Talk:2006 Commonwealth Games

message: why is there women's 50m breaststroke in both days, with both days telling us we (the aussies) swept the medals? which day was it? Domza 10:24, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Day 2/Day 3 Breakdown overlap

message: Shouldn't the opening ceremony stay within this article? Why was it moved out?Domza 01:14, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The information about the opening ceremony was removed by American JP06035 so that the article would look more like the 2006 Winter Olympics main article page. Figaro 01:23, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah ok. Just was a shock this morning! Domza 01:29, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not necessarily to make it look like the 2006 Winter Olympics article, but to give this one more flow. If we give the page a "flavor of everything" so to speak, and link to the main pages of larger articles, the page will look more appealing to the reader, as it should. Figaro, you make it look like I did a bad think, refering to me as "American" (which I am). To tell you the truth I feel more at home at the Olympics articles (no offense to you Commonwealth folk). Haha. --J@red [T]/[+] 20:59, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I only commented that you were American because the United States is not involved in the Commonwealth Games.  I did not mean to infer that your being American was a bad thing. Figaro 09:00, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: OK. I just wasn't sure of your connotation ☺. --J@red [T]/[+] 22:02, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Opening ceremony moved

message: who removed the information about the ducking being a goose? Because, it was a goose, and that should be left in the facts. Domza 00:29, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The duck

message: Added Daily Highlights, will write them later tonight
Do we want to add a daily break down for each day? I think that would be kinda cool. just like a summary of the days events. All in favour say I Domza 23:14, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: How will this be kept NPOV? It seems that every day someone will win gold medals. Do we list them all? Cnwb 03:39, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Daily Break Down

message: Can someone who understands how to edit infoboxes please add a new field for the Games Motto United by the moment. Cheers, BrightLights 13:47, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Games Motto

message: Can some one get the medal table up, i made the space for it already. I've also been working on the opening ceremony, adding detail, and rewriting poor reading areas. Domza 12:25, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Grammar rework & Medal Table

message: The Commonwealth games is a major sporting event, second only to the Olympics. This article needs to provide more information, it needs a section on Stadia, More detailed info on sports, and a day-by-day event guide, like the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics.
This article needs major editing.
: Yes, I agree, there are also too many links to pages that don't exist. However, time is running out. Glennnnn 02:14, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Article Needs Revamping

message: I read somewhere that they're planning on shutting off one of the lanes on each street in the city and other roads that lead from the village to the venues so games traffic is unhindered, has anyone else seen the article? It sure seems that the message they're sending out is they don't want anyone to go to work during the games. Comradeash 13:41, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Official source: http://www1.dvc.vic.gov.au/ocgc/traffic%20and%20transport/guide/addressing-traffic-and-transport-needs.html#lanes --Evan C 05:10, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I recently saw a map of which roads would have these lanes, it may have been in the Herald Sun.  Glennnnn 02:21, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Roads 

message: I have quite have taken quite a large number of photos of the large metal fish sculpture that are floating on the Yarra.
I was wondering how i coluld incorporate one of these photos into the article, perhaps a section could be created on the way Melbourne has been transformed for the games. Glennnnn 02:19, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fish on the Yarra 

message: This article contradicts Commonwealth of Nations. it sys thalt all 71 states of the commonwealth are participating while the Commonwealth of Nations  has 53 these either needs to be corrected or explained. Flying Canuck 06:18, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It probably needs some clarification but I don't have time to do so. However perhaps you can do it yourself. As the commonwealth of nations article explains, there are 53 sovereign states in the commonwealth of nations. 71 nations/territories are participating as distinct entities in the games (as is normal), but a number of these are NOT sovereign states. E.g. England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man etc etc... Nil Einne 13:57, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a note by the "71", that is taken from the generic Games page. I don't think it's formatted correct, but the content is there.--Andymarczak 14:12, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradicting 

message: Well I have no idea why people felt the need to remove the daily overview, medal tally etc, so someone else can fix the article, Im not wasting more time on it. --Crazycrazyduck 00:33, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits 

message: I'd pay a heap of money to the first person who explains what's gone on so far. I live here and I've got no bloody idea. Ducks? Koalas? A THONG? *cries*
:My mum had no idea either. We liked the wheel with the many Games on it. The sailboats were great and it was nice to have some whimsy, innocence and fun in the opening ceremony, which is the boy and the duck. I too don't know what the koalas were doing there. And as for the thong ... do they go to opening ceremony school to learn this craft? The Aboriginal ceremony was so meaningful and so was the walking by region. I was afraid we were going to miss some African nations for a minute. Wasn't Delta great? And the guy from the Glen Waverley football club?
--EuropracBHIT 11:44, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The duck is a recurring theme in the work of cartoonist Michael Leunig, and he read one of his poems at the start of that sequence. --bainer (talk) 12:03, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opening Ceremony 

message: The Games Calendar section seems to link to pages relating to the 2006 Winter Olympics. Could someone fix this? Thanks. Harro5 06:02, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep, I'll take care of it now. Remy B 14:08, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I've got rid of all the Winter Olympics references, but there are no bookmarks in the links. Either way its better than linking to the wrong event :) Remy B 14:15, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The calender 

message: :"adopted Melbournian"- ahem. Adopted by who exactly? More likely her presence was due to the fact that she is a relatively high profile Australian performer who was available & willing to song the middle of the road ballad that is the Games official theme tune.
::Perhaps this is due to the fact that she used to be on Neighbours, which of course, is set in Melbourne.-- Glennnnn 10:46, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Delta Goodrem

message: Competition swimming is occuring on and between the 16th and 21st.  Yet the Calender table lists it as competition occuring on the 21st and 22nd. Matthew kokai 13:53, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Events table: Swimming 

message: The opening ceremony section in its entirety should be moved to 2006 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony (as perscribed by the calendar of events), as there is definitely enough writing there to make a whole page. Then, the ceremony should be summarized and a new heading under "highlights" should be made for it. This is just my suggestion, as it has worked well on the 2006 olympics page (see there for a guide). If someone thinks this is good, then please move it! --J@red [T]/[+] 23:28, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: And that was the reason why you removed every single bit of information about the Opening Ceremony from the page, and left no information at all for people to work with.  Figaro 17:09, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Its not gone, its on a separate page; if you deem it necessary to put a summary on this page, be my guest. On the 2006 Winter Olympics page, however, the page works well without one. Just maybe put a little about it underneath its heading on the highlights section. I don't have the time to do it and frankly I don't think it needs a summary; it's you're call though (or anyone else who thinks it needs one.) --J@red [T]/[+] 17:14, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opening ceremony 

message: Should the venues and locations being used for the games be listed, maybe list the sports that are played at the venues next to them. Or something like that. Regards Hossens27 13:15, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that information belongs in the articles for each sport, eg. Basketball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Remy B 13:23, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree, Rem. I think that a short list should be included, similar to the one on 2006 Winter Olympics. The Olympics pages should actually be the ones to go by, especially the 2006 olympics; anything there should be included here. --J@red [T]/[+] 13:26, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --J@red [T]/[+] 15:17, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the list is OK, but the photos are really detracting. This article is about the Commonwealth Games, not its venues. The photos should be left for the venue articles. Remy B 16:30, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You make a good point. Because there's really no pictures for the actual games. I kept one there, though, because it is nice to have atleast one...and its a nice one! You can remove it if you feel it is unnecessary, though. --J@red [T]/[+] 17:01, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Venues 

message: I think the ordering that was set out by User:JP06035 in this edit  is better than the current order. The impact on the host nation is not a primary piece of information on the Games, and should probably be down the bottom, at least past the medal list and daily highlights. The reason I bring this up is that the above ordering was quickly reverted. Rather than reverting without discussion, what does everyone else think is the preferred way to order the sections? Remy B 13:27, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Wait a second...what are you arguing? Do you like the way I restructured it or not? --J@red [T]/[+] 13:32, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I do like it. I just dont want people to keep reverting your change without us getting anywhere. Remy B 13:33, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Wait, nevermind. I thought you were the person that reverted me! haha. --J@red [T]/[+] 13:34, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section ordering 

message: Canadians more interested in the Winter Parolympics in Turin?  I don't think so. I have barely heard or read a mention about those games, save the odd nod in the interest of Canada's state religion; political correctness.   I think the apparent disinterest in the Commonwealth Games in Canada is mainly a result of the time difference (most events take place in the wee hours in Canada), the fact that the Olympics just ended (Canadians are still nursing their collective wounds about the Men's Hockey Team), the fact that it's still very much winter in almost all of the country, therefore it's winter sports like curling, and of course NHL Hockey which are getting the coverage, and of course, it's just not politically correct in Canada to associate with anything even remotely "British"; can't risk offending any of the other groups! I can see the conflict coming regarding who is going to open the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. Also, like it or not, the Games really are a second rate event with most of the world's major sporting nations not competing. There are only about half a dozen nations which field truly competitive teams. As for the CBC, I'm disappointed they've chosen not to provide more coverage, but there probably was a reluctance to see Canada's butt get kicked by the Australians, which has become the norm in all summer sports. --142.161.187.52 21:47, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Lol you're so disinterested in the commonwealth games but you keep trying to host it? Nil Einne 23:33, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broadcasting

message: Can we get a list of participating countries somewhere, since there will no doubt be some participants who don't medal? --Jfruh 22:33, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The list of participating countries is given at the bottom of the article page. Figaro 00:38, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have also now put in a direct link to this information on the official website, from the Commonwealth Games Associations section on the main article page. Figaro 07:47, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of participating countries? 

message: Medal table needs an indication that it's only the top 10 places. Nurg 02:14, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Medal table heading

message: While I'm sure the person who put this new heading on the main page had good intentions, there is only one sentence under it, which could easily be incorporated into the main article (possibly at the top). The reason I say this is that the link only links to another page that says the exact same thing. I suggest moving this sentence to the top. Comments? --J@red [T]/[+] 22:14, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I dont think it belongs at all. This article isnt about the ~two weeks in Melbourne that the Games are on, its about the Games themselves. Remy B 07:31, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I know nothing about them. I agree with you that it should be removed if it is just a coincidental events happening on the same days. If it is related in any way, however, it should stay. --J@red [T]/[+] 02:23, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Festival Melbourne]] 

message: I came to this article hoping to read about the Sierra Leone athletes who went AWOL, but there doesn't appear to be anything about them. There's also the Indian masseur and the cleaner. - 211.28.80.58 09:09, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok Ive mentioned it now -- Astrokey44|talk 11:50, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Any coverage on non-sporting matters?

message: What country organize these games? I was watching the Athletics this morning on the BBC and they were talking about the home nation England? How come? Was these games planned in Wembley or something like that and replaced to Melbourne?--83.117.110.67 10:26, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Organisation

message: Is there any data for number of athletes participating from each country? I was hoping to make a map like the one on the 2006 winter olympics, but cant find it from the official site -- Astrokey44|talk 04:20, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: * Yikes that would take a long time! You cant search by athletes separate from officials so it may not be reliable. I think its not worth doing unless theres a proper list.. oh well thanks for trying to find a way :) -- Astrokey44|talk 12:44, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *There must be  easy to obtain info somewhere, during the opening ceremony they often mention the number of athletes in the countries even the small ones. You could always contact the Games organisers directly. Hossens27 12:55, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I taped the opening ceremony, but since they had ad breaks while the athletes were walking in, the smaller countries were only shown very briefly. I just used the form on their site to contact them, perhaps they will email back -- Astrokey44|talk 03:18, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *There is a page here http://www.thecgf.com/search/search.asp which may help if it ever gets updated with 2006 data (looks like still need to search by country though)K3v1n 23:28, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  No. of athletes? 

message: Should Kenya and New Zealand really be equal on the medal table when New Zealand has more silver medals?  On the full list, NZ is ahead of Kenya, but the top ten has them equal.  Why?  Wales is ahead of Cyprus, Pakistan is ahead of Papua New Guinea etc.  I changed it to NZ being ahead but then  User:PageantUpdater reverted it.  Consistency please.  --Midnighttonight 01:31, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for giving me the opportunity to reply :)  If you look at the Official Medal Tally you'll see that NZ and Kenya are 9=.  I actually agree with your reckoning but I assume we should go by the official count. PageantUpdater 02:08, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've never seen a medals table organised like that one on the Melbourne 2006 site. I mean it places a country with 3 silvers equal to a country with a single bronze medal. Anyone with any sense can see they shouldn't be equal. I think we should remain with the system currently in use elsewhere on the site and in many other places, both on- and off-line, in which you look at numbers of gold first, then silver, then bronze. I'd imagine the "problem" on the Melbourne site might be that there is some sort of coding for ranking countries, but that the coding isn't full in so much that it only ranks according to gold medals, rather than then telling it to rank by silver and finally bronze. I'd hope it would be changed soon and not constantly left in it's present state. Evil Eye 20:50, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The official tally has two ranking systems, rank by gold (number of gold medals won, on which NZ and Kenya are =9) and rank by total (number of medals won overall). You'll see that teams that are equally placed on the gold order are broken down in the usual way (number of silver, then number of bronze) and not alphabetically, so that counts as an official ranking. There's no reason why we can't have a table with a number of columns for placings, and in fact I'll do that now. --bainer (talk) 22:51, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think a good reason against what you have included is that it breaks consistency with all the other medal tally articles on Wikipedia. Another reason is that it clutters up the table with ranking information that is not officially recognised and so isnt really notable. Remy B 04:20, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, actually the offical tally uses only the two other ranking systems, and doesn't use the one that all the other articles use at all. --bainer (talk) 08:13, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I see what youre saying. Personally I would rather see a consistent ranking method across all Wikipedia articles, whatever that method may be. Unfortunately I dont have the know-how or the time to find some sort of Wikipedia-wide consensus on that. Remy B 09:10, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

text: I see someone has taken the other rankings out now, while I won't add them back in I'll just reiterate that the reason they were added is because there was an edit war brewing over where to place Kenya and New Zealand on the table. The official tally produced by Melbourne 2006 doesn't include the usual ranking system (which most other places use, and which I consider to be the better system). Inserting the other rankings was intended to avoid confusion when the official table and our table show different rankings. --bainer (talk) 01:22, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Medal table 

message: Was it two days ago...or three days!?
:Anway...the boxing day...involving Nigeria & Scottish...
NIGERIA GOT BANGED BY THAT SCOTTISH SUKER:P
:>x<ino 16:49, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boxing 

message: I thought i'd mention that under "impact on host nation", it says "will house approximately 7,000 athletes and support staff during the Games". The games are finished. If anyone knows how many athletes stayed in the village, please correct the error and make it past tense. MichaelBillington 10:25, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sections in past tense 

message: See here for the active discussion on whether the progressive medal counts should stay or go. → J@red  12:15, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Progressive medal counts? 

message: the medal count reports 245 golds, the games summary at top of page reports 247 - who is right?
 I'd go with neither, this is either vandalism or an accident, so go to an official website to find the real count. MichaelBillington 12:23, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  event count mismatch 

message: See Talk:All-time medal tally of Commonwealth Games for discussion on this and other related merges. Kevin 05:25, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge 

message: DYN that the games used over 1000 intelligent lights for the Opening Ceremony
look at: http://www.martin.com/casestory/casestory.asp?id=1206
203.166.228.73 08:44, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did you know 

message: I Just deleted  content from the article Zambia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games that said "by a xx-member strong contingent comprising xx sportspersons and xx officials" this article needs to be improved or deleted, please help it. Jeepday (talk) 00:28, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Zambia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

message: I moderate the Culture Victoria website and have added an external link to video, images and text about the 2006 Commonwealth Games.Eleworth (talk) 23:59, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  New External Link added 

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thread_title:  Dead link 5 

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