Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Football League

NFL recaps in schedule tables

As seen here doesn't this violate WP:External Links?-UCO2009bluejay (talk) 06:59, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure I've seen those types of links thousands of times in soccer articles. Such as 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season (promoted to FA in February 2024) and 2022 FIFA World Cup (promoted to GA in March 2024). Hey man im josh (talk) 13:00, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

I also see no problems with it as long as the link follows the same basic rules as WP:RS and isn't used excessively. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 23:58, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

The biggest issue is described at Wikipedia:Bare URLs § What is wrong with bare URLs? If the link changes, you don't have the luxury of searching for the source's title. And bare urls are less likely to be archived. But I suppose worst case, an alternative replacement can be found. —Bagumba (talk) 04:33, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Monte Kiffin

Can anyone here help to clean up and add references to Monte Kiffin, so it can get posted at ITN/RD? Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 16:25, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Also, Jacoby Jones needs cleanup as well, for posting at ITN/RD. Natg 19 (talk) 16:52, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

@Natg 19: I did a significant amount on the article this past little bit, including 20 references and cleaning up the formatting of the rest. The only thing I see is expanding his Houston Texans section. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:37, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ainer Cleve

NFL player from 1920s. Cbl62 (talk) 00:41, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Team broadcast personnel in team staff templates

I wanted to know if there was a consensus against adding notable team broadcast personnel, such as play-by-play and analysts, to team staff templates? They are usually not listed anywhere else outside of the team's main article (if that) and in many cases are filled with former players who are clearly more notable than most that fill other minor roles such as strength and conditioning coaches and front office assistants. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 00:42, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

• I would oppose. Readers are much more likely to look for information on the play-by-play and color commentator(s) on an existing section like Washington Commanders#Broadcasting instead of Washington Commanders#Staff. If not all 32 NFL team main articles have a broadcasting or TV/radio section, they should have. Any play-by-play announcer, analyst, sideline reporter, studio host, etc., may be employed by the station itself instead of directly by the team. In addition, readers are more likely to look for the announcers next to where the TV/radio stations are listed on other articles. See the infoboxes on 2024 Baltimore Orioles season and 2024 Atlanta Braves season where they list both the stations and the announcers (2024 Washington Nationals season is one of the few 2024 MLB season articles that do not currently do this)--we could easily modify the infobox on 2024 Washington Commanders season to also read something like radio=[[WBIG-FM]] (Big 100):<br />([[Bram Weinstein]] and [[London Fletcher]]) or even list the full broadcast team like on those MLB pages. Template:Washington Commanders staff is currently not used on any page that does not include the team's station. Zzyzx11 (talk) 10:23, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Local TV stations instead of streaming platforms?

I attempted to get some sort of consensus on this back in December, but the discussion ended up being about whether or not to include network information in the tables at all per WP:NOTTVGUIDE and quickly died out. While I agree that it's a discussion to be had, this is not what I'm trying to get consensus on now.

I've more than a couple times seen people remove streaming services from schedule tables and game boxes in favor of adding in the local networks broadcasting the games, like in this edit. Including the streaming service in these situations could at least be argued as useful for anyone using Wikipedia as their primary way of finding information about when/how to watch, but I don't see the value in having the local stations there instead. KristofferAG (talk) 20:50, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

... but the discussion ended up being about whether or not to include network information in the tables at all per WP:NOTTVGUIDE and quickly died out: But nobody there justified having any channel or network information listed. —Bagumba (talk) 23:24, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

I have been slowly trying to get historical schedule tables to match contemporary ones (more or less). Sometimes some IPs will come along and add "notes" game times, networks and even TV announcers. This is even though 2023 articles have TV channels removed. I propose some common schedule template for the column headings be constructed that incorporates whatever parameters are deemed necessary, and also keeps track of team colors that change over time, (e.g. NFLPrimaryStyle) since that seems to be of some concern to some people. In regards to this discussion, I think that a 1:00 ET game between the Rams and the Seahawks listed on FOX that is the same time as a 1:00 ET game between Dallas and Carolina, also on FOX does nothing for the average reader. Since they may get one of those two games or not. I realize now that I said something similar in that discussion but college football, college basketball, MLB, and NBA schedule tables have a template. It might be something to look into.-UCO2009bluejay (talk) 00:09, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

Good point, I don't live in the US so I don't know exactly how it all works over there, but if a game listed to be on "FOX" doesn't necessarily mean people will find it on FOX depending on their location, I don't see any point in keeping the parameter in the tables at all.

Currently the TV parameter is removed when a team's season ends anyway. I don't mind network being included in game boxes as it doesn't really take up any space as commentators are listed anyway, but in my opinion, the TV column could and should be removed from the schedule tables. KristofferAG (talk) 08:49, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

I will 100% guarantee that they will be readded if we do not create a template for the column headings for the schedule tables. As I stated earlier, the NBA, MLB, and college sports have templates, the NFL projects needs to as well. Furthermore, the UFL, and CFL have different formats for the same sport. This is inconsistent and readers need to know what to expect when reading a page. Granted consistency has been a point of emphasis in WT:CFB for a long time, and I am more of a college sports fan/editor.-UCO2009bluejay (talk) 14:25, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

Why include them in the first place if they are not considered important enough to keep after a season? Doesn't this violate WP:NOTTVGUIDE anyway? ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 23:54, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

I support a standardized template as well for past and present seasons. The TV network and time parameters should not be included, largely per WP:NOTTVGUIDE. If anything, those parameters should be removed from the templates for college football and other sports. I will add that if there is consensus to keep TV information (which I oppose), streaming service should be used instead of local channels to match the format of games on network TV. For example, a Broncos-Giants game on CBS lists "CBS" on each schedule template rather than the Denver or New York CBS affiliate. Frank Anchor 16:18, 26 July 2024 (UTC)