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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 and 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 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): Updated Mark Boucher – 11 October rewrote Fiji national cricket team – 10 October created George Ferguson (cricketer) – 9 October created Richard Palairet – 8 October restructured and expanded History of cricket in Sri Lanka – 7 October introduced Premier Limited Overs Tournament – 7 October introduced English cricket team in India in 1984-85 – 7 October redirected all undeveloped Pakistan intour and season articles – 6 October introduced History of cricket in Pakistan from 2001 – 6 October introduced History of cricket in Pakistan from 1986 to 2000 – 6 October introduced History of cricket in Pakistan from 1971 to 1985 – 4-5 October introduced History of cricket in Pakistan to 1970 – 3 October created Dudley Carew – 6 October major expansion of Hansie Cronje – 2 October major expansion of Steve Waugh – 28 September created Category:Twenty20 cricket – 26 September updated Michael Munday (8-55 v Notts) – 22 September created Denzil Batchelor – 20 September HERE is a bot generated list of new possible cricket related articles. (rules, log). 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. Cricket cash is awarded for starting quality new articles/ templates/ categories/ lists/ images.	Featured material Portal The 1 following cricket-related portal is a Featured portal: Portal:Cricket — 1 January to 10 January 2006 Articles The 15 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 History of Test cricket (to 1883) West Indian cricket team in England in 1988 Cricket World Cup — 13 March 2007 Paul Collingwood Harbhajan Singh Adam Gilchrist — 28 April 2007 Bart King Bill O'Reilly (cricketer) Kevin Pietersen Sydney Riot of 1879 is former featured article, it was featured on the main page on 8 February 2006. Featured lists The 30 following cricket-related lists are Featured lists: 2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads 2007 Cricket World Cup squads 2007 Cricket World Cup statistics Ashes series African XI ODI cricketers Asian XI ODI cricketers Australian national cricket captains Australian ODI cricketers Australian Twenty20 International cricketers Bangladeshi national cricket captains Cricket terms Cricket World Cup records English national cricket captains English Twenty20 International cricketers First-class cricket quadruple centuries Hong Kong ODI cricketers Indian ODI cricketers Indian national cricket captains Namibian ODI cricketers New Zealand national cricket captains ODI hat-tricks One-day International records Scottish ODI cricketers Test cricket grounds by date Test 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. You may use the {{WikiProject Cricket/Welcome}} template to invite other users to the project. 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. CricketWatch All cricket related categories are tagged with the {{CricketWatch}} template. From this, WatchlistBot generates a full list of cricket related articles at Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Articles. The purpose is to be able to track the project history using related changes or related watchlist which only shows the last change for each article. Recent deaths Here is a centralised place to announce the recent deaths of cricketing people. Newspaper obituaries can be a good source of material for improving the articles. Roy McLean (26 August 2007) Derek Shackleton (28 September 2007)
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 new infobox Template:Infobox cricketer biography can now be used for all players, international or domestic, including female (and umpires), and is designed to replace the following infoboxes. For any help, post on the template talk page, or the project talk page. Deprecated infoboxes Template:Infobox Cricketer Template:Cricketer Infobox Template:Infobox Historic Cricketer Template:Infobox Old Cricketer Template:Infobox Cricketer (Career) 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. Template:Infobox Cricket Tournaments is to summarize information in a general article of Tournaments/series such as Cricket World Cup, The Ashes, etc. Template:Infobox cricket tournament can be used to summarise a specific instance of a tournament, e.g. 2007 Cricket World Cup.
Notability 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, ICC Trophy match from 2005, or ICC Trophy final prior to 2005 as player, umpire, coach or administrator has appeared in at least one major (i.e., first-class or List A) match as a player The term "first-class cricket" can be misleading since, officially, it did not begin until 1947 and should not be applied retrospectively according to the MCC definition. Whereas in practice the term is loosely applied to major matches since the 17th century, it is better to think of major cricket as an all-embracing term that includes ListA as well as first-class. Hence, a player who represented Kent in the county match in 1709 is equally notable with a player who represented Kent CCC in the Twenty20 Cup in 2007. 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 addition, non-players who have made a notable contribution to cricket should have pages. These include benefactors, administrators, umpires, coaches, writers, broadcasters, historians and so on. With these, it is important to ensure that the article's content outlines the person's notability in terms of his or her contribution to the sport. There is bound to be a more subjective view of such contributions whereas an appearance in a first-class match enables a purely objective view to be taken. Note especially that the person must have earned notability in their own right; they are not notable if they are a member of a club. 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 AfD 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 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. Templates for use on player articles should have a width of 80%.
Assessment Cricket articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 6 56 25 87 FL 50 175 225 GA 6 78 77 161 B 2 24 112 124 1 263 C 3 18 198 553 4 776 Start 24 173 2,989 10,905 42 14,133 Stub 20 3,066 28,983 6 36 32,111 List 158 958 1 7 1,124 Category 14 7,560 7,574 Disambig 6 6 12 File 1,092 1,092 Portal 416 416 Project 1 72 73 Redirect 3 89 1,329 726 2,147 Template 1 31 1,797 1,829 Other 1 17 33 51 Assessed 29 250 6,798 43,198 11,709 90 62,074 Unassessed 2 10 34 46 Total 29 250 6,800 43,208 11,709 124 62,120 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 267,552 Ω = 5.63 Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Assessment – Our rating system Project statistics – Statistics for our rating system V1.0 index logs, sortings, stats, etc Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Articles – A full listing of cricket related articles