Template talk:Football squad start

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Transfer

please make another template for transfer of players --Bo yaser (talk) 14:17, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Split docs

Please sync with the new sandbox to properly split the documentation. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 17:40, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Jake Wartenberg 01:09, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Change as per Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football#Just_to_be_clear

{{editprotect}} Copy code from User:Gnevin/sandbox4 Gnevin (talk) 17:27, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done Ronhjones ^(Talk) 22:23, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ron, could you please reduce the column width back down to 1%? Changing it to 15% wreaked havoc with the implementation of the template. – Pee Jay 22:54, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK Back to 1% it is (and I took out the "<span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:50px;"> ", that followed it - maybe test the new template in future? Ronhjones ^(Talk) 23:24, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Has this change worked? I don't see the footnote on the Watford page that I thought was being added. WFCforLife (talk) 23:16, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It was changed as per request, the result what you get. Although you cannot edit, you can view the source to see the changes. Ronhjones ^(Talk) 23:24, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To be honest, I don't understand why this was added here and not to {{fs end}}. – Pee Jay 23:22, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It was add at the top per the discussion above which suggested it be better here than at fs end, the "<span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:50px;"> " is required so the refs don't appear under the flags . ps The change was tested. Gnevin (talk) 01:28, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

{{editprotect}} Change as per User:Gnevin/sandbox, allows the user to hide the note per Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football#Squad_template Gnevin (talk) 20:05, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done I had already done this earlier today, forgot to disable the request. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 02:27, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Current text simply does not ho;d water: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Many players are eligible for more than one team; FIFA does not define the sporting nationality of such players until they have played in a competitive international. The phrase non-FIFA nationality is so unclear as to be effectively meaningless, and besides, there are surely a significant number opf players with dual (as opposed to the triple/quadruple/quintuple... inferred here) nationality. Kevin McE (talk) 00:22, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Change

{{editprotect}} 2 part change ,code can be found User:Gnevin/sandbox will required a second edit to add {{Unreferenced-Fs}} in a month. Discussion here Gnevin (talk) 10:43, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. And just a friendly reminder that the occasional "please" or "thank you" won't go amiss! — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:25, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry my bad. Thanks very much didn't mean to be rude. Gnevin (talk) 13:33, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:36, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can you revert this change please. It seem WP:BAG want more CON and that will be a long time coming. Thanks Gnevin (talk) 20:30, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks, PeterSymonds (talk) 20:59, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Please re-add {{documentation|Template:football squad player/doc}}. This was an uncontroverisal element of the edit performed by MSGJ, reverted by Number57 on the wider issue of how to display nationalilty. This change will ensure that the documentation from Template:football squad player/doc is displayed here, rather than creating three duplicate pages.

Please can you also do the same thing on {{fs mid}}? Regards, --W F C-- 08:08, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:56, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dual-Nationality

Is there a means by which we can address dual-nationality for a player and assign two flags? Erikeltic ^(Talk) 00:55, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is not. The imprecise nature of nationality designation has lead many of us to seek removal of this from the template, but it has not gained consensus. To determine "sporting nationality" there are two stages of question: has the individual played national representative football, at any level? If so, nationality is regarded as the country that he/she most recently appeared for; if not, nationality is recorded as place of birth. Areas of controversy remain: we are inconsistent as to whether place of birth is as at birth or presently (A player born in the mid 80s in Bratislava was born in Czechoslovakia: is he Czechoslovakian? His father would be recorded as such); the child born in what was obviously a temporary place of residence of his parents may not wish to be associated with his place of birth as an adult, and may not even be entitled to citizenship there. Kevin McE (talk) 07:41, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's a sticky wicket, that's for sure. The reason I asked was related to the Mehmet Ekici discussion at FC Bayern Munich. After some debate, an editor was able to provide me with a WP policy that verified the third editor's position, but I still feel that the flags' intent is very misleading and should be explicit that it reflects the national team for which the footballer plays. Erikeltic ^(Talk) 13:56, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And that policy is what I stated here. I have instigated many attempts to get the header comment about flags re-phrased so that it makes sense, but no phrase has gained consensus. Please do weigh in with suggestions at WT:FOOTY. Kevin McE (talk) 18:11, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Will do. Thanks. Erikeltic ^(Talk) 20:06, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request from Afifhaikal, 30 April 2011

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
01	GK	MAS	Hakim
02	DF	MAS	Aqil
03	DF	MAS	Ridzuan
04	DF	MAS	Syahmi
05	MID	MAS	Luqman
06	MID	MAS	Daniel
07	MID	MAS	Adam
08	MID	MAS	Shafiq
09	MID	MAS	Rafshan
10	MID	MAS	Haikal
11	ST	MAS	Azri
12	MID	MAS	Ammar
13	DF	MAS	Hazman
14	ST	MAS	Adi

Are we to assume that your suggestion is that a picture of each player goes into the temple? Total non-starter: not encyclopaedic, enormous number of players have no free image of decent quality, certainly no uniformity of pic layouts, and to make the template of reasonable proportions, the pic would need to be no more than 30px, which is so small faces may be scarcely recognisable. Kevin McE (talk) 09:05, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

link change

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Please change link in note text from "[[FIFA]] eligibility rules" to "[[FIFA eligibility rules]]". --ClubOranje^T 10:58, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

oh, btw, refer Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football#Football_squad_template_.26_FIFA_eligibility_rules for rationale. --ClubOranje^T 11:06, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

While this link is more appropriate, it does not address the point that the header is deeply flawed. FIFA does not define anyone's nationality, FIFA regulations can allow for a player to have numerous potential representative nationalities, there is no such thing as a non-FIFA nationality, the header does not describe our criteria for determining the flag to be posted, and the vast majority of players have a flag the indicates (assumed) place of birth. Kevin McE (talk) 11:23, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Link changed, since it seemed appropriate. No opinion about further FIFA nationality specifics that might have to be addressed, but please do discuss if you think they are needed. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 22:00, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal for header

(Following on from TheDJ's invitation to discuss above) It has been discussed at WT:FOOTY several times, but the multiplicity of proposals has stifled any conclusion. Basically the flag is determined by:

most recent national team represented, at any level, with only nations recognised by FIFA considered eligible.
place of birth (again, using FIFA registered determinants of nationality)
Which would seem simple enough, but then we have those born in a place which would not be considered their native land because their mother was there temporarily (we could imagine a team listing including Cruz Beckham in years to come, for example), changes in national boundaries (the man born in Czechoslovakia in 1989 can't have a Czechoslovakian flag in 2011: is the determinant of being Czech or Slovak now a matter of place of birth or ethnicity), and in some parts of the world (the Balkans are the most obvious), ethnicity can be far more descriptive of identity than place of birth.

The complexity of the issue (and the lack of relevance of nationality to a player's place in a squad) is such that many of us have suggested that we shouldn't show nationality at all, or at least not for players without representative history, but that has never gained consensus.

Nevertheless, the current header is simply meaningless: FIFA's rules do not define any one from multiple eligibilities that a player might have, and the concept of a non-FIFA nationality is, at best, novel.

Proposal

Header to read Flag indicates national team most recently represented, or place of birth where this is not applicable, or as otherwise stated.

Any exceptions to this should be explained using the other field

{{fs player|no=7|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Bob Squaddieson]]|other=<ref>Squaddieson was born in Germany to English parents, who were working there at the time of his birth [www.rsprovingthat.com]</ref>}}

or (real one here, whose current flag does not follow our rules)

{{Fs player | no=19 | nat=SVK | pos=MF | name= [[Karim Guédé]]|other=<ref>Guédé was born in Germany, but took out Slovakian citizenship after living in that country for 5 years [http://www.profutbal.sk/spravy/?id=122932]</ref>}}

Unless there is evidence for representation or place of birth, flag column should be left blank. Kevin McE (talk) 09:36, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(team captain)

I haven't seen an article using (team captain). They all display "(captain)."

Header- add "Nat"

In the Android Wikipedia app (at least on my Moto X), the nationality flags are not displayed, instead it only shows a minimum-width column with dots instead of flags. On other team sport templates (eg. Template:Ice hockey team roster) that have nationality flags, they have [[Nationality|Nat]] at the top of the nationality column and the flags show up without a problem.

Would there be any objection to adding [[Nationality|Nat]] to the header to ensure the flags are displayed across all platforms?

Bonus question, should we add a link to "Position" so it is [[Association football positions|Position]]?

It would end up as:

No.	Nat	Position	Player
1	GK	[[\|United Nations]]	John Q. Footballer

instead of

No.		Position	Player
1	GK	[[\|United Nations]]	John Q. Footballer

Num1dgen (talk) 20:28, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Add postion Field Player (FP)

Moved to Template talk:Football squad player § Add postion Field Player (FP)

– Enterprisey (talk!) 04:28, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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I would like to undo the latest revision by user Koavf. The "squad roster" looks totally awkward everywhere. Penepi (talk) 12:21, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done Perhaps a discussion would help clarify the reason for that edit, since there was no edit summary or link to a discussion. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:34, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Koavf has, without discussion, reverted my restoration of the longtime consensus version of this template on accessibility grounds. This template is used in 15,125 articles and should not be subject to this sort of rapid change. Koavf, please engage in a discussion here. The change to the template does not look good at all. At a minimum, the template's additional header should have bold formatting and a colored background to match the column headings. Please make changes in the template's sandbox to make the formatting look better, and discuss those changes here. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:53, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jonesey95, I didn't see the post here by Penepi. I have made the caption bold per your request but I'm not sure what you have in mind for the coloring. For those of you who want to understand more about table captions, please see Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility/Data_tables_tutorial#Proper_table_captions_and_summaries: this is a high-priority accessibility concern. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 14:12, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jonesey95, Koavf, It is still completely pointless to have "Squad roster" in the template. User always knows that he is looking at a squad roster as the section itself is usually called "Squad" or something similar. Moreover, this template is also used, for example, for summary of transfers -- and that is not really a squad roster. – Penepi (talk) 14:18, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Penepi, I am happy to change the text to something that others think is better. It's unfortunate that it's protected so that the process is more drawn-out and personality-dependent. I'm also about to go to sleep, so you may want to involve another template editor. I do want there to be consensus and I don't want the protection level to keep the community from having the best option for what this caption should be. Ping me to let me know how I can help. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 14:20, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Koavf, Is it really necessary to have any text there? Look at this, for instance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Slovak_football_transfers_winter_2019%E2%80%9320 I hope you agree it is completely ridiculous there. Also here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenal_F.C.#Players - as I mentioned earlier, the section itself is clearly and obviously Squad, no need to put any header there. – Penepi (talk) 14:24, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Penepi, Yes, it is necessary. Did you read the link I provided above? Accessibility is not some afterthought annoyance for those of us who may not immediately need the caption. Please also see the Wikimedia Foundation statement on accessibility, m:Accessibility, and mw:Accessibility. I don't want to put words in your mouth and I'm assuming good faith on your part but it sounds like you're saying that we should forgo accessibility to other users because you have some mild annoyance. I sincerely hope that is not what you are suggesting and I want to work with you here on how to make this template maximally accessible and useful. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 14:31, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Koavf, I am not quite sure I am really getting you. What is the problem with that accessibility? Everyone knows what they are looking at with this particular template. Paradoxically, you are doing the exact opposite of "accessibility" as the header is completely misleading on certain pages and there is no meaningful, universal text that would fit them all as I proved above. – Penepi (talk) 14:36, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've restored the page per Penepi, this does not improve "accessibility" when the text is meaningless on many articles. S.A. Julio (talk) 15:42, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, the caption is not needed as this is used under a "Squad/Current squad/roster" section. Kante4 (talk) 15:53, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Koavf, the template was stable for over five years. This is not an emergency. I agree with you that accessibility needs to be addressed. Please make proposed changes in the sandbox for discussion. There is a discussion here that may be useful. Also please keep in mind that any changes made to this template may also affect how it looks when used with {{fs mid}}, as shown at Arsenal F.C.#Players. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:05, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jonesey95, Accessibility is not an afterthought: this needs to have a caption for the table. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:54, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Make a proposed change in the template's sandbox, see how it looks on the testcases page, and get feedback from interested editors. That is the best way to make changes to a widely used template such as this one if your initial attempt meets significant resistance. – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:30, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

width="100%"

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Edit suggestion:

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I'm suggesting this because I see many player lists of clubs are so closely packed together. ChampsRT (talk) 15:14, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 18:04, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've undone this as it creates a huge gap between the two parts of the squadlist on screens. Please test things like this in the sandbox to see their effect (testcases) before requesting. Number 5 7 21:00, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. I did actually test this in the sandbox, but the gaps didn't appear in my browser for some reason. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 22:19, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No problem (the testcases page wasn't using the sandbox version of start/mid for some reason), plus my comment was really for the original proposer anyway. Cheers, Number 5 7 22:44, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 18 February 2022

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Can someone bring back the blue color in the header because it was more preferred and the modification in August 2020 was done without discussion?--Sakiv (talk) 02:32, 18 February 2022 (UTC) Sakiv (talk) 02:32, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: It would appear that the change was made after multiple discussions referring to the merger between {{Football squad player}} & {{Football squad player2}}, and since the change was made over 18 months ago, there should probably be a discussion to change it back with a WP:SILENT consensus on this style. Templates afterall are used to maintain consistency between articles and therefore should be consistent between similar style and use templates, if there has not been a discussion to change this. Terasail ^[✉️] 15:29, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Problems with accessibility and mobile version

This table currently has huge issues with accessibility and the mobile version because it implements a table for visual purposes (and also because it splits the tables in two). I suggest to someone who can actually test all the test cases to at least transfer the table wrapping to {{Col-begin}} which does the same thing while displaying more accessibly.

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Currently, one accessibility issue can be fixed by adding role="presentation" after the first opening {|. In addition, you could, in theory, fix the mobile issue by adding class="multicol" there.

Additionally, the template code needs an additional |} after </noinclude> because otherwise, the template documentation displays inside the table. stjn 16:10, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have implemented the table-closing part (Additionally, the template code) of this request. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:54, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

role="presentation" on the outer table should also be uncontroversial, it doesn’t do anything other than removing the table semantics. stjn 01:07, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done that. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 20:41, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Comment on Nationalities

What flag should we use for players born in territories that are not fifa members? Currently guidance says regardless of nationality of birth or citizenship, or non-FIFA sporting nationalities the player may use in other contexts. However some editors have suggested this is outdated and there should be exceptions.

This creates a problem particularly for the Crown Dependencies as they are not members of FIFA or UEFA in their own right but part of the English FA. The Crown Dependencies are not part of England in the political sense though. In FIFA terms they are part of England however this could be considered controversial.

There are other instances where this is the case such as players from Åland, the Isle of Wight and Anglesey all of which have football teams that appear at the island games on the same basis as the crown dependencies but in FIFA terms they are part of Finland, England and Wales respectively. Players from these territories would normally have their respective FIFA national team flag on this template. C. 22468 Talk to me 23:00, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Coolguy22468: Where is the prior discussion that has ended in deadlock meaning that an RfC is now necessary? See WP:RFCBEFORE. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 23:20, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Here Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football#Crown_Dependencies_and_flags. C. 22468 Talk to me 23:21, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You should have linked that in your original post. People should not be expected to waste time hunting around. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 23:30, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
They started the discussion following discussion with me at talk pages - but did not notify me about the same. Really shoddy/poor form. Giant Snowman 17:41, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe Yes, we should perhaps leave up only flags of nations recognized by FIFA. The reason for this suggestion is the avoidance of a heap of controversies and the resulting waste of editors' time in trying to resolve teapot storms. We are an encyclopaedia, first and foremost and not some international legal institution that decides on state symbols. -The Gnome (talk) 07:50, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The issue is that players born in the Crown Dependancies are not automatically tied to England, although their clubs are affiliated to that national association. It incorrect to show the England flag, but it is also incorrect to show either their own Island's flag or even the UK flag, as none of those entities has a FIFA team. Displaying nothing in that field would also be imperfect. To be honest, the point is almost moot as there are very few players from these territories who are of international standard, and those that reusually seem have a familial eligibility for somewhere with FIFA status. So the debate is over what rule or truth to bend in order to display a national flag on a list of amateur players who will never represent any nation except the unofficial team of their own island. But just to give more context. Crowsus (talk) 12:17, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
it's not just the crown dependencies there are other territories in a similar position as mentioned in the RfC. C. 22468 Talk to me 17:35, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Use flags for FIFA-recognised nations only, with Channel Islands as exceptions. Without delving into politics, to use the other examples from OP, people from Anglesey are Welsh (Anglesey is part of Wales), people from Isle of Wight are English (IOW is part of England) - but people from Channel Islands are NOT, they are from a completely separate legal jurisdiction. Happy to consider arguments for any other exceptions. Giant Snowman 17:45, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We also have Åland. C. 22468 Talk to me 20:58, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Part of Finland. Not a separate jurisdiction - hence why Channel Islands need to be the exception. Giant Snowman 21:38, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not quite Åland has it's own government, it's own legal system and it's own tax system, a separate language, separate identity. In footballing terms it's almost identical to the situation in the Channel Islands. C. 22468 Talk to me 21:43, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Then have Åland as one of the exceptions. What's the issue? Giant Snowman 21:50, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So you would favour inserting a text saying something like "The player's nationality. Use the name of the country, or its 3-letter IOC country code, rather than an adjective (e.g. "Spain" instead of "Spanish"). This is for the country that the player represents in international football (regardless of nationality of birth or citizenship, or non-FIFA sporting nationalities the player may use in other contexts). If this template is used in a non-FIFA context, then some other nationality might apply; however, this parameter is never for indication of birthplace as such, which has nothing to do with football The exception to this is for Crown Dependencies and Åland."? C. 22468 Talk to me 21:54, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No, that's overly wordy. Something like "Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Giant Snowman 22:02, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was talking about the text guidelines Template:Football_squad_start#Usage. C. 22468 Talk to me 22:05, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Simply say 'some exceptions apply' and link to this discussion. Giant Snowman 22:06, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe 'exceptions apply for self-governing dependencies' as 'some exceptions apply' is ambiguous as it could include the Shetland Islands and Anglesey. C. 22468 Talk to me 18:46, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sure. Giant Snowman 19:29, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Give it a few more days before we close the RfC but that looks like the answer. C. 22468 Talk to me 23:37, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, no need rush - although it would be helpful if we could agree on all exceptions here. Giant Snowman 15:56, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
From what I can see with exemptions that are similar to Gurnsey there are Åland, Alderney, Greenland, Isle of Man, Jersey, St Helena and Sark. Other similar ones include Niue, Christmas Island, Norfolk Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Tokelau, Saint Barthélemy, Mayotte, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Wallis and Futuna. C. 22468 Talk to me 23:27, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Fine with Åland, Alderney, Greenland, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, St Helena, and Sark being the exceptions. Giant Snowman 09:27, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would add Niue to that as well as it's an odd situation. C. 22468 Talk to me 23:29, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Only use flags of members of FIFA/continental football bodies. The main point is for the crown dependencies which according to FIFA are explicitly part of the English Football Association [1]. This is not about political geograph but rather football geography. There is a precedent for this as for cricket players on the England team we would use the England flag even though the England Cricket team also covers Wales. C. 22468 Talk to me 21:19, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Different sport, different rules. Giant Snowman 21:39, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 11 December 2024

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Description of suggested change:

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Please could you change the text in the template to match the suggested new text from the discussion above. This follows on from a discussion about what flag to use for players from self-governing territories which are not part of FIFA. C. 22468 Talk to me 01:32, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Giant Snowman`