Template talk:Football at the Pan American Games

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has been reverting (over and over) any change made to the template. We had a discussion here, where he stated that "the template was originally WITHOUT the links" (which is true, but he refers to the first version of the template which dates from 2006. Since then, the template has been modified and improved but he has been negligent to accept any change, as can be seen in his multiple removal of content, some of they are detailed below:
 * 31 May 2018
 * 30 July 2019
 * 17:55, 2 April 2022‎
 * 21:17, 1 October 2022
 * 22:06, 1 October 2022‎

The last revision I made before Sportsfan removed most of its contents (here) includes the typical format used for this kind of football template (editions, men/women competitions, squads), which is also used on other football templates such as football at the Olympics, and even volleyball at the Olympics. Sportsfan's argument that Olympics has nothing to do with Pan Americans is (in my opinion) falacious so both are similar multi-sports events and can be used as examples.

Nevertheless, I agree that men and women could use seperate templates, but squads listing should be included on both.

For all the explained above, I consider the template should be restored to this revision.

I'm pinging some editors who have contributed to this template before such as, , , so I'm interesed to hear their opinions and enrich the debate. Fma12 (talk) 10:35, 2 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I agree with Fma12, that Sportsfans edits are unhelpful on these templates. He also does not appear to be open to discussion or debate. They way Sportsfan has edited them they are bare and minimalist. They do not help readers or editors find other related articles and are thus rendered pointless. Djln Djln (talk) 19:11, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I disagree with the points above. Your edits have made the template now factually incorrect as well (by removing soccer, which the tournament was known as in 1999, as per official report ). This was conveyed to you multiple times, yet you continue to remove it, which is disruptive editing. Also, The template was originally WITHOUT the links. Its ridiculous to have just one sport with links to rosters, and events when no other sports do that. Should others sports like fencing, handball etc. include links to each respective event? That sounds ridiculous. My suggestion would be to have have separate templates for the men's and women's tournaments and to have the rosters included there. For ex.  one template per event as to not over link the primary template. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 04:15, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I will give it another week. If there is no further input, I will go ahead and implement the compromise above. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 00:04, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I found your reply by accident so you didn't ping me or to notify other users about your opinion (I was convinced you had no interest in participating). After reading your feedback, I keep my opinion about your edits, still convinced that they were unhelpful and even disruptive so you removed valued information leaving the template with less than minimal contents.
 * The removal of the "soccer" word was because only a few countries in the Americas (US and Canada) use this term while in most of the continent and Latin American countries, the sport is known as "football" (or more precisely, fútbol). But this is not the key topic of this discussion, at least for me, and the word "soccer" could be added to the template.
 * About your statement The template was originally WITHOUT the links. Its ridiculous to have just one sport with links to rosters, and events when no other sports do that, my POV is: 1) the template has been evolved since it was created until it contained all the topics related to the Games. Moreover, most of football competitions or events include rosters and women's tournaments, such as Template:FIFA World Cup, Template:Copa América, or Template:UEFA European Championship templates. 2) you also claimed no other sports do that... but what about Template:Volleyball at the Summer Olympics or Template:Field hockey at the Summer Olympics? and please, don't tell me that "those are the Olympics, not the Pan American", because this is a very week argument so both events are strongly related.
 * To finish, I don't recommend you to revert the template to your "minimalist" version unless a consensus indicates the contrary. Otherwise, I will not hesitate to revert such changes, and even report any attempt of edit war (as I did previously) at WP:ANEW. Fma12 (talk) 23:12, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Again, I don't think you understand my point. This is a Multi-Sport event, not a single standalone event (such as the events you have mentioned). There is not consensus to add these links, one person wanting them added (or removed) is not consensus. Which is why I suggested the compromise. Having two separate templates, one for the tournaments, and one for the main article. This would allow for both elements to remain in templates, and also respect the fact ALL PAN AMERICAN SPORTS just link the main article (as they should). You still have not answered why Soccer should remain with the links, but all other sports, such as weightlifting, fencing etc. should be different. There needs to be consistency. The word soccer should be added to the template as explained above. Canada and USA make up over 90% of the English speaking population of the Americas. If you aren't aware, this is the English Wikipedia, not some other irrelevant language you raise, but this is besides the point. I don't think you understand what I am saying or just deny official sources (the 1999 Pan Ams used soccer), which is quite disruptive. Your edit did not establish consensus, so please revert it back, or I will report you for EW. You started this discussion, so at the least you should be following this discussion. Its not my job to be notifying you. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 03:32, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Something like this and  as two separate templates. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 03:34, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm just some random person just passing through, will both templates always show up together? If so just make them one template for the case of simplicity. The current template encases all information a reader might want to view based on them viewing this page. So from a readers point of view, having editions and squads makes sense. Once again it's just my ten cents. Paulpat99 (talk) 04:31, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
 * They wouldn't show up together. One would be used for tournaments/squads, the other would be used for the year articles. My point is what makes soccer special? ALL sports at the Pan American Games have the same format. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 04:50, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I had a quick look and you are correct about this being the only one. However, only a few of the sports are team sports so maybe all the team sports should be changed to this format as it provides more information about the events. Paulpat99 (talk) 05:18, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
 * First of all, hold your horses. I'm aware this is the ENGLISH wiki as I have spent more than 15 years here. In fact, if you type the word "soccer" it redirects to an article named "association football". And I did not decide that. I don't mind if you like one word or another, the word "football" prevails. By the way, if you think that Spanish is an irrelevant language, you should learn more about the subject...
 * I don't deny any official source as you wrongly state, don't misrepresent things. Moreover, I don't have to "revert it back" any edit so (if you don't remember) YOU were the person reported (here) and then blocked. Why? because you repeatedly removed and reverted all the changes and additions without searching any consensus and not replying when other editors ping you to contribute to this debate. Do you want to report me? Feel free to do it and I will glady reply with all the elements showed above. Go ahead. Fma12 (talk) 12:39, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree with that having two templates does not has any sense. The current format is the most appropiate IMO (that's why I called to a debate, to read another points of view and searching a consensus). Comparing football template with p.e. fencing is ridiculous so fencing does not have men's / women's or squad separate articles (unlike football, which has several topics  and this would justify to compress them in a unique template to facilite navigation). Fma12 (talk) 12:52, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
 * How can I reply if I am blocked? Where is your common sense? Spanish is irrelevant in this discussion because this is the ENGLISH Wikipedia. Fencing for example has 6 different events, why shouldn't we separate those? It makes 0 sense too me to have one sport have all the links and the others do not. There needs to be consistency across ALL sports as per WP:MSE. As pointed to you multiple times, the 1999 Pan Am Games used the word soccer, which you have removed twice now from the template. This is ignoring official sources, and again distruptive editing. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 16:29, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, this is the en.wiki, but the word "soccer" is only used in the US and Canada, and articles related to the sport in those countries (such as Soccer in the United States, or USMNT) use that word. And I did not remove the word from the template, I restored the previous version.
 * I told you several times that I don't have any problem with the addition of "soccer" to the title. If you want to make that change, go ahead. You know that the main topic of this discussion is not that. Fma12 (talk) 22:41, 23 October 2022 (UTC)