Talk:England A national rugby union team

Fair use rationale for Image:Saxons.gif

Image:Saxons.gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. BetacommandBot (talk) 04:54, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I've dealt with this. Jimmy Pitt (talk) 14:54, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Squad

Should the current squad shown here at http://www.england-rugby.com/englandrugby/index.cfm?fuseaction=News.News_Detail&storyid=18490 replace in January announced squad and indicate players who have dropped out through injury.Londo06 09:34, 02 February 2008 (UTC)

I think you're right: it should be updated. I'll do it if you like, but it won't happen until after today's 6N games :) So if you feel like doing it ... Jimmy Pitt (talk) 11:31, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Beat me to it. Will look to add notes on players who have dropped out through injury or called up to senior squad. Also into having the three groups side by side.Londo06 12:22, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

I had a bit of spare time :) Yes, the three groups side-by-side would look better; I don't like these long lists. It might simply be a case of wrapping the existing three tables inside one larger one. Jimmy Pitt (talk) 12:25, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Shouldn't there be a box for those players initially called up and no longer in the current squad, or at least a note stating why. Also a split section on the players sounds like a good idea. CorleoneSerpicoMontana (talk) 06:25, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

In principle, yes. The problem is keeping track of them all! One reason for changes is that the Saxons are being treated as a reserve pool for the full squad: Paul Hodgson, for example, was called into the senior squad, wasn't considered for the Wales game because of an injured shoulder, and, so far as I'm aware, hasn't officially been dropped from the senior squad, yet he's in the Saxons squad preparing for the Italy A game. And quite a few players were released to play in the Premiership this weekend. So far, I've tended to the view that it's easier to list the current squad (a bit of a movable feast!) and reference the RFU announcements that indicate changes. But if you can think up a way of showing the changes, go for it.

Of course, the Italy A game is the last for some months, and I'd guess that the whole thing will change drastically for the Churchill Cup. Given the infrequent games, we could, perhaps, consider listing the squads for each game; it wouldn't be difficult, but would, I think, call for a change in the current layout, otherwise we'd finished up with uncomfortably long lists. Jimmy Pitt (talk) 13:07, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Following the Italy game it may be worthwhile showing all the players selected and giving them apps and pts for the 2008 Saxons. This would mean we would have to set it side-by-side as a number of players have drifted in and out of the squad. CorleoneSerpicoMontana (talk) 07:49, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

I think that would be good. I'm not sure how you see the "side by side" bit working -- do you want to have a shot at it? Jimmy Pitt (talk) 10:46, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Fixtures

Are the fixtures not a useful part of the page to show that it is a team that do have a program rather than a band of players that come together once in a while for a ruck in the mud?Londo06 14:43, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Requested move

The following is a closed discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was: Moved back to previous title. Station1 (talk) 08:55, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

---

England Saxons national rugby union team → England Saxons — Move back to the original title of this article, "England Saxons", which was moved in April with no explanation given. "England Saxons" is both the common and official name of the team, and is unambigous. See similar second national sides, like the Junior All Blacks and the Emerging Springboks. —84.92.117.93 (talk) 14:20, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

• Support. Per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (sports), we should be using the official name unless there is a good reason not to. Perhaps the editor who moved it before thought there was a potential for confusion with the Anglo-Saxons, but at best that would be grounds to add a hatnote, not to rename the article. --RL0919 (talk) 21:55, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

I've placed a hatnote per your suggestion, so people looking for Anglo-Saxons will be able to find that article. 84.92.117.93 (talk) 22:43, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on England Saxons. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120927174442/http://www.rfu.com/News/2006/May/News%20Articles/EnglandABecomesEnglandSaxons.aspx?a=1&y=2006 to http://www.rfu.com/News/2006/May/News%20Articles/EnglandABecomesEnglandSaxons.aspx?a=1&y=2006

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 11:42, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on England Saxons. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20090923210311/http://www.rfu.com/ to http://www.rfu.com/

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 05:41, 21 September 2017 (UTC)