Talk:UEFA Euro 1996 final

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September 3, 2021	Good article nominee	Listed
October 25, 2021	Good topic candidate	Promoted

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Germany's players sang "Three Lions" after winning the UEFA Euro 1996 Final?

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Does this not simply duplicate information from UEFA Euro 1996? Tim (Xevious) (talk) 17:55, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Players positions on the pitch graphic don't correspond to the positions in the team line-ups next to it

Yes, we know. I still need to update the graphic. Thanks for the reminder. – Pee Jay 14:41, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Source(s)

Independent "oral history". The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 19:26, 12 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 02:06, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Germany's players sang "Three Lions" after winning the UEFA Euro 1996 Final?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dietrich Roache

5x expanded by The Rambling Man (talk). Self-nominated at 11:49, 13 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is 5x expanded since 12 Aug, long enough, adequately referenced, QPQ done. Nothing picked up on copyvio search (only the quotations, which are clearly marked). I spotted a sentence that had gone a bit awry with typos but I have fixed that. The hook is amusing (I did wonder whether it might be worth a brief descriptor of what 'Three Lions' is, but takes away from the conciseness and I'm also not a massive football fan and I "got" it, so I think I was overthinking things). So, I'd say good to go! Chocmilk03 (talk) 09:20, 14 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To T:DYK/P3

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:UEFA Euro 1996 Final/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Kosack (talk · contribs) 19:53, 2 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll get a review up for this one asap. Kosack (talk) 19:53, 2 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

"Poborský who was brought down by Matthias Sammer, and the referee awarded the spot kick", sentence seems a little off. Should the "who" be here?
Nobody, extraneous, removed. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 11:57, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Background

"The winners of each group then faced the runners-up from the other groups in quarter-finals", the maths don't seem to stack up here. Eight teams would be needed for quarter-finals but we're told that the group stages featured two groups of four?
Yes, good spot. This was the first 16-team final tournament, adjusted text accordingly. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 12:00, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"The UEFA Euro 1992 Final was the second meeting between the sides" > 1996 final?
Definitely. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 12:00, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"The UEFA Euro 1992 Final marked Germany's fifth final" > 1996 again?
Definitely, again. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 12:00, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Czech Republic

"but no penalty awarded" > penalty was awarded?
Yep. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 12:01, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"The Czech Republic were 2–0 within the first 20 minutes", something missing here.
Ahead. Added. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 12:01, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Germany

As the name of the group, should Group C be capitalised in the opening sentence here?
Sure, I tend to avoid it unless it's the full formal name, but there's no harm. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 12:04, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Link penalty area?
Done. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 12:04, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"opposition in their final group match were Italy and was played on", doesn't quite work.
Tweaked. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 12:04, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"opponents in the semi-finals were England and was played", same again?
Tweaked. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 12:04, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Helmer played a one-two with Möller", first mention of Helmer so full name and link required. Same with Reuter in the following sentence.
Done, done. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 12:04, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Elmer's shot went over" > Helmer?
Indeed. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 12:04, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Möller was booked for reaction to Pearce fouling him" > his reaction?
Indeed, added. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 12:04, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pre-match

"replaced by Strunz and Häßler", first mention of Häßler.
Linked. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 12:05, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"as Látal was unavailable having been sent off in the semi-final", the Czech Republic section mentions that he was unavailable for selection in the semi-final due to suspension?
Should have said "quarter-final". Fixed. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 12:05, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Details

What's the source for the player positions? The match report doesn't appear to show variances such as sweeper, etc as far as I can see?
I've used the 11v11 source now, which can be found currently at ref 32. Obviously with these positions, there's a bit of leeway in exactly where they actually ended up playing and nothing was fixed in stone. But per verification, that's as good as it gets right now. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 12:12, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's all I could see. Placed on hold for now. Kosack (talk) 20:34, 2 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Kosack thanks, I think I've addressed everything. Much appreciate your time and energy. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 12:12, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

All of my concerns have been addressed. Happy to promote. Kosack (talk) 14:15, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]