Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Football League

Quick roster navbox question

Per this edit, I think listing the practice squad above the inactive list makes more sense since PS players still practice with the active roster and can be called up to play in games. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 13:45, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Unless we want to be hierarchical. Reserve list players are earning full salary? —Bagumba (talk) 13:49, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

I don't necessarily object to Dissident's proposal, but this is also what I was mulling over. IR players are, in a sense, more officially and statically part of the team typically.

I've been looking at rosters a lot this last week. For what it's worth, practice squad players are listed below those on the reserve list. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:52, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

It's always been that way but recent PS rule changes have put more importance on it. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 14:01, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

I'm not up on rule changes, so I don't have an informed opinion either way. —Bagumba (talk) 07:34, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Since 2020, it has been expanded from 10 to 16, up to six veterans can now be signed to it, and teams are able to call up two PS players on game day up to three times a season. When these navboxes were created, the PS was for players with two or fewer accrued seasons and they could only be added to the active roster if a corresponding move was made (like any signing). ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 14:28, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

I would be in favor of this. I had reverted a couple edits doing this but after seeing it discussed here and previewing it I think it looks good. I do agree there is a bit more emphasis on the practice squad and its importance now more than ever so I'd be in favor of the change. My only con to changing it is the main roster page lists reserves first then practice squad, which is why I reverted in the first place to follow that same format. So if we make the change to one I think it may be beneficial to do the other for continuity's sake. Jrooster49 (talk) 04:05, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Relevant to the topic, but I also don't think we need to add the elevated PS players to the active roster since they revert back following the game. It just adds additional maintenance (up to 64 possible transactions a week) that people usually forget to change back. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 23:54, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Template talk:Infobox American football game#Proposal changes to Infobox

I would appreciate some input in the above referenced section for the template {{Infobox American football game}}, which is heavily utilized by this WikiProject. Thank you. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 16:24, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Source Request

Has anyone come across a good source that explains how taking part in preseason games, being on a practice squad, etc does not contribute to being on a team's all-time roster? « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:24, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

FWIW, the 49ers media guide has separate listings of "All-Time Roster" and "All-Time Practice Squad Roster". —Bagumba (talk) 14:48, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Bagumba, thank you so much! I checked the Packers' media guide and it includes Players who have played in at least one regular-season or playoff game with the Packers; list includes years and regular-season games played. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:29, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Help requested for article creation

So I've done extensive research for good sources to create an "Uprights" article at Draft:Uprights, but I think I'm hitting major writer's block, and thus having trouble actually fleshing out the prose. If there's anyone in this project who's interested, please feel free to expand it using the many references attached (or any other sources you can find), it would be much appreciated. You can move it to mainspace whenever without having to ask or notify me, there's no WP:OWNERSHIP. Left guide (talk) 09:26, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Left guide, this topic seems to already covered at Goal (sports)#Gridiron football. I would recommend improving that section and maybe creating a redirect for Uprights to that section. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:29, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, it seems too minor enough to stand as an independent article. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 22:09, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

@Gonzo fan2007 and Dissident93: I appreciate the feedback. Honestly though, I respectfully disagree because from researching the sources, at least a few of them go into in-depth detail on the design, construction, assembly, and installation of the uprights, which seems too tangential and off-topic for other existing articles which are mainly focused on football rules and gameplay. Hopefully, the writer's block will go away soon. :( Left guide (talk) 23:10, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

You might also find SIGCOV discussing the evolution of the goal posts -- which have changed significantly (both in configuration and location) over the history of the game. One question, though: Is "uprights" the formal/common name? I'd generally thought of them as goal posts. Cbl62 (talk) 02:16, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

@Cbl62: Well some of the sources I researched discussed that too, but that seems at least somewhat replicated by other already-existing articles. I'm mainly hoping to fill in holes or gaps in the encyclopedia, particularly for aspects that seem beyond the scope of existing articles (such as engineering, construction, assembly). Feel free to examine the sources if you haven't already and I think you'll see what I mean. As to your question, both terms seem used, maybe it varies by region. My main reason for preferring "uprights" is that it seems like more of a unique and distinguishing term for gridiron football, whereas "goal posts" seems more widely-used in other sports (i.e. soccer, hockey, etc.) and therefore more ambiguous. Left guide (talk) 02:59, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Per WP:COMMONNAME, the article should be based on the common name. You should do some sampling to see which is, in fact, most common. If that leads to "goal posts", the new page could be disambiguated with a "gridiron football" qualifier. Cbl62 (talk) 03:12, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

High school stats table

So for players that set state/national high school records, would a stats table still be considered too trivial to include? I ask because I've never seen such a thing in over a decade editing player articles. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 22:08, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for 1920 Buffalo All-Americans season

1920 Buffalo All-Americans season has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 17:58, 25 September 2024 (UTC)