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Baseball Encyclopedia Project Update (April 7, 2007)

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by user False Prophet

So, this would be a lockerroom, but Dan said I should write this as an opinion so I am. Well, a while back, Dan and I set up a Baseball Encyclopedia. Well, actually, Dan set it up, and then I ran with it. I started setting up ideas for articles beyond the baseball guide. I got people interested, and then nagged politely asked people to work on articles for their teams. That was about three weeks ago, and here's the first update:

the following Users volunteered to work on a team and did so, and reported back to me:

  • False Prophet (Minnesota Twins)
  • DNL (That other New York team)
  • Bball3345 (Why would anyone be a fan of these guys?)
  • Sasha (Arizona Diamondbacks)
  • Tylersalt (Boston Red Sox)

Congratulations to all of you for your work, and keep it up!

The following Users should be booed for volunteering without working:

  • The Beast (the Anaheim Angels of the Los Angeles area of Southern California...)
  • You'd think that he'd be able to do something now that he's retired from his real job...] (Tampa Bay Devil Rays)
  • Kelsdad and JB82 (New York Yankees)

And the following user(s) can start to get to work but I'm giving a free pass because they're new to the project:

  • MECU

Here are the things anyone interested and participating should do:

  1. go to Adopt a Team and sign you name by doing ** ~~~ under your teams name
  2. then get to work on player articles. At least put the infobox and fill it in. If you want to give the player a bio, copy it from Wikipedia. It's legal, despite what Alex tells you, but I'd prefer if you didn't. Idealy, every article written would be written by a sports fan knowledgeable about the player for anothe sports fan that knows enough about baseball so you don't need to explain every friggen baseball term to them, and has a scouting report.
  3. then go to User:False Prophet/Desk and follow the instructions their to update what you're doing so I can give you credit in each update.

Things to help you get started:

  • When starting an article that has a red link to begin with (i.e. a page that doesn't exist), use this form.
  • use MLB.com and ESPN.com for stats and bio information for players

So find your team and get working!


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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
970 days ago
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Hold on a minute. It *is* illegal. You can't just copy and paste it. I don't think you'd want to anyway, though, we can come up with better stuff then them. I don't know exactly where the source is, but read the GDFL. I think you just need to copy and paste the history page though, so it isn't any hardship to select all of the history and do a copy and paste job (paste it onto the talk page). The Beast has owed me a F1 race report too for ages but shows no current sign on progress.
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False ProphetAll-Star
970 days ago
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no it isn't. I gave you the link from wikipedia. We share the same liscence with them. The friggen point of wikipedia is that it is a free content encyclopedia that allows anyone to use their material. "Text in Wikipedia, excluding quotations, has been released under the GNU Free Documentation License (or is in the public domain), and can therefore be reused only if you release any derived work under the GFDL."
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False ProphetAll-Star
970 days ago
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or just attribute the version. But, again, you can copy wikipedia
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Davis21wylieMVP
970 days ago
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You can copy and paste as long as you link back to the Wikipedia page you copied from. Wikipedia:Copyrights
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False ProphetAll-Star
970 days ago
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exactly. the free in wikipedia's slogan doesn't mean free to be edited, it means freedom to use/distribute/copy
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MECUVarsity
970 days ago
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Be sure to link to the version of the page you take from, and not just the page. There is quite a difference. On the left of your screen, there should be a link that says "Permanent link". Use that link (right click and copy link or click and copy from the URL bar) to link back to Wikipedia.
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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
969 days ago
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Precisely. That's all I meant. You can copy and paste stuff, just:

a) Don't make it obvious
b) Link back to it

Besides, we can come up with stuff 10 times better than what Wikipedia can.
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KelsdadAll-Star
970 days ago
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Geez, you guys are a tough bunch. The season's a week old and already I'm getting called out? And game recaps do count as work, FYI.
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False ProphetAll-Star
970 days ago
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then report what you did to User:False Prophet/Desk and I'll move you to the appraisal list
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Angels FanJV Squad
970 days ago
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This is the reason I keep my plans to myself :-) I have too many other things I am responsible for that I can not be blasted for missing a deadline for an article on an entertaining diversion. I'll help where I can, but I am not in a position to be responsible for anything right now.
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Davis21wylieMVP
970 days ago
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^What he said.
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False ProphetAll-Star
970 days ago
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davis, you do stuff without writing for a team so it doesn't matter. The idea isn't to force anything, just to get people to write bios and informative articles. Angels fan: again, it's not about neceesarily signing up and working on it all the time, it's about doing it
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Angels FanJV Squad
969 days ago
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Well, I'll keep doing what I'm doing for as long as I can. If it fits the bill - cool. I think it would be great to fill in all the blanks too, I just have a fear of commitment.
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PeanMajor Leaguer
970 days ago
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there has been a ton of great game recaps so far
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False ProphetAll-Star
970 days ago
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If people write game recaps, they should create a category for their recaps and then link to the category. I only accredit people for what was on Head Scout when I published this and what people have reported on my desk for the project
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
970 days ago
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Interesting tactic. Somehow I don't think this is going to motivate me... in fact, yawn; It might do the exact oppo.
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Davis21wylieMVP
970 days ago
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^What he said.
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False ProphetAll-Star
970 days ago
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Booooo!!!!! Come on ManRays, you've got nothing better to do...
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Davis21wylieMVP
970 days ago
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That may actually be true.
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DNLLegend
970 days ago
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The #1 user can't even write a bio for Delmon Young... sad :(
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False ProphetAll-Star
970 days ago
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^ what he said
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
970 days ago
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^^ what I said. I'll write a bio for him after I meet and interview him. Otherwise, giving me the "deadline treatment" is the best way to ensure the deadline doesn't get met...
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