Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's sport/Ice hockey task force

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Welcome to the Women's ice hockey task force, an initiative of WikiProject Women's sport.

Objectives

This task force focuses on articles related to women's ice hockey including:

• Players, clubs, managers, leagues and competitions, seasons and associated articles
• National teams
• International women's ice hockey competitions including tournaments and matches

Our main goals are to:

• ensure women's ice hockey articles are represented on Wikipedia by creating and editing related articles
• establish and organize standards for Women's ice hockey-related articles resulting in well-written articles
• improve the visibility of articles related to women's ice hockey by nominating them for DYK placement on the Wikipedia homepage, or improving them to good or featured status

To join, please add your name to the Members section. There are many ways for you to contribute - small and large. If you have a question, post it on the task force's main talk page.

Notability criteria

Although there are no top women's leagues expressly included in WikiProject Hockey's notability guideline: WP:NHOCKEY, there is often enough media coverage about a player, team, or league to meet the WP:GNG guideline, which takes precedence over WP:NHOCKEY. For college athletes and coaches, see WP:NCOLLATH. For youth, see WP:YOUNGATH. For Olympians, see WP:NOLYMPICS.

The key to ensuring that an article that you create is not deleted is providing adequate referencing to meet WP:GNG or WP:SPORTCRIT.

• Make sure the article talk page is tagged with {{WikiProject Women's sport|icehockey=yes}}, so that other editors can further improve the article or contribute to an Articles for deletion (AfD) discussion, if needed.

If you have any questions or run into any issues, feel free to post them on the project's talk page.

Article alerts

Join the discussion about the following articles related to women's ice hockey:

Articles to be split

• 26 Mar 2023 – National Ringette League (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by CheckersBoard (t · c); see discussion

Assessment

Any member of the Women's Ice Hockey Task Force may assess ice hockey-related articles by following the guidelines below. If you aren't sure about an article, ask about it on the WikiProject Women's Sport assessment talk page.

Assessment by quality

FA	A	GA	B	C	Start	Stub	FL	List	Category	Disambig	Draft	File	Project	Template	NA	???	Total
2	0	2	43	238	1,282	1,213	3	56	888	3	0	208	2	86	259	13	4,298

Quality scale for teams

The following is adapted from WikiProject Hockey Assessment Guidelines.

Class	Criteria	Assessment process	Example
FA	The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. These articles are our very best work. More detailed criteria It must have: a complete lead summarizing how and when the team was created, the team's owners, the team's championships, and other important information about the team a complete section describing the team's history that contains detailed information of every season they played a complete section on team identity (logos, uniforms, mascots, traditions, rivalries, etc.) a complete section on the team's broadcasters a complete section on the team's players and personnel (current roster, honored members, captains, general managers, head coaches, first-round draft picks, etc.) a complete section for franchise records a complete section for current and previous affiliate teams (if applicable) sources for every piece of information as well as sometimes a bibliography	Featured article candidacy	New Jersey Devils
GA	The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations. These articles are well-written, but not absolutely perfect. More detailed criteria It must have: a complete lead summarizing when the team was created, the team's owners, and the team's championships a complete section describing the team's history that contains detailed information of every season they played a complete section on team identity (logos, uniforms, mascots, traditions, rivalries, etc.) a complete section on the team's broadcasters a complete section on the team's players and personnel (current roster, honored members, captains, etc.) a complete section for franchise records a complete section for current and previous affiliate teams (if applicable)	Good article nominations	Montreal Canadiens
B	The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria It must have a complete lead summarizing when the team was created and the team's championships a complete section describing the team's history that contains information on every season they played a complete section on team identity (logos, uniforms, mascots, traditions, rivalries, etc.) a complete section on the team's broadcasters a complete section on the team's players and personnel (current roster, honored members, captains, etc.) a complete section for franchise records a complete section for current and previous affiliate teams (if applicable)	Individual assessment	Columbus Blue Jackets
C	The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup. The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow. More detailed criteria It must have a lead summarizing when the team was created and the team's championships a complete section describing the team's history that contains information on most seasons they played a section on team identity (logos, uniforms, mascots, etc.) a section on the team's broadcasters a section on the team's players and personnel (current roster, captains, etc.) a section for franchise records a section for current and previous affiliate teams (if applicable)	Individual assessment	Rochester Americans (as of June 2024)
Start	The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria The article has one or more of the following: A useful picture or graphic Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic A subheading that fully treats an element of the topic Multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article They must have: a lead summarizing what league the team plays in and maybe other information (when the team was created, etc.) a complete section describing the team's history that contains information on important seasons they played a section on team identity (logos, uniforms, mascots, etc.) a section on the team's players and personnel (current roster, etc.)	Individual assessment	HIFK Hockey (as of June 2024)
Stub	A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria. May have sections (history, records, players, etc.)	Individual assessment	HC Bílí Tygři Liberec (as of June 2024)

Quality scale for players

The following is adapted from WikiProject Hockey Assessment Guidelines.

Class	Criteria	Assessment process	Example
FA	The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. These articles are our very best work. More detailed criteria It must have: a complete lead summarizing their entire career and all of their achievements a complete career section that contains full information on every season they played complete sections about their international play, head coaching career, etc. (if applicable) a complete section on their personal life a complete career statistics section a complete honors/awards section sources for every piece of information as well as sometimes a bibliography	Featured article candidacy	Wayne Gretzky
GA	The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations. These articles are well-written, but not absolutely perfect. More detailed criteria It must have : a complete lead summarizing their entire career a complete career section that contains information on every season they played sections about their international play, head coaching career, etc. (if applicable) a section on their personal life a complete career statistics section a complete honors/awards section (if applicable)	Good article nominations	Auston Matthews
B	The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria It must have: a lead summarizing their career a career section that contains information on most if not all seasons they have played sections about their international play, head coaching career, etc. (if applicable) a section on their personal life (if applicable) a complete career statistics section a complete honors/awards section (if applicable)	Individual assessment	Philipp Grubauer (as of December 2024)
C	The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup. The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow. More detailed criteria It must have: a career section that contains information on most seasons they have played sections about their international play, head coaching career, etc. (if applicable) a section on their personal life (if applicable) a complete career statistics section a complete honors/awards section (if applicable) for the article to be accepted as C-class.	Individual assessment	Connor Hellebuyck (as of May 2024)
Start	An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources. The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. More detailed criteria They must have: a career section any other sections a complete career statistics section The article has one or more of the following: A useful picture or graphic Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic A subheading that fully treats an element of the topic Multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article	Individual assessment	Ville Heinola (as of May 2024)
Stub	A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria. May have a career section.	Individual assessment	Oskar Jellvik (as of May 2024)

Assessment by Importance

Assessment by Importance have not yet been enabled for the Ice Hockey Task Force under WikiProject Women's sport. Until then, the following criteria, adapted from the WikiProject Sports assessment guidelines, may be used to assess articles for importance, but the Women's Ice Hockey by Importance category page will not be automatically populated.

Importance	Criteria	Examples
Top	Topics that are among the most important, defining articles in women's ice hockey, such as the main article on women's ice hockey international governing bodies major international leagues world championships current year in the world championships	IIHF Women's World Championship Professional Women's Hockey League
High	Topics that are of certain but not crucial importance in women's ice hockey, such as major international events (overview articles) current and past world champions top contenders for world champions teams in major international leagues players who are pioneers in women's ice hockey high profile dedicated venues game variants detailed stand-alone articles on aspects of women's ice hockey.	United States women's national ice hockey team Canada women's national ice hockey team Montreal Victoire Manon Rheaume
Mid	Articles that are reasonably important in women's ice hockey, such as national teams below world championship level players, coaches, and general managers at world championship and major international league levels major national events (overview articles)
Low	Article of limited importance in women's ice hockey, such as previous years' seasons and annual events marginally notable players/teams, venues, events, etc media (TV shows, films, books, etc.) relating to women's ice hockey

Resources

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• The five pillars of Wikipedia — a quick rundown of the five key principles upon which Wikipedia functions
• Simplified ruleset — 12 rules of thumb to help you avoid problems
• List of policies — a comprehensive list of the 42 official policies