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[edit] Australia at the Winter Olympics

Self-nomination. Former FAC, and withdrawn FAC (tried submitting while the Olympics were on). Peer reviews 1, 2, 3.

The history of Australia at the Winter Olympics, from a one-man team in 1936 to golden games in 2002 and 2006. The article gives a history of Australia at the Winter Olympics, public support, an overview of Winter sport in Australia, and a tabular summary of how Australia has fared at each Olympics (plus a link to a sub-article on Australia at each Olympics). It also has an overview by sport (useful for those interested in Australia's strengths and weaknesses), and a section on Australia at the Winter Paralympics.

It has been interesting working on this, and hopefully this will inspire articles on how other countries have fared at the Winter Olympics. Andjam 16:22, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

The space before the refs really ought to be stripped away. You might want to consider splitting the references section between notes and actual refs. Nevermind, did itmyself while I was resizing the notes lol. Circeus 17:22, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Support - Seems to cover all the bases. Well-referenced and well-organized, fairly comprehensive. I wouldn't mind seeing some good images of Australians competing at the Winter Olympics, though, although that's not reason enough to sink this nomination. The Disco King 18:05, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Support - Some interesting reading considering Australia isn't that heavily involved in winter sports. Looks like you've covered it in comprehensive detail - nice work!. michael ^talk 04:33, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: the article needs more pictures to illustrate the content. Mikker ^(...) 17:54, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

• • As far as I know, most relevant images would still be under copyright. This includes photos from the Australian Olympic Committee. Unless there's fair use for images or images that are not copyrighted, I don't know if I can do anything about the relative lack of images. Would images from any of the Winter Olympics Australia has attended (first one 1936, then every one since 1952) passed into the public domain? Andjam 21:33, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
• Support. Looks good to me; I can't think of anything missing. More images would be nice, indeed, but it is not a ground for failing a nomination. Schutz 10:00, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
• Support An interesting read well pput together with good referrences. Unfortunate lack of images but that shouldn't prevent FA status Gnangarra 14:55, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
• Support It's a shame about the lack of images, but still very well done. --darkliight^talk 11:44, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
• Support Good article about an interesting topic that has been well written. -- MyNameIsNotBob 10:55, 6 April 2006 (UTC)