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Contribution Guide - Instructions on how to help add content:

  1. You must be registered on TheSportsdb.com site.
  2. Write a short post in the forum: Apply to be an editor.
  3. If you've been active in Discord for a while, maybe you'll catch ZAG and it will go faster.
Remember:
  • The site is built by its users, all data and artwork you see was contributed by someone.
  • That can be from individual users, or someone who wrote a script, or commercial imports.
  • It doesn't help to constantly complain that certain things are missing.
  • There are people assigned to certain categories who take care of ongoing events; you are welcome to choose freely.


Artwork:

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  • Once logged in you can click on any missing artwork thumb to upload some artwork. 
  • The artwork upload page will tell you about what size and format you should submit. 
  • You can also replace artwork using the pencil icon to the right of the image
  • Example - Event: Sport / Equestrian / Olympics Equestrian / 2024 / Eventing Individual Jumping Final


Event Schedules:

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  • One of the biggest jobs on the site is to add new events to each season. 
  • We have a number of importers that can do this but they are not always reliable Sports such as Motorsport, Tennis, Fighting etc are all done manually by our users.
  • If you see something missing, just go to the league page and hit "Add Event" and add some details.
  • Example: Sport / Weightlifting / Commonwealth Games Weightlifting


Team Data:

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  • We have thousands of teams on our site and Mods can add new ones any time.
  • There are lots of teams still needing data so go ahead and click the "Edit Team" button.
  • You can add team members by clicking the 'Add Player' button to any team.
  • Example: Sport / Lacrosse / National Lacrosse League / Georgia Swarm


Player Data:

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  • One of the biggest areas in need of improvement is the player rosters. 
  • Any user can add a player, edit and upload artwork from the team page.
  • If you see a player has transfered teams you can edit the player and change their team.
  • You can check the latest player transfers here.
  • Example: Sport / Soccer / English League 1 / Lincoln / Frederick Draper


Missing Scores:

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  • We have a dedicated page for missing scores from the day before here
  • Please help out by checking this as much as you can and updating the scores. 
  • You can click the search icon to search google automatically for the score. 
  • Then click the event and edit event to update the scores.


TV Schedules:

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  • TV schedules can be added from any event, just hit the Add TV button.
  • Example: Sport / Motorsport / NASCAR Cup Series / 2024 / FireKeepers Casino 400


Link collection for missing data or artwork: (See at a glance what is missing)

Player: Link
Scores: Link
Highlights: Link
Artwork: Link
Seasons: Link
Transfers: Link
Honours: Link
Stats: Link



Forum members/moderators & Discord users who are responsible for certain sports:

- Zag (Forum/Discord): Example Placeholder
- curswine (Forum/Discord): Example Placeholder
- Ovokx (Forum/Discord): Example Placeholder

Forum from: TheSportsDB.com
Discord from: TheSportsDB.com
Discord from: tsdb.club & tsdb.live (A bot posts new forum posts just to be informed on the go. Please use TheSportsDB.com for communication!)



There is also an overview of all artwork: Overview of images by name, type, format and category
And a [Page Collection] - Sports Information Sources by Category