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Sports

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Requested articles (Sports)
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Requested articles (Association football women)
Requested articles (Motor sports)
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Cleanup :
* Sport governing body (this should-be-major article is in a shameful state)
* Field hockey (History section needs sources and accurate information - very vague at the moment.)
* Standardize Category:American college sports infobox templates to use same font size and spacing.
* Sport in the United Kingdom - the Popularity section is incorrect and unsourced. Reliable data is required.
* Fix project template and/or "to do list" Current version causes tables of content to be hidden unless/until reader chooses "show."
Expand : Professional sports (crucial article explaining the salaried undertaking of sports)
* Sport industry (currently a sub-stub)
Photo : for pages listed in Category:Wikipedia requested images of sports and games and sub-categories.
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Update : List of world sports championships
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WikiProject COVID-19 consensus

WikiProject COVID-19 aims to add to and build consensus for pages relating to COVID-19. They have so far discussed items listed below. Please discuss proposed improvements to them at the project talk page.

General

Superseded by TfD October 2020 and later practice - consult regular {{Current}} guidance.

Refrain from using Worldometer (worldometers.info) as a source due to common errors being observed as noted on the Case Count Task Force common errors page. (April 2020, April 2020)

For infoboxes on the main articles of countries, use Wuhan, Hubei, China for the origin parameter. (March 2020)

"Social distancing" is generally preferred over "physical distancing". (April 2020, May 2020)

Page title

COVID-19 (full caps) is preferable in the body of all articles, and in the title of all articles/category pages/etc.(RM April 2020, including the main article itself, RM March 2021).

SARS-CoV-2 (exact capitalisation and punctuation) is the common name of the virus and should be used for the main article's title, as well as in the body of all articles, and in the title of all other articles/category pages/etc. (June 2022, overturning April 2020)

Map

There is no consensus about which color schemes to use, but they should be consistent within articles as much as possible. There is agreement that there should be six levels of shading, plus gray for areas with no instances or no data. (May 2020)

There is no consensus about whether the legend, the date, and other elements should appear in the map image itself. (May 2020)

For map legends, ranges should use fixed round numbers (as opposed to updating dynamically). There is no consensus on what base population to use for per capita maps. (May 2020)

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Section sizes

Section size for Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports (107 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	3,255	3,255
International multi-sport events	38	15,235
Summer Olympics	9,294	9,294
Winter Olympics	1,492	1,492
World Games	506	506
Arctic Winter Games	491	491
SEA Games/ASEAN Para Games	497	497
Summer World University Games	480	480
Winter University	193	193
World Masters Games	1,295	1,295
X Games	949	949
National multi-sport governing-body competitions	54	42,993
Canada	2,486	2,486
Ireland	1,639	1,639
Philippines	2,081	2,081
United Kingdom	726	726
United States	12,812	36,007
Long-term effects	23,195	23,195
Alpine skiing	1,896	1,896
Archery	743	743
Association football	91	91
Athletics	12,526	12,526
Australian rules football	8,640	9,618
Financial losses	978	978
Badminton	1,895	1,895
Baseball	67	67
Basketball	71	71
Biathlon	1,862	1,862
Bodybuilding	3,155	3,155
Bowls	1,216	1,216
Castells	2,546	2,546
Chess	1,186	1,186
Combat sports	77	77
Cricket	65	65
Cross-country skiing	28	6,682
2019–20 FIS Cross-Country World Cup	1,792	1,792
2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup	4,235	4,235
2021 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	627	627
Curling	13,671	13,671
Cycling	13	17,028
Road cycling	20	15,838
2020	10,814	10,814
2021	2,200	2,200
2022	1,670	1,670
2023	473	473
2024	661	661
BMX	799	799
Other	378	378
Darts	3,679	3,679
Disc golf	69	69
Esports	2,320	8,900
Crossover with traditional sports	6,580	6,580
Fencing	2,569	2,569
Field hockey	3,911	3,911
Figure skating	15,415	15,415
Futsal	1,066	1,066
Gaelic football	704	704
Golf	18,803	18,803
Greyhound racing	1,393	1,393
Gridiron football	85	85
Gymnastics	18	4,458
Artistic	4,440	4,440
Handball	1,279	1,279
Horse racing	24,780	24,780
Hurling	73	73
Ice hockey	71	71
Lacrosse	3,964	3,964
Motorsport	72	72
Netball	1,247	1,247
Poker	2,109	2,109
Real Tennis	1,214	1,214
Rodeo	2,083	2,083
Rowing	1,654	1,654
Rugby league	5,228	5,228
Rugby union	17	10,793
Europe	1,484	1,484
North America	891	891
Oceania	8,401	8,401
Sailing	2,264	2,264
Shinty	539	539
Shooting	1,235	1,235
Short track speed skating	2,394	2,394
Snooker	1,906	1,906
Speed skating	546	546
Squash	181	181
Surfing	1,722	1,722
Swimming	14	2,810
North America	1,017	1,017
International	1,779	1,779
Table tennis	2,263	2,263
Ten-pin bowling	2,316	2,316
Tennis	20,758	20,758
Triathlon	526	526
Ultimate	591	591
Underwater Hockey	2,202	2,202
Volleyball	1,147	1,147
Water polo	16	6,542
International	1,496	1,496
Asia	1,670	1,670
Europe	1,158	1,158
North America	1,468	1,468
Oceania	734	734
Impact on administration of sports events	8,801	8,801
Impact on sports venue workers	1,521	1,521
See also	167	167
Footnotes	28	28
References	545	545
Total	312,501	312,501

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Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 1 September 2020 and 18 December 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Jmw5702. Peer reviewers: Mireyda24.

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WikiProject COVID-19

I've created WikiProject COVID-19 as a temporary or permanent WikiProject and invite editors to use this space for discussing ways to improve coverage of the ongoing 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. Please bring your ideas to the project/talk page. Stay safe, --Another Believer _(Talk) 18:03, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Equestrian sports

In USA Wellington, Florida the last weeks of the WEF (Winter Equestrian Festival) was cancelled. Anybody who wants to add that to the article? https://pbiec.coth.com/article/final-two-weeks-of-winter-equestrian-festival-and-adequan-global-dressage-festival-canceled

Further: In this article there is only horse racing meantioned. To include other horse sports, I would suggest to call the headline "Equestrian sports".

Thx, --65.34.168.184 (talk) 17:45, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Monster Jam World Finals cancellation

Since the Monster Jam World Finals article details all World Finals throughout the years, would it be better to create a redirect that goes to the specific section and then give that redirect the coronavirus categories (that are currently on the main article page- being Events cancelled due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, Category:Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on sports, and Category:Sports events cancelled due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic)? Magitroopa (talk) 20:36, 27 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 10 April 2020

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Consensus to move back to original title. b uidhe 04:19, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on games and sports → Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on sports – It was moved recently without discussion based on wrong argument (chess is a sport!). 94.178.234.44 (talk) 10:25, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:19, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@L293D and 94.178.234.44: queried move request Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:21, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
As far as I see, the dictionary and wikipedia don't say that chess is a sport. I suggest you open a discussion with Koavf, who made the move. L293D (☎ • ✎) 12:08, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
First of all, the article was moved recently without discussion, so restore it back (technical request) before the start of a new one. Also, chess is located in Category:Individual sports many years. Notify chess wikiproject also please. 94.178.234.44 (talk) 13:29, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support to move back to the original title. ApprenticeFan work 15:00, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Revert undiscussed move. Let Koavf request this move to his preferred title, not the other way around. Axem Titanium (talk) 19:40, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support move back to original title. I feel I'm involved here, so support move back. L293D (☎ • ✎) 01:02, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support - The article title was moved without discussion. Hansen Sebastian^Talk 02:00, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support The mover had their thoughts in the right place, but the shorter title is more concise and understood than games (and eventually that'll need its own article anyways as board game tourneys start to get delayed). Nate • (chatter) 06:04, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support Let's quickly move this back. The proper discussion must take place. boldblazer (talk) 00:35, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Fork?

This article is getting long. Any ideas for forking out select content? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:57, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Just pick out the three or four biggest sections (as a starting point) and create sub-pages. Maybe motor sport would be the first one to be split. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 16:15, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe move the section about professional wrestling to Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the performing arts? - FakirNL (talk) 08:36, 21 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

American "Canceled" vs Other Countries' "Cancelled"

I've made some edits to the article upon finding out that Americans prefer "canceled" over the other guys' "cancelled." Should "canceled" be limited to American events while other countries' events have "cancelled" preserved? Call me when you get the chance 19:41, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Professional Wrestling ????

Where is the Professional Wrestling column ? Did someone remove it TheProWrestlingFanatic (talk) 16:53, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's in the combat sports section. I have also corrected your spelling. Nate • (chatter) 17:23, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe move the section about professional wrestling to Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the performing arts though? - FakirNL (talk) 05:25, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's sports entertainment; if you'd really like to take this up with WP:PW...I'm going to say please don't, for the sake of your sanity. Just move on to anything else here, please. Nate • (chatter) 20:47, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

All Football variations in one section

I suggest grouping Association football, Australian rules football and Gridiron football into one section "Football" with sub-sections for each of the above as shown in the following example:

Football
- Association football
- Australian rules football
- Gridiron football

Same for hockey:

Hockey
- Field hockey
- Ice hockey

What is the consensus?

Kvwiki1234 (talk) 03:45, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I would not say association football is particularly close to American football or Aussie rules. Neither do I think field and ice hockey are very close. They are very dissimilar sports that historically just happen to have similar names. - FakirNL (talk) 09:16, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Silly poetic sentence in lead/lede

Let's delete "Spectators have no games to watch and players no games to play" from the lead. It's sourced, but it's not even true. I can't believe it has survived this long. I would be bold and delete it myself right now, but wanted to put this on the talk page for a while since (1) it's in the lead, (2) it's sourced, and (3) this is probably a fairly high-visibility page. Thanks! Holy (talk) 19:41, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports

Hi! I am planning on making a few changes to this article to give more relevant information and fix a few grammar errors. First, I am going to add a few words under the North America section about the MLB, more specifically Justin Turner and the Dodgers. I plan to make a new section that gives more detail on how specific teams are reacting to the virus, adding on a bit about the ongoing outbreak with the Wisconsin Badgers football team, and how other teams reacted to new protocols because of COVID-19 pandemic. I plan on introducing ways in which teams have supported staff in financial crisis as well.Mrh294 (talk) 21:52, 6 December 2020 (UTC)MariaHudson[reply]