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Thanks. — Headbomb {_{κοντριβς} – WP Physics} 09:20, 15 March, 2009 (UTC)

ELA page rename

Current discussion at Talk:English Lacrosse Association about moving the page from the current title to Lacrosse in England or Lacrosse in the United Kingdom. Overall, I think the question raised here could be raised of all of the WP:Lax international pages. Should articles be organized as "Lacrosse in ...." or by international governing bodies? Opinions wanted. Thanks, Mitico (talk) 11:39, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

The switch for MLL Team (Infobox) templates

User:Rw mcfarland has apparently edited all of the MLL teams to switch from the former {{MLL Team Infobox}} template to his or her newer {{MLL Team}} template via several changes made back in late August, 2008. This project page still recommends the former not the latter. You active WP:LAX project members may want to decide which infobox you prefer and make some adjustments (either edit this project page to agree with mcfarland (and perhaps also delete the older obsolete template), or edit all the teams' articles to switch back to the older template (and request the deletion of the newer template)). I recently edited the newer MLL Team template to add back in the |website= parameter that had been omitted from it. The omission had left the website url on all team pages undisplayed (until just recently). I hope that helps you out. 67.86.75.57 (talk) 23:52, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

I have re-written {{MLL Team Infobox}} using {{infobox}}. All the parameters are exactly the same as {{MLL Team}} and I made {{MLL Team}} a redirect to {{MLL Team Infobox}} so everything is done and taken care of. --Yarnalgo _{talk to me} 06:12, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Game logs on season pages

This was mentioned a couple of months ago: on the project talk page and I'm finally getting around to making the change. I've put a sample log in my sandbox for the 2005 Toronto Rock. It is more explicit with the score (highest score is always listed first, but there's a "W" or "L", only the opponent is listed (with '@' if it's an away game), and the goalie is no longer listed. Let me know what you think. --MrBoo (talk, contribs) 14:47, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Looks great. When comparing side by side, your sandbox version looks a lot cleaner and easier to read. As stated by you & JC in the initial discussion, the GK decision section doesn't seem necessary. Looking at the NHL logs, I think they are way to busy. Only thing I would consider in the future is adding a "Recap" or reference column for each game. For now, the general pointstreak reference is fine. -Mitico (talk) 15:10, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

I added a boxscore column with links to each game, but I'm not sure I like it. Same place. Comments or suggestions? --MrBoo (talk, contribs) 15:54, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

• I see you updated the Game logs. They look good. Figured I would just come back and comment. I believe my suggestion for a reference column with boxscore was flawed. Looking at other leagues game-logs - they have this column. Adding this column I thought would increase the verifiability of the log - as it does for others leagues. However, the NLL logs have a general reference in the header that links to the same information. My suggestion would have only added to the appearance of verifiability, not actual increase it. So I think the changes are right on. Thanks. Mitico (talk) 20:28, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Excellent job on the Game Logs. I meant to follow through with it when I brought up the initial conversion but my time has been few and far between lately. Again, great work!! Jc121383 (talk) 14:30, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of {{Pro lacrosse team}}

{{Pro lacrosse team}} has been nominated for deletion because it is redundant to {{MLL Team Infobox}} and {{NLL Team Infobox}} and is unused. Discussion is here. --Yarnalgo _{talk to me} 19:07, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Infobox template for NCAA teams

Currently, there's no infobox template really suited for college lacrosse teams (like there is for basketball and football). At present, the few college team articles use a template for association football (soccer), which isn't ideal since it uses British English words and links to football-specific things. I don't have the technical knowledge of template syntax to do it myself at the moment. Is there anyone with the know-how who would be interested in making an infobox template specifically for college lacrosse teams? Strikehold (talk) 03:51, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Sure I'll make it. Give me a little bit (might actually be tomorrow). --Yarnalgo _{talk to me} 06:28, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Great! The college soccer infobox template is actually not too bad for our purposes, and with a few tweaks it could be used as a starting point for a lax-specific template. Maybe add two more NCAA tournament fields for NCAA quarterfinals and semifinals, and a non-tournament championship field for years predating the NCAA tournament (Wingate Trophy, etc.). Also, if anyone knows how to do it, if there's a way to change the uniform to get rid of the socks and maybe add a helmet/gloves it'd be perfectly suited for lacrosse teams. Strikehold (talk) 22:15, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

 Done as a functional infobox but more can be done: {{Infobox College Lacrosse Team}}. I'm pretty sure it uses most of the same parameters as the soccer one but make sure and check when you are switching. Also, I've only seen the uniform thing on the soccer templates and I don't think it really works well for lacrosse. --Yarnalgo _{talk to me} 03:36, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

That was quick, looks good. Nice work. Any thoughts on possibly adding fields for pre-NCAA tourney championships and NCAA quarter/semifinals (such as in the basketball one)? Strikehold (talk) 16:00, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

 Done. For the pre-NCAA, I only added the Wingate Trophy. Was there a different award/tournament? If there is I can change it to the generic "pre-NCAA" type thing the basketball one has. --Yarnalgo _{talk to me} 22:50, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

The USILA recognizes pre-Wingate championships (I think as early as 1881), so I went ahead and tweaked it to a generic "pre-NCAA champions". Strikehold (talk) 23:50, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Sounds good. --Yarnalgo _{talk to me} 23:58, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

NCAA Results error

I saw that Syracuse is listed as the champion for the year in 1990. Althought they defeeated Loyola in the finals, the title was taken away by the NCAA for rule violations (to be euphemistic). I believe that the actual champion that year was Loyola, the runner-up. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/NCAA_Men%27s_Lacrosse_Championship for verification from NCAA. Hkerfoot (talk) 22:12, 26 May 2009 (UTC)HK

Not according to the NCAA. If you find a valid reference, I would be interested. Mitico (talk) 23:15, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

{{Current sport}} now lacrosse-compatible

{{Current sport}} and {{future sport}} are now lacrosse compatible which means if you write {{current sport|sport=lacrosse}}, it will display as:

This article documents a current sporting event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. Initial news reports, scores, or statistics may be unreliable. The last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. Please feel free to improve this article (but note that updates without valid and reliable references will be removed) or discuss changes on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Going further, you can write {{current sport|event=lacrosse-related event|sport=lacrosse}} which will display as:

This article documents a current lacrosse-related event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. Initial news reports, scores, or statistics may be unreliable. The last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. Please feel free to improve this article (but note that updates without valid and reliable references will be removed) or discuss changes on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove this message)

All the same applies to {{future sport}}. --Yarnalgo _{talk to me} 19:31, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Are there enough articles on this subject to justify an Outline of lacrosse?

Here's a discussion about subject development you might find interesting.

The Transhumanist    23:53, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

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