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External link

I wasn't sure where to put this but this seemed like the most appropriate place. Would http://www.thegoonerforum.moonfruit.com be considered a linkspam? If so what would we need to do to make sure it wouldn't be considered link spam. Cheers —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.229.242.88 (talk • contribs) 15:11, October 10, 2006 (UTC).

Your site is little more than a forum, with squad photos taken from the official site, so it does not pass the requirements under WP:EL. The sites that are included are there because they provide history, statistics or useful background information to the club. Indeed, some of them are actually used as references in Arsenal-related articles. If your site contained material like that it would be a more useful resource for readers of this article. Qwghlm 19:27, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well we've just added a history of the club. If we have news can it be considered. And how can I approve the squad photos —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.229.242.86 (talk • contribs) 19:51, October 25, 2006 (UTC).

Well, the history you have added (via the "Club" link on your page) is basically a copy & paste of the "History" section of this very article, so it is not providing readers with any extra information that they couldn't find here. Also, as it is not GFDL-licenced, it is also a breach of Wikipedia's mirroring and copyright policy. As it stands it doesn't make your site any more linkworthy. Qwghlm 16:20, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Graffiti

The introduction includes the text "the most blatantly sh@! team in the world" which doesn't appear in edit mode. Have never attempted to edit a page before but seems odd that that this text, which is clearly an undesirable defacing of the article, cannot be edited out. Anyone out there have the means to do this, Dougal.

That's because it had been fixed by the time you tried to fix it :) Normally it would have shown up as you might expect, cheers for trying though. Try refreshing your browser and/or cleaning your cache. aLii 10:07, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Grammatical point -- singular vs. plural verb forms

I notice that in the article it reads "Arsenal have", "Arsenal were", etc, using the plural forms of the verbs. Now, as the club constitutes a single entity, shouldn't it read "has", "was", etc., instead, using singular? Even as a football club, it's still only one club, and the only way to have plurals would be talking about Arsenal as its players, which the article rarely does. Am I missing something? MSJapan 15:01, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's just the standard British English way of talking about teams. Read some articles in the British media for examples - one sees it in almost every article. Examples from today:

The Guardian "England were"
The BBC "West Ham have"

aLii 15:27, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See the archive of this page and an explanation of the discretionary plural for further information. Using the plural for collective entities is common practice in British English, and it is often used even when not directly referring to the eleven players on the pitch (e.g.). Qwghlm 16:28, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Original team colours

Deleted this sentence from the "Colours" section:

the socks varied in colour but were most often black or dark grey.

The site referenced only has one color photo (and a re-colored one at that), in which the socks are clearly dark blue (compare with the black shoes they're wearing). [1] The remainder of the photos are black and white, which might appear "black or dark grey" but is hardly evidence. In addition, the club's website in another place references blue and white hooped socks, so there is a precedent for the blue color. [2] I'm changing the reference to reflect this. --Chancemichaels 19:05, 18 October 2006 (UTC)Chancemichaels[reply]

I would call the colour in the recolorised photo more grey or indigo than blue. It's definitely not the colour code #000066 that you've assigned them, which is quite a vivid blue, quite different from the subdued colour given in the 1913 photo (#242B31, or thereabouts). In addition, this alternative pictorial history of Arsenal kits gives them as black up until the Chapman era.

The link you give saying Arsenal played in blue & white hoops from the beginning is contradicted by another page on the official site, which states that Herbert Chapman introduced the blue and white hooped socks in the 1930s, an assertion borne out by the photos in [3], which show predominantly solid socks until 1933 or so, as well as the text in [4]

As there is probably no one definitive answer how about we go with just saying the socks were "dark" in the text, and the socks in the illustration coloured a similar shade to the recolourised 1913 photo, which I'm assuming must have been based on some other authoritative source. Qwghlm 20:17, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is it worth mentioning that Rotherham are anotehr club to share the shirt colours of red torso with white sleeves? I'd be fascinated to know whether our shirts or those of the Millers came first. Incidentally, we played them in the League Cup in 2003 and that was the first ever penalty shootout witnessed at Highbury, remarkably, as well (Score was something crazy like 13-12...check..., Wiltord took two, but missed his first one and both keepers scored against each other). Safety06 14:09, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, if Rotherham somehow took inspiration from Arsenal's kit, or it was the result of the club lending kit, then it would be worthy of inclusion. If not then don't bother - there are plenty of teams with red and white sleeves and to list every one would be too trivial. Qwghlm 15:08, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Splitting of history article

A proposal to split History of Arsenal F.C. into two articles has been made, contributions to the discussion at Talk:History of Arsenal F.C.#Split are welcome. Qwghlm 18:30, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merida & G. Hoyte

I've unwikified Fran Merida and Gavin Hoyte as they were previously nominated for deletion and successfully deleted - if they are recreated they will only get {{db-repost}} added to them and will be speedily deleted. I may take them to deletion review but only if there is consensus here to restore their articles - comments are welcome. In the meantime, until they are restored please do not wikify them. Thank you. Qwghlm 20:11, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can they be created when they appear in a match day squad? BobbyAFC 08:02, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's not just a matter of simply creating an article - the problem is that Fran Merida has been protected from recreation and so must go through deletion review if it is to be unlocked. Until there has been a proper review then the article can be justifiably deleted by an admin under the criteria for speedy deletion. Qwghlm 11:50, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'm an admin, so if Merida ever gets a first-team appearance and thus earns the right to have an article about him, I'll unprotect it for you. CSD G4 only applies when the re-creation is essentially the same as the deleted version. howcheng {chat} 07:03, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Arsenal Squad Numbers

For a full list of squad names and numbers please see:http://www.arsenal.com/squad.asp?thisNav=Reserves+and+Youth&lid=Reserves+Coaching+Staff&clid=4436

Can these be included on the Arsenal FC page?

Bo (Glasnevin, Dublin) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Eoinfleming (talk • contribs) 17:38, November 20, 2006 (UTC).

I have put the reserves players names & squad numbers in Arsenal F.C. Reserves as I thought that was the best place for them. Qwghlm 17:46, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Just so you know, an English player called Henri Lansbury has become Arsenal's number 40. http://www.arsenal.com/player.asp?thisNav=first+team&plid=67405&clid=4421&cpid=703 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.106.46.225 (talk • contribs) 14:10, January 9, 2007.

I've added him in for now, although if he doesn't play and gets dropped from the first-team squad later on, I will delete his article in due course. Qwghlm 15:14, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think you can updated the squad numbers on this page again and on the current squad template. I'd do it but last time I tried I messed up the whole thing. Yonatanh 00:50, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stand Name

This is only minor, but the piture of the North Stand is mis-identified as the "North Bank." To be 100% accurate, the North Bank was the terrace that had stood in the same spot before the Taylor Report. The recently vacated stand is in fact, the North Stand. A similar, but not identical situation is ManU fans calling Old Trafford's west Stand the Stretford End. USArsnl 03:11, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The stand's full name was in fact the North Bank Stand [5] [6]. You are right we should differentiate between the two, so I capitalised the word "Stand" so as to make it part of its name. Qwghlm 09:57, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gooner News

Any reason Gooner News is missing from the external links?

Fan of Arsenal Userbox

I've created a user box if anyone wants to use it to say they are an Arsenal fan {{Template:Arsenal}} . Template:Arsenal Asics^Talk 18:09, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is already an Arsenal fans' userbox at {{User:BlueSquadronRaven/Userboxes/Arsenal}}. Your version is an unnecessary duplicate and breaks the Userbox Policy on using fair use images, so unfortunately I have had to nominate it for deletion. Sorry. Qwghlm 19:13, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Recent news (clues?) on Baptista for Reyes swap

Just because the whole thing still seems a bit mysterious, (yeah, we're seeing it called a loan everywhere, but it seems to be accompanied by a wink, and the Arsenal club site never listed it as a loan) I thought you might find this interesting (if you haven't read/heard it already) I found it while surfing around the web this evening... it's a few weeks old, but it's Fabio Capello's press conference on 17 January, taken from the Real Madrid official site:

Q: Are you contemplating bringing Baptista back?
Capello: We are happy with Reyes and Arsenal are happy with Baptista.

Here's the link: http://www.realmadrid.com//articulo/rma36342.htm

Looking more and more like Reyes is not coming back. Ryecatcher773 05:40, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Arsenal.com itself has actually stated that Julio Baptista is currently on a loan, as evidenced by the following recent Arsenal.com news items: Van Persie's injury gives Baptista his chance as well as Almunia leads the plaudits for Baptista (both of which I've currently added to the foonotes), where it is stated quite clearly in the former: "It is important to remember Baptista is only on loan to Arsenal for the season. Wenger admitted the decision over whether to take him permanently could rest on how he replaces his Dutch colleague, who will be sidelined for at least six weeks." and "Baptista, like most foreign imports, needed time to adapt to his new surroundings following a summer loan switch from Real Madrid." in the latter, so I think it is quite certain that it is indeed a loan deal. ···巌流^{? · Talk to Ganryuu} 04:28, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good spot. Since the official site has mentioned it twice I dropped the BBC reference as it was redundant. Qwghlm 13:18, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The mirror ran a story the other day about Reyes not getting into the team recently and Real warned there was no certainty he would be bought; its definately a loan. TheMongoose 15:24, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]