Wikipedia talk:Requested articles/Sports

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To-do list:

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article requests :
Requested articles (Sports)
Requested articles (Association football)
Requested articles (Association football women)
Requested articles (Motor sports)
Requested articles (Estonian sportspeople)
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."
Expand : Professional sports (crucial article explaining the salaried undertaking of sports)
* Sport industry (currently a sub-stub)
Photo : for pages listed in Category:Wikipedia requested images of sports and games and sub-categories.
Stubs : work on articles in Category:Sports stubs
Update : List of world sports championships
Other :
- Translate the page of sport in each country from corresponding article in other language Wikipedia to English Wikipedia which was marked in red.
- Categorize: Gather all (major/olympic) sports to be part of this project
- RfCs: answer requests for comment

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Question

Should we just strike out when a something is updated, or remove altogether the name? --Djanvk 8 July 2005 19:06 (UTC)

Remove surely, or there will be thousands of stuck out items eventually, which will be no use to anyone. Anyway, that is what is being done. Honbicot 21:29, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm striking them through for now, just so that the article gets at least one more view from someone who can check to see whether I've completely missed the point. If you see something already struck, delete it, I'd say.Sojourner001 22:37, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to create a page from myself I am a semi pro football hall of famer and former arena football player

Ljstova1978 (talk) 01:37, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Chess

I couldn't find a section for this sport. Could someone make one?

I believe chess is a hobby not a sport.

Maddiekate 05:05, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- Nonetheless, it is widely reported as a sport. B.Wind (talk) 03:22, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - It's a sport and a hobby. Also there is no section for hobbies. Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 09:56, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bowling

Wikipedia is so widely comprehensive that the scarcity of bowling professionals and concepts stand out all the more. Could some of you editors add some? Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by John11235813 (talk • contribs) 05:10, 27 January 2006(UTC).

we'll do our best, but you could help too if you know something about bowling.--Alhutch 05:30, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion

How come the names of current major league baseball players are not arranged by teams? I feel that by knowing the team, that'll make obtaining information more easier for those who wish to crate those articles. OsFan 18:32, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I guess it's because if a person knows the player's name but not the team, it would be extremely frustating to track down the player's entry. 147.70.242.39 23:08, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have some pictures of Krisztián Berki - Hungarian Gymnast (speciality: pommel horse), Medallist, born in 18/MAR/1985. If it would be needed for illustrating a potential article about him. (Vituss 01:51, 1 October 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Well if you know the team, they why not just start the article--Coasttocoast 01:52, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bibhuti Bhushan Nayak

I noticed this request in the gymnastics section. I don't think it belongs there? The accompanying article says the guy is a serial Guiness Book of Records competitor, he does push-ups on his fingertips and is a martial arts instructor. Mademoiselle Sabina 09:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think, it belongs to the "Misc" section of the page, and "The Urban Ninjaz" :) probably belong to the "Ninjitsu" subsection of the "Martial Arts" section. Cmapm 15:01, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

True, it is more accurate to put this in the "Misc" section of the page. --S iva1979^{Talk to me} 15:34, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RA formating standard

Please see: Wikipedia_talk:Requested_articles#Bullets_or_no_bullets.2C_dense_vs._sparse. Dragons flight 18:40, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Paintball topics?

Where should I request topics about paintball, airsoft, and other "combat sports"?SeanMon 23:04, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alphabetize lists of names

Right now there seems to be no consensus on whether names should be alphabetized by first name or by last name. Last name, of course, if the convention but the items are listed in the form "First Last" rather than "Last, First M.", making organization by last name confusing. Lists organized by last name often give the appearance of being totally unsorted, causing new additions to be added randomly or towards the end. Furthermore, a case could be made for organizing by first name, as this is identical to organizing by article name where first/last distinctions are irrelevant. To complicate matters, we could institute a system of "Last, First M." listing pointing to as-yet-non-existent articles of the conventional form "First Last" using Piped links. Stephen Kenny 15:43, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Football?

Where is the association football section?Suddenly it is not there anymore.I couldn't find it on the Footy portal either...-Lemmy- 19:21, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Problem

There are WAY two many reds, I think the page needs clean up. From:Fattdoggy

Um. Isn't that the nature of the beast? Or am I missing something? Wiggy! 23:36, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The guy who deafeated the United states team in the Worl Championship is Thoedoras Papaloukas

not Palakadoukas. --ArnoldPettybone 05:08, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maiden ODI Fifty

I've created a new article for this one as requested. Let me know if you have any ideas for expansion, although i think i've got as much as possible. Maiden ODI Fifty. Bizzmag 20:28, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

how to fix error 81000306

how to fix error 81000306 can somboby tell me about this problems

List of Career Accomplishments

Under which heading would you request articles that list outstanding athletes career accomplishments? There are several already such as Wilt Chamberlain, Gary Gait, Wayne Gretzky, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Jack Nicklaus, Dirk Nowitzki, Tiger Woods, and Vince Young. There are many other athletes who have also had tremendous success in their respective sport and should also have articles similar to these such as Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Martin Brodeur, Peyton Manning, LaDainian Tomlinson, Michael Schumacher, Jeff Gordon, Richard Petty, Pete Sampras, Jerry Rice, Björn Borg, Pélé, and Roger Clemens. Many other older athletes could should also have articles like these such as Bobby Orr, Hank Aaron, Ted Williams, Sandy Koufax, Pete Rose, Ty Cobb, Cy Young, Warren Spahn, and A. J. Foyt. Also, I think that List of tournament performances by Tiger Woods and List of career achievements by Tiger Woods should be merged and Records held by Roger Federer and Awards won by Roger Federer should be merged into a new article called List of career achievements by Roger Federer just to follow the same procedure as the other articles. WallyRankin 23:24, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

tallest athletes

there should be an article called List of Athletes who are the tallest of their sport or something like that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.39.204.249 (talk) 20:41, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely not with that stray capital A in. -- Smjg (talk) 17:54, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bungee Trampoline

Ok, I've been looking for how to request an article for Wikipedia for the past 15min and can't find the proper place! Anyway, I would like to request an article on Bungee Trampoline. It's basically a harness supported by two poles using bungee cords on a trampoline http://www.allproducts.com/manufacture98/bungee4in1/product2.html I've heard it's a sport, and you can find them at amusement parks, but not much else. Thanks.

66.68.210.249 (talk) 21:33, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Baseball

Is the request for "Jack Harsman" in fact a request for "Jack Harshman"? If so, he's already got a page.Dewelar (talk) 19:53, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

difference Track & field / athletics?

Is there any distinction between track & field on the one and athletics on the other hand? If not, these two sections should be merged. --Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 15:10, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

trophy kart

Trophy kart : and motorized kart for kids ages 7 thru 12 (jr 1) 13 thru 16 (jr 2) Top speeds of 50 mph and Modified karts top speeds of 80 mph —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trophykartgirlz (talk • contribs) 16:31, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Grambling "GT All Business" Dominique, Jr.

Several IP users have requested an article on a boxer named Grambling "GT All Business" Dominique, Jr.. Please note that this article was created in the past, and has been deleted. Before creating an article about this "boxer", editors should examine Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Grambling "GT All Business" Dominique, Jr. and Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Boxx Faxx. -- JediLofty ^{Talk to me}_{Follow me} 15:16, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Football Club Page - St Josephs Boys AFC

Hi, I've just added that in the football list. When will I know if a page will be created for it? I have all the material for it and will use the same format as for ohter football clubs. The club is already referred to in other current wikipedia pages such as Andy Keogh. I created a page using the AFC process but it was rejected for not having sources even though I had the source website www.joeys.ie listed. Help ???? 194.46.250.244 (talk) 19:57, 26 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Himanshu Tripathi

Hi I am Himanshu.I am from Haridwar the holy & the religios place of India.Today I created this page for my autobiography.Let's see where do I go for wrtting hat? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.160.0.252 (talk) 11:37, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Golf: Chad Maulsby

Chad Maulsby is an amateur golfer and software consultant. His link to golf is that he was the presenter of The Wandering Golfer in 2004-2005. He should not be conceived as a golfer in in his own right or in the Wikipedia because has not made any notable or significant contribution to the game itself. JHvW (talk) 18:20, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How does noe edit the main page?????

I wanted to add a request for an article on the U of Chicago football player Dee Bizzolara, but there is no edit button on the page. why not? How can the page be edited? Is something broken?211.225.37.105 (talk) 10:07, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The main page is protected. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:11, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what you mean by "main page". Wikipedia's Main Page is protected but I doubt you refer to that. Wikipedia:Requested articles/Sports is not protected so you should be able to edit it. There is a glitch where unregistered users sometimes see a "View source" tab instead of "Edit" on unprotected pages, and then they have no section edit links. If this happens then you can click the "View source" tab and should be able to edit the whole page. Or you can add ?action=purge to the url and may fix the page so it gets edit links. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:42, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

REDLINK amounts from a series of articles

Is it possible to generate a list of articles most linked to redlinks from a series of articles? Say if I were to generate a list of all pool tournaments in the last 10 years, and see which articles are linked too the most?

If possible, I'd like to generate a list of the redlinks that appear, and which is most common, so I can work down the list. Is this feasible? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:52, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]