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Welcome to the Water polo work group of the WikiProject Swimming. This is the central point for discussion and improvement of water polo-related articles. Feel free to ask questions or add to the conversations.

• To improve all Wikipedia articles related to water polo.
• Discuss the project and improvements to water polo articles on the talk page.
• Add the tag below to the water polo-related article's Talk Page:

  {{WikiProject Water polo|class=|importance=}}

Water polo articles whose creation has been requested by other users are listed at Wikipedia:Requested articles/Sports#Water polo. You can help by creating a requested article.

For a list of recently created water polo articles, see:

• New articles

Water polo articles requiring expansion are listed at Category:Water polo stubs. You can help by choosing an article in these categories below and expanding it.

• Category:Water polo stubs
  • Category:Water polo biography stubs
  • Category:Water polo competition stubs
  • Category:Water polo organization stubs
  • Category:Water polo team stubs

• Water polo articles that have had requests to add pictures, photos or diagrams to them are listed at Category:Wikipedia requested images of water polo.
• Articles about water polo people that have had requests to add photos to them are listed at Category:Wikipedia requested images of water polo people.

• For water polo events in 2025, see Category:2025 in water polo.
• For current water polo seasons, see Category:Current water polo seasons.
• For water polo events that have yet to take place, see Category:Scheduled water polo competitions.

You can find a list of all Members here. Joining Water polo work group is easy – just add your username to the bottom of the list. When joining the work group, you should watch this page. This allows you to keep up-to-date with discussions on the talk page.

After you have signed up, feel free to add this line at your user page: {{User Water polo work group}}, and then you will find this userbox displayed:

This user is a member of the Water polo work group.

You can use {{The Water Polo Barnstar}} to recognise users as being particularly useful to the WikiProject on Water polo. It should be placed on user talk pages.

Barnstar	Image	What to type	Description
2.0 version		{{subst:The Water Polo Barnstar|message ~~~~}}	The Water polo Barnstar is awarded to those who contribute exceptionally to water polo-related articles, and/or for work on the WikiProject on Water polo.
1.0 version		{{subst:The Water Polo Barnstar|message ~~~~|alt}}

Guidelines and help pages for writing articles and other contributions.

A quick reference guide to consensus:

• Consensus

Info on in what category articles should be placed:

• Category structure

Numerous templates exist, how to find them and how to use them:

• Template list

How to know if a water polo topic should be on Wikipedia or not:

• Wikipedia:Notability (Official Wikipedia general guideline)
• Wikipedia:Notability (sports) (Official Wikipedia guideline for articles related to sports)
• Notability guideline for water polo (Water polo work group guideline)

The Assessment department of the WikiProject focuses on assessing the quality of water polo-related articles.

For a detailed explanation with lots of examples about assessing the importance of water polo-related articles, please see the Importance assessment department of the WikiProject.

The proportion of all articles with an assessed project banner is:

The proportion of all articles with known importance is:

The full log of assessment changes for the past six days is available here.

Categories for discussion

• 11 Feb 2025 – Category:Amateur water polo (talk ·  · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
• 30 Jan 2025 – Category:Olympic water polo players by year (talk ·  · hist) was CfDed by Hey man im josh (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Feb 2025 – Category:Wikipedia categories named after water polo competitions (talk ·  · hist) CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Articles for creation

• 26 Nov 2024 – Draft:Filip Radojević (talk ·  · hist) submitted for AfC by Akileee1 (t · c) was declined by JFHJr (t · c) on 12 Feb 2025

The following table shows shortcuts related to the WikiProject on Water polo.

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