Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket

WikiProject Cricket
Some Wikipedians have formed a project to expand and organise information better in articles related to the sport of cricket. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help but don't know what to do, see the Welcome page, or inquire on our talk page. You may sign up for the project on the Participants list, and add your name here if cricket is your favourite sport. We are in search of graphic artists for cricket-related diagrams. Those who know something about women's cricket, please sign up.
Scope This WikiProject aims to: Increase the number of well-written cricket-related articles Expand and improve other cricket-related articles Ensure that all cricket-related articles can be easily found by interested readers Keep Portal:Cricket and Current sports events up-to-date for international matches and when Championships and Trophies are decided in the Test playing nations Keep Recent deaths and Current sports events up to date when notable cricketers die. (As usually there are newspaper obituaries written when a cricketer dies, it is also an opportunity to write up and improve the Wikipedia article on that cricketer.) Coordinate efforts and peer review articles Expand the biographies on every man who has played Test and ODI (all cricketers who have played in at least one Test (Recent changes) or at least one ODI (Recent changes) have an article) Recently updated articles The following cricket-related articles have been recently updated or created (note: this is not a complete list, just a list of articles which WikiProject Cricket participants wish to bring to the attention of other participants): Greatly expanded Laurie Nash, 15 July. Created Betty Snowball, holder of the record individual score in women's Test cricket for over 50 years; 12 July Created John Howarth (statistically, maybe the worst ever batsman: am new to the project & hope this one's okay); 11 July Created 2007 Cricket World Cup qualification; 5 July - any help on this would be greatly appreciated as it seems to be a long, tough task Created Mark Wagh, 4 July Expanded Ian Bradshaw; 28 June Greatly expanded Neil Hawke; 25 June Awards Cricket barnstar The oldest cricket bat is awarded in recognition of sterling contributions to WikiProject Cricket. This award was introduced by jguk on 14 August 2005 but may be awarded by any WikiProject Cricket participant.	Featured material Portal The 1 following cricket-related portal is a Featured portal: Portal:Cricket — 1 January to 10 January 2006 Articles The 8 following cricket-related articles are Featured articles; the ones in bold have appeared on the Main Page as Today's featured article on the date given alongside. Cricket — 19 September 2004 Bodyline — 7 February 2005 Brian Close — 12 May 2005 The Ashes — 21 July 2005 (the day the 2005 Ashes started) A. E. J. Collins — 23 August 2005 History of Test cricket (1884 to 1889) — 22 January 2006 Sydney Riot of 1879 — 8 February 2006 History of Test cricket (to 1883) Featured lists The 21 following cricket-related lists are Featured lists: Asian XI ODI cricketers Australian national cricket captains Australian Twenty20 International cricketers Bangladeshi national cricket captains Cricket terms English national cricket captains English Twenty20 International cricketers First-class cricket quadruple centuries Hong Kong ODI cricketers Namibian ODI cricketers New Zealand national cricket captains One-day International cricket hat-tricks One-day International records Scottish ODI cricketers Test cricket grounds by date Test cricket hat-tricks Test cricket records Test cricket triple centuries Wisden Cricketers of the Year World XI ODI cricketers Zimbabwean national cricket captains Version 1.0 Articles are being reviewed and classified for the Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team as part of the push to Version 1.0: See /Version 1.0 articles The Wikiproject Cricket department that assesses articles is currently working on categorising each article's quality and importance: See Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Assessment Participants Project participants are listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Participants. Feel free to add your name and join in the fun. Quiz A quiz to test and improve your general knowledge of cricket is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Quiz. Feel free to join in. Deletion sorting Cricket related articles up for deletion are listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Cricket. If you see any new AfD's please add them to this list so participants can be made aware.
Images, Templates, Infoboxes Images Cricket-related images can be browsed at: Category:Cricket images -- for fair-use and PD images Category:Unverified cricket images -- for images with missing or unsuitable copyright tags Category:Cricket diagrams Templates See /Templates for example templates, including infoboxes See /Team templates for cricket team templates which include flags and team links Infoboxes The general consensus appears to be to use Template:Infobox Cricketer for cricketers who have played both Test and ODI cricket. An example of how to code this can be found at Template:Infobox Cricketer/fields. Template:Infobox Historic Cricketer can be used for cricketers who have played Test matches but not ODIs, before the number of balls in an over was standardised to six: this template has 'balls bowled' rather than 'overs bowled'. Template:Infobox Historic Cricketer (Overs) can be used for cricketers who have played Test matches but not ODIs, after the number of balls in an over was standardised to six. Template:Infobox Old Cricketer can be used for cricketers who have played first-class games, but not Test matches, ODIs or List A one-day games. Template:Infobox Cricketer (Career) can be used to provide first-class and List A statistics for a player who has not played any international cricket, or for an international player with a long article who already has Template:Infobox Cricketer. Template:Infobox Test team is used for national team pages. Template:Infobox Cricket series begin is a collection of infoboxes for test and one-day series articles. See Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 2005-06.
Criteria guideline for article inclusion See also: Wikipedia:Importance and Wikipedia:Criteria for inclusion of biographies. WikiProject Cricket participants have adopted the following guidelines for notability of a cricket person for an article in Wikipedia: has appeared in at least one Test, ODI or ICC Trophy final, as player, umpire, coach or administrator has appeared in at least one first-class or List A match as a player Please note that the failure to meet these criteria does not mean an article must be deleted; conversely, the meeting of any of these criteria does not mean that an article must be kept. These are merely rules of thumb which some editors choose to keep in mind when deciding whether or not to keep an article that is on articles for deletion. In particular, players from the early days of cricket (such as those from before the 19th century) cannot meet these criteria as they pre-date the era of first-class cricket - notable pre-19th century players and benefactors should also have pages. Also, please keep in mind that the article in question must actually document that the criterion is true. It is not enough to make vague claims in the article or rant about person's importance on a talk page or VfD page -- the article itself must document notability.
Cricket article style guide Whilst naming and editing cricket-related articles, editors often encounter recurring questions of style. Wikiproject Cricket participants have agreed to the following style guidelines to keep a consistent look and feel to cricket articles throughout Wikipedia. These styles also fall within the WP:MOS guidelines and WP:NC policies. See also: Wikipedia:Manual of style Parts of this section are disputed; see Talk for details. Always use capital T when referring to Test cricket. If linking "Test" or "Test match", link to Test cricket, not to Test or Test match (which are just disambiguation pages). The first two words are hyphenated in first-class cricket, one-day cricket and One-day International; the "One" and "International" in One-day International are capitalised, the "day" is not. Tournaments are named with the year first, so 2007 Cricket World Cup not Cricket World Cup 2007; cricket tours are named "[visiting team] in [host nation] in [cricket season]": for example, New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2005-06 Where a person is best known by their initials and surname (as in W. G. Grace), use either W. G. Grace or WG Grace, depending on the article creator's personal preference, and always create a redirect to the other style. Avoid using W.G. Grace, W G Grace, W.G.Grace or William Gilbert Grace. (see unresolved debate & vote at WP:Naming conventions, and discussion) When referring to a cricket season spanning two years, use an hyphen (or an en dash) and the last two digits of the second year as in International cricket in 2005-06 or New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2005-06. However, if the years do not begin with the same two digits, write out the full year: 1899-1900. Bowling format: Use "5/100", which indicates that a bowler has captured 5 wickets while giving away 100 runs. disputed Team score format: Adopt the consensus style of writing in the host country of the tournament, i.e. 1/141 or one for 141 for matches in Australia, and 141/1 or 141 for one for most other countries. Use slashes when shortening scores. The alternative view is that we should be consistent throughout all articles and use the style used in all countries other than Australia. When referring to national teams, link the name to the team page of that country, not the general article about that country; e.g., England not England. Similarly for domestic teams. The statistics given for players include all matches recognised by the ICC, such as the 2005 Super Series and the Tsunami ODI. The article can of course also mention statistics derived in different ways where relevant. Commonwealth English spellings are preferred in most cricket-related articles. Use the example templates in /Templates where appropriate