Portal talk:Sports and games

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[edit] Possible move to front page?

Would it be possible to move this to the front page as one of the featured portals at the top of the page? This portal hardly gets any attention (my update was the first in probably a few months, as it still had the World Cup on there as recent news) and it definitely deserves attention, since Sports & Game news hardly makes it to the front "ITN" part of the page, and is a major influence around the world. If this portal was featured as one of the 8 portals on the front page, I think it would get a lot more attention, and a lot more updating that it deserves. Mientkiewicz5508 17:15, 19 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Split

Why don't we split this into Sports portal and Games portal? I think there's a lot to talk about for both subjects. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.23.107.168 (talk • contribs) 03:18, 24 May 2005 (UTC).

I don't think it's really appropriate to have a baseball mitt as the image representing this portal, since baseball is largely confined to the Western Hemisphere. How about a soccer ball> RickK 66.60.159.190 17:18, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I agree, and if no one else has anything to say about it you should carry on with it right away. Red Star--00:02, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

A split sounds good. I was actually looking for a track and field portal when I came in here, but there doesn't seem to be one. I was considering proposing one... but I am newbish <_< And the pic... I think that it should be something that doesn't specify a particular sport... perhaps something along the lines of a trophy? Komlon 05:26, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

A split might be okay, but could also exacerbate problems with this portal. That is, portal maintenance has been lacking. On May 19th, the news was updated [1], for the first time since last August; the news hasn't been updated since then. There's a lot going on in the sports world - NBA playoffs, NHL playoffs, World Cup, and surely much more. News should be updated several times a week, or daily. "Did you know", "Selected article", and "Selected picture" also need updating. I have been going around and checking all the portals - many which need attention. There's only so much I can do on each, so more help in maintaining this portal is very much needed and welcome. -Aude (talk | contribs) 17:25, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Also, I might support a track and field (or "Athletics") portal, but it's essential that people keep up with it's maintenance and do updates. -Aude (talk | contribs) 17:27, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Boxing?

I was looking for a way into boxing from this sports portal. Luckily, I found chess instead. Are there any plans to include boxing as well?Creightn 14:38, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Top Picture

The picture of the baseball at the top should be deleted/replaced with a picture of a soccer ball, because soccer is apparently the most popular sport on this planet.--DIGIwarez 11:55, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

I disagree, I soccer (football) already has its own portal. it should be something that doesn't match a sport. a medal, a ribbon, or a trophy was what I had in mind. Komlon 05:30, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

I have cleaned up the subportal links, and created a new picture for the intro which represents both sports and games. I welcome anyone to improve upon it. A trophy, medal, or ribbon might work also, as they are generic enough to cover both sports and games. -Aude (talk | contribs) 17:25, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Although soccer is the most popular game in the world, it is not appropriate to use an image of a soccer ball here as this portal covers both sports and games. A more broader image would fit into this portal; as long as it does not convey to the reader, which specific sport the image belongs to. --Siva1979Talk to me 02:08, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Player Article

I am just doing disambiguation link repair for Player, and unfortunately discovered that the article for Player (game) is very narrow, referring not to sports but mainly to card games and board games. If someone from this portal could please add a component to the artical regarding sports - I figure this portal would be the right placeto ask. Would be much appreciated! Thanks, --Gregorof 02:36, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Automatic rotation of selected articles and pictures

I have set up the Portal to automatically rotate pictures and articles every month. The article and picture that has been up for the last several months (at least) will remain through the rest of January. There has not been a determination on what will replace them in February and I would like to open the floor to that discussion. When creating the page for the February selected picture/article, just copy the format from the January page. Let me know if there are any questions.--NMajdan•talk 22:17, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

As there have not been any further comments, I have selected the next Selected Picture and Article. The are both featured.↔NMajdan•talk 18:14, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Just in the off chance anyone is reading this, I have changed pictures to rotate weekly and scheduled them through the end of the year. I have no great heartburn about anything in there ... this portal had fallen into disrepair and I wanted to put something quality in there. I started out by going through all of the featured pictures on topic and scheduling them, then filling in other high quality images, trying to rotate between sports one week and games the next, with some artwork (as opposed to photos) mixed in and a diversity of sports. I have created nomination pages in case there is anyone reading this who would like to suggest some other monthly articles/weekly pictures.--B 06:28, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Segnalation

Look here: Talk:Games of the Small States of Europe. What do you think about it?

What is your question? --B 21:39, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Canadian Amateur Championship

I'm wondering if anyone here can point me to a convention for naming articles relative to sports/games that would cover the above-captioned article, Canadian Amateur Championship. My instinctive reaction was that this should be Canadian Amateur Championship (golf). I realize that this is the name of the event; I was just wondering if someone would be misled who was looking for a similar event with respect to, say, chess, figure skating, show jumping -- whatever. Accounting4Taste:talk 20:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)