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Welcome to this WikiProject related to basketball. Ever watched an NBA game? Seen your team lose or win? Ever played a game of street ball? Did you ever, or do you play basketball at the playground at school? This WikiProject is for you!

This page and its subpages contain suggestions on how to improve the articles on the subject. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page or write yourself up below as a partcipant.

There may be overlappings with the NBA WikiProject. But in any case, we would encourage our participants to collaborate with that specialized NBA WikiProject, which will further contribute to a better general coverage of all basketball on Wikipedia.

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[edit] Focus

To improve, create, and further the status of basketball-related articles, some possibly to FA status. Please remember to insert {{Basketball-WikiProject}} on all talk pages associated with this project.

This article is part of a WikiProject to improve Wikipedia's articles related to Basketball.
For guidelines see WikiProject Basketball and Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ.

[edit] Participants

[edit] Userbox

{{User Wikiproject Basketball}}

This user is a member of WikiProject Basketball.


[edit] Related WikiProjects

[edit] Goals

Guidelines are needed for Basketball-related articles, including:

  1. Teams (NBA, NBDL, International and the like)
    1. Team info (template)
    2. Team history (abridged)
      1. A separate link to detailed history, if it is appropriate
    3. Current roster (template)
    4. Retired numbers & Hall of Famers
    5. Links to more info (template)
    6. All-time team records
      1. Award winners & league leaders
      2. Team records
      3. Players of note (non-HoFers)
        1. Team's HoF
      4. Broadcasters
      5. Managers & ownership
      6. Post-season series
  2. Stadiums (history extending beyond basketball)
  3. Biographies (from players to managers to owners)
    • This seems to be a separate project
  4. NBA Finals
    1. Other postseason series (NBDL, International, etc.)
      1. Regular season playoffs
  5. Leagues & Divisions
  6. Defunct teams
  7. Defunct leagues
  8. Miscellaneous

Basketball-related articles on Wikipedia seem to be maintained well, but work is certainly needed.

[edit] To do

WikiProject Basketball To Do

 edit - history - watch - purge

Project related tasks

Article related tasks

  • The creation of standard infoboxes, for basketball related articles
  • Collaboration to bring one basketball related article to GA
  • Collaboration to bring one basketball related article to FA
  • Adding adequate references to the Wikipedia basketball page and Wikipedia streetball page both now under scrutiny for its lack of references as of June 2007)

[edit] General strategy and discussion forums

/General
/Strategy

[edit] Templates

[edit] NBA Teams

Conference Team Division
Eastern 76ers Atlantic
Eastern Celtics Atlantic
Eastern Knicks Atlantic
Eastern Nets Atlantic
Eastern Raptors Atlantic
Conference Team Division
Eastern Bucks Central
Eastern Bulls Central
Eastern Cavaliers Central
Eastern Pacers Central
Eastern Pistons Central
Conference Team Division
Eastern Bobcats Southeast
Eastern Hawks Southeast
Eastern Heat Southeast
Eastern Magic Southeast
Eastern Wizards Southeast
Conference Team Division
Western Jazz Northwest
Western Nuggets Northwest
Western Sonics Northwest
Western Timberwolves Northwest
Western Trail Blazers Northwest
Conference Team Division
Western Clippers Pacific
Western Kings Pacific
Western Lakers Pacific
Western Suns Pacific
Western Warriors Pacific
Conference Team Division
Western Grizzlies Southwest
Western Hornets Southwest
Western Mavericks Southwest
Western Rockets Southwest
Western Spurs Southwest

[edit] WNBA Teams

Conference Team
Eastern Atlanta
Eastern Chicago Sky
Eastern Connecticut Sun
Eastern Detroit Shock
Eastern Indiana Fever
Eastern New York Liberty
Eastern Washington Mystics
Conference Team
Western Houston Comets
Western Los Angeles Sparks
Western Minnesota Lynx
Western Phoenix Mercury
Western Sacramento Monarchs
Western San Antonio Silver Stars
Western Seattle Storm

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[edit] Areas of Interest

Basketball is a varied game. Thus the areas of interest of this WikiProject are mult-faceted and will include, amongst others:

  • Amateur Basketball including High School Basketball, Minor Basketball leagues, Recreational Basketball.
  • Community Basketball. This would include Ethnic Basketball (e.g. Chinese-American Basketball, South-Asian American Basketball etc), Religious-based basketball (Church leagues, Muslim Basketball leagues, Jewish Basketball etc), YMCA Basketball, Deaf Basketball, Soecial Olympics, GLBT Basketball, Prison Basketball, Military / Police Basketball, Midnight Basketball...
  • Country leagues and related national basketball teams (men, women, U21, U19, Juniors)
  • College Basketball including NCAA, NCAA1 , 2 , 3 , NAIA, JUCO
  • Developmental basketball pro-leagues (ABA, CBA, NBDL, many more..)
  • FIBA - International Basketball Federation including the continental federations (FIBA Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania), World Basketball Championships, Continental and Regional Basketball Championships (e.g. Adriatic league, pan-Arab Championships, Caribbean Championships...). Also to include basketball in the Olympics and in World Friendship Games
  • Streetball
  • Water Basketball
  • Wheelchair Basketball
  • Special attention to Womens Basketball

In addition to related subjects such as:

  • Basketball accessories: basketball uniforms, basketball equipment, apparel
  • Basketball associations (player associations, coaching associations, owners, writers / journalists..)
  • Basketball coaching, training, scouting / recruitment / basketball playing techniques / basketball science, basketball health issues
  • Basketball media: Radio, television, satellite, print newspapers and periodicals with concentration on specialized basketball or sports magazines
  • Basketball paraphernalia / shopping (including basketball books, basketball videos, basketball movies, basketball trophies, pennants, collecting cards, video games, arcade games, ...)
  • Fantasy Basketball
  • Gambling / Betting and Handicapping
  • Show Basketball (All Star Games, Slam Dunking, Basketball Cheerleading, Basketball dance groups, star basketball, charity basketball, entertainment basketball (like the Globe Trotters etc), acrobatic basketball, travelling basketball teams...)
  • History of basketball / basketball rules and regulations / museums

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