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Africa, Asia and Oceania are scarce and of poor quality. Since I started editing on the Oceania Football Confederation, I came across only one other user willing to create articles — only one in almost two years! However, when asking for help to improve an article of a Mexican club, for instance, many stakeholders work together. When
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Yes, and it is very noticeable. When I began to create articles for clubs, I remember Oceania had just 5 or 6 articles, and they were quite poor. In general, clubs outside European and Spanish-speaking countries have poor coverage, are outdated, incomplete or poorly written. However, all the clubs in
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The English Knowledge (XXG) has translated content from many of my articles and there is excellent coverage, all clubs have articles and rarely they are outdated or incomplete. In the Spanish Knowledge (XXG) there is a very noticeable Hispanocentrism and Eurocentrism — articles on teams in Brazil,
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If it's not the most active WikiProject in the Spanish Knowledge (XXG), it is pretty close. A lot of people like football and most of us in the Spanish Knowledge (XXG) want the best coverage for our club or favorite team. We often collaborate with the respective countries' WikiProjects, but
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It's almost impossible to get images for the aspects of football that I edit: Oceania. However, it is very easy to get images of players from playing in Spanish-speaking countries, there is always someone who lives there and is willing to photograph and upload those
273:(WikiProject Football). Started in February 2004, the project has grown to include 23 Featured Articles and 115 Good Articles covering the clubs, players, competitions, and sport in general. The project maintains a very active talk page, a 445:, where teams usually play Hispanic countries and European clubs. One place where I think the English Wikipedians could be helpful is in the articles of English clubs, most are short articles full of mistranslations and poor content. 361:
How does the Spanish Knowledge (XXG)'s coverage of football differ from other language editions of Knowledge (XXG)? Do you ever translate material from other languages to improve articles on the Spanish Knowledge
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Babel Series: GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!: This week, we continued our exploration of other language editions of Knowledge (XXG) by visiting the Spanish Knowledge (XXG)'s Wikiproyecto FĂștbol (WikiProject
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How does the activity at WikiProject Football compare to other sports projects on the Spanish Knowledge (XXG)? Does WikiProject Football collaborate with any Spanish-language WikiProjects?
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How difficult has it been to acquire images for football articles? Are there any subjects that could be easily photographed if you knew a Knowledge (XXG) editor in a particular country?
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Are there some teams that have better encyclopedic coverage than others? Are all parts of the Spanish-speaking world represented on the Spanish Knowledge (XXG)?
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What motivated you to join Wikiproyecto FĂștbol? Are you a fan of a particular team? Have you contributed to any of the project's Featured or Good Articles?
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What are the project's most urgent needs? How can contributors from the English Knowledge (XXG) help the Spanish WikiProject Football?
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This week, we continued our exploration of other language editions of Knowledge (XXG) by visiting the Spanish Knowledge (XXG)'s
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I do not remember very well, but I think they invited me and I accepted without hesitation. I'm a fan of the Argentine club
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but in Knowledge (XXG) I focus on football in Oceania, and in this regard my favorites are the New Zealand teams
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Do you want to see your favorite project in a future edition of the WikiProject Report? Post a request at the
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Next week, we'll revisit a philanthropic band of Dubliners. Until then, rock out in the
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Spanish-speaking countries are well covered, especially for Spain and Argentina.
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Eliminate Hispanocentrism and Eurocentrism. Maybe the article
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