FRwiki:TheRules

**Thank you for checking our rules. There aren't too many to follow, but those that are are there so we can have a nice, clean and consistent wiki to work on.**

***Rule 001:***

Use the template: Only what is listed in the template should be used; so no attendance, location, stadium, goalscorers etc.

***Rule 002:***

Sourcing: No sourcing needs to be added to the result pages, unless what is added is not covered by the following: Soccerway, Soccerbase, FlashScore, the club's/competition's/fa's official (!) result (as long as they don't overwrite their results page every season; unless the page can be saved by Wayback Machine yearly). If the results aren't listed there, a source should be added at the bottom of the team's results page under a == 'References' == (no spaces) section with the following code: < ref >LINK< /ref > (remove spaces between the angle brackets). When doing this, please use Wayback Machine to save the current version of your souce just in case it gets deleted; try to re-save at the season's end.

***Rule 003:***

What teams? There is no limit on which teams can be added, whether it be a Premier League team or a local pub team. As long as they play 11-a-side football (no smaller size or futsal, walking football etc.).

***Rule 004:***

What seasons? It depends on how the team's season is played. For the vast, vast majority of cases, this will be (e.g.) 01/01/2022 to 31/12/2022 for seasons that start and finish in the same year, or 01/07/2022 to 30/06/2023 for seasons that go across years. For seasons that don't fall under those, then 01/01/2022 to 31/12/2022 should be used.

***Rule 005:***

Only use 3 categories, i.e. the ones listed on the homepage: 'Results By Club', 'Results By Country' and 'Results By Decade'.

***Rule 006:***

Teams point of view only: Articles should only be created from the point of view of teams, so no articles for (e.g.) '2022–23 Premier League season'.

***Rule 007:***

If in doubt, ask: If you aren't sure about something or disagree with something, open a discussion with those that are relevant to your issue. Don't start an edit war, talk it out. If that doesn't solve the situation, contact admin RPSfd.

***Rule 008:***

When discussing, sign it: When you are talking to fellow users, user four tildes (~) to sign off so users know who you are.

***Rule 009:***

Sponsors: No sponsor names should be used, if possible. If a team/competition has only ever had a sponsor name or uses a quasi-permanent sponsor (e.g. New York Red Bulls/Red Bull Salzburg) then the sponsored name should be used.

***Rule 010:***

Club link: At the top of the articles, the team should be linked to their Wikipedia page - if one doesn't exist (check all of Wikipedia's language wikis), the no link should be used. For women or youth teams, the senior men's main page should be used in its place if a women or youth page doesn't exist - if using a youth Wikipedia, only use it if the Wikipedia page is for the entire academy - i.e. not just the B team.

***Rule 011:***

Flag icons: Flag icons should be paced to right of the 'home' team's name and to the left of the 'away' team's name. As for the country's code, see: here. For consistency reasons, only use the code - not the full country name etc. If the team doesn't represent one country, an empty flag (code: EMP) should be used.

***Rule 012:***

End of season position: For league campaigns, after the final league match the team's position should be added. I.e. Premier League, c - always lowercase letter. C = champions, PO = play-offs, R = relegation. Do not add a letter for continental competition, i.e. top four race in England, as the season articles themselves will make that obvious. For cup competitions, these should only be added when it includes a group stage (i.e. Champions League group stage).

***Rule 013:***

Legue split: In a league splits off at the end of a 'regular' season, then it counts as a new competition under 'KEY'. E.g. Primera División, relegation play-offs.

***Rule 014:***

Friendly competitions: If a friendly has a trophy that is won, then it should be listed as such. E.g. ICC = International Champions Cup.

***Rule 015:***

Country: The country that a team uses (flagicon etc.) is the one that they are based in, not what league they are in. E.g. Cardiff City = Wales, not England. DPMM = Brunei, not Singapore.

***Rule 016:***

Round/Neutral: After the competition, but not for the league, the round should be noted - gs, gs1, gs2 (if more than one group stage in that competition, just 'gs' for differing group stages across diff. competitions), r1, r2, r3 (etc.), r3r (replays), qf, sf, 5p, 3p, f - always lower case. When matches are held at a neutral venue, [N] should be added after the competition name - always capitalised. For neutral matches, the 'home' is chosen alphabetically - e.g. Arsenal vs. Liverpool.

***Rule 017:***

Team names: Check around the wiki for an existing way of naming a team, failing that in most cases just the team name, not the location, just be added - e.g. APOEL is APOEL, not APOEL Nicosia. 'FC' and 'AFC' shouldn't be added, though AFC should be when it comes before the team name - i.e. AFC Bournemouth, but not Sunderland AFC.

***Rule 018:***

Cross-adding results/histoic results/Future matches: When adding results into an article, they should not be cross-added to the other team's article unless it is an ongoing article that's being updated. I.e. live updating cross-add, but if a team's article hasn't been updated or doesn't have any prior matches then do not cross-add. You can, however, cross-add if the other article is from an era when matches are all updated as much as is known. Lastly, do not add future 'non-result' matches as a schedule - this is to guard against postponements (which should be added, see below) etc. It is not a requirement to add postponements (etc.) as that data can be hard to find, but if known then they should be added.

***Rule 019:***

Postponements/Abandoned etc: For matches of that kind, they should still be added to the article but with the P result (grey effect) and P–P scoreline, along with the # (001) being left empty and the numbering continuing before/after the postponement.

***Rule 020:***

Penalty shoot-outs: Penalty shoot-outs count as draws. For PSOs, add a p ('home' or 'away', left or right) next to the scoreline. E.g. Arsenal 0-0p Liverpool or Arsenal p0-0 Liverpool).

***Rule 021:***

Same team names: Articles for teams should use the country's code (e.g. ENG for England) in the article's title [after the team name, e.g. Arsenal (ENG)] - no matter if they have a unique name or not. For countries that share multiple teams of the same name (i.e. Unión in Argentina), then their location (city/town or province/state etc.) should be added in place of the country code. If locations clash, then year of foundation is used. Failing that, the admin will assign a roman numeral for each team.

***Rule 022:***

Tables: Table articles should not be created until the league season has concluded; if a league has extra matches, i.e. play-offs, then wait until those have concluded. No 'live' tables. All tables should follow the TableTemplate.