Talk:Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

message: Who is the male announcer who always calls the gymnastics? He's the one that is emphatic and says things like "..Absolute disaster"  Can I have a name? Thanks!
Smuckers It has to be good 08:45, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who's the announcer? 

message: Whether you believe that the Chinese women gymnasts were legally of-age or not, Wikipedia is not a soapbox. --Kitch (Talk : Contrib) 17:44, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reminder 

message: Would it be considered appropriate to mention the numerous controversies surrounding this event on the main page, assuming neutral POV and proper documentation were used? --ThaddeusB (talk) 04:47, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Since I was told to haul the discussion over here.  Why isn't there a mention of this BS by the Chineese about their gymnasts age or the blatant robbery of the American team by the juges (and yes I'm an American, but this still deserves mention {in a less biased way} in the freakin' article).--67.140.56.121 (talk) 01:43, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  For the uneven bars, the rule has made it clear, so please take back your rude word. 
I agree. Mercruz (talk) 19:14, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

text: I added a summation of the controversy. Please look it over and edit for any bias. I tried the best I could to discuss subject matter of factly and used an English, Australian and American news source.Tedmoseby (talk) 06:06, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Let us thank the IOC for pulling ita head out of its a**.  Also, thank you for adding that section I like it and it doesn't appear biased.--69.40.141.124 (talk) 17:50, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

text: Yes, i would also say a lot is going to come out about this. It may take some time but this story will be mentioned for years to come as is the last one from 2000 who now admitted she was too young. Bigware (talk) 12:54, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It has already been proven and properly cited that the Chinese gymnasts in question are 14 or younger. If you have substantial proof that these claims are invalid then you are welcome to post them. Ninja337 (talk) 01:17, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Since when has it been proven?--69.40.139.226 (talk) 19:43, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy 

message: To the editors who are maintaining this page, I wanted to say, "Nice job!"  The table is very clear and easy to understand, for "at a glance" information about the medals, and how each country is doing.  I wish that all of our Olympics pages were formatted this way, so we could easily step through the various years, and see the changes from Olympics to Olympics. --Elonka 17:56, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Kudos

message: I've seen the age controversy section disappear a couple of times, usually without comment or justification. While I can conceive of arguments for removing or cutting down the section, and note those who've voiced disagreement above, it seems proper to assess consensus via this talk page or at least provide some justification before the removal of an entire contentious section. I'm going to reinstate it for now, but I'll gladly back off if there is a general feeling that the link to the controversy article is sufficient.  LupusPrime (talk) 03:20, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Repeated Removal of the Controversy Section 

message: Can somebody explain to me why Ma Jiawei is listed as a medallist in the group rhythmic event? I don't see her on the list of medalists from the event that can be found on beijing2008.cn , more precisely here: http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GR/C92B/GRW400000.shtml#GRW400101 . Fox334 (talk) 23:43, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, since nobody provided a source I'll remove her. If anyone has a source stating that she did recieve a medal then please add her back, but also provide the source. Fox334 (talk) 13:10, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Ma Jiawei?

message: The age controversy section sounds like it was written by Chinese state media.  I have removed some of the redundancies (e.g., the repeated references to the FIG's initial decision) and fixed other grammatical edits, but further work is probably needed. 174.30.118.162 (talk) 13:00, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV Dispute - Age Controversy 

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