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[edit] MLB_infobox
Is there way someone could please troubleshoot the copy of the MLB infobox on BaseballWiki so it can work right? --Kitch 14:47, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reduced Infobox
I have reduced the infoboxes to a more reasonable version. There should not be stand-alone templates (like Template:MLB infobox Brewers for example) that hold only infoboxes. Infoboxes are supposed to be placed directly in the article in accordance with Wikipedia guidelines. That is why the Braves infobox was recently deleted, and it's likely that more will be deleted in the future, causing us to lose all of their info. Rather than copy all the info from the template pages into the start of each team page (which would add close to 100 lines to the beginning of every team article), I significantly pared down this info so it would not dominate the team pages. A lot of the info from the old infoboxes was already in the articles and thus redundant, but if there are things that need to be included, please move it from the templates into the main article, as I will also do when I get the chance. Thanks. - Pal 01:17, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
- I've reverted your edit to replace the old infoboxes back onto the page space rather then the secondary template space like they were. I just think the newer one was way less informative. I think it'll be easier to pick and choose info (if any) to remove from the more informative boxes rather then starting from what was essentially scratch with the new one. Gateman1997 15:41, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Logo problem
Recently the St Louis Cardinals Logo.svg has been having problems using this template. When I replaced the template with the full code and raised the pixel count to 101px from 100px it works perfectly fine. If anyone with more knowledge then me would like to either explain this or make sure a blanket change across all teams would not hurt any logos then please do so.Sir hugo 21:25, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Other Nicknames"
Many baseball team pages currently have unofficial nicknames right below the team name in the infobox, and also in the lead paragraph. See the Philadelphia Phillies for a particularly egregious example. I think that a much less prominent place should be found for many of these nicknames, and after discussing the issue on the WikiProject talk page and not getting any support, one solution that appears acceptable to all parties would be creating a space in the infobox template for "Other Nicknames" similar to what is curently done for NFL teams (see Minnesota Vikings for an example). Can someone who is more comfortable writing templates help me with this task? --BlueMoonlet 04:11, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] add current season payroll to infobox.
the team's payroll should be part of the MLB infobox, with a link to List of Major League Baseball teams by payroll. it's a critical factor in and snapshot of so many key areas. here's a sample (if you wanted it to be lower in the infobox that would be fine)....
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays Established 1998 2007 Payroll: $24.1M (30th MLB, 14th AL) |
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| Retired Numbers | 12, 42 | ||
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| World Series titles (0) | none | ||
| AL Pennants (0) | none | ||
| Division titles (0) | none | ||
| Wild card berths (0) | None | ||
| Owner(s): Stuart Sternberg | |||
| Manager: Joe Maddon | |||
| General Manager: Andrew Friedman | |||
Riphamilton 00:40, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Abbreviations
Would it be appropriate to include a field for the teams' common abbreviations? They are used ubiquitously in much media. Here is a table of the most common ones, from 1, 2, and 3:
| Team | Primary abbrev. | Other abbrev. |
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| Arizona Diamondbacks | ARI | ARZ, AZ |
| Atlanta Braves | ATL | |
| Baltimore Orioles | BAL | |
| Boston Red Sox | BOS | |
| Chicago Cubs | CHC | CHN, CUB |
| Chicago White Sox | CHW | CWS, SOX, CHA |
| Cincinnati Reds | CIN | |
| Cleveland Indians | CLE | |
| Colorado Rockies | COL | |
| Detroit Tigers | DET | |
| Florida Marlins | FLA | FL |
| Houston Astros | HOU | |
| Kansas City Royals | KC | KAN, KCR |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | LAA | ANA, LA |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | LA | LAD, LOS |
| Milwaukee Brewers | MIL | |
| Minnesota Twins | MIN | |
| New York Mets | NYM | NYN, NY |
| New York Yankees | NYY | NYA, NY |
| Oakland Athletics | OAK | A'S, ATH |
| Philadelphia Phillies | PHI | PHA |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | PIT | |
| San Diego Padres | SD | SDP, SDG |
| San Francisco Giants | SF | SFO |
| Seattle Mariners | SEA | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | STL | |
| Tampa Bay Rays | TB | TAM |
| Texas Rangers | TEX | TR |
| Toronto Blue Jays | TOR | |
| Washington Nationals | WAS | DC, WSH, NAT |
