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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by The Rambling Man 14:29, 5 July 2009 [1].

List of Olympic medalists in snowboarding

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Nominator(s): Scorpion0422 20:22, 21 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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I have been debating with myself for a few months about whether or not I should try to take this page to FLC, because the main portion of it is rather small - 14 items, and some may believe it fails 3b. It doesn't help matters that Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics is basically a stub (although it could easily be expanded quite a bit). However, I think it passes based on its notability and because WP:OLYMPICS has a long-established guideline and the page is simply following it. I guess notability is relative, but I've always seen 3b as being more against small lists of questionable notability rather than against all small lists. So, this is one of the smaller lists I've worked on, but I decided to try it because even if it fails, it'll still be a near-FL page, which is good enough for me (and, in 8 months, it will grow).

You'll notice that the table is a little different than some of the other similar FLs. I decided to try using {{flagIOCmedalist}} rather than {{flagIOCathlete}}. I also used a "details" link, similar to what is used in the List of 2008 Summer Olympics medalists. Enjoy! -- Scorpion0422 20:22, 21 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Looks good, but I prefer consistency. I slightly prefer the details link because it is more obvious, but since the Olympics medalist lists are so related, the same should be done for all. I also significantly prefer the athlete template; if you changed due to the comment at WT:OLY, I disagree with that discussion. The linked abbr is better than having the flag and the italisiced name and the abbr. Whatever you think, but I can help changing if it's a lot. I do like how you described what the events are in the lead. Reywas92Talk 22:01, 21 June 2009 (UTC) And I have no problem at all with the length. There is subtantial information, will (eventually) grow, and can be separate for consistency. Hopefully the main article will also be expanded. Reywas92Talk 22:09, 21 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Truco

Comments

General
  • Dabs, external links check out fine.
Lead
  • 'Swiss athlete Philipp Schoch is the only snowboarder to win two gold medals, having won the parallel giant slalom in 2002, then successfully defended his title in 2006' -- IDK, but I think defending would sound better here than 'defended'
  • Fixed.
  • 'In the men's half-pipe event, Americans have won six of nine medals, and in 2002 Americans won all three medals in the event.' -- Comma after 2002.
  • Added.
References

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:07, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)
Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)
  • "was one of few new sports or disciplines added to the Winter Olympic programme between 1992 and 2002, and was the only one not to have been a previous medal or demonstration event." Instead of "few", can you add the actual number?
    • That's a typo. It's supposed to say five. Fixed.
  • "to win two gold medals"-->to have won two gold medals,
    • Fixed.
  • "It is the only medal sweep by one nation to occur in snowboarding."-->It is the only medal sweep by one nation to have occured in snowboarding.
    • Done.
  • "14 medals, including five gold medals, more than any other nation" "14...five" is a bit jarring. Make 'em consistent please.
    • Done.
  • A lot of the red "details" links could be fixed by using section links. For example, women's halfpipe in 2002 could go to Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics#Halfpipe.
    • I'll see if it's possible (because a template is used). My problem with doing that is that if pages are created (and they likely will be eventually), then the links would not be correct.
  • "Medals per year" Per WP:MOSBOLD, we shouldn't be using bold for symbols (maybe italics). This should probably be remedied in other lists too. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:23, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:23, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking a look. -- Scorpion0422 15:59, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weak support - I am hesitant to support fully because I don't like how the main article is still a stub (3b concern). But I agree with nominator that the Olympic Games is notable and that lists should be consistent. Also, the list looks okay.—Chris! ct 01:44, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment – "In snowboarding cross, competitiors race down a course with jumps". Typo hiding in here. Giants2008 (17-14) 18:12, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • The typo was fixed during a round of changes by Parutakupiu, but I found a couple of new glitches that crept in. It's common for this to occur, but they should still be fixed before promotion.
      • "In 1998, four events, two for men and two for women, were disputed in two specialities". I wouldn't call Olympic events "disputes". There was nothing wrong with "held", the word used when I first reviewed the list.
      • "In this event, competitors race against each other down a a course with jumps, beams and other obstacles." One typo was traded for another. Giants2008 (17-14) 22:34, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]


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