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Some [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]]s have formed a task force to better organize information in biographical articles of [[baseball]] players.  This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this task force will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians.  If you would like to help, please inquire on the [[{{NAMESPACE}} talk:{{PAGENAME}}|talk page]].

'''''Note:''' This task is still at a very early stage. Contributions and suggestions in any area are more than welcome.''

==Article Improvement Drive==
We now have a new Article Improvement Drive to improve all baseball articles to [[WP:FA|featured status]].  Click [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Article improvement drive|here]] to participate.

==Templates==
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==Scope==
This task force aims to increase the quality and quantity of Wikipedia's coverage of professional baseball players, focusing primarily on [[Major League Baseball]]. If there is interest, the scope may be widened to include, for example, [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] players.

===Goals===
# To define a set of useful infobox templates
# To define a set of style guidelines for biographical, professional, and statistical information included in main article text
# To apply the style guidelines and appropriate template to all existing biographical articles of baseball players
# To create biographical articles for ballplayers who don't yet have them
# If deemed necessary, to develop a set of inclusion criteria for Major League Baseball players

==How to help==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Players/To do list}}

==Tools==
You can find articles on Baseball Players here:

*[[List of major league baseball players]]
*[[List of Negro League baseball players]]
*[[:Category:19th-century baseball players]]
*[[:Category:Baseball players]]

==Participants==

===Active===
;A-C
* [[user:Alexsautographs|Alexsautographs]] writes lots of articles.
* [[user:amazinVenezuelan|AmazinVenezuelan]]
* [[User:Aranda56|Aranda56]] occasionally creates an article on a retired baseball player.
* [[user:AtomicXYC|AtomicXYC]] is writing articles on the forgotten players, especially [[Boston Red Sox]]. Newsletter editor.
* [[User:Bookworm1|Bookworm1]] is working on current NL East players, beginning with the [[Washington Nationals]] and the [[Atlanta Braves]].
* [[User:Branson03|Branson03]]
* [[User:BRMo|BRMo]] is mostly working on Negro League and pre-1960 Latin American players and teams.
* [[User:Caknuck|Caknuck]] has started plugging away at the Texas Rangers pitching staff (new articles where necessary, adding infoboxes, fleshing out stubs, etc...)
* [[User:Camanda|Camanda]] is adding [[WP:BOSOX]] banners to [[Boston Red Sox]] player talk pages and creating articles for players who don't have them.
* {{user|CFIF}} has created many baseball player related articles (eg. [[Cory Lidle]], [[Javier Valentin]], [[Dewon Brazelton]], [[Todd Wellemeyer]], etc.) and will try to create any redlinked pages.
* [[User:Cjosefy|cjosefy]] will help with the Houston Astros, starting with [[Brad Ausmus]]
* [[User:Coasttocoast|Coasttocoast]] adding templates to players
* [[User:Cookiecutter43|Cookiecutter43]] is working on adding InfoBoxes
* [[User:Couillaud|Couillaud]] is working on adding and updating [[Negro league baseball|Negro League]] [[List of Negro League baseball players|players]], [[List of Negro League baseball teams|teams]], and related subjects.  Primary expertise is in Negro League players from the 1920s.
* [[User:Cs-wolves|Cs-wolves]] will help with career statistics, and on players & teams.
;D-F
* [[User:Dan027]] Australian players(MLB and [[Australian Baseball League (1989-1999)|ABL]]
* [[User:Dewelar|Dewelar]] Creating player articles and adding player information to team-season articles as part of overall team-season article standardization project
* [[User:Disneyfreak96|Disneyfreak96]] is working on bring [[Barry Bonds]] up to GA status
* [[User:Djrobgordon|Djrobgordon]] finished [[Detroit Tigers|Detroit]], [[Florida Marlins|Florida]], [[Minnesota Twins|Minnesota]], [[Kansas City Royals|Kansas City]].
* [[User:Duckblazer]] will improve stub class articles
* [[User:Ekillian]] Has started making pages for retired players who have fallen through the cracks. You should go make those pages even better.
* [[User:Evergladephish11]] Started copy editing all pages, looking for small grammar, spelling and factual errors. For example, I came across an article stating there are nine players on a team, and I changed it to say there are 25 players per team, with only nine players from each side participating in a game at any given time.
* [[User:False Prophet|False Prophet]] will help with the Minnesota Twins
* [[User:Fozart720]] is updating Houston Astros players ([[James Barthmaier|Jimmy Barthmaier]] and [[Hunter Pence]].
* [[User:FPAtl|FPAtl]] is working on [[Cincinnati Reds]] players.
;G-I
* [[User:Gavindow|gavindow]] is helping out sporadically.
* [[User:Geopipp|Geopipp]] is helping out with what needs doing
* [[User:Googie_man|Googie Man]] is working on uploading pictures of current MLB stars, and will work in the future on retired players.
* [[User:Goatenthal|Goatenthal]] is adding images/infoboxes and updating articles after transactions.
* [[User:Halvorsen brian|Brian Halvorsen]] is working on '''everything.'''
*[[User:Iceberg584|Iceberg584]] is working on past and present Atlanta Braves.
;J-L
* [[User:Jackson070792]] is looking through his baseball cards and searching if people have pages, and, if not, creating them.
*[[User:Jj137|jj137]] is working on adding infoboxes to all retired MLB player articles.
*[[User:Jz2016cubs|Jake Z.]] will work on present day baseball or anything Cubs. I like to write articles (though they aren't top notch) and find information on the web, whether it be a picture, video, etc!
*[[User:KApplebaum|Kathy A.]] is working on pre-1920 baseball players. Also stub sorting and categorizing players in general, and vandalism patrol. (I'd love help on this!)
* [[User:Kingturtle|Kingturtle]] is working on standardization, World Series history, All-star game history, and milestones.
* [[User:Kithira|Kithira]] is adding in-line citations to baseball player articles.
* [[User:kjbopp|kjbopp]] is working on World Series pages - adding Offical Program images, statistics, and main text where needed.  Also attempting to secure uniformity down throughout all pages.
;M-O
* [[User:main man1999|main man1999]] I will work on anything in present day major league baseball.
* [[User:Maple Leaf|Maple Leaf]] joined the project after working on the [[Hank Aaron]] article. Currently, he is adding transactions such as free agent signings and trades to the various season articles of the 80's and 90's.
* [[User:Masonpatriot|Masonpatriot]] is currently working on retired player infoboxes and league leaders (lists, stubs and succession boxes).
* [[User:Matt91486|Matt91486]] will continue to create short articles on former Twins player, but at his usual leisurely pace.
* [[User:Meegs|Meegs]] is working, but lacks focus.
* [[User:Michael Greiner|Michael Greiner]] has just joined the project after creating [[Andy Cannizaro]] article.
* [[User:Mickcullen|Mickcullen]] is working on creating at least a stub entry for every former Chicago Cub who does not already have a Wikipedia entry.
*[[User:Mattingly23|Mattingly23]] is working assessing baseball articles.
* [[User:Neonblak|Neonblak]] works mainly with 19th century ballplayers and teams.
* [[User:Nishkid64|<span style="color:red">'''Nish'''</span><span style="color:blue">'''kid'''</span><span style="color:green">'''64'''</span>]] will help with adding MLB player infoboxes to currently active players, going from team to team. He also will help with add infoboxes for retired MLB players, and also getting images for current players.
;P-R
* [[User:Party29|Party29]] will help make infoboxes and help the Red Sox and Pirates and help with new players.
* [[User:Psinu|Ψν]]<small><sup>[[User_talk:Psinu|Psi]]</sup><sub>[[Special:Contributions/Psinu|nu]]</sub></small> is sporadically adding or substantially upgrading bios for the obscure and long (or not-so-long) forgotten.  Also anything and everything Red Sox.  First player added: fellow Peabodyite [[Steve Lomasney]].  Last players added/upgraded: [[Billy Johnson (baseball)|William Russell Johnson]] and [[Russ Johnson|William Russell Johnson]] (unrelated!).
* [[User:Penale52|Penale52]]: making players pages, working on talk pages
* [[User:Rlendog|Rlendog]] mostly working on New York players
* {{user|Rogerd}} is working on retired players/managers
* {{user|RyanCross}} &ndash; Working on getting baseball stubs to [[WP:DYK]]. Working on some [[WP:GA]]s, [[WP:FA]]s and [[WP:FL]]s also.
;S-U
*[[User:Sanfranman59|SanFranMan59]] - Working on Cleveland Indians player articles
*[[User:SERSeanCrane|SERSeanCrane]] - Images, [[New York Mets]]
* [[User:SFGiants|ςפקι]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<span style="color:green;">Д</span>]][[User:SFGiants|Иτς]] [[User_talk:SFGiants|☺]] [[Special:Contributions:SFGiants|☻]] <s>is working on adding templates to retired players</s> is working on current NL West players, starting with (of course) the Giants.
*[[User|Sholom]] works on players from [[Washington Nationals]] (in particular, those making big league debuts), and also occasionally adds/updates bios for obscure and/or retired players, trying to give them their due.
*{{user|Soxrock}} Work on making all articles consistent to so some extent, along with doing everything else on my laundry list
* [[User:Stormtracker94|<span style="font-family:Chiller; font-size:medium; color:RED;"> STORMTRACKER</span>]] [[User talk:Stormtracker94|<span style="font-family:Chiller; font-size:large; color:Orange;"> ''94''</span>]] Any player. I'll help with expansion and sources also.
*{{user|StormXor}} [[San Francisco Giants]] player pages
*[[User:Street20|Street20]] is working on adding templates and creating articles.
*[[User:Tigersfan1992|Tigersfan1992]] has created the all-time rosters for the [[Atlanta Braves all-time roster|Braves]], [[List of Detroit Tigers players|Tigers]], [[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster|Phillies]] and [[San Francisco Giants all-time roster|Giants]], and has also made the page for [[Rod Allen]], [[Brent Clevlen]], [[Román Colón]], [[Sean Douglass]], [[Alexis Gomez]], [[Jack Hannahan]], [[Kevin Hooper]], [[Josh Phelps]], [[Humberto Sánchez]] and [[Jordan Tata]]
* [[User:TrafficBenBoy|TrafficBenBoy]] is currently writing articles about significant retired players and managers.
;V-Z
* [[User:Wizardman|Wizardman]]- I'll concentrate on infoboxes, article creation, stuff of that nature.
* [[User:Wxthewx99|Wxthewx99]] is expanding bios, creating new player pages, and is helping where he can.

===Inactive===
*[[User:Android79|android]]
*[[User:Colin Kimbrell|Colin Kimbrell]]
*[[User:Kingturtle|Kingturtle]]
*[[User:Mikedk9109|'''<span style="background:Black; color:White"> &nbsp;Mikedk9109&nbsp;</span>''']][[User talk:Mikedk9109|<span style="background:Black; color:Green">&nbsp;'''(talk)'''&nbsp;</span>]]<s>working on Cleveland Indians players</s> finished Cleveland Indians players
[[User:Mtrash]]
*[[User:Siroxo| ]]&mdash;[[User:Siroxo|<span style="color:#627562;">siro</span>]][[User talk:Siroxo|<span style="color:#627562;">''χ''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Siroxo|<span style="color:#627562;">o</span>]]
*{{user|Tecmobowl}} - banned user
*[[User:Varitek|Varitek]]
*[[User:Xalfor|Xalfor]]
*[[User:Yardcock|Yardcock]]

==Structure==
See [[{{NAMESPACE}} talk:{{PAGENAME}}|the project's talk page]] for more information.

==Resources==
Here are some resources that can be referenced (or directly used, if in public domain) when creating or improving the quality of baseball players' articles:

===Statistical information===
*[http://www.baseball-reference.com Baseball-Reference.com]
*[http://www.retrosheet.org Retrosheet.org]
*[http://www.baseball-almanac.com Baseball-Almanac.com]
*[http://www.thebaseballcube.com The Baseball Cube]

===Biographical information===
*[http://www.baseballlibrary.com BaseballLibrary.com]
*[http://www.sabr.org SABR], or more particularly, [http://bioproj.sabr.org/ The Baseball Biography Project at SABR]
*[http://www.thedeadballera.com TheDeadBallEra.com] - obituaries, causes of death on dead ball era players

===Images===
Preferably, photographs of players should be either [[public domain]] or released under a [[free license]]. The source of the photograph must be displayed.

====Public Domain Images====
In the United States, works are public domain if they were created prior to 1923.  If an image is in the public domain, it should be uploaded to [[Wikimedia Commons]] rather than Wikipedia.

====Freely licensed images====
If a person photographs a baseball player, that person can offer the image under a [[free license]].

====Fair use====
Wikipedia has a [[Wikipedia:Non-free content | fair use policy]].  The Wikipedia fair use policy does not necessarily parallel the actual law with respect to fair use due to policy considerations as to the goals of Wikipedia.

The Wikimedia policy discourages use of photographs of living people under the rationale that the preference is to have a freely licensed image of the person, and it should be relatively easy to obtain a photograph of that person.  However, if a person is deceased, then, since it is no longer possible to obtain a picture of that person, then it is acceptable fair use to use a photograph of a person.

For deceased baseball players, there are a variety of sources for photographs, included the MLB Hall of Fame.  For active baseball players, it is possible to obtain photographs of that player.  For those players that are no longer active in baseball but are living, then it is difficult under the current Wikipedia policy to obtain an acceptable image of that person.

====Sources====
*[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html Library of Congress--General Collection] has many photographs of baseball players.  These photographs are generally in the public domain or the copyright holder has granted liberal use of the photographs.
*[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/bbhtml/bbhome.html The Library of Congress Baseball Cards] - 2,100 early baseball cards dating from 1887 to 1914 (all should be in public domain in US)
*[http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm NYPL Digital Library] (check copyright info before using)
*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/ichihtml/cdnhome.html Chicago Daily News] Has photographs from 1902 to 1933, including numerous baseball players and some Negro League players.   Many photographs are in the public domain.  For those photographs not in the public domain, the Chicago Historical Society encourages use of the photographs under the United States fair use laws.
*[http://web.baseballhalloffame.org/sightssounds/ MLB Hall of Fame] has many photographs of players.  Under the current Wikipedia fair use policy, the use of photographs of living persons is not preferred, and thus the photograph may be deleted.  However, there are numerous photographs of deceased baseball players which would be acceptable under the current Wikipedia poliy.  The web site's usage policy states,  "Except as expressly prohibited on this Web site, you are permitted to view, copy, and print documents within this Web site (such as FAQs, papers, datasheets, and so on), subject to your agreement that all of the following conditions are met: 1. Your use of the information is for informational, personal, and noncommercial purposes only. 2. You will not modify the documents or graphics. 3. You will not copy or distribute graphics separate from their accompanying text and you will not quote materials out of their context.  4. You will display the above copyright notice on all documents or portions of documents and retain any other copyright and other proprietary notices on any copy you make. 5. You agree that the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum may revoke this permission at any time and you shall immediately stop your activities related to this permission upon notice from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum."
*[http://www.flickr.com/search/?l=commderiv Flickr] - users can copyright their photos using the [[Creative Commons]] licenses.  The ones that should be used in Wikipedia are licensed "Attribution 2.0", or "Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0".  This link is set to search for these photos only, however you need to check each one you upload to see which license it uses. Look under the "Additional Information" section of the photo's page to find its license.  Tag the photo with either <nowiki>{{cc-by-2.0}} ("Attribution 2.0") or {{cc-by-sa-2.0}} ("Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0")</nowiki>.
*[http://www.coe.ksu.edu/nlbemuseum/reslib/photolib.html Negro League Baseball Museum] Photo Collection.  The usage policy states, "Written materials, art work and photography on this site are copyrighted by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, other writers, photographers, and organizations. Materials on these pages may be distributed and duplicated if unchanged in format and content."

===Other===
*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/spaldinghtml/ The Library of Congress - Spalding Baseball Guides, 1889-1939] (guides published before 1923 should be in public domain in US)
*[http://www.aafla.org:8080/verity_templates/jsp/newsearch/search.jsp Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles] - has back issues of ''The Baseball Magazine'', issues published before 1923 should be in public domain in US

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