Talk:2006 FIFA World Cup/Archive 1

message: Why in Group F ( vs ) come before ( vs )
in all other groups always 1st vs 2nd then 3rd vs 4th, so why in group F 3rd vs 4th first? --Zayani 21:43, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably b/c of scheduling and date issues. check [www.fifaworldcup.com here] for official info. Sebastian Kessel Talk 00:24, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Why 3rd vs 4th first in group F?

message: Hello all - my FIFA data-mining program is now nearing completion - I have already used it to post a complete article which details all of the matches invovled in Football World Cup 2006 - European Qualification Groups.  I can post articles of equal detail for each confederation with ease now.
I am debating with myself as to whether I should go one step further and give each match it's own report - complete player listings, substitutions, yellow/red cards, goal scorers, names of referee and other match officials ; 85 percent of the program to do exactly that is written...
Let me know what you think of the article I have posted for the European qualifiers - if there is any way in which it can be improved/tweaked.
I look forward to receiving any feedback you can offer. --Zaphod Beeblebrox 09:42, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: World Cup 2006 - European Qualification Details

message: True, I stand corrected. Sebastian Kessel Talk 21:02, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The traditional English-language spelling of the name is with one "n". The reference you give just underlines my lack of faith in the accuracy of the CIA! -- Arwel (talk) 01:06, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I did too, but look in Talk:Hanover, it is a little clearer for me after that. Sebastian Kessel Talk 16:04, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hannover 

message: Does anyone know when the 3rd-place playoff and the final will take place? I know they will be on 8 and 9 July, but I would like to know what time they are expected to be played. --Gareth Hughes 22:28, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Times of matches 

message: Is it possible to make the all national football team in templates i.e.  or  similar to those in the tables. This will be easy for other-language Wikipedias to just copy and paste. I have one in Thai Wikipedia. --manop 21:38, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template used 

message: Shouldn't the article at least mention the mascot? Is there one this year? Borisblue 05:38, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. It's World Cup Willy er.. I mean Goleo VI. See Football World Cup mascot. Might be some kind of omen there. Jooler 09:36, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm, I've never seen or heard of him before. Should we have a picture of him in the article? I think that will qualify as fair use. Borisblue 18:25, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Mascot?

message: Is there any way to align the countries for their match schedules by flag? It looks very irregular as it is currently aligned from the middle by name.--Sir Edgar 05:46, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It is actually a right-align on the left-hand side and a left-align on the right-hand side. The idea is to get the names align with respect to the score. Sebastian Kessel Talk 23:47, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Alignment

message: Kepp an eye out for this childlike vandal. Persistent vandalism of the finals structure by putting a Germany 2 Portugal 1 score in the final. If he persists i'll recommend a ban. Jamie 12:35, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: 139.30.123.28 Vandalism 

message: A dumb question:  The article reads that due to terracing not being allowed, several stadiums are having seats installed--but that reduces the capacity?  Is this requirement replacing a standing-room-only section with seats?  The article might be clarified a bit on this point.  --EngineerScotty 20:45, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly, seats are installed to replace standing-room-only areas, therefore capacity goes down. Sebastian Kessel Talk 00:37, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: And the difference between regular seating capacity and FIFA World Cup seating capacity is because of the need to change seating areas into media zones (with desks and monitors). --Copper04 10:11, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capacity quotas 

message: This table comes from the French Wiki - I think it looks very smart but don't know if it could be used here. It's here for reference, maybe it can be incorporated somewhere?
===Tableau final===
fr:Modèle:Tableau phase finale attente

doktorb | words 12:44, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems the second template doesn't work. The blank one looks quite nice, but I don't know how we could utilize it in one of the articles. I'd take the blank one to the discussion pages at Football World Cup and see what they say there. Ian Manka Questions? Talk to me! 14:44, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The second template link was User:Doktorbuk's attempt to use the French template, which was unsuccesful as it's only available in the Fr: database, so I made a direct link to the blank. Poulsen 14:51, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

text: I love it... very nice, looks snazzy. Put it in! Ian Manka Questions? Talk to me! 00:13, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, Yes, Yes!! Sebastian Kessel Talk 04:26, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added it in just under the group stage, but above the Round of 16 match schedule. If you can find a better place, please move it. — Ian Manka Talk to me! 03:14, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Final Table Graphic 

message: fr:Modèle:Tableau phase finale attente

doktorb | words 12:44, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems the second template doesn't work. The blank one looks quite nice, but I don't know how we could utilize it in one of the articles. I'd take the blank one to the discussion pages at Football World Cup and see what they say there. Ian Manka Questions? Talk to me! 14:44, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The second template link was User:Doktorbuk's attempt to use the French template, which was unsuccesful as it's only available in the Fr: database, so I made a direct link to the blank. Poulsen 14:51, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

text: I love it... very nice, looks snazzy. Put it in! Ian Manka Questions? Talk to me! 00:13, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, Yes, Yes!! Sebastian Kessel Talk 04:26, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added it in just under the group stage, but above the Round of 16 match schedule. If you can find a better place, please move it. — Ian Manka Talk to me! 03:14, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Tableau final

message: I've restored ARG, BRA and MEX to the special pot. Those who watched the draw will agree with me that there were three balls in the special pot to represent the groups where SCG could possibly go. Let's try to keep it this but if somebody has other ideas, let's hear them here and not start an edit war.
Sebastian Kessel Talk 04:29, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe they should be removed.  It implies the countries themselves were in that pot, whereas it was only used as a method of working out which group SCG would be put in.  Perhaps put a description in the text ("There was 1 white ball and 3 black balls which represented etc etc...") but don't just list in the "Pot X" column. 
Does anyone have any details on previous world cup draws - as in, not the results - the full details, such as anomalies like this? -- Chuq 06:54, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure about thew above, but there was only ONE side officially in the special pot Robdurbar 09:47, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: But there WAS a pot with three black balls. What are we calling that? Sebastian Kessel Talk 19:25, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Special Pot 

message: Apparently the page is about 31 KB right now... any suggestions of any articles we can split? — Ian Manka Talk to me! 04:50, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'ld suggest moving all matches (or in a less radical solution, only the group stage) to a seperate page, and only keep the Graphical schedule - when reading the article (and all other World Cup pages for that sake) too much time and space are waisted on boring match templates. It would be more informative to have som actual text on the group stage and final rounds, and then link to a subpage with the hard facts. Poulsen 07:22, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page is too long 

message: A map of Germany and where the venues in the WC are would be nice... Arnemann 22:34, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  map 

message: Are the kick of timess known yet? Jooler 08:48, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: They are known, and have been posted within the page. — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 23:41, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Kick-off

message: Please be aware that in English I think Hanover is written with a single "n". Ok this is not a big deal ;-) Kaloskagatos 16:23, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hannover >> Hanover 

message: Just found this article on the FIFA World Cup site: FIFA World Cup™ restrictions lifted for web media. It's about the use of images on websites, and says that FIFA and World Association of Newspapers have "reached an agreement to lift all restrictions on digital publication of photographs of the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ in Germany". Presumably this would include Wikipedia as well? Just thought this might be useful for updates during the tournament. Starfighter Pilot 17:22, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of FIFA World Cup Images on Websites