User talk:Spit Brook

Association Football in the name of FIFA

FIFA is a French language acronym, and proves nothing in English. However, in 1904, when FIFA was formed and named, it is quite probable that the phrase Association Football was in common use in English. 106 years later, the phrase is virtually extinct, except in occasional explanations of the origins of soccer. Kevin McE (talk) 20:09, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There are thousands of wiki articles that use that piped link: if it is your intention to overturn that convention, you had better bring it to WT:FOOTY, though I wouldn't fancy your chances. I've already explained the vintage of the phrase in FIFA's name, so I don't know on what basis you've raised that Edwardian example again. I should have clarified that it is virtually extent outside Wikipedia, try a google comparison of "Association Football" and "soccer", for example, or see how often "Association Football" (as opposed to the Football Association) crops up on the pages of any mass media site. Meanwhile, making three articles run contrary to the norm acheives nothing. Kevin McE (talk) 22:14, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Edwardian= years of reign of Edward VII: 1901-10, a time when the phrase "association football" may have been in popular currency. I made a simple suggestion that you seemed unable to follow. You and I don't resolve this: we follow the consensus of the project. And the normal practice of Wikipedia is what I have applied to the three articles where you digressed from that. These three articles will not establish a change in Wikipedia's practise: as already stated, a desire to change that would need to be argued at the appropriate project page, as already mentioned. Kevin McE (talk) 07:14, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]