Template talk:Infobox sports league

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[edit] How to use the template

[edit] Required parameters

  • sport = The sport played by the league. If possible include the wikilinks "[[]]".
  • founded = The year the sports league was founded.
  • country = The country/countries where the league is played.
  • champion = The current champion/s of the league.

[edit] Optional parameters

  • current_season = The article name of the league's current season or competition in progress. Omit the wikilinks "[[]]".
  • logo = The filename of the logo, with the extension. Omit the [[Image: ]].
  • pixels = The width of the logo in pixels (default: 200px). Use this if the logo is either too small or too big.
  • caption = A caption for the image. Default is "<Sports league name> logo".
  • folded = The year the league folded.
  • website = The official website address in the following format: [http://www.sportsleague.com SportsLeague.com].
  • singles = In leagues featuring individual play (e.g., tennis, golf, gaming), the number of individual players.

[edit] Wikilinked years in sports

I wikilinked the years to the article on the year in sports. Leave me a message if there's any problems with this. --Jtalledo (talk) 22:05, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

This only becomes a problem when the founding "season" is spread over two calendar years, such as "1936-37". See recent edits to American Hockey League. Flibirigit 09:27, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
We'd have to follow the calendar year. You don't say the NBA was founded on 1946-47. --Howard the Duck 09:30, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Singles?

I have removed the "singles" parameter because it is showing up in every instance of this template. The parameter is not documented, and I'm not clear what it might mean. If you're going to add it back, please document it and make it optional. Rolando 23:35, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

After explanation by Valoem, added back as an optional parameter. Rolando 00:04, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name

Can someone add in the option of writing in a different title, as opposed the name just being the article's name. For example, so Celtic League (rugby union) will say just Celtic League in the box, instead of having (rugby union)....? Narrasawa 05:11, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

I've added the title parameter. --Howard the Duck 06:20, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Country / flag

What is the consensus for country/flag inclusion where there is a single team from another country (eg. a single Canadian teams in the NBA (United States competition), a single New Zealand teams in the NRL (Australian competition))? I would have thought that unless it was a mixed competition (eg. Super 14 has almost equal numbers of South African, Australian and New Zealand clubs) that the flag of the nation that hosts the league would be used (ie. US flag for NBA, Aus flag for NRL - but S.A., Aus and NZ flags for Super 14.). Looking through the articles it seems usage goes the other way. -- Chuq 09:57, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

For leagues where the teams had to go through a qualifying tournament in their respective countries (like in order to qualify in the UEFA Champions League, you'd have to finish first-fourth in the strongest countries), I'd recommend adding a flag; for those which do not (like the NBA and NHL), I'd recommend no flag to be displayed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Howard the Duck (talk • contribs) 23:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
The differences that I see:
In these cases, the Canadian/NZ/Singapore teams are "guest" teams, playing in another nations tournament
For International club football tournaments, there are a huge number of countries involved, and the countries can vary each year
  • Super 14 - 14 teams (4 Australian, 5 New Zealand, 5 South Africa) -> All three flags
Super 14 is run by SANZAR which is a joint Sth Africa/Aust/NZ organisation. No single country is dominant, but the teams involved are fixed from year to year.
I agree with you (Howard the Duck) regarding the NBA, NHL, NRL etc. but it appears to be against common usage - so I'd like to get other opinions. The particular article which interests me is A-League because Australia and New Zealand are in different football confederations so there has to be a distinction made. -- Chuq 01:43, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Are you referring to the "Countries" parameter or the "Champions" parameter? My previous statement was referring to the "Champions" parameter, as for the countries parameter, I suggest to include all countries except for leagues that are played in more than 10 countries. --Howard the Duck 02:23, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Ah, the "Countries" parameter - my Champions/Premiers comment below is unrelated! I wouldn't even use a flag for champions unless it was a competition between national teams. -- Chuq 02:26, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Actually, I'd support of adding flags to the champions if the league's members qualified through their national leagues (like the Champions League), while those which aren't, like the Aussie NBL (where the Slingers and NZ play) don't. --Howard the Duck 02:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Champions + Premiers

Another question! The A-League is unusual in that both the premiers (top of league table) and champions (winner of finals series) are equally important in measuring the success of teams. This prompted someone to ["subst" and modify the infobox http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A-League&diff=93362989&oldid=93348243] as the template didn't have space for both. My opinion is that the infobox shouldn't have been got rid of - it should have been discussed here and adjusted to suit. Does anyone want to comment on this before I attempt it? -- Chuq 10:32, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

What I did with the Philippine Basketball Association article where 2 championships are disputed, the two championships would be displayed at the Champions perimeter, with the name of the championship enclosed in a parenthesis. --Howard the Duck 12:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposal: new row listing the link to the current-ongoing season article

I was looking at the French Wikipedia version of the NHL article. On the last row of its infobox table, there is a link to the "Saison en cours" (Season in progress) article. I think a similar addition could be made on this Infobox sports league template, instead of using a combination of it with Template:Dab current or Template:Current sport-related. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:54, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

That's a good idea. --Howard the Duck 05:27, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Folded

I think it would be better if "Folded" was just under "Founded". // SMARTSKAFT | ¿ 21:32, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Looks like a good idea, but it'll emphasize that "folded" being last means it was the last thing the league did. Could work either way, though. --Howard the Duck 05:33, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
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