Wikipedia:Featured article removal candidates/Summer Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games

Article is no longer a featured article.

No references of any kind, only four external links, half of article is ugly lists, nowhere near comprehensive. Was kept from brilint prose times. References were requested a year ago by Taxman. What followed was a comment by an anon user. And the situation hasn't changed since. Delist. Renata 19:56, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

~~Strong~~ weak remove I don't know, in which state it was, when became featured, but I find the current one to be just horrible. One of the two "most memorable" pictures of the Summer Olympics is the one of loughing Hitler, another one is a poster... No comments... Featured article with no references at all! Another (relatively minor) point:e.g. the following quote "Following the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan" without stated reasons for Soviet boycott (roughly: "failing to protect our athletes", etc., as I remember) is a POV. Cmapm 01:50, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Article was improved, but it's still ~~Strong~~ weak remove vote from me: more POV should be fixed and more references provided - I just reworded unreferenced erroneous info there and I suppose, more errors exist. Also, sentences don't flow well in some places. And the article still does not seem to be comprehensive. But "strong remove" is mostly due to the political image - I don't see, how does it add to the article, except showing, that Hitler was present and loughing there. I should like to see Leonid Brezhnev's image (who was present at the 1980 Olympics), some Americans - probably should like to see Bill Clinton there (he was present at the 1996 SO). So what? Cmapm 20:20, 8 May 2006 (UTC).[reply]

So you're saying that Hitler's presence at the 1936 games was insignificant and that he didn't say, do, or possibly do anything that is worth noting? And you can't answer that yes because the Wikipedia article does contain information on his presence. Obviously it was important enough to be in there, so a picture is nice. Also notice that there is lack of pictures in the article. Anything we cdan get that has to do with it should be helpful, not hindering. Instead of ranking on the article, please continue to edit it, as you seemed to have been doing a fine job before. Thanks for making an attempt at fixing it up. > J @red 20:24, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, I just mean, that many other heads of state opened the Olympics and were present there, but only Hitler's image is considered the most significant and is honoured to be added into the article. He didn't do anything bad, and hence he's the most notable, and if he should do something bad, then he would be notable as well, doesn't he? Cmapm 20:40, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- Concur that the current status is not worthy of featured article status. I've added a note to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sports Olympics asking for some help getting it up to current FA standards. Hopefully, we can get it there. -- Jonel | Speak 01:59, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- - Yes, but so far it's not removed from there :) It requires a lot of work to correspond to FA criterias currently IMHO. Certainly, I'll keep track of the article and could change my "remove" vote, when the article becomes suitable for the FA in my opinion. The topic is worth the featured article, of course, and perhaps I'll contribute to it too somewhere in the future (I'm currently involved into much different topics). Cmapm 02:09, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- - I've changed my vote. Still unresolved are incomprehensiveness and light POV issues. I beg your pardon for the late fix - I was too busy with studies. Cmapm 14:14, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fix up. I definitely agree that it isn't in a good state right now, but I know that with a few people helping, it can be fixed up in a jiffy. If the people who say "delist" here can help out to keep it featured, that'd be great. For now, I say we just need to fix it up. → J @red 19:42, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Remove. We all know that if it was fixed up it should be kept, but it has no references, so if it's not fixed up it has got to go. - Taxman ^Talk 12:15, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. I beg to differ. Let me just point you to the References section of the pages. The references are accurate, too, as I have checked. → J@red 19:39, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - Even with references it is nowhere near comprehensive. Renata 04:09, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    - What isn't? The article is definitely comprehensive to me; that has nothing to do with ref.s anyway. → J@red 19:18, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
      - As an anon user noted a year ago, this article should be under History of Summer Olympic Games. There is nothing else but history. How about economic side of it? How about influence on sport developing? How about influence on culture? Politics? Tourism? Television? How athletes are selected? Who runs the games? What's the procedure/structure? It does not even say how many athletes attend! Renata 14:04, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
remove non-comprehensive Zzzzz 18:45, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Notice. Please note that a lot has been changed between the nom date (May 5) and today (May 16). Please see this diff for further evidence that this page is back up to featured status. → J @red 19:39, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]