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Changes to the project banner

Hi! I have made some changes to the project banner in its sandbox version:

• I have changed the image to this, which is similar to logo I added here.
• I have also added a few new notes;
  1. Cricket articles with no associated task force - Now that there are new task forces, this category would be helpful to keep track of articles.
  2. Former FA-Class cricket articles - already exists; but added a visible note to it.
  3. Former FL-Class cricket articles - already exists; but added a visible note to it.
  4. Former GA-Class cricket articles - would be useful to keep track of former GA pages as well.
  5. Current cricket articles - would be useful to keep track of current competitions.
• Cricket Collaboration - planning to begin it from February 2025.

Others, please let me know what your thoughts about this are... Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 11:44, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Also, why is the to do list on a talk page, instead of a project page...? Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 11:53, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

@AssociateAffiliate, Bearian, Jhall1, Joseph2302, Jpeeling, ReturnDuane, and Spike 'em: or anyone else: what are your thoughts about this... Vestrian24Bio 02:55, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

I have no opinion. Bearian (talk) 02:56, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Where was this image originally published?

Where was this image of James Lillywhite's 1876-77 touring team originally published? I can't seem to find where it originally came from, anyone have any ideas? Taking Southerton to FA and will inevitably be quizzed who the original publisher was! AA (talk) 00:49, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

That's a difficult one but I would guess it was taken at Lord's, and so it may have been commissioned by MCC. I see it was uploaded to WP from Reddit, but there's no certainty it was ever published in print. Reddit might have obtained it as part of a collection. It is definitely public domain, though. Good luck. ReturnDuane (talk) 01:31, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi, @AssociateAffiliate: by chance, I've seen the photo on page 13 of David Frith's England versus Australia compendium (published 2007 by Penguin). The caption gives the names of the players, plus A. Hogben (described as "tour financier", and looking decidedly shifty with the camera on him!). There are over 1,300 images in the book and David acknowledges a vast list of sources on page 4. A few exceptions apart, none of the 19th Century images including this one can be acknowledged, and David provides a caveat about them, saying: "All other illustrations are from the author's private collection of photographs, scrapbooks, postcards, cigarette cards, prints, books, and relics".

Which leaves us none the wiser, except that David obviously found, or even purchased, the photo somewhere and, as there was no copyright on it by 2007, decided to use it in his book. It does facilitate things for you, though, should anyone ask about it, because you can cite it as public domain and published by David in 2007. ReturnDuane (talk) 15:21, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Geoffrey Boycott

Geoffrey Boycott has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 23:48, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

Move

Hello everyone. I just wanted to ask if I should move English cricket team in India in 2024–25 to English cricket team in India in 2025. All the matches are in 2025, so it seems weird for 2024 to be there. I just wanted to ask if it's supposed to be like this TNM101 (chat) 14:54, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

It is taking place during the 2024-25 cricket season, which has long been the convention in naming such articles. Spike 'em (talk) 15:38, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, never knew of this TNM101 (chat) 16:04, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Cricket seasons for tours, years for tournaments. Vestrian24Bio 16:10, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Got it TNM101 (chat) 16:11, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

I have redirected said page to avoid confusion - we do tend to get redirects for such instances, albeit not always. Spa-Franks (talk) 12:17, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

Note

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Csknp

(sock deserving ban) 93.140.145.117 (talk) 11:21, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Bob Willis

Hi - Can any one find books or offline coverage where Bob Willis's five-wicket hauls are covered, even partially? Gheus (talk) 20:39, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

CricketArchive workaround

As well as the escape key trick, it is possible to view pages on CricketArchive by other means. It seems any player / match / stats list is available via another domain (in basic form). If you have a link of the format cricketarchive.com/Archive/* then you can see the same page by going to stats.acscricket/Archive/*.

As an example if you wanted to view this random match (which may involve a member of this project!) https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/436/436049.html you can instead go to https://stats.acscricket.com/Archive/Scorecards/436/436049.html

Similarly for players, instead of https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4263/4263.html try https://stats.acscricket.com/Archive/Players/4/4263/4263.html

It's particulary useful if you need / want to navigate aroud a player's stats / matches, removing the need for constant escaping.

We could also look into replacing any such links on pages, which would be a lot easier than trying to find alternative sources, as was suggested recently

Disclaimer : You could also just pay for a subscription! Spike 'em (talk) 10:00, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

It's useful, but would it work for all links... Vestrian24Bio 10:18, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

It has worked for everything I've checked, and it uses the same database. From ACS page : The Records Section draws on the unmatched database held by CricketArchive, and clicking on the name of a player or match will take you directly to the relevant page on CricketArchive. The ACS is pleased to acknowledge the support of CricketArchive for the Records Section. Spike 'em (talk) 10:59, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

That's really good. Vestrian24Bio 11:02, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Wellingborough

Main page: User talk:KJP1/sandbox10-DoB § Hatton Park

• Hatton Park, Wellingborough (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
• Hatton Park (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I have bad news for you, cricketists. Hatton Park, Wellingborough is not dead, and isn't just a cricket ground. And in the meantime an editor who has been giving Wikipedia a load of fake suburbs has created a fake suburb from a source that was about a match at the cricket ground. Uncle G (talk) 02:46, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

Interested in joining WP:Cricket (from America, even!), but asking for a favor first...

Hi. I've long wanted to edit cricket articles here on WP, due to a supposedly "closeted" love for the sport from across "the pond", but I'm really disappointed in the fact that I can't read the portal's front page (and the summary box on the talk page) at all in dark mode, and even when I highlight the text, it is very hard to read. Only Wikilinks are readily visible in it so far, but not the contexts for them. Anyway, is it possible to come up with a dark mode-friendly color scheme for this portal? -- JustJamie820 (talk) 03:10, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

front page appears fine on webview, not sure about the mobile view though. Vestrian24Bio 06:25, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

Vestrian24Bio they are referring to Wikipedia:Dark mode settings, where the background is black. Not sure how other places on Wiki make pages dark mode accessible, so imagine this is a wider issue. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:14, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

Although JustJamie820 what problem with the page are you having? I tried dark mode on my phone and all the text is white so readable. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:20, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

I am aware of Wikipedia:Dark mode Joseph, but I don't see what's the problem with it. Vestrian24Bio 11:49, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

Both on mobile and on my computer, the text is black (or really dark gray) and the background is black. When I highlight the black/dark gray text on my computer, it is a dark blue, which is only marginally better. An important note is that, on mobile, I am not logged into my account. Also important is that I use Mozilla Firefox in both places, in case it's more of a browser issue than anything else.-- JustJamie820 (talk) 19:35, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

The text below the summary box on this page is fine, by the way. Everything in that box, except for wikilinks, is black on black. -- JustJamie820 (talk) 01:32, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Here's the problem: The backgrounds for WP:Cricket are all transparent. If it has any background color, the text will be visible. Even a black background works because it changes to white in dark mode. -- JustJamie820 (talk) 06:07, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

@JustJamie820: I just checked it on four platforms (Windows, Linux, Android browser & app), text in the portal page appears in white color in all of them. Vestrian24Bio 11:31, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Conversely, when I checked three browsers through Windows, Firefox, Edge, and Chrome, the text is black. With the latter two, I'm checking without signing in. If it's white on your end, what am I doing wrong? -- JustJamie820 (talk) 20:18, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

@Vestrian24Bio, @Joseph2302: Rather than the back and forth of "My text is black" and "My text is white", I think I REALLY know what's happening. You're likely using the Dark Mode gadget, which I noticed DOES flip the text color from black to white and keeps the black background. I use the Dark Mode setting that the appearances section has (it's the icon that looks like a pair of spectacles/glasses), which keeps the text black on a black background. I hope this makes sense. All I know is that I don't want to argue about this anymore; I am not a fan of doing so. -- JustJamie820 (talk) 04:46, 3 February 2025 (UTC) (P.S. Joseph, I hope you don't mind me pinging you on this.)