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The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 31 May 2024 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of UEFA Europa Conference League finals

Featured list candidates/List of UEFA Europa Conference League finals/archive1

Nominator(s): NapHit (talk) 21:30, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is the newest UEFA competition and has been a welcome addition to the European football calendar. I'm going to address the big sticking point immediately which is that there are only two entries, soon to be three in a couple of months. The competition is new and guaranteed to run for more years to come, so although it's a small list at the moment, it will swell over the years. While I recognise this may be an issue, I do think this fact should be enough to ensure it doesn't fall foul of the guidelines NapHit (talk) 21:30, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Accessibility review (MOS:DTAB)

Only one accessiblity issue with the table- you can't use table-spanning cells as a "pseudo header" like you are for "Upcoming finals". Not just for screen-reader software (which won't treat it like a header at all), but even for regular browsers- the sorting doesn't work at all. Easiest fix is to just make that section have 2 tables - "List of UEFA Europa Conference League finals" (which could just be "UEFA Europa Conference League finals") and "Upcoming finals.
Please see MOS:DTAB for example table code if this isn't clear. I don't return to these reviews until the nomination is ready to close, so ping me if you have any questions. --Pres N 15:22, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @PresN:, I've just removed the upcoming finals bit, as that does feel like it's WP:CRYSTAL territory. NapHit (talk) 19:47, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment

I think, the reason this isn't being reviewed is because there are only two entries. This list is probably better off as a section of the UEFA Europa Conference League article for the time-being. I am going to nominate it for a merge. Idiosincrático (talk) 06:56, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion is here. Idiosincrático (talk) 07:09, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Review

@NapHit:

"It was envisaged as a way for UEFA to accommodate" -> "It was created by UEFA to accommodate"
My understanding is that UECL will shift to the (stupid) 36-team group stage along with UEL and UCL next year. As this list includes future finals, this format shift should be mentioned in the prose as well.
"Matches are held over" -> "Knockout matches are held over"
"The introduction of the Europa Conference League into European football was announced in 2018, with the competition starting in 2021." is too verbose, try "The competition was announced in 2018, and began in 2021."
"The competition aimed" -> "UEFA created the competition in order to", i.e. don't personify the competition.
"Italian and English have won" -> "Italian and English clubs have won"
Both bullet points under "List of finals" should be removed- the reader doesn't need to have the wiklinks spelled out for them in a second place.
The RSSSF source does not mention either the venues (for present and future finals) or attendance figures.
IMO, future finals should be its own subsection in the "List of finals" section. Putting them in the same table doesn't make sense to me, and screws up the sort in most ever column.
- List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals has a good solution for this
The "performances" section doesn't have a source- add the RSSSF source here
Sources look reliable and consistently formatted to me Brindille1 (talk) 01:01, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments @Brindille1:, I've got most of them and will get the remainder when I'm back at home tomorrow or the day after. NapHit (talk) 21:16, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think I've got everything now @Brindille1:. Regarding the table, given @PresN:'s comments above, I'm reluctant to model the upcoming finals bit on the Champions League table as I think it doesn't meet MOS:DTT. It does need to be changed as it does mess up the sorting as is. A solution could be to have two separate tables? I think that solves both problems unless I'm missing something. NapHit (talk) 10:18, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TIL the pseudoheader is an accessibility issue. In that case two separate tables makes the most sense to me. Brindille1 (talk) 15:29, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ok split it into two tables, @Brindille1: NapHit (talk) 13:14, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@NapHit I made a few small changes, namely removing the unused columns from the upcoming finals, and adding sub-headers to the "List of finals" section Brindille1 (talk) 13:45, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support Brindille1 (talk) 13:45, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Source check from Z1720

With the small amount of sources, I am going to check them all. Version reviewed.

Checked all sources to verify the information. If not listed below, there are no concerns.
Ref 2: Could not verify "It was created by UEFA to accommodate at least 34 of its national associations". Where does it say this in the source?
Ref 4: Article text: "in order to offer more matches for more clubs". Source text "“There will be more matches for more clubs" Suggest that this be reworded in the article.
Ref 5: I don't know what that chart is trying to tell me so I'll AGF it.

Earwig does not detect any concerns. That's it for my review. Z1720 (talk) 20:47, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review @Z1720:, I've addressed your concerns. NapHit (talk) 21:36, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Concerns resolved. I can support based on source review. Z1720 (talk) 14:46, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey man im josh

I'm concerned that the length of this list, two past entries and two future entries, doesn't make this list long enough to qualify for FL status. While there's no de facto number of entries necessarily, the coordinators have chosen not to promote some lists that had more entries than this due to concerns of length. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:09, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Any thoughts on whether this list is long enough (2 events have taken place, 2 are set to in the future) to be considered for promotion @PresN? Hey man im josh (talk) 15:10, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's a fair comment, and it was a bit of a gamble nomninating this with just two entries, soon to be three in a couple of weeks. But the list will go grow every year as the tournament is guaranteed to continue running for a while, and I can't see it being scrapped anytime soon. So it's whether this is justification enough for the list to be promoted. NapHit (talk) 22:24, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I'm on the fence. On one hand, by following the way other finals lists work, it comes out to 11 rows, which is typically just enough. Even though 3 of those rows are just a repackaged version of the 3rd table. But as you say, the list will grow, so whatever. My bigger concern, however, is whether it could just... go in UEFA Europa Conference League until it's big enough. And the thing is, not only could it, it mostly does- about 2.5 of the four tables are actually in the main article already. I'm not going to take any action for now, and I might feel better about it in a month when the next final happens, but I don't know if Giants has a different opinion. --Pres N 00:56, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I hadn't considered the thought that additional tables that break down the smaller table in different ways could contribute. The main article actually has more information than what's included in the list, with the only thing missing being the list of finals. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:17, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sgubaldo

Wikilink all instances of UEFA, ESPN, RSSSF, The Guardian, BBC Sport in the references.
Add archive links for Refs. 2, 9 and 10.

I don't have qualms about the length of the list, but I'd wait until information about this year's final can be added before promoting. Sgubaldo (talk) 11:49, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I'm aware, and I've nominated a lot of lists, you don't need to wikilink publishers in the refs as long as you're consistent. Happy to be informed otherwise by one of the delegates. I've added the archive links to the refs mentioned above. Thanks for your comments @Sgubaldo:. NapHit (talk) 22:20, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, we've got the third year in here now. Ehhhh... I'm still hesitant, but this is going to get longer and matches how we handle other similar leagues, so I'm going to go ahead and promote. --Pres N 18:48, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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