Talk:Australia at the Olympics

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this page says it's noteworthy that Australia finished 4th 4th and 6th in the last 3 games despite a population of only 20 million - but no mention of the fact that the Australian govt spends a disproportionate amount of money on trying to win gold medals (e.g. double what the Canadians spend - a comparable country http://www.nationalpost.com/scripts/feeds/story.html?id=2210902) http://www.watoday.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/hefty-price-tag-for-our-sporting-obsession-20091123-ixhq.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amaher (talk • contribs) 11:24, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

now included--Amaher (talk) 20:06, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Medals by individual (Kieren Perkins)

This list is currently incomplete (non-exhaustive). An anonymous IP editor pointed out that the list is missing "Lane, Pearce, Mockridge, Wenden, O'Neill, and others"

The fix by the anonymous IP editor was to remove Kieren Perkins, but I think that is the wrong way to fix this, as Kieren is one of the most famous Australian olympians of all time.

Instead I think that we should add Lane, Pearce, Mockridge, Wenden, O'Neill, etc to the list. Daceyvillain (talk) 00:36, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. The list was exhaustive of everyone with 3 or more medals before edited by you. Kieren Perkins as one of the most famous Australian olympians is subjective to you. I would disagree in that opinion. He is however worthy of an article and he has one, and his achievements can be found on that page. Even on these lists | First and | Second after a quick search online he doesn't rate a mention among the greatest Australian Olympians of all time. The 3 medals is a clear metric and should remain. (If 2 is used then all people who qualify should be added for an exhaustive list. But it should not include Perkins or the others mentioned unless/until all are included at once. Until that time is should be reverted). MyacEight (talk) 03:37, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]