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Very Few Michigan Players on Wikipedia: Help fix this

By slaunius — September 10th, 2009 at 12:04 PM — 11 comments
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As we climb back into the upper ranks of college football, we will need to conquer many realms.  Today, we take on a new frontier:

WIKIPEDIA.

I did a check of big names, and very few current Michigan players have pages  While Zoltan Mesko, Kevin Grady, and Donovan Warren do have their own pages, Brandon Graham, Tate Forcier, and Brandon Minor (to name a few) do not.  This is extremely disappointing. An article did previously exist on Tate Forcier, but it was deleted (via an A7 speedy deletion), as he was not deemed "notable".
Wikipedia's guidelines dictate that that Wikipedia articles should only be created for "notable" persons, and that the articles should require "no original research.  From the section regarding what qualifies as "notable":
If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article.
I would say a number of current Michigan players fit these requirements. Unfortunately, my article-creation skills are...well, amateur at best.  I need your help.
Anyone who has any experience editing/creating Wikipedia articles, or just with basic HTML, please help represent Michigan players on the site, and create informative, well-sourced.  I started a brief article on Tate Forcier, but it's really nothing more that a placeholder - please help expand it.

Certainly not every member of the team merits a page, but consider adding/editing an article for:

  • Brandon Graham  
  • Brandon Minor  
  • Carlos Brown  
  • Greg Mathews  
  • Denard Robinson  
  • Nick Sheridan  
  • Boubacar Cissoko  
  • Obi Ezeh  
  • Junior Hemingway  

I think all those players should have pages, and probably several others.  Don't go overboard (eg., I'm not sure Freshman PK Seth Broekhuizen should have a page just yet), but any effort you would be willing to put in would be greatly appreciated by me, and probably many other members of this community.

Good sources include: MGoBlue, Scout, Rivals, any newspaper articles (lolz), and of course, good old-fashioned Google-stalking.
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September 10th, 2009 at 12:15 PM
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goblizzle
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I have utmost faith in the Mgoblog community

to do these updates but let's try and not just make Sheridan's wiki page:

death.

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September 10th, 2009 at 4:54 PM
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A picture of the grim reaper

A picture of the grim reaper is the first thing that crossed my mind. Nick Sheridan does not deserve a wiki page at this point in time, but perhaps one day when he becomes the 'coach' that so many think he will.

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September 10th, 2009 at 2:30 PM
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You, my friend...

...have too much time on your hands. (Even by "I spend 2 hours a day on Mgoblog" standards.)

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September 10th, 2009 at 3:11 PM
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jmblue
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Honestly, why bother? Pretty

Honestly, why bother? Pretty much the only people who are going to want to visit these pages are Michigan fans who already know about them.

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September 10th, 2009 at 3:33 PM
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MGoWiki

I've been tossing this idea around: I think Michigan needs its own hosted wiki, like an MGoWiki. How can we make this happen?

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September 10th, 2009 at 4:00 PM
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Not notable?

Abraham Lincoln wasn't 13 of 20 for 179 yards and three touchdowns vs. Western Michigan.

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September 10th, 2009 at 4:30 PM
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Wikipedia has separate

Wikipedia has separate guidelines for notability decided by particular Wiki projects. The guidelines for college football are listed here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_College_football/Nota...

I'd argue that, barring a change to current consensus, the best thing to do would be to only create articles for players that you can prove have won major awards... like Zoltan.

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September 10th, 2009 at 4:40 PM
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slaunius
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Guidelines meant to apply to former players

Those guidelines are meant mostly for former/historic players - there's no consensus on how to deal with current or recent players.

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September 10th, 2009 at 4:54 PM
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This is a job for the SID

This is a job for the SID

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September 10th, 2009 at 8:11 PM
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Why?

What in the heck would our players need a Wikipedia page for when there's already facebook, recruiting sites, MGoBlue.com and MGoBlog?

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September 11th, 2009 at 12:38 AM
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I agree with Bryan..

And I think that Sheridan will become RR's protege and eventually coach UM. Then, he will have earned a page.

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