the correct place. I will get around to others if I have time. I have also been seperating city and state/province/country because some cities are listed just as the name without the state/province/country after them (like Toronto and Winnipeg), so I have been making those all consistant. <b style="color:#FF4500;">bmitchelf</b>•T•<b style="color:#FF0000;">F</b> 17:26, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I would have fixed the articles myself, but my solution wouldn't have been accepted (ha, ha). GoodDay 17:30, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * By the way, why can't you add diacritics? --<b style="color:#6666FF;">Spike Wilbury</b> <b style="color:#000000;">♫</b> talk  19:33, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Don't have them on my keyboard. GoodDay 19:45, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * When I click edit and then scroll down below the text entry window and the "Save page" button, there is a whole table of diacritics and special characters. I just have to click them to insert them: äëö.  Do you have that? --<b style="color:#6666FF;">Spike Wilbury</b> <b style="color:#000000;">♫</b>  talk  19:50, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Found them. However, I'd rather someone else do it, I wouldn't want to make a mistake and offend Eastern Europeans. GoodDay 19:53, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I doubt they would find it offensive. CroCan    "Short answer 'yes' with an 'if'...long answer 'no' with a 'but'"   20:22, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * They would, if I removed them (the diacritics). GoodDay 20:24, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah, a great benefit of having a Mac - so many different symbols easily at your fingertips by pressing the option key. <b style="color:#FF4500;">bmitchelf</b>•T•<b style="color:#FF0000;">F</b> 21:02, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The odd time I need to use a non-Engligh symbol, I just click the buttons below this text box for one of the many Wikipedia has to offer. Thricecube 21:51, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It seems there's a 'silent majority' wanting to hide place name diacritics, afterall. It's evident, in the lack of 'unhiding' the place names. Again, would someone 'unhide' (or hide, again) the diacritics on all 30 NHL team pages. The 30 NHL team pages should be in sinc (PS- I'm not going to do it, been there/done that). GoodDay 22:20, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * If there is a "silent" majority, I'm not gonna go back and change things unless they speak up and the policy is changed. I will, however, stop for now changing the rosters to show diacritics. <b style="color:#FF4500;">bmitchelf</b>•T•<b style="color:#FF0000;">F</b> 15:39, 25 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm in favor of, as a rule, not using non-English symbols in the English Wikipedia. I'm not sure where I would go to break my "silence" on this topic, but I also know that it's not a fight I'm exactly dying to become embroiled in.  I doubt that it would ever be possible to achieve consensus on this topic. Croctotheface 03:13, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Gary Bettman
Has anyone read this article: http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070720.wspt-preds-20/GSStory/GlobeSportsHockey/home ? Any thoughts on this or what it could be used for? It sounds like either Bettman doesn't want Hamilton or doesn't want Basille... DMighton 00:34, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
 * For all his "I love Canada" speeches back when teams like Edmonton and Ottawa were threatening to move, he sure is trying his hardest to keep teams out of the country now. Personally, I don't want Hamilton because its just another team jammed on the QEW. Now that Kitchener-Waterloo one has always been intriguing, because I've lived in that area my whole life, but it creates a crisis in that I'm a blue-blooded Leafs fan. Perhaps Winnipeg would be the safest best... Oh wait, right, I'm just wasting my breath (or, er, finger muscles) because this will never happen as long as Bettman's commissioner. I feel your pain, DMighton, another team in Ontario would be pretty sweet. CroCan    "Short answer 'yes' with an 'if'...long answer 'no' with a 'but'"   02:20, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Kitchener-Waterloo would have been cool. I am from Durham (between Owen Sound and Mount Forest), so it would have been a lot closer and probably a lot cheaper than the Leafs... I am annoyed by Bettman's attitude towards Canadian centres.  DMighton 02:36, 22 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I think it had more to do with concerns over Balsillie, and to pandering to the Leafs, than anything to do with Hamilton or Canada. The best article for it would be Second NHL team in Toronto. Resolute 05:06, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't actually think its the Leafs cause Balsillie had brokered a deal with the Leaf's for them to run Copps Colliseum for him and to put Predators games on the Leaf's network. I am pretty sure its Bettman but of course thats just guesswork. --Djsasso 13:30, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Basillie's accussation of Bettman being anti-Canadian (or perhaps more accurately, the Board of Governors being anti-Canadian) should be added. Be sure to add Bettman's denials, thus giving the entry a 'neutral' appearance. GoodDay 14:33, 22 July 2007 (UTC)