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The list was promoted by Dabomb87 21:15, 23 March 2011 [1].

Venues of the 1994 Winter Olympics edit

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Nominator(s): Arsenikk (talk) 14:32, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This list is inspired by the similar FLs for 2008 and 2010 Olympics, although it is slightly modified to give a more comprehensive coverage. Arsenikk (talk) 14:32, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from KV5
Comments from KV5

"Ten competition and 14 non-competitions were used" - huh? Do you mean ten competition and fourteen non-competition venues? Also, ten and fourteen are comparable quantities and should be formatted alike.

  • "The games" - should this be The Games? I'm not particularly familiar.
  • "lays withing the municipality" - within, and I don't think "lays" is the right word here
  • "both with just under 5,000 inhabitants" - should be each, not both
  • Are there links to explain "hill size" and "critical point" for non-experts?
  • "men's 4 x 10 km relay" - replace the letter "x" with the proper symbol ×
  • "Ice hockey was played at two venues, in Håkon Hal" - remove "in", change comma to colon
  • "Skating evens" - events
  • "purpose built" - purpose-built, a compound adjective
  • "environmentak" - environmental
  • "year round temperature of −8 °C (17.6 °F)" - year-round, and comma after the parentheses
  • "trains for spectator" - spectators
  • "Downtown Lillehammer and the axis between Lillehammer and Oslo were the most limiting areas" - this wording is ambiguous, can you clarify a little here?
    • Replaced with congested.
  • Photo caption: "Lysgårdsbakken has among other things hosted the Nordic Tournament several times"; change to "Lysgårdsbakken has, among other things, hosted the Nordic Tournament several times." to complete this sentence.
  • "Championships for Men.[41]" - remove full stop/period
  • "and last cross-country skiing" - and its last cross-country skiing
  • "in 2004 through 2006 and in 2008 through 2009" - both "in"s here should be from
  • "while 1999 Men's World" - while the 1999 Men's World
  • "was built permanent" - probably better as was built for permanent use
  • "which was sold as regular housing" - and was sold as regular housing

Hope these comments help. — KV5 • Talk • 02:42, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feedback :) Everythings has been seen to. Arsenikk (talk) 15:49, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 18:18, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Lillehammer is overlinked in the lead.
  • "both with 27,000 inhabitants" exactly? Perhaps include approximately here.
  • "located" is used about half a dozen times in three or so sentences, makes repetitive reading. I'm not even sure how interesting this information is to be honest...
    • Down to two in the lead. You suggesting that the geographical information be removed (distances and population)? Fine for me, but I would like a confirmation. Arsenikk (talk) 21:35, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would use the official name of Lysgårdsbakken so it's clear to a non-expert what it is you're talking about.
  • Three quick links to ski jumping hill (two are redirects).
    • That was asked for my KV5, who wanted links to K-point and hill size. K-point is an article on no, de, ja and pl WP, hill size on de and pl, so I can create one right after this edit. Arsenikk (talk) 21:35, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is there a suitable link for slalom, giant slalom and super-G? You've linked other 1994-specific pages in the lead...
    • All five Alpine branches are crushed together in to Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics, but the subarticles (so far only red links) are for men's slalom, women's slalom, men's super-G, women's super-G, etc. Although I am fully aware of this, I'm not quite sure how to solve it. Arsenikk (talk) 21:35, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • What's MNOK?
  • Ref -> Ref(s).
  • Sports -> Sport(s).
  • "the cost to construct" prefer "the cost of construction"
  • "among other things" seems pointless to me.
    • Trying to avoid it sounding like it is the only thing hosted by the hill, but I see your point and have removed it. Arsenikk (talk) 21:35, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Would be happy if you moved ref 41 to the end of the sentence.
  • "Following the games.." I think last time you mentioned the games, it was Games.
    • Actually, there was only one "the Games" and eight or so "the games". I am uncertain what is right, but KV5 felt it was "the Games" so I'm going for it, but I would have said "the games"... Arsenikk (talk) 21:35, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Nordic combined has had its World Cup take ..." maybe "The World Cup for Nordic combined has been hosted..."?
    • Changed the order, and linked to the world cup article. Arsenikk (talk) 21:35, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • "with the temporary housing being" perhaps just "with the latter" and no need to link cottage.
  • Ref 4 has odd
  • Ref 38 and 39 are the same.
  • Refs 42 to 46 inclusive need an en-dash or two for the year ranges.

The Rambling Man (talk) 17:24, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments. Everything has been seen to. I'll try to get an article on K-point and hill size written within reasonable time. Arsenikk (talk) 21:35, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think there should be a section on the Olympic village. Nergaal (talk) 20:15, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Good idea. Give me a day or so to create an article about the Olympic village, and I'll see if it is appropriate to paste some information into the article or not. Arsenikk (talk) 21:35, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      • My apologies for that taking so long time, I seem to have gotten distracted by something else on WP and suddenly time flew. Anyway, I've created the article Lillehammer Olympic Village (which covers both of them) and added three sentences on the issue in the lead. Arsenikk (talk) 13:40, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
        • I think the village article should be merged into this list. It should definitely be included here, and I am not sure it is notable enough to deserve a separate article. Nergaal (talk) 04:39, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
          • Do you want the information from that article pasted in here, with the level of detail in the subarticle? Also, there is more to be said about the village, there was a certain amount of public debate about the localization of it, and also there could be said more about the post-used (it did after all turn into a small subdivision), so I am comfortable with keeping the subarticle. Arsenikk (talk) 21:58, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
            • Not really. What I think is appropriate is to have a short section on it that contains the essential information about the village. Nergaal (talk) 06:24, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
              • I've copyedited a bit, and there is now one paragraph on non-competition venues in the lead, plus half a paragraph in the "post-Olympic" section. Technical details are available in the list. Any more information on this, and it would be undue weight. Arsenikk (talk) 12:40, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments - Refs 40-51 have no publisher. Ref 40, 42, 43, 50 need a format parameter. The Bibliographies need format parameters. "Håkon Hall and Gjørvik played host to the World Women's Handball Championship in 1999[50]," Ref should be after the punctuation mark. Afro (Talk) 12:45, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Refs 41–50 have an author and publisher which is the same, so it seems unnecessary to duplicate the information (they are all from the official sites of the mentioned organizations). Otherwise fixed. Arsenikk (talk) 13:27, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'll Support my issues were only minor and they seem to of been fixed. Afro (Talk) 15:19, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments –

  • The last sentence of the lead is a bit like a run-on for my tastes. Could the walking distance from train stations be made into a small sentence of its own?
  • Post-Olympic use: Double word in "Only part of the athlete accomodation was was built for permanent use". Giants2008 (27 and counting) 22:25, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks for the comments. Both have been fix. Arsenikk (talk) 13:40, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Courcelles 13:20, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
*Comments
"Lillehammer had four venues, Hamar had two venues, while Hunderfossen, Gjøvik, Øyer and Ringebu had one venue each.[1]" By the math, these had to be the competition venues exclusively?
"and is the only bobsleigh and luge track in the Nordic countries." ... what about the Korketrekkeren in Oslo?
  • Korketrekkeren was demolished after the 1952 Winter Olympics, and remains a hill, rather than a track, which is used for tobaggoning (not bobsleigh, luge or skeleton, but kids and adults using conventional sleds). Arsenikk (talk) 07:33, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Would be nice to see the construction costs in a more recognizable currency.
  • And what is your preferred "recognizable currency"? Pounds, US dollars, euros; do you want the currency in 1994 value, or do you want it inflation adjusted to 2011? At what exchange rate do you want it (within the past few years the dollar has fluctuated between 4.5 and 9 NOK/US$, for instance). As far as I can see, NOK is the only encyclopedic way of including it, unless a six-value conversion line is added. (Please excuse my harsh tone here, but I have yet to see this be solved in a suitable manner on WP.) Arsenikk (talk) 07:33, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • There's probably none, you're right. Courcelles 13:20, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Courcelles 05:32, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support after my silly gaffe was pointed out. Courcelles 13:20, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Have Nergaal and Afkatk been asked to revisit? Dabomb87 (talk) 22:03, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't know why there isn't a section on the village yet. Nergaal (talk) 16:23, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Another great list! :p --TIAYN (talk) 12:10, 19 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]


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