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Sports

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Article requests :
Requested articles (Sports)
Requested articles (Association football)
Requested articles (Association football women)
Requested articles (Motor sports)
Requested articles (Estonian sportspeople)
Assess : newly added and existing articles, maybe nominate some good B-class articles for GA; independently assess some as A-class, regardless of GA status.
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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- Translate the page of sport in each country from corresponding article in other language Wikipedia to English Wikipedia which was marked in red.
- Categorize: Gather all (major/olympic) sports to be part of this project
- RfCs: answer requests for comment

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Cycling

Resolved

– Added.

Lacking Cycling. It has it's own long tradition of professionalism. jzeller 22:28, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Woah

Unresolved

– Proposals largely undiscussed.

Note: This thread was copied here from Talk:Professional sports as some of it consists of proposals to do with the list, now in its own article here, and some is only to do with the prose material at the original article. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(^Õل^ō)ˀ Contribs. 17:13, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This article needs a lot of work, including defining what the article itself is trying to achieve. Is it a list of professional sports (would be a long list)? Information about historical roots of professionalism in each sport? The intricacies and logistics of money in each sport/events eg sportsperson sponsorship at olympics... Maybe a table of top/average salarys per sport would be beneficial to see what sorta money we're talking about. Any ideas?

[unsigned]

It should be an article of information about the history and nature of sports professionalization. A list of pro sports should definitely be a separate article. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(^Õل^ō)ˀ Contribs. 16:41, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

NFL

Where is the NFL??? Its the biggest money pro sport in the world.

I belive thats Football (soccer)

Wrong sport. Should be under "American football" heading or "Gridiron football" if one wanted to be more general. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(^Õل^ō)ˀ Contribs. 16:41, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Starcraft

IF starcraft is officially recognised as a sport, then this is fine. If not, it needs to be removed Py0alb (talk) 00:07, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Golf ...?

Am I the only one who feels a little strange about that not being on the list ...? Is there a reason why it doesn't have a section? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.101.97.59 (talk) 12:00, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Association football section is entirely wrong

The section about association football is for some strange reason entirely about Canadian football (different sport altogether) very strange... Not sure how this could have happened — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.27.196.231 (talk) 01:37, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Split Up Football Section

Rugby, Canadian Football, and American Football are all different sports. They each deserve their own section in the article. If you give them all their own spot on the list, you could go into more detail about all three of the sports.

In the American Football section, you should talk about the NFL, past leagues that have failed, and this new XFL league.

In the Canadian Football section, you could discuss a little history of the CFL and the differences in rules between Canadian and American Football.

In the Rugby section, it would be smart to discuss the similarities and differences between Rugby and Football, as well as professional Rugby leagues and the countries where Rugby is popular.

These changes would make your article more accurate. Zdj3 (talk) 16:50, 25 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]