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4 September 2008
- 10:2610:26, 4 September 2008 diff hist +462 Talk:List of multiple Olympic gold medalists →List the data without ranking - rankings introduce POV as athletes from dominant countries are favored
- 10:2310:23, 4 September 2008 diff hist +3,976 User talk:Olympicdreams →List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- 10:1510:15, 4 September 2008 diff hist +1,420 Talk:All-time Olympic Games medal table →Table still hides Germany's 518 gold medals
3 September 2008
- 23:3923:39, 3 September 2008 diff hist +216 List of multiple Olympic gold medalists rankings impose bias on list - see talk - either keep statement of bias, or remove ranking to get unbiased list, or give better reasons to undo this in the talk page
- 23:3423:34, 3 September 2008 diff hist +568 Talk:All-time Olympic Games medal table →Table still hides Germany's 518 gold medals: when East and West were separate: increase participation count by two, instead of 1
- 23:1123:11, 3 September 2008 diff hist +232 Talk:List of multiple Olympic gold medalists →Rankings questionable as athletes from dominant countries are favored
- 22:5922:59, 3 September 2008 diff hist +387 Talk:List of multiple Olympic gold medalists →Rankings questionable as athletes from dominant countries are favored
- 22:5422:54, 3 September 2008 diff hist +196 User talk:Basement12 →multiple gold medalists
- 22:4222:42, 3 September 2008 diff hist +826 User talk:Basement12 →multiple gold medalists: new section
- 22:3822:38, 3 September 2008 diff hist +727 Talk:List of multiple Olympic gold medalists →Rankings questionable as athletes from dominant countries are favored
- 22:1922:19, 3 September 2008 diff hist +215 List of multiple Olympic gold medalists Hey Basement, why did you undo my revision? It was a good one - there is a true bias in this table. Please explain your reasons - see talk!
- 22:1122:11, 3 September 2008 diff hist +1,149 Talk:All-time Olympic Games medal table Table still hides Germany's 518 gold medals
- 21:4221:42, 3 September 2008 diff hist +269 Talk:All-time Olympic Games medal table →Germany and combined medals
- 21:3221:32, 3 September 2008 diff hist +516 Talk:List of multiple Olympic medalists Rankings questionable as athletes from dominant countries are favored
- 21:2721:27, 3 September 2008 diff hist +212 List of multiple Olympic medalists The ranking is biased towards nations with many top athletes in certain sports, since the athletes with the highest medal counts profit from relays and other team competitions
- 21:2421:24, 3 September 2008 diff hist +350 Talk:List of multiple Olympic gold medalists →Rankings questionable as athletes from dominant countries are favored
- 21:2221:22, 3 September 2008 diff hist +217 List of multiple Olympic gold medalists More precise: The ranking is biased towards nations with many top athletes in certain sports, since the athletes with the highest gold medal counts profit from relays and team competitions
- 21:1121:11, 3 September 2008 diff hist +1,420 Talk:All-time Olympic Games medal table →Adding Medals of the EU: arguments pro and con
- 20:4820:48, 3 September 2008 diff hist +1,079 Talk:List of multiple Olympic gold medalists Rankings questionable as athletes from dominant countries are favored
- 20:4020:40, 3 September 2008 diff hist +872 Talk:List of multiple Olympic medalists →Relays provide a huge advantage for athletes from countries that dominate certain sports
- 20:2720:27, 3 September 2008 diff hist +100 Larisa Latynina She also holds the record for most individual medals (14 outside of team events) in Olympic history.
- 20:2420:24, 3 September 2008 diff hist +305 Talk:Michael Phelps →Johnny Weissmuller vs Michael Phelps
2 September 2008
- 23:4723:47, 2 September 2008 diff hist +461 Talk:Michael Phelps →Johnny Weissmuller vs Michael Phelps: new section
- 23:4223:42, 2 September 2008 diff hist +325 Talk:Michael Phelps look at the 50m events. And back in Johnny Weissmuller's time there were even fewer swimming events, so you cannot really compare recent swimming achievements with previous ones
- 23:3723:37, 2 September 2008 diff hist +192 Talk:Michael Phelps Vitaly Scherbo also won five individual gold medals in one Olympics.
- 23:3223:32, 2 September 2008 diff hist +268 Talk:Michael Phelps But Spitz got only 4 individual golds in the same Olympics, didn't he? But back then there were fewer swimming events, so it seems a bit unfair to compare this.
- 23:2123:21, 2 September 2008 diff hist +197 Talk:Larisa Latynina →Huge advantage for athletes from big countries: agree, mention that she holds the record for most individual medals in Olympic history
- 23:1823:18, 2 September 2008 diff hist +480 Talk:List of multiple Olympic medalists →Extra table for athletes with most individual medals, to eliminate the bias towards big nations?
- 23:1023:10, 2 September 2008 diff hist +346 Talk:Larisa Latynina →Huge advantage for athletes from big countries
- 23:0523:05, 2 September 2008 diff hist +265 Talk:Michael Phelps →Many of his medals are from relays where he needed his comrades
- 23:0323:03, 2 September 2008 diff hist +265 Talk:Mark Spitz →Many of his medals are from relays where he needed his comrades
- 22:5422:54, 2 September 2008 diff hist +694 Talk:All-time Olympic Games medal table →Adding Medals of the EU: I found numerous web sites on this topic
- 22:3422:34, 2 September 2008 diff hist +537 Talk:Bjørn Dæhlie →Many of his medals are from relays where he needed his comrades: new section
- 22:3022:30, 2 September 2008 diff hist +538 Talk:Mark Spitz Many of his medals are from relays where he needed his comrades
- 22:2622:26, 2 September 2008 diff hist +542 Talk:Michael Phelps Many of his medals are from relays where he needed his comrades
- 22:2222:22, 2 September 2008 diff hist +488 Talk:Larisa Latynina many of her medals are from team events where she needed her comrades
- 22:1622:16, 2 September 2008 diff hist +228 List of multiple Olympic gold medalists Small nations have few of the most successful athletes, who would not achieve their large gold medal counts without relays and other team competitions typically won by big nations
- 22:0022:00, 2 September 2008 diff hist +168 List of multiple Olympic medalists Note that none of the most successful athletes is from a small nation as many of the medals are for relays and other team competitions typically won by big nations
- 21:4421:44, 2 September 2008 diff hist +101 N User:Olympicdreams Wouldn't it be nice if the true Olympic spirit was still alive and nobody would look at medal counts? current
- 21:4121:41, 2 September 2008 diff hist +628 Talk:List of multiple Olympic medalists →Huge advantage for athletes from big countries due to relays
- 21:3821:38, 2 September 2008 diff hist +614 Talk:List of multiple Olympic gold medalists →Huge advantage for athletes from big countries