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Now that Australia is in the final. Thugchildz has lodged an application for Gilchrist to be on the main page. Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 08:46, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
here-- THUG CHILD z 10:32, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
Given that we are asking for it to be scheduled for the day after tomorrow, I have also asked at User talk:Raul654. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:49, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't think we'll get it cause William Monahan is also going for the same date for no really good reason but it was there before we proposed Gilchrist.-- THUG CHILD z 11:08, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
Congrats fellas, you did it. :D AllynJ 05:02, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
"He is also renowned for walking when he considers himself to be out, sometimes even contrary to the decision of the umpire." I think this line should be in the main page but right now isn't. Can a admin get that in there?-- THUG CHILD z 07:03, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Anyone's that is active please help revert vandalism on this article right now, as it's on the main page.--01:02, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations to all involved in getting it on the Main Page. JH ( talk page) 08:33, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
I must say I think the timing was absolutely inspired given Gilchrist's amazing performance on the very same day! Well done to all who contributed. I agree with Nick Mallory that the tournament as a whole was very poor and went on far too long. And as for "England"..... -- GeorgeWilliams 07:22, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Can someone please do a quick update on his retirement and if possible his article. I have found a picture to go with it
.--
THUG
CHILD
z
17:39, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
Since he has now retired it's best to give it a FA push because there wont be much more to be added after now unless he becomes a coach or something. So then there could be a section like- life after retirement. But we seriously need to update and enhance that article.-- THUG CHILD z 06:09, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Sorry to rain on that parade, but I don't think it's a very good image, even if it is free and even if someone enhanced it to get rid of the glare. It doesn't even look much like Lara. -- Dweller 12:09, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Ali Brown, James Benning and Rikki Clark have smashed the one day record score against Gloucestershire at the Oval. 477 for 4 with an over left. Nick mallory 13:20, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Surrey 496 - 4. World Record. Brown 176 from 97 balls. Benning 153 from 134 balls. Clarke 82 from 28 balls. Amazing and I listened to it all down here in Australia. Ten an over. Nick mallory 13:26, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
This the day after they nearly scored 500 to beat Hampshire in the second innings as well. Nick mallory 13:37, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
What's the biggest margin of defeat between two pukka counties? Gloucestershire are 65 -5 in reply. Somerset won by 346 runs against Devon in 1990. Surrey beat Yorkshire by 205 runs at Scarborough in 1994 when Brown got another hundred. Nick mallory 14:56, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
[6] - updated list of top List A totals. Pretty impressive stuff. Anyone know where I could get hold of some highlights? Sky/BBC didn't show any over here. AllynJ 12:19, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi. After successfully completing two football FAs, The Rambling Man and I are back to cricket (he's also done a solo job on a Feaured List, still at candidate stage). Anyway, our new project is the immortal Bill O'Reilly (cricketer). Reasons for choosing him: we have images, he was world-class notable in two fields (playing and reporting) and, best of all, if his article is an FA, it'll help defeat the next silly cyclical discussion that Bill O'Reilly (commentator) should be moved over the disambig page at Bill O'Reilly, because "dude, no-one's heard of some stoooopid cricketsman" or whatever. Anyway, feel free to join in, apart from ALoan, who can expect a cordial invitation addressed to the land of copyediting in due course. -- Dweller 10:49, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Dick Motz, the former New Zealand fast bowler has been found dead (Source: http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/NZ-cricketer-Dick-Motz-dead-at-67/2007/04/30/1177788004373.html). No cause of death at this stage. It may be worth keeping an eye on the article. -- Mattinbgn/ talk 00:26, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
It's been a terrible week for Cricketers' deaths. Les Jackson, Arthur Milton, Dick Motz and now Tom Cartwright. 124.187.182.54 11:55, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
It is very sad on a human level; as an encyclopedia writer, the obituaries are like gold dust. -- ALoan (Talk) 13:24, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
...is a WP:FL but has an {{ update}} tag: it seems to be missing the last match or two ("Statistics are correct as at 9 January 2006"). I was thinking of updating it, but I can't see where it gets its numbers from - can anyone help? -- ALoan (Talk) 14:07, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
No problem - saves me a job :D Thanks! -- ALoan (Talk) 16:24, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Suppose it'd be more likely to get an answer if asked here - if someone only played in Twenty20 matches in 2005, should their career say 2005-2005 or just 2005? See Glenn McGrath on the Australian article. The first seems a bit sloppy. AllynJ 03:02, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Just a note that I have created a invite template for the project {{ WikiProject Cricket/Welcome}}, if anyone wants to improve it please go for it.-- THUG CHILD z 07:41, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
I noticed some oddities and inconsistencies about cricket in the List of stadiums by capacity, particularly which stadia have national cricket teams as the "home" team. Welcome input. -- Dweller 15:31, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Afd-worthy ? Tintin 15:54, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
1. Sachin Tendulkar's LBW when ball hit on his shoulder 2. Greg Blewett shown finger to Sourav Ganguly - scot free 3. Venkatesh Prasad fined for celebration after wicket 4. Ricky Ponting Scot free even though he used abusive language to Srinath 5. Glen McGrath not fined for abusive language and excessive celebration"
I'm intending to continue my Worcs bios with John Cuffe, but a minor hitch has arisen in that I'm not sure what nationality to give him in his categories and infobox. Cuffe was born in Australia, and Cricinfo has decided he was Australian, as seen here. However, he played the vast bulk of his cricket in England, died in England, and turned out for an England XI against the Australians in 1905, as seen here. My inclination is to list him as English, but Cricinfo has given me pause for thought. Loganberry ( Talk) 23:01, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Is this club notable? How far down below first-class level should we go with clubs? There's a case for including clubs that are members of major leagues such as the Lancashire League, but my own feeling is that this particular club is too far down the ladder. JH ( talk page) 19:16, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
The {{ West Indian cricket seasons}} template only lists seasons of the 19xx-yy form. What should be done about matches like this one - Jamaica v Barbados in July 1958 - and listed as 1958? CricketArchive has separate season listings for 1957-58 (Pakistan's tour), 1958 (three games in Jamaica) and 1958-59 (two games in Barbados and one in Trinidad). Loganberry ( Talk) 00:47, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Not sure how our importance ratings work (I remember some discussion, but can't find it) but I'm surprised to find Donald Bradman rated a B for importance. -- Dweller 08:45, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Oops. I'm a burk. I meant Bill O'Reilly (cricketer). If Bradman rated him the best of all time (in 1993; he may have rated him second best by the time he died, but that's another issue!) I'm not sure we're justified in giving him B importance. Having seen the comments above, it seems we also have an inconsistency between O'Reilly and Bradman, with the A/B and mid/high referring variously to quality and importance. -- Dweller 09:58, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
OK. Now that's all clear, why's O'Reilly not top importance? -- Dweller 10:56, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello I am trying to rate unassessed cricket articles but as I have not rated one before is there a set format that I should follow and would the ratings given by other wikiprojects be of any use and guidance. I would appreciate any help that people can give me. 02blythed 19:05, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
I am looking after BlackJack's material while he is off the site (he is currently abroad on holiday and then he will be starting another project through the summer). He said that numerous ratings were set before he became interested and that many of them are too low, but he had no time to go through them. He did in fact mention Tiger O'Reilly so you were right to raise that one to high. -- GeorgeWilliams 20:36, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
George, I don't think it's "BlackJack's material". Once it's on here, it's everyone's and no one's. :) Johnlp 20:44, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Has there been a Sri Lankan cricketer with a longer name? -- Dweller 15:57, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
And there I was over at Wikipedia talk:Dweller's Sri Lankan cricket team test, where I also mentioned Venkat.
If we go outside Sri Lanka, Hugh Bromley-Davenport has 17 characters, including the hyphen; and then we have people like Ilikena Lasarusa Talebulamainavaleniveivakabulaimainakulalakebalau, John Elicius Benedict Bernard Placid Quirk Carrington Dwyer and the notorious Amunugama Rajapakse Rajakaruna Abeykoon Panditha Wasalamudiyanse Ralahamilage Ranjith Krishantha Bandara Amunugama. -- ALoan (Talk) 00:45, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
This time it's Albert Moss (cricketer), the only man to take ten wickets in an innings on his first-class debut. He was born in England, emigrated to New Zealand and played all his (four!) f-c matches there, became an alcholic and fled to South America, then went on to South Africa where he lived for the last half-century of his life. So quite a lot to choose from! Cricinfo goes for his being a New Zealander, and I've categorised him as such on the grounds that that was where all his major cricket was played and that he was actually living there during that period. He doesn't currently have an infobox and I intend to list him as NZ when I add that. Loganberry ( Talk) 12:35, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Friends, I'm starting an article on Arthur Wood, an American cricketer born in England that played quite a few f-c matches for the Philadelphians. It would be nice to have a picture, but the only one I can find is from Cricinfo on his profile. I'd imagine that it is in the Public Domain by now. Even it was taken when he was 40, it would be more than 100 years old. Does anyone know if there is a contact a cricinfo that one can talk to to get permissions on that sort of thing? Thanks.-- Eva b d 14:37, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Not sure how our importance ratings work (I remember some discussion, but can't find it) but I'm surprised to find Donald Bradman rated a B for importance. -- Dweller 08:45, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Oops. I'm a burk. I meant Bill O'Reilly (cricketer). If Bradman rated him the best of all time (in 1993; he may have rated him second best by the time he died, but that's another issue!) I'm not sure we're justified in giving him B importance. Having seen the comments above, it seems we also have an inconsistency between O'Reilly and Bradman, with the A/B and mid/high referring variously to quality and importance. -- Dweller 09:58, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
OK. Now that's all clear, why's O'Reilly not top importance? -- Dweller 10:56, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello I am trying to rate unassessed cricket articles but as I have not rated one before is there a set format that I should follow and would the ratings given by other wikiprojects be of any use and guidance. I would appreciate any help that people can give me. 02blythed 19:05, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
I am looking after BlackJack's material while he is off the site (he is currently abroad on holiday and then he will be starting another project through the summer). He said that numerous ratings were set before he became interested and that many of them are too low, but he had no time to go through them. He did in fact mention Tiger O'Reilly so you were right to raise that one to high. -- GeorgeWilliams 20:36, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
George, I don't think it's "BlackJack's material". Once it's on here, it's everyone's and no one's. :) Johnlp 20:44, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Has there been a Sri Lankan cricketer with a longer name? -- Dweller 15:57, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
And there I was over at Wikipedia talk:Dweller's Sri Lankan cricket team test, where I also mentioned Venkat.
If we go outside Sri Lanka, Hugh Bromley-Davenport has 17 characters, including the hyphen; and then we have people like Ilikena Lasarusa Talebulamainavaleniveivakabulaimainakulalakebalau, John Elicius Benedict Bernard Placid Quirk Carrington Dwyer and the notorious Amunugama Rajapakse Rajakaruna Abeykoon Panditha Wasalamudiyanse Ralahamilage Ranjith Krishantha Bandara Amunugama. -- ALoan (Talk) 00:45, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
This time it's Albert Moss (cricketer), the only man to take ten wickets in an innings on his first-class debut. He was born in England, emigrated to New Zealand and played all his (four!) f-c matches there, became an alcholic and fled to South America, then went on to South Africa where he lived for the last half-century of his life. So quite a lot to choose from! Cricinfo goes for his being a New Zealander, and I've categorised him as such on the grounds that that was where all his major cricket was played and that he was actually living there during that period. He doesn't currently have an infobox and I intend to list him as NZ when I add that. Loganberry ( Talk) 12:35, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Friends, I'm starting an article on Arthur Wood, an American cricketer born in England that played quite a few f-c matches for the Philadelphians. It would be nice to have a picture, but the only one I can find is from Cricinfo on his profile. I'd imagine that it is in the Public Domain by now. Even it was taken when he was 40, it would be more than 100 years old. Does anyone know if there is a contact a cricinfo that one can talk to to get permissions on that sort of thing? Thanks.-- Eva b d 14:37, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Is Tony Steele on this alumni list sufficiently noteworthy to a) justify a page in main space on him and b) sufficiently noteworthy to justify being a notable alumni person existing only on a list?
See discussion here Talk:List_of_Old_Falconians, User_talk:Grumpyyoungman01#Tony_Steele_notability and User talk:Michellecrisp. Grumpyyoungman01 01:09, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
My special interest at this point is in George Abell (civil servant and cricketer), an Englishman who served in the colonial Indian civil service, and while he was doing that played one first-class game for India v Ceylon in 1932-33. ( Scorecard) I don't feel comfortable about putting him in "Indian cricketers", since he was English. I did note that we have both Category:Scottish cricketers and Category:Scotland cricketers (Rahul Dravid, for example, is the latter but not the former) but I'm doubtful that that would work here. Any ideas? Loganberry ( Talk) 01:46, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey folks. Thanks to all the project members that helped bring this article to its current state. I've nominated it as an FAC and would encourage you to help in reaching a consensus at its subpage. Thanks a lot.-- Eva b d 14:52, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Hooray. The article has now been upgraded to FA status! Thanks, all.-- Eva b d 23:37, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
I think that this is meant to be a complement: Talk:Main Page#Cricket on the DYK ;) → Ollie ( talk • contribs) 18:50, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Though he was Irish, given that his main cricketing claim to fame was being Secretary of MCC, shouldn't he have an English cricket stub template as well as, or perhaps instead of, an Irish one? JH ( talk page) 21:01, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Heh... mindful of the destubbing activity going on here, I left a stub tag off William Adshead, since he only played 12 matches and nothing of significance was omitted from the article. Three minutes after I'd submitted it, another editor added a stub tag! I find that rather funny, but then I'm easily amused! Loganberry ( Talk) 14:48, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
The stubsort WikiProject directed me to the existing {{notstub}} template, which I recommend we use. It's invisible - designed just to deter those who edit the article to slap on a stub template. I've therefore happily nommed for speedy the new template and Cat. -- Dweller 09:25, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
I think his persistent POV-ridden admirer has returned. Admin intervention not yet needed, but please do keep an eye on it before it returns to being a fansite. -- Dweller 12:41, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Contributions welcomed. Let's keep this moving to FA. -- Dweller 11:39, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
User:Dweller had accepted a nomination for adminship. — Moondyne 00:29, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Here we have a mystery. The article's content seems to be identical to that for David Sales - date and place of birth, teams played for, even the Cricinfo article used as the reference, all seem to be for Sales. Cricinfo doesn't seem to have any record of a cricketer called David Stevens. I wonder if someone somehow created the article using the wrong name, putting Stevens when they meant Sales. JH ( talk page) 18:38, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
[8] Tintin 17:55, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
on the WI page, the current squad is out of date. I would do it, but I struggle with tables badly and they always end up messed up. Here's the current squad to play England soon:
Ramnaresh Sarwan (captain) Daren Ganga Devon Smith Chris Gayle Shiv Chanderpaul Runako Morton Sylvester Joseph Dwayne Bravo Denesh Ramdin (wkt) Darren Sammy Corey Collymore Jerome Taylor Daren Powell Fidel Edwards Ravi Rampaul
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Now that Australia is in the final. Thugchildz has lodged an application for Gilchrist to be on the main page. Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 08:46, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
here-- THUG CHILD z 10:32, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
Given that we are asking for it to be scheduled for the day after tomorrow, I have also asked at User talk:Raul654. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:49, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't think we'll get it cause William Monahan is also going for the same date for no really good reason but it was there before we proposed Gilchrist.-- THUG CHILD z 11:08, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
Congrats fellas, you did it. :D AllynJ 05:02, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
"He is also renowned for walking when he considers himself to be out, sometimes even contrary to the decision of the umpire." I think this line should be in the main page but right now isn't. Can a admin get that in there?-- THUG CHILD z 07:03, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Anyone's that is active please help revert vandalism on this article right now, as it's on the main page.--01:02, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations to all involved in getting it on the Main Page. JH ( talk page) 08:33, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
I must say I think the timing was absolutely inspired given Gilchrist's amazing performance on the very same day! Well done to all who contributed. I agree with Nick Mallory that the tournament as a whole was very poor and went on far too long. And as for "England"..... -- GeorgeWilliams 07:22, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Can someone please do a quick update on his retirement and if possible his article. I have found a picture to go with it
.--
THUG
CHILD
z
17:39, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
Since he has now retired it's best to give it a FA push because there wont be much more to be added after now unless he becomes a coach or something. So then there could be a section like- life after retirement. But we seriously need to update and enhance that article.-- THUG CHILD z 06:09, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Sorry to rain on that parade, but I don't think it's a very good image, even if it is free and even if someone enhanced it to get rid of the glare. It doesn't even look much like Lara. -- Dweller 12:09, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Ali Brown, James Benning and Rikki Clark have smashed the one day record score against Gloucestershire at the Oval. 477 for 4 with an over left. Nick mallory 13:20, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Surrey 496 - 4. World Record. Brown 176 from 97 balls. Benning 153 from 134 balls. Clarke 82 from 28 balls. Amazing and I listened to it all down here in Australia. Ten an over. Nick mallory 13:26, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
This the day after they nearly scored 500 to beat Hampshire in the second innings as well. Nick mallory 13:37, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
What's the biggest margin of defeat between two pukka counties? Gloucestershire are 65 -5 in reply. Somerset won by 346 runs against Devon in 1990. Surrey beat Yorkshire by 205 runs at Scarborough in 1994 when Brown got another hundred. Nick mallory 14:56, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
[6] - updated list of top List A totals. Pretty impressive stuff. Anyone know where I could get hold of some highlights? Sky/BBC didn't show any over here. AllynJ 12:19, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi. After successfully completing two football FAs, The Rambling Man and I are back to cricket (he's also done a solo job on a Feaured List, still at candidate stage). Anyway, our new project is the immortal Bill O'Reilly (cricketer). Reasons for choosing him: we have images, he was world-class notable in two fields (playing and reporting) and, best of all, if his article is an FA, it'll help defeat the next silly cyclical discussion that Bill O'Reilly (commentator) should be moved over the disambig page at Bill O'Reilly, because "dude, no-one's heard of some stoooopid cricketsman" or whatever. Anyway, feel free to join in, apart from ALoan, who can expect a cordial invitation addressed to the land of copyediting in due course. -- Dweller 10:49, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Dick Motz, the former New Zealand fast bowler has been found dead (Source: http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/NZ-cricketer-Dick-Motz-dead-at-67/2007/04/30/1177788004373.html). No cause of death at this stage. It may be worth keeping an eye on the article. -- Mattinbgn/ talk 00:26, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
It's been a terrible week for Cricketers' deaths. Les Jackson, Arthur Milton, Dick Motz and now Tom Cartwright. 124.187.182.54 11:55, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
It is very sad on a human level; as an encyclopedia writer, the obituaries are like gold dust. -- ALoan (Talk) 13:24, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
...is a WP:FL but has an {{ update}} tag: it seems to be missing the last match or two ("Statistics are correct as at 9 January 2006"). I was thinking of updating it, but I can't see where it gets its numbers from - can anyone help? -- ALoan (Talk) 14:07, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
No problem - saves me a job :D Thanks! -- ALoan (Talk) 16:24, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Suppose it'd be more likely to get an answer if asked here - if someone only played in Twenty20 matches in 2005, should their career say 2005-2005 or just 2005? See Glenn McGrath on the Australian article. The first seems a bit sloppy. AllynJ 03:02, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Just a note that I have created a invite template for the project {{ WikiProject Cricket/Welcome}}, if anyone wants to improve it please go for it.-- THUG CHILD z 07:41, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
I noticed some oddities and inconsistencies about cricket in the List of stadiums by capacity, particularly which stadia have national cricket teams as the "home" team. Welcome input. -- Dweller 15:31, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Afd-worthy ? Tintin 15:54, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
1. Sachin Tendulkar's LBW when ball hit on his shoulder 2. Greg Blewett shown finger to Sourav Ganguly - scot free 3. Venkatesh Prasad fined for celebration after wicket 4. Ricky Ponting Scot free even though he used abusive language to Srinath 5. Glen McGrath not fined for abusive language and excessive celebration"
I'm intending to continue my Worcs bios with John Cuffe, but a minor hitch has arisen in that I'm not sure what nationality to give him in his categories and infobox. Cuffe was born in Australia, and Cricinfo has decided he was Australian, as seen here. However, he played the vast bulk of his cricket in England, died in England, and turned out for an England XI against the Australians in 1905, as seen here. My inclination is to list him as English, but Cricinfo has given me pause for thought. Loganberry ( Talk) 23:01, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Is this club notable? How far down below first-class level should we go with clubs? There's a case for including clubs that are members of major leagues such as the Lancashire League, but my own feeling is that this particular club is too far down the ladder. JH ( talk page) 19:16, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
The {{ West Indian cricket seasons}} template only lists seasons of the 19xx-yy form. What should be done about matches like this one - Jamaica v Barbados in July 1958 - and listed as 1958? CricketArchive has separate season listings for 1957-58 (Pakistan's tour), 1958 (three games in Jamaica) and 1958-59 (two games in Barbados and one in Trinidad). Loganberry ( Talk) 00:47, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Not sure how our importance ratings work (I remember some discussion, but can't find it) but I'm surprised to find Donald Bradman rated a B for importance. -- Dweller 08:45, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Oops. I'm a burk. I meant Bill O'Reilly (cricketer). If Bradman rated him the best of all time (in 1993; he may have rated him second best by the time he died, but that's another issue!) I'm not sure we're justified in giving him B importance. Having seen the comments above, it seems we also have an inconsistency between O'Reilly and Bradman, with the A/B and mid/high referring variously to quality and importance. -- Dweller 09:58, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
OK. Now that's all clear, why's O'Reilly not top importance? -- Dweller 10:56, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello I am trying to rate unassessed cricket articles but as I have not rated one before is there a set format that I should follow and would the ratings given by other wikiprojects be of any use and guidance. I would appreciate any help that people can give me. 02blythed 19:05, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
I am looking after BlackJack's material while he is off the site (he is currently abroad on holiday and then he will be starting another project through the summer). He said that numerous ratings were set before he became interested and that many of them are too low, but he had no time to go through them. He did in fact mention Tiger O'Reilly so you were right to raise that one to high. -- GeorgeWilliams 20:36, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
George, I don't think it's "BlackJack's material". Once it's on here, it's everyone's and no one's. :) Johnlp 20:44, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Has there been a Sri Lankan cricketer with a longer name? -- Dweller 15:57, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
And there I was over at Wikipedia talk:Dweller's Sri Lankan cricket team test, where I also mentioned Venkat.
If we go outside Sri Lanka, Hugh Bromley-Davenport has 17 characters, including the hyphen; and then we have people like Ilikena Lasarusa Talebulamainavaleniveivakabulaimainakulalakebalau, John Elicius Benedict Bernard Placid Quirk Carrington Dwyer and the notorious Amunugama Rajapakse Rajakaruna Abeykoon Panditha Wasalamudiyanse Ralahamilage Ranjith Krishantha Bandara Amunugama. -- ALoan (Talk) 00:45, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
This time it's Albert Moss (cricketer), the only man to take ten wickets in an innings on his first-class debut. He was born in England, emigrated to New Zealand and played all his (four!) f-c matches there, became an alcholic and fled to South America, then went on to South Africa where he lived for the last half-century of his life. So quite a lot to choose from! Cricinfo goes for his being a New Zealander, and I've categorised him as such on the grounds that that was where all his major cricket was played and that he was actually living there during that period. He doesn't currently have an infobox and I intend to list him as NZ when I add that. Loganberry ( Talk) 12:35, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Friends, I'm starting an article on Arthur Wood, an American cricketer born in England that played quite a few f-c matches for the Philadelphians. It would be nice to have a picture, but the only one I can find is from Cricinfo on his profile. I'd imagine that it is in the Public Domain by now. Even it was taken when he was 40, it would be more than 100 years old. Does anyone know if there is a contact a cricinfo that one can talk to to get permissions on that sort of thing? Thanks.-- Eva b d 14:37, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Not sure how our importance ratings work (I remember some discussion, but can't find it) but I'm surprised to find Donald Bradman rated a B for importance. -- Dweller 08:45, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Oops. I'm a burk. I meant Bill O'Reilly (cricketer). If Bradman rated him the best of all time (in 1993; he may have rated him second best by the time he died, but that's another issue!) I'm not sure we're justified in giving him B importance. Having seen the comments above, it seems we also have an inconsistency between O'Reilly and Bradman, with the A/B and mid/high referring variously to quality and importance. -- Dweller 09:58, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
OK. Now that's all clear, why's O'Reilly not top importance? -- Dweller 10:56, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello I am trying to rate unassessed cricket articles but as I have not rated one before is there a set format that I should follow and would the ratings given by other wikiprojects be of any use and guidance. I would appreciate any help that people can give me. 02blythed 19:05, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
I am looking after BlackJack's material while he is off the site (he is currently abroad on holiday and then he will be starting another project through the summer). He said that numerous ratings were set before he became interested and that many of them are too low, but he had no time to go through them. He did in fact mention Tiger O'Reilly so you were right to raise that one to high. -- GeorgeWilliams 20:36, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
George, I don't think it's "BlackJack's material". Once it's on here, it's everyone's and no one's. :) Johnlp 20:44, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Has there been a Sri Lankan cricketer with a longer name? -- Dweller 15:57, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
And there I was over at Wikipedia talk:Dweller's Sri Lankan cricket team test, where I also mentioned Venkat.
If we go outside Sri Lanka, Hugh Bromley-Davenport has 17 characters, including the hyphen; and then we have people like Ilikena Lasarusa Talebulamainavaleniveivakabulaimainakulalakebalau, John Elicius Benedict Bernard Placid Quirk Carrington Dwyer and the notorious Amunugama Rajapakse Rajakaruna Abeykoon Panditha Wasalamudiyanse Ralahamilage Ranjith Krishantha Bandara Amunugama. -- ALoan (Talk) 00:45, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
This time it's Albert Moss (cricketer), the only man to take ten wickets in an innings on his first-class debut. He was born in England, emigrated to New Zealand and played all his (four!) f-c matches there, became an alcholic and fled to South America, then went on to South Africa where he lived for the last half-century of his life. So quite a lot to choose from! Cricinfo goes for his being a New Zealander, and I've categorised him as such on the grounds that that was where all his major cricket was played and that he was actually living there during that period. He doesn't currently have an infobox and I intend to list him as NZ when I add that. Loganberry ( Talk) 12:35, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Friends, I'm starting an article on Arthur Wood, an American cricketer born in England that played quite a few f-c matches for the Philadelphians. It would be nice to have a picture, but the only one I can find is from Cricinfo on his profile. I'd imagine that it is in the Public Domain by now. Even it was taken when he was 40, it would be more than 100 years old. Does anyone know if there is a contact a cricinfo that one can talk to to get permissions on that sort of thing? Thanks.-- Eva b d 14:37, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Is Tony Steele on this alumni list sufficiently noteworthy to a) justify a page in main space on him and b) sufficiently noteworthy to justify being a notable alumni person existing only on a list?
See discussion here Talk:List_of_Old_Falconians, User_talk:Grumpyyoungman01#Tony_Steele_notability and User talk:Michellecrisp. Grumpyyoungman01 01:09, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
My special interest at this point is in George Abell (civil servant and cricketer), an Englishman who served in the colonial Indian civil service, and while he was doing that played one first-class game for India v Ceylon in 1932-33. ( Scorecard) I don't feel comfortable about putting him in "Indian cricketers", since he was English. I did note that we have both Category:Scottish cricketers and Category:Scotland cricketers (Rahul Dravid, for example, is the latter but not the former) but I'm doubtful that that would work here. Any ideas? Loganberry ( Talk) 01:46, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey folks. Thanks to all the project members that helped bring this article to its current state. I've nominated it as an FAC and would encourage you to help in reaching a consensus at its subpage. Thanks a lot.-- Eva b d 14:52, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Hooray. The article has now been upgraded to FA status! Thanks, all.-- Eva b d 23:37, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
I think that this is meant to be a complement: Talk:Main Page#Cricket on the DYK ;) → Ollie ( talk • contribs) 18:50, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Though he was Irish, given that his main cricketing claim to fame was being Secretary of MCC, shouldn't he have an English cricket stub template as well as, or perhaps instead of, an Irish one? JH ( talk page) 21:01, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Heh... mindful of the destubbing activity going on here, I left a stub tag off William Adshead, since he only played 12 matches and nothing of significance was omitted from the article. Three minutes after I'd submitted it, another editor added a stub tag! I find that rather funny, but then I'm easily amused! Loganberry ( Talk) 14:48, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
The stubsort WikiProject directed me to the existing {{notstub}} template, which I recommend we use. It's invisible - designed just to deter those who edit the article to slap on a stub template. I've therefore happily nommed for speedy the new template and Cat. -- Dweller 09:25, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
I think his persistent POV-ridden admirer has returned. Admin intervention not yet needed, but please do keep an eye on it before it returns to being a fansite. -- Dweller 12:41, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Contributions welcomed. Let's keep this moving to FA. -- Dweller 11:39, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
User:Dweller had accepted a nomination for adminship. — Moondyne 00:29, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Here we have a mystery. The article's content seems to be identical to that for David Sales - date and place of birth, teams played for, even the Cricinfo article used as the reference, all seem to be for Sales. Cricinfo doesn't seem to have any record of a cricketer called David Stevens. I wonder if someone somehow created the article using the wrong name, putting Stevens when they meant Sales. JH ( talk page) 18:38, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
[8] Tintin 17:55, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
on the WI page, the current squad is out of date. I would do it, but I struggle with tables badly and they always end up messed up. Here's the current squad to play England soon:
Ramnaresh Sarwan (captain) Daren Ganga Devon Smith Chris Gayle Shiv Chanderpaul Runako Morton Sylvester Joseph Dwayne Bravo Denesh Ramdin (wkt) Darren Sammy Corey Collymore Jerome Taylor Daren Powell Fidel Edwards Ravi Rampaul