Talk:2023 Ashes series

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✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 03:00, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Kennington?

Differentiating Lords and The Oval is a fine idea, but this Australian who has followed Test Cricket for nearly 70 years has never heard of Kennington. (Nor, I now notice, has my spellchecker.) Maybe find a better way? HiLo48 (talk) 04:16, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Controversy section

The controversy section violates Wikipedia:Controversy section. What we should be doing is having sourced text about the match, with these being incorporated into the relevant text about that match. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:41, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

I agree. I will remove it. HiLo48 (talk) 02:42, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Can we make a small mention in 2023_Ashes_series#Second_Test? As the dismissal has generated significant media coverage in England and Australia, even the British PM commenting. Although it is covered in Alex Carey's article (where I got the original text from). LibStar (talk) 02:55, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Perhaps something could go there, so long as it was VERY balanced (Not sure how you would achieve that), and also took into account WP:RECENT. Cricket scores are forever, and WILL be looked at in 100 years times, if the past is any sort of a guide. A drama around one dismissal, not so much. HiLo48 (talk) 04:02, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

I'm happy to wait a few weeks to see if it's still getting coverage. LibStar (talk) 05:12, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Missing TOC

I need this article's TOC in order to reference and access a particular section, e.g., "Fifth Test". Why is there no TOC, and is there any other way I can reference a single section or subsesction? I notice that "#Matches" works for that main section, but the # won't work for "Fifth Test". Bjenks (talk) 10:08, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Bjenks I clearly see the standard ToC - which Wikipedia version and wikipedia skin are you using? - The answer to your linking question is 2023_Ashes_series#Fifth_Test - Arjayay (talk) 09:01, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Spaces also work: 2023 Ashes series#Fifth Test. I see the TOC in all skins and circumstances I have tried. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:01, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks to both. I have managed to restore ToCs on my desktop by returning to the vector legacy (2010) skin. Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 14:42, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Vandalism

Someone has keept posting a pornographic image for the logo. 2601:640:C802:4EF0:F9B5:4B4:5ACE:B3D7 (talk) 06:49, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Consistency Test

G'day @SKAG123. Like you, I'm generally reluctant to capinitialise a common noun, and I gave much thought to doing so here, which you've reverted without clear reason. OK, now let's have your justification, please. My consistency edit was based on a simple Ctrl-F search of the article which showed Test=99 matches, Tests=22 matches, test=0 matches, tests=2 matches. So what will you do now? Will you change them all to lower-case (which, I'm sure, will bring on a more serious argument) or undo your hasty revert. Which is it to be? Regards, Bjenks (talk) 08:32, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/The Nets/Style advice is clear: Always use capital T when referring to Test cricket and in any situation where the definite article is part of a title: e.g., in a Test match at The Oval, England won The Ashes. It should always be Test match, which shortens to Test. This is consistent with all other cricket articles. Joseph2302 (talk) 08:37, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, Joseph2302 for the correction. Yes, cricket is a big enough culture to have its own language rules! Bjenks (talk) 09:45, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Yes I understand Test in Cricket should be capitalized

my apologies SKAG123 (talk) 18:19, 9 August 2023 (UTC)