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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> | ||
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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. | ||
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To find information a player, just enter their name (full name or surname) 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. | ||
- | 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 | + | 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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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. | 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 | + | * [[Help:Introduction to editing in the Encyclopedia|Introduction to editing]] – Information about the editing process and editorial review (text or screencast video). |
* Projects: | * 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. | ** [[Help:Writing about a person|Short bios]] – Brief narratives about players; a non-technical research project good for those who know some players well. | ||
** [[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: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. | ** [[Help:Formatting collegiate baseball articles|Collegiate Baseball]] – Integrating existing research into the encyclopedia; a technical project of organization good for those comfortable with wikitext. | ||
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+ | ** [[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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