Template talk:NHL Team

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Notice Important note: This template for National Hockey League team articles is, at the moment, neither recognized or officially sanctioned by Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey. Because of this, you might not see this template used on many (or any) team articles.-Resident Lune 20:44, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thoughts by template maker

I made this template page so that I would have an opportunity to actually test this template out 'in the field', so to speak, and see what the response would be. At the time of this comment, the template is only being used on the Columbus Blue Jackets's team article. You can see the differences between this template and the currently standard (but also unsanctioned) template by checking any other team articles (i.e. Detroit Red Wings, Carolina Hurricanes, etc.). This template was made with the intent to try and slim the infobox down, as well as remove unrequired information (Captains and Alternate Captains, Alternate Logo) while adding information that would be useful (Media Affiliates, Conference, Division, Titles).

Feedback is greatly appreciated, as well as any code changes that might benefit this template.--Resident Lune 20:44, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

The new template is great, I sugest you apply it to all 30 NHL team articles (but keep the captain). GoodDay 21:00, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Suggestions.

  • Make Conference and Division optional fields and add league for use in non NHL team articles.
  • Make Owner optional and maybe the ability to change Owner to President.
  • Make Stanley Cups, Conference Championships and Division Championships optional. Add a field for use for non NHL teams, for example "Country" Championships.

--Krm500 21:26, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Make an entry for team nicknames.
As a response to the entry above, I think all fields are optional. bmitchelf•T•F 04:02, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
I'd also suggest increasing the logo size by 50 pixels more, but I don't know how everyone would react to that. (Mostly, the reason is the Ducks logo -- you can't really see it.) -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 02:01, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Actually, after some testing in my userspace, the Anaheim logo would look PERFECT at 200 pixels wide, but the other teams' logos won't look good. I don't think a separate template for Anaheim would be accepted... Dunno, I'm just throwing some ideas out there. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 02:04, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
I wonder if a height setting rather than a width setting would make it so the Ducks logo would look more "normal." -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 02:44, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New possible templates

In trying to merge the current season link into the template, I made three test templates which are located at User:Jeff3000/Sandbox1 (go down to see the other two). The last two are based on the football (soccer) infoboxes which I think are much cleaner. What do others think? Regards, -- Jeff3000 (talk) 19:59, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

I think {{current sport-related}} is sufficient on its own. It does not need to be inside the infobox. Flibirigit (talk) 03:12, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I agree, but if it is included I like the 2nd example the most where the current season template is at the bottom. --Krm500 (talk) 03:18, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I'd support the first example. also if it is incorporated, it might as well use it's own puck type icon instead of the soccer ball. IrisKawling (talk) 20:56, 11 March 2008 (UTC)