WIKIPEDIA:WIKIPROJECT BASEBALL OLD-TIME BASE BALL TASK FORCE RIGHT SIDE

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The WikiProject Baseball/Old-time Base Ball taskforce was founded on January 16, 2007 to record, preserve, and organize the pre-1900 history of baseball. This project follows the guidelines set forth by our parent project, WikiProject Baseball, and aims to create, maintain, improve, and promote as many articles as possible. If you think you can make a positive contribution to the project, please feel free to contribute in any positive manner you wish; you can start by adding your name to the member list below.

Scope

An article falls under our scope if it directly relates to pre-1900 baseball articles to include, but not limited to, players, managers, umpires, ballparks, and founders. Also related are the many categories and lists covering teams, notable minor leagues, and all-time rosters.

Recent Project News

July 30, 2014 - Charlie Getzein was promoted to Good Article.

July 7, 2014 - List of Major League Baseball players with unidentified given names was promoted to Featured List.

March 30, 2014 - Fred Dunlap was promoted to Good Article.

March 26, 2014 - Ice Box Chamberlain was promoted to Good Article.

February 19, 2014 - Elmer Flick was promoted to Good Article.

December 10, 2013 - Major League Baseball was promoted to Good Article.

November 9, 2013 - Tom Kinslow was promoted to Good Article.

June 27, 2013 - Jack Stivetts was promoted to Good Article.

March 28, 2013 - George Nicol was promoted to Good Article.

February 3, 2013 - Arthur Irwin was promoted to Good Article.

July 6, 2012 - Cleveland Blues (NL) all-time roster was promoted to Featured List.

July 2, 2012 - Fred Tenney was promoted to Good Article.

Tasks & Goals

General Tasks

To create an article on each and every player who has played in any of the top professional 19th-century leagues, which MLB has designated as "major" leagues. These are as follows: National League (NL), American Association (AA), Union Association (UA), and Players' League (PL). The National Association for our purposes is treated as a "major" league due its status as the top professional baseball league during its five year existence from 1871 to 1875.
Tagging all pre-1901 baseball articles using the template on the appropriate talk page, and to update the category Category:19th-century baseball players in conjunction with its corresponding list: List of 19th-century baseball players.
Improve each individual season article before 1901; example 1876 in baseball
Upload free-use pictures to Wikimedia Commons [1]. Most pictures created prior to 1923 are public domain, and are free use.

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Index · Statistics · Log

Old-time Base Ball articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		3	1	1			5
FL			13	3			16
FM					2		2
GA	2	3	20	22			47
B	3	9	13	15		6	46
C	9	24	30	103		26	192
Start	3	32	109	592		30	766
Stub		3	64	1,852		3	1,922
List		4	56	23			83
Category					249		249
Disambig					6		6
File					537		537
Portal					1		1
Project					9		9
Redirect		1	1	5	21		28
Template					109		109
NA			1				1
Assessed	17	79	308	2,616	934	65	4,019
Total	17	79	308	2,616	934	65	4,019
WikiWork factors ( ?)		ω = 16,362			Ω = 5.49

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Categories for discussion

05 Jul 2024 – Category:19th-century baseball players ( talk · · hist) CfDed by Koavf ( t · c) was closed; see discussion

Good article nominees

22 Feb 2024 – Atlanta Braves ( talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Nemov ( t · c); start discussion

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