Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Good article drive

Welcome to a proposal to have a good article drive in the baseball WikiProject proposed in March 2013 by Go Phightins!.

Timeline

• March 25, 2013 - April 15, 2013: Interested editors sign up and determine which articles should be targeted for improvement.
• April 16, 2013 - June 15, 2013: Project members improve designated articles with the hope being that as many as possible attain GA status.
• June 16, 2013 - July 15, 2013: The GA review period - though editors may certainly nominate articles as they are ready, this thirty day period is designated for nominating articles and completing the review process. Ideally, the project has enough help involved that one editor can remain uninvolved and serve as the reviewer. If not, additional help can be solicited from other baseball editors or can wait through the normal course of the GAN process.
• July 16 - July 20, 2013: Involved editors are awarded a barnstar for their participation and the encyclopedia reaps the rewards having up to 60 new baseball good articles.

Background and reason for proposal

I have been a member of the baseball WikiProject for probably about a year and with the exception of Baseball Mountain, which is a good project but sources can be a little more difficult to find, I have not seen much organized collaboration among baseball editors in article space. Such collaboration would be good for us as editors, for the baseball wiki-project, and for the encyclopedia as a whole. The reason I have targeted younger players (entering seasons 1-3 in 2013) is that it is these players whom casual fans often know the least about and whom they would probably like to learn more about, especially ones playing in their division. As this new season dawns, there are sure to be breakout seasons by younger guys; in 2012 we saw the likes of Bryce Harper, Lucas Duda, and Mike Trout come out of either nowhere or at the least come as top prospects out of the minor leagues. Therefore, I think collaborating as a project to improve an article like Lonnie Chisenhall or Danny Duffy would be of great benefit.

Editors Interested

• If you are interested in helping with this project, please sign below and if you are interested in helping with coordination, please note that also.

1. Go Phightins! - as proposer, will certainly help coordinate
2. EricEnfermero ^Howdy! Sure thing. Most of my baseball contributions have not involved active players. I'm looking forward to helping with this aspect.
3. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) I'm not really interested in a bunch of GA runs, but I might be able to help take some of the more barebones articles to DYK to provide some groundwork for others.
4. Dewelar (talk) 23:08, 25 March 2013 (UTC) I'll do what I can when I have time.
5. Astros4477 (Talk) 02:30, 26 March 2013 (UTC) Count me in.
6. Wizardman 19:11, 28 March 2013 (UTC) I generally don't touch active players (too dynamic obviously) but I'll try to tackle it.
7. öBrambleberry of RiverClan 15:57, 1 April 2013 (UTC) Sounds like a job for a WikiPuma.

Reward scheme

I propose an informal "scoring process" similar to the WikiCup, just not as intense. My thoughts:

• Good article - 25 points (can be divided among any number of editors who are involved)
• Featured article - 100 points (FA far exceeds the goal, hence the greater number of points)
• Did you know 5x expansion - 15 points
• Good article or DYK review - 5 points

Obviously, scoring shouldn't be the primary goal...that would be improving the coverage, but I figure the top two or so can get a barnstar of some kind.

Article candidates

• As mentioned, I think that having two designated players from each team would be a good idea, but it's not about me; it's about what the project wants to do, so if you have alternate suggestions, please let me know.
• Feel free to add your signature next to articles on which you plan to work. More than one editor can sign up for an article; the more collaboration the better!