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Accessibility issues at 2013–14 Wellington Phoenix FC season

Kia ora! I'm working through a list of issues in relation to articles within WikiProject New Zealand, and have come across the article in the title. It's been flagged for accessibility issues in relation to the statistics section due to its use of colours. Unfortunately I don't know enough about how football articles are structured to fix it without likely breaking things, so I'm wondering whether someone here might have time to take a look and help resolve the issue? Turnagra (talk) 22:43, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

all the match by match details are complete overkill, and looks like the person filling them in lost interest. I'd delete some of the tables and remove any columns that represent individual games (which I think would remove the need for colours) in the rest. If I was on desktop I'd do now, but visual editing on phone is too tricky! Spike 'em (talk) 05:54, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, given the first table only includes 2/3 of the games it is pretty meaningless as a historic record so I'd delete all the tables and start from scratch. The next season (linked in the infobox) has a far more normal table, showing total appearances and goals, without the need for colours. Spike 'em (talk) 08:49, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the match by match statistics, and hence the need for colours. However, the section is unreferenced and out of date, so I've added 2 other maintenence tags, as I don't have the time or inclination to do anything else with it.

Have a look at 2014–15 Wellington Phoenix FC season#Statistics which has all the stats in a single, referenced table. Spike 'em (talk) 09:31, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, appreciate you taking a look at this! I'll try and find some time to address those issues and the earlier seasons Turnagra (talk) 09:52, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, it seems that multiple previous seasons have the same accessibility issues with excessively detailed stats tables. Spike 'em (talk) 09:39, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of foreign [insert league] players - criteria for born abroad players

Hi there! Lately I've been updating the List of foreign Ekstraklasa players article, based on similar pages created for other leagues. Not sure how to proceed with players born abroad who hold a Polish citizenship, whether they've represented Poland/were eligible at any point of their career or not. Different lists have different approaches, even if they list the same criteria in their ledes. I've looked whether a consensus had been reached here in the past, but found nothing in the archives. Here are six 'groups' of players with different characteristics - I was wondering what others think about how/if they should be included in said list.

1. Naturalized, went on to represent Poland (e.g. Emmanuel Olisadebe, Roger Guerreiro).
2. Naturalized, have not represented Poland (e.g. Andreja Prokić, Émile Thiakane, Costante Bonazza).
3. Naturalized, ineligible for Poland (e.g. Jasmin Burić, Wilde-Donald Guerrier).
4. Citizens through descent, have not represented any country (e.g. Mathieu Scalet, David Poreba)
5. Citizens through descent, represented another country but (possibly) remain eligible for Poland (e.g. Tomás Podstawski, Ziggy Gordon, Paweł Cibicki)
6. Citizens through descent, represented another country before switching to Poland (e.g. Michał/Michael Kostka)

As of now, groups 1 & 5 (and most of 3) are included in the Ekstraklasa list, under their countries of birth, with appropriate notes. Any and all feedback regarding proper criteria, and way of listing these (under their place of birth/current sporting nationality/separate section, etc.) would be appreciated, especially from those who have worked on similar lists in the past. I'm not looking to set a new hard standard for other "List of foreign X players" to follow, unless their editors and other experienced WP:Footy participants agree on an approach that would suit these articles best. Thanks a lot, take care, enjoy your weekend KibolLP (talk) 10:02, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reports of AFC Asian Cup

Do the reports of all AFC Asian Cup exist online(by report means not of matches but a report of any games or competition as a whole, for example Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad), in archives or online library etc, just like the reports of Asian Games and Olympics Games? If available, then can anyone provide me the links here, atleast 1956, 1964, 1972, 1984 and 2011. Will be very much thankfull. Drat8sub (talk) 13:45, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Drat8sub: Your best resource is probably the AFC themselves or a database like RSSSF, which has results tables and rosters. Sounder Bruce 23:15, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am not looking for match results or players...I'm a member of Rsssf though. I am looking for the reports, reports include more than matches and players, various other information for which I need them, earlier I had few but now don't find anywhere online. I actually was searching in AFC only and their data base archives and did not find any other than the History of AFC Championship published in 2019. And I really need them to include here in wikipedia for some of the articles. Anyway, if anyone is able to provide here that will be great, otherwise I think I have to ask fellow members in rsssf, if they have and then archiving them to provide here. Drat8sub (talk) 07:29, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ChrisTheDude:@SuperJew:@GiantSnowman:@Nehme1499:@Spike 'em:, do you have any idea where can be these organising reports, any pdf or archives, kindly respond if you can help in it. Drat8sub (talk) 07:44, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No idea, sorry -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:57, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have no knowledge (nor indeed interest) in this subject. Spike 'em (talk) 07:59, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Same, sorry - have you tried emailing the AFC? Giant Snowman 16:23, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I did last year, without mentioning year and received a mail with the 2023 report, which is already available online, for which did not mention above also. Last month, sent another mail mentioning years, but no response yet, lets see if they provide or not, if only such old Technical report are there. Drat8sub (talk) 17:01, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Possible hoax?

I've seen that Real Madrid (Puerto Rico) has just had a PROD added and has not had a source since 2009, which is supposedly the year in which it was founded. I've tried searching about this club but can only find sources discussing the more well known Real Madrid. If they played in the Puerto Rico Soccer League then it shouldn't be hard to find sources and the club should be notable but I can't find anything, although I'm not too familiar with Puerto Rican sources. If this is a hoax, then it's one of the longest lasting of all time on Wikipedia per Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia and has lasted longer than Nelson Larios. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 14:35, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It may not be a hoax, rather a franchise agreement that was announced but never came to fruition. There have been franchise/affiliate teams in Puerto Rico (River Plate, Sevilla etc) but looking at the various leagues/competitions around that time it looks very ad hoc ColchesterSid (talk) 15:41, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Besides Sevilla FC, has there ever been another club with the stolen name from Real Madrid in Puerto Rico? The article neither provides even official website. I'm also not familiar with news media from smaller countries like Puerto Rico. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 15:53, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request for approval: ROVA Roșiori draft

Hello!

I have recently created a draft for the defunct Romanian football club ROVA Roșiori. The club played several seasons in Divizia B (second tier) and Divizia C (third tier), and I believe it deserves a Wikipedia page based on its history.

I would appreciate it if someone from the football community could review the draft and provide feedback or approve it for publication.

Here is the link to the draft: [Draft:ROVA_Roșiori](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:ROVA_Roșiori)

Thank you in advance for your time and assistance! Alexandru1223 (talk) 22:29, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Historical squad templates

We do not have historical squad templates for things other than major international tournaments, certainly not club level - so thoughts on Category:NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament champions navigational boxes welcome... Giant Snowman 16:23, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per consensus. Nehme₁₄₉₉ 16:32, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Should be deleted, the same discussion for college champions took place here. S.A. Julio (talk) 17:13, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks guys - could I trouble you to please CFD it and the sub-templates please? I'm going on a long holiday next week and will be largely unavailable for nearly 3 weeks, so won't have the time for it. Giant Snowman 16:33, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done. — Jkudlick ⚓ (talk) 17:28, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lovely, thanks! Giant Snowman 17:23, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]