Template talk:Hoops team player

The templates are used to create a list of team rosters of the professional basketball teams:

Documentation

{{Hoops team start}}

Place this at the start of each roster.

{{Hoops team player}}

Apply this template ONLY to each and every roster member.

• pos = Basketball position. Use either C, G, F, PG, SG, and SF
• pos2 = Use this for secondary position of the player (i.e. if a player is a combo guard, use "PG" for "pos" and "SG" for "pos2"; you can also simply use "G" in "pos" without using "pos2".
• no = Jersey number.
• country = Country of the player. You can use any convention (IOC, ISO, full name).
• name = Name of the player.
• note = Notes such as team captain, injured, rookie, etc.
• school = College or school of the player.

{{Hoops team mid}}

Add this if you'd want to have 2 columns.

{{Hoops team footer}}

• headcoach = Name of the head coach.
• country = Country of the head coach. You can use any convention (IOC, ISO, full name).
• assistants = Assistant coach/es. You can prefix {{flagicon}} before each name. (Optional)
• legend = The letters or symbols used in the roster list, such as (C) for captain, for injured players, etc.
• otherlabel = Add this for other staff members such as govenor, general manager, etc. This will display the position of the person/s.
• others = The name/s of the person/s holding the position stated at "otherlabel".
• teamname = Name of the team. If left blank, it'll display the article name.

{{End box}}

• Add this at the end of each roster.

--Howard the Duck 11:51, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Discussion

You know if you hadn't added the two-column feature it would be easy to make these tables sortable. — CharlotteWebb 02:15, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I dunno, I just emulated the football squad templates. If there's a way it could be done without screwing up pages it'll be great. Besides I think it may work if there's only one column. --Howard the Duck 05:53, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually the reason two columns would suck is because they would sort separately rather than as a whole. Also I was thinking about adding height and weight to the rows, which would make them wider and less conducive to a two-column format. — CharlotteWebb 06:42, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I actually tried adding the sortable element but it'll screw up with {{Hoops team footer}}. --Howard the Duck 06:54, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

That would work better as a separate table below the actual roster, I think. Or to the right, but not part of the areas being sorted. — CharlotteWebb 06:57, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I tried using {{end box}} and {{start box}} right after {{Hoops team footer}} but it didn't screw up, it just needs a little formatting to make it work. However I'm concerned if the roster list is very long, it'll leave a lot of white space at the right side of the monitor, and it can be fixed by having 2 columns (although I have a big monitor so I won't know the case for smaller ones). How about having a fixed width for one column but it automatically goes to the 48%-1%-48% convention when it's split? --Howard the Duck 07:08, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Would love to see the following optional parameters

Would it be possible to add the following parameters?

• dob date of birth
• height_ft height feet
• height_in height (inches)
• height_m height (meters)
• weight_lbs weight (pounds)
• weight_kg weight (kilograms)

there are conversion templates to do height and weight. there is a very poorly named template out there doing something very similar to this one: {{Player2}}. Check it out. Rolando 05:58, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

You can it between player and school... but I'm too lazy to do that and it might screw up... --Howard the Duck 05:59, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

OK, I will give it a shot. I will need to make some additional parameters in the header template to show the columns, and then show them. I have confidence. Let me know how I break it! :-) Rolando 17:23, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Ugh. What fun. There is now too much white space and I can't figure it out. If you want, you can revert this. I do think the changes to {{Hoops team footer}} are improvements. They make it more flexible. Rolando 01:52, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

It took me hours to figure this one out, good luck on this. --Howard the Duck 02:14, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

The template is screwed up. However, I'm too dumb on how to fix it. The gaps should be removed so that they'll stretch vertically for only 100 pixels. --Howard the Duck 13:10, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

OK, I think it is good now. Let me know if/where there are problems, and I will try to address them. Thanks! Rolando 17:13, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

It's largely fixed but I don't why FIBA Asia Championship 2007 squads is still screwed up... --Howard the Duck 17:16, 29 August 2007 (UTC)