Talk:2014 FIFA World Cup

"A view of the pitch is preferred"

"A view of the pitch is preferred and I don't believe that the new image is actually legal on some wikiprojects" Why is a "view of the pitch preferred"? According to who a "view of the pitch is preferred"? Maybe in Canada a "view of the pitch is preferred? Do you guys have soccer there? Soccer is not a Winter game. When we write "stadiums" we want to show the "stadiums". Not the grass. Otherwise all Stadium's pictures would look the same: all green, all grass! And what is "I don't believe that the new image is actually legal on some wikiprojects" supposed to mean? Ok, it's your opinion (period). Brazil's World Cup's wikipedia page has nothing to do with your opinion. Cheers! MarcosPassos (talk) 08:16, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

According to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Football‎.

The reason that it may not be legal is that I can't tell what sort of image it actually was. If it was an overhead view or an image of a model. It's also not clear if this was taken by an individual viewing a model or if it is a publicity photo. If it's an aerial view, several nations do not allow for freedom of view (or something similar) and I'm not sure if Brazil is one of them. South Africa (the most recent World Cup host) is. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:12, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

If it's easier, I can just mention it to the copyright cabal and they can come review all of the images. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:13, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

That pic has 3.0 license. Scroll down and you will see. http://www.copa2014.gov.br/ MarcosPassos (talk) 03:14, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Great. A view of the pitch is still preferred. Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:28, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Source? MarcosPassos (talk) 13:12, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

As written above, Wikipedia:WikiProject Football‎.

Several discussions have taken place including this one that I participated with. If you want to challenge my opinion, do it on the project's talk page. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:10, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Stadium names

FIFA does not permit the use of sponsorship names for world cup matches. That means if the Wikipedia article uses a sponsor name, or the tournament uses a different name than the article's name we should either create a redirect at the name pointing to the correct article (such as at Soccer City) or pipe to the correct name (see World Cup 2010#Venues). Since there is an official page that describes the venues, please start by providing that and then make the article match that. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:32, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

• There seems to have been an edit war over the names of certain of the venues, but I see no discussion here about it. Could I suggest editors raise their concerns here and reach agreement rather than edit-warring as it is so much nicer this way. --John (talk) 23:13, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

The discussion has been happening over at Talk:2013 FIFA Confederations Cup as both articles have been having the same issues. Chris1834 (talk) 23:25, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Some sections will require full review

Hello All

Is there already a group of watchers and contributors for this article? I would like to help with some suggestions and may edit this article soon with several updates. First the infrastructure section is already outdated. For example, Natal, Manaus and Salvador will not have any special mobility projects at the moment like light-rails or metros. Salvador might have one completed connecting the airport. São Paulo may not have a metro line (gold line) to connect to the airport of Congonhas completed in time. Same for Brasilia I have already updated. Also there are 2 stadiums with outaded renders, Arena da Baixada and Arena das Dunas.

Let me know if you have any other suggestions. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lkalk (talk • contribs) 22:26, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Your input is welcome! Feel free to add any pertinent information, but please make sure to include verifiable sources with any statements. The state & cost of the infrastructure improvements for the 2014 World Cup is definitely a notable topic. Thanks 87Fan (talk) 17:24, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Climate of host cities

There's now a section Climate of host cities claiming "average daytime temperature" for the cities, however the numbers given are the daily highs and not average daytime temperatures (the difference being quite significant, 5°C in many places). -37.30.47.123 (talk) 11:48, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Is this section even necessary? --MicroX (talk) 21:04, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Since temperature is a major issue of the 2022 games, it might be useful, but it is unreferenced and I wouldn't cry if it went away. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:10, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Agreed. Removed the section. --MicroX (talk) 00:42, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

For the northern hemisphere (mainly Europe), this is pretty irrelevant, since our coldest climate is ever above 46º F/ 8º C.

Switzerland hasn't qualified yet

It's still possible for Switzerland to get knocked out of the to qualifying spot by Iceland. They need to be removed from the qualified countries list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.130.18.99 (talk) 20:57, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Or by Slovenia. Schnapper (talk) 07:04, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Global music contest to find the official song

It seems that Sony has launched a "Global Music Contest" today to "find" the official 2014 world cup song. here. Do you guys think that this is relevant and should be inserted in the article or not? MarcosPassos (talk) 16:02, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

I will take the lack of objections to insert the information above in the article as an endorsement. Thanks. MarcosPassos (talk) 19:46, 16 September 2013 (UTC)