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Merge WikiProjects back into this project
[edit]There are a number of cricket-related WikiProjects that I believe would be best suited as taskforces of this project, which would enable collaboration whilst also understanding that articles on these tournaments need to follow guidelines of WP:CRIC. This was previously mentioned in 2021: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cricket/Archive 90#Creation of task forces. Would be good to get a firm consensus on whether or not to implement this. These breakaway WikiProjects have caused numerous problems over the years including:
- Frequent MOS:COLOR violations on articles and templates
- Misunderstanding of how article ratings work, by rating categories as "high importance"
- Violation of the WP:CRIC standard to only add teams to a player's infobox once they make an appearance (Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar being an example who was in IPL and LPL squads but did not play)
- Creating clutter on article talkpages as if someone plays one match in one of these tournaments, they get added to the WikiProject
- IPL project created templates for every match (60 per season), which led to a massive template clean up project a few years ago
All of these WikiProjects are for franchise T20 tournaments that run for 1-3 months a year, and their WikiProjects are dormant for the rest of the year, or are permanently inactive. They are as follows:
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Bangladesh Premier League - looks permanently inactive
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Lanka Premier League - been inactive for around 2 years, despite only being created in 2021
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian Premier League - looks to be inactive
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Pakistan Super League - looks to be inactive
In addition, I have separately nominated the recently created Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's Premier League (cricket) for deletion, but would be okay with this becoming a task force here too (but no merge is required as there is no history to keep). This post aims to satisfy Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide/Merging WikiProjects#Establish consensus for a merger by getting a consensus for or against this. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:52, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
- Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 02:00, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
- These seem sensible. I had hoped when I revamped the project page, that these would be started by new recruits from r/cricket and other cricket platforms, but I never really found the time. AA (talk) 22:19, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
- Comment would be good to get a few more thoughts on this proposal, as only 3 unique editors have posted opinions. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:46, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
- I get the feeling there aren't many of us left... AA (talk) 17:55, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
- @AssociateAffiliate not at all, there are editors; I feel like no one is aware about the existence of this talk page. I'll try tagging some editors from the above WikiProjects. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 12:53, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- @CptViraj, Fade258, Kirubar, ClogWolf, CRICKETMANIAC303, MNWiki845, Vestrian24Bio, Kpddg, Wowlastic10, and Spinin: from WP IPL.
- @Human, Wiki.0hlic, Hamza Ali Shah, Badsaad10, CreativeNorth, Tahaaleem, Fade258, Shah Fahad️, USaamo, and Wallu2: from WP PSL.
- @CAPTAINRAJU, ASimpleHuman, ANKAN, MahirM, ShahidulHasanRoman, Imtiazahmedrifat, Fade258, ACricketPremi, and Spinin: from WP BPL.
- @DTTruth, Randeepa, Fade258, Abishe, Tahaaleem, Kirubar, RishikaPrabashana, ClogWolf, Cricketsudda21, Janeesh22, Spinin, and KjjjKjjj: from WP LPL.
- Forgive me if I had mentioned anyone more than once. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 13:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- @AssociateAffiliate not at all, there are editors; I feel like no one is aware about the existence of this talk page. I'll try tagging some editors from the above WikiProjects. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 12:53, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- I get the feeling there aren't many of us left... AA (talk) 17:55, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
- Agreed per nom. Task forces are a much better option in my opinion. Easier to manage and work within. As already said if people aren't interested than why have four-five different projects and leave them dormant. Wikibear47 (talk) 08:17, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- Agree per nom. I think task forces are much better than having a single WikiProject. For example, WikiProject Japan has many task forces under a single project which makes it easier to handle.
- KjjjKjjj (talk) 13:32, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- Agree per nom. task forces are much better than having a single WikiProject. For example, WikiProject Japan has many task forces under a single project which makes it easier to handle.
- Spinin (talk) 03:09, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
WPCRIC Announcements
[edit]In the template {{WPCRIC Announcements}}, the sub-sections say they are Bot generated; but, it doesn't looks like it's been updated in a while, what's with it? Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 14:32, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- It doesn't look like a bot has ever updated this template. It might be a left over from when this was created from a copy/paste of the 'Military History' project template as the first edit has them listed as bit-generated. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:05, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- Looks like we'll have to manually update it; Should I go ahead...? Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 16:48, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- A bot does update Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Article alerts daily, so it may be worth adding that to your watchlist. Don't know how you can integrate that into header though. JP (Talk) 16:57, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- Already have that on my watchlist; The thing is I have seen announcement templates of some other WikiProjects being used in more than just the project talk page, which is easier to give an one-look overview of the ongoing things. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 17:47, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
Review request!
[edit]Would anyone be kind enough to review the following articles? Copy edit and additions welcome:
Aiming for FA
[edit]Aiming for GA
[edit]Any contributions appreciated :) AA (talk) 09:11, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
- I did spot the other day that there is a piece in an old ACS The Cricket Statistician here on Poore/Wynyard's record partnership if you did want to expand on that. Lonsdale did another piece on Poore here, not sure if there is anything useful in that either. --JP (Talk) 15:01, 17 September 2024 (UTC)