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For a third opinion: which of these reads better as a lead sentence: the current one (1) or my proposal (2)? While MOS:LEAD does encourage the title be used, an exception is made if it feels unnatural, and "the 2023 WXV is an edition of WXV held in 2023" is both unnatural and borderline MOS:REDUNDANCY in my opinion. The name "2023 WXV" is also seldom used in official sources and reliable third-party sources. MOS:AVOIDBOLD also encourages bold font to not be used in these instances, which is why it is not used in my proposed version.
(1) The 2023 WXV is the first edition of WXV [...] and will take place between 14 October and 4 November 2023.
(2) The first edition of WXV [...] will take place between 14 October and 4 November 2023.
All other things being equal, my preference is for (1). I don't think any of the exceptions in MOS:LEAD really apply here, and, speaking as someone who knows nothing of this topic, I would be disoriented if I encountered (2) because the page title doesn't make it clear that this is the first edition. Also, the first sentence truly concludes with "14 October and 4 November 2023," so it's not exactly redundant—it gives more specific information that "WXV 2023" lacks.
That said, if you feel that "WXV 2023" is a poor title for this page, that's another issue altogether. Maybe it is a poor title, and if so, renaming the page might lead to a better first sentence. If you wanted to convince me that the title should be changed, I would hope you would suggest an alternate title and supply some authoritative sources demonstrating that your suggested title really represents common parlance. Of course, you probably wouldn't need to sway just me, but that sort of evidence would probably sway others too.
Also, if the subject of this page isn't covered at all in RS as a distinct concept, it kinda calls the page itself into question. The sources here all seem to talk about WXV1, WXV2, and WXV3 separately. Maybe each of these tournaments should have its own page instead? I kind of get the impression that the discussion above has something to do with this but I feel like I'm missing a lot of context there.
As a side note, I'd like to gently remind both of you (@Mikey'Da'Man, Archangel) to be kind and respectful towards one another. In my eyes, it's not particularly civil to say to another editor "The facts just don't care about your feelings," to call another editor's behavior "childish," to say "It is genuinely the most boring experience arguing with you," to call another editor "lazy," or to describe them as "having a big sook." Please remember, we all must strive to treat the other person with respect and goodwill even if their behavior is frustrating. I know it's hard, but it's what keeps the world spinning—we could never have formed a culture without that beautiful human capacity. 🍉◜◞🄜e𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚊r🅟🜜🥑《 𔑪talk〗⇤23:17, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your opinion. All I’ll say is that it’s just nice to be able to get an opinion from somebody who doesn’t clearly outright disrespect other editors and participates in blanket reverts and stonewalling. I apologise for my use of language in particular, I’ll continue to try my best to be as respectful as possible when criticising other users’ poor behaviour. — AFC Vixen 🦊 01:07, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sure thing. ^^ Also, you don't need to apologize to me, I wasn't involved :P I just wanted to say something as a bystander. It's certainly good to be respectful if you must criticize, but in most cases I would say it's not even necessary to criticize at all—we're here to work on the articles, so most of the time I find it works to just ignore anything unkind or personal and stay laser-focused on the article content in disputes. Also, it really helps to center debates on questions that RS or at least some kind of hard evidence can answer whenever possible, because those kinds of debates can be easily and often genially resolved. Matters of pure opinion are dangerous, and debates based purely around policy are honestly not much better. 🍉◜◞🄜e𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚊r🅟🜜🥑《 𔑪talk〗⇤11:42, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
For a third opinion: This article will eventually list between 27–31 rugby matches. Should {{Rugby box collapsible}} or {{Rugby box}} be used to list them? While {{Rugby box collapsible}} can be expanded for more information, which can also be set as default, {{Rugby box}} doesn't have a collapsible option, and doesn't have a column on the left to display notes such as "Test: 1612".
Hi. Friendly reminder that the "Test number" info was deemed irrelevant during the delete discussion of templates Wrugbybox and Wrcode. That being said, I personally prefer the use of collapsible. PotatoNerd (talk) 09:20, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
My definitive answer is neither. Cards are irrelevant for displaying as they are put in the team sheet anyway. If you really want collapsible boxes, then put the entire competition in a collapsible box... Mikey'Da'Man, Archangel (talk) 17:04, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@PotatoNerd: Apologies for bothering you, but is it possible you could clarify why you prefer the use of collapsible rugby boxes, so that your viewpoint is clearer? — AFC Vixen 🦊 05:06, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Well, there's one small technical issue: if you have in the page an element with float right (like for example maps with the teams locations) and a rugbybox next to it, the match data gets displayed wonkily, because rugbybox has a display block while collapsible has a display table. It's a minor issue, though. Mostly is just I find collapsible to be more visually pleasing? Like Marge Simpson said, "I just think they're neat". PotatoNerd (talk) 18:32, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
For a third opinion: Should a brief, one-sentence summary of recent encounters between Italy and Spain's women's rugby union teams be added to provide readers a context and background to their consequential play-in match? Its relevancy is supported by an article from the sport's governing body, which notes Spain's losses, and the World Cup qualifying match in particular, as context for the upcoming match.[1]
(1) The European play-in will be staged as a single match between Italy and Spain on 22 July in Piacenza, Italy.
(2) The European play-in will be staged as a single match between Italy and Spain on 22 July in Piacenza, Italy. Spain had lost their previous two encounters against Italy, including a 2021 Rugby World Cup qualifier where Italy ended Spain's World Cup bid by scoring five tries in a convincing 34–10 victory.
3O Response: I prefer option 2. I see no harm in a background sentence. It is useful to the reader, and can be expanded upon with the match results when it occurs. Having background sections in articles about sports matches is pretty common, and although it is not an article about a match, I see no reason not to include it. JML1148(talk | contribs)11:09, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
For a third opinion: Should the year be repeated in the "Dates" cell of this article's infobox, even if the infobox's title, "2023 WXV", already implies that the subject takes place in 2023? e.g. "14 October — 4 November 2023" instead of simply "14 October — 4 November"? — AFC Vixen 🦊 04:22, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I think that yes, the year should be repeated in the "Dates" cell of the infobox.
Doing so doesn't clutter the infobox, contributes to the infobox's goal of summarizing the key facts of an article,
and is worth adding for the sake of completeness. Tuckertwo (talk) 22:03, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The round five match between England and France was held at Twickenham Stadium in London, England; the first ever time the English women's national rugby union team had played a headlining match there.[1] It was the final test match for French forward Jessy Trémoulière after 78 games, and English coach Simon Middleton, who had led the team since 2015.[2] The world attendance record for a women's rugby union match was set during the game at 58,498, surpassing the 2021 World Cup final's attendance of 42,579.[3] Claiming a 38–33 victory over France, England consequently won their 19th Women's Six Nations title (their 5th in succession) and their 17th Grand Slam.
@Mikey'Da'Man, Archangel: I've come to propose another compromise that I hope is better to you than my last. I've drafted a template for a simplified, collapsible, horizontally-aligned lineup list. It accommodates a full list of players, coaches, and notation for substitutions. Don't worry though, red and yellow cards, assistant referees, and television match officials have been preserved in the rugby box above it! Using it is as simple as writing the names of players on each team from 1 to 23 in order as inputs. Substitutions are easy to note as well. For example, the substitution of a home team's #13 player is written as |h13=sub (Abigail Dow13), while a blood substitution is noted by |h13=blood (Abigail Dow13). The code is presented in the "Syntax" table above. Thoughts on this being used on this page? — AFC Vixen 🦊 11:57, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The round five match between England and France was held at Twickenham Stadium in London, England; the first ever time the English women's national rugby union team had played a headlining match there.[1] It was the final test match for French forward Jessy Trémoulière after 78 games, and English coach Simon Middleton, who had led the team since 2015.[2] The world attendance record for a women's rugby union match was set during the game at 58,498, surpassing the 2021 World Cup final's attendance of 42,579.[3] Claiming a 38–33 victory over France, England consequently won their 19th Women's Six Nations title (their 5th in succession) and their 17th Grand Slam.
@Mikey'Da'Man, Archangel: If a simplified lineup is unsatisfactory to you, this detailed collapsible lineup is also relatively straightforward to use. Like the previous template, the names of players are simply listed from 1 to 23 for each team, though this time it is presented in a more familiar three-column, vertically-oriented format, with support for full substitution and card notation. For example, a red card for the #14 player of the home team in the 18th minute is noted by writing | h14=red | h14t=18 ('18 Lydia Thompson14). A third column is also supported – h1e, a1e, ect. – for any additional notation whenever needed, such as if a substitution later receives a yellow card, which would be written as | a20=subon | a20t=50 | a20e={{Yellow card}} 65{{`}} (20Kennedy Simon (c) 50' 65'). The code is again presented in the "Syntax" table above. Would you support this being used on the page instead? — AFC Vixen 🦊 02:30, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It'd be nice if you'd at the very least be helpful in your criticism, instead of just saying "no" and "no point of existing." Saying what exactly about the template you disagree with, and why, would be much more helpful in informing what needs to be changed. — AFC Vixen 🦊 04:59, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Well your only interest is to make everything yours. You want everyone to know that this template is created by you even though it is a carbon copy of a template that already exists and is used. You are wasting time and energy making a copy of something that already exists. Stop wasting my time. We're doing it the same way with the original template and that is final. Mikey'Da'Man, Archangel (talk) 11:17, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The article as it exists today is the result of numerous discussions involving numerous editors either on this talk page or on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Rugby union, so I'm truly baffled as to why you think this way, and immensely disappointed that you don't seem to care for any attempts at finding common ground between us. — AFC Vixen 🦊 13:39, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I tried finding common ground. I found nothing. I have good relationships with other people, but not with you. Therefore, it's best you leave me alone, and I will leave you alone. Mikey'Da'Man, Archangel (talk) 22:27, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That's what we tried in the W6N a few years ago and it was far too messy so we abandoned it. The whole box being collapsible or nothing at all being collapsible is more sensible. Mikey'Da'Man, Archangel (talk) 23:38, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Assistant referees: [[]] ([[|]])
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Television match official: [[]] ([[|]])
Notes:
PotatoNerd, you had a preference for the use of {{Rugby box collapsible}}; LouisOrr27, you seemed to have had the same idea as me, to place lineups underneath each match in a separate collapsible box. Would something like the example above be preferable in your opinions, or are there any further improvements that need to be made? — AFC Vixen 🦊 01:46, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I liked the idea you had in the green examples at the beginning of this section, but have nothing against this last option either. That being said, I think this has turned into a discussion that should probably be talked with the whole Wikipedia:WikiProject Rugby union cause, ideally, if you gonna make changes to how lineouts are displayed, wouldn't it be better to have more people involved and also, the selected format used in way more places, not only on this particular article? PotatoNerd (talk) 15:55, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ideally, {{Rugby lineup}} will be eventually proposed to WikiProject Rugby union, but it’s still being worked on. Implementing it here and now would clearly be controversial, and so this interim solution I hope can suffice to resolve the issues unique to the circumstances of this particular article compared to most articles on rugby union competitions. — AFC Vixen 🦊 19:53, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Considering this page has thirty matches displayed, I think it’d be asking too much of readers who simply want to see teams and scores to make them parse through much more information being displayed at once. Not to distract from this conversation, but you brought up 2023–24 Premiership Women's Rugby and 2023–24 Premiership Rugby earlier, and I thought it appropriate to note that a simple Module:Sports results table would suffice for those articles, instead of meticulously detailing all ninety home and away matches. — AFC Vixen 🦊 02:08, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It clearly doesn’t; as I said, having uncollapsed rugby boxes on a wealth of fixtures makes the page difficult to navigate and gleam basic information from. I simply don’t see the harm in giving readers an option of a collapsible. — AFC Vixen 🦊 00:21, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The fixtures themselves are basic information... Line-ups not so much. Having the fixtures out side of a collapsible section and the line-ups inside is the best solution. LouisOrr27 (talk) 00:27, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It’s possible I may be misunderstanding your view, and I apologise if I am, but can you clarify if you want {{Rugby box}} or {{Rugby box collapsible}} being used? Because {{Rugby box collapsible}} displays the basic fixture information outside of its collapsed section as you describe, and I’m now confused as to whether or not you want the more detailed information – time, tries, attendance, referees, ect. – to be uncollapsed too, which is what {{Rugby box}} does. — AFC Vixen 🦊 00:42, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Then, I’ll just repeat again that uncollapsing all of the detailed information, more than just the basic information of date, teams, score and venue, will cause readability issues; it’ll make said basic information more difficult to gleam among a sea of words and numbers, and the significant increase in article size it’ll cause will make it more difficult to navigate. It really doesn’t have to be this way when {{Rugby box collapsible}} exists as a solution to this very issue. — AFC Vixen 🦊 01:15, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Whatever happened to “you leave me alone, and I will leave you alone”? I literally said nothing to you, yet here you are with another cheap insult. — AFC Vixen 🦊 23:45, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
No, just no. You appear to have little knowledge about the game of rugby. I now understand why @Mikey'Da'Man, Archangel no longer wants to engage with you. The basic information in rugby fixtures is the following; Dates and times of games, who is playing, score, scorers, yellow & red cards as well as the referee. This information should be in Rugby box and not Rugby box collapsible, hence my edit. Information that should be collapsible is things like team line-ups, substitutions and TMO's etc. Your argument would just make the article about the format of the competition with multiple different collapsible boxes. In my view this discussion should be considered over as in my opinion a suitable solution has been found. LouisOrr27 (talk) 01:28, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I don’t understand why you people insist on being uncivil and insulting others to get your points across. Also, there’ll be prose sections detailing the events of the competition when it occurs, so the notion that this will just end up being an article only about the format of the competition is false. — AFC Vixen 🦊 07:40, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm confused about the nationality of Lauren Jenner. WR states that she referees for the Italian Rugby Federation, but literally every other source says she's a New Zealander. It is obvious that her actual nationality is New Zealand because she is from Auckland and has a thick New Zealand accent. Also notable is that she has refereed Italy before but not New Zealand, which would be impossible if she was really under the FIR. And how typical that she is officiating in the competition that is in... New Zealand. Could someone provide a reliable source to if she changed her allegiance or something? Mikey'Da'Man, Archangel (talk) 20:33, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
3O Response: I prefer option 2. I see no harm in a background sentence. It is useful to the reader, and can be expanded upon with the match results when it occurs. Having background sections in articles about sports matches is pretty common, and although it is not an article about a match, I see no reason not to include it. JML1148 (talk | contribs) 11:09, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
Response to third opinion request:
Abigail Dow 13), while a blood substitution is noted by 
Abigail Dow 13). The code is presented in the "Syntax" table above. Thoughts on this being used on this page? — AFC Vixen 🦊 11:57, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
Lydia Thompson 14). A third column is also supported – 
50' 
65'). The code is again presented in the "Syntax" table above. Would you support this being used on the page instead? — AFC Vixen 🦊 02:30, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
Australia
Wales
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Lauren Jenner (Italy/New Zealand) in the officials section and Lauren Jenner (Italy/New Zealand) in the matches section? LouisOrr27 (talk) 23:12, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
