Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sports

Implementation of consensus infobox changes for current seasons

At Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_172#Designating_current_seasons_in_infoboxes, I read clear consensus to use text rather than images to designate the current season. I went ahead and made the change at {{Infobox award}}, but since I'm not a sports person, I'll leave the implementation for sports templates such as {{Infobox football league}} to you all here. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 21:35, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

I've added a DNAU tag to this thread; feel free to remove it once you have finished implementation. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 20:49, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

What should I do first?

I'm new to Wikipedia and want to help with sports or sports cards articles, whether its improving, creating, or linking new things, I just want to contribute so if you can give some some direction on where to start that would be great! Thank you! CT10191 (talk) 22:16, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

Pick a few specific sports you're interested in, and inquire at the related sports project. Good luck. —Bagumba (talk) 04:36, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Notability for "nation at the (year) Olympics"-type articles?

(Note: I originally posted this discussion at the Teahouse before realizing it would probably be a better fit for here.)

Hi everyone, I recently made the articles Yemen at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Zimbabwe at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, since there seem to be several "nation at <multi-sport event>"-type articles missing despite the fact these nations competed. Another editor has raised concerns about them not being notable, and unfortunately neither of us are an expert on sports articles, so I wanted to ask here for further advice.

There's plenty of coverage on the 2020 Summer Paralympics themselves (it's definitely a notable event), but as for these specific countries' performances, there isn't very much. Neither one won a medal or had anything incredibly significant happen, they just competed as usual. This doesn't seem to be unusual for these sorts of articles, so I thought there was precedent - I brought up Liberia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Zimbabwe at the 2024 Summer Paralympics as examples, although the other editor (correctly) mentioned this was a case of WP:OTHER. I had thought WP:NOLYMPICS suggested these would be notable (Significant coverage is likely to exist for nations participating at an individual Summer or Winter Olympic or Paralympic Games), although it only says SIGCOV is likely to exist. There don't seem to be any other guidelines on these types of articles.

Unfortunately I'm not really sure what to do here. There's definitely secondary sources for the Games themselves, but for Yemen/Zimbabwe's specific performances (or any other country that didn't win a medal, for that matter), I'm not sure. There are probably news outlets covering the results of certain events, but I don't see much point in including those, as they're just going to be copies of the official results anyways without any relevant commentary (hence why I directly cited the official results books as a source).

My question is this: do "<nation> at the <year> <event>" articles (and also, "<sport> at the <year> <event>" articles, since they're also mentioned in WP:NOLYMPICS) generally count as notable, assuming the event they're a part of is also notable, or can they only be created if the country in question has done something significant (other than just competing) during the Games? This specific case is about the Paralympics, but I would also be interested in other multi-sport events like the World Games, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, etc... as I've been trying to fill in Wikipedia's coverage of those as well.

(If it helps, I've also made similar articles for the World Games - the participation of Aruba, Jordan, Kuwait, Montenegro, Nepal, and North Macedonia in 2022, Iceland in 2017, and the "sport at event" articles for gateball in 2001, aikido in 2001, and tug of war in 2005 and 2013.)

Thanks in advance. Tymewalk (talk) 19:03, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

• Generally, as long as the nation did compete at the games, they have been considered notable. We have never deleted an article on a country at the Olympics / Paralympics and I don't see why we should start now. Usually it is possible to develop quality articles if deep enough searches are performed; see for example Tuvalu at the 2024 Summer Olympics (with only two athletes) which was developed into a GA. I'd be a "keep" if they were taken to AFD. Note that I am less certain on how acceptable articles like this are for the World Games, Commonwealth Games etc. – I just know that Olympics/Paralympics generally have been considered notable. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:02, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

  Thanks for the reply, I'll go ahead and keep making these kinds of articles then. Both countries (as well as the other countries which I plan to create pages for) did compete and are listed in the results books for the Paralympics, and the same goes for the World Games participants as well.

  Do you know of any sources which could be helpful in expanding coverage, outside of the official results? I see Inside the Games was used on the Tuvalu article, and I've seen that site turn up in searches for the World Games, but I would be interested to know if there's any other dedicated Olympics sites which could provide additional information. Tymewalk (talk) 20:56, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

  My personal opinion, just based on seeing dozens of these pages over the years while maintaining the infobox and related templates, is that if all you can find are results tables, it is best to just redirect to the main Games article (see my comment below). If you can find independent sources about a specific country's participation, it might be reasonable to create the article, but I'm not sure simply "they competed" is enough to merit an article (especially if they didn't medal). Primefac (talk) 21:24, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

  I asked this at the Teahouse as well (since someone there told me something similar), but should something be done about the existing articles which only cite primary sources then? There are a lot of these articles - aside from the Liberia 2020 and Zimbabwe 2024 examples, there are articles for the Paralympics (Eritrea at the 2024 Summer Paralympics), World Games (China at the 2022 World Games, Mexico at the 2017 World Games), Commonweath Games (Anguilla at the 2022 Commonwealth Games), Asian Games (Kuwait at the 2014 Asian Games), and presumably the same applies for other multi-sport events like these. The Olympics themselves tend to be better, but there are still articles which only cite sources from the International Olympic Committee or other sporting federations (Oman at the 2024 Summer Olympics for example). I don't have an exact count, but I would not be surprised if there's at least a couple hundred, seeing as how this applies to nearly every recurring sporting event like this. Tymewalk (talk) 15:47, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

  Again this is me speaking personally, but Eritrea had one person and no medals so I would redirect to Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. China, Mexico, and Kuwait all medalled so those should be expanded if possible. I'd say Anguilla could probably be redirected as well since there were no top-half finishers in any event, and despite having a lot of athletes they're all redlinked. I don't think we necessarily need to hunt down these sorts of stats-only pages, but when I find them in the wild I tend to redirect them (i.e. an "as I find them" sort of thing). Primefac (talk) 20:43, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

  We sometimes get these sorts if nation at event titles come up at RfD. If there is more coverage than just X participated then they are usually kept or retargetted to wherever that coverage is. If there is no information at all, or it seems likely there is scope for a full article they are usually deleted. If there is only a mention then it can go either way.

  In terms of target, sport at edition / event (e.g. Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics), edition (e.g. 2020 Summer Olympics) or country at event (e.g. Oman at the Summer Olympics) are the most common, but I've seen sport in country and country national sports team articles as targets as well. In pretty much all cases the best target is the one that has the most information relevant to the title rather than being consistent with similarly titled articles. Thryduulf (talk) 22:31, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

  While your "as long as" statement might be true for the Olympics, for other competitions I'm not sure that's 100% guaranteed. Looking at the navbox for Sri Lanka at the Asian Games, four of them are redirects, and all of those four were redirected to that year's Asian Games article following an AFD. Primefac (talk) 21:24, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

  Looking at the AFD discussion and how the article looked at the time it was deleted (this is the article for the 2002 Asian Games, but the same seems to apply for all four of them), I would argue this situation is slightly different than the average "country at games" article. These articles had next to no content whatsoever, only a mention of how many medals were won (not even who won the medals or which events they were won in), and added no information not already found in the medal table. There are other articles which, while they only cite official sources, provide these details, as well as additional details like scores and tournament results (for example, Indonesia at the 2002 Asian Games and Nepal at the 2002 Asian Games, two countries at the same event). I don't know if these articles would count as notable or not, but I think they're at least in a better state than the AFD'd Sri Lanka ones. Tymewalk (talk) 05:40, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

While this has been discussed elsewhere, my opinion remains the same, that being these types of articles are, at least for the Olympics and Paralympics, useful and valid navigational aids for readers in accordance with WP:NLIST. I certainly don't think we should be deleting any of them, but of course if viable sources are uncovered discussing the delegation, let's add them to make the project better. Let'srun (talk) 00:29, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

@Let'srun: Do you have a link to some of those discussions? As I mentioned originally, WP:NOLYMPICS doesn't mention very much, and I would be interested to know if there's some kind of precedent for keeping these.

Admittedly, this is my first time running into notability issues like this, so I'm not entirely sure what to do. If articles which only reference results books aren't notable, there's quite a few which would have to be deleted (the ones I linked above, among others). If they are notable, the missing pages should probably be created (2020 Summer Paralympics#Participating National Paralympic Committees still has 8 redlinks, for example, and I know I've seen events where "<nation> at the <event>" just redirects back to "<event>" instead of anything which would provide details). I would just WP:BEBOLD and make them, but I don't want to make dozens of articles if they're just going to get sent to AfD anyways and waste everyone's time. Would it be worth proposing a change to WP:NOLYMPICS to explicitly cover this? Tymewalk (talk) 02:09, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

I can't find the exact discussion, but it was at WikiProject Olympics. No, I don't see any reason for a change to the existing guidelines, personally, but I would too advocate to keep any such article taken to AfD. At this point, wikipedia appears to be much closer to removing the rest of WP:NSPORTS than adding anything new, as seen in [].Let'srun (talk) 21:08, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. These articles are my first time working on sports-related pages, so I appreciate the insight from someone more experienced with the topic. :) Tymewalk (talk) 02:37, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

NOLYMPICS says "Significant coverage is likely to exist for nations participating at an individual Summer or Winter Olympic or Paralympic Games, e.g., United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics or Great Britain at the 2002 Winter Paralympics". ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 21:47, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

That's true, but another editor raised the concern that it only says SIGCOV is likely to exist, not that it does, so no presumed notability per WP:NOLYMPICS. (It also doesn't mention other events like the World Games, which I was also making articles for.) Neither of us are an expert on sports-related articles, which is why I asked for further guidance here. Tymewalk (talk) 02:28, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

What's the point of NOLYMPICS then? Why have a guideline that doesn't mean anything? ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 16:48, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

I have no idea. It does link to Wikipedia:WikiProject Olympics/Manual of Style, which is helpful for writing articles, but doesn't say anything one way or the other about whether pages with only primary sources are okay notability-wise. (One of the articles it links as an example, Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics, only cites sources from the International Ice Hockey Federation, the Olympics, and sports databases, but it's the only one.) Tymewalk (talk) 02:57, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

• Is it a WP:GNG pass? If yes, then yes. If no, then no. Typically they will be a GNG pass but we shouldn’t have eg articles where all we have are stats, or articles where the team was one person. Redirects can be used to preserve page history.

Previous pages were created on the assumption that these article were always notable, but times have (very correctly) changed. FOARP (talk) 12:53, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

• • "Is it a WP:GNG pass? If yes, then yes. If no, then no" isn't very helpful – particularly when, as you know, people have extremely widely different interpretations on what constitutes a GNG pass. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:33, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

    It is better to be clear on what the actual standard is for inclusion than to create the false impression that all such articles, regardless of content, are likely to be notable. FOARP (talk) 15:48, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

    Except all such articles (referring to Olympics/Paralympics, not others), regardless of content, are likely to be notable. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:01, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

    Only through assertion, not on any objective criteria.

    If they are about a single person competing in a single competition and not even medalling, then we've already come to a conclusion that this is not notable when applied to the person concerned that is already reflected in WP:NSPORTS (which you opposed fervently when we discussed it in WP:NSPORTS2022).

    Even if they are notable, WP:PAGEDECIDE says we don't have to have articles out of pure completionism that simply duplicate content already provided on other pages. FOARP (talk) 10:39, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

    NSPORT literally says that all such articles (referring to Olympics/Paralympics), regardless of content, are likely to be notable (or, to use its exact words, "significant coverage is likely to exist"). And no, we have never come to a conclusion that articles on countries at the Olympics about a single person competing in a single competition and not even medalling ... [are] not notable (or that one-time Olympians are not notable, if that's what you're trying to say – they aren't guaranteed notable but that's not the same as coming to the conclusion that they are not notable). BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:04, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

  Here's one: Liechtenstein at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Thoughts? ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 16:48, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

  Redirect to the one guy representing Liechtenstein, or to the event he took part in. No point having this as a stand-alone topic since "Liechtenstein at the 2004 Summer Olympics" *WAS* Oliver Geissmann at the Men's 10 metre air rifle and 100% of the information in that article is delivered in the others. FOARP (talk) 18:54, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

  What about Brunei at the 1996 Summer Olympics? ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 19:21, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

  Or the many GAs on subjects like it, such as Tuvalu at the 2016 Summer Olympics. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:28, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

  Same, same, same. GA is no guarantee of an article. FOARP (talk) 04:54, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

  What about Mauritius at the 2004 Summer Olympics? I don't see any independent coverage for that either and they had 9 Olympians. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 12:14, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

  I think for a literate country in the internet age like Mauritius in 2004 this should be an easy problem to fix - they had a number of newspapers online in 2004, who were definitely following e.g., the selection of athletes for the games.

  I have more doubts about the countries that lacked an media that was anything other than sporadically-published propaganda, or where literacy rates were very low, or where the athletes did not even appear. Libya at the 1972 summer games was very sensibly redirected because all three of those applied. FOARP (talk) 12:41, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

  Libya was redirected 18 years ago solely because they did not have any competing athletes, not because of the ludicrous idea you've promoted that we should have less coverage of African countries because they are less "literate". We have never redirected or deleted an article on a country that did compete, and there is zero reason we should start doing that now. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:52, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

  The ”ludicrous idea” that coverage should actually exist? FOARP (talk) 05:10, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

  Your statement that Africans are more illiterate has nothing to do with the existence of coverage. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:06, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

  I said literally nothing of the kind and this is an WP:NPA violation. Please withdraw it. FOARP (talk) 16:04, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

  I have more doubts about the countries ... where literacy rates were very low, followed by your example of Libya, and similar to in the past where you have argued to delete articles on many accomplished African athletes, such as from Sierra Leone, Egypt, Ethiopia and Mauritania, all based in part on their literacy rates (you say that their literacy rates somehow equal that their media was next-to-non-existent and that thus no coverage exists of their greatest sportsmen). It is completely irrelevant to notability and, as I mentioned, a ludicrous position to base your arguments upon. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:36, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

  A bunch of AFD's where you were against consensus, and the articles were deleted/redirected for lack of coverage, shows what?

  You accused me of saying that Africans are more illiterate. That is not a statement I would make, especially not about modern-day Africa in general. I even said that Mauritius (a country generally considered part of Africa) was likely to have coverage because it was literate.

  You are basically calling me racist and that is totally unwarranted. Please withdraw that accusation. FOARP (talk) 20:51, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

  It's an indication that at least one person has reviewed it and didn't find its notability to be egregious. Anyone is free to do a WP:BEFORE and open an WP:AFD. Until then, cycles are being burned on mere speculation based on number of team participants. —Bagumba (talk) 16:41, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

  Reviewers typically don’t review for notability. They assume, possibly not unreasonably, that projects on WP don’t maintain entire non-notable article-sets out of simple completionism. The infamous case of the unnamed baseball player who got all the way to FA is an example of this. FOARP (talk) 05:19, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

  Reviewers typically don’t review a lot of things. Nonetheless, anyone can AFD it if BEFORE doesn't pan out. —Bagumba (talk) 05:29, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

• Remember, no one commenting here is an expert. Everything is an opinion. Jeff in CA (talk) 06:24, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Paralympics

I'm not sure it's correct to treat Summer/Winter Games the same as Paralympic Games. While some countries seem to give SIGCOV to their Paralympics teams, we have A LOT of "xxxxx at xxxx Paralympics Games" that are mere sub-stubs sourced only to databases and non-independent sources. E.g., Luxembourg at the 1980 Summer Paralympics (one bronze medal, sub-stub doesn't even identify the athlete or the event), Uganda at the 1976 Summer Paralympics (one competitor, no medals), Luxembourg at the 1976 Summer Paralympics (two competitors, no medals), Guatemala at the 1976 Summer Paralympics (one bronze medal, but the article is a completely useless sub-stub that doesn't event identify the athlete or the event!), Ecuador at the 1976 Summer Paralympics (zero medals, sub-stub doesn't even say how many athletes or which events entered!), Colombia at the 1976 Summer Paralympics (same as Ecuador), Bahamas at the 1976 Summer Paralympics (same as Ecuador), Uganda at the 1972 Summer Paralympics (two competitors, no medals), Peru at the 1972 Summer Paralympics (one competitor, no medals), Bahamas at the 1972 Summer Paralympics (one competitor, no medals), Egypt at the 1972 Summer Paralympics (one competitor, no medals), Malta at the 1968 Summer Paralympics (no medals, sub-stub doesn't even identify athletes or events), Fiji at the 1964 Summer Paralympics (one athlete, no medals). Cbl62 (talk) 16:38, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Many of these are articles created out of pure completionism. Where the topic is already covered completely on other pages, no need for pointless repetition. FOARP (talk) 04:56, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

(Getting into the weeds on) redirect targets

It seems like the general sentiment in the sections above is that Games appearances where the country did not medal should be redirected barring exceptional circumstances (e.g. they actually meet GNG for some reason). My question is, what should be the final target? For example, Ecuador at the 1976 Summer Paralympics could be redirected to 1976 Summer Paralympics or to Ecuador at the Paralympics (I have seen both). For a page like Uganda at the 1976 Summer Paralympics, an additional option would be a redirect to Athletics at the 1976 Summer Paralympics since their sole competitor was in that event. Figured I'd split off a section to discuss where best to put these things so that there is some sort of consensus on the matter (and a discussion that we can point to if questioned on it). I figure there are 2-3 possible targets:

1. Redirect to that year's Games
2. Redirect to the "Country at Games" overview article
3. (if only one competitor) redirect to the Sport article for that year's Games

I have seen all of these in the wild, but I think I see most of #1 most often (e.g. see infobox at Sri Lanka at the Asian Games), and would probably put my support behind that as being the standard. Primefac (talk) 11:30, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

As I said above, In pretty much all cases the best target is the one that has the most information relevant to the title rather than being consistent with similarly titled articles. In other words, pick the best target on a case by case basis. Thryduulf (talk) 11:42, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Good point. Even while I was writing this section I was finding counter-examples to a few of my examples and instead of rationalising them out I just ignored them... Doing what makes the most sense is a much better idea than being rigid on a set of rules. Primefac (talk) 12:11, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

What about where there isn't any good place to redirect to? Estonia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, for example, has athletes competing in two sports, so there's no one target for "<sport> at <games>". Estonia at the Paralympics doesn't cover any one Games specifically (instead, it links to articles for each individual games, including 2020). Redirecting to that year's Games doesn't provide any useful information to a reader looking for a specific country's participation in the Games. As far as I can tell, the only place which currently provides all the information for Estonia's participation in the 2020 Games on one page is Estonia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics itself. (Estonia's delegation consisted of 5 athletes and is far from the only country with this problem, I'm sure if I looked long enough I could find larger teams with no secondary sources as well.) There is no good redirect target here.

On the note of Sri Lanka at the Asian Games, as I mentioned above, I think it's a bad example. The articles that were AfD'd there had absolutely no information outside of a general medal count (they didn't even mention who competed, see 2002's article before it was deleted as an example). Redirecting seems sensible there since there was so little information, but the articles I'm talking about (including my own) are all ones which actually list details outside of medal counts. It's also worth noting Sri Lanka did win medals in 2002, and the article was deleted anyways. I'm not contesting that this article shouldn't have been turned into a redirect - as I said, it consisted only of a medal count which could be found elsewhere - but if nations which medal are notable, then there's also no reason Sri Lanka in 2002 couldn't be recreated. Tymewalk (talk) 15:44, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

I would say Estonia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics shouldn't be redirected unless all the content is merged somewhere, and at first glance there isn't a target it wouldn't overwhelm to a degree where guidelines say it should be split. Thryduulf (talk) 16:01, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

So, as I understand it:

• Countries which medaled have generally been considered to have presumed notability (Japan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, China at the 2022 World Games, Indonesia at the 2002 Asian Games, etc...)
• Countries which didn't medal, but competed in multiple sports can't really be redirected to a single target, so they should have their own pages (Estonia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Mauritius at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Kuwait at the 2022 World Games, etc...)
  • On top of that, I would personally argue countries where the athletes competed in the same sport but different events might also fall under this - for example, Aruba at the 2022 World Games had both of their athletes compete in bowling (both individually in women's singles, and as a team in women's doubles), but redirecting solely to Bowling at the 2022 World Games doesn't really specify which events Aruba participated in. A reader looking for Aruba's participation in TWG 2022 isn't immediately going to find any useful information on the bowling page by itself, so redirecting the Aruba page to bowling doesn't make much sense to me.
• Countries with only one athlete might be notable for their own page anyways depending on media coverage (Tuvalu at the 2016 Summer Olympics, as well as Belize, Liechtenstein, Nauru, and Somalia at the 2024 Summer Olympics).
  • Also worth noting that coverage is often not in English - I was able to create Panama at the 2020 Summer Paralympics with Spanish-language sources, despite the fact searching for "panama 2020 paralympics" in English doesn't yield many non-primary sources about the delegation itself.

Would this mean that countries which participate in more than one sport count as notable for their own pages even if they didn't win a medal or have SIGCOV (the second bullet point)?

Apologies if this seems like restating the obvious, I'm honestly having trouble understanding what the general consensus on pages like these (if there is one) is. As I said above, I'd like to expand Wikipedia's coverage on these topics (Olympic/Paralympic Games seem to usually be well-covered, but for non-Olympic/Paralympic events, many pages for countries, events, and sometimes sports are completely missing), but I also don't want to make new articles if they're just going to be deleted for failing to meet notability guidelines. Tymewalk (talk) 03:42, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

"It seems like the general sentiment in the sections above is that Games appearances where the country did not medal should be redirected barring exceptional circumstances" There's no consensus for that above. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 14:23, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

I also don't see how one can possibly come to that conclusion. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:06, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

I tend to agree that if the appearance of a country at the games is notable, it wouldn't matter if they had medalled or not: subject is notable.

I however agree with nearly all (possibly all actually) of what Thryduulf and Primefac said above: there's no need to maintain articles out of sheer completionism. If there's a logical redirection point then just logically redirect (e.g., just one athlete -> redirect to that athlete, just one competition -> redirect to that competition, country appeared but literally nothing to say about their appearance -> redirect to the general "country at the Olympics" article).

And if there's stuff to be said about something ntoable that doesn't actually fit with any redirect target, then maybe don't redirect. FOARP (talk) 15:46, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

What are your thoughts on my reply to Thryduulf above (namely about articles with no SIGCOV but also good redirect target, like Estonia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics)? The page lists results for the nation's performance (they actually competed at the Games), which don't seem to fit in general "<nation> at the Olympics" articles (see Estonia at the Paralympics, which lists overall medals won and medalists but no specific results). Tymewalk (talk) 00:25, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

If there's genuinely no SIGCOV, topic isn't notable, so redirect. FOARP (talk) 20:02, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

To where, though? For the 2020 Paralympics, Estonia participated in 7 events across 2 sports. It doesn't make sense to redirect to, say, Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, because they also participated in athletics, something which a redirect wouldn't make clear. The other option is to put all the results for participation without SIGCOV in the Estonia at the Paralympics page, which could work but might make the page too long to read for some countries.

(Upon re-reading my previous comment, I realize I wrote "also good redirect target" instead of "also no good redirect target". For countries which only participated in one event, redirecting to that event's page makes sense, although what I'm talking about is countries with more than one event which can't be redirected to a single page. Sorry for any confusion.) Tymewalk (talk) 01:20, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

We shouldn't have pages about non-notable topics. End of. Even split pages have to have stand-alone notability per WP:AVOIDSPLIT.

So either merge or - if it genuinely isn't possible - delete. But I think the cases in which deletion will be needed are very, very rare. FOARP (talk) 09:58, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Premier League at FAR

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Removal of "programs"

I've noticed that various "programs" (covers of pamphlets made to advertise certain major sporting events) are being removed left and right from sporting event articles. Are they not allowed? And if so, should I remove any I see? JHD0919 (talk) 11:26, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Can you give some examples please? Primefac (talk) 12:40, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

I'd love to, but most of them have already been F5-deleted. JHD0919 (talk) 13:23, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

You can provide diffs of their removal; I need more information to figure out in what context (or with what pretence) these images were removed. Primefac (talk) 13:25, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Could you link to the articles and/or files in question, even if they are deleted. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:52, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't remember the specific articles and files. JHD0919 (talk) 15:07, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

I do remember that most of the programs in question were either World Series or NASCAR-related. JHD0919 (talk) 15:09, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Then this might be better raised at WT:MLB and WT:NASCAR instead, where it seems more likely for editors to identify and understand the context. Left guide (talk) 15:37, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Actually, scratch that. I'll just notify those two projects of this discussion to avoid fragmentation. Left guide (talk) 15:56, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

"Avoiding fragmentation" is the reason I took this here instead of those two talk pages. JHD0919 (talk) 16:29, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Perhaps referring to something like Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2026 April 26#File:2016 World Series program (cropped).jpg (WT:BASEBALL notification here). —Bagumba (talk) 15:54, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

The OP of that discussion was the only one who contributed there before it was closed. That's far from consensus - the exact opposite, in fact. JHD0919 (talk) 16:30, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

That is what's known as a WP:SILENT consensus, which is perfectly valid for what it is. To contest the deletion, you may discuss with the deleting admin, and then appeal at WP:DRV if your concerns are still unresolved. A WikiProject doesn't have the authority to overturn an XfD deletion. Left guide (talk) 16:34, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't know anything about SILENT. I'll leave it alone. JHD0919 (talk) 16:36, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

I too have questioned whether game programs are a "primary means of visual identification" for a championship series. But I never followed up. —Bagumba (talk) 16:47, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

I always thought the "primary means of identification" meant that it was used in the infobox. This is to deter having a load of free images, but then have non-free elsewhere in the article and it be fine. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:38, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

From another perspective, the series' logo can be argued to help identify the series. But not a game program, which is cover art. Per WP:NFCI: Cover art: Cover art from various items, for visual identification only in the context of critical commentary of that item (not for identification without critical commentary). —Bagumba (talk) 17:58, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

June 2026 GAN Backlog Drive

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Requested move at Talk:Hunt family (Texas) #Requested move 27 May 2026

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Hunt family (Texas) #Requested move 27 May 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject Emiya1980 (talk) 20:47, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

December 2016 in sports

Please add sources. Thanks. Bearian (talk) 12:46, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

February 2017 in sports

Please add reliable sources. I don't know much about what was going on in late 2016-mid 2017, because I was busy getting into grad school so that semester was a blur. Thank you in advance. Bearian (talk) 13:29, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

CfD: Bilateral baseball, cricket, kho kho, and rugby union relations

These four categories have been nominated for possible deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether they fit with the categorization guidelines. You are invited to the categories' entry on "Categories for discussion". Thanks - Responsible? (talk) 10:21, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Volleyball § Links to game on volleyball pages

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Volleyball § Links to game on volleyball pages, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. ꕥ 𝙳.𝟷𝟾𝚝𝚑 ꕥ ^{→𝙼𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚖𝚎←} 18:37, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Notability of lists of transfers?

I'm looking at this list and wondering how exactly a collection of WP:RSBREAKING, primary news reports covering a single season of transfers meets WP:LISTN. Don't we at least need secondary coverage specific to that country and that season? This appears to be a list of the most WP:MILL stuff. FOARP (talk) 18:17, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

FWIW: Category:Association football transfers. —Bagumba (talk) 21:02, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

Since this is a general sports project, I'll note that there is also the articles in Category:NHL transactions, Category:NBA transactions, and Category:Indian Premier League personnel changes for other sports. Left guide (talk) 21:14, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:LGBTQ and association football#Requested move 26 June 2026

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One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

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World Athletics Championships has an RfC

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2026 Banana Ball season

Hello. I am requesting input from editors familiar on going sports season. There's a dispute involving 2026 Banana Ball Championship League season. I would appreciate neutral input from editors experienced with sports season articles on the following points:

• Whether the article’s general format is consistent with other sports season articles;
• Whether the standings/results/statistical sections are appropriate;
• Whether the current sourcing is sufficient;
• Whether any cleanup can be resolved through editing rather than deletion.

(Bes2224 (talk) 03:06, 10 July 2026 (UTC))

Biography Request: Brooke Hallman (Dual-Sport Division I Pioneer

Hi everyone, I would like to request an article creation for Brooke Hallman, a historic dual-sport Division I student-athlete at the University of North Alabama. I am a family friend/close contact of the subject, so I am requesting an independent editor handle the page creation to ensure strict compliance with Wikipedia’s Conflict of Interest (COI) guidelines.

Hallman is an Atlantic Sun Conference basketball player who is notable for becoming the first-ever multi-sport athlete in UNA history to cross over into the school's inaugural Division I Flag Football team for the upcoming academic year. Given the rapid rise of collegiate flag football, she represents an important historical milestone for women's sports integration.

Reliable Sources for Verification:

Deep-Dive Feature: AL.com Article on Brooke Hallman's Dual-Sport Crossover

• **Local Feature & High School History:** [Opelika Observer Profile on Brooke's Multi-Sport Crossover](https://opelikaobserver.com/2026/06/30/growing-the-game-girls-flag-football-takes-off-in-lee-county/)

• **Childhood History-Making Milestone:** [Dothan Eagle Feature on Brooke's Historic Baseball No-Hitter](https://dothaneagle.com/sports/article_f3c0230c-9ec4-11e9-a43b-938eb8a42a85.html)

• **High School Accolades:** [Official UNA Player Bio Tracking 1,800+ Career Points & All-State Status](https://roarlions.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/brooke-hallman/3945)
• **Javelin State Championship:** [AHSAA Track & Field Official Results via Auburn City Schools](https://www.facebook.com/AuburnCityEdu/posts/state-champions-the-auburn-high-school-girls-track-field-team-has-won-the-2026-a/)

Her Historic 2022 Championship Performance The Stats: Brooke absolutely dismantled Oxford High School inside Auburn University’s Jordan-Hare Stadium, finishing 19-of-29 passing for 224 yards and 4 touchdowns. [1] The Blitz: Unbelievably, she threw all four of her touchdown passes in the first half alone, blowing the game wide open to secure a 26-6 blowout victory. [1] School History: Her leadership won Auburn High School its first-ever AHSAA flag football state championship and the first football title of any kind in the high school's history! [1] Player of the Year: To cap it all off, her regular and postseason dominance earned her the official Opelika-Auburn News Player of the Year honors for that dream 2022 season.

Reliable Sources for Verification:

• **Deep-Dive Feature:** [AL.com Article on Brooke Hallman's Dual-Sport Crossover](https://al.com)
• **Local Feature & High School History:** [Opelika Observer Profile on Brooke's Multi-Sport Crossover](https://opelikaobserver.com/2026/06/30/growing-the-game-girls-flag-football-takes-off-in-lee-county/)
• **Childhood History-Making Milestone:** [Dothan Eagle Feature on Brooke's Historic Baseball No-Hitter](https://dothaneagle.com/sports/article_f3c0230c-9ec4-11e9-a43b-938eb8a42a85.html)
• **High School Accolades:** [Official UNA Player Bio Tracking 1,800+ Career Points & All-State Status](https://roarlions.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/brooke-hallman/3945)
• **Javelin State Championship:** [AHSAA Track & Field Official Results via Auburn City Schools](https://www.facebook.com/AuburnCityEdu/posts/state-champions-the-auburn-high-school-girls-track-field-team-has-won-the-2026-a/)
• **2022 State Title Performance:** [AHSAA Official Recap of Auburn's 2022 Flag Football Championship](https://ahsaa.com)
• **Player of the Year Honors:** [Opelika-Auburn News 2022 Flag Football Player of the Year Feature](https://oanow.com)
• **Statistical Tracking:** [ESPN Women's College Basketball Player Profile](https://espn.com)

Key Biographical Details for Editors:

• **2022 Championship:** Brooke led Auburn High School to its first-ever flag football state title inside Jordan-Hare Stadium, finishing 19-of-29 passing for 224 yards and 4 first-half touchdowns.
• **Versatility:** Along with scoring over 1,800 career high school basketball points, she is a multi-sport state champion across both flag football and the individual track and field javelin throw.

Thank you so much to any editor willing to pick up this important piece of women's sports history! WDEOFFICIAL (talk) 23:31, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

2026 Wimbledon Championships

There is currently a debate over event summaries on the talk page for the 2026 Wimbledon Championships. I would appreciate the involvement of members of this project. Thriley (talk) 02:12, 15 July 2026 (UTC)