Wikipedia:WikiProject Basketball

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This is a WikiProject for articles related to the sport of basketball. Ever watched an NBA game? Seen your team lose or win? Ever played a game of street ball? Did you ever, or do you play basketball at the playground at school? This WikiProject is for you!

Contents 1 Focus 2 Participants 2.1 Userbox 3 Goals 4 To do 5 General strategy and discussion forums 6 Infoboxes 7 NBA Teams 8 Templates

[edit] Focus

To improve, create, and further the status of basketball-related articles, some possibly to FA status. Please remember to insert {{Template:Basketball-WikiProject}} on all talk pages associated with this project.

This article is part of a WikiProject to improve Wikipedia's articles related to Basketball. For guidelines see WikiProject Basketball and Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ.

[edit] Participants

• SushiGeek Founder and Head
• Catchacode
• jaysscholar
• Howard the Duck
• MC Snowy
• Just H 14:00, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
• Andrius
• Stuart D.
• AQu01rius

[edit] Userbox

{{User Wikiproject Basketball}}

[edit] Goals

Guidelines are needed for Basketball-related articles, including:

1. Teams (NBA, NBDL, International and the like)
   1. Team info (template)
   2. Team history (abridged)
      1. A separate link to detailed history, if it is appropriate
   3. Current roster (template)
   4. Retired numbers & Hall of Famers
   5. Links to more info (template)
   6. All-time team records
      1. Award winners & league leaders
      2. Team records
      3. Players of note (non-HoFers)
         1. Team's HoF
      4. Broadcasters
      5. Managers & ownership
      6. Post-season series
2. Stadiums (history extending beyond basketball)
3. Biographies (from players to managers to owners)
   • This seems to be a separate project
4. NBA Finals
   1. Other postseason series (NBDL, International, etc.)
      1. Regular season playoffs
5. Leagues & Divisions
6. Defunct teams
7. Defunct leagues
8. Miscellaneous

Basketball-related articles on Wikipedia seem to be maintained well, but work is certainly needed.

[edit] To do

	WikiProject Basketball To Do	edit - history - watch - purge
	Project related tasks Create a Baksetball MoS, a la; Wikiproject Football MoS Organize project page Article related tasks The creation of standard infoboxes, for basketball related articles Collaboration to bring one basketball related article to GA Collaboration to bring one basketball related article to FA

[edit] General strategy and discussion forums

/General
/Strategy

[edit] Infoboxes

• {{NBA team}}
• {{Infobox NBA Player}}
• {{Infobox NBA PlayerB}}
• {{NBL Player}}
• {{Infobox nbl player}}
• {{Infobox PBA team}}
• {{Infobox National basketball team}}

[edit] NBA Teams

Conference Team Division Eastern 76ers Atlantic Eastern Celtics Atlantic Eastern Knicks Atlantic Eastern Nets Atlantic Eastern Raptors Atlantic	Conference Team Division Eastern Bucks Central Eastern Bulls Central Eastern Cavaliers Central Eastern Pacers Central Eastern Pistons Central	Conference Team Division Eastern Bobcats Southeast Eastern Hawks Southeast Eastern Heat Southeast Eastern Magic Southeast Eastern Wizards Southeast
Conference Team Division Western Jazz Northwest Western Nuggets Northwest Western Sonics Northwest Western Timberwolves Northwest Western Trail Blazers Northwest	Conference Team Division Western Clippers Pacific Western Kings Pacific Western Lakers Pacific Western Suns Pacific Western Warriors Pacific	Conference Team Division Western Grizzlies Southwest Western Hornets Southwest Western Mavericks Southwest Western Rockets Southwest Western Spurs Southwest

[edit] Templates

• {{International basketball}}
• {{NBA}}
• {{NBA Arenas}}
• {{NBA50}}
• {{PBA}}
• {{PBA seasons}}
• {{PBA25}}