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[edit] Organization

This list is getting a little unwieldy. I suggest we split it up somehow. I don't know which way is best. United States/International? By month? By country groups (all countries starting with a-c, d-f, etc.)? johnpseudo 15:15, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Actually I like that idea, split it up by months sounds better, maybe even make a box for each month with a location of where the marathon occours and who the major sponsor is like...ING New York City Marathon (for example.) --DJREJECTED 02:19, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I like the idea of organizing by time, or if we're going geographically, by broad areas (e.g., continents, as opposed to a section for the U.S. and a section for the rest of the world). Akbeancounter 23:35, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I second the date proposal.Bah23 14:46, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Does anyone know how wikipedia handles the same data in multiple formats? For example, it would be nice to have:

• Alphabetically
• By country
• By date

But its important that you only need to add events in one form. If someone can point me in the right direct I'll take care of it. Bah23 13:51, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

It is possible. You can use sorting tables. Look at [1] and [2]. Basicaly you need to create a table of three columns. First column is Name. If you click that, you get marathons sorted by name alphabetically. Second column is Date. If you click that you get all table sorted by date. Third column is Country. Clicking this will sort all table entries by country alphabetically. So this is possible, but it is very big task to gather all the data and create the table. Maybe if someone creates the table with sorting ability, community will fill it with actual data. 80.43.94.8 20:19, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alaska

I added a few marathons in Alaska. Since some have silly names (the Humpy's Marathon, the Alaska Salmon Run) and another is held in a teeny tiny island town (Prince of Wales Marathon), I figured somebody might think I'm making them up. But here's the list from whence they came: AK Marathons. All are certified tracks, and Boston qualifiers. I'm training for the Humpy's Marathon, and I might join the 10K group at the Mayor's run; when those come around, I'll write up an article, maybe take some pictures. Akbeancounter 23:35, 28 February 2007 (UTC)