Talk:2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony

Head of state
"Traditionally, the head of state of the country hosting the next Winter Olympics is also present during the Closing Ceremony"

Do we have any proof of that ? Personnally I have no memory of the Prime Minister of Japan being at the Lillehammer closing Ceremony, or of Bill Clinton in Nagano, or of the Italian Pres in Salt Lake, or of the Canadian Premier in Torino ? And I am positive that François Mitterrand was not in Calgary. Hektor (talk) 01:40, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The Prime Minister of Canada is not the head of state. They are the head of government. The Canadian head of state is the Governor General of Canada. NorthernThunder (talk) 19:23, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

And was the Governor General in Torino ? 81.80.141.103 (talk) 20:21, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes she was, see Canada_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics --Kvasir (talk) 21:05, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * My impression is that this "tradition" is quite recent and has started in 2002 or 2006, since I am quite sure that neither Clinton nor Gore were in Nagano Closing Ceremony. 81.80.141.103 (talk) 21:53, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I've never heard of such tradition either. The mayor for the next host city for sure, but I don't think I've heard about the head of state or head of government. --Kvasir (talk) 22:14, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

NO, NO, NO. The Governor General of Canada is not the Canadian head of state. Rather, Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, is head of state. --Jagislaqroo (talk) 05:43, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Plagiarism and Copyright Violation
The section "Greetings from Sochi" which Fred the happy man keeps adding to the article is a very near copy of this web page, so it should be rewritten before being added to the article. --Patar knight - chat/contributions 04:20, 1 March 2010 (UTC) Text posted for reworking--Patar knight - chat/ contributions 04:23, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

"Icons from sport and culture were featured, including Russian Olympic champions, alongside Sochi 2014 "Zorbs," which are giant spheres maneuvered by people inside. Sochi 2014’s "Gateway to the Future" message – which pointed to Russia’s first Winter Games creating a lasting sporting and social legacy – were represented by youth coming together with sporting legends inside the BC Place Olympic stadium. Simultaneous celebrations from two cities broadcast to BC Place via satellite – Sochi and Russia’s capital, Moscow – appeared virtually on a central feature in the stadium, allowing Russia to meet Vancouver through innovation. At the end of the ceremony, the audience inside BC Place were invited to hold up their own small Zorbs, included in the audience package, like snow globes. Around the world, the crowd appeared as twinkling red, white and blue spheres, representing the Russian colours, demonstrated Sochi 2014’s commitment to the involvement of people from all cultures and backgrounds."

Text posted for reworking--Patar knight - chat/ contributions 04:23, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

If you had shown patience you would have found the material reworked without your intervention. If you're going to intervene I suggest you go the rest of the distance and rewrite the material yourself.
 * As I said on your talk page, it is unacceptable to introduce plagiarism and copyright violations into Wikipedia, and then begin to rework them.  Work on it on an external word processor, and then copy it over. Since otherwise, what we have is a user claiming a copyrighted work as their own. Regardless, the above, reworked version which I posted is sufficiently different, and sourced. However, a better, more recent (i.e. published after the closing ceremony) source would be better in this situation to better source this. --Patar knight - chat/contributions 04:35, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Your rewrite is insufficient. Try to rewrite it using the source material above. If you go to google news you can probably find some more sources.
 * It wasn't intended to be perfect. I will rewrite it using this CTV source, whenever I am able to (i.e. tomorrow):, unless other Wikipedians complete this before me. --Patar knight - chat/contributions 04:54, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Michaelle Jean
Are we sure she was there ? I have rewatched the broadcast and I have not seen her with Harper and Rogge ? Have I missed something ? Hektor (talk) 15:06, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * She was not there among the dignitaries. At least she wasn't introduced. --Kvasir (talk) 21:04, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

50 km x-country medal ceremony
This was happening during the commecial break across all 3 Canadian networks (to my dismay). This happened right before the 2 athletes got inducted to the IOC (that's what the podium was for). Any detail please? --Kvasir (talk) 21:09, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Cultural section
I added a tag to the claim that Canadians are overly polite and apologetic. This is nothing more than a dubious opinion and a stereotype, therefore, it cannot be proven as fact. The tag has since been removed, so rather than getting into an edit war, I thought I would state my case here to resolve this conflict. NorthernThunder (talk) 09:24, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

NBC also made another big bobo
One of the two commentators mentioned how a city in South Korea bid for the 2010 winter games, and lost to Vancouver, but was the favorite to win the 2018 winter games. Problem is he said the name wrong, as that city is called Pyengchang (I didnt spell it right but it's close), but the guy called it Pyongyang, which happens to be the capital of communist NORTH korea. oops! :) Might be worth mentioning in addision to NBC cutting their covarage of the ceremonies in half. --72.145.140.81 (talk) 17:42, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't think that's notable to this article itself even if you find a source supporting it. It's not necessary to report any mispronunciation or misquoting in the broadcast commentary. --Kvasir (talk) 18:01, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Greek National Anthem
Why was the Greek anthem played? I could find no explanation nor any previous concluding ceremonies where this has happened. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.86.167.242 (talk) 10:49, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The Greek anthem is always played with the raising of the Greek flag during most, if not all closing ceremony as a tribute to the home of the modern Olympic Games. --Kvasir (talk) 17:59, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

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