Talk:Armenia national football team

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This is an automated == Memorable matches section ==

Would anybody like to define the criteria under which matches are selected and defined as "memorable"? I would suggest that it is entirely subjective, POV and OR, and therefore ripe for deletion. Anyone want to defend the section? Kevin McE (talk) 19:34, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Largest Lose
How come other countries have few largest loss in same amount, while Armenia have only one?--NovaSkola (talk) 17:48, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Nickname
Where does the nickname "Highlanders" come from? Deciding on some kind of nickname by a group of people is not a reason to post it on the wiki page. This the National team and the nation does not cal it Lernakanner. Maybe "Havaqakan", like German "Die Mannschaft"? Hayk


 * Actually people (mostly elders who have spent most of their lifetimes in the Soviet era) call it "Ararat" referring to the FC Ararat Yerevan which became a Soviet champion in 1973 and is still considered to be a heroic team. I think that the name "Highlanders" comes from the First Armenian Front (FAF) fans. I think that the word "Havaqakan" is acceptable, because most people call it by that name. --Yerevanci (talk) 04:23, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Changed the name to Havaqakan. I understand that a fan club come come up with their own nickname. However until it is universally accepted it cannot be put on wiki page as a general nickname for the team.  Hayk  15:28, 24 Jul 2012 (UTC)


 * I think the nickname "Highlanders" is quite acceptable by many sites and even commentators bleacherreport. "Havakakan" is not a labled nickname, rather than being the naming of squad, team or selection in the Armenian language. You can not compare it with the German Mannschaft, as the German side became to be known with this name in the entire footballing world with its native language. The case with "Havakakan" is not same like the German one. I did not find any foreign or Armenian source that refers the national team's nickname as Havkakan.--Zyzzzzzy (talk) 07:49, 1 September 2012 (UTC)


 * I think we are the ones who make the name known in the "entire footballing world". If the Germans called their national team somehow else then that's how the others would call it too. So it's EXACTLY the same situation. I just think Highlanders is a made up name. No one in Armenia uses it on the street, no one uses in the media. The only website you quote probably took it from this very wiki page :) Havaqakan, on the other hand, is what we actually call it, right? So why should we shy away from it? Is it not cool enough? Hayk  3:24, 05 Sep 2012 (UTC)


 * Another good example is the Seleção for Brazil national team. Changing it back to Havaqakan. And please before making any further changes discuss and bring counter-arguments. Fun club (even if it is as great as FAF) deciding on a name does not make it a universally accepted one. Hayk  3:30, 23 Sep 2012 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.57.6.234 (talk)


 * The Armenian media actually does use Havakakan (with capital H) referring to the national team (e.g. ). So it's a justified name, just like Mannschaft or Selecao. Plasmonx(talk) 05:02, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

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