Talk:2006 Winter Olympics (Participating Nations)

Missing nations
The current list seems to be incomplete. Australia and Jamaica were the ones I could spot, but I wouldn't be surprised that there are others. Andjam


 * I found out yesterday that Jamaica isn't competing in bobsleigh, for the first time since their debut in 1988. Andjam 21:23, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Nations
The main 2006 Winter Olympics article claims to have the full list of NOCs participating in Turin from the web site. No Chinese Taipei, amongst others.. I will amend this list as per the main article. doktorb | words 19:19, 1 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I put that in. The data comes from here: and a lot of clicking on "by continent". Sam Vimes 22:51, 1 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Brilliant - hopefully we're all co-ordinated now doktorb | words 07:53, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm worried the info could be out of date. It lists Jamaica as an attending NOC, but as far as I can tell, they haven't made it (Lascelles Brown will be competing for Canada though). Andjam 08:55, 2 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Hm, yes - the bobsleigh team definitely didn't make it. It is out of date as far as the athletes competing are concerned, it's listing a bunch of Dutch skaters who haven't been anywhere near the Olympic team, but I at least thought the amount of NOCs would be correct. Sam Vimes 09:00, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to delete Jamaica since the bobsleigh team definitely did not qualify for the Games. Sue Anne 04:03, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Mexico
I built the page, but it's looking likely that none of the athletes qualified. The bobsleigh team definitely did not make it, and I can't find anywhere other than the Torino2006 page that any of the other three athletes made it.

Sue Anne 05:30, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Codes
Would adding the IOC country codes of the participating nations be useful? I'm sure it would be useful during the Games, to cross-reference; often the code and flag are the only country ID given for a participant on TV coverage, for example. Radagast 19:26, 4 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Yep, that's probably clever - can't think of any argument against, since the codes are so often used on TV and in the media Sam Vimes 21:44, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Redirect?
This article is completely redundant with 2006_Winter_Olympics. and that article has flag images and a map to make things look better. I suggest a redirect.--Jiang 10:33, 11 February 2006 (UTC)