Cricket Grounds of The World
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:12 amFTS suggested I start this, but of course the story of most grounds can be found on Cricinfo, and I don't aim to emulate fast_lambo. Looking for an angle, I decided that it was a good application for wikimapia, since Cricinfo doesn't have links to the actual location of the ground, which is what wikimapia is all about. After a few trials, I found that the main grounds seem already to have been marked on wikimapia, but there's also a lot of semi-advertising rubbish there that can make it hard to use the search feature quickly. So, for the convenience of CMS colleagues, I propose that we assemble our own list on this thread, so we can search it and find a view of the ground quickly.
The only problem I see with this approach is that the editing limits don't lend themselves to updating a comment on a ground, and it could get a bit tedious if bits and pieces of commentary are interspersed through a thread. On the other hand, it would be even more tedious to try to assemble a complete article on an individual ground before posting. As a compromise, what I propose to do is to have a basic template for a post on a ground, which goes like this:
Header: Name of ground and country in large bold
On that basis, using the Quote feature would enable folk to add any personal commentary on any gound that was of interest. I will leave this here and proceed to my first example, namely the Sydney Cricket Ground.
The only problem I see with this approach is that the editing limits don't lend themselves to updating a comment on a ground, and it could get a bit tedious if bits and pieces of commentary are interspersed through a thread. On the other hand, it would be even more tedious to try to assemble a complete article on an individual ground before posting. As a compromise, what I propose to do is to have a basic template for a post on a ground, which goes like this:
Header: Name of ground and country in large bold
- Picture (image link or attachment, not too big).
Cricinfo link (URL) where available
Wikipedia link (where available)
Wikimapia link (generally available, but can be time-consuming if it isn't already marked)
Website link/s: where available.
On that basis, using the Quote feature would enable folk to add any personal commentary on any gound that was of interest. I will leave this here and proceed to my first example, namely the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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