Published on March 31, 2017 4:15 PM by dbo.
February/March 2017 release notes for the CFLdb family of sites includes enhancements to all sites.
The following fixes and enhancements have been made to CFLdb Statistics since the last report:
- Data: Updated Media Source name for almost 600 game links.
- Data: Corrected Montreal Alouette home stadium for years 1949-1953.
- Data: Added birthday, birthplace, football grad program for approximately 1000 players.
- Data: Add jersey numbers for most players 1982-1984, plus some older years.
- Data: Fixed a number of player duplication issues or references.
- Data: Added numerous assistant coaches for current year and historical seasons.
- Data: Updated or added almost 1900 data items total.
- Enhancement: Show Media Source name on Media Preview game links.
- Enhancement: Don’t show All-Star team section if none.
- Enhancement: Added Years with team to team player participation pages.
- Enhancement: Added age (at start of season) to team player participation pages (2015 forward).
- Enhancement: Added football grad program to team player participation pages (2015 forward).
- Enhancement: Enhanced Team Opponent Meeting Record to show Opponent winning percentage.
- Enhancement: Added Remaining Opponent Record to current League season page, show divisional and non-divisional winning percentage of opponents remaining (based on previous season before season starts).
- Enhancement: Initial trial of new navigation system on League season pages.
- Enhancement: Show player jersey number and classification for years 1982-1984.
- Bug: Fixed copyright year in footer.
The following fixes have been made to CFLdb since the last report:
- Enhancement: Added 2017 PDF and iCal schedules
- Bug: Fixed copyright year in footer.
The following fixes have been made to CFLdb Razzle Dazzle since the last report:
- Bug: Fixed copyright year in footer.
What’s Next
The following are my general initiatives for the Statistics site:
- finish rewrite of Attendance compilation.
- continue design migration towards new navigation experiment pending feedback.
- focus on exposing more data, and displaying it nicely on appropriate pages.
- with that complete, providing week-by-week breakdown of seasons.
Reminder
If you see numbers or information that is obviously wrong, please give me a heads up so they may be corrected and misinformation does not remain present on the site for other visitors to spread. All errors are embarrassing and I work to correct them as soon as reported.