Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sports

Implementation of consensus infobox changes for current seasons

At Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_172#Designating_current_seasons_in_infoboxes, I read clear consensus to use text rather than images to designate the current season. I went ahead and made the change at {{Infobox award}}, but since I'm not a sports person, I'll leave the implementation for sports templates such as {{Infobox football league}} to you all here. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 21:35, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

I've added a DNAU tag to this thread; feel free to remove it once you have finished implementation. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 20:49, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Discussion about adding information on the reintroduction of SRY gene testing in certain sports

There is an ongoing discussion about adding information on the reintroduction of SRY gene testing as sex verification method in certain sports, and related issues. See here. Vegan416 (talk) 08:08, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Stadium of Light

Stadium of Light has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 01:04, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Template:Infobox chess biography has an RfC

Template:Infobox chess biography has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Khiikiat (talk) 16:30, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Ullevaal Stadion

Ullevaal Stadion has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 01:57, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Discussion about WikiProject banner templates

For WikiProjects that participate in rating articles, the banners for talk pages usually say something like:

• "This article has been rated as Low-importance on the importance scale."

There is a proposal to change the default wording on the banners to say "priority" instead of "importance". This could affect the template for your group. Please join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Council#Proposal to update wording on WikiProject banners. Stefen 𝕋ower ^{Huddle • Handiwerk} 19:50, 6 December 2025 (UTC) (on behalf of the WikiProject Council)

Sky Halo

Hi all,

I’ve added a short paragraph to the “2017–present: Channel re-alignment and expansion” section in Sky Sports about the launch and removal of Sky Sports’ Sky Halo TikTok account in November 2025.

The addition summarises widely reported unbiased coverage from BBC News, CNN, The Guardian etc, all of which reported that the channel was taken down a few days after launch following criticism that some of the content was sexist. As this received significant press attention from multiple major outlets, it seems to meet Wikipedia’s standards for due weight and reliable sourcing.

I’ve kept the wording brief and unbiased, focusing only on verifiable facts and avoiding any misinterpretation. The paragraph is placed in the recent history section because this is where other organisational developments and controversies are already discussed.

Happy to revise if anyone has suggestions. CrazyKangaroo24 (talk) 23:36, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

WikiProject Media has a request for comment

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Media has an RfC for possible consensus that is related to this WikiProject. The discussion topic is Historical timeline sections with "No events" (including sports media coverage). If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. - Thanks, Responsible? (talk) 06:46, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Richmond Park

Richmond Park has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 03:12, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Goodison Park

Goodison Park has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 02:37, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

Women in Red year-long focus on women in sport

Throughout the whole of 2026, Women in red is focusing on women in sport. This provides opportunities for creating biographies of notable women in a wide variety of sports, not forgetting those competing in the Winter Olympics and Paralypics early in the year. If you are not already a member of Women in Red, feel free to join up under "New registrations" here.--Ipigott (talk) 09:43, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

Promoting WikiProject Sports to new editors via a mentorship-oriented welcome template

Hello. Just wanted to comment about a couple of related projects and a template with a built-in sports collage you might want to know about. No doubt you are already aware of the Wikipedia:Welcoming Committee, whose members welcome new users, often by placing one of the numerous welcome templates on their Talk page. Another related project, is that of the Growth Team, which is responsible for creating the Mentorship program, already active for a couple of years now, and which assigns newly registered users to an experienced Wikipedia editor who has signed up to mentor new users. These mentors often welcome their "mentees" on their Talk page.

The cross-product of all of this is the newly developed welcome template {{Welcome mentee}}, which offers links to one of a number of WikiProjects, including WikiProject Sports (and also other projects). As part of this effort, a sports collage has been created at Template:Welcome mentee/Sports, destined for transclusion in the {{Welcome mentee}} template, for those newly registered users who have demonstrated an interest in sports in their first few edits. (For an example welcome, see here.) But the point of this message, is that that collage might serve a purpose here: you could either just replicate it for your own purposes, or steal the code and alter it to suit your own purposes. Conversely, we welcome any members here who would like to welcome new members with a welcome template that places a collage of sports images, and an invitation to join the Sports WikiProject. Mathglot (talk) 09:48, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Swindon Stadium#Requested move 21 December 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Swindon Stadium#Requested move 21 December 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vestrian24Bio 11:35, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Women's volleyball teams in the Philippines

There's a TA aggressively writing unsourced articles of Philippines NCAA volleyball teams which involve this WikiProject. Is there a way we can get some assistance in handling the situation before it gets out of control? Thanks! Jalen Barks (Woof) 22:16, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

In case needed, details of what has been seen as WP:OWNy behavior can be found at the relevant discussion at Wikipedia talk:Tambayan Philippines. Jalen Barks (Woof) 23:10, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team#Requested move 6 January 2026

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team#Requested move 6 January 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. The outcome of the discussion may affect names of national teams of other sports and nations. FromCzech (talk) 09:35, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

League categorization by continent

There is a discussion in progress at WikiProject_Football talk page about how to categorise teams or associations for countries that a) represent a confederation in a different continent to their own (e.g. for football, Australia within the Asian Football Federation, Israel within UEFA) or b) countries that span multiple continents (e.g. Turkey, Russia). This may be of interest to editors who contribute to this project, who can maybe bring a multi-disciplinary view to this discussion. Matilda Maniac (talk) 23:17, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

National sports team redirects/disambigs

Welsh national team and Welsh team, currently redirects to Wales national football team, have been proposed for disambiguation at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 January 14#Welsh national team. You are invited to take part in the discussion there, which may serve as precedent for other redirects from "(country) national team" to "(country) national (sport) team" and similar. Thryduulf (talk) 14:05, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)#RFC: Baltic bios infoboxes question

There is an ongoing RFC at WP:VPM § RFC: Baltic bios infoboxes question, regarding the exact phrasing and linking of birth and death place names in infoboxes of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian persons. GoodDay (talk) 15:18, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Netball

Netball has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 16:02, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

Proposal to split games and sport categories

Somebody, once, had a bright idea to group games and sports into one category. I proposed to kill it off by splitting these concepts. See Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2026_January_22#Category:Games_and_sports_by_decade_of_introduction. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:47, 22 January 2026 (UTC)