Wikipedia:WikiProject Contract bridge

1. To make Wikipedia a world-class reference on contract bridge

1. To create comprehensive and current coverage on bidding and card play
2. To achieve a uniformity of style in all articles
3. To achieve the featured standard for all top importance bridge articles
4. To achieve minimum GA-class quality standard in all high importance bridge articles
5. To create biographies on all notable bridge players, writers and administrators
6. To create records of achievement for bridge competitions and awards
7. To create links and identify references to other bridge resources, including books and websites

1. All forums and media
2. All bridge topics on bidding and play
3. All notable people, competitions and awards at the international (WBF) and national (zonal and country) level
4. English language bridge literature and references; biographical information may be sourced in other languages

Please put your user name here, in alphabetical order, if you intend to collaborate in the Wikiproject

• Category:WikiProject Contract bridge participants

• Wikipedia policies and guidelines apply; ensure you are familiar with:
  • The five pillars of Wikipedia — a quick rundown of the five key rules you need to start editing.
  • Simplified ruleset — 12 rules of thumb to help you avoid problems.
  • List of policies — a comprehensive list of the 42 official policies.
• Unless explicitly addressed in the Wiki Bridge Writing Manual of Style, the Wikipedia:Manual of Style governs matters of spelling and grammar. Use a formal style with a consistent theme for text, diagrams, tables and other bridge notations using the available templates. Do not italicize or bold words unless emphasis is explicitly intended.
• The reading audience is the general public and not just bridge experts or enthusiasts. Each contract bridge related article stands on its own merits and should not depend upon or assume any prior knowledge of other articles nor an advanced knowledge of contract bridge or bridge in general.
• All descriptions, symbols and notations are based upon use of the standard fifty-two card French deck.

See Manual of Style - Main Body

• Appendix 1: Article creation and naming guidelines
• Appendix 2: Referenced Manuals of Style
• Appendix 3: Bidding table examples
• Appendix 4: Deal diagram examples
• Appendix 5: Notable people criteria

Article categories

The categorization of contract bridge articles should be hierarchical and entries as mutually exclusive as possible. Red-link categories should be created when there are sufficient member articles or subcategories created; until then, the article should remain in the parent category.

The table at right represents the proposed general scheme for the categories to be used internally for purpose of managing the contract bridge articles under this project. The titles in bold represent the comparable category names to be used externally for the readers, e.g. in the index of contract bridge articles. Accordingly, the primary categories should remain stable.

Administrative categories

1. Category:Contract bridge stubs contains all stub articles, regardless of other categorization
2. Category:Contract bridge templates contains all bridge related templates

Project pages

See also: List of project subpages

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Contract bridge/Assessment

Quality and importance parameter capability has been added to the {{WPCB}} banner but most articles have not been assessed in either parameter.

Consistent application of the grading criteria requires further support by more detailed descriptions of each classification in the context of 'contract bridge'.

Contract bridge articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
GA				1			1
B	2	4	8	2			16
C	1	11	28	21			61
Start	6	35	177	407		3	628
Stub			1	157		16	174
List	1	3	4	6			14
Category					104		104
Disambig					8		8
Project					18		18
Redirect				4	26		30
Template					42		42
Assessed	10	53	218	598	198	19	1,096
Unassessed						48	48
Total	10	53	218	598	198	67	1,144
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 4,478			Ω = 5.09

• Project watchlist: summary of recent edits to all articles incorporating the WikiProject Contract bridge banner.

In addition to all normal Wiki policy, these will guide how participants will govern themselves on this project.

See Category:Contract bridge stubs (169 articles) for the list of bridge articles designated as stubs. If they are, improve them and remove the tag; if they are not deemed a stub, remove the stub. Stub tags should be removed in accordance with Wiki policy.

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• References to The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge: To avoid tedious text entry and ensure consistency, a template is available and includes all seven American editions plus the International Edition. See {{OEB}}
  

Example:Frey, Richard L.; Truscott, Alan F., eds. (1964). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (1st ed.). New York: Crown Publishers. p. 100. LCCN 64023817.

Example:Frey, Richard L.; Truscott, Alan F.; Cohen, Ben; Barrow, Rhoda, eds. (1967). The Bridge Players' Encyclopedia. London: Paul Hamlyn. p. 100. OCLC 560654187.

Example:Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F.; Frey, Richard L.; Hayward, Diane, eds. (1984). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (4th ed.). New York: Crown Publishers. p. 100. ISBN 0-517-55272-8. LCCN 84001791.

Example:Manley, Brent; Horton, Mark; Greenberg-Yarbro, Tracey; Rigal, Barry, eds. (2011). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (7th ed.). Horn Lake, MS: American Contract Bridge League. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-939460-99-1.

• Web citation:
  {{cite web |url= |title= |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher= |accessdate= }}
• Web citation, two authors:
  {{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website= |publisher= |accessdate= }}
• Book citation:
  {{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |author-mask= |title= |edition= |publisher= |location= |pages= |series= |year= |doi= |lccn= |oclc= |isbn= }}
  

Example: Culbertson, Ely, ed. (1935). The Encyclopedia of Bridge. New York: The Bridge World, Inc.

Example: Hasenson, Peter (2004). British Bridge Almanack. London: 77 Publishing. ISBN 0-9549241-0-X.

Example: Bourke, Tim; Sugden, John (2010). Bridge Books in English 1886-2010: an annotated bibliography. Cheltenham, England: Bridge Book Buffs. ISBN 978-0-9566576-0-2.

Example: Kearse, Amalya (1990). Bridge Conventions Complete (Revised and Expanded ed.). Louisville, KY: Devyn Press Inc. ISBN 0-910791-76-7. 1121 pages.

• Book citation Author-mask is "emdash":
  {{cite book |author-mask= 1 |last= |first= |authorlink= |title= |publisher= |location= |edition= |series= |year= |doi= |lccn= |oclc= |isbn= }}

Example: — (1990). Bridge Conventions Complete (Revised and Expanded ed.). Louisville, KY: Devyn Press Inc. ISBN 0-910791-76-7. 1121 pages.

• Book citation Author-mask is "with":
  {{cite book |author-mask= with |last1= |first1= |authorlink1= |last2= |first2= |authorlink2= |title= |publisher= |location= |edition= |series= |year= |doi= |lccn= |oclc= |isbn= }}

Example: with Someone, Else (1990). Bridge Conventions Complete (Revised and Expanded ed.). Louisville, KY: Devyn Press Inc. ISBN 0-910791-76-7. 1121 pages.

• Book citation, two authors:
  {{cite book |last1= |first1= |authorlink1= |last2= |first2= |authorlink2= |title= |edition= |publisher= |location= |pages= |series= |year= |doi= |lccn= |oclc= |isbn= }}
• Journal citation:
  {{cite journal |author= |authorlink= |editor= |editor-link= |date= |year= |month= |title= |trans_title= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |location= |publisher= |isbn= |issn= |quote= }}
  

Example: Alphonse Moyse, Jr. (ed.). "Article Title". The Bridge World. New York.

Example: Jeff Rubens (ed.). "Article Title". The Bridge World. Scarsdale, NY: Bridge World Magazine Inc. ISSN 0006-9876.

• Newspaper citation:
  {{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title= |url= |url-status= |work= |location= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=}}

Examples: See examples of variations at the template page

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