Talk:Olympic Games

NBC-YouTube controversy

I've heard about some sort of controversy over NBC having the right to remove home videos of the Olympic Games on grounds of copyright "infringement"... NBC would be the ones committing copyright infringement by claiming rights to content they don't have. How is this possible, and why isn't this mentioned in the article? 68.173.113.106 (talk) 13:17, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Do you have a reliable source that makes that conclusion? Niteshift36 (talk) 16:08, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

I just heard it somewhere, but it's a good thing to look into. 68.173.113.106 (talk) 15:48, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Feel free to do some research and find a reliable source that makes this conclusion. Then we'll be able to discuss whether is actually belongs in the article and where. Niteshift36 (talk) 16:46, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm putting up a few sources on WT:WikiProject Open Access#Olympics controversy. 68.173.113.106 (talk) 15:15, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Hatnote info should be moved to infobox

Information on most recent and upcoming games should not be linked from a disambiguation hatnote, but from a prominent location early on the page, most suitably the infobox. __meco (talk) 00:10, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Events to add to see also ?

Since this is a high profile I thought I should ask advice as to whether the pages are suitable:

• Mind Sports Olympiad An event set up in 1997 to emulate the Olympics but for mental skills, board games and card games. Although, it went much smaller in 2000, there were entire suppliments on the event in The Times the only online version I found was http://www.studiogiochi.com/en/p/516/img/1997%20TheTimes.pdf
• World Mind Sports Games this was a follow-up to MSO where Chess, bridge, Xiangqi, Go and Draughts are trying to establish themselves as Olympic events and successfully were held in conjunction with Beijing http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7651145.stm but not for London where the IOC rules are being enforced.

ThanksTetron76 (talk) 02:05, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

On looking through the other see also events I decided that both links are probably suitable so I decided to be WP:BOLDTetron76 (talk) 12:16, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

boycotts

I've just noticed that according to the article Switzerland has apparently both boycotted a Games, and also attended every single one. Something doesn't smell right about that. [stwalkerster|talk] 18:53, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Actually both are correct. Switzerland did boycott the 1956 olympic events held in Melbourne. But, because they sent an equestrian team to the competition in Stockholm, officially they are considered as having competed in the games as a whole. Any nation that competed solely in the equestrian events at Stockholm are still considered by the IOC to have competed in the 1956 games a whole. Ravendrop 19:15, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't want to tamper with a such high visibility article given how little I update Wikipedia articles. Could a Wikipedian make that boycott sentence clearer? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.32.10.225 (talk) 00:12, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Do you a suggestion as to how. To me its pretty clear, especially how the dual olympics melbourne/stockholm is explained in the article. Ravendrop 02:45, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Australia, Great Britain and Switzerland are the only countries to send a team to every Olympic Games since their inception in 1896. <--- France has sent a team to every Olympic Games... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.183.137.251 (talk) 11:57, 28 July 2012 (UTC) Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-time_Olympic_Games_medal_table Great Britain (GBR) - France (FRA) - Switzerland (SUI) participated 47 times in the olympics games. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.183.137.251 (talk) 12:07, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

No. They did not send a team to the 1904 Olympics. While there is some evidence that Albert Corey was French, he entered as an American. The IOC (see here) does not consider France to have competed at those Olympics. Wikipedia can't be used a source for itself. Ravendrop 12:11, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 26 July 2012

Please change the spelling of Australasia to Australia in section "6 Symbols" because Australasia is incorrect.

49.248.175.144 (talk) 15:38, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

 Not done:. It is correct. Australia is the name of a country, Australasia is the name of the contenent. RudolfRed (talk) 15:59, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

 Done: Australasia is the term for Australia and several surrounding countries, not the continent. The continent is called Australia. Acoma Magic (talk) 03:31, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 29 July 2012

I would like to edit this article because I believe some of the information to be incorrect.

Please change the part quoted in the Winter Olympics portion of the article as, "After that, beginning with the 1994 Games, the Winter Olympics were held on the third year of each Olympiad.", to, "After that, beginning with the 1994 Games, the Winter Olympics were held every four years, two years after each Summer Olympics."

Theraj662 (talk) 03:22, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

 Not done: Your account is old enough and has enough edits that you should be autoconfirmed (WP:AUTOC) already. Go head and be bold and make the edits yourself. RudolfRed (talk) 03:50, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

The current wording is correct; an Olympiad begins in the year of a Summer Games and lasts four years until the next Summer Games, the Winter Olympics take place in the third of those four years - Basement12 (T.C) 08:05, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Gender equality

In gender equality paragraph it should be added, that, acording to International Olympic Committee, to include new male distipline in the olympics it is enough to exercise it in 40 countries on 3 continents, but to include male distipline it have to be exercised in 75 countries on 4 continents. I am not english native speaker, so thanks for helping me adding this information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.229.232.222 (talk) 15:05, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Can you provide a credible source for this information? H1nkles (talk) _{citius altius fortius} 15:58, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

I can. The Modern Olympic Games, page 7. For summer sports, it take 40 countries on 3 continents for women and 75 on 4 for men. For winter sports, 25 countries on 3 continents without distinction for gender. -- Jonel (Speak to me) 23:20, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

How to tell if an event is a medal event

When looking at the medal count on google. It has a schedule showing the events. How can I look at the schedule and see if its a medal round or not. I see a lot of events are something that ends in team final. is that a medal round or just gets them into the next round of the event ? I see medals are being issued I am trying to figure out how to look at the guide and figure out when the next medal winning event will be, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sstretchh (talk • contribs) 04:52, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

If you look at the 2012 Summer Olympics article you will find a calendar. Wherever you see a number that is an event final. The number being the number of event finals in that sport on that day. An event final is when they will be awarding medals. Each sport is hyperlinked to articles about that particular sport for the 2012 Summer Olympics so you can see what specific events are being contested on a given day. That's what Wikipedia will offer. Best of luck in your Olympics following! H1nkles (talk) _{citius altius fortius} 15:52, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Paralympic games

I dont know how to edict the olympic games host cities table, but can someone skilled add the paralympic games to it please? Learningnave (talk) 12:16, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

 Not done: The Paralympic Games are not technically under the auspices of the IOC. They are administered by the International Paralympic Committee. The Summer, Winter and Youth Olympic Games are all administered by the IOC. Given that fact they are not included explicitly on the table. It should be noted that since 1988 the Paralympic Games have been held in the same city as the Olympic Games. It is an interesting suggestion and I'd be open to discussion if people feel it is important to include the Paralympics on the table. H1nkles (talk) _{citius altius fortius} 16:03, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Suggestion for improvement to this article

Would it not be an improvement to this article if had, at the top of the article, a note like "For information on the most recent (i.e. 2012) Olympic games, please see" and then gave the wikilink for the article on the London 2012 Olympics? I know that if one presses on the hyperlinked Roman numerals in the table at the bottom table, one can get to the articles on individual Olympic games, but this might not be obvious to all readers. The alternative would be to add to the "See also" section, and then have a note explaining clearly how information on specific Olympic games is at (and explain how one gets the right wikilinks). ACEOREVIVED (talk) 15:09, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

 Done: It appears as though your suggestion has been added. H1nkles (talk) _{citius altius fortius} 16:06, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 2012 August 1

Could someone add wikipedical information about the history and process of inclusion/exclusion of new sports into the Olympic Games, and hopefully, some verifiable cases of controversy regarding proliferation of eurocentric disciplines, or any other kind of bias (maintaining a WP:NPOV of course). Some people say the IOC has been obstinate and negligent because of the rejection or slow inclusion of sports such as the so-called extreme ones, or martial arts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.167.101.45 (talk) 17:16, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

The sports section of the article gives a pretty clear account of how new sports are added and removed. As far as cases of bias towards certain sports if you can find some credible documentation on that then perhaps something can be added. Keep in mind we can't use "some people say" as a reason to add something. H1nkles (talk) _{citius altius fortius} 19:37, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Edit Request on 2012 August 2

The beginning of the second sentence of the Boycott is misleading. It makes it seem as if the majority of countries miss Olympic games. I think it should be changed to something like the following: "Most countries that miss an Olympics do so due to a lack of qualified athletes, ..."