Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of International Mathematical Olympiads

Comments

• Why don't all IMO's have references?t
  • See the previous nomination. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 19:37, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Fine, but it's not clear in the article I'm afraid. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:44, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Reference number seven (which because of an interface bug is dubbed eight in the main text) says it. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 23:35, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Page ranges in citations need en-dash not hyphens.
  •  Done Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 19:37, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• For #4, "July 07, 1962 – June 15, " has a rogue comma.
  •  Done
• For useful sortable table, consider having From and To columns for the date and make the From column sortable by using the {{dts2}} template (as you currently have).
  • I'm not sure why one would want to sort that at all, actually. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 19:37, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Well you allow sort on the other columns. But no problem either way. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:50, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• "(and other branches of abstract algebra, and topology are generally not present on the six-problem paper." missing closing parentheses?
  •  Done Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 19:37, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• "It also includes the cities which each olympiad was hosted in." - "...the cities in which each olympiad was hosted."
  •  Done
• Do you really think it essential to wikilink "country" to Nation?
  • I guess not. Removed. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 19:37, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Expand GDR, FRG.
  •  Done Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 19:37, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• My date column is too narrow so it wraps on #6.
  • Made wider. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 19:37, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Why isn't ref 6 in the refs column?
• Where's ref [7] in the article?
  • Both of the above are interface bugs; ref seven is for some reason dubbed ref 8 in the article. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 19:37, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Presumably City column should be City/cities?
  •  Done

That's all I have, it's an oppose for now. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:03, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Why no reference for #43 in Glasgow?
  •  Done Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 23:10, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Order citations in numerical order, you have [6][5] now.
  •  Done Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 23:10, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Not keen on dates like July 08... July 8 would be fine by me.
  • I'll get rid of those while formatting the dates.
• "abstract algebra, and topology" no need for comma.
  •  Done Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 23:10, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

• The absence of individual references is extremely conspicuous, but would be less so if that references column was removed. Alternatively, provide page refs, such as <ref>Olson (2004) p. 45</ref>
  • People opposed the last FL because of the absence of a refs column. I guess I'll do the latter, then, but be warned, it'll make the refs section look very ugly. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 18:04, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• It's odd looking at the header for "#" rendering on three separate lines
  • Er, huh? I'm not sure I understand.
    • Maybe it's just my screen then, but # is on one line, [4] is on a second line and the sortable click button is on a third line. Maybe specify a column width? -- ṃ•α•Ł•ṭ•ʰ•Ə•Щ• @ 22:14, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Done. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 17:10, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• What happened to the sorting of the dates?
  • Someone said that it was unnecessary in the last FL, so I made it unsortable.
• What is the "six-probem paper"?
  • Clarified. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 18:04, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• "include medals for roughly the top half " is vague and unencyclopedic
  • Fixed. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 18:04, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• The Lead should be expanded to at least two paragraphs
  • Split. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 18:04, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Lastly, I can't help feeling this list could be expanded somewhat with the inclusion of winners perhaps
  • Like I said in the previous FL. Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 18:04, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]