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FLRC I have nominated List of 1936 Winter Olympics medal winners for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here.— Preceding unsigned comment added by JeepdaySock (talk • contribs) 16:09, 29 November 2010 Title of NOC What should be the title of an article about any National Olympic Committee? Should it be in native language or in English? Like for Germany we've Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund and for France it's French Olympic Committee (a wrong translation of Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français). IMHO there must have been some convention. — Bill william comptonTalk 13:49, 3 December 2011 (UTC) The problem is when the native language do not use the Latin alphabet... It would be better to use English for all. Felipe Menegaz 07:17, 6 December 2011 (UTC) "See also" section for bid articles The 2020 bid articles all have "See also" sections which link to other bid articles, in addition to having a navigation box which already serves this function. WP:SEEALSO says this double-linking should not be allowed as a general rule, but MusicGeek101 who has insisted on keeping the "See also" sections argues that having the section allows users to navigate more easily. I think the navigation boxes serve their purpose well enough and am here to seek consensus on this. —Yk Yk Yk  talk ~ contrib 20:44, 13 December 2011 (UTC) There was no real discussion here with other members about removing the see also section. Just now I went to one of the bid pages and tried to get to another bid page and got confused on how to get there because of this removal. Once again, I maintain my position that removing the see also section makes it more difficult to navigate the pages. If I just had an issue getting from one page to the next, surely someone who is less tech savvy than me would struggle. I am fine with removing the see also section once the bidding process is over and a host city is elected. At the time being, people are interested in this bidding process. I doubt they care about who bid for 2012 or even 2016 for that matter. My stance is that I am against removal of the see also section. I think for a change to be made, that we would need more than two people discussing this (one for, one against). Secondly, I created four out of the six articles on the bids. I created the pages for the Baku, Doha, Madrid and Tokyo bids. My comittment to the cause is real. I was actually waiting for someone else to come around and start the articles but once the Sept 1 bid deadline came I figured I would do it and in doing so I wanted consistency and I wanted pages which were easy to read and navigate. Wikipedia should not be complicated. Its great that people can access a free encyclopedia on the internet. If they can get something for free then we should still do our best to make sure the pages are easy to read and navigate. --MusicGeek101 (talk) 15:49, 21 December 2011 (UTC) The reason the section should be removed for now is because it conforms to guidelines (WP:SEEALSO). You are proposing an exception to the rule which puts the burden on you to seek others in favor. Secondly, I don't doubt the value of your contributions to the real content of the articles (although you do not WP:OWN articles) and this has nothing to do with targeting you. I know, it sucks to be in a petty argument over a small section, but guidelines exist for a reason -- if anyone can flout them that what's the point of having them? This navbox Template:Bids for the 2020 Summer Olympics already serves its purpose of allowing users to navigate. So far, in the project as a whole, navboxes are the standard navigation tool for similar topics and no one has complained, even for older Olympic bids. I don't see why this case is special. —Yk Yk Yk  talk ~ contrib 16:33, 21 December 2011 (UTC) Wikimedians to the Games If there are any Australians lurking around, Wikimedians to the Games is a collaboration drive to improve Australian Paralympic articles, with the most active contributors having an opportunity to go attend the Paralympic Games and to cover the Games behind the scenes with a press pass. The top two contributors will get their airfare and accommodation paid for. :) The drive official starts on 10 January 2012. --LauraHale (talk) 09:30, 31 December 2011 (UTC) Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's sport Hello if women's sports fascinate you: WikiProject Women's sport and Portal:Women's sport, --Cordialement féministe ♀ Cordially feminist Geneviève (talk) 23:56, 5 January 2012 (UTC) WikiWomen's History Month Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Olympics will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in the Olympics. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 21:11, 1 February 2012 (UTC)