Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of 1932 Winter Olympics medal winners/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 22:09, 31 August 2010.

List of 1932 Winter Olympics medal winners

 * Nominator(s):Geraldk, Courcelles 18:35, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

This list was left a bit in the wind after Geraldk left Wikipedia last November. I've given it a copy-edit, added some references, and made a few fixes, but this is still 85% his work. Per standard convention, the winners of the demonstration sports are not included. I hope you enjoy this trip back to the olden days of the Winter Olympics as the summer's heat beats down on us in the Northern Hemisphere. Courcelles 18:35, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
 * (Except for those of us who just get rained upon.... The Rambling Man (talk) 18:37, 16 August 2010 (UTC))
 * (I'll trade the 39 C and 80% humidity for some of your rain... Courcelles 18:46, 16 August 2010 (UTC))
 * Support - Can't find anything wrong with it at first glance. --  Iune ' of the ' East     19:22, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Support. Parutakupiu (talk) 01:48, 23 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I've had a good look and the only thing I can see is in the lead, "from February 4 through February 15, 1932", should that not be "through to February 15"? - JuneGloom07    Talk?  18:06, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
 * It needed some alteration, you're right, but when you add the "to" the "through" becomes a surplus word. Courcelles 18:17, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Support. - JuneGloom07    Talk?  19:07, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Since this and the medal table are very short lists, I would strongly suggest to merge the two. Nergaal (talk) 05:06, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, the medal table is produced fully in 1932 Winter Olympics already. If we want to get rid of 1932 Winter Olympics medal table simply redirecting it back to its parent would seem more logical than duplicating the information from the main article on the Games here.  (I agree the medal table needs to be merged, I just disagree that this is the proper target.) Courcelles 08:20, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * There are plenty of lists of winners that have at the end a "by country" table. For example List_of_European_Cup_and_UEFA_Champions_League_winners is somewhat similar. Having something similar here should work well, even if the information is duplicated in the main article. Nergaal (talk) 23:01, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * After some digging, it appears that merging the early/small medal tables is an idea that has been rather a battleground in the past. I've appended the table to this list, but redirecting/merging the actual medal table article is a battle I'd rather not start. Courcelles 23:46, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Why does the German hockey team have less members? Also, do hockey coaches receive medals? Nergaal (talk) 23:08, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Coaches never receive medals. As to the German team, I wish I knew.  Page 228 of the official report gives the number; 49 participants, and then lists them. 14 each for Canada and the U.S, 11 for 4th-place Poland, and 10 for Germany.  The situation where team sports carried various size rosters isn't a terribly unusual situation in the early Olympics. Courcelles 23:25, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * It would be nice to have a note explaining that "until 19xx when IOC decided to regulate the number of team members to 1x, the size of the teams varied". Also, one final question: has there been a discussion about having or not multiple sections with one-entry tables? Nergaal (talk) 19:07, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Except that even as recently as 2006, the gold and silver medal-winning teams had one fewer member than the bronze winners. It looks for all the world like Germany-who was represented by a club team- simply brought fewer people than they were allowed.  Not terribly surprising given the difficulty in crossing the Atlantic in 1932.  As to your question, are you suggesting that there shouldn't be separate headers for each sport?  That would damage the usability of teh table, and require a fifth field, making a group of wide tables even wider. Courcelles 19:39, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I know it would be a bit weird. But the one-entry-in-one-table-in-a-section is a bit reminiscent of the one-sentence paragraphs, which are frowned upon at FACs. In the future, try to find a solution to this. Nergaal (talk) 20:20, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Support as all the issues I had were solved. Nergaal (talk) 20:20, 29 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Support – Everything looks fine to me.  Giants2008  ( 27 and counting ) 00:18, 29 August 2010 (UTC)


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