Talk:FIFA World Cup Comprehensive team results by tournament

"Part of [Country]"
Labeling former colonies as "Part of [Country]" is misleading at best, especially when there are and have been other not-fully-sovereign territories competing in qualifying and even the finals (Dutch East Indies). I think we should reserve the "Part of [Country]" indication for countries that were fully constituent parts of another country before becoming independent (e.g. East Germany, Slovakia, former parts of Yugoslavia or USSR). Former colonies should simply be classified as "Not affiliated to FIFA" where applicable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wburrow (talk • contribs) 16:01, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Not qualified categories: Not a FIFA member vs. Did Not Enter
The distinction between teams not entering qualification when they were a FIFA member or not a member does not seem particularly important, is not well sourced, and is hard to verify. The FIFA Fact Sheets on qualification just detail which teams entered, which entered but didn't play matches (entry not accepted/withdrew/suspended/banned), and which withdrew or were suspended after playing matches. We should reflect that here. I will update the table to have a category for "Did not enter", "Withdrawn/suspended/entry not accepted", and "Withdrawn/suspended after playing qualifiying matches." Wburrow (talk) 17:39, 19 December 2022 (UTC)