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April 8, 2006	Featured topic candidate	Not promoted
March 12, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
March 30, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
April 28, 2007	Featured article candidate	Promoted
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Out of context...

The second paragraph says "By a margin of four votes over Paris, London won the final round and secured the right to host the 2012 Olympics." It should say how many votes the four were out of. Am I correct in thinking it was a 203 country vote? Without that context, you can't tell how contested it was. Quantumelfmage 03:58, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The total votes for each of the last two bidding cities are displayed at the bottom of the infobox (used precisely to provide quick info without reading the whole article). Parutakupiu ^{talk || contribs} 04:06, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

London Bombing

The 7/7 bombings in London took place the day after the city won the Olympics. Isn't this worth a mention in the article?

Unless there's some correlation between the two, I don't think so. Raul654 14:27, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I clearly remember statements made by the British and the IOC President soon after news broke about the bombing, and most of the British delegation returned in double quick time. Sources should be available to support these reactions, which was also given prominent coverage in the Singaporean media (where the IOC voting took place).--Huaiwei 15:04, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Allow me to clarify -- I clearly remember news commetators saying that the timing (so soon after London was chosen) was fishy. But unless there is a statement from the suicide bombers (in the stuff they left behind) or other evidence, mentioning the London bombings in that section seems like a textbook case of apophenia Raul654 15:07, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Making mention of that may not mean an attempt to strike a connection between the two. The fact that we do have news commentators speculating the said connections, and the obvious reactions amongst the delegations, are relevant information which can be sourced and added. All the more so when the incident in Madrid was cited as a security issue mid-way through the selection process, and there were plenty of questions over London's ability to stage the event with the needed security controls in place. I have rather strong recollections on this topic, because I was personally involved in security coverage for the IOC session in Singapore. I have yet to start looking for sources on this one thou.--Huaiwei 15:13, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's worth mentioning not because there is (necessarily) a link, but simply that the events were so close together -- I remember extensive news coverage about how the celebrations of winning the bid (which would have been huge) were pretty much ruined by the events of the very next morning. So it certainly had an impact, intended or otherwise. — Johan the Ghost _seance 19:29, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that there is a mention of the bombings in this section. _└^Jared_┘^┌_t^┐ 19:30, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling Errors

There seem to be a lot of spelling errors on this page. I have fixed a few but it still needs help.

There can hardly be any spelling errors since the article was thoroughly reviewed before its promotion. And switching "organisation" with "organization" isn't fixing spelling, it's assuming American English is better than British English when Wikipedia clearly says that is perfectly OK to use any of them IF it's used throughout the article. So please, don't go changing words to American English.

Being pedantic

Sorry to be pedantic but London hasn't held the Olympics three times yet. Normally I would edit it to read "London is destined to be the first city to hold the Olympics three times." and change it come 2012 :).but since this article is todays featured article I think I'd best leave it to those who have worked to get this article to feaured article status to consider the merits of such an edit.Koonan the almost civilised 22:06, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're right and I've rephrased it to remove that past tense sensation. Thanks for pointing it out. Parutakupiu ^{talk || contribs} 22:18, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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