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DP Rule

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2014

Player Guaranteed
Compensation
MLS team 2014 season
accomplishments
National team Transferred from
Clint Dempsey $6.7m Seattle Sounders 15 goals  United States England Tottenham
Michael Bradley $6.5m Toronto FC  United States Italy Roma
Jermaine Defoe $6.2m Toronto FC 11 goals  England England Tottenham
Landon Donovan $4.6m LA Galaxy MLS Best XI, 19 assists  United States N/A
Robbie Keane $4.5m LA Galaxy MLS MVP, 19 goals  Republic of Ireland N/A


Year Highest paid players MLS Best XI Most goals Most assists Other accolades
2013 Clint Dempsey ($5.0m)
Thierry Henry ($4.4m)
Robbie Keane
Marco Di Vaio
Tim Cahill
Diego Valeri
Marco Di Vaio (20) Diego Valeri (13)
2014 Clint Dempsey ($6.7m)
Michael Bradley ($6.5m)
Landon Donovan Robbie Keane (19)
Clint Dempsey (15)
Landon Donovan (19) Robbie Keane (MLS MVP)

Guidelines

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  • Lead / First Para:
    • Length of Lead — WP:LEADLENGTH (Depends on article length, but 2-4 paras for a >30kb article)
  • First Sentence:
    • First Sentence — WP:LEADSENTENCE (tell the generalist reader what the subject is; ideally, the page title [in bold] is the subject of the first sentence)
    • 1st Sent Bolding — MOS:BOLDTITLE (Links should not be placed in the boldface reiteration of the title in the opening sentence of a lead)
    • Foreign languages — MOS:FORLANG (Do not put multiple versions of the name and pronunciation in the first sentence).
    • Biographies — WP:BIRTHPLACE (No need to put birthplace in brackets in lead, unless it is significant).

How do I get others to notice the page I just created?

  • Categories
  • Linking
  • Navbox
  • WikiProjects

Consensus & Cooperation

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  • Consensus:
    • Consensus ("consensus can be assumed if editors stop responding to talk page discussions")
    • Closing discussions ("judge the consensus of the community, after discarding irrelevant arguments: those that flatly contradict established policy, those based on personal opinion only, those that are logically fallacious, those that show no understanding of the matter of issue")
    • WP:SILENCE ("Consensus can be presumed to exist until voiced disagreement becomes evident")
  • What happens if WP:NOCONSENSUS:
    • "a lack of consensus commonly results in retaining the version of the article as it was prior to the proposal or bold edit."
    • "In deletion discussions, no consensus normally results in the article, page, image, or other content being kept."
  • Removing content from an article (& reasons):
    • WP:RVREASONS . . . Wikipedia:Content_removal#Reasons
    • "I would ask at this stage for you to step back and try to objectively assess whether the presence of this information has ever impeded your ability to enjoy an article or reduced the usefulness of an article overall, and whether this is beginning to become more an argument about rigourously enforcing a general guideline rather than being about providing material improvements to a series of articles."
  • Discussions:
    • Insert the "discuss" tag {{discuss|heading}} to let readers know of the ongoing discussion on the talk page.
    • On a talk page, use the "ping" @USERNAME: to let that editor know that he is being discussed on the talk page.
  • WP:BRD essay (not a policy):
    • ("In the edit summary of your revert, include a link to WP:BRD to remind an inexperienced editor of the method and your intent")
    • ("When reverting, be specific about your reasons in the edit summary and use links if needed.")
    • ("Do not continue to revert, which is the beginning of edit-warring. Leave the article in the condition it was in before the Bold edit was made (often called the status quo ante).")
    • (""BRD" is commonly used to refer to the principle that a revert should not be reverted again by the same editors until the changes have been discussed, as that could constitute edit warring. Avoiding edit warring is a policy that all editors must follow.")
  • Arguments to Avoid: WP:AADD
    • Merely citing a policy or guideline, without explaining specifically how the policy applies to the discussion. WP:VAGUEWAVE
    • ("Saying something is "encyclopedic" or "unencyclopedic" are empty arguments.") WP:UNENCYC
    • Simply stating that an article is not notable does not provide reasoning as to why the subject may not be notable.WP:ITSNOTABLE
  • Edit Wars:
    • WP:AN/EW = reporting edit wars & 3RR. Includes searchable archives.

Wiki rules

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  1. WP:FIVEPILLARS — fundamental principles
  2. WP:POLICIESPolicies have wide acceptance among editors and describe standards that all users should normally follow.
  3. WP:GUIDESGuidelines are sets of best practices that are supported by consensus.
  4. WP:ESSAYSEssays are the opinion or advice of an editor or group of editors (such as a WikiProject) for which widespread consensus has not been established.
    1. WikiProject advice pages — WikiProject advice pages written by these groups [WikiProjects] are formally considered the same as pages written by anyone else, that is, they are essays unless and until they have been formally adopted as community-wide guidelines or policies. WikiProjects are encouraged to write essays explaining how the community's policies and guidelines should be applied to their areas of interest and expertise.
    2. WP:PROJPAGE — Many large WikiProjects eventually collect some advice about how to apply Wikipedia's policies, guidelines, and essays to their specific subject area.
      1. Consistency: Editors who are working on such an advice page are encouraged to carefully study the main policies, guidelines, Manual of Style, and relevant essays. The best advice pages do not conflict with the site-wide pages and avoid unnecessary duplications with site-wide pages.
      2. Benefits:
      3. Limits:
      4. Weight: An advice page written by several participants of a project is no more binding on editors than an advice page written by any single individual editor.
    3. WP:CONLEVEL — "Consensus among a limited group of editors, at one place and time, cannot override community consensus on a wider scale . . . participants in a WikiProject cannot decide that some generally accepted policy or guideline does not apply to articles within its scope."

On the next matchday

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Interesting discussion here about not including these statistics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard/Archive_54#Talk:2012.E2.80.9313_UEFA_Champions_League_group_stage

  • "the fact that the material is so time-sensitive that it will only be present for a few days flies in the fact of the "Wikipedia is not a newspaper" policy and the "Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information" policy and, frankly, with Wikipedia's essential essence as an encyclopedia."
  • "the material should not go in the article(s). The data is just too transitory: it only is useful for about two weeks."

MLS

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MLS Expansion table

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MLS Expansion Candidates
Metro area Population Major
league
teams
Minor league
soccer team (attendance)
Minneapolis 2.8m 4 Minnesota United (7,196)
Sacramento 1.9m 1 Sacramento Republic (11,293)
San Antonio 2.0m 1 San Antonio Scorpions (6,693)
Saint Louis 2.2m 3 Saint Louis FC (N/A)

MLS Expansion

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Pop 0 1 2 3 4
5+ 6m — Miami*
5m — Detroit* (-P2)
4 4m — Riverside* 4m — Phoenix
4m — Minneapolis+
3 3m — San Diego 3m — St. Louis
3m — Tampa Bay
2 2m — Austin (+P1) (–UT)
2m — Norfolk
2m — Las Vegas
2m — Providence (-P4)
2m — Sacramento (+USL)
2m — San Antonio (+P3)
2m — Raleigh (+P2) (NC St)
.
2m — Charlotte
2m — Cincinnati
2m — Indianapolis, IN
2m — Milwaukee
2m — Pittsburgh (-P3)
2m — Cleveland (-P1)
1 1m — Richmond
1m — Louisville
1m — El Paso
1m — Jacksonville
1m — Oklahoma City
.

Notes: Bold are probables, Italics are doubtfuls.

MLS Soccer-Specific Stadiums

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Opened Stadium Team(s)
1999 Columbus Crew Stadium Columbus Crew
2003 StubHub Center L.A. Galaxy & Chivas
2005 Toyota Stadium FC Dallas
2006 Toyota Park Chicago Fire
2007 BMO Field Toronto FC
2007 Dick's Sporting Goods Park Colorado Rapids
2008 Rio Tinto Stadium Real Salt Lake
2008 Saputo Stadium Montreal Impact
2010 PPL Park Philadelphia Union
2010 Red Bull Arena New York Red Bulls
2011 Sporting Park Sporting Kansas City
2012 BBVA Compass Stadium Houston Dynamo
2015 San Jose Earthquakes

RfC

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Start a new RfC with the sole purpose of eliminating that section of the guideline.

In your description of the problem, make sure that you include links to any and all discussions on the topic so that the new reviewer will have all of the evidence at their disposal (I won't be closing the next discussion on the topic, as I feel it is inappropriate to close consecutive discussions on the same basic topic). Make sure that when you are listing all of the previous discussions that you include a sub-section with all of the sources and things you can find that oppose the use of these fixture sections and all of the ones that support the use. The purpose of doing this in the description is to make sure that your description is as neutral and fair to both sides right up front.

That said, you are more than welcome to add your "personal" feelings, thoughts and objections to the current wording in the discussion section of the RfC.

Inventory

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RfC

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Should the WikiProject Rugby Union style guide be revised as proposed below to state that there is a lack of consensus on whether recent fixtures should be included in national team articles? A related RfC was closed by an editor who suggested here that this new RFC be started.

Existing version:

For national rugby union teams, recent fixture and upcoming fixture lists should not be included. Consensus has been reached between the project members (see here) that such lists are unencyclopaedic, and are not suitable in the article. Such lists create problems with duplication, and article size. Instead, templates such as {{rugby07}} should be added that link to a teams competitions. For example the 'end of year tests', Tri-nations, or Six Nations.

Proposed version:

For national rugby union team articles, there is a lack of consensus among WP:RU members whether it is permissible to retain sections regarding recent fixtures, or whether these sections should be removed from all national team articles. As such, decisions regarding whether to add, retain, or remove these sections are left up to the editors of each particular page.

Support (adopt proposed revision)

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  1. Support

Oppose (retain existing version)

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  1. Oppose

Discussion

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Historical background from 2006–07:

  1. Shudde raised the possibility of deleting a recent fixtures section from the All Blacks article during this discussion in 2006 regarding moving the article to Featured Article status. The editors were fine with Shudde removing the section as part of the FA process. But the editors did not recommend removing these sections from all national rugby team articles, and some editors advocated for including them. For example, one editor stated that "It's ok to have [these sections]" and another stated "It is a very useful addition to the page."
  2. Shudde initiated this discussion in 2007 at the WP:RU talk page. That discussion reflects a proposal from Shudde that the fixtures sections be removed, a second proposal from another editor regarding a different way of presenting the information, and then further discussion about the second proposal with no meaningful discussion of the original proposal regarding removal. Shudde tried repeatedly to return the discussion to his original proposal but received no responses. Following three consecutive unanswered messages (see the bottom of the discussion), Shudde observed that there were "no objections" to his proposal and stated he would amend the Style Guide.
  3. Shudde then inserted this fixtures section in the Style Guide. Despite Shudde's prior proposal on the WP:RU talk page receiving zero comments — neither supporting nor opposing — the style guide was written to say that there is "consensus" among WP:RU members on this issue. The style guide links to the 2007 discussion as evidence of this consensus.
  4. Various WP:RU editors have not interpreted the 2007 discussion to mean that national team articles are prohibited from including fixtures sections. One editor interpreted that discussion to mean that "It is fine to have [these sections] on other national team articles" while another WP:RU editor has characterized the 2007 discussion as "a 7-year old discussion that few participated in."

Recent talk page discussions from 2014:

  1. The WP:RU Style Guide talk page reflects comments on the fixtures guideline from only two WP:RU members — one who supports the guideline, and one who opposes it.
  2. See this Canada talk page discussion and the page's edit history from October 2014 where Shudde was edit warring with two other editors over this. In trying to remove the fixtures section, Shudde pointed to the Style Guide as evidence of a WP:RU "consensus" on this issue. Although Shudde cited the WP:RU "consensus," the other editors gave this little-to-no weight. Shudde lost the debate, and the consensus of the editors on the Canada national team article was to retain the section.
  3. Several editors have have added these sections to articles or restored sections that Shudde had tried to delete. See this Canada talk page discussion and the page's edit history from October 2014 where Shudde was edit warring with two other editors over this and he ended up losing the discussion. For example, he tried to remove this section from the Canada national team article, pointing to the Style Guide as evidence of a WP:RU "consensus" on this issue. The consensus of the editors on the Canada national team article was to keep the section.
  4. There was a related discussion here on the WP:RU talk page regarding results sections. Two editors expressed support for allowing fixtures sections, and one editor proposed removing them. The discussion did not result in consensus. While the previous discussion was ongoing, an editor involved in that discussion began a new RfC.
  5. The proposed RfC began by declaring the existence of a "long-standing convention" on this issue, and cited the 2007 discussion as evidence of this consensus. That RfC found two editors expressing support for results sections and four editors expressing opposition. An uninvolved editor then closed the discussion, deciding there was not enough of a present consensus to overturn the apparent previous 2007 "consensus." When evidence was presented to the closer that there had been no consensus in 2007, the closer then suggested that this new RfC be convened.

Recent relevant editing history from 2014:

  1. Several WP:RU national team articles currently have these results sections or similar sections. (This suggests a lack of consensus among WP:RU members that they should be removed).
  2. Only one editor — Shudde — has recently tried to remove these sections from articles.
  3. Several editors have edited these sections in various national rugby team articles. (These editors are tacitly acknowledging that they see value in these sections).

2023 RWC hosts

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Country Total
Players[1]
RWC hosted
(matches)
Stadiums
(> 60,000)
United States United States 1,449,389 77
South Africa South Africa 418,509 1995 (32) 2
France France 383,757 1991 (8)
1999 (8)
2007 (42)
2
Republic of Ireland Ireland 172,491 1991 (5)
1999 (7)
1
Italy Italy 82,143 3
Argentina Argentina 133,062 1

Notes:

  • Members data is from the ______.
Country Union Members RWC hosted Stadiums
(> 60,000)
Russia Example Example 1
Australia Example Example 1987 (11) 2003 (48) 2


Revenue vs Growth
Growth No Grow (G8)
Lotsa $
(Eur / SA)

Italy
South Africa;
Ireland
?? $
(Amer)
United States;
Argentina

Sports in the U.S.: Sports Leagues

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Other sports leagues

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League Sport Year
Founded
Teams
(U.S.)
Nat'l TV contract Revenue
US$ (bn)
Average
Attendance
National Lacrosse League Lacrosse 9 (5) 9,469 (2012)[2]
Arena Football League Arena football 14 7,659 (2011)[3]
Women's Nat'l Basketball Ass'n Basketball 12 7,531 (2013)[4]
International League Baseball 14 (E) 6,719 (2013)
Pacific Coast League Baseball 16 5,876 (2013)[5]
American Hockey League Ice hockey 30 (27) 5,402 (2013-14)[6]
North American Soccer League Soccer 11 5,267 (2014)
Major League Lacrosse Lacrosse 8 4,759 (2014)
United Soccer League (USL) Soccer 24 3,114 (2014)
NBA Development League Basketball 18 2,725 (2013-14)[7]

2014 World Cup on TV

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GS

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Date Day Start Teams Viewers (Ch) Rate Univ Cable Ntwk Sports Ref
6/12 R 4p Brazil v. Croatia 4.0m (E) 1.7 5.1m #1
1.9m / 0.7 (US Open golf)
13m / 5.2
(NBA Finals)
[8]
6/13 F 3p
6p
12p
Spain v. Holland
Chile v. Aus
Mexico v. Cam
3.1m (E)
2.5m (E2)
1.9m (E2)
1.4
1.3
0.9


5.0m
#1
#2
#7
6.0m / 2.3
(NHL Finals)
[9]
6/14 Sa 3p
12p
6p
9p
Uruguay v. CR
Columbia v. Greece
England v. Italy
Japan v. IC
(A)
(A)
4.6m (E)
3.4m (E)
2.9
2.8
2.6
1.4
--- --
--
#1
#2
2.6 (US Open golf)
2.3m / 0.5 (MLB)
[10][11]
6/15 Su 3p
6p
12p
France v. Hond
Argentina v. Bosnia
Switz v. Ecuador
(A)
4.2m (E)
(A)
3.3
3.1
2.8

4.9m
#4 (Sprint racing) 18m / 12
(NBA Finals)
4.6 5 (US Open golf)
[12]
6/16 M 6p
12p
3p
USA v. Ghana
Germany v. Port
Nigeria v. Iran
9.7m (E)
2.4m (E)
2.3m (E)
4.1
1.0
0.9
4.8m
--
--
#1
--
--
N/A [13]
6/17 T 3p
6p
12p
Brazil v. Mexico
Korea v. Russia
Belgium v. Algeria
3.8m
3.3m
1.6m
1.5
1.4
0.7
6.8m
--
--
#1
#2
#21
Example [14]
6/18 W 3p
6p
12p
Spain v. Chile
Croatia v. Cameroon
Holland v. Australia
3.2m
3.0m
2.3m
1.3
1.3
0.9
--- #2 (Duck Dyn 4m / 1.5)
#3
#9
Example [15]
6/21 Sa 3p
6p
12p
Germany v. Ghana
Nigeria v. Bosnia
Argentina v. Iran
5.7m (E)
3.8m (E)
3.6m (E)
4.1
3.0
2.8
????
-
-
#1 (1.8m / 0.6 Coll WS)
#2
#3
MLB 1.7 (Fox) [16][17]
6/22 Su 6p
3p
12p
USA v. Portugal
Korea v. Algeria
Belgium v. Russia
13.8m
 ?
 ?
10.4
3.6
3.0
Example #1
(4.7m / 1.1 Sprint racing)
Women's golf
1.7 (NBC)
[18]
6/26 R 12p
4p
USA v. Germany
Teams
8.2m
2.1m
3.0
0.9
-- #1
NBA draft (3.6m / 1.5)
-- [19]
GS -- -- -- 3.5m
+46%
2.2
+38%
+43% Example -- [20]

Notes:

  • 6/14 Eng v. Ita = ESPN's most watched non-US group-stage match ever.
  • 6/17 Mex v. Brz = 11m is the highest viewership for a non-US group-stage match ever.
  • 6/21 Ger v. Gha = Tied for ESPN's most watched non-US match ever. {Tied 2006 Ger/Ita semi}.

KO

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Date Day Start Teams Viewers (Ch) Rate Univ Cable Ntwk Sports Ref
6/28 Sa 12p
4p
Brazil v. Chile
Col v. Uruguay
6.1m (A)
5.4m (A)
4.5
4.0
????
 ??
2.1 rate (Nascar) 2.8 / 0.5 (MLB) [21][22]
6/29 Su 12p
4p
Mexico v. Holland
CR v. Greece
6.6m
5.9m
4.5
4.5
10.4m
 ??
#3
#2 (MLB 2.6m / 0.7)
1.8 rate (Golf) [23][24]
6/30 M 4p
12p
Germany v. Algeria
France v. Nigeria
4.3m
2.5m
1.7
1.0
Example #2
#9
??
 ??
Example
7/1 T 4p
12p
USA v. Belgium
Arge v. Switz
13.4m
3.2m
4.6
1.2
UNIV(m) #1
#5
NTWK [25]
16>8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7/4 F 4p
12p
Brazil v. Col
Germany v. France
11.8m (E)
10.9m (E2)
3.6
5.5m
5.1m
CABLE NTWK REF
7/5 Sa 4p
12p
Holland v. CR
Arg v. Belg
9.6m (E)
8.8m (A)
3.4
4.7m
3.6m
CABLE NTWK REF
8>4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7/8 T 4p Germany v. Brazil 5.1m (E) 1.9 5.8m #1 NTWK [26]
7/9 W 4p Arg v. Holland 6.8m (E) 4.3 5.4m CABLE NTWK [27][28]
4>2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
DATE DAY HOUR TEAMS RATE CABLE NTWK REF
DATE DAY HOUR TEAMS VIEW(m) RATE UNIV(m) CABLE NTWK REF

Notes:

  • 6/28 Brz v.Chl = The #1 watched ABC/ESPN R-16 match not involving the US ever.
  • 6/29 Mex v. Hol = Univision's most watched broadcast ever.

Other soccer matches on TV

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Club soccer matches on TV

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The following table shows the most watched club soccer matches in the United States. The most watched matches are from European clubs — both the UEFA Champions League and the English Premier League.

Season Viewers Ratings Tournament Teams Channel Ref
2011 4.2m 6.0 UEFA Champions League Final Manchester Utd v. Barca FOX, Fox Dep. [29]
2015 3.7m 1.3 UEFA Champions League Final Barca v. Juve FOX (2.2m), Fox Dep. (1.5) [30]
2011 2.5m 1.0 English Premier League Man Utd v. Chelsea FOX, FSC, Fox Deportes [31]
2010 2.2m —— UEFA Champions League Final Inter M. v. Bayern Munich Fox, Fox Sports Esp. [32]
2015 2.1m La Liga Madrid v. Barca BeIn (0.75mE + 1.35mS) [33]
2012 2.0m 1.1 UEFA Champions League Final Chelsea. v. Bayern Munich Fox
2014 1.9m 3.0 UEFA Champions League Final R. Madrid v. Atl. Madrid Fox [34]
2004 1.4m 1.3 Major League Soccer D.C. United v. San Jose ABC [35]
1997 1.4m 1.4 MLS Cup Teams ABC [36]
2014 1.4m —— English Premier League Man Utd v Arsenal NBCSN [37]
1996 1.3m 1.4 MLS Cup Teams ABC [38]
2006 1.2m 0.8 MLS Cup Houston v. New England ABC [39]
2002 1.2m 0.8 MLS Cup LA Galaxy v. New England ABC [40]
2014 1.2m —— English Premier League Cardiff v. Swansea NBCSN [41]
2009 1.1m 0.7 MLS Cup L.A. Galaxy v. Salt Lake ESPN [42]
Year Viewers Rate Comp/Stage Teams Channel Ref

Sports TV viewership records

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  1. Football = 111.5m[43] (2014 Superbowl)
  2. Baseball = 39.1m (The most viewed baseball game since 2000 is the 2001 World Series game 7).[44]
    1. 54.8m = most viewed baseball game of all time (1980 World Series game 6)[45]
    2. 25.4m = (The most viewed baseball game since 2005 is the 2011 World Series)[46]
  3. Bsk'ball = 35.9m[47] (2010 NBA finals game 7)
  4. Soccer = 29.2m (2014 World Cup final)
  5. Hockey = 8.5m (The most viewed hockey game since 2000 is the 2011 Stanley Cup game 7).[48]
    1. 12.4m = (Most viewed hockey match of all time is the 1971 Stanley Cup game 7)[49]

High school sports (Team sports)

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Totals

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Sport Basketball Football Soccer Volleyball Baseball /
Softball
Cheer /
Spirit
Lacrosse Field
Hockey
Ice
Hockey
Water
Polo
Rugby
Totals 50 50 50 49 46–48 —— 28 21 17 15 6 0

Others:

  1. BB missing in: MT – WY – ID – SD.
  2. IH: 100% in New England, 0 in the South.
  3. FH: 11/17 (65%) in NE.
  4. Flag FB: 1 (FL only).
  5. Rugby: 0 (begins in MA in 2016).
Rugby
No. State Approved Began Ref
1 Mass 2015-05-06 2016-09-01 [50]
2 - - -

NE (11)

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State Basket Base /
Soft
Football Soccer Volley Ice
Hockey
Field
Hockey
Lacrosse Cheer /
Spirit
Water
Polo
Rugby
New York Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
New Jersey Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Massach. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No N→Y
Connecticut Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
N. Hampshire Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Vermont Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Maine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Rhode Isl. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Pennsylvania Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Maryland Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No
Delaware Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No
Totals 11 11 11 11 11 8 11 11 6 1 0→1

West (13)

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State Basketball Baseball /
Softball
Football Soccer Volleyball Ice
Hockey
Field
Hockey
Lacrosse Dance /
Cheer /
Spirit
Water
Polo
California Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
Colorado Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Washington Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Utah Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No
Oregon Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes x2 No
Arizona Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No
Hawaii Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes
Alaska Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
New Mexico Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
Montana Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
Nevada Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Idaho Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes
Wyoming Yes No! Yes Yes Yes
Totals 13 12 13 13 13 2 2 2 8 2

Note: Idaho and Montana sponsor softball, but not baseball.

Midwest (12)

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State Basketball Baseball /
Softball
Football Soccer Volleyball Ice
Hockey
Field
Hockey
Lacrosse Cheer /
Dance
Water
Polo
Illinois Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes x2 Yes
Michigan Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Ohio Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Missouri Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
Minnesota Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
So. Dakota Yes No! Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes x3
Nor. Dakota Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Wisconsin Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Indiana Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Iowa Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Kansas Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Nebraska Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Totals 12 11 12 12 11 5 2 3 5 2

SE (14)

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State Basketball Baseball /
Softball
Football Soccer Volleyball Ice
Hockey
Field
Hockey
Lacrosse Cheer /
Dance
Water
Polo
Virginia Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes x2
Florida* Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Georgia Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
No. Carolina Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No
So. Carolina Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Tennessee Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
Texas Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Kentucky Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Oklahoma Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
Arkansas Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
W.Virginia Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
Alabama Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Louisiana Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mississippi Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Totals 14 14 14 14 14 0 2 5 9 1

Note: Florida also offers flag football as an official sport.

College rugby on Wiki

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My Faves:

  • D1V — UCLA → Penn State → Army ('14) → CWU ('14)
  • WAS — Maryland → Navy → UVA ←→ Delaware → Towson → Kutztown
  • ST.L — Lindenwood

A: D1 Big5/BK and Top 30

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B: D1 decent or Top 15

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WP:FOOTY / Talk — Use of color in tables

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The Wikipedia-wide consensus, otherwise known as MoS, is at MOS:COLOR. A pertinent bit reads
Even for readers with unimpaired color vision, excessive background shading of table entries impedes readability and recognition of Wikilinks. Background color should be used only as a supplementary visual cue, and should be subtle (consider using lighter, less-dominant pastel hues) rather than a glaring spotlight.
The specific colours used are too strong. Personally, I don't find the wikilinks easy to read on several of those background colours.
And the bolding is inappropriate: see MOS:BOLD.
The tiny text in the RH table position column is smaller than the minimum permitted by MOS:FONTSIZE, as well as being completely unnecessary: the wording "1st of 5" at normal font size is readable, MoS-compliant, and takes up less width than 1st / 5 teams with small applied as used in the RH table. As demonstrated below. In my experience, the footy project doesn't take much notice of certain aspects of the MoS... cheers, Struway2 (talk) 09:17, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
Year Round Position
Costa Rica 1941 Champions 1st / 5 teams
Costa Rica 1941 Champions 1st of 5
if background colouring causes accessibility issues, you can always use border colouring instead
Year Round Position
1941 Champions 1st
1942 Runners-up 2nd
Frietjes (talk) 23:26, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

WP:RU — Assessment — Importance scale

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  • Fill in blanks
    • Added rugby sevens (IRB &s WS) — players, coaches, natl teams
    • Added club rugby (H-Cup & Super Rugby) — players, coaches
  • Change
    • Tighten up criteria for people, esp. players.
Article importance grading scheme
Top

Base criteria: Article is extremely important and crucial to understanding rugby union. Reserved only for articles that have achieved international notability.
Rugby union-related criteria Examples
  • Culture and History: Anchor article/s introducing Rugby culture or history.
  • Organization:
    • Anchor article/s introducing Rugby administration.
    • Power wielding organizations that set the rules for the game and organize major international tournaments.
    • Regional unions among several nations.
    • National unions of Tier 1 countries. No biographical articles.
  • Rules and terminology: Anchoring articles that outline the basic gameplay, or outline fundamental elements of the game structure. Field positions, field dimensions. Should not include articles that are subsidiary to these basic elements detailing nuances.
  • Competitions and Tournaments: Overviews of major international competitions.
  • National Teams: None
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  • Club and provincial teams: None
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  • Players: None.
  • Coaches and Administrators: Anchor article/s introducing Rugby Coaching. Game founders.
  • Match Officials: Anchor article/s introducing Rugby Match Officiating. No biographical articles.
  • Stadiums: None
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  • Equipment: None
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  • Statistics and Lists: None
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High

Base criteria: Article is extremely notable and has achieved international notability, or is only notable within a particular continent/ international region. notability.
Rugby union-related criteria Examples
  • Culture and History: Overview articles of culture or history of rugby in Tier 1 countries. Main subsidiary articles that support culture or history articles of Top importance.
  • Organization: National unions of Tier 2 countries. Overview of top level domestic unions of Tier 1 nations.
  • Rules and terminology: Articles that provide detail to the anchoring article/s. Major rule variations or changes.
  • Competitions and Tournaments:
    • Overviews of major international 7s competitions.
    • Overviews of major international club competitions or top provincial competition in Tier 1 nations.
    • Individual tournaments of the major international test competitions.
  • National Teams: Overviews of
    • Tier 1 national teams.
    • National sevens teams that finished top four in the IRB Sevens World Series or Rugby World Cup Sevens.
  • Club and provincial teams: Overviews of Super Rugby and Heineken Cup championship teams.
  • Players:
    • Player elected to International Rugby Hall of Fame or IRB Hall of Fame.
    • IRB annual award winner for IRB player of the year or any player category.
    • Player holding a major record for a Tier 1 country at any point in history. Rugby World Cup player of the tournament, or captain of the RWC winning team. Players of Tier 1 teams who have played at international level for over ten years.
    • Player holding a major record for the Heineken Cup or Super Rugby at any point in history. Player holding a major record for the IRB Sevens World Series at any point in history.
  • Coaches and Administrators:
    • IRB International Coach of the Year. Coach of team winning a Rugby World Cup. Coach of Tier 1 national team/s for over five years.
    • CEO's of national unions of major international unions/boards confederations, or of Tier 1 country unions. IRB Development Award recipient.


  • Match Officials: IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service. Referee of a Rugby World Cup semi-final or final. Referee of matches in RWC, Tri-Nations or Six Nations for a period of over five years.
  • Stadiums: Stadium that hosted the final of a Rugby World Cup, Heineken Cup, or Super Rugby.
  • Equipment and kit: Articles related to essential equipment used in playing the game.
  • Rugby ball redirect now to an article section, but could be expanded to a main article?
  • Statistics and Lists: Anchor articles that outline the rugby statistical analysis.
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Mid

Base criteria: Article is only notable within its particular field or subject and has achieved notability in a particular place or area.
Rugby union-related criteria Examples
  • Culture and History: Overview articles of culture or history of rugby in Tier 2 countries. Events that took place that had a shaping influence on the game. Controversies surrounding the game, involving international level rugby.
  • Organization: National unions of Tier 3 countries that have competed at the RWC.
  • Rules and terminology: Articles that outline specific rugby gameplay strategies, techniques or playing styles. Articles that detail particular rugby skills.
  • Competitions, Tournaments, and Matches:
    • Overviews of international competitions between Tier 2 nations. Overview of minor international level club competitions. Overview of mid-level provincial competition in Tier 1 nation. Top provincial competition in Tier 2 nation.
    • First tour of a Tier 1 nation. Individual tournaments of Super Rugby and Heineken Cup. Individual tournaments of top provincial competition in Tier 1 nation.
    • Match articles of RWC finals.
  • National Teams: Overviews of
    • Tier 2 teams. Tier 3 teams that have competed in the RWC.
    • National sevens teams not included above that have been a core team in the IRB Sevens World Series.
  • Club and provincial teams: All other club teams of Super Rugby and Heineken Cup. Club or province that has competed in the top professional domestic competition of a Tier 1 rugby nation within the last 5 years.
  • Players:
    • Player from Tier 2 national team holding a major record at any point in history. Player from Tier 1 national team who has played more than 5 years at national level.
    • Captain of champion in Heineken Cup or Super Rugby. Captain of team winning the IRB 7s WS.
  • Coaches and Administrators:
    • Coach of Tier 1 or Tier 2 national team. Coach of a national sevens team finishing top 3 in the IRB Sevens World Series. Coach of a Heineken Cup or Super Rugby champion side.
    • CEO's of national unions of Tier 1 countries. CEO's of top level domestic unions of tier 1 nations.
  • Match Officials: Referee of regular round Rugby World Cup matches. Referee of Super Rugby, Heineken Cup and Pro 12 Finals. Referee on the IRB Sevens World Series for at least 5 years.
  • Stadiums: Home stadium(s) of Tier 1 nations past and present. Any stadium that has hosted a quarterfinal or semifinal of a Rugby World Cup. Any stadium that has hosted the IRB Sevens World Series for more than 5 years. Any stadium hosting the final of the top domestic provincial competition in Tier 1 nation.
  • Equipment and kit: Ancillary equipment used for training rugby skills. Equipment suppliers.
  • Statistics and Lists: Article or list that outlines general statistics of rugby at the international level.
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Low

Base criteria: Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within its field of study. It may only be included to cover a specific part of a notable article.
Rugby union-related criteria Examples
  • Culture and History: Overviews of rugby union in Tier 3 nations. Any other notable culture or history article not covered by above criteria.
  • Organization:
  • Rules and terminology:
  • Competitions and Tournaments: Team A v Team B history. Season results and seasonal competitions. Provincial competitions not covered above. All tier one nation tours not covered above. Rugby World Cup squad listings.
  • National Teams: Any national team (15s or 7s) not included above. 'A' teams and under-20 teams.
  • Club and provincial teams: Lower-division professional teams. Amateur teams that meet notability guidelines.
  • Players: Any player who meets notability guidelines and is not covered by above.
  • Coaches and Administrators: Any Coach or Administrator who meets notability guidelines and is not covered by above.
  • Match Officials: Any match official who meets notability guidelines and is not covered by above.
  • Stadiums: Any rugby stadium that meets notability guidelines and is not covered by above.
  • Equipment and kit: Any rugby equipment that meets notability guidelines and is not covered by above.
  • Statistics and Lists: Any other statistic or list article not covered by above criteria.
What is NOT in the scope of this project

Base criteria : Articles pertaining to notable subjects, which include merely side-notes related to rugby do not fall into the scope of this project.
Operating principle: If all other notability of the subject were subtracted, the subject should still be notable under the above guidelines, and falls into the scope of this project. For example Alan Jones (radio broadcaster) is most notable for his role as a radio talk show host, however his role as a head coach of the Wallaby team still makes him notable enough in the scope of this project, the radio presentation career aside. However, the article Bill Clinton who happened to play rugby casually while studying at Oxford University does not fall into the scope of this project. George W. Bush on the other hand was a keen rugby player while at Yale making the 1st XV and was quite successful, and while his main article would not fall under the scope of this project, IF his achievements in rugby are notable enough, a subsidiary article such as Rugby achievements of George W. Bush which detailed his rugby achievements would fall under the scope of this project.

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Page afd when nom result
LSU rugby afd 2015-04-09 Keep (3–3) Improvements & WP:RU notability guidelines
Univ at Buffalo RFC afd 2015-04-22 Keep Refs added & WP:RU notability guidelines
Jamie Hood afd 2015-01-20 Delete BLP
Seattle Saracens (+8) 2014-12-31 No cons (2–1)
Rugby Alberta 2015-01-18 No cons (2-2)

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Misc

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