The "Spanish club" wording in lede was observed in 2014. it was not objected by one of the member of the party of edit war ( Special:Diff/621517408, Special:Diff/629467180), thus i would considered the version with "Spanish club" is the stable version. I started the Rfc was for forming consensus for the lede on this matter (or in case of no consensus, which is the "stable" version). So, should the wording before FC Barcelona was :

-- Matthew hk ( talk) 23:54, 23 March 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page discussions. Matthew hk ( talk) 13:34, 25 March 2019 (UTC) reply

Survey

• A is the option i would go with. They play in the spanish league and not the catalan and the article itself says "Spanish Club". Kante4 ( talk) 10:49, 24 March 2019 (UTC) reply
• A as previously stated. FC Barcelona says they are a Spanish club and that has not been contentious. Stable. Enigma ^msg 18:19, 24 March 2019 (UTC) reply
• B ( Summoned by bot)I don't think there's anything wrong with A, but unlike Juventus, Barcelona has the name of the city in the name of the club, and it's a well known city (especially for someone looking up a Barcelona player), so it's more informative to say the league. A better comparison would've been Paris St. Germain, and by clicking on a totally unscientific random sampling of the player articles linked there, it seemed like most of them said "Ligue 1" instead of "French". _signed, Rosguill ^talk 05:07, 25 March 2019 (UTC) reply
• A or D (as nominator), either "Spanish club" or "Spanish club ...in La Liga (,Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League)". Many league carried their own demonym (e.g. Swiss Football League, Campeonato Brasileiro Série A), as well as ESPN FC use "Italian Serie A" for extra disambiguation purpose, so despite La Liga did not carried a demonym , it was organized by sub-organization of Royal Spanish Football Federation, so it is not exist of separatist concern (e.g. can't compare to Kosovan that have their own league and partially recognized by some countries). Matthew hk ( talk) 10:26, 25 March 2019 (UTC) reply
• A or B - certainly not D. Giant Snowman 13:36, 25 March 2019 (UTC) reply

• PeeJay makes a good point - they are more than a 'La Liga' club, and 'Spanish' is more useful to the reader given his status as an expat player. Not including the league also gets rid of the possibility (not in Barcelona's exception, of course, but for other clubs) of a club changing leagues through relegation/promotion and the intro not being updated accordingly. Giant Snowman 15:01, 5 April 2019 (UTC) reply

• B They play in a specific league. No need to be inflammatory to a small section of readers whether here or anywhere that the team's name is used. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 15:07, 25 March 2019 (UTC) reply
• A - They don't just play in the league, they play in several competitions. Specifying where the club is from is only needed because Ter Stegen is an expatriate in Spain, it is not intended to establish the calibre of the club. – Pee Jay 11:03, 1 April 2019 (UTC) reply
• D – FC Barcelona. This is the common name of the club, is the title of the article FC Barcelona, all the many other spellings redirect to it, and it finesses all problems of league, country, and city. Why create extra strife when it's not necessary? Call it by its name. Anybody who doesn't know where Barcelona is, or what league FC Barcelona is in, is one click away from enlightenment. Mathglot ( talk) 02:07, 6 April 2019 (UTC) reply
• A - We are only having this discussion because of the Catalonia question which is not a basis for special treatment; wikipedia should not be editorializing whose sensibilities need protecting. Also from a practical standpoint, I can't add anything to what PeeJay said, "Spanish" makes the most sense. Maranello10 ( talk) 04:36, 14 April 2019 (UTC) reply
  • Not only because of "the Catalonia question", we have the option of listing the league and several articles (I showed this on the Footy talk page) list league only while others list nation and league. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 04:45, 14 April 2019 (UTC) reply
  • My point is why did this specific example make it all the way to RfC and not all the others? I can appreciate there being wider language options, if my use of the words "special treatment" is implying treatment outside accepted language conventions I am happy to withdraw the implication of that phasing. However, the rationale in your initial contribution above when choosing "B" was you did not want to be inflammatory, so even you are acknowledging "the Catalonia question" as the basis of your opinion. I am simply saying political considerations should be ignored; making a change as a result of a RfC is almost political by definition, given as you point out both styles are accepted. In any case, "A" is also better from a practical standpoint for the aforementioned reasons. Maranello10 ( talk) 15:30, 17 April 2019 (UTC) reply
• A The FC Barcelona page states that it is "a Spanish professional football club" so to remain consistent across the pages I believe A is the best option. Cook907 ( talk) 12:50, 18 April 2019 (UTC) reply
• ( Summoned by bot) Is there a broader consensus on this, or is the format decided on a case-by-case basis? In my opinion, the most important thing for something as simple as this is to create internal consistency. I don't know which option is most common across all Spanish football biographies but Messi's article goes with A so I would support that in this case. Hrodvarsson ( talk) 04:43, 19 April 2019 (UTC) reply
  • @ Hrodvarsson: I tried to get one at the footy project but they avoided coming up with a MoS or guideline. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 04:46, 19 April 2019 (UTC) reply
    • Maybe this rfc could be used for that purpose. After it concludes, cite it when applying consistency across similar articles. If other editors complain, start a more general rfc. I don't see why there should be rfcs about this wording for individual articles. Hrodvarsson ( talk) 05:05, 19 April 2019 (UTC) reply

Discussion

BTW, it may be forgotten or not updated, but there was Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Players, suggesting to use domestic league. However, in Cristiano Ronaldo, it use "Italian club Juventus". More counter-example on using country or domestic league or none are listed in this thread Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Archive 123#Marc-André ter Stegen for people outside football project to compare. Matthew hk ( talk) 00:10, 24 March 2019 (UTC) reply

A lot of research you did. I did more at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football/Archive_123#Marc-André_ter_Stegen. Some player articles list the league. Others list the league and nation. Others just the nation. There's even a template for English clubs that will provide the name and the current league. I requested standardization, but there wasn't an appetite for it.

I'm opposed to use of nation for this club only because it could cause even more edit wars with Catalan nationalists who see this team as their symbol. However, if that's what's decided I will abide with that. However, if Fcbjuvenil ( talk · contribs) doesn't participate, I doubt we'll have a concrete solution. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 01:27, 24 March 2019 (UTC) reply

BTW2, at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring, admin Enigmaman stated that the lede of FC Barcelona use "Spanish club" (despite the exact lede was " Spanish professional football club"). Matthew hk ( talk) 05:42, 24 March 2019 (UTC) reply

I thought there was a general consensus Spanish was okay on the WikiProject talk recently? In any case, I think "Spanish" is fine and neutral. SportingFlyer T· C 06:44, 24 March 2019 (UTC) reply

SportingFlyer It is not "fine" if Walter reignite the edit war, claiming "no consensus". Matthew hk ( talk) 06:51, 24 March 2019 (UTC) reply

It calls them a Spanish club. I don't know what you mean. Straight from the lead of FC Barcelona: "In 2009, Barcelona became the first Spanish club to win the continental treble consisting of La Liga, Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League..." So yes, it does call them a Spanish club. Enigma ^msg 18:15, 24 March 2019 (UTC) reply

I mean the first sentence of the lede of the football club, the wording was " Spanish professional football club". It was so odd that in the current lede of "ter Stegen", only the first "Spanish" in the lede in the first sentence was censored by Walter, while he keep the Spain in "He won the treble in his first season in Spain". So Apple to Apple, at least in the football club article and teammate Philippe Coutinho, the first sentence of the lede use "Spanish". Matthew hk ( talk) 10:17, 25 March 2019 (UTC) reply

I personally think this survey is a bit of a joke, Barcelona is still a Spanish club playing in the La Liga, why people want to fault the basic logic is beyond me. As for edit-warring, Fcbjuvenil and Walter Görlitz waged the same battle for a second time on this article from 16:56, 23 March 2019‎ to 00:01, 24 March 2019. I am surprised no one has reported it, if it happens again I will report you both. Govvy ( talk) 13:48, 28 March 2019 (UTC) reply

@ Govvy: It did reported. But gaming on which one is the 4th revert, only ONE side was blocked. Certainly something overlooked, given the unblock log within that week.... Matthew hk ( talk) 18:21, 28 March 2019 (UTC) reply

@ Matthew hk: Okay, amazing that Walter didn't get punished, I swear Walter has more lives than a cat. Govvy ( talk) 18:31, 28 March 2019 (UTC) reply

Based on officially wording from admins, block is to prevent further damage to wikipedia, not a punishment, thus stale vandalism account are seldom blocked, so did stale sock account. So far no one remove the "Spanish" wording yet, including the mystery ip. I hope this Rfc at least somewhat work, or at least in a no consensus way of no one support the option C. Matthew hk ( talk) 18:38, 28 March 2019 (UTC) reply

@ Matthew hk: Please stop bringing up your unfounded claims, or at the very least insinuations, that I socked to make this happen. WP:NPA, etc. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 19:05, 28 March 2019 (UTC) reply

I say again. So far only you Walter and the mystery ip keep trying to remove the "Spanish" wording and a few admin add it back. You can accuse other admins are edit warring with you. So far no prove who is the master behind the ip, but the last filing on edit warring, on me as the one who reporting the issue, clearly you are actively involved in the edit war and became your battleground , instead of seeking a legit way to solve it such as rfc or third party option or just walk away. Matthew hk on public computer ( talk) 11:37, 1 April 2019 (UTC) reply

Well, then take it to a forum where someone will believe your lies. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 14:55, 1 April 2019 (UTC) reply

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Everybody knock it off, and stick to the Rfc question. This is not a forum for reliving previous disagreements. Mathglot ( talk) 01:54, 6 April 2019 (UTC) reply