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Russian and Belarusian Flags

I was just reading the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics, when i saw that some user(s) have been adding a "from" column in every sport's section to differentiate the Russian athletes from Belarusian ones. This also includes flags of both the countries. But doesn't it violates the neutral nature of the this team. I do not think we should include the country from which these athletes hail from and especially not the flags. Also, are we going to list ANI as a precursor of Russia at the all time medal table. PrinceofPunjabTALK 06:26, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

I will bow to those with wider knowledge on this project, but just to observe that going back the Unified Team of the 90s, Wikipedia has always shown the national identity of competing athletes from such "groups". doktorb wordsdeeds 07:04, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
The indication of nationality there is intended to reflect the value of the information rather than questioning the nature of this special team. See also Independent Olympians at the Olympic Games and Independent Olympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics, which was historically a similar case. For the question of the Top ten medal rankings (incl. precursor) in all-time: I would include this if Russian athletes win medals under the IOC code (AIN), as many statistics, with an asterisk for thins case, will probably be found that way. Possible Belarusian medalists should be ignored there. But it is not a strong case, whether medals from athletes under (AIN) should apply to Russia in this table, and I would understand a rejection. Miria~01 (talk) 10:52, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
But flag icons here are shown as the nation represented, and they represent no country at all. Zip. No way that flag icon should be there. I don't even think we should be showing from where they hail since those two countries are banned from participating, but certainly the flags should not be there. Fyunck(click) (talk) 06:06, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
As for example at 2024 Australian Open – Men's singles, those flag icons should certainly be omitted. --DB1729talk 13:11, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
yes, the flags are really not necessary. But I would keep the information about nationality. Miria~01 (talk) 13:17, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
I can see an argument for keeping the nationality (w/o flag icons) on this particular article in question. It's informative as to whether they happen to be from Russia or Belarus. But in Olympic results articles in general, there should be no mention of nationality at all. DB1729talk 13:39, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
The Olympic results articles will likely use {{FlagIOCathlete}} which calls the AIN flag. Primefac (talk) 13:41, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
In keeping the strange "from" info for this article, does that mean we should add a column for other articles that have athletes who are "from" one country but compete for another? Look at Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's big air. The gold medal was won by Eileen Gu "from the United States." She represented China. I don't even see a footnote or mouseover for that, and I'm sure there are lots more than just her. It seems like a bad precedent to set for this one article. If they represent China, even though they are from the United States, that's all we need for the Olympics. If they represent no nation, that's good enough. Otherwise we'd need to create an article for all the athletes that have represented one nation while being "from" another nation. Fyunck(click) (talk) 19:24, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
It would be the only article where nationality ("from" should actually be changed to "nationality") is mentioned (same as here Independent Olympians at the Olympic Games (but w/o flags)). In all Olympic results articles (as Primefac stated) and medal tables only the AIN team name would be shown with the associated flag, same as here for e.g. Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air pistol, where only the (IOP) flag and team name for Šekarić is shown. Miria~01 (talk) 20:37, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
I think making this article a special case is not the best idea. And using "nationality" vs "from" is a very bad idea. The word nationality in connection with the Olympics, in any parameter, has a very distinct meaning, and it confuses the reader to add labels the Olympics refuse to use. These are independent athletes representing no country. If a reader wants to know more about the person they can click on the name link, or reference source, and find out. And this isn't the only article where this conversation should be taking place. We also have articles such as:
and it could spill over into articles such as:
So it's not just one article here. Fyunck(click) (talk) 21:47, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
  • As Fyunck points out, we have a dozen other articles where athletes 'from' various nations - who all competed at an event as neutral individuals representing no nation - are listed without mention of any nationality. It's clearly not confused any reader yet, and is neither vital information nor particularly useful information at the list articles in question. It seems unnecessary to add. Maybe some users will argue it's not necessary to remove if it's already been added, but if just for consistency it probably is best to remove it - before even getting into the debate of the athletes not belonging to any nation for the purposes of the IOC. Kingsif (talk) 23:14, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
    I'm pretty much neutral on including the country of origin for these athletes, and so I'm fine with removing it. Note that several of the articles listed by Fyunck do actually indicate a country. If for consistency, then removing the country should be considered for those articles as well? Also Fyunck, if wider participation is desired (and it would probably help) are you thinking posting notifications at the above articles' talk pages, or moving the discussion to a more visible place? DB1729talk 23:42, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
    Ping @Fyunck(click): to above comment. It doesn't look like there's any passionate views, really, so I'd just remove from all. Kingsif (talk) 23:55, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
    To be honest, I don't edit a lot of Olympic articles... I'm just trying to help with my experience on thousands of tennis articles. I gave the best insight I could and was thinking of leaving it to others with more Olympic editing tenacity. A couple of the articles I listed actually have some flags also... I'm saying they would also be affected by decisions here unless this is a one-off article. If people want me to mention this discussion on those article talk pages I can certainly point them here. More eyes are always welcome, especially from those that edit Olympic pages profusely, since they would be the ones that would have to deal with changes against consensus in the future. note - I just added a neutral mention of this discussion at each of the talk pages I listed. There could be more pages I missed but this might bring a couple more folks with viewpoints that could help. This is the type discussion where WikiProjects shine. Fyunck(click) (talk) 06:21, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
I disagree with one statement. The countries of the athletes for the respective games are always mentioned if they came from several countries. Otherwise the matter is naturally unnecessary.
several country origins (with nationality/flags) one country origin (no nationality)
Although I'm more of a supporter with the information of country origins, I wouldn't feel particularly bothered except for one article (overview of Independent Olympians), as one could argue that these always concern the explicit games (<NOC> at the <year> Summer/Winter Olympics).Miria~01 (talk) 03:03, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Is there a non-clunky way to indicate what country they typically represent while still making clear that at this time they're not allowed to? Like perhaps "primary NOC" or something of that nature? Greenday61892 (talk) 14:49, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

"Typically" is an interesting word to use. There will be many athletes who have never been to the Olympics before, so they've never represented any NOC. Most who have been before will have represented one or another differently-named "not Russia" committees, because between doping etc. it's been a while since Russian athletes have been allowed to rep Russia in many competitions. So most if not all don't have any "typical" (taken as previous/most common) NOC to list. And since there's plenty athletes who represent NOCs of nations they weren't born in, we can't effectively assume and OR say that given the chance they would represent Russia or Belarus.
Main question should still be if a reader needs this information in this article, while considering the accuracy and consistency. Kingsif (talk) 21:37, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/barcelona-1992
Historical changes: ...The other ex-Soviet republics participated as a "unified team", although the winners were honoured under the flags of their own republics. At the opening ceremony, the flags of the former post-Soviet states were also be displayed and their names are be announced in the stadium -> Barcelona 1992 Opening Ceremony (Full Length) - youtube (linked with timestamp 1h18m8s for the Unified team in the IOC's official YouTube channel)
With regard to the refuge team, the countries of origin are also explicitly mentioned on the official IOC website.[1]
After research, I see it as very legitimate for both the Unified and the refugee team to mention their nationality or country of origin. In view of this, I am more strongly against a blanket judgment and each article should be considered individually according to the circumstances.

The Olympic Charter: Chapter 2, Rule 41
https://olympics.com/ioc/faq/competing-and-being-part-of-the-games/can-i-compete-for-another-team-than-my-nationality
A competitor who is a national of two or more countries at the same time may represent either one of them, as he may elect. However, after having represented one country in the Olympic Games, in continental or regional games or in world or regional championships recognised by the relevant IF, he may not represent another country unless certain circumstances.
So to speak, the athletes are tied to their country NOC long before the Olympic Games by their nationality. Only if they change their nationality (three-year waiting period not starting for the former country NOC in any games or championships) can they compete for a different country NOC. Some Russians changed their nationality and where even granted an exemption to the three-year waiting period by the IOC Executive Board[2] for the 2024 Games. In this sense, it is informative to know that these, athletes starting for (AIN) in 2024 with Belarusian or Russian passports [3], are not eligible to start for another country NOC. If they were, they would even have to compete for this.
To distinguish between the two countries can also be seen as informative, as readers easily see from the tables how many athletes of each country have passed the "rules" and whether there is perhaps a certain preponderance in the number overall and specifically in respective disciplines. Miria~01 (talk) 11:18, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
n this sense, it is informative to know that these, athletes starting for (AIN) in 2024 with Belarusian or Russian passports, are not eligible to start for another country NOC. - except it isn't. Adding 'country of origin' doesn't tell any reader anything about the IOC rules, which you're also misrepresenting if that's what you take from it. In reality, so many athletes change NOC affiliation, because (as you note but then seem to ignore) it just means you have to eligible through any means and not compete for another nation for an Olympic cycle. Neutral athletes are only locked in to the Neutral team for the single instance of the Olympic Games that the compete as Neutral athletes.
It's simply untrue to suggest that where they were born provides limitations on what NOC they can represent, or that being a Neutral athlete affects this, or that adding a flag on a list tells anyone anything about NOC eligibility requirements. Kingsif (talk) 23:40, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
Nobody can simply switch to another NOC. These are not club teams. First of all, you have to get the nationality of the corresponding country... i.e. become naturalized. And then the approval of the sports federation. It's always about nationality, not your place of birth. To be clearer, it is the registered nationality in the relevant international sports federation.Miria~01 (talk) 09:06, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
You seem to be arguing against yourself. Yes, it's about nationality, not place of birth. And the 'nationality' - thus the NOC - of these athletes for the purposes of the 2024 Games is "none". (And for the record, my reply above already explained how changing NOC works, which was not compared to club teams; your attempt to condescend that for whatever reason is not appreciated, especially when it's barely relevant.)
You are part stating, part mis-stating, and part trying-to-interpret IOC rules of NOC eligibility - and honestly, none of that constitutes an argument for or against including flags in any of the above articles. Do you have an opinion that has been informed by not quite understanding the IOC regs, because otherwise it's getting off topic. Kingsif (talk) 22:02, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
Please look at all your claims which are partially false which I have responded to with the sources provided. But you seem to have noticed that and now you are reacting to me here with accusations.
Examples of your false claims or shortened statement without complete explanation:
1.we have a dozen other articles where athletes 'from' various nations - who all competed at an event as neutral individuals representing no nation - are listed without mention of any nationality. - Kingsif (talk) 23:14, 16 April 2024 (UTC) -> Not true. the country origin/nationality always mentioned, if it is a special NOC, where various Ahtletes from different countries are involved (see table in the discussion):
2. "There will be many athletes who have never been to the Olympics before, so they've never represented any NOC. ... And since there's plenty athletes who represent NOCs of nations they weren't born in, we can't effectively assume and OR say that given the chance they would represent Russia or Belarus" -Kingsif (talk) 21:37, 17 April 2024 (UTC) -> The participation jn continental or regional games or in world or regional championships recognised by the relevant IF, already decides your affiliation. And again it is not the place of birth, which is taken into account, it is the nationality.
3. it just means you have to eligible through any means and not compete for another nation for an Olympic cycle.... It's simply untrue to suggest that where they were born provides limitations on what NOC they can represent. -Kingsif (talk) 23:40, 1 May 2024 (UTC) -> The athlete must be naturalized in this country to change to another NOC and again false claim with place of birth. Example:
It is clear that the reason why Russian and Belarusian athletes have to compete as neutral participants (more precise: special delegation AIN banned from using the neutral Olympic flag and Olympic anthem), is because of their registered nationality as Russian or Belarusian.
4. yes, the flags are really not necessary. But I would keep the information about nationality. Miria~01 (talk) 13:17, 16 April 2024 (UTC) Please stop making false accusations against me (e.g not once place of birth was mentioned by me or another user; only by you) and get your facts right. You have repeatedly made false assumptions about the IOC rules (e.g. switching NOC without to be naturalized) as well not shown knowledge about interaction with the international sports federations. And now you trying to push through your agenda by accusing me. I would also prefer a total exclusion of all Russian and Belarusian athletes (as the World Athletics has decided for the Olympic Games), but I would never put encyclopedic added value information above my personal views. Miria~01 (talk) 23:48, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
Again, many of the things you claim I have said, I have not. Many of the things you seem to think we disagree on, we do not. If you can't understand what I write, just say so, but outright insulting my intelligence is out of line, as is baselessly accusing me of having an agenda when I just stepped in to this discussion to try and get people to frame the discussion through what is most helpful to Wikipedia readers.
And on that point, many of your ramblings points are not only nonsensical but, I believe, ultimately irrelevant. Please try to frame your thoughts based on Wikipedia's purpose - and not on your own interpretations of IOC guidelines and petty point-scoring. Kingsif (talk) 22:23, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
Please don't try to dismiss arguments that you WP:JUSTDONTLIKEIT as irrelevant. I also ask you not to ignore the sources. e.g. Olympic-Charter, IOC, International Olympic Committee, p.79-81 and only take a neutral perspective.
Also a source from an IF (International sports federation):
World Sailing Policy Individual Neutral Athlete Participation, World Sailing
Individual sailors of Russian and Belarusian sporting nationality and their support persons, as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing (“Support Persons”) shall only participate in the events listed in Clause 2.1 in a neutral capacity, and in no case as representatives of the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus, their Member National Associations (“MNA(s)”) or National Olympic Committees (“NOC(s)”. Miria~01 (talk) 09:26, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

@Kingsif:

Special delegations represented by Athletes of different nationalities
with mentioning the nationality in the tables		 Special delegations represented by Athletes of only the same nationality
w/o mentioning the nationality in the tables

It would be consistent to all other Olympic Wikipedia articles when specifying the nationalities for the special delegations in the tables, if they are represented by athletes of different nationalities. The information always corresponds to the nationality registered with the international sports federation and the associated NOC. The special delegations are not NOCs per se, but are made up of athletes whose registered nationality and the associated membership with this to a NOC, represent an obstacle to taking part in the Olympic Games. Mostly because their NOC has been banned or ceased to exist due to other circumstances, e.g. Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles. Therefore the indication of nationality is of interest to the reader as the direct indication in the article allows them to see directly how many athletes of the respective NOC are affected and also the respective athlete himself without clicking through many articles. Some examples:

Miria~01 (talk) 00:25, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Winter Olympic Games

Winter Olympic Games has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:54, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Medals by sport

Since the discussion was initiated in the United States at the Olympics (discussion) , all disciplines should be listed individually or, as has been the case so far, grouped for some sports and their disciplines together in the sport itself.

In this specific case it's about Cycling and Canoeing. The disciplines for Cycling (Track cycling, Road cycling, BMX racing, BMX freestyle, Mountain biking) and Canoeing (Canoe sprint,Slalom canoeing) were listed individually in the table unlike to other NOC articles .I changed these in United States at the Olympics for consistency, but I suspect that other opinions should be heard here to prevent an edit war, as it was reverted by @Monerals -> misunderstanding here, not intentional, question still remains.

And if we really want to list strictly according to disciplines, should we then orientate on the Olympic sports table and, for example, also list the equestrian disciplines (dressage, eventing, jumping) individually in the Medals by sport table? The only exceptions so far are only four sports, where the disciplines grouped together in the medal table:

  • Cycling (Track cycling, Road cycling, BMX racing, BMX freestyle, Mountain biking)
  • Canoeing (Canoe sprint,Slalom canoeing)
  • Equestrian (dressage, eventing, jumping)
  • Wrestling (Freestyle, Greco-Roman)

Miria~01 (talk) 10:08, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

I feel like it should be evaluated country-by-country. For the USA (who have a lot of medals in a lot of sports) it probably makes sense to combine them. On the other hand, for a country like Cuba where there are half as many medal categories it probably wouldn't hurt to err on the side of being more specific. Primefac (talk) 10:48, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
Gymanstics: I also saw that in some NOC articles the disciplines in Gymnastics are combined and for others are not (separated in United States at the Olympics#Medals by summer sport and combined in Russia at the Olympics#Medals by Summer Sports).
Swimming: Another case to note is Swimming at the Olympics. Sometimes Marathon Swimming is combined in Swimming at the medals table and sometimes separately (separated in Australia at the Olympics#Medals by summer sport and combined in Netherlands at the Olympics#Medals by summer sport).
A manual of style for the olympic articles would be desirable, but as far as I'm concerned it can also be considered country-specific, even if it would then be subjective. Miria~01 (talk) 12:22, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
I don't think it's right for the decision to be country-specific because that leaves a big opening for edit wars. In my opinion, it is better to reach a consent regarding a guiding rule. For example, what is considered a lot of medals for a country? Are there sports that we will always separate the disciplines from or unite them (athletics, for example)? Nimrodbr (talk) 19:10, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

@Nimrodbr:

Disciplines separated
(all with genuine team sports)		 Disciplines combined
  • Aquatics (Artistic Swimming, Diving, Marathon Swimming, Water Polo)
  • Basketball (3x3, Basketball)
  • Baseball and Softball (Baseball, Softball)
  • Rugby (Union*, Sevens)
  • Handball (Field*, Indoor)
  • Volleyball (Beach, Indoor)
  • Ahletics (48 Disciplines)
  • Gymnastics (Artistic, Rhythmic, Trampoline)
  • Cycling (Track cycling, Road cycling, BMX racing, BMX freestyle, Mountain biking)
  • Canoeing (Canoe sprint,Slalom canoeing)
  • Equestrian (dressage, eventing, jumping)
  • Wrestling (Freestyle, Greco-Roman)

One could argue that the disciplines are always listed separately, if the sport includes a genuine team sport. This also applies to aquatics with water polo. Or in this way: Only all real team sports and their disciplines are listed separately and aquatics is also considered an exception by consensus. ... And disciplines of winter sports should always be listed separately. Miria~01 (talk) 12:00, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

{{OlympicEventRow}}

FYI Template:OlympicEventRow (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.244.143 (talk) 04:15, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Imane_Khelif RFC

There's an RFC concerning how Imane_Khelif genetics and gender should be referred to in the lead at Talk:Imane_Khelif#RfC_lead. Editors are invited to participate. TarnishedPathtalk 10:47, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:María José Rienda Contreras#Requested move 5 July 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:María José Rienda Contreras#Requested move 5 July 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 19:42, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

1896 Summer Olympics

I'm thinking about rerunning this one in late July at WP:Today's featured article. It was promoted to FA back in 2005, but I've run some automated checks on the article that turned out fine, and people have done a good job keeping up with questions on the talk page. It reads well. Yes, no? - Dank (push to talk) 01:34, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Looks good. Kingsif (talk) 21:48, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Timelines on qualification articles

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Is it necessary to list the opening ceremony in a timeline of qualification events for each sport's qualification article? I don't think its necessary, with the timeline being left to just qualification events and dates. Thoughts? Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 23:12, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Could you give an example page? The few sports I keep track of don't seem to have this. Primefac (talk) 23:24, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
Judo/2024 Olympics is the only one. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 23:26, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
I removed it but there was some objection. But if there is a wider consensus to have them included, then we can add it back. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 23:26, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
Special:Diff/1233403041 for the record. I don't see why that information needs to be included, it's not really part of the qualification timeline (especially if it's not listed for any other sports). Primefac (talk) 23:29, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
I totally agree with you. I can't recall it being on any qualification article including events outside the Olympics as well. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 23:30, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
Agree with the removal. It's not part of the process. Kante4 (talk) 07:01, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
I think we have consensus for removal? Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 22:06, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
I support removal as it seems irrelevant. Schwede66 23:30, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Yuna Kim A-class assessment

Hello everyone, WikiProject Figure Skating has just started doing A-class assessments. Our first article submitted for review is Yuna Kim, and we're in need of a third reviewer. Here's the link to the assessment: Wikipedia:WikiProject Figure Skating/Assessment/Yuna Kim. The assistance of any member of this project would be muchly appreciated. You don't have to necessarily be a figure skating expert (although that would help, of course), but you should at least be knowledgeable about editing and contributing to Wikipedia. Thanks to all and best. Editor120918756 (talk) 06:13, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

I would, but having scanned the A-class review list page, I feel like I am not versed enough in the (many!) guidelines the FS project has on writing a FS biography to be a particularly useful reviewer. Several of the FS-specific A-class review points come down to handling FS-specific terminology, sources, guidelines in an appropriate manner and with my minimal experience editing in the area, I feel I could not well judge for myself any of those things, let alone assess and give recommendations.
If you are lacking for reviewers due to so many regular contributors of the FS project having edited the article, perhaps that is an indication than many users who could otherwise be the third reviewer have as a collective agreed on the quality status of the article - through combined editing - and another reviewer may not be necessary? It seems to reflect the amount of work the project has put into this article, and would be easier than needing to find a user willing to build up some experience in the area just for a review. Kingsif (talk) 23:34, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for the response @Kingsif
I'll tag @Figureskatingfan here so she can read it. Editor120918756 (talk) 04:40, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
Yes, thanks for your response, @Kingsif. Actually, this was going to be the next step. We're trying to adhere to the agreed-upon requirement for three reviewers, but in this article's case, several editors who are familiar with our guidelines and who are experienced figure skating editors have worked on it. I agree, the solution is to come to a consensus that two reviewers are enough. Best to you! Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 17:13, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
Sounds good! It's a great read of an article, I'd just check the photo number/sizes before sending it to FA or anything! Kingsif (talk) 20:18, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
@Kingsif Oh, yes! Thanks for at least reading it and telling us it looks good. That doesn't need any expertise, and most readers wouldn't have any expertise either. Editor120918756 (talk) 08:05, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Reserve players

Hello everyone, i just wanted to ask if the number of reserve or alternate players should be included in the total athletes represented by the country at a event or should only the number of actively participating athletes should be included? PrinceofPunjabTALK 08:26, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

If I understand correctly, these players are not officially on the team and do not get awarded medals if they remain reserves. I remember there were some discussions on the topic regarding the volleyball teams. Tone 08:31, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
The discussion you are talking about is here PrinceofPunjabTALK 08:46, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
I wonder if that's changed now that, in football at least, alternates can be added to the squad list and then taken back off. But alternates in a team, and a reserve in an individual sport to make sure the field is full if someone drops out, are quite different things. Kingsif (talk) 23:42, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Boxing weight categories

A decision needs to be urgently made on the article names for specific events; please contribute to the discussion: Talk:Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics#Weight categories - urgent. Thanks. Ymblanter (talk) 08:36, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

DYKN Mixed 4×400m relay at 2024 World Relays

I've nominated a DYK hook about the mixed relay qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics at Template:Did you know nominations/2024 World Athletics Relays – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay. I realize it is a bit late, but maybe it can still be reviewed in time, so it can be featured on the main page on 2 August, the day with round 1 of the mixed relay. Your help would be appreciated. – Editør (talk) 16:19, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

Note regarding Inside the Games

I am writing to advise that editors should approach recent Inside the Games articles with caution, and cross-check with other sources. The new owners of Inside the Games, since 1 November 2023 have been linked with Umar Kremlev and pro-Putin sports officials.

Recent articles may be biased towards the Russian point of view, which may undermine their reliability: for example, this article over-exaggerates the 2024 BRICS Games attendance, which included countries that Russia consider "unfriendly". See also: Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 437 § insidethegames.biz (2nd review).

There may be more instances of pro-Russian slant that I may have missed, but I am trying to address my habit of doomscrolling. Best, --Minoa (talk) 11:26, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Canada Soccer drone spying scandal § Should this be titled "Dronegate"

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Canada Soccer drone spying scandal § Should this be titled "Dronegate". Kingsif (talk) 00:52, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

Germany Medal Count

It makes absolutely no sense of splitting up Germany‘s medals into Germany (post Unification); West Germany and East Germany. There should be one Germany with all medals. After all do we split up say France into Third Republic, Forth Republic, Fifth Republic ? Makes no sense. 146.0.191.120 (talk) 06:00, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

Those republics weren't competing against each other at the same time like East and West Germany were. Fyunck(click) (talk) 07:08, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
I can see that it is difficult to combine East Germany and West Germany during the period when they both competed separately. Given that the legal state (with its international agreements) which survived Unification was West Germany (and this includes its committee membership at the IOC) then it is best to have Germany = Germany since 1992+West Germany + Unified Teams + Weimar Republic (incl Nazi Germany) + pre WWI German Empire.
How do we change it ? BoNiLi (talk) 16:53, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
According to the same logic - we would have to change Great Britain before Ireland gained independence. After all Ireland and GB are now competing against each other now but not before 1921. BoNiLi (talk) 16:54, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
Germany Profile - olympics.com
The IOC itself considers the records of the teams (NOC) from West Germany (FRG) and East Germany (GDR) in the period 1968–1988 to be separate teams and therefore not part of the records of team Germany (GER). Miria~01 (talk) 17:56, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

Competes in a few hours

This Olympian competes in a few hours .. in case someone may be interested in reviewing and perhaps creating her draft article -- Draft:Ada Korkhin. In advance of reader interest in her that is sure to come. Thanks. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:C88D:848F:5F9A:6FA0 (talk) 21:48, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Now in mainspace. Schwede66 22:52, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Fencing Alternates

Trying to get a consensus here on how to deal with fencing alternates? The results system for Paris 2024 lists all alternates. Should we be listing them in the totals on the nation articles? Here is where it gets messy, using Canada as an example. The men's sabre team had the alternate compete, so we should be listing the name of the alternate, and adding a +1 to the total athlete number. However, in the women's team foil event the alternate did not compete in any event. So do we list her name, even though she did not compete, but is listed on the results system as being a part of the team? Thoughts? Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 12:40, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

The cleanest way of dealing with this is for the results tables to list those who competed, with accompanying prose listing alternates who did not. Schwede66 18:33, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
Yea that works! What about the athlete numbers? Do you support adding alternate numbers (if they compete) to the total count? Also each fencing team event lists all the alternates, so I think we need to indicate who is an alternate on those pages, and which alternates competed. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 00:34, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
Hm, not sure on that one. My inclination would be to count those who compete, but that's obviously muddy when someone gets replaced who was set to compete but never did so. If the alternate steps in, the count shouldn't increase, I'd say. But some athletes do compete and during the competition, the alternate steps in. In that case, I'd say the count goes up. But that's just my thoughts; what would other editors do? Schwede66 02:21, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
Yea, for fencing its weird, because the alternate is allowed to come in and compete (and not replace anyone). If the alternate competes AND does not replace anyone, I think they should be added to the total. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 02:24, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics

For the infobox, do we list both events as being for women or mixed? Since the intent was for men to compete, I suggest listing it as mixed. However, no men eventually competed. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 02:11, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

If the entry is as a mixed event, then it is mixed. Kingsif (talk) 21:46, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Medal Summary Order

What should the appropriate order be? Should the medal table come first, then the list of medalists or vice versa? From what I can see for 2024 the medal table comes first and then the medalists. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 01:43, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

The MOS guide [6] has two variations, with the 2024 pages all following the Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics format. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 02:25, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
There is no wikpedia MOS that tells us the order. Just the Olympic essay. Every Olympic tennis article is the same way, and every Olympic page for years has been all over the place. Many have the Medalists and medal tables in separate sections entirely. For consistency, Tennis at the Olympics has been very consistent. This was just discussed above with you being in the minority, or at the most no change. One editor suggested you have tried this tact before... not sure what he meant. Olympic Golf has no medal summary section and Olympic tennis uses the events first then the medal. And what about the Olympic essay own example at Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Nothing at all like the rest, but it looks pretty good. You seem to demand they are all identical and it looks like Wikiproject Tennis and Wikiprojct Olympics have purposely left it flexible. Those projects expect the tables to be laid out the same, but article placement is not a big deal. I think you are making a mountain out of a molehill. Fyunck(click) (talk) 07:14, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
And I see you have been reverted by multiple wikipedia editors for 6+ reverts on the issue... 4x in the last 24 hours. That's a big deal so I'd keep it cool on the reverts for awhile. Fyunck(click) (talk) 08:39, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
Actually you and the other editor are the only ones supporting your POV. As mentioned above:
Goals
The project aims primarily to:
Create and improve articles whose content has connection with the Olympics.
Set up consistent structural and graphical layouts for displaying data on theme-specific articles.
So there needs to be consistency. For 2024 ALL sports have the medal table first. Why should tennis be different, keeping in mind the goal for this project? Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 10:30, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
Tennis isn't the only one and I've shown you this over and over.... even you so-called MOS shows this. Tennis Project also needs consistency and this article would be out of whack with all others. Olympic project doesn't rule supreme over everything else. And you are reverting more than just two editors.... it's like four! Please knock it off. Fyunck(click) (talk)
I would place the list of the medalists first and then the medal table for ease of access to the casual reader/visitor of the page to see the list of winners FIRST and then everything else. Qwerty284651 (talk) 18:24, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

Ranking order in athletics

Apologies in advance if this was already discussed (in that case please point me to the discussion).

I noticed there are two kinds of qualifications in these Olympics. One type is swimming in which the top X fastest of all the heats advance to the semis, and then it makes sense to list all the swimmers in the heats in one table ranked by the times. OTOH in running the qualifiers are the top X fastest in each heat plus the next Y fastest across all heats. In this case it is odd to me that all the runners in the heats are in one table, instead of being in separate tables for each heat (as was done for example here). Is there an explanation for this?

Cheers! --SuperJew (talk) 11:06, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, each heat seperated makes more sense in that case. Kante4 (talk) 11:10, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
Agreed. I'm not a huge fan of both qualification types being basically the same shade of green in that Athletics example (I much prefer two-colour systems as seen in places like here) but having each heat/round as its own table is definitely more useful. Primefac (talk) 12:18, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
Interesting sidenote, though I do think there's a difference. The rugby example you brought the green qualifies to k/o stage+RWC, while the yellow qualifies for RWC only. In the athletic both green shades qualify for the next stage, but via different methods. Regardless the main point is the separation of table per heat and seems there is a consensus for that so far. Say we'll give it another day and if there is no opposition, we can work on changing the pages? --SuperJew (talk) 16:30, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
Sounds good. Regarding the colour, as they advance to the same round it's no big deal for me. Q and q does it for me. Kante4 (talk) 16:45, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
Oh, sure, colour should never be the only designation of a fact, but oddly enough in this case the visual aspect is easier to see for sighted users. Primefac (talk) 18:51, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

Medal summary sections on sport at x Olympics format.

Hello,

As per the standard it appears the Medal summary section has the medal table first followed by the medalists, with each event and a link titled "details". This is standardized across all sports from what I can see except Tennis. I think this needs also apply to tennis as well so all sports are standardized. Example here of Weightlifting/2024 and Tennis/2020. Thoughts? Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 00:28, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

One of the guides linked in the MOS guide for this project is [7] Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 00:31, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
Agree, should be consistent. Kante4 (talk) 11:47, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
I don't think we need to force project-wide consistency as long as the tennis articles have internal consistency. It's a minor formatting point and not one that I think has any distinct pros/cons. Kingsif (talk) 20:40, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
I disagree. All Olympic articles should have the same consistency. We shouldn't be formatting one differently. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 20:57, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
We're not going to do this again, are we? Where you argue consistency for the sake of consistency without having any reason why it's an improvement over status quo. The project can't keep asking you why you think regimental consistency is needed only for you to not have an answer; we'll just have to go to a BRD cycle. Kingsif (talk) 21:35, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
@Kingsif:It looks like they are doing this again. Fyunck(click) (talk) 01:29, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
@Kingsif:Are you saying this has happened before with them... arbitrarily changing articles like Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics to their standard of consistancy? Fyunck(click) (talk) 07:26, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
Yeah, changing formatting and the like, being challenged, and not giving a reason besides "consistency". If something works, especially if it is something that has added functionality relating to its specific topic, there's no reason to change it. Kingsif (talk) 21:46, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
A couple things here. When you look at a list of Olympic sports pert near for every one of the the Olympics is either the pinnacle of the sport or pretty much the only high point of their sport. And they are very team oriented. When I looked at the list of all these sports i cold see three that don't fit that mold. Tennis, Boxing, and Golf. None of those use the regular format. Golf has no medal summary section, only an events section. In that section the medal table is first and the medalists (of which there are only two items) is second. Boxing has a medal summary section but the only thing in it is the medal table. It also has a separate medalist section and that section is "above" the medal summary section. So it does depend on the sport itself. Olympics are far down the line of importance for tennis.
Also, none of those Olympic Sports articles are the same. Nothing is more important for a reader than "who won the event." That should be front page top of the line news. Yet articles such as Gymnastics bury the winners. And hey, that sport also has a separate medal table and events section. Those event winners should be at the very top, way above schedule and participation. Volleyball is even more ridiculous... I gave up on that article in trying to find out who won. It's a mess! So those Olympic articles have big issues and the order of tennis winners isn't out of the norm. Fyunck(click) (talk) 23:09, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
I agree with this "Nothing is more important for a reader than "who won the event." The medalists are buried towards the bottom. Maybe a discussion on how we organize these pages is needed. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 00:49, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
If you saw my first message, the MOS guideline linked for Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics, has a "Medal summary" section with medalists + medal table. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 00:46, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
Remember also that that is not Wikipedia MOS, that is Wikiproject Olympics MOS which is no different that Wikiproject Tennis MOS. And you mentioned their MOS example of Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics. But right next to it is another example of Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics which is better laid out with the winners at the top and the medal table at the very bottom. So their MOS has a huge difference in style. Per that, our Olympic tennis article is just fine. I think they were trying to make sure the tables looked similar, not the actual placement of the tables. Fyunck(click) (talk) 01:50, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
I feel as though the medal table + medalists should be grouped together or in sections next to one another. The medal table seems out of place in the 2004 example. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 01:56, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
I agree. If it were me I'd probably have the medal summary at the top and the medal table right below it, either separate or in the same section. Then I would have the Event summary, then Qualification and format section, and finally the participating nations. But that's me where my knowledge there ends with which way to load the arrow. But the lead section, at the very bottom, says the Korean team won three out of the four gold medals contested. No mention of the Italian team also winning gold. And it's the South Korean team, so issues abound. I'd probably mention those team wins in the very first paragraph of the lead... maybe the second. Fyunck(click) (talk) 02:50, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
If you read the goal of this Wikiproject "Set up consistent structural and graphical layouts for displaying data on theme-specific articles." Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 02:41, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
As does the Tennis Project, and Olympic Project examples does not practice what you preach. Fyunck(click) (talk) 20:16, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
Right this is an Olympic event first, not a tennis event. So WP:OLYMPICS shall have priority. That's common sense. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 12:53, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
I changed the format of the list of tennis olympic medalists listed in Category:Tennis at the Summer Olympics to reflect the style of winners listed in other tennis articles and then transcluded said tables to List of Olympic medalists in tennis#Olympic medalists for consistency. Changes made:
- removed the dividing rows between the men's, women's and mixed doubles disciplines
- replaced the "X discipline + detail" by moving link from "detail" to the discipline listed above it by wikilinking the discipline draw page. Details feels redundant. You can just wikilink the actual discipline instead of typing it out in blank text and then adding a link to it titled "details" below it using {{detailslink}}.
I would retain the new design for the 2024 and future olympic tennis events for consistency across olympic tennis events.
OR
If you disagree, we can create an article guidelines page for WP:OLYMPICS, similar to what Tennis wikiproject has, wherein templates/examples of table formats are listed to have some template/guideline to refer to avoid confusion in the future. Again, every wikiproject has its own mos styles. In the case of olympics events, I honestly don't know which takes precedence, but I feel maybe we can reach a middle ground. Qwerty284651 (talk) 18:46, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
Not objected to what you are saying.
  • removed the dividing rows between the men's, women's and mixed doubles disciplines - common to see this in other WP:OLYMPIC articles. Can be removed imo.
  • - replaced the "X discipline + detail" by moving link from "detail" to the discipline listed above it by wikilinking the discipline draw page. Details feels redundant. You can just wikilink the actual discipline instead of typing it out in blank text and then adding a link to it titled "details" below it using [[{{{1}}}|details]]. - Please try to get consensus here to change for all Olympic articles.
-This is not a tennis article first. This is an Olympic article and it shoud follow consistency from ALL other 2024 pages as per the goal of this WP. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 00:45, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
What are you smoking that tells you that? This is not any "article first!" This is a wikipedia article that multiple projects have an interest in. And Project Olympics with it's guidelines does not care about the table order. Only you do. So knock it off. Fyunck(click) (talk) 01:35, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Golden rule of Project Management: If there is no improvement, just DO NOT do it! To be honest, I failed to see the benefits of swapping around, whether it is changing from format A to format B for "consistency", or reverting format B to format A for "individual projects interest". Unnamelessness (talk) 11:59, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Request to complete articles Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping and Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Team jumping

Hello! I've been following the articles about the results of the Olympic Games and I've seen that, so far, there's a lack of information about the results of these competitions (even though they've already been finalized).

Since I have no experience in editing articles on equestrian sports, I need someone to help me with this to make it easier for those looking for information on this subject to access it. I would be grateful if this request could be met. Egtj (talk) 12:54, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Jakob Ingebrigtsen

I browsed Wikipedia as usual, when i saw the article of Jakob Ingebrigtsen, which shows his medals THREE times in the infobox and then once again further down, for a total of four times. Is that really necessary? Not that my personal opinion matters, but it seems excessive and like overkill. When looking at other athlete article, they don't seem to be shown four times. I was on PC, when i saw it, and i was 'what the hell' because it kept going and i kept scrolling. If it's justified, fair enough, i was just caught off-guard by it. Speun (talk) 21:52, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Probably not, might be worth starting a discussion at the talk page. Primefac (talk) 12:23, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
Understood! However I see that a user already 'fixed' it, if you can call it that haha. Thanks for the reply, Primefac! Speun (talk) 14:58, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

"Best" nation? from Sports at the Olympics

What does "best nation" mean in the summary table? It is not defined anywhere, nor would a reader normally be expected to know what that meant. (Most gymnastics medals? Most gold medals? Hiighest scores with gold-silver-bronze ranked 5-3-1? Men's and women's considered separately or all events combined? etc.) Unless that term can be defined in some reasonable way, I recommend deleting that column from the table. (The page is currently locked, so I can't edit it.) 2603:7000:3400:69F6:A585:F860:B98E:45D9 (talk) 01:39, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

It is something that is counted at the Games, meaning if all the gymnastics events had an overall medal table following Olympic standard (most golds over most medals), which nation comes out on top. It's probably unnecessary, but the discussion should probably be held at the article talkpage before removing. Kingsif (talk) 22:21, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
A better table format to summarise Olympic gymnastics (or any other multi-event sport) would be to use the format of the table List of Olympic teams by medals won where the '1st place' to '3rd place' gymnastics (or other sport) teams are given. The 'No. of events' column would be the only column needed to be added to that table format. This would replace the potentially ambiguous column header 'Best nation' with '1st place' (where the sorting is by gold medals as per IOC convention). This table would provide more summary information, and the broadening of the table from a single 'best nation' to the top three nations mirrors that there are the three Olympic medals. Also the addition of the column 'Nations with medals' shows the globalisation of the sport - one more column 'Competing nations' may be other important info to be in a Summary table. Glenn.mar.oz (talk) 03:23, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Rating article importance?

Hi - I have been adding the Olympics WP to a number of basketball players from the 2024 games. As I add the project I am not sure how to rate importance. To be safe, I have just been adding “low” importance, but not sure if some players should be higher (multiple gold medals, etc). Any guidance? Especially for a team sport like basketball. Thanks. Rikster2 (talk) 15:02, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

The project has an article importance scheme here. Feel free to ask if something is not clear. Nimrodbr (talk) 20:32, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Input requested at Template talk:TPE

Since it relates to an IOC terminology, I would like to invite editors here to discuss a piped link proposal for the Chinese Taipei template. Details on the talk page. Thank you. Butterdiplomat (talk) 02:48, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

All - I have started a straw poll in this topic. Please feel free to visit the talk page and participate. Butterdiplomat (talk) 13:03, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
I suggest starting WP:RFC, as nobody has said anything yet. Pelmeen10 (talk) 16:23, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:2024 Summer Olympics medal table § Which country to list first in tie for "most gold medals"

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:2024 Summer Olympics medal table § Which country to list first in tie for "most gold medals", which is within the scope of this WikiProject. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:33, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Participating nations tables

This concerns Template:OlympicNationRow, Template:OlympicYearHeader and Template:OlympicYearFooter. Why is it necessary to have all gray rows when the sport was not part of the program? In some cases (newer sports), over half of the table is empty and gray, such as Artistic swimming, Golf, Judo, Taekwondo, Triathlon, Snowboarding, Skeleton etc. This is how it would look like for Breaking:

Nation 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 Years
 Australia (AUS)                                                             1
Year 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24

Somekind of documentation would be great too. One of the few templates not including instructions. Pelmeen10 (talk) 23:33, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

I've thrown together documentation based on the talk pages. Primefac (talk) 00:03, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
Have a few suggestions for improvements:
  1. Bg color of col headers violates WCAG level AA background-text color contrast ratio.
  2. Replace empty columns with a "..." columm; add footnote when event wasn't held/played.
  3. Use scrolling lists/tables for overflowing charts. Qwerty284651 (talk) 10:58, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

"sticky" content (hidden & scrollable tables)

I know we don't have consensus on George Ho & Jroberson108 edits to hide most of "sports at Olympis" articles content. So I'm asking your opinion. I personally am not a big fan of such edits. Pelmeen10 (talk) 23:06, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Diffs? Kingsif (talk) 23:07, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
I don't know exactly what you mean. Links/diffs please as Kingsif suggested? George Ho (talk) 23:12, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
Mostly for summary, medal tables and participating nations. [8] [9]. Pelmeen10 (talk) 23:15, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
For the first diff, I never intended to make the table scrollable and its window smaller. Rather I initially intended to change the sourcing of table splitting, which was done before me. Somehow, someone else merged the tables into one, making the table longer. Someone else created {{Sticky table start}} and {{Sticky table end}} and used them for certain tables, like this one. I eventually used those templates instead rather than try to revert back. (An editor contested my attempt to revert.) George Ho (talk) 23:38, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
Wrapping large tables from overflowing is beneficial to both desktop and mobile users as it makes the headers sticky, which improves navigability when scrolling horizontally/vertically. The content isn't hidden just contained. The charts in Summer articles guideline and Winter articles guidelines definitely need updating to accommodate for scrolling as an added benefit to shrink overflowing charts withing the screen. I would add it as an optional improvement not as a strict guideline to follow. Let's be honest, scrolling lists are not that prevalent but they do make an article with long charts more compact and, therefore, concise. Qwerty284651 (talk) 11:14, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Drag and the Olympic Games

New page: Drag and the Olympic Games

Improvements welcome! ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:08, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Idea: "Adopt an Olympian" ongoing edit-athon

Hi all, I come to you today with an idea for a way to basically address the issue of most (viable) Olympics bios being stubs. Being an Olympian is an ever-growing club and it can seem daunting where to even begin in improving the bios that are created every two years. My proposal would be to run an edit-athon that has no end date, and users can sign up whenever they want. It's pretty free from responsibility except for the crucial part. From the list of WP:Olympics bio stubs, users who sign up can choose one - or a few more if they want - Olympians to "adopt". Just the one (or few), and hopefully enough users sign up to make even a small dent. "Adopting" being to research the person and improve the article in the first instance, and hopefully to keep a watch on them so the article gets maintained and updated.

Do you think this idea would a. work, b. get enough users? Kingsif (talk) 12:33, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

There are plenty of ongoing "challenges" being run right now, if we were to do this it should probably be included on that list. Primefac (talk) 13:34, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Art competitions, alpinism and aeronautics

@Hey man im josh @Stevencocoboy and other users want to include medals in art competitions, alpinism and aeronautics in all Olympic articles. The users refer to IOC sources as the latest medal tables (e.g. Stockholm-1912 medals - olympics.com, Berlin-1936 - olympics.com) and also the NOC profiles at the IOC website include the Art competitions as well as Alpinism and Aeronautics.

Some examples on the IOC website:

I don't really care what practice is chosen, but it should be consistent across the board. Since the change not only affects the medal tables, but also the respective nations and the respective years, over 100 articles would have to be changed and should be then done systematically, otherwise a jumble of different statistics will arise. Miria~01 (talk) 11:32, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

There's no reason not to include it and it should not have been removed to begin with. If the IOC has it included in the medal table, so should we. They routinely make relevant changes in their medal tables, such as when they're stripped or reallocated, so it's reasonable to assume if they wanted the medals to not be included, they'd remove them. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:24, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
I have nothing against the decision, but it should not only be changed for the articles in the medal tables, but also for the nation pages. Here is a small overview of which articles would be affected:
(xxx = 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948)
-> in sum 103 articles (maybe a few more that I didn't consider) Miria~01 (talk) 12:41, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
@Miria~01: It's not really relevant to the decision making process, but that's fine to note for a post-discussion cleanup. However, your count seems to be off considering there's already a mix. See Germany at the 1936 Summer Olympics, it already includes the medals in the totals. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:48, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
yes, it was changed here but not in the other years or in the main article on Germany at the Olympics or Germany at the Summer Olympics. In addition, the medal winners are not listed in the 1936 article for Germany, only the numbers are changed.
That is why I am drawing attention to this inconsistency and it should then be systematically changed. This also affects some templates (e.g. Template:Sports at the Olympics) where art comp., alpinism and aeronautics are incorrectly listed as unofficial sports. Miria~01 (talk) 13:05, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
For what it's worth, it looks like it's been included in Olympedia / Sports-reference since 2009. Can't tell exactly when it made it to the Olympic site since the medal table URL has changed so many times. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:36, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
@Miria~01 Butting in a bit. An article made by the IOC [10] cites that the 1924 Games had 17 sports included in the program, which would include: aquatics, athletics, boxing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, polo, rowing, rugby union, sailing, shooting, tennis, weightlifting, and wrestling, which would imply that art competitions weren't part of the official programme. I'd say the IOC is quite inconsistent with listing information, so I'd recommend for the art competitions to have a separate table for now. Arconning (talk) 11:46, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
@Arconning, @Miria~01: I'm partial to the idea of including the medals, as the IOC does include them on their online medal table, but to possibly add a note or call out in some way to mention that the medals weren't always officially included in rankings. If I could find a better history of where the official website had their medal tables, instead of always changing URLs, I'd be able to find when they were added into their tables. As mentioned above, it looks like Sports Reference / Olympedia did so in 2009, specifically at the beginning of it since the table updates sometimes between Dec 25, 2008, and Feb 24, 2009.
I'm really curious how tough it'd be to ask someone from the IOC about it. Feels like they want to recognize anything they've given a medal for, which to me honestly makes sense. I think we want to add a note or something to all the relevant pages, so we really should get a good source or two that talks about them being included from some point on. Going to take some sleuthing, but I do think it's an important thing to reflect for the medal tables. We want to get things as right as possible after all. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:22, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
@Hey man im josh In the 1924 Summer Olympics medal table article, the medal table and the art competitions medals are explicitly separated with a note, which is also an option.
However, the general problem with the IOC is that the medals in art competitions as well as for the feats in alpinism and aeronautics are considered official medals by the IOC, but not as an Olympic sport (confirmed after an email request to the Olympic Studies Center). This is why these discrepancies arise, as the IOC database did not include these medals prior 2024 in their database, but does so now. Therefore, the decision lies in whether Wikipedia only considers Olympic sports or all medals awarded in their medal tables and statistics.
If the majority and consensus advocates the inclusion of all medals, such inconsistencies as in the All-time Olympic Games medal table with the inclusion of the art medals only for the USA, but not for the other 22 nations and their main articles, should be corrected. Miria~01 (talk) 13:53, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
@Miria~01: I actually reviewed and promoted the article (1924 table) to a featured list after Arconning did the work of improving it, and that's actually what initially got me thinking about it. I do intend to work on more of the medal tables so it is necessary to get it sorted out.
As for adding the numbers in 2024, I don't believe that's correct. I was looking at archives yesterday and I got stuck at 2016, which had showed the medals included if I remember correctly.
I'm not sure it really matters if *we* consider Olympic sports to be the only relevant ones. The articles are about the Olympic medal tables, not medals for Olympic sports, and it's important to reflect what the IOC and the "official" table show and incorporate into their scope. That's good to be aware that they consider them official medals but not official Olympic sports.
I think we need to leave a notice at that talk page to attract more participants. I also believe the default shouldn't be "consensus to include them", but "consensus to exclude" instead. It's not reasonable of us to stray if they're accepted as official. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:13, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Yes you are right, I just checked the webarchives and the thing about "prior 2024 in their database" is probably a mistake in my perception. They were taken into account much earlier. This also convinces me that the IOC is taking a consistent stance here.Miria~01 (talk) 14:31, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
@Miria~01:
So, something changed in that range. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:09, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:DeAnna Price#Requested move 12 August 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:DeAnna Price#Requested move 12 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 05:36, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Armand Duplantis#Requested move 11 August 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Armand Duplantis#Requested move 11 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 05:51, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Laura Robson

Laura Robson has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 14:07, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Hal Henning

Hal Henning is a new article that needs to be assessed. Could someone from this WikiProject take a look at it? -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:17, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Judo event titles

Per the results book [11] and qualification system [12], the 'weight classes' such as middleweight are not used in the event name. However, we use them. Should we not be using them if the IOC/IJF is not? Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 21:41, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

The IJF defined and uses weight class names. See page 24 of the IJF Sport and Organisation Rules. CLalgo (talk) 08:30, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Imane Khelif

There are currently two RFCs at Talk:Imane Khelif. Interested editors are invited to participate at Talk:Imane Khelif/Archive 4#RfC lead and Talk:Imane Khelif/Archive 4#RfC on weight of "misinformation" in lead. TarnishedPathtalk 10:49, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Request for navbox for Olympic cauldron

I'd like to ask this project to consider creating Template:Olympic cauldron based on the entries in Category:Olympic cauldron. I think this would reduce See also sections across entries. Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:23, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

 Done, feel free to tweak as necessary. Primefac (talk) 20:27, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
@Primefac Looks great, thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:27, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Acknowledge that China tied with US in golds in lead?

An editor is disputing me that for this year's Paris Olympics, that we should not mention second place country in lead. I have reason[13] to believe they really just want remove a brief sentence that China had tied with USA on gold medals in lead as that info is unpleasant to them. In the past 5 Olympics from 2004 to 2020, Wikipedia have always consistently acknowledged at least the top 3 medal winning countries in lead. And I think we should continue the same for this year. Making a sudden unusual break in patterns now all to finally avoid mentioning that china tied with usa on golds in lead, doesn't seem like NPOV editing to me. Evibeforpoli (talk) 19:13, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Welcome to Paris 2024 - again!

I know many of you are aware but just a little reminder that the 2024 Summer Paralympics kicked off with tonight's opening ceremony. It would be great if we could keep the pages up to date in the same way we did during the Olympics. And let's try and turn all those red links for Paralympians blue, the sources are out there somewhere to write the stories of all these incredible athletes. We do have a Paralympics Taskforce as well. Cheers - Basement12 (T.C) 23:20, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Tennis at the X Olympics

Back in June, "Qwerty284651" without consensus updated the tennis at the x Olympics to go against currently presented MOS at the two examples [14] and [15]. What I am referring to is the Medalists table here, which the consensus (across both examples and all other Olympic articles afaik) include "see details"

1896 [16] 2020 [17] 2016 [18]

And so forth...

As far as I am aware, there is no consensus for this change, so bringing it to the talk page of this project. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 23:05, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Not quite. @Qwerty284651: and other editors changed it back to longstanding consensus after YOU started changing things. Goodness. Wasnt one ANI enough for you? Fyunck(click) (talk) 23:50, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Please stop lying. Please go look at the edit history of the article and provide difs of what you are saying. In June all the articles were changed by "Qwerty284651" without consensus. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 23:53, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
@Sportsfan 1234, WP:OLYMPICS MOS style is flawed as multiple articles across different sports follow their own order of section layout i.e. MOS style, different from the one listed at the olympics project guidelines. Qwerty284651 (talk) 23:53, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Sure, but that's not what the discussion is about. If you read what I wrote, I am referring to the Medalists table, which I cannot find any difference from past years. You unilaterally changed them without consensus. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 23:55, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
There was consensus in the tennis wikiproject until you started changing every single olympic page in 2024 to fit your idea of WP:OLYMPICS MOS, which you were then reverted by multiple editors. Only you. One editor. Qwerty284651 (talk) 00:10, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
Again, that is a lie. YOU changed the medalists table format in June for the three above (and I suspect the rest). There was NO CONSENSUS to do so. You have failed repeatedly to show where there is consensus on the medalists table, and you both have failed to provide a reference to this so called consensus. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 00:12, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
Where is consensus on the olympics page or in its guidelines that say EVERY single page should follow the same exact, down to a tee, medal summary order or layout that you so adamantly preach? Each sport's project guidelines has their own layout. How can you not understand that? Qwerty284651 (talk) 00:16, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
Again for the 100th time, this is an OLYMPIC article not a tennis article. The guidelines of WP:OLYMPICS state: "Set up consistent structural and graphical layouts for displaying data on theme-specific articles." If we used sport specific criteria, we would have 32 different articles, which defeats the purpose of this project. I am only talking about the table here, which universally across ALL articles are formatted the same, until YOU decided to change them. And again, you have failed to provide a reference to consensus. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 00:23, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
That is a bold faced lie! It's not any type of article and does not belong to any project. Usually project overlap finds some compromise... perhaps there is some here. What if both the name and the added details link to the same place? It's not the best but readers coming from both walks of life would link the way they are used to. The problem with that is all the tennis project articles link cleanly without the need for an extra "detail" section, and the olympic project articles are all over the place through the years.... there doesn't seem to be a standard except for the whim of those demanding one for 2024. Fyunck(click) (talk) 04:08, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Mass edits to athlete infoboxes

Hello, just sharing a heads-up. I don't know if this is something that has been agreed upon or not, but 178.255.168.37 (talk · contribs) has been making plenty of edits today to insert the olympic rings in athletes' infoboxes. See this edit to Willie May. Shazback (talk) 07:02, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

I didn't realise this was a mass-edit sort of thing, but I saw this in a handful of articles doing some other template maintenance and removed it; I do not think the image is either necessary or helpful. Primefac (talk) 12:15, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Agree that it should be removed. Kante4 (talk) 14:50, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
I've reverted about 3/4 of their edits, which were all +39s only adding the flag. There are still a couple dozen edits that will need to be checked. Primefac (talk) 15:41, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Reverted a couple more and Fyunck(click) (talk · contribs) aswell. A note should be made on their talk page explaining the removal(s) i guess...? Kante4 (talk) 16:09, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
I put one on their talk page that Olympic Rings should not be added. Fyunck(click) (talk) 16:12, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Thanks. Kante4 (talk) 16:26, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

There's a lot more where that came from

I've just come across similar issues, like this edit by 108.21.67.83. There are thousands more where that came from; would it be worth someone (not me) using AWB or similar to remove them? They're also an accessibility problem for screen reader users like me as they have no captions or alt text. Graham87 (talk) 10:02, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Wow... that's a lot. I am not skilled enough for AWB so maybe someone can help? Kante4 (talk) 10:15, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
I was going to send a request to Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Tasks but thought it'd be best to get consensus first here. Or maybe someone here could do it ... you get almost the same results by restricting the search to the article namespace ... Graham87 (talk) 10:36, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Infobox - most gold medals - when two nations tie

So, at the 2024 Summer Olympics medal table, two nations each won 40 gold medals. Discussion at Talk:2024 Summer Olympics medal table seems to be at an impasse, so I'm escalating this to the project level. In what order, and for what reason, should the two nations be listed?

  1.  China (40) and  United States (40), based on alphabetical order
  2.  United States (40) and  China (40), based on total medals
  3.  United States (40) and  China (40), based on silver medals
  4. Tie (40), see table, to avoid the issue
  5.  China (40) and  United States (40), for some other reason
  6.  United States (40) and  China (40), for some other reason

Hopefully more input can help us form a clear(er) consensus. —C.Fred (talk) 16:59, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

The primary discussion appears to be at Talk:2024 Summer Olympics medal table § Which country to list first in tie for "most gold medals", let's not start multiple discussions in multiple locations. Primefac (talk) 17:31, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Merge discussion

Hi, I've started a merge discussion at Talk:List of Olympic mascots#Merge discussion. I would appreciate if people could discuss to help reach a decision. Thanks. Di (they-them) (talk) 20:33, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Jermain Taylor

Jermain Taylor has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 07:34, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Article infobox discussion

I have started a discussion about the infobox use in Olympics and other sporting event articles, please join in the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sports § Using an infobox directly in the body and if we should make a new template. Thank you. Primefac (talk) 13:27, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

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