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August 13, 2023Good article nomineeNot listed
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Current status: Good article

Mistake in Japan v Spain 2-1

It says Kaoru Mitoma was the one that scored the goal, but it was Kaoru Mitoma that put in the cross for Ao Tanaka to score the goal. Dogpt (talk) 18:13, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 6 July 2023

The reference to the company that created the brand/logo is wrong. It was not Brandia Central but Unlock Brands.

You can check that in https://www.unlockbrands.com or by doing a google search. The founders of Unlock Brands worked in Brandia Central, but they no longer do. In fact, the company closed in 2016. JTBC70 (talk) 21:00, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Done using the company's press release on their website as the citation. (Next time it would be nice if you gave a specific URL instead of just the company website.) Xan747 (talk) 22:20, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GAN

Hi guys - does anyone have any objections for me to take this through the GAN process? I feel like we are suitably far out from the tournament for it to be stable enough. Does anyone want to step in as a co-nominator? Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 06:52, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There's two sections towards the bottom that have active tags. I feel that the Security section could be rolled into Preparations, but that would have to be created (and there's thorough coverage of the preparations involved). The match summaries also seem to be a bit underdeveloped. SounderBruce 08:54, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That's helpful, I'll put together some fixes later. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 09:14, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: Stevie fae Scotland (talk · contribs) 11:22, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Failing this based on cleanup banners that have not been addressed. When the Controversy section was tagged as

WP:UNDUE (December 2022), it had 3,251 words of readable prose and the editor tagging it highlighted that it needed "some heavy trimming down". The opposite has happened as the section now totals 3,950 words. This article should summarise the controversies and the reaction to them, the level of detail provided is more appropriate for List of 2022 FIFA World Cup controversies
and the related articles on specific controversies.

The Security section has been tagged as needing expanding although it has been suggested on the talk page that it could be included in a Preparations section/article. If the information already provided is all that is available, I would agree that it is not necessary to have a section dedicated to security and that inclusion in a Preparations section would be more appropriate.

There is also one {{update after}} tag and one {{citation needed}} tag.

I have concerns regarding

WP:OR
as well. From the edit history, the Tournament ranking section with the citation needed tag appears contentious and has been highlighted as potential OR before. The Discipline section is also unsourced. A source to the regulations is provided but no source for individual suspensions and the matches to which they applied has been provided.

A number of bare URLs which do not appear in the list of references have been used to cite match results and standings tables, these should be updated per

WP:CITE
to full citations.

Stevie fae Scotland (talk) 11:22, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
No drama, if it's alright with you, I'll just put my comments after this. You are well within your rights to quickfail the article, although I don't think there's all that much that needed doing (from the above at least). I've gone ahead and merged security into the venues section. It's important that we note that countries gave police (and other) forces to the event, although the actual security at the event is the same as any other event of this size, so doesn't need its own section (or an expansion). I don't think a preparations section is required, as the whole of the rest of the article is about how the event was created and how it went on.

I've removed the final standings table (as I've done probably 50 times now), as the consensus is that it should not be created unless FIFa actually creates such a table.

I'm just going through and fixing/removing the few uncited items now. I don't think the summary section is underdone, it covers pretty much every match, and full summaries of each match should exist in the sub-articles (see 2022 FIFA World Cup Group B for an example).

As for the controversy (which I suspect is the main reason for the failure, which is fair), it's a bit long, but I don't think it is specifically far too long, mainly due to the sheer amount of press and longevity of the issues surrounding the event. Several press releases have deemed it "the most controversial sporting event of all time", and thus having a section of a larger weight of the whole article makes a lot of sense. However, I shall go through the prose and clean it up a bit before renominating. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 14:10, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, that's a good solution for the security section. You've done a lot of good work on the article so far which is much appreciated, good luck when it comes to renomination. Stevie fae Scotland (talk) 15:07, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I was aware it would be a difficult one to promote. I've done a significant cull of the controversy, and I think that about covers it. I'll have another read through and renom later. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 15:26, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Full Match Replays?

Hi all, FIFA+ has all full match replays of this World Cup available worldwide. Is something that might be considered to add links to those under each match in the same way that Reports are made available? Cobitredici (talk) 03:07, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: Zwerg Nase (talk · contribs) 07:48, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]


  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (
    lists
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  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (
    reliable sources): c (OR
    ):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (
    focused
    )
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  4. It follows the
    neutral point of view
    policy
    .
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free content have
    suitable captions
    )
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  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

Lead

  • Every information in the lead should also be part of the article itself. I would therefore suggest to include the stat on highest amount of goals down in the statistics section. Then also move the source there, since the source is then not needed in the lead.
    • Moved ref to body. With how it's dealt with by the wikiproject, this was the best way to format it Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 19:11, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Scope

  • The infobox includes number of attendance, but without a source. I suggest adding a section in the article body on ticketing and attendance, then source the numbers there.
    • So I can't say I agree with this, but this is simply an addition of the individual attendances from each of the matches (you can see the amounts in the infobox). There's an argument that
      WP:CALC comes into play, but I'm not a fan of adding something without any cites (most sources talk about the 3 million or so that attended the world cup, but not necessarily the matches. I'd be hesitant to add to the body without an overall cite. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 19:17, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply
      ]
I see, I guess that works. Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:36, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Overview

  • Overview is not really the best name for this section, since it does not cover all aspects of the article. I would suggest "Background".
  • The moving of the Qatar-Ecuador match is mentioned twice, once is enough.

Host selection

  • A lot here in the criticism section here doubles with the "Controversies" section further down. Any chance to merge them in one place?
  • "Despite convictions and guilty pleas of accepting bribes, FIFA ultimately elected not to change the host site." Missing a source.
    • Removed. Don't really need to say it, because it's obvious the event took place there if we are talking about it. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 19:48, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Venues

  • The entire paragraph on how much which stadiums were used is unsourced.
  • The caption on the Al Bayt Stadium is still phrased in future tense. Has the dismantling not been done yet?
  • The team base camps table needs a source.
  • The security bit appears twice, please merge.

Teams

  • "France, the reigning World Cup champions also went through qualifying stages as normal." This sentence only makes sense if it is explained that defending champions used to not have to qualify. Maybe in a footnote?
    • Yeah, I don't think that's ever been the case (well, other than where there was no qualification). I've reworded to avoid.Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 20:04, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Could reasons be given why Saint Lucia, Samoa, and American Samoa withdrew?
  • "As a result, the 2022 tournament was the first World Cup in which none of the teams that earned a spot through qualification were making their debut. The Netherlands, Ecuador, Ghana, Cameroon, and the United States returned to the tournament after missing the 2018 tournament." Both of these statements are unsourced.
  • "who decided not to replace Karim Benzema after he sustained an injury" - my French is not great, but I think the French source does not explicitly state this.
    • That is what happened, but the source does say 25 for both teams, so I've avoided Benzemas item. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 20:07, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Footnotes on teams not determined at the time of the draw should include a source, #130 should suffice, though I would love to see a more explicit source here, since the FIFA source does not clearly state which teams have not been determined yet.
    • Added. The note itself just says that the teams weren't known when the draw took place. I've cited the draw instead. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 20:10, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Officiating

  • I am not in love with the tweet (or is it an X not?) as a source. I am sure a better source can be found for this.
    • Who knows with that Trainwreck. As much as Twitter is the wildwest, it's a tweet from FIFA, so it's reliable. I can't find too much press about them actually being announced as the ref for the final.Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 20:12, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Group stage

Group A

  • "Many Qatar natives were seen leaving the game before the end, with ESPN reporting that two-thirds of the attendance had left." Not sure if this is really relevant, maybe under controversies (see below later once I get to that part)
    • I dunno, it's either relevant enough here, or not at all. It's not really a controversy that people left, but it is noteworthy. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 20:13, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Group B

  • "England completed a 6–2 victory over Iran." - completed sounds odd, this sentence could simply be "England beat Iran 6-2"?
    • It could, but that gets a bit repetitive. Used this wording for some flavour. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 21:19, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • "and two by Rashford" - Rashford has not been mentioned yet, so full name and wikilink here.

Group C

  • "the biggest upset in the history of the World Cup" - this is a direct quote, but I cannot find it in any of the two given sources??

Group E

  • Feel like the Germany-Japan match could use a better source to back up the fact that it was indeed an "upset".
  • It is noteworthy I believe to point out that four-time World Champions Germany exited in the Group Stages for the second time in a row.

Group F

  • "Belgium manager Roberto Martínez confirmed after the game that he believed Canada to have been the better team." - This sentence can be scrapped, not really relevant, the other games also do not state who might have been the better team, which is pure speculation anyway.
  • "The match sparked riots in Belgium, with residents fires and fireworks being set off." - residents fires? What is that?

Group G

  • "with star player Neymar receiving an ankle injury" - receiving sounds like he got it as a gift or something.
Maybe suffered? Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:43, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • "He was later sent off for removing his shirt in celebrating the goal." - This needs context, explain why players can be sent off for this.
    • Yellow cards are given to players for removing the shirt (this has been a worldwide rule for almost 20 years now). He was already on a yellow card. I have added this, but I don't want to unnecessarily explain that you can get a yellow for this behaviour as it would probably bloat the prose. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 21:32, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's better that way since these articles should be written in a way that people not familiar with the subject matter can understand them.Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:43, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The game's first goal appeared to have been headed in by Ronaldo, but the ball just missed his head." - Also not that relevant.
  • "Several Uruguay players left the pitch after the game surrounding the referees and followed them off the pitch." - could also do with some context, controversial non-given penalty late on?
    • Well, realistically they were unhappy about not qualifying. I wouldn't want to claim motives. It's important enough as players did get bans for this. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 21:32, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Knockout stage

  • "their biggest win margin in the 2022 tournament, reaching their sixth final" - both statements are not backed up by the source given.
  • "This marked their third World Cup win and their first since 1986. It also marked the first time that a South American team won the World Cup in 20 years and as Copa América champions." - unsourced!
    • Removed - sourced part.

Statistics

  • As mentioned above, overall goal statistics should be added here with the respective source.
    • I've moved this - it looks a bit weird due to the formatting. I'm not au fait with the template enough to know how to fix it. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 21:40, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Discipline: if there is no source available for this table, then I would recommend scrapping this completely.

Awards

  • Five sources here seem excessive, any chance to merge them?
  • The information on assists and minutes played for the Golden Ball are not backed up by a source.
  • Move source on goal of the tournament to end of paragraph.

Marketing

  • "FanSided" seems like a dodgy source at best to me.
  • "coloured borders "parallels"" - what is a parallel??
  • Broadcasting: Why is Fox Sports in the US singled out for information about how their coverage was received? I am sure these discussions happened in other countries (definitely here in Germany), so why are they not covered? Either include as much as possible or leave it out entirely. I see no reason to single out the US, a nation not even that much into football.
  • Broadcasting: Same with the licensing and the viewership numbers? Why is only the US covered here??
    • I've removed these bits. I agree that we need to be more worldwide and this isn't very important pieces. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 21:54, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Symbols

  • "Social media commentary compared La'eeb's appearance to Casper the Friendly Ghost or the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, or even the ghost of the construction workers who died building the stadiums and infrastructure." - scrap for relevance, also, all four sources are highly questionable.
  • "for promoting the world cup" - capital letters on World Cup.
  • "performed by American rapper Lil Baby, teamed up with Budweiser" - Budweiser was rapping?? Like the entire company?

Controversies

  • Generally, this section again suffers from the problem that some issues are brought up in the opening paragraphs and then are covered again in their respective subsections, leading to information being there twice.
    • Luckily from earlier in the review, I've removed some redundancy with the rest of the article. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 22:55, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Source order should be taken care of, for example here: "and wider FIFA corruption.[330][6]"
  • "In December 2022, FIFA World Cup" - just "the World Cup"?
  • "Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen" - the sentence before has an Oxford comma, this one has not, needs to be consistent.
  • "worker conditions ,the rights of LGBT fans" - comma placement
  • "walked back on both commitments." - what exactly did this entail? how were those issues handled in the end?
  • "This also led to concerns about what other commitments may be rolled back." - if nothing else happened, then this sentence can just be scrapped.
  • "with initial plans for air-conditioned stadiums giving way to a potential date switch from summer to November and December" - this is the first time the article mentions that the tournament was originally supposed to happen in summer, this should have been brought up much earlier.
    • That's not exactly true. The schedule does mention that it's in a different time, and why that is. I don't think many ever thought they'd be able to run a summer event. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 22:55, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Migrant workers: "with the state accused of sportswashing in hosting the World Cup" - already mentioned above.
  • "Better working conditions are now negotiable." - when exactly is "now"?
  • "they would seek compensation from FIFA" - did this eventually happen?
    • They came to agreement, I believe. I think it's notable enough that two countries threatened legal action for hosting a tournament in the winter. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 22:55, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The Sunday Times published bribery allegations based on a leak of millions of secret documents.The Sunday Times published bribery allegations based on a leak of millions of secret documents." - When did this happen?`
    • It happened in 2014. I thought that would be obvious and would want to avoid proseline. Can put in June 2014 if required. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 22:55, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I think that would be wise, considering the next earlier mention of a time is two paragraphs before, so it's not really clear. Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:52, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • "by racism in British media" - missing a "the"
  • "Zürich, Switzerland" - is the country necessary? It is not there in the bidding section, where Zürich is already mentioned, so I would scrap it here as well.
    • I've added the country to the original, and scrapped it here. Not everyone will know where Zurich is. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 22:55, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • "of at least a $150 million (USD)" - (USD) is redundant.
  • "Of those arrested, $40 million was forfeited under guilty please." - this sentence sounds weird, like the money was arrested.
Hahaha, didn't even catch that one! :D With how many S do you spell innocent? Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:52, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • "was sentenced to 16 months in prison due to the corruption in 2022." - it would be better to cite the exact charge that he was convicted of.
  • "a German journalist named Peter Rossberg" - just "German journalist Peter Rossberg"
  • "who claimed to have obtained the report, wrote that the report" - report twice, replace with "it"
  • "Wahl reportedly received death threats for wearing the shirt, and his brother said he believes Wahl's later death was the result of foul play, implicating the Qatari government as playing a role." - Since these conspiracy theories later turned out to be unfounded, I would scrap them completely here. There is no connection between his death and the LGBTQ issue, so all information on this should be removed from this section.
  • The photo with the Women, Life, Freedom slogan is in the LGBT section, but should be moved down to the next one.
  • Iran: no mention of the team's silent protest?
    • my understanding is that the protest was against their own domestic situation, rather than the World Cup as a whole.Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 22:55, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
True, but the audience protests were about that as well, I would argue that players protesting is more relevant to the World Cup than spectators doing the same. Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:52, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Jewish: again, a problem here with information appearing multiple times, like the fact about kosher food. Please merge into one.
    • I've tried my best with this. There's a specific sentence I've removed that seemed to be superfluous. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 22:55, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

Will do some more spotchecks later, but for now:

  • Generally, I am a bit concerned about the sourcing here, several issues have been noted above.
  • In a lot of instances, the source parameters are not fully filled out, lacking publisher, dates, access dates, and so fourth. A general sweep through all sources is needed to address this.
    • I'll do a sweep, but the automated tools are all coming up blank, so don't expect perfection over 450-odd refs. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 22:13, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Some foreign language sources have trans-titles, but many have not, these should be filled out as well.

More to follow. Zwerg Nase (talk) 07:48, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for taking a look at such a long and in depth article Zwerg Nase. I have replied to the above, and I'm just going through the sources to fix up the ones that aren't quite finished. Let me know if there is more I need to look at. :) Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 22:56, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Did you have anything more for me Zwerg Nase? Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 12:11, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Zwerg Nase - not to chase, but was there anything more? Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 20:49, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Lee Vilenski: Sorry, was way more busy over the past week than I thought I would be. I am happy with the prose now, still some minor concerns about the sources though. Some are missing parameters such as release date, retrieval date, author (where available). I don't think there are many, I've noticed #4, #192, maybe you could do a quick scan if you find any others? Then I would be happy to promote. Good work so far! Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:56, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sure. I don't mind taking a look - fair warning, I edit almost exclusively on mobile now, so scrutinising sources for formatting (especially on large sized articles) can be troublesome. I will need to find some time with a PC to make these changes. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 22:29, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I have been away with some personal stuff - I can't remember where we got with this review, did we come to a conclusion Zwerg Nase? Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 08:38, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Lee Vilenski @Zwerg Nase I'm just going through the oldest GANs and found this one. It sounds like it's very close to being wrapped up and is just waiting for some minor fixes on some references. Zwerg, if I may be so bold, if Lee is having technical issues editing this and you know what you're looking for, perhaps you could just make the changes yourself so this can get moved along? RoySmith (talk) 17:39, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Zwerg Nase - any ideas if there was anything else you needed from me? I've lost track as to what is required. I think we are all but there. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 16:36, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Lee Vilenski: Sorry, had little time to check Wikipedia the last couple of weeks. Sources are still my issue here. 305 is missing publisher and date, 306 is missing publisher and retrieval date as well as title translation, 312 is missing retrieval date, 317 "Eurosport" should be capitalized and title given in French with translation, 402 and 403 are questionable since it's YouTube videos (maybe find a better source here?), 406 missing retrieval date. Those are all I can find right now. Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:14, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Cool, should be done. I've fixed 305, 306, 317 and removed 406 (metro is unreliable). One of the YouTube videos is a direct interview with a reliable source, which should be fine, the other is from Sky News, an RS. It being in video form is irrelevant. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 09:46, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Zwerg Nase, I see this is still outstanding, are you ready to pass this? -- asilvering (talk) 02:25, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Asilvering: Looks good now, passing :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 14:34, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Refs

  • Alfarizi, Mohammad Hanaan. Human Rights Abused in Qatar: FIFA Puts World Cup More Than Lives? Jurnal Penegakan Hukum dan Keadilan. Vol 4, No 2 (2023).

Bookku (talk) 07:37, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]