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On 4 August 2022, it was proposed that this page be moved to Wikipedia:WikiProject Association football. The result of the discussion was not moved.

Notability of Tunisia football "rivalries"

I came across a set of articles for purported "rivalries" involving Tunisia that look flimsy on the surface as far as passing WP:GNG, being almost entirely synthesized via ref-bombs of match reports and stats databases:

I've considered AfD but haven't had the time to do a full WP:BEFORE search yet. What do others think? Left guide (talk) 06:22, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with your assessment and while BEFORE should not be overlooked, clearly the creator has made no effort to demonstrate notability when mass-creating, so would probably also ignore any improvement tags, so AfD is appropriate IMO to either prompt action or lead onto removal if appropriate. Crowsus (talk) 16:05, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Detailed voting results of the 2024 Ballon d'Or

Detailed voting results of the 2024 Ballon d'Or is a recently created page that's yet to be assessed. Perhaps someone from this WikiProject could take a look at it and assess it? I'm also wondering whether this type of stand-alone article is needed since 2024 Ballon d'Or seems to cover the matter fairly well, and there doesn't seem to be other articles of a similar type for the previous years of the award. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:28, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seems total overkill to me. -Koppapa (talk) 07:24, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I concur. Totally unnecessary level of detail. Is the article creator planning to include the results from all 100 countries????? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:59, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, pretty WP:INDISCRIMINATE to me. Spike 'em (talk) 10:03, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why exactly is it that much overkill when we also include detailed voting results for Eurovision i.e.

The voting results are published anyway, so why can't we have a page with them. I could see a merge with the main page, but wouldn't that page become a bit too long then? Thomediter (talk) 11:41, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with above, overkill and not needed. Kante4 (talk) 11:51, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I had found this very very very very useful. The format published for the detailed voting result by France Football is not very accessible. This good information.

There are compact ways that you can present it - like a 100 row and 30 col table. DavidDublin (talk) 14:09, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AFC Ajax

Maybe a few more eyes need to be kept on the article, following the riots, it seems content was added, which is highly contentious and could evolve into some kind of edit war. So, any help would be appreciated, especially from those admins around here. Regards. Govvy (talk) 10:43, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of players by club

Standard naming for this is List of X F.C. players - apart from in USA, where it's All-time X FC roster, see Category:Lists of soccer players by club in the United States. Is there any reason for this, or why the USA should not match the rest of the world? Giant Snowman 12:49, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am not aware of the reason these lists were named as an "All-time" roster, however that phrasing suggests to me that it is a list of every player under contract. I think the phrasing "List of" players is more accurate, as these lists ought to have specific inclusion criteria. Jogurney (talk) 17:49, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Korede Adedoyin name

This player has always been known as 'Korede Adedoyin' - except when he signed for Raith Rovers, he was suddenly known as 'Cody David'. Can anybody find a source explaining the change? Giant Snowman 13:50, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/5112488/cody-david-korede-adedoyin-raith-rovers-everton/ cheers, Struway2 (talk) 13:55, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fab, thanks! Giant Snowman 16:13, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Youth title in Olympiacos honor section

Hey there! Why is the uefa youth league title that Olympiacos F.C. Youth Academy won, shown on the senior team Olympiacos F.C.? Shouldn't it be removed and kept on the youth article, because they were the ones who won it, not the senior team? Speun (talk) 21:19, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, it's not a 'honour' for the (senior) team. Giant Snowman 22:38, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again GS! So it should just be removed? or do we need more people to agree? Idk how it works tbh. Speun (talk) 18:47, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree that it should be removed. Kante4 (talk) 18:55, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, remove it. Giant Snowman 19:04, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you both for your replies! I removed it! :-) Speun (talk) 19:59, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Image query

Hello all. I currently have Teddy Wynyard (Old Carthusians 1881 FA Cup winner) at FAC. A reviewer is wondering when/where the following picture was published. Would anyone have any ideas, perhaps a book?

AA (talk) 22:30, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]