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we currently have three different ways to specify the position, which is perfectly fine, but the issue is that all three could be used at the same time, which is not what is intended. I propose to make this change, which will merge the three fields making it only possible to use one of the three at a time. I would also add a tracking category to find any articles using more than one at a time, and fix those articles. let me know if there are any objections. thank you. Frietjes ( talk) 16:16, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
|position=
, since |currentposition=
is problematic due to automatic linking (e.g., links to redirects and dab pages).
Frietjes (
talk)
17:17, 4 April 2013 (UTC)You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_National_Football_League#College_names_in_athletes.27_infoboxes. — Bagumba ( talk) 17:02, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
Sometimes a player at the end of his career will sign a one-day or short-term contract with a former team and then quickly retire, so that he can say he retired as a member of his favorite team. For example, Scott Fujita just did this with the Saints; Joe Horn did the same thing with the Saints in 2010. So now we have some back-and-forth editing over whether that last one-day Saints contract should show up in the infobox. [1] [2] I'd assume that such a contract, made with no intention that the player actually play, should not be included in the infobox (although it should be mentioned in the part of the text that discusses the player's retirement). But I didn't find anything so stating in the documentation for this template. Is there some statement to this effect, or, if not, am I correctly stating the consensus?-- Arxiloxos ( talk) 16:39, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Since every NFL team on Wikipedia is separate articles for each season, could we replace Debuted in {{{debutyear}}} for the [[{{{debutteam}}}]]
with Debuted in {{{debutyear}}} for the [[{{{debutyear}}} {{{debutteam}}} season|{{{debutteam}}}]]
please? --
bender235 (
talk)
11:32, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
Can somebody please remove the internal links to teams in the "Debuted in" and "Last played in" sections? It's overlinking since there is already links in the "Career history" section.-- Yankees10 21:12, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
I think all links to external sites should go off template to the external links section. What do you think about it? Frietjes? Andy? -- Magioladitis ( talk) 12:24, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
I think everything is covered by WP:ELMINOFFICIAL. The links should be moved to the external links section. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 09:37, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
This whole "Offseason and/or practice squad member only" section needs to be removed from the infoboxes. If we don't have this for NHL, MLB, MLS or NBA boxes, then why should NFL be any different. Sure Jerry Rice was signed by the Broncos, but if you look at the all-time roster, Rice is not there because he never played an official game, only a few preseason games, or Zach Thomas who was signed by the Chiefs but he never even played a preseason game, so why should this be in the infobox if he never played for them. Examples of this is Jose Canseco, he played some spring training games with the Expos in 2002 and then Dodgers in 2004, but those teams are not in his infobox because he never played a regular season game with either team, or Keith Gretzky who played a few preseason games with the Sabres but never played an official game, or Steve Francis who was briefly a member of the Blazers before getting released, and why are those teams not in their infobox? Because they never officially played with those teams. So why are the NFL infoboxes different? Beast from da East ( talk) 19:47, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
I have noticed that some players who haven't played in years but is still listed as a free agent, but there is no report of them retiring. So what is the fine line between free agent and retired if there is nothing indicating if they have not "officially" retired?-- Elijahadmire ( talk) 03:55, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 | Archive 2 | Archive 3 | Archive 4 | Archive 5 | → | Archive 10 |
we currently have three different ways to specify the position, which is perfectly fine, but the issue is that all three could be used at the same time, which is not what is intended. I propose to make this change, which will merge the three fields making it only possible to use one of the three at a time. I would also add a tracking category to find any articles using more than one at a time, and fix those articles. let me know if there are any objections. thank you. Frietjes ( talk) 16:16, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
|position=
, since |currentposition=
is problematic due to automatic linking (e.g., links to redirects and dab pages).
Frietjes (
talk)
17:17, 4 April 2013 (UTC)You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_National_Football_League#College_names_in_athletes.27_infoboxes. — Bagumba ( talk) 17:02, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
Sometimes a player at the end of his career will sign a one-day or short-term contract with a former team and then quickly retire, so that he can say he retired as a member of his favorite team. For example, Scott Fujita just did this with the Saints; Joe Horn did the same thing with the Saints in 2010. So now we have some back-and-forth editing over whether that last one-day Saints contract should show up in the infobox. [1] [2] I'd assume that such a contract, made with no intention that the player actually play, should not be included in the infobox (although it should be mentioned in the part of the text that discusses the player's retirement). But I didn't find anything so stating in the documentation for this template. Is there some statement to this effect, or, if not, am I correctly stating the consensus?-- Arxiloxos ( talk) 16:39, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Since every NFL team on Wikipedia is separate articles for each season, could we replace Debuted in {{{debutyear}}} for the [[{{{debutteam}}}]]
with Debuted in {{{debutyear}}} for the [[{{{debutyear}}} {{{debutteam}}} season|{{{debutteam}}}]]
please? --
bender235 (
talk)
11:32, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
Can somebody please remove the internal links to teams in the "Debuted in" and "Last played in" sections? It's overlinking since there is already links in the "Career history" section.-- Yankees10 21:12, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
I think all links to external sites should go off template to the external links section. What do you think about it? Frietjes? Andy? -- Magioladitis ( talk) 12:24, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
I think everything is covered by WP:ELMINOFFICIAL. The links should be moved to the external links section. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 09:37, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
This whole "Offseason and/or practice squad member only" section needs to be removed from the infoboxes. If we don't have this for NHL, MLB, MLS or NBA boxes, then why should NFL be any different. Sure Jerry Rice was signed by the Broncos, but if you look at the all-time roster, Rice is not there because he never played an official game, only a few preseason games, or Zach Thomas who was signed by the Chiefs but he never even played a preseason game, so why should this be in the infobox if he never played for them. Examples of this is Jose Canseco, he played some spring training games with the Expos in 2002 and then Dodgers in 2004, but those teams are not in his infobox because he never played a regular season game with either team, or Keith Gretzky who played a few preseason games with the Sabres but never played an official game, or Steve Francis who was briefly a member of the Blazers before getting released, and why are those teams not in their infobox? Because they never officially played with those teams. So why are the NFL infoboxes different? Beast from da East ( talk) 19:47, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
I have noticed that some players who haven't played in years but is still listed as a free agent, but there is no report of them retiring. So what is the fine line between free agent and retired if there is nothing indicating if they have not "officially" retired?-- Elijahadmire ( talk) 03:55, 21 July 2014 (UTC)