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Assess : newly added and existing articles, maybe nominate some good B-class articles for GA; independently assess some as A-class, regardless of GA status.
Cleanup : * Sport governing body (this should-be-major article is in a shameful state) * Field hockey (History section needs sources and accurate information - very vague at the moment.) * Standardize Category:American college sports infobox templates to use same font size and spacing. * Sport in the United Kingdom - the Popularity section is incorrect and unsourced. Reliable data is required.
* Fix project template and/or "to do list" Current version causes tables of content to be hidden unless/until reader chooses "show."
title = The name of the league; if this is omitted, the article title will be used. Use this iff the article title has a modifier (such as National Basketball League (Australia)).
current_season = The article name of the league's current season or competition in progress. Omit the wikilinks "[[]]".
logo = The filename of the logo, with the extension. Omit the [[Image: ]].
pixels = The width of the logo in pixels (default: 200px). Use this if the logo is either too small or too big.
caption = A caption for the image. Default is "<Sports league name> logo".
folded = The year the league folded.
teams= Number of teams in the league.
singles = In leagues featuring individual play (e.g., tennis, golf, gaming), the number of individual players.
TV = The primary TV networks where the league's games/matches are aired. As much as possible, avoid local affiliates, use only the national broadcasters.
website = The official website address in the following format: [http://www.sportsleague.com SportsLeague.com].
I have removed the "singles" parameter because it is showing up in every instance of this template. The parameter is not documented, and I'm not clear what it might mean. If you're going to add it back, please document it and make it optional. Rolando23:35, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Can someone add in the option of writing in a different title, as opposed the name just being the article's name. For example, so Celtic League (rugby union) will say just Celtic League in the box, instead of having (rugby union)....? Narrasawa 05:11, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
What is the consensus for country/flag inclusion where there is a single team from another country (eg. a single Canadian teams in the NBA (United States competition), a single New Zealand teams in the NRL (Australian competition))? I would have thought that unless it was a mixed competition (eg. Super 14 has almost equal numbers of South African, Australian and New Zealand clubs) that the flag of the nation that hosts the league would be used (ie. US flag for NBA, Aus flag for NRL - but S.A., Aus and NZ flags for Super 14.). Looking through the articles it seems usage goes the other way. -- Chuq09:57, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
For leagues where the teams had to go through a qualifying tournament in their respective countries (like in order to qualify in the UEFA Champions League, you'd have to finish first-fourth in the strongest countries), I'd recommend adding a flag; for those which do not (like the NBA and NHL), I'd recommend no flag to be displayed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Howard the Duck (talk • contribs) 23:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
For International club football tournaments, there are a huge number of countries involved, and the countries can vary each year
Super 14 - 14 teams (4 Australian, 5 New Zealand, 5 South Africa) -> All three flags
Super 14 is run by SANZAR which is a joint Sth Africa/Aust/NZ organisation. No single country is dominant, but the teams involved are fixed from year to year.
I agree with you (Howard the Duck) regarding the NBA, NHL, NRL etc. but it appears to be against common usage - so I'd like to get other opinions. The particular article which interests me is A-League because Australia and New Zealand are in different football confederations so there has to be a distinction made. -- Chuq01:43, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Are you referring to the "Countries" parameter or the "Champions" parameter? My previous statement was referring to the "Champions" parameter, as for the countries parameter, I suggest to include all countries except for leagues that are played in more than 10 countries. --HowardtheDuck02:23, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, the "Countries" parameter - my Champions/Premiers comment below is unrelated! I wouldn't even use a flag for champions unless it was a competition between national teams. -- Chuq02:26, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I'd support of adding flags to the champions if the league's members qualified through their national leagues (like the Champions League), while those which aren't, like the Aussie NBL (where the Slingers and NZ play) don't. --HowardtheDuck02:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Another question! The A-League is unusual in that both the premiers (top of league table) and champions (winner of finals series) are equally important in measuring the success of teams. This prompted someone to ["subst" and modify the infobox http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A-League&diff=93362989&oldid=93348243] as the template didn't have space for both. My opinion is that the infobox shouldn't have been got rid of - it should have been discussed here and adjusted to suit. Does anyone want to comment on this before I attempt it? -- Chuq10:32, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like a good idea, but it'll emphasize that "folded" being last means it was the last thing the league did. Could work either way, though. --HowardtheDuck05:33, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The wording of that has always bugged me considerably. Would there be any objection to having this changed to "Defending Champion", which I consider to be a more accurate statement? Resolute14:49, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The only thing would be defending, being an active word, implies that the next season is already taking place. In the off-season, the current champions are not yet defending. SeveroTC16:37, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
True, but as far as North American sports go, at least, even in the offseason, the winning team is often referred to as the "defending champion Carolina Hurricanes..." My issue is that calling a team the current champ suggests that there is a continual challenge to the title. i.e.: a boxer is the current WBC champion, but the St. Louis Cardinals are the defending World Series champions. It is simply a matter of which semantics is preferable, I suppose. Resolute17:00, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think Defending sounds much better, maybe there is a slight differences in dialect because to me (a native Estuary English speaker), to defend is to actively attempt to retain. Either way I think it's preferable because Current just sounds awkward :) -SeveroTC17:38, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies for having made the change before I looked here, but I have changed "defending" to "Most recent". In UK English, as Severo observes, a "defending" champion is one engaged in retaining that title. By this definition, Australia will not be defending the OFC Nations Cup (because of transfer to another jurisdiction), Floyd Landis will not be defending the Tour de France (through retirement) (admittedly not a league, but the principle applies), and Sunderland will not be defending the Coca-Cola Championship (by virtue of promotion). "Current" has already been argued against, and a rem note points out that it is not suitable for defunct leagues. I also rendered "champion" in the singular, which sits better with US English as well as being better suited to competitions where individuals participate. Kevin McE20:12, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, for current leagues...I prefer "Defending champion". For defunct leagues...I don't think we really need it to be honest...but I supposed "Last champion" would make sense. BsroiaadnTalk00:58, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The current markup for defunct leagues adds the word "last" before "champions." And this is a sports league infobox so more than likely the champions are teams. And some leagues do not allow their champions to defend their championships since they're promoted. --HowardtheDuck03:54, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There seems to be three options:
Team or individual is defending or will defend their title
Team or individual will not defend their title, as they have for whatever reason changed league
League is defunct. Current markup alters text to read Last champions
How about just employing Champion (or Champions or Champion(s)) for the first two, leaving the markup for defunct leagues as it is? SeveroTC12:37, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have a question: on what page is this used for leagues with no teams (aka individuals)? That'll also leave number of teams quite useless. The current markup we have is fine, I just don't like "most current", I'd rather leave the simpler "Champions". --HowardtheDuck14:21, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not exhaustive, but one I edit actually: UCI ProTour, where there are champions in individual, team and nation ranks and where, of those, individual is most important. SeveroTC 14:32, 6 July 2007 (UTC) --Ignore that then :-) SeveroTC17:52, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Suggestions for additional parameters - inspired by the fact that A-League uses a manually generated infobox instead of this template, because the template doesn't accommodate all the variables.
Most championships/premierships: An entry for the team who has the most championships (or in the case of leagues such as the A-League, most championships and most premierships.
Related competitions - for football competitions, this would be continental club championships, for example
I've added the first two (most_champs and related_comps) and placed a usage example on the right. They shouldn't cause any problems. It is fairly noticeable how the champions/premiers, while workable, doesn't look the best. -- Chuq(talk)21:12, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm seeing complaints on non-football/soccer pages about the football image/clock icon in the "Current season" field. It's just odd to see a football on a page about cricket, baseball, or even Americn/Canadian football. I'd suggest either changing to a more generic image, or have a set of images that can be toggled by a set parameter. - BillCJ (talk) 03:04, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've been bold and changed the image to that of just the clock. Hopefully this will garner interest in finding a better longterm solution. - BillCJ (talk) 03:10, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've seen complaints about that image too. Let's see what shakes out here, and then we'll tackle that one. For the record, I disagree with incorporating the image into the infobox at all, since it's totally unrelated to the subject of the pages it is on, and is distracting unless the subject is football/soccer. The infobox should only have images related to the topic, such as league logos.
I'm sorry I messed the discussion when it happened, but only two people discussed it here, with one comment each - that hardly a consensus makes. - BillCJ (talk) 04:10, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
True, but it isn't common usage. Perhaps a more general: "For current information see:"? Most article titles are descriptive, so that would flow well in most cases. Resolute03:53, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Surely a field that requests that it should not be used is a field that should be removed. Do we have any examples of appropriate use? Kevin McE (talk) 17:44, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Previously, if no specific caption was specified, the page title would occupy the caption space if there was a logo. Since many logos have the league name in them, and the page or infobox title would be redundant with the caption title, I have taken the liberty to change the the code so that captions are now 100% optional. hello, i'm a member | talk to me!00:39, 29 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
A field recently added with no previous discussion. An airline only becomes the official or favoured airline by paying for the privilege, or at least offering some benefit. As such, it is no more than a minor sponsor. Adds nothing to encyclopaedic knowledge about the sport or the tournament. Removing: we'll see if it reaches third stage of BRD. Kevin McE (talk) 17:49, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The template originally listed "Country(ies)" as a section; I have renamed this label to "Country/Countries" as it seems more grammatically correct. I don't anticipate this to be controversial but if anyone has any major problems with this, it can be changed back. —Entropy (T/C)03:43, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
What is the basis of your assumption that it is "more grammatically correct"? Look at the Google hits I get otherwise.[1] Or is it some WP:ENGVAR issue I am not aware of? Zzyzx11 (talk) 04:04, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
My understanding of placing extra letters in parentheses at the end of words makes them optional letters that are added if needed; for instance, in house(s) or child(ren). Since country is a noun that ends in y when singular but not when plural, it looks wrong to me. I don't claim to be a grammar expert though. Does anyone know for sure which is the preferred? —Entropy (T/C)18:57, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hello there. The long, bold caption "Current season, competition or edition:" seems like overkill. The text usually includes the correct terminology and can be wikilinked to customize if it doesn't. So I would suggest eliminating it altogether. I would also propose giving the option of placing the current season icon and link at the bottom of the infobox. I realize the link is an important one, but don't think it is too much trouble to find at the bottom of the box. I already made an ill-advised solo attempt at providing the option that Frietjes has cleaned up. Thanks. - Mnnlaxer | talk | stalk19:08, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Can someone add ((#if:(({season|))}|<br />((({season))}))))) after "champion" like it's done with Template:Infobox basketball league? If the infobox does not get regular updates, then this parameter is handy. I also made the changes into sandbox and testcases. --Pelmeen10 (talk) 11:35, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Pelmeen10, would you also be fine with another parameter name instead of season? I know that name is used on the basketball league infobox, but "season" doesn't sound that specific. What about "champ_season" or something? Enterprisey (talk!) 13:30, 27 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Is it possible to add an editions (or whatever name seems to be fit) parameter to indicate the number of editions contested and a frequency parameter to indicate if the competition is held annually, biennially, etc? Thanks. --Iklaoo (talk) 09:30, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Isn't defunct a better word than ceased? Defunct is more of an positive-ish way than ceased. Also, ceased is more or less another word for dead. New3400 (talk) 20:14, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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I've edited the sandbox page to support all parameters used by ((Infobox sports conference)). Since the two infoboxes are so similar in parameters used. I'm proposing that ((Infobox sports conference)) redirects to this page so that style and syntax will be uniform. Right now, the two infoboxes have slightly different looks. The change hardly affects this template as it simply adds a few parameters to support the other infobox. Let me know if you think I've missed anything in my edit on the sandbox. –Aidan721 (talk) 22:00, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Also, Aidan721, it appears that you did not sync the sandbox to the live template before you added your changes. So it seems that the edits of other editors are included in the sandbox. Suggest you sync the sandbox to the live template, and then re-add your edits back into the sandbox. Thank you for your improvements and for your patience!P.I. Ellsworth , ed.put'r there16:24, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
((Infobox sports league)) already has the option for (({countries))} as opposed to (({country))} so adding (({other countries))} is redundant. I'm fine with the addition of (({organiser / organizer))} as there isn't a parameter that covers that yet. –Aidan721 (talk) 13:26, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Aidan because this template needs it. If your using this infobox in a basketball Cup format then you need the Organiser label for example if it’s run by the NBA, NBL or EuroLeague. Let me know once you edit it. Alextigers (talk) 12:02, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Not done for now: you have added this in the sandbox, and that's good; however, the change appears to conflict with the requested changes in the previous edit request. Please let Aidan721 make his final edits to the sandbox, and then your request can be addressed. Thank you, Alextigers, for your patience. P.I. Ellsworth , ed.put'r there16:15, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
This Infobox does need the organise label. I hope someone could add it. Makes sense when another body/company is organising the event.
I wonder if is possible have Streaming Partners separated from TV partners since some leagues has multiple different partners for TV and internet, making the TV Partners area of template a bit messy
For exemple, from this year, The Japanese High School Baseball Championship will have a extra streaming partner besides the pre-existing Stream and TV Partners, there is so much that it makes the template get messy and complicated to work with
I think that would be better if we had different options for Streaming Partners and TV Partner
User:Meganinja202 | ¿ 05:06 27 June 2022 (UTC)
@Paine Ellsworth: I'd like to move the map section down just below the "official website" (see this version). It will look more clean and not so cluttered up top. I've been trying to figure out how to do it in the sandbox but can't seem to get it. I've also added the header color and font color like Template:Infobox athletic conference had prior to the merger, but it's not working... Are you able to help me? Corky07:13, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I just noticed there were some issues with the other merger, so I'll add this to the list of changes to make when I get to it later today or tomorrow. Primefac (talk) 07:16, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Primefac: Thanks! I just figured out what I did wrong and have corrected it in the sandbox. I'm still having issues with the colors now showing if you can take a look at that for me, please, later today? I'm going to continue working on it in the meantime. Corky07:20, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Never mind, we have to change the name of the infobox in order for it to work. There's a lot of unknown perimeters with the old one, though. Appreciate it! Corky11:43, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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I think it would be better if we separate “ceased” into “final season” and “defunct”, in order to show a leagues final season and then when the organization folded. Blake675 (talk) 17:25, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Likely because there is more possibility of having two "current seasons" than past or future. The only extant use I can find that has bluelinks is Beach Handball World Championships, which links to both the men's and women's current season of the championships. Despite being redlinked, National Softball League also uses a similar structure to link to the two levels of play. Primefac (talk) 07:38, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Not done: There is already an |alt= parameter, and since only one image can be supplied it doesn't really matter if it's being used for a |logo= or an |image=. Primefac (talk) 12:53, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Can we please consider adding a "General manager" field. There is CEO, Director and President, but many leagues have specific General manager positions. Thanks. DaHuzyBru (talk) 16:03, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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| label10 = Inaugural season | data10 = (({inaugural|))}
to
| label10 = First season | data10 = (({first|(({inaugural|))))))
The amount of space that would be afforded to the column with variable inputs by simply shortening "Inaugural season" to "First season" would be much appreciated. In most cases I've worked with, "Inaugural season" is the longest row title, and is solely responsible for squeezing content in the right-hand column of the infobox. — AFC Vixen 🦊 14:32, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]