Talk:2002 Winter Olympics

New article name standard

I moved this article to the common Olympic names format "(Year) (Season) Olympics", but I haven't moved the subpages, because I want them to become real pages, not subpages. As I do not yet have a suitable name that I like, I'll do this when I've found one. Jeronimo 04:20 Aug 5, 2002 (PDT)

Breakup into subpages

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Is it necessary to break this up into sub-pages? The Games are an event of pre-determined duration with a finite set of medal winners that are best viewed on a single page. ---User:Eclecticology

The reason to break it up into subpages is because the single page was getting much too long. What makes it "best viewed on a single page"? It makes sense to have a summary count on the front page, but at least to me having several windowlengths of information doesn't best give the information. --The Cunctator

Extreme sports US-centered?

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This was removed as being "US-centered":

A feature of this Olympics has been the emergence of the so-called "extreme" sports, such as snowboarding, moguls and aerials, which appeared in previous Olympics but have captured public attention this year as never before.

I restored it. It seems true to me that these sports, which are relatively new to the Olympics, are receiving more attention than they did four years ago. (I'm not particularly a fan of these sports; it just seems to me that it's an appropriate observation.) If someone could explain why this is a "US-centered" remark, please do. -- User:RjLesch

I don't know about it being US-centric, but how has it captured the public's attention as never before?--branko

More people participate in these sports than before--particularly snowboarding. Funnyhat 22:26, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Medal award updates

Shouldn't someone do some updated based on recent events? Medals were taken away from some people. I know Canada's Becky Scott has gone from winning Bronze to winning Gold as of yesterday due to drug problems with the gold and silver medal winners. - User: Earl Andrew December 19, 2003 20:27 (UTC)

Will do, just haven't gotten around to it yet :-). I think I made some preliminary notes in the cross-country skiing subpage. Scott and quite a few others got their well-deserved (higher-valor) medals roughly two years after the award ceremonies proper... --Wernher 03:42, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)

So there, now the numbers should be correct per the IOC's own updated table. I also added some explanations (of the slightly confusing step-wise re-awardment process) to the updated result lists on the cross-country skiing subpage. --Wernher 23:40, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)

medal standings are incorrect ,check web

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Yeah Russia only had about 13, it was not ahead of Canada.--Vancouver123 03:53, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Well I give up, can only update the metal count so many times... --i 7 s 04:45, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Participating NOCs

Don't know if there is a site that features all SLC's participating nations, but I've updated the currently blank section with all medal winning nations as a start. Are Wiki's national codes different to the IOC 3-letter codes? doktorb 08:46, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

China, PR is missing in participating countries.

Pairs figure skating judging scandal

Am I the only one who thinks it could use a separate article?Ranma9617 07:07, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

No, I came here looking for more information about it. I'm surprised it isn't covered in more detail. From what I remember it was a pretty big scandal. Man those Canadians knew how to skate! —orioneight (talk) 04:10, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

It could definitely use a separate article, linked from this page (just like the bid scandal) with more detail. Go for it. -- Jonel | Speak 05:03, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

In fact, I've placed an article request for this topic...Ranma9617 07:30, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Your red link is to "2006 Olympic Winter Games..." Did you make the request for the correct year? SpellcheckW7 (talk) 18:37, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

NSSE

"The Office of Homeland Security (OHS) designated the Olympics a National Special Security Event (NSSE), which made the United States Secret Service in charge of security."

This statement is in factual contradiction with statements at National Special Security Event, where it's indicated that the United States SS is responsible only for coordinating the tasks of federal agencies. I don't know which is correct.

The statement was on the first one. The Secret Service was in charge of security. -- SNIyer12, (talk), 03:57 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Protection, finally

Thanks for protecting it. Same thing should happen with 2002 Winter Olympics medal count because the same user changes the medal table all the time there. Something that needs to happen with the medal tables is that russia got medals taken away because of doping (not sure about the exact circumstances), and it is reflected in the offial IOC webpage medal count. The link for that is below the table in 2002 Winter Olympics medal count. So is there an administrator who can take care of that please? Thanks, BigBen212 18:24, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Slogan

I think we should put the slogan of the games in> "Light the Fire Within" tdwuhs

Outrageous!

Who the idiot had forgotten Samppa Lajunen's achievements?

Image change?

Can someone upload the logo for this instead of the picture of the stadium? —Preceding unsigned comment added by RaynorKAP (talk • contribs) 03:45, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Host country controversy?

Why no mention of the controversy of the games being held in the U.S.A. to begin with? It's my understanding that countries who are at war cannot host the Olympic Games, and the U.S.A. was at war with Afghanistan at the time. (Not to mention, they still are....) — NRen2k5^(TALK), 14:08, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

There was very little controversy of the games being held in the United States to begin with, perhaps with the exception of some left wing fringe groups. The United States has a right to be in Afghanistan because on 9/11 the United States was attacked by terrorists that were trained in Afghanistan by Osama Bin Laden, who planned the attacks against the United States that killed over 3000 innocent American citizens, as well as many more from other countries. Almost all NATO nations supported the war in Afghanistan (do not confuse the war in Afghanistan with the war in Iraq). Second, China recently hosted the Summer Olympics and they have a long list of human rights violations against the people of Tibet, which received worldwide media coverage and dozens of heads of state refused to attend the opening ceremonies to make a statement, so it’s ironic that you would protest the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in the Untied States over the recent summer Olympics in China. Simply because you have a prejudice against U.S. foreign policy, does not mean you can inject your political beliefs into the article. The relevant controversy has already been covered in the article. Please see NPOV Aurora30 (talk) 13:26, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes, but a war is a war, even if it's a just war. Phil Bastian (talk) 22:18, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Is there a source for the claim that a nation at war cannot host the Olympics? I've been looking and the closest I can find anywhere is the tradition of ceasing hostilities during the Ancient Olympic Games, which of course does not apply to the modern Olympic games, as was made clear last year during the 2008 South Ossetia War. SpudHawg948 (talk) 09:12, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Short Track Controversy

About Ohno... shouldn't we add that as well? RageAgainstTheWikiMachine (Pen name of Mydoctor93) 12:57, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Corruption and bid scandal

One of the highlights and lasting implications of the SLC Olympics, whether we like it or not, was that it entailed large-scale corruption by bid leaders (Welch and Johnson) and bribe-taking by IOC members. At the very least, this should figure in the introduction, which otherwise comes out as a whitewash.Truth or consequences-2 (talk) 08:47, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

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