Talk:2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
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Reversion of good faith edits by A.Caseiro.[edit]
I have reverted the edits by A.Caseiro for the following reasons:
- Edits to teams
The ranks are already incuded in the draw section; its needless to duplicate them here and the tables are now out of chronological order, unlike before.
- Edits to Format
Previously included information was removed, grammar was also worsened (I appreciate the editor is not a native english language speaker and thank them for their efforts).
- Renaming of first group stage to preliminary round
It's true that BSWW officially refer to the first group stage as the preliminary round and the second group stage as the main round. However, as per WP:OFFICIAL, official names do not have to be used for articles. First and second group stage are simpler and more commonly used titles to refer to such a tournament format in football, thus should be used as per WP:CONSUB. Furthermore, the editor failed to change many of the instances of first and second group stage already in use throughout the article, creating numerous discrepancies.
TurboGUY (talk) 20:34, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
- @TurboGUY: Thank you for explaining your reasons to revert my edits, although I disagree with them. There's no problem with repeating team ranks, as they are used to decide the entry round for each team. It's usual in football articles to order teams in reverse chronological order and most articles I've seen present them that way. It is also common to present the format as a list of stages, and I think it would be better to change what is grammatically incorrect instead of fully reverting to the previous version. Though first and second round or stage are common names, I don't remember a single article using numbered group stages for round names. On the other hand, preliminary round is a common name when not all contestants have entered the tournament yet. My priority was to change the links, but I would change all mentions of first and second group stages later. I won't continue editing this article but I hope you take this into consideration. A.Caseiro (talk) 12:00, 22 June 2021 (UTC)