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Merge Schedule and Ratings Tables[edit]

Some may consider this a foolish question, but is there any reason the schedule and TV ratings sections cannot be merged? The tables are practically identical with the addition of viewers and ratings in the latter section. Jdavi333 (talk) 02:40, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I guess it's because we would ideally like to remove the TV info from the Schedule table once the playoffs are over per WP:NOTTVGUIDE (that's the argument that's been used before anyway), and it makes more sense to have a summary of the TV info in the "Television coverage" section, which specifically deals with the broadcasting of the games. – Pee Jay 12:48, 6 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Like this?

Round	Away team	Score	Home team	Date (EST/UTC–5)	TV^[1]	Viewers (millions)^[2]	TV rating^[2]
Wild Card playoffs	Buffalo Bills	19–22 (OT)	Houston Texans	January 4, 2020, 4:35 p.m.	ABC/ESPN	26.3	15.2
	Tennessee Titans	20–13	New England Patriots	January 4, 2020, 8:15 p.m.	CBS	31.4	17.1
	Minnesota Vikings	26–20 (OT)	New Orleans Saints	January 5, 2020, 1:05 p.m.	Fox	30.0	17.4
	Seattle Seahawks	17–9	Philadelphia Eagles	January 5, 2020, 4:40 p.m.	NBC	35.1	19.2
Divisional playoffs	Minnesota Vikings	10–27	San Francisco 49ers	January 11, 2020, 4:35 p.m.	NBC	29.3	16.6
	Tennessee Titans	28–12	Baltimore Ravens	January 11, 2020, 8:15 p.m.	CBS	29.4	16.0
	Houston Texans	31–51	Kansas City Chiefs	January 12, 2020, 3:05 p.m.^[3]	CBS	35.4	20.3
	Seattle Seahawks	23–28	Green Bay Packers	January 12, 2020, 6:40 p.m.^[3]	Fox	37.2	20.0
Conference Championships	Tennessee Titans	24–35	Kansas City Chiefs	January 19, 2020, 3:05 p.m.	CBS	41.1	23.1
Conference Championships	Green Bay Packers	20–37	San Francisco 49ers	January 19, 2020, 6:40 p.m.	Fox	42.8	22.0
Super Bowl LIV Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida	San Francisco 49ers	20–31	Kansas City Chiefs	February 2, 2020, 6:30 p.m.	Fox	99.9	41.6

Just an example. Zzyzx11 (talk) 01:11, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "NFL Wild Card and Divisional Playoff Schedule Announced". NFLCommunications.com (Press release). NFL Enterprises. December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "2019 NFL TV Ratings". Sports Media Watch. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference NewSundayDivisionalTimes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

Live scoring[edit]

In what way does live scoring the game "make scoring easier"? Just update it at the end of the game when the whole score is in the books. If you have issues with that, I pity your apparent lack of mental capacity. – Pee Jay 21:44, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't. Case in point: This edit giving Kansas City seven points in the 3rd quarter followed by this edit correcting it to six points when the extra point was missed. The page has been requested for semi-protection here. Useight (talk) 22:16, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Honestly I feel that live scoring is way much easier, since it kinda feel like a live game is going on. I know people make mistakes assuming everyone makes the XP afterwards, but it’s so much helpful. Mastergerwe97 (talk) 23:34, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Why? There are better places to get your info than Wikipedia. NFL.com would be a good place for you to start if you’re desperate for live scores and you’re not able to watch the game live. – Pee Jay 00:31, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Boxscores have been updated after the games' conclusions for as long as I can remember. I think it's per WP:NOTNEWS, but I'm not sure. I would suggest bringing up the topic at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Football League to see what the consensus/reason is. Useight (talk) 02:22, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I’m pretty sure that Wikipedia honestly isn’t strongly abusive towards disruptive editing. Sure the scores can change every 5 minutes, but I thing the best option is to wait until the quarter ends and then update the score? Mastergerwe97 (talk) 02:54, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

See here, here, and here. Jdavi333 (talk) 02:57, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I still think we should do quarters, because we will have all the information from that quarter and editors would not make any mistakes since they already know that the quarter has ended and no more points can be scored? Mastergerwe97 (talk) 03:03, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You may think that, but no reason football should be different that Snooker. Jdavi333 (talk) 03:43, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. There's no reason to update this article before the game has finished. Until the game is over, the score isn't official anyway (there's a reason announcers use the phrase "in the books" when the game is actually over). There are far better places than Wikipedia to get live information, and I'm pretty sure that us adding scores is a violation of some policy regarding sourcing too. – Pee Jay 11:26, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Actually it isn’t, like I said, Wikipedia isn’t strict towards live scoring, sure people can mess up scores now and then, but anonymous editors have done it a ton before. Mastergerwe97 (talk) 18:29, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is only not strict on these things because there are so many people who try to do it and it's not possible for only a few editors to enforce the policy, especially when things are moving so quickly. But just because a lot of people have done it in the past doesn't mean you have to keep doing it now, and if you can't wait three hours to add the score once it's finished rather than as it's going, that's your problem, not ours. Finally, there is no problem with making mistakes after the fact, as Wikipedia is freely editable and easily corrected. Cheers. – Pee Jay 13:27, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 13 January 2020[edit]

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This article states that the Packers and 49ers have never met in the NFC championship. This is not true; they met in the 1997-98 NFC championship in San Francisco. The Packers won that game and advanced to Super Bowl XXXII where they lost to the Denver Broncos. 4.16.39.195 (talk) 15:55, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I have removed that statement. Useight (talk) 16:09, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[PlayoffSchedule-1] "NFL Wild Card and Divisional Playoff Schedule Announced". NFLCommunications.com (Press release). NFL Enterprises. December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

[TVRatings-2] "2019 NFL TV Ratings". Sports Media Watch. Retrieved January 5, 2020.

[NewSundayDivisionalTimes-3] Cite error: The named reference NewSundayDivisionalTimes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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