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The list was promoted by Giants2008 20:13, 20 August 2012 [1].

2008 Summer Paralympics medal table[edit]

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Nominator(s): Miyagawa (talk) 13:17, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think this article now meets all the criteria and is on the same level as the other Olympic/Paralympic medal tables. I thought I'd dabble with a Paralympic one for a change seeing as the next Games is due to kick off in a few weeks and this article should get a higher number than normal of visitors. Miyagawa (talk) 13:17, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Crisco 1492 (talk)
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  • This was the thirteenth Summer Paralympic Games - The subject of the first sentence was "medal table". Don't think the table was the thirteenth Summer Paralympics
  • "2012 Summer Olympics" - Similar to medals for games which hadn't happened yet?
  • 76 countries - You say "NPCs" earlier. Used interchangeably? If so, may need to be noted.
  • "Hosts China" - Hosts?
  • The one wide image casts a lot of white space in the article.
  • What's the copyright on the underlying work at File:2008 Summer Paralympics Gold Medal.jpg? Probably still copyrighted.
  • Other images look okay.
  • On 14 September 2008, Rebecca Chin was stripped of the silver medal she had won in the F37-38 discus competition after the IPC overruled a change in her classification made earlier in the month making her ineligible to have won the medal as she became a F44 competitor instead. - Way too long, needs to be split. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:48, 5 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I did a copyedit, be sure to check. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:46, 5 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • The medal image is a derivative work of the medal itself, as well. That medal may be (probably is) still under copyright. The original image (of Vevera) is probably okay because of de minimis, but the zoom-in of the medal... BTW, you have "nation" in the "Changes in medal standings" table. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:56, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Other issues have been addressed satisfactorily. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:01, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've replaced the image in question with a different fair use image showing all three medal types. Miyagawa (talk) 20:04, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Looks up to par. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:12, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Quick comment – Alt text would be nice for the lead image, especially since the other photos have it. Giants2008 (Talk) 20:26, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd done a typo on the image code - the alt text should be showing up now. Miyagawa (talk) 19:46, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from NapHit (talk) 14:43, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • People's republic of China shouldn't be linked per WP:OVERLINK
  • Changes in medal standings table does not meet MOS:DTT

NapHit (talk) 15:35, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree on the first comment China at the Games has been linked twice (same as GB and Australia) and People's Republic of China has been linked once. Afro (Talk) 10:12, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
From WP:OVERLINK, "Avoid linking the names of major geographic features and locations, languages, religions, and common professions." Therefore it should not be linked, it doesn't link to the article on China at the games but China itself. NapHit (talk) 13:38, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
"An article is said to be overlinked if it contains an excessive number of links" How is one or two links excessive in anyway? Afro (Talk) 13:58, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's more the point that, like we don't link "United States of America" (massive, obvious geographical entity), we don't need to link China for the same reason. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:49, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
What TRM said, the guideline is quite clear I'm not sure how you can dispute it. NapHit (talk) 21:42, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I've removed the link as suggested. Miyagawa (talk) 18:58, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 18:13, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • "débuts" no need for accent.
  • "was similar to that of the" -> " was similar to those awarded in the "
  • Why not tell me what sports the individual multiple winners participated in?
  • Added - had to do a bit of a modification to the wording as two of the athletes were from the same sport. Miyagawa (talk) 18:58, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Don't think you need the "see also" for Olympic medal table, you could just incorporate that link in the prose before the table, e.g. "The ranking in this Olympic medal table is based..."
  • "Dias" picture, is that centre left or actual far left?
  • Changed to center left (taking care not to use my English English!) Miyagawa (talk) 18:58, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorting by Gold multiple times results in multiple sorts, there should just be two orders.
  • Same for silver, bronze and total. (btw, I'm using Safari).
  • "Changes in medal standings" table doesn't appear to be using the header properly.
  • General ref needs a publisher.
  • Added, and added it to the other BBC inline citation. Miyagawa (talk) 18:58, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Avoid the use of the semi-colon for the bold effect, it's not got for WP:ACCESS.
  • I've changed it to subsections for References and Notes. Miyagawa (talk) 18:58, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • What is ref 8? Online? Magazine?
  • Dunno what happened there - I must have forgotten to paste the url into the template. Haven't done that in a while! Miyagawa (talk) 18:58, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Second external link has a typo.

The Rambling Man (talk) 17:49, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support - looks nice! Consider archiving the online references with the archiveurl and archivedate parameters and a source such as [www.webcitation.com webcitation.com] or The Internet ARchive, so that if the referenced sites are removed or modified you don't lose your citations. --PresN 05:03, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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