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I think this article would look a lot neater and be a lot clearer if there tables were used for each sport rather than just lists. Darryl.matheson ( talk) 01:22, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
How come it says England qualifed for the Olympics by beating India in the Euro Hockey comp?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.177.64.28 ( talk) 10:22, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Should the format of the women's results table be the same as the men's results table? I know little clue as to how this competition works/progresses, so will leave for someone else to do. Yboy83 ( talk) 13:41, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
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Is the womens 4x100m relay record correct? I thought that one of the swimmers was replaced for the final. Cairocat ( talk) 06:32, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
User:Basement12 has recently added detailed results for the hockey. My opinion is this additional information is not required as part of this article. For no other sports have we included so much detail - who the officials were, which seat in the boat the rowers are sitting, score for each individual dive in the diving etc. The Sport at the 2008 Summer Olympics are the article pages for such detailed information, and as such there are {{main|Sport at the 2008 Summer Olympics}} for each sport in this article, leaving a summary in a simple readable table as had been prepared. What are the thoughts of other editors to this article? Yboy83 ( talk) 11:58, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
Something has gone wrong with GB hockey results: the results are internally inconsistent and inconsistent with the hockey page Metalmouth70 ( talk) 08:31, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Should this not be broken down into seperate swimming and diving sections and placed in th corresponding alphabetical positions, as found at the other nations pages. They are listed as seperate sports on Template:EventsAt2008SummerOlympics. - Basement12 ( talk) 15:20, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
Do people think a table like the one below, found at the US page, would be a good addition for these events or is it too much detail?
Heptathlon [1] | Event | Hyleas Fountain | Jacquelyn Johnson | Diana Pickler | ||||||
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Results | Points | Rank | Results | Points | Rank | Results | Points | Rank | ||
100 m hurdles | ||||||||||
High jump | ||||||||||
Shot Put | ||||||||||
200 m | ||||||||||
Long jump | ||||||||||
Javelin throw | ||||||||||
800 m | ||||||||||
Final |
The various events within events are equivalent to the different rounds in e.g 100m so I believe the full scores should be included. Basement12 ( talk) 01:09, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
This is starting to get quite large, to cut it down a bit I suggest only listing the records under their highest classification, i.e. a WR doesn't need listing 4 more times under OR, CR, NR and ER and a CR or ER should not be listed under NR. Basement12 ( talk) 10:30, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
User:Peterwill appears to have chaged the ordering of the athletic tables by events rather than the traditional by surname established in other articles and in other tables of this article as well. While I do not condone such actions, because it makes easy to see which events British athlete are in but usually when your updating the table it's natural to look for the athlete by their surname. Also, if this table is going to be kept like this, are the other tables going to be changed as well? -- Phill talk Edits Review this GA review! 18:58, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Someone added a date column to the medalist table, I don't think this is a bad idea, particularly as the day by day medal tables will probably be removed post-games. What do others think and if it stays what format should the date take (16th, Aug 16th, etc)? basement12 ( talk) 18:28, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
How about adding the targets for each sport set by UK Sport in a table with comparison of how many medals were won in each sport? Severo T C 22:24, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
A random bit of trivia: this page is currently number 405 in the list of long pages!! Yboy83 ( talk) 14:11, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
I have adjusted the wording for Rebecca Romero ace achievement today as there have been multi-sport winners in the Winter Olymipics but according to the BBC not in the Summer Olympics see here. I have also removed the statement re only second woman in history to will medals in two different sports as there are a number of these but maybe in relation to the Summer Olympics only, this is I suspect only a small group and worth noting if it can be checked out.
I think references should be added to support statements here and provide access to further information so will try and add these. Welcome others to join in. Tmol42 ( talk) 17:22, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
There are certain names in bold in the rowing tables, and other names not bolded. That can be considered a NPOV violation. Is there a good reason why the names are bold? Acro X 13:38, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Some athletics results have been listed as personal or season best times. These are all unreferenced, are almost certainly not completed for all the athletes and are not mention for other sports. I think they should be removed but wanted to check with other users before doing so. basement12 ( talk) 16:24, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
I've now removed them from the article. If someone wants to put them back I wouldn't have a problem with it if they were properly referenced and implemented in all sports. basement12 ( talk) 20:52, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Minor proposal: we adjust the subheadings of Canoeing and Cycling to:
* 7 Canoeing o 7.1 Flatwater o 7.2 Slalom * 8 Cycling o 8.1 BMX o 8.2 Mountain bike o 8.3 Road o 8.4 Track
Equestrian is already in this format, and I have seen this on a few of the other nations pages too. Yboy83 ( talk) 11:16, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Now that the events in many sports are drawing to a close I think its a good idea to write short paragraphs summing up the British performance in each. I've had a go at one for track cycling and would like some opinions both on the idea and what i've written. Basement12 ( talk) 18:50, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
While I appreciate that medallist is the correct British-English spelling the spelling medalist is in common use in Britain and is the one used on ALL [2] [3] [4] etc wikipedia olympic pages and this article should be consistent. Basement12 ( talk) 20:21, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Additionally I would point out that it took nearly two weeks of hundreds of edits a day for anyone to notice this, and I suspect that even then we all had to check a dictionary first? As far as the medal(l)ist sections go (for all nations) i'm in favour of renaming to medal winners as suggested by Andrwsc, or just medals as in the 2004 page. But i don't think going as far as moving Category:Olympic medalists for Great Britain and other pages is particulary necessary. Basement12 ( talk) 21:03, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
If you wish to change it to Medallist, in accordance with WP:ENGVAR-Strong national ties to a topic, at least until any decision is made on standardising all nation articles to a "medal winners" heading then I don't have any problem with that. I was merely attemting to avoid confusion for readers browsing through the various nation/olympic articles, any disagreement i have is entirely based on this. Basement12 ( talk) 21:56, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Am I the only one thinking this new article that has been linked to from the 'Records' section of this article is redundant and should be suggested for deletion. It appears to be just a duplicate of the information on this article. Yboy83 ( talk) 09:45, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Other than the fact it needed special permission to take place does this have anything whatsoever to do with the 2008 Summer Olympics? Its not part of the games in any case so I don't think it belongs here. Basement12 ( talk) 16:48, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
I've also brought the subject up here. Basement12 ( talk) 16:55, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Well, there's no real consensus on either page but I've removed it again for three reasons:
Dpmuk (
talk)
22:35, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
I've no real opinion on it either way, I edited the section previously to make the status of the event clearer, but that was not because I supported its inclusion. However, to save a constant battle of adding and removing, might it be a good idea (and a compromise) to at least have a subheading for it, followed by something like "For details of the wushu tournament organised alongside, though not part of, the Beijing Olympics, see this article"?
Lukens (
talk)
15:41, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was no move. JPG-GR ( talk) 06:00, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics → Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics — Per BOA website: "Team GB is the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team." — Mais oui! ( talk) 09:43, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
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Wikipedia's naming conventions.It looks to me that Team GB has addressed the NI issue themselves, using both "GB" (which as the two letters actually includes NI) and this Introductory page to the Tean GB website which clearly states "Team GB is the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team". Shouldn't we follow their own lead, despite what has happened here (or elsewhere) in the past? I support the rename - it seems directly in line with the Team GB approach, which seems to have actually quite subtly addressed the old "Great Britain" Olympic tradition, if you think about it. I can't see a good reason not to do it, either. -- Matt Lewis ( talk) 22:51, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Two other different approaches are using "United Kingdom", and to just use "Team GB". As long as the redirects get here. I would guess most similar Olympic team articles are more in line with "United Kingdom", but I haven't looked. What is the typical approach?-- Matt Lewis ( talk) 22:58, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Moved from RM:
Can I bet a tenner on this happening during the 2010 Winter Olympics? DitzyNizzy (aka Jess) ( talk) 16:11, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Is this needed? I haven't seen it prior to today and we were fine without it. Surely the sortable table for all medals would cover such a table. And, on my browser at least, it overlaps the main table of medallists. Craitman H. Pellegrino ( talk) 16:19, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
I added this this morning as a similar table was shown on the BBC coverage and I felt it was an interesting way to display the data. I've considered merging it with the targets table though, as there is obvious overlap between the two, and I suspected it could be problematic on smaller screens. Perhaps the "Targets" section could be renamed "Medals by Discipline and Targets" (or similar). What do people feel about this? Personally I think it's nice to have the medals summarised in this way, rather than having to piece this information together from other tables, but I understand if people feel it doesn't add enough value to weigh up with any negatives. Lukens ( talk) 17:35, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
I have now removed the day by day table (PER consensus at Wikiproject Olympics) as having 3 tables next to each other was causing problems in some browsers. Basement12 (T. C) 15:07, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
On 2008 Summer Olympics, it says GB has 312 competitiors, as does the infobox, but the lead section says 311. I assume the lead is wrong because 168 men plus 143 women equals 312, but the math for the total delegation with either number is wrong because 236 officials plus 311/312 competitors is 547 or 548, not 549 like the lead says. Reywas92 Talk 14:37, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
The article states that the BOA revised the medal target to 20 medals on the 20th August. Apart from the Times article I couldn't find any other references to a new target. The article actually says "...British Olympic officials have set their sights on a final count of 20." which is, I think, quite different from setting a new target. Unless anyone objects I'll rewrite the text here in the next day or so. Spuddock ( talk) 19:11, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
I'll go ahead and take this GA review. H1nkles ( talk) 20:55, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
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I'm happy to pass this article as a Good Article. I have reviewed the changes and edits and I am pleased with the direction this article is taking. It is a model of all the thousands of articles that fall into the category of country at year Olympics. As previously stated, what will be required in order to move this article beyond GA status is a reduction in the overall size of the article while probing deeper into the results of each event that Team GB competed in. You rely heavily on the beautiful tables, which are impressive, but which also create the enormous size of this article. They are also limited in that they do not give the feeling of the events that copy edit can give. Congratulations on a job well done. H1nkles ( talk) 16:00, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
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 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, but I don't believe in making major edits as the reviewer. 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 and make my determination as to the overall quality of the article. H1nkles ( talk) 21:00, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
Done Basement12 (T. C) 19:20, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Done Basement12 (T. C) 19:20, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Done Basement12 (T. C) 19:20, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
No problems, good section.
I made a minor grammatical correction otherwise no problems here.
No problems good section.
Aside from a minor grammatical fix it's fine.
Fine.
I made a minor grammatical change, otherwise it's fine.
It appears as though edits continue on this article. I am seeking further comments from other editors who have an interest in this article. If I get no further input over the weekend then I will make my determination regarding GA status on Monday 9/29. H1nkles ( talk) 20:00, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
This may be completely asinine and if there is already consensus to the contrary on this then ignore it, but I was thinking since the title is so long that it might be wise to delete "Summer" since there is only one Olympic Games in 2008. Any thoughts? H1nkles ( talk) 21:34, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
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I think this article would look a lot neater and be a lot clearer if there tables were used for each sport rather than just lists. Darryl.matheson ( talk) 01:22, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
How come it says England qualifed for the Olympics by beating India in the Euro Hockey comp?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.177.64.28 ( talk) 10:22, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Should the format of the women's results table be the same as the men's results table? I know little clue as to how this competition works/progresses, so will leave for someone else to do. Yboy83 ( talk) 13:41, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
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Is the womens 4x100m relay record correct? I thought that one of the swimmers was replaced for the final. Cairocat ( talk) 06:32, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
User:Basement12 has recently added detailed results for the hockey. My opinion is this additional information is not required as part of this article. For no other sports have we included so much detail - who the officials were, which seat in the boat the rowers are sitting, score for each individual dive in the diving etc. The Sport at the 2008 Summer Olympics are the article pages for such detailed information, and as such there are {{main|Sport at the 2008 Summer Olympics}} for each sport in this article, leaving a summary in a simple readable table as had been prepared. What are the thoughts of other editors to this article? Yboy83 ( talk) 11:58, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
Something has gone wrong with GB hockey results: the results are internally inconsistent and inconsistent with the hockey page Metalmouth70 ( talk) 08:31, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Should this not be broken down into seperate swimming and diving sections and placed in th corresponding alphabetical positions, as found at the other nations pages. They are listed as seperate sports on Template:EventsAt2008SummerOlympics. - Basement12 ( talk) 15:20, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
Do people think a table like the one below, found at the US page, would be a good addition for these events or is it too much detail?
Heptathlon [1] | Event | Hyleas Fountain | Jacquelyn Johnson | Diana Pickler | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Results | Points | Rank | Results | Points | Rank | Results | Points | Rank | ||
100 m hurdles | ||||||||||
High jump | ||||||||||
Shot Put | ||||||||||
200 m | ||||||||||
Long jump | ||||||||||
Javelin throw | ||||||||||
800 m | ||||||||||
Final |
The various events within events are equivalent to the different rounds in e.g 100m so I believe the full scores should be included. Basement12 ( talk) 01:09, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
This is starting to get quite large, to cut it down a bit I suggest only listing the records under their highest classification, i.e. a WR doesn't need listing 4 more times under OR, CR, NR and ER and a CR or ER should not be listed under NR. Basement12 ( talk) 10:30, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
User:Peterwill appears to have chaged the ordering of the athletic tables by events rather than the traditional by surname established in other articles and in other tables of this article as well. While I do not condone such actions, because it makes easy to see which events British athlete are in but usually when your updating the table it's natural to look for the athlete by their surname. Also, if this table is going to be kept like this, are the other tables going to be changed as well? -- Phill talk Edits Review this GA review! 18:58, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Someone added a date column to the medalist table, I don't think this is a bad idea, particularly as the day by day medal tables will probably be removed post-games. What do others think and if it stays what format should the date take (16th, Aug 16th, etc)? basement12 ( talk) 18:28, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
How about adding the targets for each sport set by UK Sport in a table with comparison of how many medals were won in each sport? Severo T C 22:24, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
A random bit of trivia: this page is currently number 405 in the list of long pages!! Yboy83 ( talk) 14:11, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
I have adjusted the wording for Rebecca Romero ace achievement today as there have been multi-sport winners in the Winter Olymipics but according to the BBC not in the Summer Olympics see here. I have also removed the statement re only second woman in history to will medals in two different sports as there are a number of these but maybe in relation to the Summer Olympics only, this is I suspect only a small group and worth noting if it can be checked out.
I think references should be added to support statements here and provide access to further information so will try and add these. Welcome others to join in. Tmol42 ( talk) 17:22, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
There are certain names in bold in the rowing tables, and other names not bolded. That can be considered a NPOV violation. Is there a good reason why the names are bold? Acro X 13:38, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Some athletics results have been listed as personal or season best times. These are all unreferenced, are almost certainly not completed for all the athletes and are not mention for other sports. I think they should be removed but wanted to check with other users before doing so. basement12 ( talk) 16:24, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
I've now removed them from the article. If someone wants to put them back I wouldn't have a problem with it if they were properly referenced and implemented in all sports. basement12 ( talk) 20:52, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Minor proposal: we adjust the subheadings of Canoeing and Cycling to:
* 7 Canoeing o 7.1 Flatwater o 7.2 Slalom * 8 Cycling o 8.1 BMX o 8.2 Mountain bike o 8.3 Road o 8.4 Track
Equestrian is already in this format, and I have seen this on a few of the other nations pages too. Yboy83 ( talk) 11:16, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Now that the events in many sports are drawing to a close I think its a good idea to write short paragraphs summing up the British performance in each. I've had a go at one for track cycling and would like some opinions both on the idea and what i've written. Basement12 ( talk) 18:50, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
While I appreciate that medallist is the correct British-English spelling the spelling medalist is in common use in Britain and is the one used on ALL [2] [3] [4] etc wikipedia olympic pages and this article should be consistent. Basement12 ( talk) 20:21, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Additionally I would point out that it took nearly two weeks of hundreds of edits a day for anyone to notice this, and I suspect that even then we all had to check a dictionary first? As far as the medal(l)ist sections go (for all nations) i'm in favour of renaming to medal winners as suggested by Andrwsc, or just medals as in the 2004 page. But i don't think going as far as moving Category:Olympic medalists for Great Britain and other pages is particulary necessary. Basement12 ( talk) 21:03, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
If you wish to change it to Medallist, in accordance with WP:ENGVAR-Strong national ties to a topic, at least until any decision is made on standardising all nation articles to a "medal winners" heading then I don't have any problem with that. I was merely attemting to avoid confusion for readers browsing through the various nation/olympic articles, any disagreement i have is entirely based on this. Basement12 ( talk) 21:56, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Am I the only one thinking this new article that has been linked to from the 'Records' section of this article is redundant and should be suggested for deletion. It appears to be just a duplicate of the information on this article. Yboy83 ( talk) 09:45, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Other than the fact it needed special permission to take place does this have anything whatsoever to do with the 2008 Summer Olympics? Its not part of the games in any case so I don't think it belongs here. Basement12 ( talk) 16:48, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
I've also brought the subject up here. Basement12 ( talk) 16:55, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Well, there's no real consensus on either page but I've removed it again for three reasons:
Dpmuk (
talk)
22:35, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
I've no real opinion on it either way, I edited the section previously to make the status of the event clearer, but that was not because I supported its inclusion. However, to save a constant battle of adding and removing, might it be a good idea (and a compromise) to at least have a subheading for it, followed by something like "For details of the wushu tournament organised alongside, though not part of, the Beijing Olympics, see this article"?
Lukens (
talk)
15:41, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was no move. JPG-GR ( talk) 06:00, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics → Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics — Per BOA website: "Team GB is the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team." — Mais oui! ( talk) 09:43, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
*'''Support'''
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Wikipedia's naming conventions.It looks to me that Team GB has addressed the NI issue themselves, using both "GB" (which as the two letters actually includes NI) and this Introductory page to the Tean GB website which clearly states "Team GB is the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team". Shouldn't we follow their own lead, despite what has happened here (or elsewhere) in the past? I support the rename - it seems directly in line with the Team GB approach, which seems to have actually quite subtly addressed the old "Great Britain" Olympic tradition, if you think about it. I can't see a good reason not to do it, either. -- Matt Lewis ( talk) 22:51, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Two other different approaches are using "United Kingdom", and to just use "Team GB". As long as the redirects get here. I would guess most similar Olympic team articles are more in line with "United Kingdom", but I haven't looked. What is the typical approach?-- Matt Lewis ( talk) 22:58, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Moved from RM:
Can I bet a tenner on this happening during the 2010 Winter Olympics? DitzyNizzy (aka Jess) ( talk) 16:11, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Is this needed? I haven't seen it prior to today and we were fine without it. Surely the sortable table for all medals would cover such a table. And, on my browser at least, it overlaps the main table of medallists. Craitman H. Pellegrino ( talk) 16:19, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
I added this this morning as a similar table was shown on the BBC coverage and I felt it was an interesting way to display the data. I've considered merging it with the targets table though, as there is obvious overlap between the two, and I suspected it could be problematic on smaller screens. Perhaps the "Targets" section could be renamed "Medals by Discipline and Targets" (or similar). What do people feel about this? Personally I think it's nice to have the medals summarised in this way, rather than having to piece this information together from other tables, but I understand if people feel it doesn't add enough value to weigh up with any negatives. Lukens ( talk) 17:35, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
I have now removed the day by day table (PER consensus at Wikiproject Olympics) as having 3 tables next to each other was causing problems in some browsers. Basement12 (T. C) 15:07, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
On 2008 Summer Olympics, it says GB has 312 competitiors, as does the infobox, but the lead section says 311. I assume the lead is wrong because 168 men plus 143 women equals 312, but the math for the total delegation with either number is wrong because 236 officials plus 311/312 competitors is 547 or 548, not 549 like the lead says. Reywas92 Talk 14:37, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
The article states that the BOA revised the medal target to 20 medals on the 20th August. Apart from the Times article I couldn't find any other references to a new target. The article actually says "...British Olympic officials have set their sights on a final count of 20." which is, I think, quite different from setting a new target. Unless anyone objects I'll rewrite the text here in the next day or so. Spuddock ( talk) 19:11, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
I'll go ahead and take this GA review. H1nkles ( talk) 20:55, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
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I'm happy to pass this article as a Good Article. I have reviewed the changes and edits and I am pleased with the direction this article is taking. It is a model of all the thousands of articles that fall into the category of country at year Olympics. As previously stated, what will be required in order to move this article beyond GA status is a reduction in the overall size of the article while probing deeper into the results of each event that Team GB competed in. You rely heavily on the beautiful tables, which are impressive, but which also create the enormous size of this article. They are also limited in that they do not give the feeling of the events that copy edit can give. Congratulations on a job well done. H1nkles ( talk) 16:00, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
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 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, but I don't believe in making major edits as the reviewer. 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 and make my determination as to the overall quality of the article. H1nkles ( talk) 21:00, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
Done Basement12 (T. C) 19:20, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Done Basement12 (T. C) 19:20, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Done Basement12 (T. C) 19:20, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
No problems, good section.
I made a minor grammatical correction otherwise no problems here.
No problems good section.
Aside from a minor grammatical fix it's fine.
Fine.
I made a minor grammatical change, otherwise it's fine.
It appears as though edits continue on this article. I am seeking further comments from other editors who have an interest in this article. If I get no further input over the weekend then I will make my determination regarding GA status on Monday 9/29. H1nkles ( talk) 20:00, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
This may be completely asinine and if there is already consensus to the contrary on this then ignore it, but I was thinking since the title is so long that it might be wise to delete "Summer" since there is only one Olympic Games in 2008. Any thoughts? H1nkles ( talk) 21:34, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
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