Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2004 Summer Olympics Medals Earned Per Capita


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The result was delete. Secret account 01:56, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

2004 Summer Olympics Medals Earned Per Capita

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 * - added to nomination — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 18:41, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Delete for all the same reasons previously discussed at Articles for deletion/1996 Summer Olympics medals per capita. Strictly speaking, this is not a WP:CSD situation as this current nomination is for the 2004 and 2006 Games, whereas the previously deleted articles were for 1996 and 2000. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 18:39, 15 January 2008 (UTC)


 * It seems that the "Medals per capita" issue has been discussed before in Articles for deletion/1996 Summer Olympics medals per capita and there was a consensus to delete such articles. So bit it. In reading the discussion by those in favor of deletion it was surprising to me to read such dismissive comments about the reasons why people might find the "medals per capita" approach informative and useful. The standard "Medals Per Country" is informative but certainly an imperfect reflection of a given country's athletic prowess. "Medals per capita per country" is also imperfect but it does provide additional insights beyond the "medals per country" approach. In my own experience outside of wiki I have seen many people informally struggle to determine the "medals per capita" to help their understanding of Olympic results so I took the time to put together this table. It saddens me that the wiki community would not find this information helpful — Sybcollector 19:09, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The issue is not that it isn't "informative" and/or "helpful"; the problem is that the article fails one of Wikipedia's core policies, namely No original research. Your calculations are a synthesis of published material that serves to advance a position.  Hope this helps  — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 19:17, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per the precedence nominations as well as policy. Punkmorten (talk) 21:55, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. But only for reasons of stare decisis.  GreenGourd (talk) 02:24, 21 January 2008 (UTC)


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