Talk:2019 World Rowing Championships

Linz or Ottensheim ?
Are we referring to these World Championships as being in Linz or Ottensheim ? - Sticks  66  14:54, 1 September 2019 (UTC)


 * FISA (http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2019-world-rowing-championships/ ) used the term "Linz Ottensheim". --David Biddulph (talk) 18:48, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
 * What I can see is as follows. The venue is a man-made lake right next to the Danube; there is direct access from the river. This venue is immediately adjacent to the village called Ottensheim. The rowing club that has its base at this lake is called "Regattaverein Linz - Ottensheim". The city of Linz is some 10 km downstream from here. None of that determines appropriate naming (usage in reliable sources do); I just provide this for context.  Schwede 66  00:29, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I did a GoogleNews search for 'World Rowing Championships'. I looked at the first batch of hits and, setting aside those that just name the venue as 'Austria', they mostly say either "Linz - Ottensheim" or "Linz Ottensheim".. I think we should use of these two versions, perhaps "Linz Ottensheim" since that's what FISA uses. Nsk92 (talk) 01:03, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I've had a look what's most common in New Zealand and that would be Linz.  Schwede 66  02:36, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I've been writing "Linz" for weeks now on articles for Rowers attending/competing but that's cool I'm happy to change them. I thought "Linz Ottensheim" might be a bit long for the medal template in Infoboxes but as shown here it works okay. User:Edvid do you have a view either way ?- Sticks  66  03:51, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm happy with that. I definitely prefer "Linz Ottensheim" over "Linz - Ottensheim" (the hyphen should not be spaced).  Schwede 66  04:10, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, me too. I would rather not have to deal with the whole hyphens and dashes thing. Nsk92 (talk) 08:26, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * the official name of the regatta venue is Regattastrecke Linz-Ottensheim (because hyphen is compulsory in German for this kind of place, the venue is part of the commune of Ottensheim, and FISA uses mainly the shorter Linz. I think that in English, it could be better to call it ” Linz Ottensheim ” (with or without ”-”).-Arorae (talk) 10:58, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * "Linz Ottensheim" (with or without the hyphen, though I tend to go with when making the individual event pages) is fine with me too. Edvid (talk) 11:31, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Medal table
The table is wrong. Someone has chosen 26 of the 19 events. The info is at https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2019_1/WCH_2019_1_ROW---_C95X3161.PDF if someone has time to correct the table here. David Biddulph (talk) 13:08, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I've corrected it now. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:54, 24 September 2022 (UTC)