Talk:1872 FA Cup final

Queen's Park
"Scottish club Queen's Park were allowed a bye all the way to the semi-final stage, and were told that should they defeat their opposition, The Wanderers, they would be allowed to play the final the following day." - this isn't correct, QP did not receive a bye all the way to the semis. They were drawn against Harrow School in round 1, but as the two teams could not agree on match dates they were both (somewhat bizarrely) allowed to progress to round 2, where they were drawn together again. The school team then withdrew, sending QP into round 3 via a walk-over, and QP were then given a bye from round 3 into the semi. So while they did reach the semi without ever playing a match, it was not something that had been agreed from the start of the competition....... ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:19, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

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Referee or Umpire ?
Alfred Stair is listed as the "referee", but the position of "referee" was not introduced until 1881. Contemporary reports list Stair as "umpire". Should we make this change? Grover cleveland (talk) 20:53, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Replying to my own question -- it looks as if this is an issue with the template. I've raised the possibility over there.  Grover cleveland (talk) 21:07, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 5 January 2023



 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Moved as proposed. Discounting the struck sock, there is a close but definite policy-based consensus in favor of the proposed move. BD2412 T 00:24, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

– Per recent RMs at Talk:1930 FIFA World Cup final, Talk:UEFA Women's Euro 1995 final and Talk:1993_UEFA_Champions_League_final, there has been a consensus in recent weeks to render final articles in sentence case rather than in title case, to comply with MOS:CAPS. I've moved some others as uncontoversial, given that they follow the same pattern of having a majority for "final" rather than "Final", but I thought I'd put this one to RM just to be sure, given that ngrams record a slight majority for "Final". However, this clearly is nowhere near the "consistently capitalized in a substantial majority of sources" standard of MOS:CAPS, and between 2007 and 2015 "final" had the lead. So I do think it should be moved as well, also for WP:CONSISTENCY. Cheers &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 17:58, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * 1872 FA Cup Final → 1872 FA Cup final
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 * Support. Rreagan007 (talk) 21:15, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Strong oppose - This is the most ridiculous one yet. The FA unambiguously treats the FA Cup Final as a proper noun. It has been known as the FA Cup Final since 1872. Other sources may have style guides that don't recognise this, but the Football Association does not vary. – PeeJay 23:37, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * The FA actually does occasionally vary, e.g. "Tielemans became the first Foxes player to score in an FA Cup final since Ken Keyworth in 1963". But in any case, that doesn't really matter WP:NCCAPS doesn't tell us to consider the WP:OFFICIALNAME when assessing proper name status, merely what the totality of reliable sources say. Cheers &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 09:01, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
 * "An FA Cup final" is different to "the FA Cup Final". Cheers. – PeeJay 00:07, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support - per WP:NCCAPS we don't care how the organisation treats something, we care how it is treated by third party sources. Whilst this is a bit more even than others of this ilk, it's certainly not universal, which would have been the barrier for it to be capitalized.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 00:01, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Why would it have to be universal? As long as the predominant presentation swings one way or the other, that should be the deciding factor. Surely you're not saying that if all sources except for one capitalise it, we shouldn't capitalise it at all? – PeeJay 01:07, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Not one, but nearly all should follow this. We should only capitalise if the wording is a proper name, per WP:NCCAPS. Something being a proper noun is based on general usage, but we shouldnt capitalise unless overwhelmingly obvious that it is a proper noun. It's not good enough to say that some or around half of sources use capital letters, we need it to be at the point where you could argue that those refs are wrong, rather than it not being a proper noun. Organisations will try to make things that they own into titles, but that isn't really what matters to Wikipedia.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 07:34, 6 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Oppose WP:TITLE, hmm, I am not sure, but under title, if no word comes after final you're suppose to capitalise the F for FA Cup Final. If it's as oppose to when you add a word after like FA Cup final reply. There seems to be inconsistencies between prose sentence structure and an actual title. Govvy (talk) 14:22, 6 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Oppose. I was reading 2022 FA Cup Final earlier and I saw this proposal there. I think it is nonsense. I support Liverpool and was able to attend that match. I have looked at all the literature I have from the match including ticket, programme, souvenirs and so on. They all use FA Cup Final as the title. In the programme, you read sentences like someone scored in the 19xx final against whoever but that isn't using it as a title, just talking about it as a match. I agree with User:PeeJay and User:Govvy that the article titles should not change. Brian (talk) 17:13, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: this editor has been blocked indefinitely for sockpuppetry. Cheers &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 22:54, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. GiantSnowman 18:50, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose - not withstanding the recent consensus on related RMs (which, you will note, I supported), as stated above this is clearly a proper noun per this and this amongst many other sources. GiantSnowman 18:54, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Nobody denies that there are some sources that capitalise, perhaps even a slim majority... but as has been stated repeatedly, that is not the standard we apply. Things are only deemed proper names on Wikipedia if almost all sources capitalise. See Talk:Syrian civil war/Archive 48 for a similar example. Cheers &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 22:53, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. If you look at most articles, that last word isint capitalized. This makes a lot of more sense. `~HelpingWorld~` (👽🛸) 20:37, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment Are you sure about that?? Names of people, corporations and events are normally capitalised on the first letter. FA Cup is an annual tournament, which is the title, the final is the event alas, events usually have capitalisation. Which title rule do you want to go with?? There is a different between a title and prose use. Regards, Govvy (talk) 23:13, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes I am sure, if you look at Knicks–Nuggets brawl, it has no capitalization at the end. `~HelpingWorld~` (👽🛸) 03:30, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * You're using an American English article as an example as opposed to a British English. British Oxford English Capitalise the first word of the title, and all words within the title except articles (a/ an/the), prepositions (to/on/for etc) and conjunctions (but/and/or etc). per Govvy (talk) 10:28, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * That's Oxford's style guide, not ours. We use WP:NCCAPS which says we prefer sentence case in articles, outside of proper nouns.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:39, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I have a problem with the wikipedia style guide, it has numerous problems with it, one being that it is using American English style guide and doesn't conform to British English, let alone when we are working to FA Cup articles using British English. Govvy (talk) 13:46, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * That's something to bring up at the policy, not here. The site currently uses this policy, so we should stick to it.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:21, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Indeed, and additionally this is not actually an WP:ENGVAR issue, numerous UK sources use the sentence case style and it is becoming increasingly popular over time worldwide. For example the BBC, the Guardian , the Telegraph to name a few. Cheers  &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 15:06, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * What you have provided in three sources, BBC are using an all caps title, "THE FA CUP - FINAL" the sub-heading is prose. Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties to win FA Cup final - recap With recap after you would lowercase the F. With the Guardian, That’s it for our FA Cup final blog because there is a word after, being blog, another example of when to lowercase. The Telegraph is the odd one out, it is however a full sentence and not using a direct title. However the top of the match summary is all caps again for FA CUP FINAL. This is more about the direct title of FA Cup Final. On its own, not in a sentence. There is a difference. Govvy (talk) 16:08, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * right, it sounds like what you're describing here is whether titles of entities are represented in title-case or sentence-case at all. So capitalising all the major words is a style that can be used, for example at the book Stokoe, Sunderland and 73: The Story Of the Greatest FA Cup Final Shock of All Time. Final is capitalised here, but then so are all the other words. "Greatest", "Shock", "All Time" etc. That's a style that can be used in titles. But Wikipedia has a very well-established convention that we don't capitalise our titles that way. In fact, per WP:NCCAPS we prefer sentence case (where only the first word is capitalised) in all cases except for demonstrable proper names. And we only regard something as a proper name if almost all of the sources capitalise it, something which applies to FA Cup but not to FA Cup final. To give other examples, we have 2019 United Kingdom general election (not "General Election"), Bakerloo line (not "Line"), Syrian civil war (not "Civil War") etc. And following recent RMs, it's also now 2022 FIFA World Cup final (not "Final"). Hopefully this makes sense to you, if I've explained the situation properly! Cheers &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 16:46, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

On the other side you have Captain America: Civil War, Glastonbury Festival, then you have Stanley Cup Finals, wikipedia has a certain amount of inconsistencies. It doesn't help to chop and change everything and to me you're treating the word final differently to English I know and was taught. As George Orwell said "Never use a long word where a short one will do." Govvy (talk) 17:08, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * But the first two ARE proper nouns. They are names. The FA Cup is a proper name, the final isnt. The Stanley Cup is likely wrong, also. Regardless of how you were taught English, titles on Wikipedia are based on if the subject is a proper name.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 18:32, 10 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Support. It's just the final match in the FA Cup competition. The word "final" doesn't get capitalised in that sentence, so is demonstrably not a proper noun. Rearranging the words to be more succinct - "the FA Cup final" instead of "the final of the FA Cup" doesn't mean the F should suddenly be capitalised. Those saying that the FA themselves use title case for the final should note that sometimes they do the same for ALL the rounds, and sometimes they use a small "f" for final too, as do independent sources. WaggersTALK  15:34, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. Not consistently capitalised in sources.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  00:09, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support—So much more logical with the proper name (FA Cup) not blurring into a common noun (final). Next they'd have use cap "FA Cup Opening Match". Tony (talk)  04:04, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Bit of a slippery slope fallacy, that. The FA Cup Final has been treated as a proper noun in sources for as long as I can remember. That may be less prevalent nowadays, but it's certainly still the case in a significant number of sources. – PeeJay 00:07, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.