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Ahmad Elrich

In the off-chance someone has this page still on their watchlist, as a heads-up Ahmad Elrich is going to be in the news for a while... Hack (talk) 04:28, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Still watching here and keeping an eye on the Elrich article. Camw (talk) 11:21, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of FC Adelaide

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amateur team - makes no claim to notability, no external reliable sources referenced

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Proposed deletion of Juan Nilo

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not notable, fails WP:GNG and WP:ATH

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Assistance required

I would like some assistance at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Damien Kallis primarily as to whether the Queensland State League is a semi or fully professional league and following on, are players who play in this league automatically notable under WP:NSPORTS or not. This link says it's professional, but I would think that most players would be paid, but would also have other main jobs outside of playing football. But I'm open to those who know better. The-Pope (talk) 03:05, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Definitely semi-pro. Not that I could reference that... Hack (talk) 00:46, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Requested move: Association football in Australia

A Requested move has been initiated for the article Association football in Australia. Timrollpickering (talk) 19:34, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Task force?

Hello members of the Association Football in Australia WikiProject. I am following up on a discussion that has taken place at WT:FOOTY regarding the status of your WikiProject, amongst others. The general consensus among our group is that we recommend you consider converting your WikiProject into a task force of WikiProject Football. The actual changes that would occur would be negligible in a functional sense, as you could continue to assess the importance of your articles separately from football articles in general, via the {{WikiProject Football}} talk page banner, and you could continue to use this page as your 'base of operations'. The benefits of this change to you, however, would be great: increased relations with WikiProject Football would attract a greater number of editors willing to help your cause and improve your articles. Your articles would therefore benefit from the wealth of total experience possessed by WikiProject Football members. If you have any comments or questions about this proposition, I invite you to add them to this thread where we have centralised the discussion. If we do not hear back from one of your participants within 72 hours (i.e. by 19:00 BST, 6 August 2011), we will assume that your silence implies consensus and we will begin the conversion process. – PeeJay 18:18, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Project reboot

In light of the suggestion to transition this project to a taskforce, I was looking for thoughts on where editors see this project going.

I see a number of opportunities for further development

1) Creating articles for all notable Australian footballers

• There are dozens of Socceroos players still without articles, including 12 national team captains
• Very few retired women's national team players have articles, including a number of captains

2) Improving coverage of state leagues

• Historical information is lacking on a number of state leagues eg WA and NSW (FNSW and NNSWF)have no significant coverage of their federation/association splits during the 50s and 60s.
• Defining notability for state league clubs

3) Improving collaboration

• Centralising information at the project page eg links to resources, creation of a booklist

Hack (talk) 05:21, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

If there is any interest, I have a list of Women's national team players without a page here. Camw (talk) 05:31, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Just so you know, there's no reason you couldn't do all the things you've listed above as a task force of WP:FOOTY. Becoming a task force would not limit your operations in any way, it would just make sure people know you're a part of WP:FOOTY and not a splinter cell. – PeeJay 12:10, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

@camw - maybe we could merge the lists? Hack (talk) 07:27, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Wikimedians to the Games

If there are any Australian Football fans lurking around, Wikimedians to the Games is a collaboration drive to improve Australian Paralympic articles, with the most active contributors having an opportunity to go attend the Paralympic Games and to cover the Games behind the scenes with a press pass. The top two contributors will get their airfare and accommodation paid for. :) The drive official starts on 10 January 2012. The coverage of Australian disability related football articles appears to be pretty non-existent so great place to carve out a nice niche. :) --LauraHale (talk) 09:52, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Sydney Derby (A-League) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Sydney Derby (A-League) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sydney Derby (A-League) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Hack (talk) 06:41, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Newcastle players

Just came across this - playing stats for every Newcastle national league player since 1978. [1] Not sure if its accurate but it looks useful. Hack (talk) 01:39, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Looks like that link is dead - an archived version is here. Hack (talk) 05:22, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Notability of state league clubs

A discussion regarding notability of Australian state league clubs is occurring at WT:FOOTY. Hack (talk) 14:59, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

FFFSA League Structure

Currently:

Super League - 10 teams
Premier League - 10 teams
State League - 10 teams

After the 2012 season FFSA is scrapping the Super League making the Premier League the top tier.

Premier League - 14 teams
State League - 16 teams

I have been collecting the all time appearances and goals for the super league (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFSA_Super_League#All_Time_League_Leaders) but now that it will be gone should i start again for the premier league starting 2013 or should include statistics from super league 2006-2012? Thoughts? I think i may start again.Simione001 (talk) 07:29, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

anyone? thoughts?Simione001 (talk) 04:47, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

So it's just a renaming? Hack (talk) 05:41, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

At the moment in SA we have Super, Premier, State league in that order. FFSA is scrapping the top tier (super league) therefore the premier league (which is already in exsistance from 2006-present) will become to the top tier. im trying to determine if i should start the all time appearances and goals again from 0 or if i should carry over the stats from 2006-2012 super league to the premier league.Simione001 (talk) 06:06, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

If the 2013 Premier League contains substantially the same teams as the 2012 Super League, I would have thought that it was effectively the same league. Hack (talk) 06:29, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

The 2013 Premier League will be made up of all 10 teams from the 2012 Super League and the top 4 teams from the 2012 Premier League. I think i will carry over the stats from 2006-2012 Super League to 2013 Premier League. What about the Category:FFSA Super League players? should i rename it Category:FFSA Premier League players or should i create a new category?Simione001 (talk) 06:46, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Flag issue

I've been looking around and getting annoyed. A lot of state league club sites have Australian International listed players with flags of their ethnicity/heritage. For example North Geelong Warriors and Brunswick Juventus. If they have represented Australia they should have the Australian flag against their name. I don't know where the reference is but I am pretty sure it is a rule some where.--TinTin (talk) 01:17, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Most major football club articles have notes above their squad listings saying the flags refer to their FIFA nationalities (eg Arsenal F.C.#First-team squad). Hack (talk) 03:07, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

2013 Tasmanian Structure

For those unaware FFT is launching a state-wide league T-League next year which has then caused cascading changes to the Northern and Southern Premier Leagues and Southern League One. A detailed article FFT here outlining structure of FFT Leagues in 2013. Obviously a few Wiki Artilces will need to be updated to reflect this. --TinTin (talk) 01:17, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Discussion on season naming

Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football#Australian seasons for a discussion on naming of national league season articles. Hack (talk) 11:30, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Colours used for Central Coast Mariners

So I understood from Rjbsmith that editors are directed to use the colours "CentralCoastColours 2", rather than "CentralCoastColours". As I understand "CentralCoastColours 2" was only used to differentiate from the Gold Coast United colours, but since they are not part of the A-League since 2012, I see no problem using "CentralCoastColours" now, and it is easier for editos. Thoughts? --SuperJew (talk) 11:08, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

The Mariners' kit is back to being more yellow than blue so that seems to make sense. Hack (talk) 12:15, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

As there are no objections I am going ahead with the change for the 2012-13, 2013-14 seasons. --SuperJew (talk) 17:24, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Personally, I think it's better if it stays with the '2' colours so that there is consistency. Club colours such as Perth Glory and Newcastle Jets have changed a lot since the first season but their new flag colours now apply to all seasons. To avoid confusion, I think the same should be done for Central Coast since there will be three seasons where the colours would have to be different (due to Gold Coast) if we revert back to the original. It will also be an issue for pages such as the A-League records page where all teams feature in various lists. So I think the solution would actually be to update the original Central Coast file (as has been done for every other club) rather than use both. The only club where a change should be applicable is Queensland Roar and Brisbane Roar due to the name change. O for Awesome (talk) 00:48, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm probably a bit late with my input, but I will give it anyway. Definitely use CentralCoastColours and NOT "2". And I think this should be reflected with their templates as well. Eccy89 (talk) 08:06, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Internationally Capped Players tables

Internationally Capped Players tables are completely unnecessary. Why are we adding them to A-League club articles? Firstly, why is it necessary to include such information as caps, goals and years active? Readers do not come to club articles for international statistics. Secondly, why is it necessary to state whether a player is internationally capped on the club article? Is this relevant to the club? It is trivial information to the specific club. All related international information on players can be found on the respected player articles. Again, this is unnecessary, can we remove the tables?--2nyte (talk) 09:26, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

It might be in the same way as some small clubs have a section about notable players (who played for the small club, and went on to larger and famous clubs). The question IMO is the amount, if there are a small number of internationals in each team, then it seems special enough to note. On the other hand, if most of the squad are internationals then it isn't worth mentioning. And even when mentioning, I think it is enough to have a list of internationals and there is no need to include caps, goals and other details, only the player and international team played for. --SuperJew (talk) 09:32, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

What should be considered as a small number? Marconi, Olympic and United all have similar lists of some length. Should they be worth mentioning?--2nyte (talk) 02:28, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

I have no ideas what the numbers should be, and I think more people should contribute their opinion to this discussion. I think it's a per case thing. For example, you won't list all the international players of Barcelona, because it is nearly (if not all) the whole team. --SuperJew (talk) 07:18, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

WLeague template

Template:WLeague NUJ and nine others has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Mentoz86 (talk) 10:37, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

• Keep all. these template are used very frequently --> on all the pages of players who play (currently or in the past) in the W-League, as well as W-League pages, and W-League teams' season pages. They are typing-aid templates, and function like the A-League help templates. --SuperJew (talk) 14:46, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Merge discussion for Lake Oval

An article that you have been involved in editing, Lake Oval, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Hack (talk) 06:10, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

Request for comment

Due to no consensus on a previous discussion re: article naming, there is a second discussion open about moving Australia national association football team to Australia men's national association football team. We are seeking outside input. Contributions to the discussions are much appreciated. Thank you. Hmlarson (talk) 01:31, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Adding FC from season pages

"I understand your (SuperJew's) reasoning for moving the page (Melbourne Heart's season page) back to the title you did but what about consistency with overall pages on wikipedia like 2013–14 Arsenal F.C. season or 2013 Toronto FC season. It just makes no sense not to have the FC mentioned as that is their name, Melbourne Heart FC. Cheers. --ArsenalFan700 (talk) 15:31, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

If it's an issue of consistency, I would be happy to help move the rest of A-League teams' season pages. I've always though it strange that that A-League team's season article don't have an FC in the title when every other team in other leagues do. What about consistency?--2nyte (talk) 15:49, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Personally I don't mind too much one way or another, though I do find the FC addition in team names and such usually redundant because they are mostly referred to without the FC addition, and then there are always long and annoying wikilinks in articles (such as Melbourne Heart). Anyways, it should consistent for all of the A-League teams and updated in the templates, so that they will be bolded."

Hi, Above I've copied a discussion started on my talk page. The suggestion in question is to add the "FC" to the A-League teams' season pages. Let the discussions begin... --SuperJew (talk) 16:40, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

It's exactly the same as for 2013–14 Manchester United F.C. season, 2013–14 AFC Ajax season, 2013–14 FC Barcelona season or 2013–14 Real Madrid C.F. season. Whatever the clubs main article name is should be used in the season articles, or for any related article for that matter (e.g. List of Western Sydney Wanderers FC players or List of Perth Glory FC seasons). --2nyte (talk) 05:05, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Fully agree with this. If "FC" or whatever appears in the main club article then it should also be included in all related articles. --ArsenalFan700 (talk) 17:16, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

100% agree that the FC should be included for season pages - it should directly replicate the title. While I'm here, just a quick note of appreciation to those keeping the season pages updated - I know that these pages are widely viewed, particularly during the season itself, so to have updated information with such consistency is awesome. So thanks guys :) Daniel (talk) 22:04, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

So can we move these articles now? It's a unanimous decision to do so.--2nyte (talk) 10:11, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

I would think so, has everyone had a chance to comment? --ArsenalFan700 (talk) 16:06, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

The FC is definitely part of the clubs' formal names, but why waste the effort writing it here? The media doesn't use it in narrative form. The fans don't say it. For Australian clubs it's just a pretentious, herd like copying of the style of foreign clubs anyway. A bit like "United" for clubs that have never been un-united. HiLo48 (talk) 20:44, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

I agree with HiLo48, and I think also the club pages (also not in Australia) don't need to have the FC. People call Real Madrid C.F. - Real Madrid, S.S.C. Napoli - Napoli, FC Bayern Munich - Bayern Munich, Manchester United F.C. - Manchester United, Beitar Jerusalem F.C. - Beitar Jerusalem.

Point is the club addition (FC/F.C./A.F.C./S.S.C./KV/etc..) is hardly used by media or fans. In the same way we name people's pages after their well known first and last names, and don't include all their middle names if they have. Cristiano Ronaldo, not Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, Lionel Messi, not Lionel Andrés Messi, Raúl, not Raúl González Blanco, Ronaldinho, not Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, Mark Viduka, not Mark Anthony Viduka. etc. --SuperJew (talk) 20:54, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

It's always good to have some formality when presenting articles, and I think everyone likes consistency. Also I think there's no comparing the use of FC (or its equivalent) to a persons full name; maybe you could compare the use of "Ronaldo" to "Cristiano Ronaldo" - the same as Melbourne Heart and Melbourne Heart FC, one is used in article titles and the other in the articles content.--2nyte (talk) 00:31, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

It's not "always good" when it's an artificial, sheepish, aping of overseas clubs, maintaining the image of soccer as a foreign game. It perpetuates the image of a game that wants to be like the European clubs where the fans' real heroes play. A bit of difference would provide a better look HiLo48 (talk) 00:58, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Okay, look, if the Melbourne Heart use "FC" themselves then it should be added to their main article and all other articles relating to the Melbourne Heart (for consistency reasons). However, if they do not use it then it should not be added. Almost like in MLS. Toronto FC use "FC" so we add FC to everything about them (even player pages as they are a franchise and FC is literally a part of their name) however the Montreal Impact don't use FC so we dont add it to their articles. Now, for the Heart... they do use it (per this link) so it should be added to all Heart pages. That should be it. --ArsenalFan700 (talk) 01:01, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

In other words, if FC (or its equivalent) is used for the clubs main article it should be used for season articles or any other articles relating to the club.--2nyte (talk) 01:10, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Ya, why not? I mean, it just makes sense really. Of course, lets say that for the Brisbane Roar FC... there current article should be 2013–14 Brisbane Roar FC season but since they were the Queensland Roar FC at one point then we should have the 2007–08 Queensland Roar FC season as that is what they were officially named then. That is really it, at least to me and I bet to the majority of WP:Football. Cheers. --ArsenalFan700 (talk) 01:15, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Agree. This is already what every other football season article does; there's no point on reinventing the wheel.--2nyte (talk) 01:20, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

The season articles should match the whatever the club was called in that season. I don't see any reason that the season articles should be different from the club article. Hack (talk) 03:33, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

SuperJew, can we continue discussing this if you still oppose the change. As I said above, the main reason for change is consistency, to relate the season articles and others to the clubs main page and its title.--2nyte (talk) 03:08, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

I don't see what more there is to discuss here. It seems there are 2 opposes to the change (me and HiLo48) and 4 supports (ArsenalFan700, 2nyte, Daniel and Hack). --SuperJew (talk) 17:23, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm an oppose, mainly because it's both unnecessary, and a silly copying of a foreign custom which adds nothing to the name of an Australian club, and probably does more harm than good to the clubs' images with people who are currently not fans. It's also an inconsistent add-on. We certainly won't be adding the FC everywhere we mention a club. Not sure why it needs to be anywhere really. The names are unique without the FC. But if someone decides, against policy but as is quite commonly done on Wikipedia, that a majority is a consensus, I won't slash my wrists. HiLo48 (talk) 21:38, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

And I note that, with no further discussion, User:2nyte has begun to make these changes. Not good faith editing, but my wrists are OK. HiLo48 (talk) 00:42, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

If pages are to be moved, they need to moved to the name that the club used for the given season. Hack (talk) 07:38, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

ACL matches in A-League club season articles

Hi, everyone. Oviously the ALC season is played during two football/A-League seasons. I was wondering in what season(s) we should put the ACL matches for A-League clubs considering the off-season is in June? For example, in the upcoming ACL (2014 AFC Champions League#Schedule) should we put matches up to Round of 16 (2 February 2014-14 May 2014) in the 2013–14 club season articles and the matches from Quarter-finals onwards (17 September 2014-November 2014) in the 2014–15 club season articles. And then if the club competes in the following ACL season would those matches be split into 2014–15 and 2015–16?--2nyte (talk) 14:32, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

In my opinion we definitely want to keep the ACL season on the same page, otherwise it will be confusing. And since the current ACL season (2014) starts during the 2013-14 season, that is where it should be included (as is now - the 2014 ACL games are in CCM, MV, and WSW 2013-14 season pages). --SuperJew (talk) 14:38, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Yes, but the season ends at the end of May, and the new season starts in July. So shouldn't the ACL matches from July onwards be in next seasons article?--2nyte (talk) 14:42, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

It is confusing of the ACL season is split up to two pages. Especially if the club competes in two consecutive ACL seasons. --SuperJew (talk) 15:08, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

It won't be confusing if it is specified in the article. They are after all season articles, so shouldn't we only include info from the specific seasons?--2nyte (talk) 15:15, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

The thing is that not everything is clear-cut that way. I think it is preferable to keep the ACL season intact. It is also done that way in statistics tables on players' pages. --SuperJew (talk) 15:23, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

And also (and this is about all your recent discussions): If it ain't broke, don't fix it. --SuperJew (talk) 15:46, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

I'm trying to improve the articles, they're not pointless edits. I think it may confuse readers and will make content harder to find if ACL matches played during November 2014 in one article and A-League matches played during November 2014 in another article.--2nyte (talk) 15:52, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Well as I mentioned (at least twice already) I think it will confuse readers if the ACL season is split up to two pages. Imagine reading about the club's (hopefully) progress through the group stage, then a victory in the round of 16, and then "hey! why aren't they in the quarter finals?!?" or alternatively, user goes into the season page and thinks "WOW! Australian clubs are so well ranked they enter the ACL straight at quarter-final stage?".

And as to your comment "It won't be confusing if it is specified in the article." - it goes to not splitting up the ACL season. --SuperJew (talk) 16:09, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

So some 2013–14 season articles may have 2014–15 season matches. Wouldn't it make sense to only have 2013–14 matches in the 2013–14 season articles?--2nyte (talk) 23:49, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

I really don't have anything to add to what I've mentioned (three times) already. Are you trying to tire me out so I'll agree with you? or would you like to take this in a new direction? --SuperJew (talk) 07:28, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

SuperJew, I'm not sure if we should move the ACL matches from Adelaide United's 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11 and 2012–13 season to the season earlier.--2nyte (talk) 12:49, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Yes, definitely. However, The FIFA Club World Cup should stay in 2008–09, as it started during the 2008–09 season (December 2008). --SuperJew (talk) 12:56, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Late into this convo, I know but my two cents: I agree with SuperJew. Keep ACL matches in the season article that ACL season starts in. If there are teams competing in consecutive ACL campaigns, it will be very confusing. Seems logical to keep the matches and stats for one ACL campaign in the one article. Ck786 (talk) 08:24, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Very late into this convo and I agree with SuperJew and Ck786. In fact, brilliant summation Ck786! Eccy89 (talk) 09:18, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Missed Penalties

I have heard some people don't particularly like the idea of having missed penalties in [[match infoboxes but imo they deserve to be there as they are a key point in any match. I'd also like to point out that it is noted both in the commentary and lineup in the A-League match centre, used as a summary in the match info box: Lineup & Commentary. Also, it has its own wiki markup for the match info box: Here, Here & Here

Lastly, this is what this produces: {{penmiss}} =

Protenpinner (talk) 10:11, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

I agree. If anything a missed pen is a more significant event than a yellow card is. Ck786 (talk) 08:21, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

My thoughts too. More to the point, if a goal is scored from a follow up shot (should there be one), it would be added straight after, making it obvious that the follow up shot was scored or a play resulting in the miss should a goalkeeper save it and it cleared only to return within say 50 seconds. Protenpinner (talk) 12:18, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

But we don't mark yellow cards either, so why is that comment relevant? --SuperJew (talk) 19:38, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Again with the "we". That is your opinion, not the general consensus. If it "shouldn't" be put in, why is there a wiki markup for it? Yellow cards can be put in, would take mere minutes if that to do, something I'm more than happy to do. Protenpinner (talk) 16:16, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Double yellow = red card clarification on wiki markup

When a player receives a red card for a second yellow card, under FIFA laws of the game, if a foul is deemed to be a yellow card offence for the second yellow, then the referee must show the second yellow before showing the red card. I was wondering if other people thought that it should be acknowledged as this  X'  XX' ( {{sent off|2|X|XX}} ) instead of this -  X'  XX' ( {{sent off|1|X|XX}} ). The 2 next to the "|" after the "sent off" denotes that the player got the 2 yellow cards equaling the red card. As you can see on the A-Leagues official match centre, they acknowledge the second yellow card, per FIFA rules of the game.

Protenpinner (talk) 10:37, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Second yellow card send off's should be  X'  XX'. The only time  X'  XX' should be used is if the player has been booked then receives a straight red card. As you say, all yellow cards are acknowledged. EDIT: Just on that point - if a player is sent off for a second bookable offence, does that mean he has accumulated two yellows and a red for statistical purposes? FURTHER EDIT: For what it is worth, Opta statistics do not count a red card at all for second yellow send off's, it's just "yellow" and "second yellow". Ck786 (talk) 08:18, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

False positive for the last bit? Who knows but imo a red card should be displayed when there is 2 yellows equaling the red otherwise it might not fully make sense to those that aren't familiar with the game or it's rules. Besides, the wiki mark up displays it on it's own so it's all that's really needed is the times of the two yellows in the code above in the OP. Nonetheless, I completely agree with you although that much is obvious. Protenpinner (talk) 12:24, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

In regard to Ck786's question, for the purposes of yellow card suspensions, the double yellows are not counted because the player receives an automatic suspension for the red card. Hack (talk) 08:15, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Discussion at WP:FOOTBALL re A-League season articles

Please see here. Hack (talk) 04:30, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Another RfC on naming

Please see the further RfC here. --John (talk) 17:43, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

2015 AFC Champions League playoff position

It appears there's a bit of a conflict regarding which team will receive the third/playoff spot on the 2015 AFC Champions League. The ACL page suggests that the GF winner will take that spot, while the A-League ladder template indicates that it will be second place (which would be in line with the regulations (PDF) for this year's competition).

Given the uncertainty around the allocation - which won't be resolved until the AFC meet in November - should we remove the playoff spot from the ladder template now or leave it and remove it in November? Rjbsmith (talk) 07:28, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

Central Coast Mariners FC nominated for removal of FA status

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teams getting no love

Hi,

In the past few months I have been less active on Wikipedia and the task force because of more time used in real life stuff, and today I had a look around what's going on since I left. Some teams (such as Roar, Wanderers and Mariners) seem to be getting love and being kept up to date while some others (such as Glory and Jets) aren't getting any and are out-of-date completely and in some cases haven't been touched at all. I think it would be helpful if users would take on themselves specific teams (such as Protenpinner with Roar and 2nyte with Wanderers), especially the ones which aren't getting updated.

Cheers! --SuperJew (talk) 15:39, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

---Yeah, I can help out. Will do the kits for the teams if no one else does too. Bugged me a bit having some teams with generic kits compared to others. Protenpinner (talk) 15:50, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Is it possible that the problem really is that the more "loved" teams are getting too much attention? Soccer seems to be the only sport where player lists (for the "loved" clubs at least) are changed on what seems like a weekly basis. That seems overkill to me. Having current team lists at all seems to breach WP:RECENTISM anyway. HiLo48 (talk) 18:21, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

That's a point I think you should take up at WP:FOOTBALL. My point here is that in my opinion (and what I did when I had the time) is update all the teams on the same basis. --SuperJew (talk) 18:55, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

No, it's not an issue for WP:FOOTBALL. That's a classical insular view. It's an issue for the whole of Wikipedia. Please show me another sport where (some) articles are updated whenever one player in a team changes? HiLo48 (talk) 22:07, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

How about basketball, footy, ice hockey, american football, baseball? In short any sport with a current roster on the team's page, meaning any team sport. My point anyway was that the issue is not here in this section. If you wish and you think the Australia football task force is the place for this discussion, please open a new section. --SuperJew (talk) 04:42, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Do you have a specific example? The sports I follow closely tend not to have teams updated every time a single player changes, but I am open to education. HiLo48 (talk) 05:11, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

The "current squad" section forms part of the manual of style for club pages. So yes, if you have a problem with it you should take it up at WP:FOOTBALL. Rjbsmith (talk) 11:56, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Melbourne City colours

One thing that hasn't been updated in the Heart -> City move has been the club colours; current season pages referencing the colours (such as the transfers page) are still using the Melbourne Heart colours.

I'd like to suggest a couple of options:

• - uses the home shirt colours
• - combination of Manchester City + Melbourne Heart colours

Any thoughts/suggestions? Rjbsmith (talk) 12:39, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

The first version, which uses the current home shirt colours. The history of a team has no relevance to it's current colouring. Thanks for creating these Rjbsmith :) --SuperJew (talk) 14:04, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

I was just about topost something about this. I'd go with the 2nd one as Melbourne City's pretty much always going to have a red away kit and is included on their logo. Also, given FFA have blocked them from having sky blue, it will also create some diversity between Sydney FC & City. Only thing I would do is add is maybe a small strip of red on the 1st one. Protenpinner (talk) 07:56, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

First of all, since when do we use the away colours for the colouring? No other team uses the away colours. Secondly, you cannot forecast that they will always have a red away kit.

Thirdly, I didn't understand your last comment. If the FFA blocked them from sky blue, doesn't that automatically give the diversity and we don't have to artificially create it on the wikipage?

--SuperJew (talk) 12:20, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Adelaide United new kit

Adelaide United have revealed a new kit. Does anyone know how to work with the kits and can please update it on the club's page and current season? Maybe even explain to me how it works?

Ciaran106, Rjbsmith, 2nyte?

--SuperJew (talk) 11:42, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, not a clue I tried to find out when editing the All Stars page but no luck Ciaran106 (talk) 11:49, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

 Done There is a list of patters for kits on Template:Football kit/pattern list or you can just make your own (I do it on paint) and upload it to wikimedia commons (like I did for Adelaide's kit: [2][3]).--2nyte (talk) 04:43, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

abundance of articles with Socceroos results in 2014

Hi,

So right now the following pages list Socceroos' results in 2014: Australia national soccer team results, 2014 Australia national soccer team season, 2014–15 in Australian soccer and Australia national soccer team. This seems to me as if there might be a bit of a redundancy.

First of all Australia national soccer team results is just a page which points each year to main article 20XX Australia national football team season, basically just a list of links which at the beginning also has copied the content of the links.

Secondly, 2014–15 in Australian soccer seems to have just copied all the league stuff. Is it necessary to have the FFA Cup info on this page and 2014 FFA Cup? Will all the A-League matches be there too?

In my opinion we should leave only 2014 Australia national soccer team season and Australia national soccer team (but only the recent and upcoming matches).

Would love to hear your opinions (that is why I opened a discussion). Jenks24, 2nyte, Hack, Ciaran106, HiLo48, Macosal.

--SuperJew (talk) 07:00, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

In my opinion there should be a page for 'Football in Australia' with the leagues, cups etc... (Not sure if there is one already) that does not include results however and only lists winners and seasons.

I agree with you, it is too much effort to have to constantly update all those results keep the 2 pages you've suggested and remove all the others is my vote --Ciaran106 (talk) 07:43, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

You have made a very good point. There are results everywhere, in an obviously out-of-control way. I think that virtually all results should appear only in an article based around the year of the results. Australia national soccer team should not contain results at all. It's meant to be the article covering the whole history of the team. It should not contain a selection of recent and near future games. WP:RECENTISM tells us to not do that. Australia national cricket team is a good model here. 2014 Australia national soccer team season does seem to be the right place for 2014 results, with articles for other years doing their respective jobs. Perhaps the word "season" in that title should be replaced with "results", since "season" is a confusing term these days. HiLo48 (talk) 07:51, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

The seasons pages shouldn't just be bald statements of results. That's what the centralised results list is designed for. There needs to be some attempt to build prose around the results otherwise they should be deleted. Hack (talk) 08:04, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Yeah, I agree it's overkill. I'll pretty much just echo what HiLo said – I don't think the national team article should have a list of recent results at all, if the games are clearly notable (e.g. World Cup matches) then they should get a sentence or two of prose in the relevant history section. 2014–15 in Australian soccer should probably just link give a link to 2014 Australia national soccer team season and maybe give a quick summary, but I agree there's no sense duplicating the information. Australia national soccer team results looks completely pointless, we should probably do away with it if possible. Jenks24 (talk) 08:06, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

2014-15 in Australian soccer is part of a well-established class of articles (see Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Country seasons or for example numerous articles at the Category "2014 in association football"). I think the national teams recent results on the team's page itself are relevant/notable to a user interested in the team (and will not be a permanent part of the article). I'm not sure, however, that the national team needs its own "season" article (largely reproduced elsewhere as mentioned, plus as Hilo said, the team does not really have a "season" per se). The FFA Cup stuff at 2014-15 in Australian soccer I agree is too detailed/just a reproduction as it stands but should/would probably be formatted into a 32 team bracket for simplicity/relevance when possible (as the draw for the final rounds occurs). Lastly I don't think there is any issue with having duplication of the results per se, so long as they are relevant to each article in which they are present. Macosal (talk) 08:36, 9 September 2014 (UTC)