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<big>'''Welcome to the development site for the SABR Baseball Encyclopedia project'''</big> | <big>'''Welcome to the development site for the SABR Baseball Encyclopedia project'''</big> | ||
| - | Currently featuring articles about {{ | + | Currently featuring articles about {{#ask: [[person-name-last::+]] | format=count}} people, {{#ask: [[league-key-sabr::+]] | format=count}} league-seasons, {{#ask: [[team-key-sabr::+]] | format=count}} team-seasons, and {{#ask: [[park-name::+]] | format=count}} ballparks. |
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Since the Encyclopedia is still in development, it is more of a '''project''' than a '''resource'''. If you are interested in doing research and helping build the Encyclopedia into a more valuable resource, you can get started with one of the projects listed on the right. | Since the Encyclopedia is still in development, it is more of a '''project''' than a '''resource'''. If you are interested in doing research and helping build the Encyclopedia into a more valuable resource, you can get started with one of the projects listed on the right. | ||
| - | If you are here to use the Encyclopedia as a research resource, you will find that it offers approximately the same information on professional players as the old SABR Encyclopedia | + | If you are here to use the Encyclopedia as a research resource, you will find that it offers approximately the same (or more) information on professional players as the old SABR Encyclopedia. Currently, this includes: |
| - | * Pete Palmer database statistics for | + | * Playing statistics for Major Leaguers from Pete Palmer's database |
| - | + | * Playing statistics for minor leaguers from the [http://research.sabr.org/minors/historical-statistics/about-statistics SABR Minor League Statistics Project] (as available) | |
| - | * Pictorial History records for | + | * Pictorial History records for Major Leaguers |
* Links to other SABR research on players (in development) | * Links to other SABR research on players (in development) | ||
| - | To find information a player, just enter their name into the search box at left and hit enter. | + | To find information a player, just enter their name (full name or surname) into the search box at left and hit enter. |
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| + | For a quick example of how most articles look now (unfinished), see [[Warren Spahn]]. For an example of a well-developed article, see [[Grady Sizemore]]. | ||
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| + | Sabrpedia.org also features research from the '''Collegiate Baseball Committee'''. Much of the research has not been fully integrated into the Encyclopedia (this is a [[Help:Formatting collegiate baseball articles|project in progress]]), but the information is there and may be useful to you. | ||
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| + | You can browse college information using [[:Category:Colleges]] or enter the name of a college in the search box and hit enter. | ||
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| - | ! style="background-color: # | + | ! style="background-color: #A7D2C5;" | Getting involved |
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| - | * [[Help: | + | If you would like to get involved in building the Encyclopedia, there are three well-defined projects that you can start with immediately. Start by watching or reading the general guide to the editing process, then look at the projects below. |
| - | * [[ | + | * [[Help:Introduction to editing in the Encyclopedia|Introduction to editing]] – Information about the editing process and editorial review (text or screencast video). |
| - | * [[ | + | * Projects: |
| - | * [[ | + | ** [[Help:Writing about a person|Short bios]] – Brief narratives about players; a non-technical research project good for those who know some players well. |
| - | * [[SABR Encyclopedia:Known issues]] | + | ** [[Help:Adding pictures to articles|Pictures]] – Uploading pictures and connecting them with their subjects; a mildly technical project good for those who like pictorial research. |
| - | + | ** [[Help:Formatting collegiate baseball articles|Collegiate Baseball]] – Integrating existing research into the encyclopedia; a technical project of organization good for those comfortable with wikitext. | |
| + | * Other things to know: | ||
| + | ** [[Help:Contents|Help]] – Index of all help pages (this link is at the left of every page) | ||
| + | ** [[SABR Encyclopedia:Known issues|Known Issues]] – Technical and organizational problems in the Encyclopedia that are known to the design team. | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:07, 30 November 2009
Welcome to the development site for the SABR Baseball Encyclopedia project
Currently featuring articles about 179781 people, 4976 league-seasons, 31871 team-seasons, and 681 ballparks.
| Things to see |
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Since the Encyclopedia is still in development, it is more of a project than a resource. If you are interested in doing research and helping build the Encyclopedia into a more valuable resource, you can get started with one of the projects listed on the right. If you are here to use the Encyclopedia as a research resource, you will find that it offers approximately the same (or more) information on professional players as the old SABR Encyclopedia. Currently, this includes:
To find information a player, just enter their name (full name or surname) into the search box at left and hit enter. For a quick example of how most articles look now (unfinished), see Warren Spahn. For an example of a well-developed article, see Grady Sizemore.
You can browse college information using Category:Colleges or enter the name of a college in the search box and hit enter. |
| Getting involved |
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If you would like to get involved in building the Encyclopedia, there are three well-defined projects that you can start with immediately. Start by watching or reading the general guide to the editing process, then look at the projects below.
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