Talk:Reading F.C.

message: I went ahead and axed the Trivia section, both the note about the fanzine and the one about the number 13 shirt are now in the history section.  Hope it's of help.  I wasn't sure what the consensus is on the fan registration for number 13, whether it should be put in the squad list or not, so I both added the number and put a note in the history section that the club started the tradition in 2001.  I'll let the collective hive mind determine whether the addition to the squad list should stay.Ken in California 17:25, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia section

message: There is a new hooped away strip for the 2007-2008 season . Should we include a section on past Reading F.C. strip? JoeWiki 09:50, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Past Kit

message: On the new hooped away kit, I've modified it this morning as the photos on the official site show dark sleeves and shorts. Socks are difficult - which is the predominant colour? The dark colour is not black, it's a very dark grey (call it charcoal), but at present we only have a _blackhoops template and I'm not sure whether to bother doing a charcoal one/medium grey one (should probably be the lighter colour with the dark sleeves and collar indicating that charcoal is the base colour of the shirt). Kruador 10:13, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 2007-2008 Away Kit

message: In my opinion, this section should be deleted, as the information changes too quickly. I forsee it being very difficult to keep up to date. --Lancevortex 09:06, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd tend to agree, with the notable exception of keeping the point about no. 13, I hadn't heard that before. An encyclopaedia isn't really the place I'd go to find out current football squads. MartinRe 17:48, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current first team squad 

message: Fans are on official squad list, but not actually "playing" on field and not register in the FA list. Matt86hk talk 19:25, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The fans

message: The managerial history and notable players should not be in tables. They are lists and should be formatted as such. Using tables makes editing the lists much more fiddly, especially for newbies. --Lancevortex 09:06, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tabulation of lists 

message: Adie Williams and Jeff Hopkins were part of the four player caretaker managerial team that took over after McGhee walked out, but they stepped down after a few weeks when Quinn and Gooding got the job permanently. I'm not sure exactly when that happened, but it certainly wasn't as late as May 1997. Deadlock 12:10, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Williams and Hopkins as caretakers 

message: I have reverted to Jimmy Quinn, and added the caveat (while at Reading). Quinn actually got 48 full NI caps in total, and most of Convey's have been earned before he joined Reading. Deadlock 17:16, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: And I've done it again. Ívar Ingimarsson might well overtake Jimmy Quinn at some point, but not yet. He's only gained 11 caps whilst at Reading. Deadlock 13:35, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most Capped Player 

message: I removed the link to vital football added by 86.142.48.164, as it didn't appear to be suitable (the simple list of clubs in VitalFootball didn't help, it made it look like advertising). 86.142.48.164 responded by blanking the rest of the external links, so am restoring these. Please add any comments on whether the insertion/removal of the original link was/was not correct here. Cheers, MartinRe 20:16, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: External link

message: Club records are one of two types:
# Record is "best X" that the club achieved 
# Club achieved "best X" on record. 
Obviously all records of type (2) also imply (1), but records of type (1) do not imply (2). The problem with the current wording is that it is not clear what type of record is meant. For example, "Best win" means record for a Reading team, but "Longest unbeaten run"  is record for all teams, but how is an unfamiliar reader supposed to know that it's not the other way around? Any suggestions on what would be the best way to make this disctinction clearer? Possibly list all records of type 1, with a footnote for those that are also of type 2? Break them down into club records and national records a la Arsenal F.C. records? Ideas? MartinRe 17:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I split the records into two sections to see how it looks, and it seems okay to me, so I've went ahead and updated it, please feel free to revert/change if a better layout is found. MartinRe 17:11, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks okay to me!  Now we just have to hope people stop posting "non-records" as has been the case recently... -- Robwingfield 18:57, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Records - Clarification request 

message: What fans will be expecting a Premiership title, isn't this overly optimistic?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marky-Son (talk • contribs) 18:05, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's called being a supporter.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.1.56.36 (talk • contribs) 16:19, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Either way, what the fans think shouldn't be included here. Mark272 14:44, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Premiership title triumph 

message: I agree that this should be in here, but is it right to include as a record an element of the fee that may never be paid (as has been included for Seol)? Also, the fee we paid for Martin Butler eventually reached £850,000 but I never saw that quoted as a record, with the £800,000 for Carl Asaba remaining in all lists until the signing of Leroy Lita.--The Cube 21:05, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Record transfer fees 

message: Why is this article in Unknown-importance football articles is there a page discussing the importance. I would say the article is important as this team are in the English Premiership which is watched all round the world. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.245.252.204 (talk • contribs) 17:57, 6 December 2006
:It's because the article hasn't yet been formally assessed by WP:FOOTBALL, not that people don't know whether it's important or not.  robwingfield «T•C» 11:15, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unknown-importance 

message: The Article refers to the 1913 Reading tour of Italy. Does anyone know if it's possible to get back editions of the Italian publication Corriere della Sera going back this far?  JoeWiki 08:48 05 January 2007 (UTC)
Of course not you bellend. 86.157.169.64 (talk) 22:00, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The finest foreign team seen in Italy 

message: Ricky Gervais has gone on record (an interview I read, can't remember where, sorry) as saying "everyone assumes that 'cos I'm from Reading, I support Reading FC.  I don't.  Nothing against them, I just have absolutely no interest in football.  At all."  (paraphrased from memory).  Unless someone can source a reliable quote from the man, I move that he be STRUCK FROM THE RECORD.  :-D 89.241.6.25 22:31, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Famous Fans

message: Someone recently added the section, someone else added Citation Needed tags. I then added the cite for Didcot Triangle and the section banner. I'm aware that these rivalries exist (or at least, did exist in the past) but don't have good sources.
However, I don't think I've really seen any Arsenal/Reading rivalries particularly, so I'm deleting that. Objections? Kruador 12:22, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rivalries

message: I think there should be a separate section for the club crest(s), as there have been several over the years. Something similar to that on the Chelsea_F.C. page? Chris 193.195.33.25 12:38, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Club Crest

message: Should we include the Wallingford Quadrangle because were leaving Wycombe Wanderers! Yet the last game against these sides was back in Feb 2002, but we are missing one team out! Clyde1998 11:07, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wallingford Quadrangle 

message: Can we have a separate place for our old stadium and the mad stad? 
Can we have a separate part for the Mad Stad Era and the Coppell Era?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Clyde1998 (talk • contribs).
:There's already an article at Madejski Stadium, so no need for a separate section in this article.  You could try creating a new article at Elm Park (stadium).  Feel free to expand the history section to give more detail to the Burns & Pardew eras...  robwingfield «T•C» 18:26, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: I've Added a page for Elm Park (stadium)
Clyde1998 15:16, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elm Park 

message: Can We Create A Seasonal Page For Reading Like Reading Season 2006-07 and Reading Season 2007-08? Clyde1998 15:49, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No reason why not... there are such pages for other clubs.  Go ahead.  robwingfield «T•C» 22:36, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What can we include in the seasonal pages? Clyde1998 17:09, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm going to do the Reading Season 2005-06 Clyde1998 13:15, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Personally I think that there should be a rule to say that you can only mention past seasons. As current seasons are news, not encyclopaedic. Even then you could argue that only 'notable' seasons should me mentioned (e.g. first season, record breaking season, season where something was achieved)82.19.76.250 17:56, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Thankfully the 2008-09 season section was recently heavily pruned, but this article still suffers from extreme recentism. There is as much coverage given to the last three seasons as to the previous 130-odd years of the club's existence, with far too much detail about individual match results and goalscorers in those recent seasons. Lancevortex (talk) 19:10, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seasons Of Reading 

message: I'm updating the RFC Box. Clyde1998 18:59, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Another Update has been done Clyde1998 (talk) 17:34, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reading FC Navigation Box Update 

message: "On 8 December 2007, Reading defeated Liverpool 3-1 at home, notching their first win ever against one of the "Big Four" English clubs (Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United)." This isn't actually true, as we have previously beaten Chelsea in the league (1926 and 1930) and the League Cup (1987), and Manchester United in the Cup (1927).  Maybe you could change it to 'their first ever win against one of the so-called "Big Four" in the Premier League', but given the potentially fluid nature of this grouping (look at how recently Chelsea achieved this elite standing), it seems to have fairly limited significance for an encylopaedic project. --Alex Craven (talk) 03:11, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: "Big Four"

message: ?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.231.47 (talk) 15:22, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The article has been semi-protected due to excessive vandalism. If you create an account and make 10 edits to unprotected pages you will be able to edit this article. However if you continue to add lines such as "they have booked their place in league one for the 2010-11 season after confirming the laughable appointment of Brendan Rogers" as you did here and here then it's likely that your edits will continue to be reverted. Lancevortex (talk) 14:44, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why can the article no longer be edited? 

message: http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1907119,00.html
Mycroft (talk) 18:32, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Rodgers leaves

message: Knowing football fans this is likely to be full of abuse soon
Mycroft (talk) 18:47, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested semi protection

message: What is this all about - can't this information be added, or otherwise put into a separate Reserves / Academy page like Portsmouth have ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C._Reserves_and_Academy ).  I've set up a few profiles for our younger players.  As far as I'm concerned once they get a squad number they are 'notable'.  Maffff 15 May 2011.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maffff (talk • contribs) 20:34, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reading F.C. Academy 

message: Perhaps someone with knowledge of the topic would sort out this edit, please?. Apart from the formatting it seems over-detailed, unsourced  and poorly written. TerriersFan (talk) 15:34, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:Brian McDermott (footballer)]] 

message: Worth a mention somewhere, I would have thought. Reading came close to winning it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.5.45.224 (talk) 19:54, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mention of 2001 Play-Off Final at Millennium Stadium? 

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thread_title:  Squad table format 

message: I've created a stub about Albert Victor (Ben) Butler, a Reading player who died in WWI. Please help improve it. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:15, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Albert Victor (Ben) Butler 

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thread_title:  Copyright problem removed 

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message: I've removed the 7–0 home loss to Fulham as a record, because the BBC were stating that it was the "worst home result in 100 years" or words to that effect. Can we find a more reliable source than the local rag? MIDI (talk) 16:23, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fulham result 

message: Please keep an eye on this page - the names of the Reading FC owners and manager are regularly being changed/vandalised SBNX1 (talk) 13:56, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism