Template talk:Infobox cricketer

Template:Infobox person has an RfC

Template:Infobox person has an RfC for possible consensus regarding the removal of color from person infoboxes. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. — Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 18:30, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

Parameter "female"

I noticed that there is a parameter "female", but it doesn't seem to change anything (displayed fields, look, categories, short desc...), and its use isn't explained in the documentation. What does it actually do? And if some gender-based parameter is needed, wouldn't it be better to have a "gender" parameter than this one which makes women the exception / special case? Fram (talk) 09:21, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

I think it changes the national team default from the men’s team to the women’s team - so you only need to put Germany, say, in to the parameter and the women’s team is automatically linked to. Probably if there’s anything in the female parameter. I don’t recall it doing anything else Blue Square Thing (talk) 09:49, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Ah, thanks, the examples I saw didn't have national team participations, so this wasn't noticeable. Perhaps adding this explanation to the template doc may be useful. Fram (talk) 10:05, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

There’s probably quite a few areas where the documentation could use clearing up. I’ll see what I can do later in the week Blue Square Thing (talk) 19:41, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 16 February 2026

Hi. It would be neater and correct, and in line with most if not all cricket publications, if the word "side" could be amended to "team". Articles about teams are called Somewhere cricket team, not Somewhere cricket side. Team" is both correct and encyclopaedic. "Side" is tabloid-speak.

In addition, again in line with publications, could you please move "highest score" above "batting average", and "best bowling" above "bowling average". It would not only provide familiarity to readers of cricket books, it would also couple runs with highest score, and wickets with best bowling, which is logical. Averages should not intervene.

That's it. Thanks for your time. Jack (talk) 16:47, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: please make your requested changes to the template's sandbox first. See WP:TESTCASES. Changing the word "side" to "team" seems reasonable to me, but some discussion would be useful first. As for the rest of the changes, please implement them in the sandbox and show them at work on the testcases page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:27, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Teams in infobox

Hello, please see the discussion at WT:CRIC about the implications of the <!-- only include teams actually played for --> guideline next to the club1 parameter.

The proposal was raised on 16 March, and I've left it there for two weeks to see if anyone besides Spike 'em and myself should be interested. No one else has contributed, so it appears we have a sort of "silent consensus" in that there are no objections to the guideline being removed. The only significant consideration, as Spike has pointed out, is that editors must respect MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE by ensuring that a team in the box is mentioned in the body of the article. Obviously, that is something we as a project will have to manage by encouraging editors to prioritise addition of the information into the narrative, and only to the infobox if appropriate.

I think the reasons for the request have been clearly outlined, but I would just reiterate the need for consistency with WP:FOOTY in that once a player is contracted to a club or team, they are that team's player regardless of how many appearances they make.

Please ping me if you need to ask me anything. Thanks, Jack (talk) 12:06, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello, can someone let me know if this can be done? It's a very simple change. Thanks, Jack (talk) 22:52, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

The likely reason this hasn't been addressed is that you haven't made a proper edit request. See WP:ERW. voorts (talk/contributions) 00:48, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

@BlackJack. voorts (talk/contributions) 00:48, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi, voorts. ERW won't accept a template, rejecting it as a "bad name". Is there another request type? Jack (talk) 01:00, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Edit requests#Making requests for templates. voorts (talk/contributions) 01:17, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Edit request 3 August 2026

Description of suggested change: Currently, the template supports club and year parameters 1-17. However, Usama Mir is one page I have come across that uses non-existant year18 and club18 parameters. This edit request is to extend the current functionality to include the parameters club18, year18, club19, year19, club20, and year20, to help future-proof this template.

Diff: See the sandbox diff here FlammablePizza (talk) 15:53, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

How many teams is Chris Gayle up to now? I suspect we'll need far more then 20 fields, which will make the infobox unmanageable. Spike 'em (talk) 17:13, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Cricinfo lists 40 teams for him, though some are invitation / select teams. Previous discussions have led to teams played for in the same year being merged, and then restricted to teams only played for in more than 1 season. editors assume they can just keep adding clubNn rows without checking if they are valid. Spike 'em (talk) 17:24, 3 August 2026 (UTC)