Talk:List of Japan women's international footballers
Latest comment: 11 years ago by Djsasso in topic Who is a member of the team?
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This page and others like it are an inferred or indirect subject of discussions at Wikipedia:Simple talk#Indian football club articles and Talk:List of Indian football teams#Structural strategy in football articles. --Horeki (talk) 17:23, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
Who is a member of the team? change
The 2012 Olympic team had a "back up squad". In other words, there were four "alternates" on the team which won a silver medal -- see
- Womens Soccer United.com, "Japan’s Women’s national coach Norio Sasaki names his squad for the London Olympics"; retrieved 2012-8-6.
- London2012.com, Japan Team Roster; retrieved 2012-8-10.
My guess is that these four players did not receive medals; but even if they did not stand with the team at the Olympic award ceremonies, I wonder if their names should be included in this list article?
- Saori Ariyoshi (有吉佐織, Ariyoshi Saori)<:ref>London2012.com, Saori Ariyoshi; retrieved 2012-8-15.</ref>
- Megumi Kamionobe (上尾野辺めぐみ, Kamionobe Megumi)<:ref>London2012.com, Megumi Kamionobe; retrieved 2012-8-15.</ref>
- Ami Otaki (大滝麻未, Otaki Ami)<:ref>London2012.com, Ami Otaki; retrieved 2012-8-15.</ref>
- Erina Yamane (山根恵里奈, Yamane Erina)<:ref>London2012.com, Erina Yamane; retrieved 2012-8-15.</ref>
How do we decide who belongs in this article and who does not? --Horeki (talk) 15:40, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
- They would have received medals. The official alternates on teams win medals I do believe. I know they did in ice hockey at the winter olympics so I wouldn't think soccer would be any different. However, if they didn't play in a game I wouldn't include them. Lists like this usually only include players who made it into a game. -DJSasso (talk) 16:20, 15 August 2012 (UTC)