Help:Adding a page for a person
From SABR Encyclopedia
You will not need to add a person page very often, and if your research is limited to professional players, you never will. However, if you are researching executives, college coaches, broadcasters, or other people involved in baseballl who did not play, you may need to create a page.
The next step is to ensure that the person does not already have a page. You should search for the player's use name, along with variations, and for last name only, in case a page exists with a variant first name that you couldn't anticipate - if one does, you would be much better off renaming the page than creating a second.
For example, if you wished to create a page for Kenesaw Mountain Landis, it would be best to try all of these search terms, to be safe:
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- Kenesaw Landis
- Judge Landis
- Mountain Landis
- Landis
The next step is to actually create the page. To do this, type the name for the page into the search box (this should be the person's use name, for example Kenesaw Mountain Landis). You will see a screen like the one below, and you should click on the section that is highlighted in that image - it will lead you to a form to create the new page.
To create the page in the standard form, just enter (or copy and paste) the following text, scroll down, and press "Save page":
{{person-page}}
That will take you to the page, which will look like the image at right.
You can then click the links to create an infobox (with vital details) and a page text (with narrative) for the person. The process for editing infoboxes and narratives is in the process of becoming more structured, but will be described on this page when it is complete.
