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Redundancy

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User:ClubOranje — I was surprised by your revert and explanation that there is no WP:REDUNDANCY issue here. The title of the article makes clear the nation (Haiti) and the sport (women's football). Therefore we don't need the first sentence to explain that the Haiti national team "represents Haiti", nor do we need the first sentence to explain that the women's football team plays "women's football". CUA 27 (talk) 00:42, 28 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The England national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England, The Spain national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de España)[a] represents Spain in men's International association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain, The Brazil national football team (Portuguese: Seleção Brasileira de Futebol) represents Brazil in international men's association football. Brazil is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the governing body for football in Brazil., The Spain women's national football team (Spanish: Selección femenina de fútbol de España) represents Spain in international women's football. Doesn't seem to be redundant elsewhere!.
To say "The Haiti women's national football team compete in qualification for the Olympic Games and is controlled by the Fédération Haïtienne de Football." does not summarise it well as implies the team exists to try and qualify for the Olympics, but ignores what they actually do; which is represent Haiti in senior international football games. This is what they do and why they are notable, per WP:LEADClubOranjeT 13:54, 28 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

User:ClubOranje — How about this:
The Haiti women's national football team participates in several competitions including the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, and qualification for the FIFA Women's World Cup and Olympic Games. The team is controlled by the Fédération Haïtienne de Football.
This lead sentence is better in two ways. It mentions a tournament (Gold Cup) that they actually participate in, rather than focusing on qualifying for a tournament in which they have not played (Olympics). Also, the first doesn't mention Haiti twice or women's football twice. CUA 27 (talk) 13:26, 29 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly better than the previous edit and I don't have any objection. Question to consider is, how would the community react to similar edits at those 'more watched' pages like those mentioned above. ClubOranjeT 09:40, 30 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feedback. I may make a similar change at some of the more watched pages you listed above, or I may raise the issue at the Footy talk page. CUA 27 (talk) 12:09, 30 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

First International

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The article dates the first international game at April 17th 1991. In the 1981 Women's World Invitation Tournament 1981 in Chinese Taipei a Haitian team already participated as national team and played against India (2-2) on October 14th 1981. Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/wom-wit81.html Can anyone confirm wheather this game in 1981 has been played by an official representive of the Haitian Football Federation?94.79.191.250 (talk) 10:18, 6 June 2019 (UTC)Trtt[reply]