Talk:Commonwealth Games

Criticism section

I clipped this para from the "Criticisms" section, which is basically straight POV and originated in a single edit by an anon ("a lot of people" and "some say" generally means "I" and "I say"):

On a smaller scale, a lot of people dislike the idea of the Games because of their imperialistic, and hence essentially, some say, racist background. However, most people eventually get caught up in the enthusiasm of the event, and athletes themselves are overall pleased to have another big event on their calendars, and hence another chance to win medals.

The line about "justifying their continued existence" in the first section is also pretty POV-ish. I'll rewrite it a bit. --Mpk 09:42, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Actually, I couldn't make it NPOV, so I snipped the para about medal counts being slanted towards the large industrialised countries (this is hardly a surprise at major world games, and isn't particularly characteristic of the Commonwealth games as opposed to, say, the Olympics) and about justifying the games' existence (also straight POV). In fact, just renamed the section "Boycotts", tidied up what was left, and pushed it down the page. Criticism sections in WP articles have a habit of being straight POV anyway, and this was no exception. --Mpk 09:52, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

• When people criticise the Commonwewalth Games due their perceived "imperialistic" nature, they obviously have never been to the Commonwealth Games - it is a very friendly event. Rhyddfrydol 19:21, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

flags

Why are the flags so large in this article? a little icon and a list would be sufficient. It's taking way too much space. --Kvasir 05:29, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Sailing events at the Commonwealth Games

I would like to see sailing at the Commonwealth Games in the future. Who would decide if sailing is to become part of the Commonwealth Games and what criteria has to be met?