Talk:1896 Summer Olympics

message: The topic gets featured as today's Google Doodle and Wikipedia's On This day. Semiprotection/pending changes protection is a must hence its timing, nature, importance and is a featured article on Wikipedia. Ryan (talk) 04:23, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: FOLLOW-UP: I guess the administrators agree as the article is semi-protected just now Ryan (talk) 04:28, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Google Doodle/Wikipedia On this day mention, semi-protection/pending changes protection necessary? 

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72.80.126.50 (talk) 23:07, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: It is unclear what edit you want performed. Jason McHuff (talk) 23:48, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 6 April 2016 

message: The German quote needs a translation... otherwise should be removed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stanlavisbad (talk • contribs) 09:15, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation for German quote 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: In the "Venues" section we're told that the fencing events were held "at the Zappeion" (which makes sense, since it is a building), but that the sport shooting events were held "at the Kallithea" (which doesn't, since Kallithea is simply a district of Athens). This should presumably be changed to "at Kallithea" (as later on in the article), so I've done so ("in Kallithea" would in fact be even better English). This error may be due to the fact that the Greek words for "in Kallithea" (στην Καλλιθέα) literally mean "in the Kallithea", which suggests that the article was written, unedited, by a native Greek-speaker.188.230.240.75 (talk) 12:49, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "at the Kallithea" 

message: The calendar no longer has dots that lead to links showing the events. We could either:
1. Create a list of every event in the 1896 Olympics, or
2. Repurpose the calendar.
I won't touch a thing until a decision is made.
M0ntenegro (talk) 00:20, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Calendar now nonfunctional. 

message: If one cares (dares?) to visit the homepage of IOC, [], one can make the dull observation that they never talk about any "summer olympics", they only talk about Olympic games and Winter Olympic Games. The name of this article is thus slightly mistaken, in the parlance of the Olympic Committee at least. Why not set it straight? 1896 Olympics --78.73.226.176 (talk) 18:23, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  1896 Olympics 

message: The second paragraph begins thus: "Thirteen nations and 280 athletes (all males) took part in the games..." Just five sentences further: "Ten of the 14 participating nations earned medals."
So was it thirteen nations or fourteen?!
: I'm amazed we only had two different numbers. Might have been 10, might have been 12, might have been 13, might have been 14, might have been 15. I've changed the paragraph to conform to the IOC numbers, which we use in the infobox as well. The rest of the article does have discussion of the varying counts, in the participating nations section. -- Jonel (Speak to me) 23:42, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of participating nations 

message: The summary paragraphs state that the only non-European team at the games was the Americans, yet later on the article mentions a singular Chilean athlete at the games. Is this an error or is it non technically a mistake because he was possibly there by himself. If the latter is true should the intro summary be changed to be more clear about the number of non-European athletes?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Allhutsincuba (talk • contribs) 03:05, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The Chilean participation in 1896 is very controversial in Olympic history circles. Basically, Chilean historians insist a 13 year old competed in the 100m whilst the rest of the world admit he was entered into the race but find no proof he actually turned up to race. Topcardi (talk) 12:49, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  European teams?  

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: no consensus. There are valid arguments on both sides, but neither side is significantly stronger than the other, therefore, there is not a clear enough consensus to change the status quo. Given the multiple relists, it is unlikely a clear consensus would develop if this RM were left open for longer. (closed by non-admin page mover) Elli (talk | contribs) 17:22, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 24 April 2022 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: no consensus. As with last year's RM, there's no clear consensus on how to interpret the WP:ATarticle titles policy with regards to these articles. (closed by non-admin page mover) Sceptre (talk) 19:15, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  
Games        	YEAR Summer Olympics	YEAR Olympics
1896 Olympics	87 results          	356 results
1900 Olympics	53 results          	227 results
1904 Olympics	64 results          	391 results
1908 Olympics	90 results          	565 results
1912 Olympics	118 results         	828 results
1916 Olympics	10 results          	153 results
1920 Olympics	91 results          	413 results
 BilledMammal (talk) 23:44, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: TITLECHANGES only applies to when "there is no good reason to change it", and so does not cover policy-based reasons like COMMONNAME. Avilich (talk) 19:04, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

text: Distinguished from what? Avilich (talk) 19:01, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 9 February 2023