Sports Template‑class

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Sports, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of sport-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SportsWikipedia:WikiProject SportsTemplate:WikiProject Sportssports articles Template This template does not require a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. To-do list: history watch purge Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Requested articles (Sports) Requested articles (Association football) Requested articles (Association football women) Requested articles (Motor sports) Requested articles (Estonian sportspeople) Assess : newly added and existing articles, maybe nominate some good B-class articles for GA; independently assess some as A-class, regardless of GA status. Cleanup : * Sport governing body (this should-be-major article is in a shameful state) * Field hockey (History section needs sources and accurate information - very vague at the moment.) * Standardize Category:American college sports infobox templates to use same font size and spacing. * Sport in the United Kingdom - the Popularity section is incorrect and unsourced. Reliable data is required. * Fix project template and/or "to do list" Current version causes tables of content to be hidden unless/until reader chooses "show." Expand : Professional sports (crucial article explaining the salaried undertaking of sports) * Sport industry (currently a sub-stub) Photo : for pages listed in Category:Wikipedia requested images of sports and games and sub-categories. Stubs : work on articles in Category:Sports stubs Update : List of world sports championships Other : Translate the page of sport in each country from corresponding article in other language Wikipedia to English Wikipedia which was marked in red. Categorize: Gather all (major/ olympic) sports to be part of this project RfCs: answer requests for comment

College football Template‑class

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So there's obviously a disagreement about how to refer to "Northern Illinois University" on this template. The problem is, this isn't the only template/article that references the "NIU Huskies". This is a larger question that should be discussed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College football, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College basketball and probably Talk:Northern Illinois Huskies. There are many factors involved, most notable WP:COMMONNAME, which says articles should be named according to how they are commonly referenced. Based on my quick analysis, the only place that refers to the school as the "NIU Huskies" is the school itself. Other media outlets refer to it as "Northern Illinois Huskies". — X96lee15 ( talk) 18:52, 18 November 2014 (UTC) reply

Those have been my findings so far as well. ESPN, the Associated Press, and other media outlets consistently refer to it as "Northern Illinois". Heck, even on the Mid-American Conference website, while the small logo uses "NIU", the drop-down menu says "Northern Illinois". On televised sporting events, the score uses "N. Illinois". It's in marked contrast to Brigham Young University, which is consistently referred to as "BYU" over "Brigham Young". Perhaps at a future date "NIU" will be used more frequently, but that is not the case now. -- JonRidinger ( talk) 16:27, 19 November 2014 (UTC) reply