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Request for Comment on shading of MLB rivalry tables

In late 2023 and early 2024, User:Spesh531 modified rivalry tables by adding team colors to home/away results columns and overall series columns of the table. Previously, only the individual season series column was shaded After some WP:BRD edits today, I believe it should be examined by the the Baseball wikiproject to gain some consensus moving forward. Below is an excerpt from the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry page, in two versions. Frank Anchor 19:43, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Version 1

2021	Red Sox	10‍–‍9	Yankees, 5‍–‍4	Red Sox, 6‍–‍4	Yankees 1233‍–‍1018‍–‍14	Red Sox win 8 straight meetings (September 2020 to July 2021) immediately following Yankees' 12-game winning streak in the series.
2021 ALWC	Red Sox	1‍–‍0	—	Red Sox, 1‍–‍0	Yankees 1233‍–‍1019‍–‍14	First meeting in the Wild Card Game since the round was added in 2012.
2022	Yankees	13‍–‍6	Yankees, 8‍–‍2	Yankees, 5‍–‍4	Yankees 1246‍–‍1025‍–‍14
2023	Red Sox	9‍–‍4	Red Sox, 5‍–‍1	Red Sox, 4‍–‍3	Yankees 1250‍–‍1034‍–‍14	Schedule structure modified this season to allow every team to play one series against every interleague team. This reduced the number of meetings from 19 to 13 per season.
2024	Red Sox	4‍–‍2	Red Sox, 2‍–‍1	Tie, 3‍–‍3	Yankees 1254‍–‍1039‍–‍14	Four games remaining in New York.

Version 2

2021	Red Sox	10‍–‍9	Yankees, 5‍–‍4	Red Sox, 6‍–‍4	Yankees 1233‍–‍1018‍–‍14	Red Sox win 8 straight meetings (September 2020 to July 2021) immediately following Yankees' 12-game winning streak in the series.
2021 ALWC	Red Sox	1‍–‍0	—	Red Sox, 1‍–‍0	Yankees 1233‍–‍1019‍–‍14	First meeting in the Wild Card Game since the round was added in 2012.
2022	Yankees	13‍–‍6	Yankees, 8‍–‍2	Yankees, 5‍–‍4	Yankees 1246‍–‍1025‍–‍14
2023	Red Sox	9‍–‍4	Red Sox, 5‍–‍1	Red Sox, 4‍–‍3	Yankees 1250‍–‍1034‍–‍14	Schedule structure modified this season to allow every team to play one series against every interleague team. This reduced the number of meetings from 19 to 13 per season.
2024	Red Sox	4‍–‍2	Red Sox, 2‍–‍1	Tie, 3‍–‍3	Yankees 1254‍–‍1039‍–‍14	Four games remaining in New York.

Discussion

• I support Version 2 as nominator. The first version uses TOO MUCH color. Only having the individual season series shaded allow it to better "stand out" since it is more relevant information (most of the tables are in a section entitled "Season-by-season results" or similar). Whichever team won more games at home is in a given year trivial, as is who led an ongoing series after each year (the overall series is summarized at the end of each table, using team colors). Frank Anchor 19:43, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
• I support Version 1, as the editor referenced in the intial RfC in question here.
  First off, there was no consensus prior to my edits of adding this table to all rivalry pages. Some tables existed as Mets/Phillies (Version 1), while some existed as Yankees/Red Sox (Version 2) (which in this case, didn't even feature an 'Overall series' column). Both linked versions are prior to me ever editing either page (save for a single minor edit in 2022 where I changed the "i" in the last names of Joely Rodriguez and Edwin Diaz to "í" on the Mets/Phillies page). By not shading the (for this example) 'at New York', 'at Boston', or 'Overall series' columns, at least to me, the information becomes noise. IMO, everything colored in Version 1 is relevant to the season-by-season results. It's information that becomes less accessible if colorless. Also, the section of the article isn't called "Season series results", it's "Season-by-season results", so there isn't anything explicit about the table that says "only Season series results is relevant".
  Here are the tables with the column headers, as above examples have no context.

Yankees vs. Red Sox Season-by-Season Results
2020s (Yankees, 39–32) (with each column colored) Season Season series at New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox Overall series Notes 2020 Yankees 9‍–‍1 Yankees, 7‍–‍0 Yankees, 2‍–‍1 Yankees 1224‍–‍1008‍–‍14 Season shortened to 60 games (with 10 meetings) due to COVID-19 pandemic. Yankees win 12 straight meetings (September 2019 to September 2020). With a .900 win percentage, this was the most one-sided season series for the Yankees in the history of the rivalry and the most one-sided season series for either team since 1912. 2021 Red Sox 10‍–‍9 Yankees, 5‍–‍4 Red Sox, 6‍–‍4 Yankees 1233‍–‍1018‍–‍14 Red Sox win 8 straight meetings (September 2020 to July 2021) immediately following Yankees' 12-game winning streak in the series. 2021 ALWC Red Sox 1‍–‍0 — Red Sox, 1‍–‍0 Yankees 1233‍–‍1019‍–‍14 First meeting in the Wild Card Game since the round was added in 2012. 2022 Yankees 13‍–‍6 Yankees, 8‍–‍2 Yankees, 5‍–‍4 Yankees 1246‍–‍1025‍–‍14 2023 Red Sox 9‍–‍4 Red Sox, 5‍–‍1 Red Sox, 4‍–‍3 Yankees 1250‍–‍1034‍–‍14 Schedule structure modified this season to allow every team to play one series against every interleague team. This reduced the number of meetings from 19 to 13 per season. 2024 Red Sox 4‍–‍2 Red Sox, 2‍–‍1 Tie, 3‍–‍3 Yankees 1254‍–‍1039‍–‍14 Four games remaining in New York.
2020s (Yankees, 39–32) (with only season series columns colored) Season Season series at New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox Overall series Notes 2020 Yankees 9‍–‍1 Yankees, 7‍–‍0 Yankees, 2‍–‍1 Yankees 1224‍–‍1008‍–‍14 Season shortened to 60 games (with 10 meetings) due to COVID-19 pandemic. Yankees win 12 straight meetings (September 2019 to September 2020). With a .900 win percentage, this was the most one-sided season series for the Yankees in the history of the rivalry and the most one-sided season series for either team since 1912. 2021 Red Sox 10‍–‍9 Yankees, 5‍–‍4 Red Sox, 6‍–‍4 Yankees 1233‍–‍1018‍–‍14 Red Sox win 8 straight meetings (September 2020 to July 2021) immediately following Yankees' 12-game winning streak in the series. 2021 ALWC Red Sox 1‍–‍0 — Red Sox, 1‍–‍0 Yankees 1233‍–‍1019‍–‍14 First meeting in the Wild Card Game since the round was added in 2012. 2022 Yankees 13‍–‍6 Yankees, 8‍–‍2 Yankees, 5‍–‍4 Yankees 1246‍–‍1025‍–‍14 2023 Red Sox 9‍–‍4 Red Sox, 5‍–‍1 Red Sox, 4‍–‍3 Yankees 1250‍–‍1034‍–‍14 Schedule structure modified this season to allow every team to play one series against every interleague team. This reduced the number of meetings from 19 to 13 per season. 2024 Red Sox 4‍–‍2 Red Sox, 2‍–‍1 Tie, 3‍–‍3 Yankees 1254‍–‍1039‍–‍14 Four games remaining in New York.

Keeping in mind that each collapsible section of the table is a decade, and in the case of this series, there are 13 sections of 10 seasons each, it's hard to parse through the results of the series specifically in NY or in Boston year-to-year if they are entirely colorless/shaded gray. It's impossible to see trends of how, say, the Yankees performed at Fenway Park from year-to-year. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to look at the headers of the table and understand what's happening in each column. As arguably the most important information, the 'Season series' columns are immediately to the right of the 'Season' column. It doesn't get lost because other columns to the right are colored; there's no separation between the season year and season result. The ability to see the information isn't reduced. The focus is already on the 'Season series' by virtue of where it is in the table.

Regarding the idea that this is WP:TRIVIA: I want to note that showing the home and overall column data is not in question here. Simply the coloring of said information is. I'm not sure how coloring suddenly makes the information WP:TRIVIA. If it is trivia, then remove the 'at New York', 'at Boston', and 'Overall series' columns completely (which I'm not in favor of). The 'Overall series' column shows legitimate historical context to the history of the rivalry and having said information colorless in an expansive table of colorless information, again, renders it as noise. Spesh531^{(talk, contrib., ext.)} 21:10, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

The coloring is supposed to highlight the main component of the table, which is “season-by-season results” as is the title of the section for many of these charts. The home/away games and the overall series to that point are secondary information and do not need to be as prominently displayed. I would not be opposed to removing this home/away information as trivia, but having it displayed less prominently is acceptable as well. Thank you for adding the column headers on the tables. Not including them was an oversight on my part. Frank Anchor 22:44, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Personally, I don't support using any custom background cell colour. It's long been an accessibility issue, and its legibility needs to be tested with all themes and reading modes. Plus I don't feel it has sufficient utility in the current format. A separate table with just indicators for the season outcome and no text (beyond a single letter to distinguish between the two victors) would be able to better illustrate the trends over the entire history in a more compact format. isaacl (talk) 00:51, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Placement of Wildcard races

Since the League/Division standings are no longer side-by-side, but rather one under the other. Where are we going to locate the wildcard races, once it turns September? GoodDay (talk) 02:25, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

I have two ideas. It should be noted that the standings are side-by-side, but only when the screen resolution is wide enough. If they're not, then the National League wraps around to be below the American League. There are 2 ways we can do this. Either have it so the AL Division standings & AL Wild Card standings wrap together (FORMAT 1), or to have the Wild Card standings entirely below both AL & NL Division standings (FORMAT 2).

FORMAT 1

American League

AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	74	53	.583	—	33‍–‍28	41‍–‍25
Baltimore Orioles	74	54	.578	½	37‍–‍28	37‍–‍26
Boston Red Sox	67	59	.532	6½	29‍–‍32	38‍–‍27
Tampa Bay Rays	64	62	.508	9½	34‍–‍34	30‍–‍28
Toronto Blue Jays	59	68	.465	15	30‍–‍33	29‍–‍35

AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Guardians	73	53	.579	—	38‍–‍20	35‍–‍33
Kansas City Royals	71	56	.559	2½	40‍–‍26	31‍–‍30
Minnesota Twins	71	56	.559	2½	36‍–‍24	35‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers	62	65	.488	11½	31‍–‍32	31‍–‍33
Chicago White Sox	31	97	.242	43	18‍–‍44	13‍–‍53

AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	68	58	.540	—	35‍–‍29	33‍–‍29
Seattle Mariners	64	64	.500	5	37‍–‍26	27‍–‍38
Texas Rangers	59	69	.461	10	34‍–‍31	25‍–‍38
Los Angeles Angels	54	73	.425	14½	27‍–‍40	27‍–‍33
Oakland Athletics	54	73	.425	14½	31‍–‍33	23‍–‍40

American League Wild Card

Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	74	53	.583
Cleveland Guardians	73	53	.579
Houston Astros	68	58	.540

Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Baltimore Orioles	74	54	.578	+2½
Kansas City Royals	71	56	.559	—
Minnesota Twins	71	56	.559	—
Boston Red Sox	67	59	.532	3½
Tampa Bay Rays	64	62	.508	6½
Seattle Mariners	64	64	.500	7½
Detroit Tigers	62	65	.488	9
Toronto Blue Jays	59	68	.465	12
Texas Rangers	59	69	.461	12½
Los Angeles Angels	54	73	.425	17
Oakland Athletics	54	73	.425	17
Chicago White Sox	31	97	.242	40½

National League

NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	74	52	.587	—	42‍–‍23	32‍–‍29
Atlanta Braves	67	59	.532	7	33‍–‍27	34‍–‍32
New York Mets	66	61	.520	8½	35‍–‍33	31‍–‍28
Washington Nationals	57	70	.449	17½	29‍–‍33	28‍–‍37
Miami Marlins	46	81	.362	28½	24‍–‍42	22‍–‍39

NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Brewers	73	53	.579	—	38‍–‍24	35‍–‍29
St. Louis Cardinals	62	64	.492	11	33‍–‍30	29‍–‍34
Chicago Cubs	62	65	.488	11½	35‍–‍29	27‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds	62	65	.488	11½	31‍–‍34	31‍–‍31
Pittsburgh Pirates	59	67	.468	14	29‍–‍32	30‍–‍35

NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	76	52	.594	—	41‍–‍22	35‍–‍30
Arizona Diamondbacks	72	56	.562	4	37‍–‍26	35‍–‍30
San Diego Padres	72	56	.562	4	35‍–‍30	37‍–‍26
San Francisco Giants	65	64	.504	11½	38‍–‍28	27‍–‍36
Colorado Rockies	47	80	.370	28½	29‍–‍33	18‍–‍47

National League Wild Card

Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	76	52	.594
Philadelphia Phillies	74	52	.587
Milwaukee Brewers	73	53	.579

Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Arizona Diamondbacks	72	56	.562	+4
San Diego Padres	72	56	.562	+4
Atlanta Braves	67	59	.532	—
New York Mets	66	61	.520	1½
San Francisco Giants	65	64	.504	3½
St. Louis Cardinals	62	64	.492	5
Chicago Cubs	62	65	.488	5½
Cincinnati Reds	62	65	.488	5½
Pittsburgh Pirates	59	67	.468	8
Washington Nationals	57	70	.449	10½
Colorado Rockies	47	80	.370	20½
Miami Marlins	46	81	.362	21½

FORMAT 2

American League

AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	74	53	.583	—	33‍–‍28	41‍–‍25
Baltimore Orioles	74	54	.578	½	37‍–‍28	37‍–‍26
Boston Red Sox	67	59	.532	6½	29‍–‍32	38‍–‍27
Tampa Bay Rays	64	62	.508	9½	34‍–‍34	30‍–‍28
Toronto Blue Jays	59	68	.465	15	30‍–‍33	29‍–‍35

AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Guardians	73	53	.579	—	38‍–‍20	35‍–‍33
Kansas City Royals	71	56	.559	2½	40‍–‍26	31‍–‍30
Minnesota Twins	71	56	.559	2½	36‍–‍24	35‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers	62	65	.488	11½	31‍–‍32	31‍–‍33
Chicago White Sox	31	97	.242	43	18‍–‍44	13‍–‍53

AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	68	58	.540	—	35‍–‍29	33‍–‍29
Seattle Mariners	64	64	.500	5	37‍–‍26	27‍–‍38
Texas Rangers	59	69	.461	10	34‍–‍31	25‍–‍38
Los Angeles Angels	54	73	.425	14½	27‍–‍40	27‍–‍33
Oakland Athletics	54	73	.425	14½	31‍–‍33	23‍–‍40

National League

NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	74	52	.587	—	42‍–‍23	32‍–‍29
Atlanta Braves	67	59	.532	7	33‍–‍27	34‍–‍32
New York Mets	66	61	.520	8½	35‍–‍33	31‍–‍28
Washington Nationals	57	70	.449	17½	29‍–‍33	28‍–‍37
Miami Marlins	46	81	.362	28½	24‍–‍42	22‍–‍39

NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Brewers	73	53	.579	—	38‍–‍24	35‍–‍29
St. Louis Cardinals	62	64	.492	11	33‍–‍30	29‍–‍34
Chicago Cubs	62	65	.488	11½	35‍–‍29	27‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds	62	65	.488	11½	31‍–‍34	31‍–‍31
Pittsburgh Pirates	59	67	.468	14	29‍–‍32	30‍–‍35

NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	76	52	.594	—	41‍–‍22	35‍–‍30
Arizona Diamondbacks	72	56	.562	4	37‍–‍26	35‍–‍30
San Diego Padres	72	56	.562	4	35‍–‍30	37‍–‍26
San Francisco Giants	65	64	.504	11½	38‍–‍28	27‍–‍36
Colorado Rockies	47	80	.370	28½	29‍–‍33	18‍–‍47

American League Wild Card

Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	74	53	.583
Cleveland Guardians	73	53	.579
Houston Astros	68	58	.540

Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Baltimore Orioles	74	54	.578	+2½
Kansas City Royals	71	56	.559	—
Minnesota Twins	71	56	.559	—
Boston Red Sox	67	59	.532	3½
Tampa Bay Rays	64	62	.508	6½
Seattle Mariners	64	64	.500	7½
Detroit Tigers	62	65	.488	9
Toronto Blue Jays	59	68	.465	12
Texas Rangers	59	69	.461	12½
Los Angeles Angels	54	73	.425	17
Oakland Athletics	54	73	.425	17
Chicago White Sox	31	97	.242	40½

National League Wild Card

Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	76	52	.594
Philadelphia Phillies	74	52	.587
Milwaukee Brewers	73	53	.579

Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Arizona Diamondbacks	72	56	.562	+4
San Diego Padres	72	56	.562	+4
Atlanta Braves	67	59	.532	—
New York Mets	66	61	.520	1½
San Francisco Giants	65	64	.504	3½
St. Louis Cardinals	62	64	.492	5
Chicago Cubs	62	65	.488	5½
Cincinnati Reds	62	65	.488	5½
Pittsburgh Pirates	59	67	.468	8
Washington Nationals	57	70	.449	10½
Colorado Rockies	47	80	.370	20½
Miami Marlins	46	81	.362	21½

Both have their advantages and disadvantages, but with the current Template:Flexbox wrap format, I think these are the two options. Spesh531^{(talk, contrib., ext.)} 19:51, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

I've wondered.. why do we have the division winners are part of the wild card templates? They are usually on the same page as the division standings templates so it seems redundant. For what it's worth.. format 2 looks better than format 1 to me. Spanneraol (talk) 20:12, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Trois-Rivières Aigles (2013–)#Requested move 1 August 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Trois-Rivières Aigles (2013–)#Requested move 1 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 21:27, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Ernie Johnson Jr.#Requested move 5 August 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Ernie Johnson Jr.#Requested move 5 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 06:06, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Page move regarding A's/Giants and the Bay Bridge Series

I've started a discussion regarding the move of Bay Bridge Series to Athletics–Giants rivalry here. Spesh531^{(talk, contrib., ext.)} 21:32, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Naming conventions (baseball players)

This baseball specific guideline is in a standalone page, but a copy of it is also at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (sportspeople) § Baseball. Is there a reason to maintain two copies, and risk having them go out of sync? There might have been a historical reason, but is it still viable? Any objections to redirecting to the general sports page? —Bagumba (talk) 09:44, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Since the standalone page predates the common page, personally I prefer removing the content at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (sportspeople) § Baseball, leaving just the pointer to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (baseball players). This will keep the history of changes in one location. isaacl (talk) 15:42, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

I agree. Spanneraol (talk) 16:44, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Disambiguating people with multiple roles

There's Tom Williams (outfielder/pitcher) (from an RM) and Rick Anderson (pitcher/coach), among others. Are slashes in parenthetical disambiguation a thing for baseball? If so, why do we settle on Dave Roberts (baseball manager), who also had a long career as an outfielder? And what is the criteria for adding "coach" to the titles of all these ex-players turned coaches? —Bagumba (talk) 11:50, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Cleveland Guardians vs Cincinnati Reds Ohio Cup

Hello there, just wanted to give a heads up that the Cleveland Guardians vs Cincinnati Reds “Ohio Cup” Rivalry Wiki Page in season by season results does not show who won the annual series year by year (1997-present day) They appear blank. It’s the last part of the Ohio Cup Wiki Page. It’s blank.

Thank you! Hope you have a good day. Be safe AhBigKev (talk) 15:35, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

File:Steve Boros and His Apple II.png

There is a discussion underway at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2024 August 20 as to whether or not the above image has sufficient importance. Cbl62 (talk) 23:54, 20 August 2024 (UTC)