Talk:Soccer in South Africa

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:World Cup 2010 logo.png

message: To reflect the more common local usage in South Africa, at least traditionally, of the term 'soccer' over 'football'.  Mayumashu (talk) 05:11, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: The article on South African football league system would seem to make more sense as part of an overall article on soccer in South Africa rather than sitting as a separate article. -- Whpq (talk) 21:08, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge proposal

message: The name of the article should be changed to Association football in South Africa. “Association football” is the official name of the sport, so the article must be renamed to reflect this. “Soccer” may be a popular name for the sport in South Africa, but it’s not the official name used to refer to the sport, not at least by the governing body of the sport in the country. Association football in New Zealand also uses a similar title, even though “soccer” is the most popular name of the sport in New Zealand. It only makes sense to move the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by LordNkosi (talk • contribs) 20:58, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Oppose: See the previous discussion above in favour of Soccer in South Africa. Wikipedia uses Common names, not 'official' names. Greenman (talk) 21:19, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

text: Comment I am neutral on this, but  should not have moved this page against previous consensus, so I have reverted their action. The title they moved to was incorrect anyway, since prepositions should not be capitalized. Please follow proper procedure at Requested Moves. Polyamorph (talk) 08:49, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 

message: Wikipedia has a simple guideline for this very question. When a topic is strongly tied to a nation, use the formal language of that country.
Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Strong_national_ties_to_a_topic
This article has had four requests for moves, and one request for change. Many of the people chiming in on these five debates have apparently been unaware of this policy and unfamiliar with South African English. Paulgush (talk) 01:47, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Soccer vs. Football? Read this first