North Side Baseball is proud to announce the release of the Chicago Cubs Players Project!

This project endeavors to collect as much information about past and present Cubs as possible, giving fans a repository of high-quality data about their favorite players. This isn't meant to replicate the great work done at more staid publications like Wikipedia or Sabr. This project is meant to be by Cubs fans for Cubs fans. Have fun with it!

This is a public, community-driven project… which means everyone is encouraged to participate!

Like any public project, there are some ground rules to follow to ensure the Players Project remains accurate with quality information. Let’s run through the basics:

1. You must have a North Side Baseball account to participate in the Players Project.
2. Before creating a new player, please hit our Players Project index page, search for the player in question, and ensure he doesn’t already exist in the database. Any duplicate entries will be automatically deleted. Sorry, this project is first come, first serve.
3. To edit an existing player, to the right of the player's name on the player page there is a button "Edit Player". Click that it brings you to the edit screen.
4. While we encourage everyone to add unique information to existing players, do not delete others’ work. Feel free to add to their work and move elements of the content around if you add information, but refrain from deleting previous work unless it is inaccurate. If you see something that violates our guidelines below, scroll below the player’s information and look for a small grey “Report Player” button. Click that and let our moderation team know about the issue, and we’ll take it from there.
5. If you upload images, please limit yourself to only high-quality imagery. Any uploaded photo should be at least 600 pixels wide.
6. When adding personal experiences, please keep them short. Write no more than one paragraph, and after the paragraph, hit return and add your name (real name or screen name, whatever you’re comfortable sharing).
7. We are not averse to sharing negative information on a player but reserve the right to curate any inappropriate or unsubstantiated content. Please be as accurate as possible and cite references where possible. When adding to a bio, please use the hyperlink tool to insert your reference links into the biography.
8. If you have questions about what to enter in a field, there is small grey text under each field explaining how to use each field and what to add to it.
9. Unless you are a Players Project moderator, you do not have the option to upload the primary player image. If you create a new player, feel free to add any relevant information and a moderator will loop back and add the featured player image for you. Moderators: when uploading a featured player image, the format MUST be 1:1 (square) and a minimum of 800 by 800 pixels. Please choose the highest-quality image of the player you can find.

That’s everything you need to know! If you have questions about the project, please private message me anytime!

Players Project Moderators: if your account has access to moderating the Players Project, you can view all recent revisions created by users using the ModeratorCP, accessed by clicking your name at the top of every page. On the left, you will see Database Revisions, which brings you to the Players Project's recent revisions. Or click here.