IHW Project : Hockey towns Welcome to the IHW project Hockey towns . This project aims to build complete and accurate all - time lists of teams and players based on the city they are / were based in , in case of teams , or where they were born , in case of players , coaches , GMs and so on . Eventually , this project aims to cover every city worldwide where the sport of ice hockey has spread its roots . Who may participate in this project ? This project is open to everyone willing to participate . How does it work ? The project being a wide scale one , it is divided in smaller parts adding up to make a whole . This project therefore has several levels , all the way from the national level to the smaller unit , the town ( here , " town " has been chosen to refer to anything from the largest cities to the smallest villages ) . The national level . At this level , the articles talk about hockey countries . These articles ' names should be the country name ( exemple : Canada ) and contain basic information on the country - its location in the world , the number of people inhabiting it and several general interest facts about it ( these information shall be put in a brief and concise introduction ) . Then , the article should provide extensive coverage of the history of hockey within its boundaries . At the bottom of the article , there should be a box template allowing visitors to access the next level of the project : the subnational level . This box is actually a list of the various subdivisions of said country . The subnational level . This second level in the project is all about the various provinces , states , etc . making up a country . For instance , in Canada ' s case , there should be articles on all 10 provinces and 3 territories . There again , an introduction shall give basic facts about the province , while the main body of the article is used for some history of the hockey in the province ( when did the sport begin being played there ? Where was it ? Is it popular and well - developped ? Have important tournaments / competitions been played there ? ) . This history may include interprovincial competitions if such tournaments exists ( i . e . competitions where provincial teams face up in a tournament ) . There again , at the bottom of the article , a box template shall lead to the next level , the town level , by listing the towns comprised within the boundaries of the province . The towns level . This third and last level is the towns level , i . e . properly speaking all the various towns of a country . As with the larger levels , articles at this point should comprise an introduction with general facts about the town , an the main body being the history of the sport in the town . The article should then have a " teams " section listing all teams , past and present , to have called that town their home , and some info about them ( league they played , years of activity , championships won , etc ) . Then , the next section would be " players " . There again , it should be a list of players born in that place ( please note that it is all about birth place and not residence place ) . The most notable players should be presented atop the list ; then the others should come in alphabetical order . Please note that , in order to keep things simple , any national subdivision below the provincial level and above the town level shall be omitted ; in countries like China , for instance , you would have 34 provinces , 330 prefectures and 2873 counties before reaching the township level - that makes a colossal number of articles that in the end would serve little purpose ; therefore , it is much better to keep it 34 provinces and then go right to the township level . Since towns can be counted by thousands and often tens of thousands within a country , an exhaustive list of them all can be a huge burden , especially in countries where hockey is not widely developped . Therefore , it is advised to only create articles for places you are sure there is or was hockey in some way . It is OK to create an article for a village where one single pro player hails from , but it makes no sense to create 1500 blank ones for Chinese towns where nobody ever heard of hockey . How to participate ? It ' s easy and can be done in many ways . Basically , creating a page for a particular city , adding some information on the history of hockey in the town , adding a team or a player in the list - these are all ways to contribute to the project . When you create a city page , please make sure that it has all the required sections ( Hockey in [ town name ] , Teams , Arenas , Players ) and that it is properly categorized ( ex : , ) . Also make sure that each town page has the proper portal tag at the bottom of the page . For instance , a town in Austria ( say , Vienna ) should have the < nowiki > < / nowiki > tagline added to the bottom of the editing box , so that at the bottom of the article , a box is displayed linking to a portal within IHW linked to everything about Austrian hockey . When you create articles about players or teams , make sure the name of the town the player is born in or the name of the town the team is located . If it turns out that an article already exists for that place , please click that link and add the player ' s name or the team ' s name in the appropriate section , if it isn ' t there already .