Talk:Great Britain national rugby sevens team

Requested move 20 March 2016

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The result of the move request was: Move. We have a decisive consensus that this will be a better, more natural title format. Cúchullain ^t/c 16:09, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

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• Great Britain national rugby union team (sevens) → Great Britain national rugby sevens team
• Wales national rugby union team (sevens) → Wales national rugby sevens team
• United States national rugby union team (sevens) → United States national rugby sevens team
• South Africa national rugby union team (sevens) → South Africa national rugby sevens team
• Scotland national rugby union team (sevens) → Scotland national rugby sevens team
• Samoa national rugby union team (sevens) → Samoa national rugby sevens team
• Russia national rugby union team (sevens) → Russia national rugby sevens team
• Portugal national rugby union team (sevens) → Portugal national rugby sevens team
• Kenya national rugby union team (sevens) → Kenya national rugby sevens team
• France national rugby union team (sevens) → France national rugby sevens team
• Fiji national rugby union team (sevens) → Fiji national rugby sevens team
• England national rugby union team (sevens) → England national rugby sevens team
• Canada national rugby union team (sevens) → Canada national rugby sevens team
• Australia national rugby union team (sevens) → Australia national rugby sevens team
• Argentina national rugby union team (sevens) → Argentina national rugby sevens team
• New Zealand national rugby union team (sevens) → New Zealand national rugby sevens team

– Following this discussion on the rugby union project page, the proposal is to change the naming convention to Foo national rugby sevens team. This will affect all teams in Category:National rugby union sevens teams but I have just proposed the World Rugby Sevens Series core teams to begin with, others can be moved individually after this has closed. As stated in the project discussion, this will bring the team names in line with the article, which is at Rugby sevens and not Rugby union (sevens) Mattlore (talk) 20:15, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Support: I think the proposed names make more sense than the existing ones (and is slightly easier on the tongue!). TheMightyPeanut (talk) 20:29, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Support. The term "rugby sevens" reflects common usage. The awkward phrase "rugby union (sevens)" is rarely if ever used. The competition pages already follow the proposed format, e.g., Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics, not "Rugby union (sevens) at the 2016 Summer Olympics". CUA 27 (talk) 22:37, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

I already put my $0.02 in at the project page, but I also support. Grande (talk) 21:59, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Support, when I first wrote this page I always thought the page naming MOS was a bit awkward so will be happy for a change. I also assume that this will apply to the women's teams to because it will look a bit odd if the men's team one changes and we still have things like Great Britain women's national rugby union team (sevens). The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 22:09, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Yes, I haven't discussed it with anyone but it would certainly be my intent to move them to Great Britain women's national rugby sevens team etc Mattlore (talk) 22:29, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

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Flag?

Somehow the pre-1801 flag (of the former Kingdom of Great Britain) is in this article's infobox instead of the present Great Britain, i.e. {{flag|Great Britain}}. Pinging the last five named editors –@Rugbyfan22, The C of E, Mn1548, Dandelion Sprout, and MarioBayo:– What consensus for the flag here? -- Ham105 (talk) 10:16, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

I'd say it's almost certainly the flag of Great Britain. The parent article, Great Britain at the Olympics, uses it. Looks just to be an IP editor vandalising. No Northern Irish athletes were selected, but this doesn't mean they couldn't have been. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 10:40, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

should be used over , the latter is a country which no longer exists in the sense that it is the predecessors to the former. Also the latter excludes who can play for both and .

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mn1548 (talk • contribs) 11:38, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

Agreed. Thanks both. I have reverted to the present flag of Great Britain. -- Ham105 (talk) 01:25, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

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