Talk:2002 Winter Olympics figure skating scandal

message: Shouldn't this article link to ISU ? I had to do a search to confirm it means what I though it does. I'm not really sure how to best do this so I'll leave it to more experienced editors.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.23.191.33 (talk) 02:28, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minor annoyance 

message: Fairly obvious to note, but much more info should be given about the new judging system set up after this scandal.  It's only briefly mentioned and deserves more attention.
:I've added some more Wikilinks to the article to address this.  Dr.frog 22:36, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  More info 

message: The statement "The North American media was quick to take the side of the Canadian pair, and played up the controversy until it threatened to overwhelm the entire Games" is pure POV and needs to be accurately sourced in order to merit inclusion. CanadianMist 18:17, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The press treatment of the controversy is covered in gory detail in the book The Second Mark which is already cited as a reference in the article.  Dr.frog 21:33, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Doesn't change the fact it's a point of view statement  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.140.80.212 (talk) 01:46, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV 

message: While the new material that details the reactions of the Canadian and US media is factually accurate, it leaves the article unbalanced because it omits any similar description of other viewpoints.  IIRC, in Russia, the general reaction was a sense that Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze had earned the gold, and outrage that the North American media succeeded in overturning the result decided on the field of play.  Even in the U.S., some reporters such as Phil Hersh of the Chicago Tribune (very experienced in covering the sport) also went on record as saying they thought Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze deserved to win regardless of any monkey business over the judging.  We need to track down some specific citations for other points of view.  Dr.frog 23:20, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe the article is written objectively.  Lots of facts were given.  Russian skating fans were prepped to believe they were entitled to the gold because of past dominance and when their skaters messed up (both in pairs and in ladies) and the French judge cheated, sulked and threatened to file a protest.  Built up bigger Potemkin village for their fading athletic legacy.
See how that works both ways?  The result was as fair as it could be, considering one judge admitted to cheating. 68.161.128.140 (talk) 02:20, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  more POV issues 

message: "On February 15, Cinquanta and IOC President Jacques Rogge, in a joint press conference, announced that Salé and Pelletier's silver medal would be upgraded to a gold."
Was any reason given for this?  There have been questionable judgments and crowd favorites in the Olympics before, and I don't recall these ever resulting in a second gold being awarded.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.81.170.62 (talk) 21:38, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The new IOC president was very vocal about wanting to clean up the Olympics--he had his eye on figure skating especially, after the 1998 ice dancing nonsense.  Since the French judge admitted she had cheated, the results were clearly tainted, hence the double gold. 68.161.128.140 (talk) 02:16, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reason given? 

message: It seems inappropriate to use the figure skater infobox for this article, featuring only Salé/Pelletier, and all their competitive history, when the scoring issue was related to the top two teams. Maybe it would be better simply to use photos of the top two teams if editors are looking for an image for the page, and no competitive history. This article is not about either team, per se, anyway.Parkwells (talk) 21:44, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Use of figure skater Infobox is inappropriate in this case