Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/1988 Winter Olympics medal table/archive1

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The list was promoted by The Rambling Man 18:35, 12 August 2010 [1].

1988 Winter Olympics medal table

Featured list candidates/1988 Winter Olympics medal table/archive1

Nominator(s): Parutakupiu (talk) 02:52, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This list, along with many others of its series, contained hardly anything else besides the table. I have expanded considerably its content by adding a substantial lede section, with an sufficient number of sources; a fitting lede image, an adequate "See also" section", and finally a proper and updated "References" section. I appreciate your input. Parutakupiu (talk) 02:52, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)

Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)

IMDb is not generally not considered reliable. Is there a better source available? Dabomb87 (talk) 03:09, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Done. Replaced with a newspaper source. Thanks for the fixes. Parutakupiu (talk) 03:36, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"Canadian hopes for a gold rested on the shoulders of figure skater Brian Orser, the current World champion and silver medalist at the Sarajevo Games." "current" seems confusing; Orser's Wikipedia article says he is retired, so he can hardly be the current champion...
- Couldn't remember of a similar word that applied to a past context... Replaced with "reigning". Parutakupiu (talk) 11:23, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"that was only improved 18 years later"-->that was improved only 18 years later
- Done. Parutakupiu (talk) 11:23, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"but none of them was able to win any medal"-->but none of them won a medal Dabomb87 (talk) 04:00, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Simplify, simplify. Done. Parutakupiu (talk) 11:23, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:29, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I'll perform a full review later, but isn't there any pictures that can go in the "medal table" section? All that white space is unattractive. Also, cropping the picture of Blair's medal would let the medal be seen at a larger scale. Courcelles (talk) 04:25, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What do you suggest me to add, apart from athlete pics? In last resort I can add some. Parutakupiu (talk) 11:23, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I ended up adding images on two athletes which have contributed strongly to their country's medal count. Parutakupiu (talk) 20:03, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Support Not finding anything here to quibble about. Courcelles (talk) 17:51, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment—no dab links, no dead external links. Ucucha 06:34, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I do not see any serious problem. Ruslik_Zero 17:25, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Most everything looks fine. ~~The one little quibble I have is that I thought "settling with two silver and three bronze medals" was a touch awkward; usually you'd see "settling for" there.~~ Not enough to prevent my support, though. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 20:13, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 16:07, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

"As in 1984..." I would prefer this be spelled out, i.e. As in the 1984 Winter Olympics...
- Spelled out. Parutakupiu (talk) 19:43, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"including the most bronze medals" don't see a need to repeat medals here.
- Removed "medals", but don't know if I should pluralize bronze. Parutakupiu (talk) 19:43, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - I know, it'd be odd, but "golds" and "silvers" seem fine, so "bronzes" ought to be too...!! However, in retrospect, I can see this possibly isn't the most elegant solution... perhaps a reword? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:46, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - Done (almost forgot replying to this). Parutakupiu (talk) 22:46, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"Athletes from Norway were not able to win any event" reads odd to me. They most certainly were able, they just didn't. So perhaps "Athletes from Norway failed to win any event"
- So right. Corrected. Parutakupiu (talk) 19:43, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"only 18 years" why "only"?
- Useless emphasis. Removed. Parutakupiu (talk) 19:43, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"was original enough to inspire" just "inspired" would be better, in my opinion.
- Done. Parutakupiu (talk) 19:43, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"granted his country's two" granted? Perhaps a USEng thing, but this is weird to me. Why not just "won"?
- I was running out of ways of saying "won"... Replaced "granted" with "won". Parutakupiu (talk) 19:43, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You may need some explanatory notes for your See also "Battle of"s...

The Rambling Man (talk) 16:34, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How explanatory? The most concise possible? Should I write them in front of the link or using <ref></ref>? Parutakupiu (talk) 19:43, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Just add a spaced en-dash and say "the contest between x athlete and y athlete" will do for me. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:46, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Notes added. Parutakupiu (talk) 20:53, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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