Wikipedia:WikiProject Cycling/Standard cyclist biography

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Notice This is a first effort to standardize the cyclist biographies on wikipedia. It is not a wikipedia rule. If you have suggestions or improvements to this standard, please do so, but leave a message on the talk page, explaining what you did and why you did it.

Wikipedia has a lot of cyclist biographies. Some are well-written with a good lay-out, others not. There is no standard for cyclist biographies sofar, although a lot of them share several aspects. Below is a first effort to generate a standard for a cyclist biography. It is not (primarily) intended to change old biographies, but more to use when a new biography is generated.

Contents

[edit] Infobox

{{Infobox Cyclist}} is designed to be used in any cycling biography. See Template:Infobox Cyclist for usage instructions.

[edit] Medal table

The Medal table is designed to list the medals a cyclist has achieved in major competitions, including the Olympic Games, World Championships and major multisport events, such as the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and Pan American Games. The extent to what games and what level of competition is still under debate. See MedalRelatedTemplates for further instructions, although note that there is not yet clear consensus on usage. A medal table can be placed either directly under the infobox or in the palmares section.

Example usage
{{MedalTableTop}}
{{MedalCountry | {{flagcountry| countryname | flagvariant (if applicable) }} }}
{{MedalSport | [[Sport name as Wikipedia article]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Competition name]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[Event page|Year City]] | [[Specific page|Event]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Event page|Year City]] | [[Specific page|Event]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[Event page|Year City]] |  [[Specific page|Event]] }}
{{MedalBottom}}

Sometimes the order should be rearranged, in cases where multiple countries have been represented or multiples sports undertaken. In these cases, discretion should be used.

[edit] Abstract

The article should of course discuss the cyclist's career. Sometimes, when the article is still a stub, the career only is a few lines. For other cyclists, see for example Lance Armstrong or Eddy Merckx, it is rather long. In these cases, it is useful to put an abstract first. In a few lines, tell something short about the cyclist; why is is noteworthy for an encyclopedia, assert the notability of a subject. For example:

Laurent Jalabert (born November 30, 1968) is a French former professional racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002. Affectionately known as "Jaja" (the word is slang for a glass of wine; when he continued drinking wine as a professional, the nickname stuck because of the similarity to his name), he rode to victory in many one-day and stage races and was ranked number 1 in the 1990s. Although he never won the Tour de France, where he said he suffered too much from altitude sickness, he won the Vuelta a España in 1995; as well as the leader's jersey, he also won the sprinter's jersey and climber's jersey all in the same race - only the second rider to have done this in a Grand Tour. Moreover, along with Eddy Merckx and Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, he is one of only three riders to win the points classification in all three grand tours.

[edit] Biography

After the infobox (and the abstract), the main biography comes. If the cyclist's career is not large enough for an abstract, it is now time to introduce the cyclist. Don't put lists of victories here, but tell the story of the cyclist. Youth years, his first years as professional, first major breakthrough, major victories, the end of his career, life after cycling, years as manager, death, races named after the cyclist, et cetera.

[edit] Palmares

After the text describing the cycling career of the cyclist, it is time for some bare facts. For this you can use the {{Palmares}}-format, see {{Palmares start}}. The major results of cyclists are usually put in a list. Sometimes the list is sorted by race, sometimes by year, chronologically as per WP:LOW.

Don't put every result in the list. It is not interesting to read that someone finished 67th place in the Midi Libre. A victory in a minor race can be important for a cyclist, but if the cyclists has won more than 300 races, not every race should be included.

If a cyclist has won more things in one race (stages, overall competition, group them together. Example:

2007
Tour de Internet
Winner overall classification
Winner King of Mountain competition
Winner stages 3, 14 and 17
Winner Wikipedia race

In some races, the winners can wear a jersey. For example, the yellow jersey for the Tour de France overall classification winner. For important races, the jerseys can be included in the palmares list, for clarification. Currently, the jerseys considered important enough are

Using {{Palmares start}} and {{Palmares end}}, you can specify how many columns should be used. Normally, 2 columns is advised. For cyclists with less than 10 lines in their palmares, 1 column should be used. (for example Dalmacio Langarica). For cyclists with a long list of victories, 3 columns should be used. (for example Lance Armstrong). For cyclist named Eddy Merckx, 4 columns should be used (for example Eddy Merckx).

[edit] Links/references/external links

[edit] Succession boxes

Use succession boxes. More information on Template:S-start. Be sure to use {{s-sports}} or {{s-awards}} when applicable. Succession boxes to be used:

  • Tour de France winner
  • Winner of the green jersey in the Tour de France
  • Tour de France maillot blanc winner
  • UCI Road World Cup Champion
  • etc.

[edit] Navigational boxes

After the succession boxes, put navigational boxes, see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Cycling/Templates.

[edit] Team navigation box

If a cyclist is still active, he probably will be in a team. For most teams, a team navigation footer has been prepared, see Category:Cycling team templates. Put them in the article, for example for a Skil-Shimano-cyclist, use {{Skil}}, which gives

v • d • e
Riders on Skil-Shimano

Yoshiyuki Abe | Fabien Bacquet | Fumiyuki Beppu | Ji Cheng | Roy Curvers | Maarten den Bakker | David Deroo | Yukihiro Doi | Floris Goesinnen | Yusuke Hatanaka | Yoshimasa Hirose | Thierry Hupond | Yoshinori Iino | Jin Jianhua | Long Jin | Tomoya Kano | Clément Lhotellerie | Jin Long | Hidenori Nodera | Piet Rooijakkers | Sebastian Siedler | Albert Timmer | Robert Wagner | Kenny van Hummel | Tom Veelers |

[edit] Stub?

If an article is still a Wikipedia:stub, put the stub-tag in it. This is {{Belgium-cycling-bio-stub}} for Belgian cyclists, {{Italy-cycling-bio-stub}}for Italian cyclists, {{Spain-cycling-bio-stub}} for Spanish cyclists, {{US-cycling-bio-stub}} for US cyclists, {{France-cycling-bio-stub}} for French cyclists and {{cyling-bio-stub}} for other cyclists.

[edit] Persondata

Main article: Wikipedia:Persondata

Persondata is special metadata which can be added to biographical articles. This metadata can then be extracted and processed automatically (unlike conventional Wikipedia content). It consists of a set of standardized data fields which include basic information about the person, such as name, birthday, place of birth, etc. This metadata can be used for a variety of purposes, including advanced search capabilities, statistical analysis, automated categorization, and birthday lists. The addition of persondata will not affect the normal display of an article since the information remains hidden unless a user sets their user stylesheet to display it.

To use the {{Persondata}} template, copy the wikitext below and fill in the parameters manually, or use this javascript which can add the template and fill in the information semi-automatically from infoboxes.

<!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] -->
{{Persondata
|NAME              = 
|ALTERNATIVE NAMES = 
|SHORT DESCRIPTION = 
|DATE OF BIRTH     = 
|PLACE OF BIRTH    = 
|DATE OF DEATH     = 
|PLACE OF DEATH    = 
}}

Next, fill out the data fields. Make sure the name is entered with the surname first (the same way you would with a category listing). Do not delete empty data fields, for example, if a person is still alive, you'll leave the date and place of death blank. Here is an example of a properly filled out template:

<!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] -->
{{Persondata
|NAME= Ullrich, Jan
|ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
|SHORT DESCRIPTION=German professional [[road bicycle racer]]
|DATE OF BIRTH= [[December 2]], [[1973]]
|PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Rostock]], [[Germany]]
|DATE OF DEATH=
|PLACE OF DEATH=
}}

[edit] Categories

Put the cyclist in a category. Use the {{DEFAULTSORT:name of cyclist}} for easy use. Some cycling categories are Category:Track cyclists Category:cyclists (Category:Belgian cyclists for Belgian cyclists, et cetera) Category:Tour de France stage winners (Category:French Tour de France stage winners for French ...) Category:Tour de France winners Category:Giro d'Italia winners Category:Vuelta a España winners Category:World cycling champions Category:Tour de France Yellow Jersey wearing cyclists If a cyclist belongs to more categories (for example Eddy Merckx belongs to all above), add them to all.

[edit] Other languages

Finally, link to the wikipedia pages in other languages. An easy way to search for these is to simply type "Rider Name" wiki into Google.

[edit] Talk page

On the talk page, add, for living cyclists

{{WPBiography|living=yes|class=|importance=|sports-work-group=yes|listas=Last name, First name}}
{{Cycling project|class=}}

or for dead cyclists,

{{WPBiography|living=no|class=|importance=|sports-work-group=yes|listas=Last name, First name}}
{{Cycling project|class=}}

There are also project banners for various nationalities which may be applicable. These include {{WikiProject Spain}}, {{WikiProject France}} and {{WikiProject Belgium}}. For a full list, see WikiProject Council/Directory/Geographical

Of course you may want to consider the templates more and give more information.

A fictional example can be seen on Wikipedia:WikiProject Cycling/Standard cyclist biography example.