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Should there be a separate league table for Champions league qualification as to not overcomplicate a league table that would already include playoff qualification? Similar to how the MLS pages use the conference tables for playoffs and the overall table for continental qualification? Personally I think something like that would provide more clarity. RedBlueGreen93 (talk) 21:47, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I think it would be odd to have two essentially identical standings templates on the same article. It works for MLS because of the conferences. If the table gets too cluttered, we can add a section or subsection for CCL qualification with two bullet points. Something like:
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: CPL
It may be my personal preference, but I'm not a big fan of the double height first row. Not sure what the best solution is there, maybe we can use one colour (for the play-offs) and with C/S and notes indicate who qualified for the CL? CRwikiCAtalk01:24, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
My rational was that the split would be able to show both playoff and CCL qualification separately. Which might be more clear once we have a Playoff champion or other team qualifying. For example:
First match(es) will be played: April 15, 2023. Source: CPL Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Total wins; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goal differential; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Home goal differential; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Total minutes played by U-21 players; 10) Coin toss (2 teams tied) or drawing of lots (3+ teams tied); (C) Champion; (S) Regular season winner; (V) Canadian Championship winner
Because of how complicated the playoff procedure is now, I am not really sure how to best display both ways. Maybe we could just add the CCL qualification to the status text like this:
First match(es) will be played: April 15, 2023. Source: CPL Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Total wins; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goal differential; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Home goal differential; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Total minutes played by U-21 players; 10) Coin toss (2 teams tied) or drawing of lots (3+ teams tied); (C) Champion (qualified to Champions League); (S) Regular season winner (qualified to Champions League); (V) Canadian Championship winner (qualified to Champions League)
To me, the first example is far too cluttered and I think it would be confusing for a lot of readers. There is a section on this article titled "2024 CONCACAF Champions League" which has a table of qualifying teams so I don't know if we have to also indicate that on the standings table. I will think about this some more. BLAIXX13:10, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I think I agree with you Blaixx, I think RedBlueGreen93's second example (all greens) is clearest. And I think the note about the CL with the C and S letter should suffice in addition to the section on CL qualification further down the article. CRwikiCAtalk14:07, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose the benefit is that the first template has fewer links and makes it easier to find what you are looking for if you want to navigate between articles related to the 2023 CPL season. BLAIXX02:43, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The question is whether it is actually easier to navigate things this way and if it is, is it because the general template is too complex? CRwikiCAtalk14:59, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
{was brought here from WT:FOOTY note) seems redundant and repetition of information which then needs to update in two places. --SuperJew (talk) 19:40, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]