Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Article improvement drive/Removed1

This page is an archive of nominations from the main Football Collaboration of the Week page which have been removed because they were unable to receive a certain pre-decided number of votes.

Dino Zoff (1 vote in 7 days)

 * Nominated 31 August 2005; needs at least 2 votes by 7 September 2005

It'd be quicker to state what doesn't need improving. The article is currently shamefully short considering Zoff is one of the finest goalkeepers of all time.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Oldelpaso 21:08, 31 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Catenaccio (1 vote in 7 days)

 * Nominated 13 September 2005; needs at least 2 votes by 20 September 2005


 * Reason: This is the strategy employed by most italian teams. A lot can be done to improve the article. For example, we could list teams that had success applying this strategy.
 * Support:
 * 1) Jacoplane 12:52, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Oldelpaso 19:11, 13 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * Retracting my vote since I think we'd be better off working on FIFA. Jacoplane 14:25, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I have expanded the article a little bit. Take a look at it! --Angelo 23:29, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

FIFA (3 valid votes in 7 days)
''Was moved to Removed nominations because the collaboration became inactive for a period. ''
 * Nominated 16 September 2005; needs at least 2 votes by 23 September 2005


 * Reason: Now here's an article that really needs some work. It's appalingly short.
 * Support:
 * 1) Jacoplane 14:25, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Need to include History of FIFA as well. Bornintheguz 17:48, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Oldelpaso 16:37, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) 217.132.53.70 18:44, 11 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * I thought this article was so bad that I went ahead and did a lot of work on it anyway. Still worth improving though although this is a big kick start. Erath 17:31, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Some Brazilian fooballers (2 votes in 14 days)

 * Nominated December 27 2005; needs at least 4 votes by January 10 2006


 * Reason:

Articles of some famous brazilian players should be improved (e.g. Tostão, Cláudio Taffarel...), taking more recent ones as models. They deserve a better treatment.


 * Support:
 * 1) Dingy 13:04, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Couldn't agree more.  And we can add Garrincha, Zico, Socrates, Ronaldinho, Nílton Santos, Vavá and Didì to that list.  This could keep us busy... [[Image:Yemen flag large.png|24px]] CTOAGN (talk) 21:28, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Brazilian footballers redirects to Brazil national football team :) If you mean particular players, I think it'd be better to nominate these articles one at a time. Conscious 17:42, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Comments:

Bayern Munich (no votes in 7 days)

 * Nominated January 3 2006; needs at least 2 votes by January 10 2006


 * Reason: Shows relevent information, relevent external links, relevent other articles and relevent categories.
 * Support:

Firstly, a good standardization phase would be a good thing: we have made up an apposite template for team squads, but it is not applied on it. Secondly, I don't see how a "Transfers" section would be interesting for the article (Wikipedia is not a sports newspaper). And thirdly, the players' descriptions on "Greatest ever squad" section should be removed in my opinion. Better to approach a serious expansion of the articles on points like the team history, almost undescribed on it. --Angelo 00:00, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comments: Article is very thorough.
 * Ok. I see your point for transfers but I don't for Greatest ever squad. Kingjeff 02:32, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Steve McManaman (1 vote in 7 days)

 * Nominated January 10 2006; needs at least 2 votes by January 17 2006


 * Reason: I know, another Anglocentric entry - but this article is seriously terrible. Sentences run the length of small essays, over-pretentious use of words like "notwithstanding" and "thereafter" in totally inappropriate places, numerous irrelevant asides, this article is awful. Judicious editing, removal of weasel words and much TLC needed. Qwghlm 22:41, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support:
 * 1) Qwghlm 22:41, 10 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Ian Rush (2 votes in 14 days)

 * Nominated January 8 2006; needs at least 4 votes by January 22 2006

Very messy; A lot more information could be added.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Mark272 18:21, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Skully Collins 10:49, 12 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Bayern Munich (womens' section) (1 vote in 7 days)
Nominated January 21, 2006; needs at least 2 votes by January 28, 2006
 * Reason:
 * New article. Only a stub. Needs more information etc.


 * Support:
 * 1) Support Kingjeff 21:18, 22 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * Does it really need a separate article? Punkmorten 17:56, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think so. See for example Arsenal L.F.C.. -- Elisson • Talk 18:36, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

David Beckham (4 votes in 21 days)

 * Nominated 9 January 2006; needs at least 6 votes by 30 January 2006

This was a failed featured article candidate last summer - its nomination is here. I noticed it had a lot of content, so I did a lot of work tidying it up. It's not that far off being good enough for another go on WP:FAC, but could do with some more work on his time at Real Madrid and his celebrity lifestyle stuff. With a few of us working on it, I think it could be ready for peer review after a week, and another go on FAC soon after. CTOAGN (talk) 02:36, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) [[Image:Yemen flag large.png|24px]] CTOAGN (talk) 02:36, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Conscious 19:38, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Ridersbydelta 9:33 PM, 21 January 2006 (+9:30)
 * 4) Aabha (talk) 01:50, 23 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Bayern Munich (womens' section) (1 valid vote in 7 days)

 * Nominated January 28, 2006; needs at least 2 votes by February 4, 2006

It's a new article that could easily be expanded into a good article.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 15:44, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Discounted votes:
 * 1) Hargreavesfan 22:09, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comments:
 * Yes it does need its own page. Anything less would just be a stub. and yes, I have renominated it.

F.C. United of Manchester (2 votes in 7 days)

 * Nominated January 30, 2006; needs at least 3 votes by February 6, 2006

Reason: Support: Comments: When I really look at it closely, all that info can go into their wikipedia page about the player. Kingjeff 01:48, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Roster needs to be put into table format.
 * 1) Kingjeff 22:45, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Jhohenzollern 03:17, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * The "roster" is fine as it is. Are there any other changes that you'd suggest? [[Image:Yemen flag large.png|24px]] CTOAGN (talk) 23:28, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * It is just that team rosters are in a table format. I have no problem with the information. But can't we put it into a table format? Kingjeff 01:42, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Galatasaray (5 valid votes in 14 days)

 * Nominated January 25 2006; needs at least 6 votes by February 8 2006


 * Reason: it has won UEFA Cup and European Super Cup, but the page is not far from stub. There is not much information except players, presidents and managers names.--Ugur Basak 03:55, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support:
 * 1) Ugur Basak 03:55, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Starfighter Pilot 12:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Kingjeff 03:14, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 4)  young  american  (talk) [[Image:Flag of West Virginia.svg|25px|  ]] [[Image:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg|25px|  ]] 18:51, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Nokhodi 08:01, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Discounted votes:
 * 1) Jack O Lantern 17:30, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comments:
 * Deserves to be improved--Ugur Basak 03:55, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree - one of the best Turkish sides ever and a frequent European participant, they definately need a history section at the very least. Starfighter Pilot 12:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * One of the best football teams of the eastern countries. It has many supporters beyond the Turkey like in Iraq, Iran, Pakistan.. Deserves to be improved. Jack O Lantern 17:30, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Jack O Lantern, don't forget supporters in European countries especially in Germany.--Ugur Basak 16:16, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Huge support base in Bosnia+Herzegovina should also be mentioned when considering European countries. Maybe a sub- article on the significance of ultrAslan as well should be included. And a subsection maybe on the violence between Galatasaray fans and Leeds fans etc- many people see this event as an example of Turkish hooliganism, maybe an objective article providing various perspectives, similar to those on Turkey's accession into the European Union for example? melis3514
 * As the most-recognized team in Turkey and its connections to Europe and the Muslim world, this team may well prove to be an important player in any upcoming "soccer diplomacy." Plus, any club thats captured European hardware deserves a indepth article.  young  american  (talk) [[Image:Flag of West Virginia.svg|25px|  ]] [[Image:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg|25px|  ]] 13:15, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Norway national football team (7 valid votes in 21 days)

 * Nominated January 17 2006; needs at least 9 votes by February 7 2006


 * Reason: After getting featured article status on the Norwegian Wikipedia, great portions of this article were translated to expand our article. It's quite detailed now. Perhaps with some work this could be a featured article in the future? Punkmorten 16:52, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support:
 * 1) NuclearFunk 19:17, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Oldelpaso 10:18, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Punkmorten 19:15, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) ILDuceMas 19:40, 21 January 2006 (UTC}
 * 5) Arnemann 21:00, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) Badmotorfinger 19:52, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) Jhohenzollern 03:13, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Discounted votes:
 * 1) TwilaStar 08:33, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) SpandX 17:28, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * I wonder what kind of work it would need. Punkmorten, don't you want to indicate your support for this article? Conscious 20:12, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * First and foremost I think it needs more pictures. The ones on the Norwegian page are not 100% clear on copyrights... NuclearFunk 17:20, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Maybe a bit too many dead article links, allthough i understand that a lot of the names mentioned in the article are quite unimportant people, but some of them (like Tore André Dahlum, Ingvar Stadheim, Arne Larsen Økland, Tor Røste Fossen, F.K. Ørn-Horten, Mercantile F.K.) should be made articles of. Arnemann 21:08, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Of course, being the main author of the article, I'm a bit biased... ;-) --Badmotorfinger 19:52, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Denmark national football team (2 valid votes in 7 days)

 * Nominated February 4 2006; needs at least 3 votes by February 11 2006

Now the article has a long history section and a "latest match" section. A detailed coach table and good images; In short a big make over.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Kalaha 21:12, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Jhohenzollern 03:17, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Discounted votes:
 * 1) SpandX 17:30, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Owen Hargreaves (3 valid votes in 15 days)

 * Nominated January 30, 2006; needs at least 6 votes by February 13, 2006

For the greatest Canadian born soccer player ever, it should have more. Comments:
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 22:32, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Jhohenzollern 03:16, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Kinda crazy 07:36, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Discounted votes:
 * 1) Hargreavesfan 22:19, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) TwilaStar 08:33, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) SpandX 17:29, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Greatest soccer player from Canada. Deserves to have more.
 * A International and club careers tables have been added byHargreavesfan. Feel free to continue. Kingjeff 20:05, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Kaká (1 vote in 7 days)

 * Nominated February 6 2006; needs at least 3 votes by February 13 2006

He's a top player for club & country. It's merely a stub for such a quality player.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 22:07, 6 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * I've put a tables for international career and club career. So, if anyone wants to start adding to it then lets get started on it. Kingjeff 19:55, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Bayer Leverkusen (1 vote in 7 days)

 * Nominated February 10 2006; needs at least 3 votes by February 17 2006

Top club in Germany over the last decade or 2. Should be a better article.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 20:33, 10 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Duncan Ferguson (1 vote in 7 days)

 * Nominated 11 February 2006; needs at least 3 votes by 18 February 2006


 * Reason: My recent rewrite means that the article needs peer review to ensure accuracy/NPOV. Whatever other opinions people may have of Duncan Ferguson, he's undoubtedly a compelling character and since his career appears to be nearing the end, I've made an effort to give him an article worthy of the rollercoaster ride that has been his life. A big push by the community at large could, I feel, make this an excellent biography.
 * Support:
 * 1) Veila 08:16, 11 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Michael Ballack (4 votes in 14 days)

 * Nominated February 4 2006; needs at least 6 votes by February 18 2006

One of the biggest superstars in the World; captain of Germany. The article needs to be longer and club career table needs to be filled in.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 17:45, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Kinda crazy 07:36, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Kaiser23 23:02, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) SpandX 17:30, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Alan Smith (5 votes in 14 days)

 * Nominated February 6 2006; needs at least 6 votes by February 20 2006


 * Reason:


 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 02:30, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) DanielCD 05:12, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 3)   young  american  (talk) [[Image:Flag of West Virginia.svg|25px|  ]] [[Image:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg|25px|  ]] 03:55, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) --Victoria Eleanor 15:08, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Arundhati bakshi 18:17, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Comments:
 * What about a reason? Punkmorten 16:30, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


 * The tag says most of it. This is an important player who is held in high regard. He deserves the finest article we can give him, especially one that is as NPOV as possible. --DanielCD 05:12, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * When you have a tag for a reason then I think it's worth voting for. Kingjeff 19:52, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I edited some npov statements and removed the tag from the article - no specific criticism was ever put forward, but of course if the anonymous editor reinstates it with a reason given, I'll (we'll) have to take it from there. Poulsen 12:13, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Awsome. Sounds like a plan. Now let's get this article featured! --DanielCD 03:56, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Can we get a better picture of Alan Smith? Kingjeff 21:08, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Franz Beckenbauer (3 votes in 14 days)

 * Nominated February 7 2006; needs at least 6 votes by February 21 2006

A table of his club career and international career would be good.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 20:34, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Kinda crazy 16:33, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Kaiser23 06:57, 10 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * Arguably the greatest sportsman alive...
 * Exactly. World champion. European Champions. Great player. International and club career tables would be good. Kingjeff 19:58, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I just uploaded a club career table. Anyone know where I can get some stats? Kingjeff 18:26, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

La Liga (11 valid votes in 28 days)

 * Nominated January 24 2006; needs at least 12 votes by February 21 2006


 * Reason: Currently this article is little more than a list of previous winners, current clubs, and basic rules. Surely there must be so much more to be said about this topic. Jaco  plane  04:51, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support:
 * 1)  Jaco  plane  04:51, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Conscious 12:00, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Mariano (t/c) 12:12, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Starfighter Pilot 12:59, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Kinda crazy 18:49, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) Jhohenzollern 03:14, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 7)   young  american  (talk) [[Image:Flag of West Virginia.svg|25px|  ]] [[Image:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg|25px|  ]] 18:53, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 8) Kingjeff 22:11, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 9) Slumgum 00:48, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 10) Gt 14:10, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 11) Oldelpaso 18:11, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Discounted votes:
 * 1) Hargreavesfan 22:11, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) TwilaStar 08:33, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) SpandX 17:28, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) *drew 01:29, 22 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * Perhaps this page should be exclusively on Primera División, and information on league system should be moved elsewhere. Conscious 12:00, 24 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I've made a start on improving page as suggested. Hope this helps. I agree with above comment about page only been about the Primera Division, with links to articles on other divisions.Djln--Djln 22:56, 26 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Ditto. Slumgum 00:48, 10 February 2006 (UTC)


 * This is the only page linked from Football_%28soccer%29_around_the_world which isn't a list of that nation's clubs. Shouldn't the page about the top league be separate from a simple list of that country's clubs? --Gt 14:10, 15 February 2006 (UTC)14:09, 15 February 2006 (UTC)


 * This page has been re-edited and improved considerably since been nominated. Not sure why it is still here!. Ref above comment. There are a lot of articles/categories on football that are duplicated e.g. articles which are just lists of players/clubs when there are also categories of same. Why is this ? I have added link to . I think this page is extensive.Djln--Djln 22:42, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

FC MTZ-RIPO (3 votes in 14 days)

 * Nominated February 8 2006; needs at least 6 votes by February 22 2006

That is a fairly unknown new team from Belarus that is going through many changes and might attract a lot of interest from soccer fans this year as team progress in the international and domestic tournaments. Needs more expanded overview of team's history and performance to satisfy Wiki's quality standards. I am not sure about connections to Hearts and other european teams.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Trimmer56 14:53, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Kingjeff 14:59, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) With a smile :) Conscious 18:07, 9 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Bayern Munich youth system (2 votes in 7 days)

 * Nominated February 18, 2006; needs at least 3 votes by February 25, 2006

Needs to be rewritten with proper citations and sourcing.
 * Reason:


 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 23:05, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Kaiser23 19:13, 22 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * Most text in the article is a copyvio of this page, and the article has been reported as such. -- Elisson • Talk 23:32, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (2 votes in 7 days)

 * Nominated February 19 2006; needs at least 3 votes by February 26 2006

It's just a stub for a legendary FC Bayern and Germany player.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 23:22, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Kaiser23 19:14, 22 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Borussia Dortmund (1 votes in 7 days)

 * Nominated February 21 2006; needs at least 3 votes by February 28 2006

There are a lot of red links and lacking some relevet sections like the history section.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 02:41, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Ok. How aboutvoting for it and trying to keep it on as long as possible. It'll help the article. Kingjeff 22:35, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Comments:
 * The red links are confined to the players section (which appears to be a common affliction of football team pages). The page isn't "lacking a history section" – it's lacking a header for the history section, which I see you patched up. Wiggy! 16:06, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Can we at least start articles on red links? When I did write the reason, I didn't realize that the history was in the introduction paragraph. I put the history header in. But it's starting to look good. Kingjeff 20:33, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Go to it. I'm still working my way through team pages and am not prepared to pick up the task of player profiles at this point. I'm looking forward to seeing your work. Wiggy! 22:30, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Hamburger SV (1 vote in 7 days)

 * Nominated February 22 2006; needs at least 3 votes by March 1 2006

It's very short for a top German club.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 14:19, 22 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * There needs to be work on history section among other things. Kingjeff

Football in Spain and List of football clubs in Spain (1 vote in 7 days)

 * Nominated February 26 2006; needs at least 3 votes by March 5 2006

These articles and other similar ones are just lists which just duplicate areas already covered in categories, e.g, , or other articles, e.g. La Liga, Spanish Second Division and Spanish Third Division. Could Football in Spain be rewritten as a history of the game in Spain ? List of football clubs in Spain could list clubs by division. Djln--Djln 22:42, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * Comments:
 * The Football in Spain article should be about the history of football in Spain, as you say, and a general introduction of the game in the country (see for example Football in England). I'd prefer to see that List of football clubs in Spain would sort by name, and not by division, which can be found at the articles for the different leagues (again, see the corresponding English article). -- Elisson • Talk 22:49, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
 * The Football in Spain article should be about the history of football in Spain, as you say, and a general introduction of the game in the country (see for example Football in England). I'd prefer to see that List of football clubs in Spain would sort by name, and not by division, which can be found at the articles for the different leagues (again, see the corresponding English article). -- Elisson • Talk 22:49, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

FK Austria Wien (2 votes in 7 days)

 * Nominated February 27 2006; needs at least 3 votes by March 6 2006

There's only a small introduction, history, playing squad and external link sections. There should be more for a top Austrian club. Here's a list of what could be worked on.
 * Reason:
 * 1) A subsection in the history section for Foundation to WW2.
 * 2) Other subsections of the history section.
 * 3) An Major Championship section
 * 4) Noted players secton
 * 5) Coaches section with win/draw/loss record
 * 6) The red links in the players section. Even if it's just a stub. A stub can always be worked on over time.
 * 7) See also section which will list other relevent articles.


 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 17:52, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Caponer 05:40, 2 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * I've added all the above sections. It's just a matter of adding and filling in the sections and subsections. Kingjeff 18:32, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Austria national football team (2 votes in 7 days)

 * Nominated March 1 2006; needs at least 3 votes by March 8 2006

The article is lacking major sections.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 02:08, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Caponer 05:40, 2 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Belarus national football team (7 votes in 21 days)

 * Nominated February 27 2006; needs at least 9 votes by March 20 2006

I believe by improving this article we can create a pretty good source of information since most of the team's original info in not available in English. Thanks!
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Trimmer56 14:55, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Kingjeff 14:59, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Punkmorten 14:27, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Caponer 05:40, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Conscious 06:27, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) insideout 07:47, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) Kyriakos 14:00, 18 March 2006 (EST)


 * Comments:

Ligue de Football Professionnel (1 vote in 7 days)

 * Nominated March 18 2006; needs at least 3 votes by March 25 2006

It's only a stub. There's a lot of work needed on this article.
 * Reason:


 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 21:20, 18 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Northern Ireland football league system (1 vote in 7 days)

 * Nominated March 18 2006; needs at least 3 votes by March 25 2006

It's only a stub. There's a lot of work needed on this article.
 * Reason:


 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 21:20, 18 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

German football league system (1 vote in 7 days)

 * Nominated March 18 2006; needs at least 3 votes by March 25 2006

It's only a stub. There's a lot of work needed on this article.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 21:20, 18 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Bora Milutinović (3 votes in 14 days)

 * Nominated March 17 2006; needs at least 6 votes by March 31 2006

A very short article for a coach with such an impressive record. A journeyman with enough history to make an interesting article.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Eivindt@c 06:03, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Kingjeff 02:55, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) – Elisson • Talk 22:29, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Clayrocks369 00:46, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comments:

Sweden national football team (2 votes in 7 days)

 * Nominated 25 March 2006; needs at least 3 votes by 1 April 2006

One of the strongest teams in Europe, both today and historically, with three olympic medals (one gold), one time runner up in the World Cup, and two times third place in the WC. Current article is nothing more than a collection of lists.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) – Elisson • Talk 10:54, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Kingjeff 14:20, 26 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Chemnitzer FC (2 votes in 7 days)

 * Nominated April 9 2006; needs at least 3 votes by April 16 2006

It's only a small article for a top east German club.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 02:48, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Jared Preston 18:33, 11 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

A.S. Roma (5 votes in 14 days)

 * Nominated April 4 2006; needs at least 6 votes by April 18 2006

An Italian Serie A team relevant in Europe too, but poor of any kind of historical information. Should be widely expanded and improved.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Angelo 00:36, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) KingPenguin 10:46, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Kingjeff 03:06, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Starfighter Pilot 12:41, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Kurt000 09:36, 14 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Football League Championship/Football League First Division (2 votes in 7 days)

 * Nominated 20 April 2006; needs at least 3 votes by 27 April 2006

Ridiculously short - for a secondary division in a country where football is the most popular sport, it needs a huge expansion.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingfisherswift 12:57, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Kinda crazy 11:13, 21 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * Note; It's only two years old, there won't be much more to say than the format and structure, which is all in there, so although maybe it is quite short, there isn't really any information you can put in there. Philc  T+C 22:22, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Maybe Football League First Division is more deserving of expansion, as not only is it smaller, but it has a longer history, and it is the division that was replaced by the Championship. Philc  T+C 22:37, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Good Plan, I'll change it. Kingfisherswift 09:40, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Aren't both articles more or less the samething? Kingjeff 05:20, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * They both fill the same gap in the football league system, but two seasons ago the championship replaced the first division. Philc  T+C 13:35, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Football in Brazil (4 votes in 14 days)

 * Nominated 15 April 2006; needs at least 6 votes by 29 April 2006

After having recently sat through a somewhat lengthy documentary on the history of football in Brazil, I know for a fact that not only is there a considerably large amount of information to be put in theis article, that also quite alot of it is interesting too.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1)  Philc  T+C 00:04, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Kingjeff 21:43, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) KingPenguin 00:44, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Irpen 18:32, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comments:

David Beckham (5 votes in 12 days)

 * Nominated 28 April 2006; needs at least 6 votes by 9 May 2006

I'm renominating this after reading Poulsen's comments on the talk page about getting articles to featured standard. I think this article is close to FA standard and with a bit of cleanup and some more info on his time in Spain (not really my strong point) we could get it on the main page. CTOAGN (talk) 11:34, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) CTOAGN (talk) 11:34, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Conscious 18:22, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Kingfisherswift 12:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) – Elisson • Talk 18:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Aabha (talk) 01:47, 30 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * What about submitting the article for peer review? This might yield some ideas... Conscious 18:22, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't see why we couldn't improve this to FA standard, so what the hell? Kingfisherswift 12:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I say go for peer review, not much more we can do for it info wise, I think, peer review would help us set it up for FA. HornetMike 22:36, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Alemannia Aachen (1 vote in 7 days)

 * Nominated May 6 2006; needs at least 3 votes by May 13 2006

They're playing in the 1. Bundesliga, one of Europe's top leagues. They deserve a more detailed article.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 15:05, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

VfL Bochum (1 vote in 7 days)

 * Nominated May 6 2006; needs at least 3 votes by May 13 2006

Pretty much thesame as Reading FC and Alemannia Aachen.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 15:13, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Energie Cottbus (1 vote in 7 days)

 * Nominated May 6 2006; needs at least 3 votes by May 13 2006

They've played in Germany's top league and is probably going back up next season. There is barely anything at all in the article.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 15:19, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Football in Austria (2 votes in 7 days)

 * Nominated May 20 2006; needs at least 3 votes by May 27 2006

Football/soccer is the number 1 team sport in Austria. This is quite short for a top sport. The article consist of 1 very short introduction paragraph and another paragraph talking about the Austrian Bundesliga.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 21:07, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Kurt000 18:24, 22 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Kurt Jara (2 votes in 7 days)

 * Nominated May 20 2006; needs at least 3 votes by May 27 2006

It's a new article just started today. He's a top footballer for Austria. Stuff that needs to be worked on is
 * Reason:
 * completing the career stats table,
 * info about his career and
 * any other relevent info regarding himself.
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 01:59, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) KingPenguin 11:27, 23 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Austria national football team (4 votes in 15 days)

 * Nominated May 20 2006; needs at least 6 votes by June 3 2006

It's a short article with quite a few red links.
 * Reason:
 * No manager section,
 * No current squad section,
 * No stadium section,
 * Many red links in the current squad and famous players section
 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 14:19, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Slumgum | yap | stalk | 21:05, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Kurt000 18:19, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Jared Preston 14:27, 2 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

David Trézéguet (2 votes in 8 days)

 * Nominated June 9 2006; needs at least 3 votes by June 16 2006

Very important player both in Italy (top scorer in 2001/02, 95 goals in 151 matches with Juventus) and with the French team (31 goals in 60 matches, golden goal for the 2000 EuroCup, etc), and also listed in the FIFA 100 best players list. Other than the info box, the article is almost empty.
 * Reason:


 * Support:
 * 1) Mariano (t/c) 07:52, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Kingjeff 14:45, 9 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:

Copa América (5 votes in 14 days)

 * Nominated 4 June 2006; needs at least 6 votes by 18 June 2006

At best I was dissapointed to find how poor this article is when it is on the oldest survivng national football competition in the world, their should be swathes of information, and history on this article.
 * Reason:
 * Support:
 * 1)  Philc  TECI 22:07, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Bruno18 02:10, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Kingjeff 02:14, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Mariano (t/c) 07:55, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Arnemann 11:07, 18 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * 1) It is not "the oldest surviving competition in the world". That honour goes to the FA Cup  which commenced in 1871-72. Alias Flood 01:35, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) My apologies, I've now changed it. Philc  TECI 17:25, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Can we say that this is "the oldest surviving competition in the world for national teams"? Kingjeff 02:16, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Yes, I'm pretty sure this is the oldest NT football competition in the world. Bruno18 20:25, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) The first international football match was played in 1872 between England and Scotland, although at this stage the sport was rarely played outside Great Britain. As football began to increase in popularity, it was held as a demonstration sport (with no medals awarded) at the 1900 and 1904 Summer Olympics, and at the 1906 Intercalated Games football became an official competition at the 1908 Summer Olympics. To be correct, it would need to qualify itself as being a national event and outside the olympics. -- Alias Flood 03:49, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) Look, if you thinks it wrong, change the article, don't just post here, this is why it needs improvement, if its this wrong. Philc  TECI 17:27, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) I was responding to the question posed by Kingjeff. Alias Flood 23:52, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 8) I was just looking for a yes or no. Kingjeff 00:35, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Diego Ribas da Cunha 1 vote in 7 days

 * Nominated June 17 2006; needs at least 3 votes by June 24 2006

The article doesn't meet Wikipedia's quality standards. This article require cleanup. It has had the cleanup tag since February 2006.
 * Reason:


 * Support:
 * 1) Kingjeff 18:26, 17 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * It is now cleaned up (more or less). Still a stub, though. Poulsen 12:35, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I added a club career stats table and put in a few stats. But I can't find most of the stats for him. Kingjeff 18:09, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Is it just me or are the articles we're nominating have little or no importance, and won't be worked on anyway? Last week I nominated Watford F.C., and no-one helped work on it! Maybe we should call it a day on the whole article improvement drive. Hate to be sceptical, but just being realistic. Kingfisherswift 16:38, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
 * (response on talk page) Oldelpaso 17:06, 22 June 2006 (UTC)