Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Lacrosse/Archive4

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Unreferenced living people articles bot
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Shawn Williams
Can someone fix this article? --WestJet (talk) 12:07, 23 March 2010 (UTC)


 * ✅ (I assume you meant the vandalism and broken infobox on Shawn Williams (lacrosse)). -- Yarnalgo  talk to me 03:37, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Xenobot Mk V to tag articles in project scope and/or auto-assess unassessed articles
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Starz Lacrosse Foundation
I added information about Starz Lacrosse Foundation as well as it's purpose. I also added a section on the Starz philosophy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nbos89 (talk • contribs) 04:45, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

-- Yarnalgo  talk to me 05:10, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Notification regarding Wikipedia-Books
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Sports Notability
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Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons
The WikiProject Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons (UBLPs) aims to reduce the number of unreferenced biographical articles to under 30,000 by June 1, primarily by enabling WikiProjects to easily identify UBLP articles in their project's scope. There were over 52,000 unreferenced BLPs in January 2010 and this has been reduced to 32,665 as of May 16. A bot is now running daily to compile a list of all articles that are in both Category:All unreferenced BLPs and have been tagged by a WikiProject. Note that the bot does NOT place unreferenced tags or assign articles to projects - this has been done by others previously - it just compiles a list.

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List of college men's lacrosse coaches by career wins
I saw there were similar articles created recently for other college sports (football, hockey, and basketball), and decided to make one of these for lacrosse head coaches. The arbitrary cut-off that I used was 250 wins.

I used the 2009 NCAA record book and added the past seasons results for active coaches, but did notice that the NCAA record book does not count Dick Edell's record at the University of Baltimore (1973–1975), which would put him at either 237 or 282 wins, depending on whether you count those or not. To my knowledge, UBalt was Division II at the time, so those wins should count towards his all-time NCAA record. Oddly, the NCAA record book counted Richie Meade's wins/losses at UBalt from 1979 to 1982, so I don't know if there was an oversight with Edell or whether there were NCAA violations or something of which I am not aware (and sort of doubt) during his tenure there. Anyone have anything on this? Strikehold (talk) 01:59, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

re: Dick Edell


 * I see nothing 'suspicious' in U B's schedule for that period. U B's 1973 schedule is tough with opponents Ohio Wesleyan, Roanoke, Maryland (1973 DI champ), Hofstra (#6 seed DI), Washington Shoremen (USILA finalist), Towson, UMBC & Washington & Lee (#4 seed DI). Baltimore reached the USILA (non-Division I year-end tournament) quarterfinals against Washington beating Roanoke to get there. Further research -- "5-12-75 Salisbury Times - Ohio Wesleyan and Morgan State, ranked 10th and llth in last week's USILA College Division poll were included in the (tournament) field over the teams which ranked seventh, eighth and ninth — Roanoke, Adelphi and Baltimore U". UB's schedule looks legitimate, nothing so far on any violations. I'd suggest including Baltimore's wins/losses as part of Edell's overall coaching record. Thanks ! --10stone5 (talk) 01:11, 4 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for checking into that. Edell's UB record is included in the list and on his article. I had the feeling that the NCAA figure was wrong, but it is bizarre that they just didn't count the UB games for Edell, while they did for I think Richie Meade. Strikehold (talk) 21:13, 5 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I have caught what appear to be a few more errors in the NCAA Record Book: It puts Richie Meade as UBalt head coach in 1979 (while the UBalt yearbook and Meade's Navy bio say he arrived in 1980), and it may also have incorrect number of wins for Jim (Ace) Adams (284 vice 286 or 287)... I wonder if wins/losses against club teams may be partly to blame for the differing numbers though? Strikehold (talk) 04:32, 12 July 2010 (UTC)


 * F*** the NCAA record book. I had a great link for this, might have come from some Hopkins pre-game notes. I'll see if I can find it. Meanwhile, I like what you've developed - and will be glad to verify as much as possible, and of course will link to this page. Thanks ! --10stone5 (talk) 17:09, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Lacrosse articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release
Version 0.8 is a collection of Wikipedia articles selected by the Wikipedia 1.0 team for offline release on USB key, DVD and mobile phone. Articles were selected based on their assessed importance and quality, then article versions (revisionIDs) were chosen for trustworthiness (freedom from vandalism) using an adaptation of the WikiTrust algorithm.

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Outline of lacrosse
There is no Outline of lacrosse.

To create one, click on the redlink above and add this line:

 lacrosse 

Then press Save page and start adding relevant subheadings and links.

For the whole set of outlines on Wikipedia, see Portal:Contents/Outlines.

For a relevant discussion see: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Birds/archive 40

Here's the outline they created: Outline of birds.

The Transhumanist 20:37, 15 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Sports-related outlines currently under development include:


 * Outline of basketball
 * Outline of tennis
 * Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling
 * Outline of running
 * Outline of cricket


 * Can you beat the other Sports WikiProjects to completion?


 * For the whole set of outlines on Wikipedia, see Portal:Contents/Outlines.


 * Here are some examples of developed outlines:


 * Outline of cell biology
 * Outline of meteorology (weather)
 * Outline of Iceland
 * Outline of Japan
 * Outline of anarchism
 * Outline of chocolate

The Transhumanist 23:51, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject cleanup listing
I have created together with Smallman12q a toolserver tool that shows a weekly-updated list of cleanup categories for WikiProjects, that can be used as a replacement for WolterBot and this WikiProject is among those that are already included (because it is a member of Category:WolterBot cleanup listing subscriptions). See the tool's wiki page, this project's listing in one big table or by categories and the index of WikiProjects. Svick (talk) 20:47, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Removing Player Nationality Flags
I have been working on updating some NLL pages for the upcoming season and have noticed that most teams which have rosters on their page are horribly out of date (we're talking years behind). I believe a major reason for this is that next to each player's name is their nationality. This makes it way too hard to update because often times it is EXTREMELY difficult to find where a lesser known player was born. As such, I am starting to remove these flags from the roster section of each team's page. I hope that nobody here disagrees with this as it really isn't pertinent information anyway, and it will make it a lot easier to keep this information up to date! --Xander756 (talk) 21:30, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Disambiguation needed: Eamon McEneaney and Eamon McAnaney
There is a page for McEneaney, highly regarded Cornell attackman who played in the mid-late 1970s and who died in the Towers on 9/11. There is also a Notre Dame defenseman McAnaney who played in the late 80s, early 90s is living and working as a lacrosse announcer for ESPN online sports broadcasts.

I do not know how to edit disambiguation links, and I don't know enough about the announcer McAnaney to know whether he would merit a page under the living persons standards for lacrosse. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.228.39 (talk) 21:17, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

New template Template:Student athlete
Feel free to help fill in Template:Student athlete by adding new articles or creating articles for redlinks.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:48, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Your opinions and advice
A recently discussion WikiProject Council/Proposals/Women's Sport. Your opinions and your advice are welcome. --Geneviève (talk) 22:49, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Gord Nash
This WikiProject doesn't seem very active, so maybe no-one is reading this, but of your 2 remaining unreferenced BLPs, Gord Nash's is coming close to being top of the pile and someone will probably prod it if you don't whack a reference on it. You might have noticed that June Shiraishi has already suffered that fate. Or you might not have done. --Dweller (talk) 10:44, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

AFD nomination
There is an ongoing deletion discussion for a college lacrosse coach. If interested, please weigh in at Articles for deletion/Clinton L. Riggs. Strikehold (talk) 01:19, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Native American stickball in Mississippi
The LA Times did a story on Choctaw Native American stickball in Mississippi: WhisperToMe (talk) 02:59, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Holmes, Baxter. "Choctaw stickball: A fierce, ancient game deep in Mississippi." Los Angeles Times. October 18, 2011.

Rivalry template
I've taken a shot at creating a generic infobox for college sports rivalries:. Comments appreciated at Template talk:Infobox college rivalry. Thanks, Mackensen (talk) 22:27, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Lacrosse will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in lacrosse. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 21:11, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Template:Lacrosse topics
I started:

I wanted to add leagues, orgs, and competitions, but don't quite know how it all goes. Help with those groups would be very much appreciated. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:29, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Discussion about overview maps for US collegiate athletic conferences
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If you're interested, please join the discussion here: Athletic conference overview maps and their lack of consistency

RfC on the use of flag icons for sportspeople
An RfC discussion about the MOS:FLAG restriction on the use of flag icons for sportspeople has been opened at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Icons. We invite all interested participants to provide their opinion here. Qwyrxian (talk) 02:40, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Portal:Sports is up for featured portal consideration
This is a courtesy message to inform the members of this project that I have nominated Portal:Sports for featured portal status. The discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Sports. The featured portal criteria are at Featured portal criteria. Please feel free to weigh in.  S ven M anguard  Wha?  18:35, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

UNC lacrosse articles need attention
Greetings. I'd like to bring 2013 North Carolina Tar Heels men's lacrosse team and 2014 North Carolina Tar Heels men's lacrosse team to the project's attention. Are there any standards for team season articles? They may need to be applied here. Spyder_Monkey (Talk) 22:13, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

600x600VancouverStealth.png
file:600x600VancouverStealth.png has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 12:10, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Lacrosse standings templates
See Template talk:2013 MLL standings where we are having a discussion on whether seasons should have standings. -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 05:38, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

AfC submission
Could anyone assess if this player is notable? Thanks! FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 15:34, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Trevor J Michaelsen
Dear lacrosse enthusiasts: Here's an old Afc draft that was never submitted for review. Now it's stale and is about to be deleted. Is this a notable player, and should the draft be saved from deletion? &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 12:02, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Clay Hill (lacrosse player) AFD
Please see Articles_for_deletion/Clay_Hill_(lacrosse_player). Simply south ...... discombobulating confusing ideas for just 8 years 18:43, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

World Lacrosse Championship Teams
I'm new to the group, I noticed that it was tough to find info on the players. I'm guessing a player playing at the World's should be notable. I'll look to add a squad list to the 2014 World Lacrosse Championship. Any templates for the National teams? --Coppercanuck (talk) 21:50, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Barrie Blizzard
Dear lacrosse experts: Is this a notable lacrosse team? Should we be looking for reliable sources, or should the page be deleted as a stale draft? &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 15:06, 16 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, this is a notable lacrosse club... it is professional, features multiple National Lacrosse League alumni, and is a team in the second strongest pro box lacrosse league in the world. DMighton (talk) 02:29, 2 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks, DMighton. I have delayed the deletion of the draft for six months to give time to find some references. &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 02:41, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
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