Wikipedia:WikiProject Mixed martial arts
Welcome to Wikiproject Mixed martial arts. This is a Wikiproject formed to encourage a community of cohesive editing for Mixed martial arts articles. If you wish to join us, please add your name to the list in the #Participants section, and please say hello on the talk page. Guidelines for creating and formatting MMA articles are below.
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Title
WikiProject Mixed martial arts
Scope
This Wikiproject aims to describe a template for new articles about Mixed martial artists, and to unify currently existing articles.
Goals
The goal of this project is to provide a unified structure, a toolkit of templates and a central discussion area for the creation and improvement of articles relating to Mixed Martial Arts; the ultimate goal being for Wikipedia to contain an authoritative set of articles of Good or Featured quality relating to all significant aspects of MMA, and to contain an article for all fighters that are notable.
Please see the to-do list for current drives.
Participants
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- Aika | Talk
- Ausmus | Talk
- CasualFighter | Talk
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- east718 | Talk
- Estarriol | Talk
- Hateless | Talk
- Lakes | Talk
- -Marcus- | Talk
- Ryan Delaney | Talk
- Rsheil | Talk
- SKELETOR666 | Talk
- Smoltz | Talk
- SubSeven | Talk
- Trench | Talk
- Yappakoredesho | Talk
- VegaDark | Talk
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- slideyfoot | Talk
- Burnside69x | Talk
- TheCooperman | Talk
- TristramIN | Talk
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- Mokkema | Talk
- Vagodin | Talk
- Chadq |
- Wyldephang | Talk
- RobMasterFunk |
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- Crazyknight | Talk
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- jackboogie | Talk
- Thesaddestday | Talk
- Nate1481 | Talk
Recent or ongoing work
Work-tracking lists
Ongoing work
- Research and expand Ryan Bennett article. — Estarriol talk 23:42, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Looking to expand Evan Tanner and Oleg Taktarov — Estarriol talk 17:16, 30 May 2006 (UTC)Have put this on hold while I work on Ryan Bennett article. — Estarriol talk 23:42, 1 June 2006 (UTC)- Structure/style guide for MMA event articles. Wikipedia:WikiProject Mixed martial arts/Event pages format is the current draft of the guide, please review and make edits and comments. thanks! hateless 08:18, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
- General nickpickery, hunting down out of date articles and putting in current info. --Ausmus 03:17, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
- Slowly making my way through all the UFC events using the template. Really just bare and bones, so any additional info on the pages is welecomed. Smoltz 07:34, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
- Creating and cleaning up profiles for TUF 3 participants, any help appriciated. --TheCooperman 21:44, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- Created Justin Eilers page, wrote bio,
still needsrecord. SKELETOR666 11:57, 13 July 2006 (UTC) - Created Lee Shone article. Someone else added some stuff to it. I think it's pretty well suited for now. Anyone who has any other info on Lee Shone that was left out, please fill more out if you'd like.
- There are still many Pride events without a page, in particular the early ones. Those pages that do exist also don't have much contextual information. 17:47, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- Beginning Wikiproject MMA Assessment project, implementing WP 1.0 grading scheme and updating template. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Mixed martial arts/Assessment for details. hateless 19:22, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Completed Work
- Completed Carlos Newton article to replace stub; 11 June 2006
- Started Matt Lindland article — Estarriol talk 2006-05-25 16:31:03
- Created Template:MMA-bio-stub, Template:MMA-stub and Template:WikiProject Mixed Martial Arts — Estarriol talk 12:36, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
- Created the first draft of the userbox Template:User_WikiProject_Mixed_Martial_Arts. --CasualFighter 18:06, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
- Created Ryan Bennett article for the recently-deceased broadcaster. RIP. — Estarriol talk 23:41, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
- Completed missing fighters articles/stubs:
- Patrick Cote (MMA) --CasualFighter 17:47, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
- Created Template:Infobox MMA event, to replace usage of Template:Infobox Wrestling event of MMA event articles. Difference between the two are slight, it was created as a copy/paste job and has two additional fields for total gate and purse, both figures are usually released by state athletic commissions after an event. hateless 18:53, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
- Created Wikipedia:WikiProject Mixed martial arts/List of fighters that need full articles, and Andrei Semenov stub. — Estarriol talk 11:35, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
- Finished Frank Trigg Article, a proofreading would be cool --Ausmus 06:18, 10 June 2006 (UTC) talk
- Created Mike Nickels article, I think there might be some stuff left to add so please have a look, but it ain't too bad for a first article I thought!--TheCooperman 22:42, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- Finished revamps of Bas Rutten, Tim Sylvia, and Rich Franklin. SKELETOR666 06:37, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
- Finished a major rewrite of Mark Coleman. SKELETOR666 11:13, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- Completed Michael Bisping rewrite. SKELETOR666 11:29, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- Completed Don Frye rewrite & overhaul. SKELETOR666 11:53, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
- Completed MMA weight classes and subcategories. Wyldephang 23:59, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
- Completed Nathan Marquardt overhaul. Wyldephang 01:28, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
- Completed all UFC event pages - every event now has a page. Thanks to , Smoltz, Wyldephang, and Hateless for all the work in meeting me halfway. PRIDE event pages are next... SKELETOR666 09:31, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
- Completed all IFL team pages, general templates etc. --Aika 21:24, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Project Templates
In addition to the already-mentioned {{MMAstatsbox}} and {{Championshiptitle}} template group, the following templates are suggested for use on MMA articles:
Biographical stubs (e.g. fighters, promoters, referees)
Please use {{MMA-bio-stub}} instead of {{stub}}, as this will create an appropriate categorisation and banner that will direct editors to this project.
This biographical article related to Mixed Martial Arts is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by and please consider joining Wikipedia's WikiProject on Mixed Martial Arts. |
Non-biographical stubs (e.g. fight promotions, events)
Please use {{MMA-stub}} instead of {{stub}}, as this will create an appropriate categorisation and banner that will direct editors to this project.
This article related to the Mixed Martial Arts is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by , and please consider joining Wikipedia's WikiProject on Mixed Martial Arts. |
Banner for use on article talk pages
Please add {{WikiProject Mixed Martial Arts}} to the top of talk pages of MMA articles, to help direct new editors to the project. Using {{subst:to do}} underneath that on talk pages will create an editable to do list as we have oat the top of this page, which you can leave notes for yourself or other editors in.
Userbox
Members of the project are welcome to use the project userbox by adding {{User_WikiProject_Mixed_Martial_Arts}} to their pages:
Statsbox
Record table
Other
- Template:Sherdog - for creating links to Sherdog's Fight Finder database for fighter records
Template for MMA organizations
Articles about mixed martial artists
Notability of fighters
To determine whether a fighter is notable enough to be deserving of their own Wikipedia article, please see the following guideline pages:-
- Wikipedia:Notability (people)#People still alive - To quote from the entry for sportspeople/athletes: "Sportspeople/athletes who have played in a fully professional league, or a competition of equivalent standing in a non-league sport such as swimming, or at the highest level in mainly amateur sports, including college sports in the United States." At face value, this would appear to include most professional mixed martial artists, but in practice should probably include those who have had at least one, and preferably several fights in an established professional fight promotion (e.g. not a startup promotion).
- Wikipedia:Google Test should also prove to be a practical test of notability.
Article structure
The articles about mixed martial arts fighters should follow the structure outlined below to ensure a consistent structure. An easy way to start a new article is to copy the source of the quickbio template.
{{{name}}} | |
---|---|
Statistics | |
Height | {{{height}}} |
Weight | {{{weight}}} |
Born | {{{birthdate}}} |
Town of birth | {{{hometown}}} |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Wins | {{{wins}}} |
Losses | {{{losses}}} |
Draws | {{{draws}}} |
MMAstatsbox
All articles should begin with an MMA statbox (see sample to the right).
Syntax:
{{MMAstatsbox|name=
|image=
|nick=
|height=
|weight=
|birthdate=
|died=
|fightingfrom=
|hometown=
|fightstyle=
|wins=
|losses=
|draws=
|nocontest=
|ko=
|submissions=
|}}
Values for image, nick, died, fightingfrom, fightstyle, nocontest, ko and submissions are optional.
Lead section
Lead section should include the basic information about the fighter and an overview of notable accomplishments. A standard lead section begins with:
- Joe "Diesel" Riggs (September 23, 1982 - ) is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights as a welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Source:
- '''Joe "Diesel" Riggs''' ([[September 23]], [[1982]] - ) is an [[USA|American]] [[mixed martial arts]] fighter. He currently fights as a [[welterweight]] in the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]].
Biography
Biography section should begin with a == Biography == title, and outline the fighters life outside of MMA. Inlude the details of the fighters childhood: place of birth, sibling information, parents occupation, etc. Further details can include the information on the fighters other careers, his marriage(s), children, pets, etc.
For example:
- Fedor Emelianenko was born in 1976 in the Rubezhnoe town in Luhansk region, presently a part of Ukraine (part of the Soviet Union at the time). Fedor's family moved to Stary Oskol, Russia in 1978. His mother, Olga Feodorovna, is a teacher. His father, Vladimir Alexandrovich, is a gas-electric welder. Fedor is the second child in the family and has an older sister, Marina, and two younger brothers, Aleksander (born 1981) and Ivan (born 1988). Aleksander is also an MMA fighter in PRIDE, and Ivan is currently in training.
- Fedor finished high school in 1991 and graduated with honors from a professional trade school in 1994. In 1999 he married his wife, Oksana. Fedor's daughter, Masha, was also born in 1999.
Martial arts training
The Biography section can also include a subsection on the fighter's martial arts background & training regimen.
Example:
- Emelianenko's enthusiasm for fighting began with Sambo and Judo. He initially trained under , and later under his current coach, . Voronov remembers that ten-year-old Fedor was relatively weak physically and did not have an innate grappling talent; instead, Fedor's biggest strength was his perseverance and strong will.
- In 1997, Emelianenko received the official certification of a "Master of Sports" in Sambo and Judo. Fedor earned bronze medal in 1998 Russian Judo Championsip. In 2000, he started studying striking with arms and legs under coach .
- Fedor used to weight train extensively, but in 1999 he almost completely substituted his weight exercises with sport-specific training in grappling, boxing and kick-boxing. His strength training consists of daily pull-ups, push ups on parallel bars, and crunches. Emelianenko also runs 12-15 kilometers (7.5 - 9.3 miles) every day. Fedor is a proponent of high altitude training, and he travels to Kislovodsk, Russia with his team once or twice a year to train in high altitude.
Mixed martial arts career
- Write down his/her early career.
- Write down recent events.
Record
His/her fight records. It does not have to be about only MMA record. If they have taken part in any BJJ, wrestling or kickboxing etc matches, you can create a section for each discipline and add that information.
Mixed martial arts
A typical subsection would include a list of any titles won, followed by the record table.
- Professional mixed martial arts: xx Fights xx Wins xx KOs xx S xx Loses (xx Draws xx No cntests)
- "KOs" includes TKO. "S" means submissions.
- "Draw" and "No contests" are optional. You do not have to put them if they are unnecessary.
- Record table:
- Input:
{{fightstatstop}}
{{fightstatscont|19|[[October 30]], [[2004]]|Win|8R 2:58|TKO|[[Vitor Belfort]]|[[Brazil]]|[[UFC]] [[Light heavyweight]] championship}}
{{fightstatsbottom}}
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- Output:
Number | Date | Result | Round | Method | Opponent | Nationality | Note |
19 | October 30, 2004 | Win | 8R 2:58 | TKO | Vitor Belfort | Brazil | UFC Light heavyweight championship |
See also
The "See also" section should include at least a reference to theList of male mixed martial artists or List of female mixed martial artists.
References
The article should be thoroughly referenced. The list of references can be automatically included in the References section by including a {{footnotes}} tag.
External links
- Official website or related websites
- Professional MMA record from Sherdog.com
- PRIDE profile
- UFC profile
Also, please include the {{MMA-bio-stub}} on the stub pages.
Categories
Please add categories as appropriate — there are generally categories for the sports and martial arts that fighters may have practiced, and please always select the correct nationality from Category:Mixed martial artists by nationality.
*adding a link to a category adds the article to the category - this page does not belong in that category!
Other categories to be included are:
- [[Category:Insert year births|Insert year births]]
- [[Category:Living people|Insert name]]
- [[Category:insert country mixed martial artists|insert name]]
Championship table
- Template of championship table for competitions:Template:Championshiptitle2
- Example:Oscar de la Hoya
- Example:Oscar de la Hoya
Input:{{Championshiptitle2|25th|[[1992 Summer Olympics]]| Boxing [[Lightweight]]|Andreas Zülow|Hocine Soltani|August, 1992}}
Output:
Previous winner Andreas Zülow |
25th 1992 Summer Olympics Boxing Lightweight winner August, 1992 |
Next winner Hocine Soltani |
- If you do not want to link previous or next winner, please use following temlates.
- No link for previous winner:Template:Championshiptitle2-1 (for the first champion)
- No link for next winner:Template:Championshiptitle2-2 (for the last champion)
- No link for both winners:Template:Championshiptitle2-3 (When the titles are too minor)
- Template of championship table for professional titles:Template:Championshiptitle
- Example:Muhammad Ali
Input:{{Championshiptitle|[[World Boxing Council|WBC]]|World [[Heavyweight]]|6th|George Foreman|Leon Spinks|October 30, 1974 - February 15, 1978}}
Output:
Previous champion George Foreman |
WBC World Heavyweight 6th Champion October 30, 1974 - February 15, 1978 |
Next champion Leon Spinks |
- If you do not want to link previous or next champion, please use following temlates.
- No link for previous champion:Template:Championshiptitle-1 (for the first champion)
- No link for next champion:Template:Championshiptitle-2 (for the last champion)
- No link for both champions:Template:Championshiptitle-3 (When the titles are too minor)
Parentage
The parents of this WikiProject are WikiProject Sports and Wikipedia:WikiProject Martial Arts.
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