Talk:Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

Merge
The Quietly Confident Quartet article suggests that particular quartet existed only for one event, namely Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay. If it was a group that competed in multiple competitions over multiple years, it would merit a separate article. But splitting the material into two separate articles does not seem convenient for readers, and is arguably a WP:POV fork. What would be lost by merging them, (apart from a "featured article" star)? jnestorius(talk) 17:26, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The information in Quietly Confident Quartet would be too in depth, and too focused on one nation to be merged into the main article. I view it as being similar to having articles for various sports teams that relate to a single season. If you want more views on this it might be an it up at WT:OLY as I doubt many people will watch this page - Ba se me nt 12  (T.C) 09:20, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I would not merge the details that would make the parent article lopsided. They would not be deleted, since they are already covered anyway in related articles which are (or should be) linked to it. I would break it down thus:
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! Section !! Action; Other relevant articles
 * Personnel (first paragraphs) || Summarise in merge; details already at 4 bio articles Mark Tonelli, Mark Kerry, Peter Evans (swimmer), and Neil Brooks
 * Personnel (boycott paragraphs) || Summarise in merge; move detail to Australia at the 1980 Summer Olympics, which currently doesn't even link to Quietly Confident Quartet, and says they were "known as the Mean Machine!". Did Michelle Ford get a congratulatory telegram? She got an MBE.
 * Event history and expectations || Merge to Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay
 * Race || Merge to Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay. Reword in a less Oz-centric manner. Could splits info be added to the results table for all teams rather than merely being in prose for some?
 * Government reaction || Merge to Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay
 * Aftermath || Summarise in merge (ie say it was the only/last time they competed together); details already at 4 bio articles
 * }
 * jnestorius(talk) 10:28, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Government reaction || Merge to Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay
 * Aftermath || Summarise in merge (ie say it was the only/last time they competed together); details already at 4 bio articles
 * }
 * jnestorius(talk) 10:28, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * }
 * jnestorius(talk) 10:28, 25 July 2012 (UTC)


 * I think merging it back in would WP:UNDUE. --LauraHale (talk)
 * Oppose I think this article is written from a different perspective and with a different focus than would be appropriate in the event article.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:21, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * How is "from a different perspective and with a different focus" not a POV fork? Will there be another article about the second-place team? jnestorius(talk) 18:06, 27 July 2012 (UTC)