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-- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 21:04, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
Er... What sort of football is the article referring too?
Other than right at the end there is no mention that the game is soccer and that's in the external links (well I assume it's soccer, I'm not sure). presch ( talk) 01:07, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
It's the game that's played with a ball and, erm, feet. Occasionally, other bits of body are used, but that's predominantly it. -- Dweller ( talk) 20:28, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
I guess I must be the only person in the world that didn't know that the FA Cup Final football game was soccer.
Would it be so hard to include the word "soccer" early on in the opening paragraph so the rest of the world outside England would know what the name of the game is? The same applies to the Wiki FA Cup Final page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FA_Cup_Final. presch ( talk) 03:09, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
See the FAQ at the head of Talk:Association_football -- Dweller ( talk) 08:05, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
<smacks head> Of course, the most important factor is that this article is in British English. -- Dweller ( talk) 08:25, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
I don't believe this!!!
From the last response I have to conclude the game isn't soccer at all it's something else that I've never heard of!
Here is the sequence of events that lead me here: An Wikipedia daily email landed in my inbox on Wednesday titled "1956 FA Cup Final". I'm in Australia, I'm not particularly interested in football of any kind but read the story and thought "I wonder what sort of football it is; is it soccer or rugby or one of the many others I've heard of"? I thought it most likely to be soccer but the the story didn't say, so I clicked on the link in the email to take me to the main Wiki page. I read it through and was none the wiser. I had to do a Google search to confirm that the game was in fact soccer. If it had been simply stated in the first paragraph that the game was soccer (even in brackets) I wouldn't be here tearing out my hair in frustration and wondering why this has become so bloody important. presch ( talk) 05:04, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
AAAAAAgghhh!!!!
I give in, you can have it! presch ( talk) 10:08, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
Some background: The article originally just said "the FA Cup". When it was peer reviewed before it went to FAC, a reviewer suggested "Not everyone knows what the FA stands for, perhaps spell it out." Had I just spelt it out in situ, as "the Football Association Cup", it would have been inaccurate, because that isn't what the thing's called. So I nicked the wording from 1923 FA Cup Final, which was slightly ahead of this one on its way to FAC, "the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup)", got rid of the brackets and changed "more usually known" to "better known". Which IMO dealt with the reviewer's suggestion while adding a piece of relevant information and without sacrificing accuracy.
If you can suggest clearer wording that doesn't lose the full name of the competition, please do. I've no attachment to that specific arrangement of words. But one person calling it a "waffly aside" isn't a decent argument for removing relevant content. cheers, Struway2 ( talk) 10:02, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
The sleeves as illustrated were very wrong, a diagonal stripe is different to stripes at an angle. Removing them looks better honestly. Statto74 ( talk) 14:18, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:1872 FA Cup Final which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 18:34, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
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1956 FA Cup final is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so. | ||||||||||||||||
This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on November 26, 2008. | ||||||||||||||||
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Current status: Featured article |
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
This article is in decent shape, but it needs more work before it becomes a Good Article.
-- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 21:04, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
Er... What sort of football is the article referring too?
Other than right at the end there is no mention that the game is soccer and that's in the external links (well I assume it's soccer, I'm not sure). presch ( talk) 01:07, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
It's the game that's played with a ball and, erm, feet. Occasionally, other bits of body are used, but that's predominantly it. -- Dweller ( talk) 20:28, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
I guess I must be the only person in the world that didn't know that the FA Cup Final football game was soccer.
Would it be so hard to include the word "soccer" early on in the opening paragraph so the rest of the world outside England would know what the name of the game is? The same applies to the Wiki FA Cup Final page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FA_Cup_Final. presch ( talk) 03:09, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
See the FAQ at the head of Talk:Association_football -- Dweller ( talk) 08:05, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
<smacks head> Of course, the most important factor is that this article is in British English. -- Dweller ( talk) 08:25, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
I don't believe this!!!
From the last response I have to conclude the game isn't soccer at all it's something else that I've never heard of!
Here is the sequence of events that lead me here: An Wikipedia daily email landed in my inbox on Wednesday titled "1956 FA Cup Final". I'm in Australia, I'm not particularly interested in football of any kind but read the story and thought "I wonder what sort of football it is; is it soccer or rugby or one of the many others I've heard of"? I thought it most likely to be soccer but the the story didn't say, so I clicked on the link in the email to take me to the main Wiki page. I read it through and was none the wiser. I had to do a Google search to confirm that the game was in fact soccer. If it had been simply stated in the first paragraph that the game was soccer (even in brackets) I wouldn't be here tearing out my hair in frustration and wondering why this has become so bloody important. presch ( talk) 05:04, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
AAAAAAgghhh!!!!
I give in, you can have it! presch ( talk) 10:08, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
Some background: The article originally just said "the FA Cup". When it was peer reviewed before it went to FAC, a reviewer suggested "Not everyone knows what the FA stands for, perhaps spell it out." Had I just spelt it out in situ, as "the Football Association Cup", it would have been inaccurate, because that isn't what the thing's called. So I nicked the wording from 1923 FA Cup Final, which was slightly ahead of this one on its way to FAC, "the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup)", got rid of the brackets and changed "more usually known" to "better known". Which IMO dealt with the reviewer's suggestion while adding a piece of relevant information and without sacrificing accuracy.
If you can suggest clearer wording that doesn't lose the full name of the competition, please do. I've no attachment to that specific arrangement of words. But one person calling it a "waffly aside" isn't a decent argument for removing relevant content. cheers, Struway2 ( talk) 10:02, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
The sleeves as illustrated were very wrong, a diagonal stripe is different to stripes at an angle. Removing them looks better honestly. Statto74 ( talk) 14:18, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:1872 FA Cup Final which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 18:34, 5 January 2023 (UTC)