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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted 15:49, 14 April 2008.

List of International Mathematical Olympiads[edit]

previous FLC (13:13, 24 March 2008)

I'm resubmitting only hours after the last one closed: There was only one major issue left (the date formatting) and that's been addressed. You can read everything else in the previous nomination. Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 17:32, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved stuff from The Rambling Man (talk) 15:41, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

  • Why don't all IMO's have references?t
  • Page ranges in citations need en-dash not hyphens.
  • 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).
  • "(and other branches of abstract algebra, and topology are generally not present on the six-problem paper." missing closing parentheses?
  • "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?
  • Expand GDR, FRG.
  • My date column is too narrow so it wraps on #6.
  • 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. Nousernamesleftcopper, 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?
  • Order citations in numerical order, you have [6][5] now.
  • 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.
The Rambling Man (talk) 18:43, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment

  • Why are the dates dd month year - month dd? Particularly why is it date first then month first? It looks all range. Personally I'd go for dd month - dd month year or month dd - month dd year. Peanut4 (talk) 19:43, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • How about year month dd - month dd? Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 19:44, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • That wouldn't work for those running over month than one month, and is still inconsistent. Both the first and second entry need to be either date first or month first. See WP:DATE for full details. Peanut4 (talk) 19:53, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Sorry don't know what I read first time. Yes year month dd - month dd, would be fine. See WP:DATE for full details of acceptable date formats. Keep them consistent, and it's fine. Peanut4 (talk) 19:58, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Oh, and you need to check the dates of the first olympiad. It goes back in time at the moment. Peanut4 (talk) 19:55, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        • I reformatted some of the dates, but they didn't show up! You can view the source to verify that I changed it, but the month is still first on the article. I tried purging the server cache, but no result... Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 20:29, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Matthew

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. Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 18:04, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's odd looking at the header for "#" rendering on three separate lines
  • 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"?
  • "include medals for roughly the top half " is vague and unencyclopedic
  • The Lead should be expanded to at least two paragraphs
  • Lastly, I can't help feeling this list could be expanded somewhat with the inclusion of winners perhaps
-- ṃ•α•Ł•ṭ•ʰ•Ə•Щ• @ 00:57, 30 March, 2008

I don't know why but I'm not "feeling" this list, even though there's nothing wrong with it and it does, after all, meet the criteria, is well written, and follows the MOS and all other policies and guidelines. Support. -- ṃ•α•Ł•ṭ•ʰ•Ə•Щ• @ 06:18, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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