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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 on the participants page and please say hello on the talk page. Guidelines for creating and formatting MMA articles are below.
Article alerts
editArticles for deletion
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Scope
editThis WikiProject aims to describe a template for new articles about Mixed martial artists, unify currently existing articles and improve the overall quality of mixed martial arts related pages.
Goals
editThe 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.
Notability of fighters
editSee MMA notability
Notability of fighters is one of the biggest issues for the project. WP:MMANOT is a summary of what many of the experienced users for the project believe to be notable organisations and the definition of a notable fighter. Should a fighter not fulfil this criteria, it is unlikely that they warrant an article on Wikipedia.
Discussion is always welcome at the MMA notability page, linked above (or WT:MMANOT for the discussion page), as we attempt to establish a wider consensus for who or what is notable.
Participants
editRecent or ongoing work
editWork-tracking lists
edit- List of fighters that need full articles
- List of promotions that need full articles
- List of fight teams that need full articles
- List of events that need full articles
Ongoing work
editSee talk page for suggested additions.
Project templates
editIn addition to the below-mentioned {{MMAstatsbox}} and {{Championshiptitle}} template group, the following templates are suggested for use on MMA articles.
Barnstar
editPlease show another productive editor some love! To add, place: {{Template:MMA Barnstar |yourname=~~~ |theirname= |awarded=~~~~~ }} on their talkpage. Template:MMA Barnstar
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Biographical stubs (e.g. fighters, promoters, referees)
editPlease use {{mixedmartialart-bio-stub}} instead of {{stub}}, as this will create an appropriate categorization and banner that will direct editors to this project.
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Non-biographical stubs (e.g. fight promotions, events)
editPlease use {{mixedmartialart-stub}} instead of {{stub}}, as this will create an appropriate categorization and banner that will direct editors to this project.
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Banner for use on article talk pages
editPlease 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 at the top of this page, which you can leave notes for yourself or other editors in. By default if no article class is specified, it will automatically be placed in Category:Unassessed mixed martial arts articles.
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Userbox
editMembers of the project are welcome to use the project userbox by adding {{User_WikiProject_Mixed_Martial_Arts}} to their pages:
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Statsbox
editTemplate for MMA Training Associations
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Articles about mixed martial artists
editArticle structure
editThe 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.
Infobox martial artist
editAll articles should begin with an Infobox martial artist (click for example).
Syntax
{{Infobox martial artist
| name = Brock Lesnar
| image = Brock Lesnar in 2003.jpg
| imagesize =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name = Brock Edward Lesnar
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|07|12}}
| birth_place = [[Webster, South Dakota]], United States
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| death_place =
| death_cause =
| other_names =
| residence = [[Alexandria, Minnesota]], United States
| nationality = American
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 280
| weightclass = [[Heavyweight_(MMA)|Heavyweight]]
| reach_in = 81
| stance = Orthodox
| fightingoutof = Alexandria, Minnesota, United States
| team = [[DeathClutch Gym]]
| trainer = Marty Morgan
| rank =
| wrestling = NCAA Division I [[Collegiate wrestling|Wrestling]]
| yearsactive = 2007–present
| mmawins = 5
| mmakowins = 2
| mmasubwins = 2
| mma_decwin = 1
| mmalosses = 2
| mmakolosses = 1
| mmasublosses = 1
| mmadraws =
| mmancs =
| occupation =
| university = University of Minnesota
| spouse = [[Sable (wrestler)|Rena Mero]]
| relatives =
| students =
| club =
| school =
| url =
| sherdog = 17522
| footnotes =
| updated = {{Start date|2011|09|11}}
}}
- Do not add flag icons in the infobox. Flag icons should not be used to emphasize nationality and they are redundant with a written location. They are unnecessarily distracting and give undue prominence to one field among many. For more details, please read Wikipedia:Manual of Style (icons).
- Do not use the style parameter from the {{Infobox martial artist}} in MMA biographical articles. Modern MMA requires training several fighting styles, which means that no mixed martial artist uses a single style when fighting. References that describe martial arts ranks (i.e. black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) and/or martial arts training (i.e. training boxing) are not evidence of fighting style and are not valid to justify a fighting style in an infobox. Do not add your own interpretation of a fighting style. The style parameter should only be used in MMA fighters that have participated professionally or in international competitions in other combat sports (i.e. boxing or kickboxing) and who are notable in said sports and deserve an article for their merits in these other sports (i.e. Antônio Rogério Nogueira, Alistair Overeem). It is suggested to MMA editors that they actively remove the style parameter in infoboxes of MMA fighters that do not meet these criteria.
- When using the team parameter, it is suggested to add all teams/gyms used by a fighter through his/her fighting career, as long as they can be referenced with reliable sources. If a team can't be referenced, do not add it. Add the time period in which a fighter was part of said teams and sort them in a descending chronological order, e.g.:
- Roufusport (2008-present)
- AKA (2006-2008)
- ATT (2005-2006)
- In the weightclass field, try to include the name of the division. Per this discussion, there is a consensus against including the numerical ranges of each division. Example:
|weightclass=[[Light heavyweight (MMA)|Light heavyweight]]Light heavyweight
- If a fighter has competed in a promotion that doesn't follow the ranges given by the Unified Rules, add a note with the name of the promotion. Example:
|weightclass=[[Heavyweight (MMA)|Heavyweight]] (93 kg and over; [[Dream (mixed martial arts)|Dream]])Heavyweight (93 kg and over; Dream)
- If a fighter has competed in several weight classes, add all of them using the tag <br/> after each other. Include a note if the promotion doesn't follow the Unified Rules weight classes. Example:
|weightclass=[[Welterweight (MMA)|Welterweight]]<br/>[[Middleweight (MMA)|Middleweight]]Welterweight
Middleweight
- If a fighter has competed in weight classes that are no longer in use, add the name of the promotion and the period where the rules were in effect. Example:
|weightclass=[[Light heavyweight (MMA)|Lightweight]] (199 lb and under; UFC 1997–2000)Lightweight (199 lb and under; UFC 1997–2000)
- If possible, use footnotes for promotion related information
Lead section
editLead section should include the basic information about the fighter and an overview of notable accomplishments. For example:
- Joe Riggs (born September 23, 1982) is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights as a welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Do not add notable victories/wins in the lead section as that does not represent a concise overview of the article, it does not present a neutral point of view and there is no objective way to determine what makes a victory notable. If you believe that a single notable victory should be added for a specific fighter, first discuss it in the article's talk page or in the talk page of this WikiProject to determine by consensus whether or not that information should go in the lead section.
Early life or Background
editEarly life or Background section should begin with a == Early life == or == Background == title to outline the fighters' life before MMA. Including the details of the fighters childhood: place of birth, sibling information, parents occupation is optional. Further details can include the information on the fighters other careers, his marriage(s), children, pets, etc. Training can be included here, or below, in the martial arts training section.
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
editThe Early life 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 Vasiliy Ivanovich Gavrilov, and later under his current coach, Vladimir Mihailovich Voronov. 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 Alexander Vasilievich Michkov.
- 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
edit- Write down his/her early career.
- Write down recent events.
- If a fighter is officially scheduled to fight in the near future (less than a year), future bouts can be mentioned in a short sentence at the end of this section, provided that they are backed up with reliable sources. Use simple sentences that can be easily modified when the bout has passed. For example, "XXXX will face YYYY on ZZZZ" would be changed to "XXXX faced YYYY on ZZZZ", adding - "which he lost/won.....". This makes it easier for editors to update the information and also comment when a notable fight is cancelled.
Record
editHis/her fight records. It does not have to be about only MMA record. If they have taken part in any Brazilian jiu-jitsu, wrestling or kickboxing etc. matches, you can create a section for each discipline and add that information.