TheBaseball WikiProject was formed on December 13, 2004, as a subproject ofWikiProject Sports. The sport ofbaseball can trace its history back to the 1700s; it has survived scandal, the Great Depression, even World Wars, but has always remained the same game that our fathers loved to play.
As of September 2, 2013, there areover 55,000 articles within the scope of WikiProject Baseball, of which265 arefeatured and268 aregood articles.
Because baseball has such a diverse history and has survived for so long there is much than can be done to help improve its related pages on Wikipedia. Over the past few years editors have developed models that can be used to develop high quality articles that can give readers full understanding of not only players, but coaches, franchises and even individual seasons. Though new concepts are being created daily, we have not lost sight of the past and a group is dedicated to developing articles about "Old-time Base Ball".
We hope that you can be a constructive member of our group and we welcome assistance in any area of our project. Everybody is welcome to add their name to thelist of participants and visitdiscussion about the project. The Baseball WikiProject always strives to follow thePolicies and guidelines of Wikipedia. We also have aninternet relay chat channel at#wiki-baseballconnect.
In our sundown perambulations of late, through the outer parts of Brooklyn, we have observed several parties of youngsters playing 'base', a certain game of ball.... Let us go forth awhile and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our close rooms.... The game of ball is glorious.
In order to concentrate our collaboration efforts we have selected certain articles to work on together. Currently ourArticle improvement drive is concentrating on improving theNo-hitter article.
If you are interested in collaborating on improving an article togood article status, see thedrive page for more information.
Tasks
If you are wondering where to start, take a look at these tasks:
Volunteer to help out with your team's article for this season.
Findfair use photos for deceased players, free photos for living players
There are currently thirteen teams with their own WikiProjects, as well as nine task forces which concentrate on specific areas. It is recommended, though not required, that new projects are discussed before creation.
This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly byJL-Bot (talk·contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it istagged orcategorized (e.g.Category:WikiProject Baseball articles) correctly and wait for the next update. SeeWP:RECOG for configuration options.
For up to date information on Baseball-related deletions, Featured article and list nominations, Peer reviews, and Did You Knows? see the project'sArticle Alerts page.
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