Talk:2011 Copa América

Draw

The article says the draw will be on 11 November 2010 right. But ...

• What time of the day will it be held?
• Will it be broadcasted like the 2010 FIFA World Cup draw was last year?
• Are there any seedings? Like it would be silly if Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay all got grouped together.

Thanks in advance! Copaamerica2011 (talk) 18:07, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

The answer to all three question is: don't know. But, in time we will. Patience is a virtue. Digirami (talk) 20:39, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the being the only one to answer. So the 3rd question is answered. What about the only 2 questions? Do we have data on that yet now the draw is only days ahead? Thanks once again. Copaamerica2011 (talk) 11:06, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

1) I don't know. 2) I don't know, but it wouldn't hurt to check your local listings. Digirami (talk) 10:20, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

It will be broadcasted by the Argentine public TV (Canal 7). If you're not in Argentina you can probably watch the channel via internet. The time is 5 o'clock (Argentine time). Fache (talk) 11:04, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Changes discarded...

Well sorry if I wanted to be more international by putting the dates of matches the international way, as they are in all other English pages of the same kind on Wikipedia: day month year. If you want to stay American American it's ok and I'm not surprised! but Wikipedia is supposed to be international and not American... Concerning the UTC time ok, I grant you that it's not necessary... For the denomination of stages, it's true that the official denomination with CONMEBOL is 'First Stage' and 'Final Stage', but if you want to be truly accurate it's 'Final Stage' singular and NOT 'Final Stages' plural! I was just using the 'Group Stage' and 'Knockout Stage' denominations which are used on all other Wiki pages about international football results and are the most common denominations for this kind of competitions (UEFA: Group stage / Knockout phase)... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rafa1985 (talk • contribs) 07:22, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Your comment on the date format shows that you lack some knowledge on the way Wikipedia works. Despite the fact that this website is international, regional variations have to be considered in the article. If a region such as South America uses American English (which they mostly do; I can't think of a place where British English is taught more so than AmE), then articles concerning that area of the world should use American English.

While other articles do use denominations should as "knockout stage", such denominations also have to be accurate. If everything after the first stage was officially considered a single round, using "stage" would be fine. But it isn't one stage; it is three. That's why it is plural ("stages"). Additionally, did you ever consider that UEFA articles use "group stage" or "knockout phase" because they might be officially called that (they are not for the knockout phase, but you get the idea). Digirami (talk) 08:42, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

it is true that regional variations should be respected. it is not true that "a region such as south america uses american english". in argentina, for example, british english prevails, more than anything because of actions taken by the british embassy here. if your counter-argument is "well, elsewhere it isn't", then please give us a reference because i have never heard of such thing. whatever solution you may choose, please bear in mind that the article in its entirety should stick to one or the other. cheers.--camr ^nag 18:18, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Japan and Spain

Should it now be mentioned Japan have withdrawn, and that (according to the Independent) Spain have also rejected the invitation? 86.181.37.62 (talk) 08:55, 14 April 2011 (UTC)