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2008 Summer Olympics medals per capita

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Original research. Also violates WP:NPOV for pushing a minority POV and WP:RS for using a blog entry (albeit one from the LA Times) for its only page reference.

Please see past AFDs about similar Olympic medal sorting schemes:

Madchester (talk) 23:00, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete Perhaps the top five are worth a mention in the main article 2008 Summer Olympics medal table, but there is no need for its own article. Reywas92Talk 23:07, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per all the comments repeatedly made for past articles. There are no reliable sources to support this type of article (the LA Time blog for this particular year is only a top 25 and does not state where they got their population numbers), and any attempt to extend or "improve" the list would clearly be original research. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 23:12, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per precedent. Pie is good (Apple is the best) 23:17, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep or, by Reywas92's suggestion, merge a limited version into the main article. The article could easily be improved by adding any of the multiple main-stream media outlet references that referred to per capita medal counts. Trying to delete the article within minutes of creation does not give anyone the chance to add additional references. While this system of counting is not as common as simple totals, it was in multiple media outlets and is therefore not original research. Citing precedent is not helpful, as the per capita tables did not make main-stream media in previous games and was therefore original research. In this games they did make main-stream media and are therefore not original research by definition. Madchester's stated position on inclusion "Unless I woke up tomorrow morning and every newspaper and news agency adopted such a medals/capita system, such content is not permissible on Wikipedia" seems to be an unobtainable standard and indicates the bias of Madchester against such a system regardless of how it meets actual wikipedia criteria.
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