Talk:East Asian Games

Naming

The name of Hong Kong and Macau Teams should be 'Hong Kong, China' and 'Macau, China", should it change? Also, Australia National Team was invited to take part in the 2001 Osaka EAG but their medals were not calculated. --HeiChon~XiJun 13:59:12, 2005-08-16 (UTC)

I don't think that's necessary within a sentence, though it is for tables, etc. — Instantnood 08:53, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

I mean that the ", China" should be added after Hong Kong and Macau in the following sentences

2005 East Asian Games, Macau (From October 29 to 2005-11-06)

2009 East Asian Games, Hong Kong

That's the same as Shanghai, China and Osaka, Japan.--HeiChon~XiJun 17:54, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Technically speaking, the host country for 2005 was Macau and for 2009 Hong Kong, and NOT China. Macau and Hong Kong are separate sport nations from China; it's why Macau and Hong Kong separate teams from China at these (and other) Games. The Olympic Council of Asia has Macau as the host country for 2005 and Hong Kong for 2009. Also, the organizing/hosting of these event fell on the Macau Sports and Olympic Committee (2005) and the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (2009), and not the Chinese Olympic Committee. Hooperswim (talk) 21:46, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Instantnood edits

• Macau uses Macau, not Macao, in the EAG.
• PRC is not mainland only. Unless there is a cite saying otherwise, HK, MO and TW athletes can play on either their home team or the PRC team.

SchmuckyTheCat 18:03, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

HKG, MAC and TPE athletes can't and have never played for the CHN team, or vice versa, in sport events (unless through nationality transfers). The designation in English is "Macao, China" (e.g. [1]). — Instantnood 18:15, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Can't? Cite it.

You linked to the Basic Law. Macau repeatedly used Macau, and not Macao, when it hosted the 2005 games. http://www.east-asian-games2005.com/en/ This website, run by Macau when it hosted the 2005 games, uses the 'u' spelling in addresses, general text, and internet addresses. Your revert wars over this spelling issue are tiresome. SchmuckyTheCat 18:22, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Macao's designation

It's because -u is the only correct spelling in modern Portuguese, and Portuguese is one of the official languages of Macao. English is not an official language. Macao uses both -u and -o in English. As for its designation, -o is normally used. — Instantnood 17:36, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Please to be paying attention to the "en" in that url. This has nothing to do with Portugese or official languages. In english, at the EAG, Macau is spelled with a u. SchmuckyTheCat 18:08, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

The website is no longer accessible. "Macao/u" is spelt in English either with a -u or an -o, but "Macao, China" as a designation is normally spelt in English with an -o. — Instantnood 19:37, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

That's too bad it is inaccessible to you. Maybe you should fix that. [2] Google cached version. SchmuckyTheCat 20:05, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

How can it be fixed? — Instantnood 20:12, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

The team played as "China"

I believe " athletes from mainland China " is accurately describing the situation [3]. Re " the explanation is on the talk page, as my edit summary indicates " [4] - No explanation was given on this talk page as for this revert specifically. — Instantnood 19:44, 16 May 2006 (UTC)