Wikipedia:Featured and good topic candidates/2008 Summer Olympics/archive1
2008 Summer Olympics
[edit]The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and officially branded as Beijing 2008, were an international multi-sport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events. China, who was hosting the Olympics for the first won, won the most gold medals (48) while an unprecedented 87 countries won at least one medal.
- Contributor(s): Evanh2008 and Scorpion0422 (x3)
I happened to notice that Wikipedia:Featured topics/1952 Winter Olympics exists and, in looking for lists to work on, I noticed that the same set of lists were also promoted for the 2008 Summer Olympics. As such, I'd like to nominate it for featured topic status. The main article was promoted to GA in 2013 and survived a GA re-assessment in 2023. The medal table list was promoted in 2008 and the medal winners and venues lists were promoted in 2009. Note that I haven't contributed to the topic, I'm just nominating the set since it matches another topic. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:09, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: Josh, this would need a short paragraph at the top to satisfy the topic criteria. You could probably adapt it from the lead of 2008 Summer Olympics. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 18:55, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- @TechnoSquirrel69: Blech, Wikipedia:Featured and good topic candidates/Nomination procedure needs a rework... I've added something brief since it's not clear to me just how much / what the nominators would want for this. Hey man im josh (talk) 19:08, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: I get that this topic directly matches the 1952 Winter equivalent, I'd actually argue that the 1952 topic is incomplete without the torch relay article as it is in the primary category (it was created in 2012, after the topic was passed in 2011). The problem is that Wikipedia's coverage of the 2008 Summer Games is much more extensive than that of the 1952 Winter edition. There are many more articles which could very well be included in a topic which covers the tournament in whole, such as the chronological summary, bids, opening and closing ceremonies, and controversies (and possibly more). Idiosincrático (talk) 20:01, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment There are a lot of articles in Category:2008 Summer Olympics, a few feel relevant. I'd expect for example 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in any complete topic. CMD (talk) 00:37, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- Coordinators: I'm happy to withdraw this nomination. I brought it up on the Discord and others encouraged a nomination. I do agree with the concerns raised, but I myself am not interested in completing the work that would be required to make this into a topic. I just figured I'd nominate it based on the other topic was all :) Hey man im josh (talk) 13:10, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- @FGTC coordinators: I don't love to do this, but I since it's been a few days, I thought I'd ping to clear this out of the way. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:05, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Closed with a consensus not to promote and nominator's withdrawal there is no reason to keep this nomination open, thereby I declare it closed best of luck for next time! --K. Peake 21:06, 19 July 2024 (UTC)