Data Preparation Procedures

This page provides information on data preparation for using QuickStatement

IMPORTANT: Before creating an Item page, be to to search to be sure it doesn't already exist!

1. Make sure a season page exists for each team participating in the game: Indexing a Football Team Season
2. Creating an item page for a game: Indexing a Football Game
3. Preparing spreadsheets for data upload
   1. For spreadsheets for games occurring from 2014 to present: Preparing Spreadsheets (2014 to present)
   2. For spreadsheets for games occurring from 2001 to 2013: Preparing Spreadsheets (2001 to 2013)
   3. For transcribed spreadsheets for games occurring prior to 2001: Preparing Spreadsheets (Transcribed Games)
   4. For spreadsheets drawn from newspaper accounts of historical games: Preparing Spreadsheets (Historical Games)
4. Data prep required for creating and populate each drive's item page using QuickStatements... two steps process:
   1. Create spreadsheet that will derive Q numbers for each drive and incorporating "instance of" statements: Drive Creation Procedure
   2. Create spreadsheet to populate data about each drive's (now) existing item page: Drive Data Preparation
5. Next, create an item page for each play for a game ... two steps process: