Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football (soccer) in the USA and Canada

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[edit] disambig standard

We might want to come up with a standard disambiguation for American soccer players/footballs when they share names with other notable persons. For instance, should it be "Eddie Johnson (footballer)", "Eddie Johnson (soccer player)", "Eddie Johnson (soccer)", or something else? (In Eddie's case, it would be "American footballer", "American soccer player", etc., since there have been others of the same name. Ignore that here.) This has come up a number of times, and it would be nice to have a guideline for American soccer/football pages. Personally, I prefer "footballer" - as I grew up partly in England (though American born) and the term seems natural to me - but I realize it strikes some people as pretentious, europoseurish, etc. I mean, I generally like "soccer" for use in articles, but "footballer" over "soccer player" strikes me as less awkward while also being unambiguous. I don't care that much, though; as long as we have an agreed guideline, I'm happy. Bill Oaf 10:54, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

The standard I've seen says footballer is the way to go... and I agree. Jazznutuva 10:31, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Update?

Does anyone know if we'll get a wikiproject or not? Do we need more noms? м info 02:58, 1 January 2007 (UTC)