Template talk:GamesSport

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Article requests :
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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.
Stubs : work on articles in Category:Sports stubs
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

No icon = No dice

Just a note to say that sports which don't yet have a pictogram in .svg format cannot use this template. For instance, Dragon boat and those associated with Cue sports are programmed in, but there are no .svg pictograms for them yet (just in .jpg so far). If anyone would be so kind to make them that would be great.

I think the majority of common Games events are catered for although I haven't done anything for the winter sports as of yet. Any additions or fixes are most welcome. Sillyfolkboy (talk) (edits)^{Join WikiProject Athletics!} 13:30, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Paralympic Games

There are the sports at the Paralympic Games in Category:Paralympic sports:

Bib (talk) 00:06, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Need to fix sailing template

I noticed that the {{GamesSport|Sailing template directs to Yachting instead of Sailing (sport). How do I fix this? --ChaChaFut (talk) 01:42, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at WP:ICON

Please see the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Icons#Icons for sports. Cheers. Kaldari (talk) 23:49, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dancesport

Current image for dancesport
Breakdancing pictogram

We can't use the current pictogram if the dancesport program does not include ballroom dance. Pelmeen10 (talk) 14:15, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Cycling

Currently the template link for cycling is the general article Cycling, which discusses bicycling for transportation, recreation, and sport. Should it not link to the sport-specific article Cycle sport?—ShelfSkewed Talk 08:28, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

New changes

Is it functioning as intended?

File:Dragon and lion dance pictogram.svg Dragon & lion dance (details)

Pelmeen10 (talk) 11:22, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Modern pentathlon - Equstrian sport will be replaced by an obstacle race

Equestrian sport will be replaced by an obstacle race in Modern Pentathlon after the 2024 Summer Olympics. In wikipedia we require two different pictograms for modern pentathlon.

One with the equestrian sport for all articles which concern modern pentathlon before the change - and one with the obstacle race for all articles which concern modern pentathlon after the change. How is that possible with the template "GamesSport"?

Correct pictogram for modern pentathlon until Summer Olympics 2024
Correct pictogram for modern pentathlon after Summer Olympics 2024

Citius Altius Fortius (talk) 15:27, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, the GamesSports template is showing the one after the change for historical sports pages, please advise on how to fix that. Abzeronow (talk) 17:55, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have coded {{GamesSport}} to detect a year in the page name and use it to decide the pictogram.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 00:22, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]