User:H1nkles/Sandbox

This was a tricky symbol to get on my user page so I want to save it for later. just in case I lose them on my main page.

Cross-CountrySkiingAt1956WinterOlympics IOC seealso

GA Review Philosophy
When I do an article review I like to provide a Heading-by-Heading breakdown of suggestions for how to make the article better. It is done in good faith as a means to improve the article. It does not necessarily mean that the article is not GA quality, or that the issues listed are keeping it from GA approval. I also undertake minor grammatical and prose edits. After I finish this part of the review I will look at the over arching quality of the article in light of the GA criteria. If I feel as though the article meets GA Standards I will promote it, if it does not then I will hold the article for a week pending work.

GA Checklist
This is the GA checklist for GAR.

To Do
Expand to at least GA quality every Summer and Winter Olympics page from 1900 to current. Also get Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics, and Ancient Olympics to FA quality and Paralympics and Youth Olympic Games to at least GA quality, with the ultimate goal of creating a Featured Topic on the Olympics.

Winter Olympic Games that can be expanded for GA and DYK hooks:

1936, 1932, 1928, 1924 (for GA but probably not DYK), 1952, 1960 (GA only), 1964, 1968 (GA, iffy for DYK), 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988 (GA only), 1992, 1994 (GA, iffy for DYK), 1998 (GA, iffy for DYK), 2002 (GA only), 2006 (GA only), 2010 (GA only)

Summer Olympic Games that can be expanded for GA and DYK hooks:

1900 (GA only), 1904 (GA, iffy for DYK), 1906 (GA, iffy for DYK), 1908 (GA, iffy for DYK), 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928 (GA, iffy for DYK), 1932, 1936 (GA only), 1948 (GA only), 1952, 1956 (GA only), 1960 (GA, iffy for DYK), 1964 (GA, iffy for DYK), 1968 (GA only), 1972 (GA only), 1976 (GA, real iffy for DYK), 1980 (GA only), 1984 (GA only), 1988 (GA only), 1992 (GA, iffy for DYK), 1996 (GA only), 2000 (GA only), 2004 (GA only), 2008 (GA only)

Already in progress or completed DYK-GA-FA cycle:

Winter Olympic Games 1956 (completed DYK-GA in FA prep process-currently at Peer Review), 1948 (DYK done in GA review queue) Winter Olympics (GA done in FA prep process-need peer review, done wp:oly peer review)

Summer Olympic Games

Travels
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Link and Edit count checkers
http://toolserver.org/%7Esoxred93/count/index.php?name=H1nkles&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia

http://vs.aka-online.de/cgi-bin/wppagehiststat.pl

Page view stat link: http://stats.grok.se/

Good user pages
User:Malleus Fatuorum GA review summary is good w/, , and icons. I also like the folder backdrop for each section w/ various colors. User:Mitchazenia has a good expandable box with a list of the articles he's attempting to get up to GA class. Good idea for all the Olympics articles. Bad color though. User:Gary_King good organization of all the work that he has done, from GA reviews to GAs written to FAs written and DYKs. User:Miller17CU94 orgainization of barnstars as ribbons. web colors has the codes for background colors. User:João Felipe C.S very cool user page User:Sceptre good organization and coloring of infoboxes. User:Nehrams2020 good display of FAs and GAs written, use of photo representing each article.

Stub articles referenced
Randall Hodgkinson Dallas Brass Abyssal zone Mehmet Ali Aybar Israel Museum Dejvice Battle of Skaithmuir perhaps expand to DYK, use this source as a start.

Good sites for Olympics information
- good reference with lots of lists and information.

- IOC website

TV at Winter Olympic Games
here's a book on tv at the winter olympics.

table of recent tv broadcast rights payouts.

Olympic Brand and economics of the Olympics
good article for the Winter Games in Vancouver but applicable to broader information on economics of the Olympics.

official brand statement for London 2012 Games.

- credible source with good info on Olympic economics and general Olympic history from 1984 to current.

Cold War and politics at Olympics
here is a good book about cold war impact on Olympics in the 1950's. probably another good reference for olympics related info vis a vis the Soviets.

Steroids and Scandals section
Discuss Manuela di Centa in this section. She was later elected to the IOC and sat on the WADA board. She was virtually unknown until the 1994 Games when she medalled in all 5 cross-country events, including two golds.

here's a book on steroids w/ info on the Olympics.

book with information on Torino doping scandal.

This is text cut from the article to be put in this section later:

A major scandal evolved around the pairs figure skating contest. The Canadians Jamie Salé and David Pelletier initially placed second. However, it was discovered that a French jury member had favoured the winning Russian pair, and the IOC and the International Skating Union decided to award both of the pairs a gold medal, after much discussion. Combined with several other referee decisions that came out negatively for Russian athletes, there was a brief threat by the Russians of withdrawing from the Games.

The scandal also resulted in a change to the scoring system used for figure skating events. Previously each judge posted his mark and an average score was taken. The new regulations keep individual judges decisions secret. Also the highest and lowest scores for each competitor is now dropped, in the hopes that this will eliminate outstanding biases by the judges.

Cross-country skiers accounted for a second scandal, as Johann Mühlegg (Spain) and Olga Danilova and Larissa Lazutina (both Russia), who had already medaled in earlier events, were shown to have used doping. As of 2004, they had all been officially stripped of all medals won at the 2002 Games.

Cuts from Salt Lake City section to be added later if necessary
The Salt Lake City Olympics had many stars. Ole Einar Bjørndalen won all four biathlon events, while Samppa Lajunen took all three Nordic combined medals. Croatia's Janica Kostelić won four medals in alpine skiing, of which three were gold. Simon Ammann won both individual ski jumping events, while Georg Hackl won his fifth consecutive medal in the same event (luge singles), a feat never before achieved by any Olympian. In speed skating, the high altitude of the skating rink assured several new world records. Jochem Uytdehaage broke three world records, winning two golds and a silver; Claudia Pechstein won the 5000 m for the third time in a row, while also winning the 3000 m. The women's short track speed skating events saw China win its first two Winter Olympic golds, both by Yang Yang (A). Canadians jubilated as both their men's and their women's hockey teams defeated the United States to win the gold; the men's team thus ended a gold medal drought that had lasted 50 years to the day.

The United Kingdom won its first Winter Olympic gold medal since 1984: the ladies Curling team springing a surprise result by beating out the highly favored Swiss in the gold medal match.

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