Talk:History of Rangers F.C.

message: I see that tags added in good faith to this article have been removed, without any attempt to fix the problems. Please don't remove them again without reaching consensus here first. The whole article is beset with problems, but the following is a particular example of what I am talking about:
Due to a pitch invasion at the end of the match, the team were presented with the trophy in the dressing room. Following pressure exerted by the Spanish Government of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, UEFA banned Rangers from defending the cup."Rangers triumph in Europe 1972", BBC – Sport Scotland. This was perceived by some as a disproportionate and politically-motivated decision, as evidenced by Barcelona's decision to invite Rangers to participate in their pre-season Trofeo Joan Gamper tournament (named after the club's founder) in 1974, alongside the Basque team Athletic Club de Bilbao.
Where in the source is Franco mentioned? It says in the source that Rangers supporters were drunk, invaded the pitch three times and then attacked the police with bottles - why is this information absent from the article? The second - completely unsourced - part of the paragraph above looks very much like WP:OR. 90.200.240.178 (talk) 22:09, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Fully agree this should be reviewed and cut. I have now edited the Franco stuff from above (10 years later it was still there); have to say, I don't think the particular paragraphs above are terrible - winning multiple trophies is demonstrable to being a 'top club', multiple sources on the event have described the 1909 scenes as disgraceful etc and the facts are generally correct, however what I would certainly be taking out is the "sorry page" phrase which adds nothing but a rather twee literary flourish, which is not what the site is for. This is the general issue with this article, its not horribly inaccurate or hugely embellished but there's far too much small-scale instances of opinion and analysis without external references to support them. IMO it needs many minor pruning snips (and refs!) rather than being chopped wholesale with an axe, but I think the sheer size of the thing has put people off fixing it in the past. I'd say feel free to attempt as much as you like and we'll deal with any adverse reaction afterwards. Crowsus (talk) 13:01, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV/Fancruft concerns 

message: I've added expansion tags to both these sections.  Given their success and length of time in charge (34 yrs and 13 yrs respectively), much more detail and information should be in these sections.  FFS - the section on David White's two year spell is longer than both the previous sections combined!
I'm sure there's plenty Bluenoses out there with a copy of a book(s) on Rangers history who can improve these sections.  Also, I'd say the David White section on the other hand needs a bit of trimming.  ShugSty (talk) 21:17, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bill Struth & Scott Symon 

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