Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/1924 Winter Olympics medal table/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by Giants2008 via FACBot (talk) 23:30, 29 October 2017 (UTC).

1924 Winter Olympics medal table

 * Nominator(s): Harrias  talk 11:34, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

I present the medal table from the first Winter Olympics. The table is modelled off similar such lists from other games. Harrias talk 11:34, 13 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Drive By Comment: I would add something about Anders Haugen's bronze medal not being awarded until 50 years later due to a scoring error in the lede as well. See his obituary from the NY Times as one potential source.  Ravendrop 01:30, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I have incorporated that information now. Harrias  talk 13:25, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Support - Overall, a very well-written list. I have a couple of minor comments to make: Again, this is a really good list and definitely deserving of FL status. The points above are very minor, but I believe it would make the list even better. Also, if you wouldn't mind looking at one of my two FLCs (List of Metra stations and List of New England Patriots starting quarterbacks), that would be much appreciated. Cheers,  Sports guy17  ( T •  C ) 20:09, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * In the first paragraph when it says "were a winter multi-sport event...", shouldn't it be "was a winter multi-sport event" because the article is talking about a singular event (the 1924 Winter Olympics)? Correct if me I'm wrong.
 * Change the last sentence of the second paragraph to "After Haug died in 1934, his daughter presented Haugen, aged 83, with his medal". It just flows better in my opinion because on first read, I got a bit lost.
 * Your suggested second change gave the wrong impression; I've changed it to "As Haug had died in 1934, his daughter presented Haugen, aged 83, with his medal." I favoured this because the presentation was made in 1974, and your suggestion might have implied it was in or around 1934. Agree with the first change though, which I've done. Will take a look at your noms. Harrias  talk 08:50, 23 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Support - I can't see any issues -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:03, 24 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Just looked at that Sports Ref reference to work out how on earth 115 athletes received medals (with only 49 given out)...
 * ... just to discover that while the lead currently says "A total of 258 athletes from 16 nations participated in 16 events across 9 sports.[1]", Sports ref says "313 (300 men and 13 women) from 19 countries" and "17 events" in "10 sports". It lists 115 medal winners and includes a reference to a "mixed team". I suggest this is at the very least noted and explained...  My guess is that it's down to this so that could be used to explain things.
 * I need to untangle this a bit more, but thanks for spotting it! Harrias  talk 09:50, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm leaning towards withdrawing this nomination. From what I can tell, you're absolutely right, but I can't find sufficient sources to back this up for featured content. It would be pretty much WP:SYNTH at this stage. I'm going to keep looking for a bit; hopefully I can find a book in the library that gives a bit more detail, I'll try and pop in there next week. Harrias  talk 12:21, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Ok, no worries, sorry to have blown a hole in the nom... The Rambling Man (talk) 07:19, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I've gone for a very different approach; let me know what you think. Harrias  talk 09:37, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
 * That's great. I really like it when we find something like this which is a little bit unusual but cover it nicely with a number of angles.  It gets my support but I would think that such a radical overhaul would require a polite nudge of those who reviewed before me, just to check they're satisfied with the new approach.  Good work, much applause. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:50, 15 October 2017 (UTC)
 * As noted here, I've made a reasonably significant change, and would appreciate if you could confirm whether you're happy with the changes made. Harrias  talk 21:07, 15 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Support Another excellent job ! I really enjoyed reading and reviewing the list. Cheers – Ianblair23 (talk) 22:00, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Giants2008 ( Talk ) 21:02, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
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