Template:Did you know nominations/Olympic medal

Olympic medal

 * ... that the winners of the first modern Olympic Games were awarded silver medals (pictured), not gold?
 * Comment: More like a creation than an expansion.

Created/expanded by Violetriga (talk). Self nom at 20:42, 11 September 2011 (UTC)




 * ALT1: ... that the winners' medals at the Winter Olympic Games are generally larger, thicker, and heavier than those at the Summer Games?
 * ALT2: ... that gold medals (example pictured) at the Olympic Games are actually made of silver?
 * ALT3a: ... that Olympic gold medals (example pictured) have been made out of silver, jade, and glass?
 * ALT3b: ... that Olympic gold medals (example pictured) are usually made out of silver but have also been made out of jade and glass?
 * ALT4: ... that the design for the Summer Olympic medals was changed after being criticised for showing the Roman Colosseum rather than a Greek building? Used for another article. violet/riga [talk] 16:11, 12 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment: The gold medal pictured has an appropriate license for publication on the main page. This picture would be suitable for ALT2, ALT3a, and ALT3b. The other picture likewise has an appropriate license but could only accompany the original hook because it is from a time when the winner actually did get a silver, not a gold medal. I changed the hooks ("pictured") accordingly. --Pgallert (talk) 09:48, 14 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Actually, although it is a really impressive expansion it is just over the required threshold. That's how unfair DYK can be ;) The section Comparison between Summer and Winter is not supported by a reference, this still needs to be supplied. Also some other paragraphs end without a reference, leaving the impression that the last sentence(s), respectively, are not referenced. While this might not be an absolute DYK requirement it would be good to add them. I did NOT yet check for plagiarism, will do that when my Internet speed recovers. --Pgallert (talk) 13:28, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * A few citenotes do need to be added, but the Comparison between Summer and Winter section is based on looking at the table. It could use the same references as the table but given that it is not explicitly stated there it would be a little disingenuous.  violet/riga [talk] 14:02, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks for making me aware of that—I looked through the paragraphs in question again and can confirm that they do not consist of original research in the spirit of WP:OR, yet are useful for pinpointing certain oddities in the content of the table. I believe that the particular DYK rule (minimum of one ref per paragraph) can be suspended for this particular submission. --Pgallert (talk) 16:27, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Good to go. I like ALT2. --Pgallert (talk) 08:40, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Attention closing editor: The picture to be chosen should depend on the hook/ALT that is promoted. See the comment under hook review table. --Pgallert (talk) 09:48, 14 September 2011 (UTC)