Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/1980 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 Dabomb87 23:04, 20 July 2010.

1980 Winter Olympics medal table

 * Nominator(s): Courcelles (talk) 12:12, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

When I came across this list a few months ago, it was to revert vandalism. Since then, I've tinkered with it a little off and on, and after a major push yesterday I think it is ready. Oh, and it's an article about the Lake Placid Games in which the words "ice hockey" and "miracle" do not appear! I look forward to any comments you have. Courcelles (talk) 12:12, 5 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Support Staxringold talkcontribs 15:04, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments. This is nearly FL material, there just a few tiny things I'd like to point out:
 * "Athletes from 19 countries won at least one medal, leaving 18 countries without a medal, and 11 countries won at least one gold medal." — Never quite liked this sentence's construction, which is also on the 2010 Winter Olympics medal table featured list. Perhaps... "Among the 19 countries which won at least one medal, 11 secured at least one gold medal."? There's really no need to count those which did not win a medal (the total is given just above... it's easy to do the math):
 * Done.
 * "The Soviet Union, after winning..." — Start the sentence with "After winning..." by moving "The Soviet Union" further down;
 * Done
 * If you follow the suggestion above, then change "After winning her country's..." to "Having won her country's..." to avoid repetition;
 * Done
 * "prior" → before;
 * Done
 * Who is Hanni Wenzel? In which sport did she win gold? Also, you can say that instead of winning the country's first Olympic gold medal (and also second), she won her country's only two Olympic gold medals. — Parutakupiu (talk) 23:06, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Pretty much re-worked the Wenzel sentence entirely, see what you think. Thanks for the review. Courcelles (talk) 02:11, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Support. Good work. Parutakupiu (talk) 12:56, 17 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Support. Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 22:32, 18 July 2010 (UTC)


 *  Comment Support – "Athletes from 19 countries won at least one medal, and 11 secured at least one gold medal." The 11 seems to be referring strictly to countries, which doesn't match precisely with the beginning of the sentence. I know adding "and xxx from 11" would make this wordier, but I think the improvement in meaning would be worth it. That's all I saw.  Giants2008  ( 27 and counting ) 23:26, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I see your point. Done, and thanks. Courcelles (talk) 01:20, 19 July 2010 (UTC)


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