User talk:Wburrow

Hello. Firstly 5 or five are both accepted. I've always used letters for other competitions and no one has gone against it. Secondly, despite the report listing attendance data, if attendance data is reported in the PDF document is better source anyway. @S.A. Julio: started to add attendance data including PDF source. Regards. Island92 (talk) 16:16, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Island92 - thanks for reaching out.

For the infobox: I think the Manual of Style exists for a reason. It represents Wikipedia-wide consensus, and we should follow its guidelines unless there is a very good reason not to. What's the reason for ignoring that consensus here? I also happen to agree with the MOS in this case: IMO the infobox just looks better if figures are used consistently. A written-out number seems out-of-place and jarring.

For the attendance data, I don't have a problem with it being referenced separately, I just don't understand why it's needed, so I was simply trying to clean up duplicative refs. Everything else (like referee, stadium, score, etc.) uses the match report for reference, why is attendance different? Obviously, if the match report doesn't contain the attendance data then a separate reference is needed (which was the case here: attendance figures weren't initially available in the match reports). But once the match reports have the data, what's the point of the extra reference? Wburrow (talk) 17:02, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

FIFA doesn't provide attendance data via report pdf. UEFA does. The point is that per experience attendance data between FIFA and UEFA may differ. Considering these are UEFA matches for qualifications to a FIFA tournament, I'd rather have those UEFA pdfs. The normal UEFA report (link) doesn't provide attendance. Island92 (talk) 17:24, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation, @Island92. I'll leave UEFA references on attendance figures alone in the future.

For the infobox: can we agree to follow the MOS (at least on WCQ pages)? Or as a compromise, should we list the top_scorers out since there aren't too many (at least for now)? Wburrow (talk) 17:50, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

MOS ok. Island92 (talk) 17:52, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

I heard these days some news that Iran might be ban from the World Cup cause of the war against Israel and what will happened if this happens? 2A02:587:6D18:B000:7967:4DDF:6337:865F (talk) 16:41, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

NEW ONE: Also according to this article it’s says that Iran will not be banned, or something else? https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/23/fifa-2026-world-cup-iran-usa-military-action-canada-mexico-gianni-infantino 2A02:587:6D18:B000:7967:4DDF:6337:865F (talk) 18:53, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

Interesting info - I'm curious how it will be handled as well, but I'm afraid I don't have any additional knowledge to share. We'll just have to wait and see how the situation unfolds. (And sorry for the delayed response - I've been on vacation with limited access to the internet.) Wburrow (talk) 19:14, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Double standards KamalJamal500i (talk) 14:08, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

How does it feel to censor everything? 2600:6C52:4000:B31:5CA4:BD9:14EA:F648 (talk) 17:11, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Your edit was factually incorrect. It said UEFA gets a playoff spot when they do not. Wburrow (talk) 17:16, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello sir, recently I made a post about that African map in the new talk page in 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification and people still did not notice, so please do something. Link: Talk:2026 FIFA World Cup qualification#Guys, listen (update on the african map). 2A02:587:6D09:1900:20F6:FA22:D0FD:6B4F (talk) 18:56, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

I'm not able to update the file due to its update settings. The file creator has been alerted that it needs to be updated. Wburrow (talk) 20:47, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Have you seen this? I just saw it in internet but I couldn't validate it https://x.com/windowintlpod/status/1976346552588435512 It describes how the Ranking of runners-up would be. Seems to come from CAF in March this year Enrique1777~enwiki (talk) 20:46, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for sharing this. I always thought that would be the case, but it's nice to have some confirmation. We'll see what the consensus is on how to incorporate it into the articles. Wburrow (talk) 22:12, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

I think that Madagascar finished with a Goal Difference of 17-12 (not 16-12) which impacts the ranking of 2nd placed teams 2601:640:8E81:3330:65FA:6810:2F8A:19CC (talk) 22:31, 12 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. I've corrected the tables. Wburrow (talk) 22:43, 12 October 2025 (UTC)