User:Andrwsc/Olympic article list

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There are 230 nations for which we need to write a combination of "Nation at the Olympics" and possibly "Nation at the Summer Olympics" and maybe "Nation at the Winter Olympics" articles.

I want to get these articles created at "start level" instead of as just stubs, so here is what I think they need to contain:

standard infobox
brief intro, with mention of first appearance and any subsequent boycotts etc.
mention of the NOC
mention of hosted Games, if any
mention of predecessor/successor nations, if any (e.g. Germany, USSR, Yugoslavia, etc.)
number of competitors and sports participated per Games (this data is not currently available so will be added later)
table of medals won per-Games and per-sport
list of medalists

Not surprisingly, a "one size fits all" approach is inappropriate (compare the Olympic history of the United States to Kiribati, for example...). For some nations (USA, URS, etc.), a list of all medalists is impractical, so I would suggest a list of notable medalists instead (for example, multiple winners). For nations that have never won any medals, I think it is best to exclude the tables, as they would just be a large list of zeroes and not really contribute anything.

As for which articles are created, we have three choices:

Some nations have rich histories for both Summer and Winter Games, so I will create both articles, with the "...at the Olympics" article serving as a disambiguation page.
Some nations have long histories at the Summer Games, but not so much for the Winter Games (e.g. a handful of appearances with a very small number of competitors each time), so I will combine everything into a single "...at the Olympics" article. Redirects will be created from the Summer and Winter links.
Some nations have never been to the Winter Games, so they will only have a single "...at the Olympics" article and a single redirect from the "... at the Summer Olympics" link.

Here are the list of nations by each of these categories.

1 Large Olympic histories
2 Smaller Olympic histories
3 Summer appearances only
4 Never won a medal

[edit] Large Olympic histories

In this table, the "Medalist list" cell refers to whether or not a complete list of all medalists is appropriate/possible for the article.

...at the Olympics	...at the Summer Olympics		...at the Winter Olympics
...at the Olympics	Article	Medalist list	Article	Medalist list
Australia	Australia	no	Australia	yes
Austria	Austria	no	Austria	no
Belgium	Belgium	no	Belgium	yes
Belarus	Belarus	yes	Belarus	yes
Bulgaria	Bulgaria	no	Bulgaria	yes
Canada	Canada	no	Canada	no
China	China	no	China	yes
Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakia	no	Czechoslovakia	yes
Czech Republic	Czech Republic	yes	Czech Republic	yes
Denmark	Denmark	no	Denmark	yes
Finland	Finland	no	Finland	no
France	France	no	France	no
West Germany	West Germany	no	West Germany	no
Great Britain	Great Britain	no	Great Britain	yes
East Germany	East Germany	no	East Germany	no
Germany	Germany	no	Germany	no
Hungary	Hungary	no	Hungary	yes
Italy	Italy	no	Italy	no
Japan	Japan	no	Japan	yes
South Korea	South Korea	no	South Korea	yes
Netherlands	Netherlands	no	Netherlands	no
Norway	Norway	no	Norway	no
New Zealand	New Zealand	no	New Zealand	yes
Poland	Poland	no	Poland	yes
Romania	Romania	no	Romania	yes
Russia	Russia	no	Russia	no
Soviet Union	Soviet Union	no	Soviet Union	no
Spain	Spain	no	Spain	yes
Switzerland	Switzerland	no	Switzerland	no
Sweden	Sweden	no	Sweden	no
Ukraine	Ukraine	no	Ukraine	yes
United States	United States	no	United States	no
Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	no	Yugoslavia	yes

[edit] Smaller Olympic histories

In these cases, my opinion is that we combine all data into a single "...at the Olympics" article and the Summer and Winter links would both redirect to it.

...at the Olympics	...at the Summer Olympics		...at the Winter Olympics
...at the Olympics	Article	Medalist list	Article	Medalist list
Algeria	Algeria	yes	Algeria	n/a
Argentina	Argentina	no	Argentina	n/a
Armenia	Armenia	yes	Armenia	n/a
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	yes	Azerbaijan	n/a
Bermuda	Bermuda	yes	Bermuda	n/a
Brazil	Brazil	no	Brazil	n/a
Chile	Chile	yes	Chile	n/a
Cameroon	Cameroon	yes	Cameroon	n/a
Costa Rica	Costa Rica	yes	Costa Rica	n/a
Croatia	Croatia	yes	Croatia	yes
Egypt	Egypt	yes	Egypt	n/a
Estonia	Estonia	yes	Estonia	yes
Ethiopia	Ethiopia	yes	Ethiopia	n/a
United Team of Germany	United Team of Germany	no	United Team of Germany	no
Greece	Greece	no	Greece	n/a
Georgia	Georgia	yes	Georgia	n/a
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	yes	Hong Kong	n/a
India	India	yes	India	n/a
Iran	Iran	yes	Iran	n/a
Ireland	Ireland	yes	Ireland	n/a
Iceland	Iceland	yes	Iceland	n/a
Israel	Israel	yes	Israel	n/a
Virgin Islands	Virgin Islands	yes	Virgin Islands	n/a
Jamaica	Jamaica	yes	Jamaica	n/a
Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	yes	Kazakhstan	yes
Kenya	Kenya	yes	Kenya	n/a
Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	yes	Kyrgyzstan	n/a
Latvia	Latvia	yes	Latvia	yes
Lebanon	Lebanon	yes	Lebanon	n/a
Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	yes	Liechtenstein	yes
Lithuania	Lithuania	yes	Lithuania	n/a
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	yes	Luxembourg	yes
Morocco	Morocco	yes	Morocco	n/a
Moldova	Moldova	yes	Moldova	n/a
Mexico	Mexico	yes	Mexico	n/a
Mongolia	Mongolia	yes	Mongolia	n/a
FYR Macedonia	FYR Macedonia	yes	FYR Macedonia	n/a
Netherlands Antilles	Netherlands Antilles	yes	Netherlands Antilles	n/a
Philippines	Philippines	yes	Philippines	n/a
Portugal	Portugal	yes	Portugal	n/a
North Korea	North Korea	yes	North Korea	yes
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	yes	Puerto Rico	n/a
Republic of China	Republic of China	yes	Republic of China	n/a
Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	yes	Serbia and Montenegro	n/a
Senegal	Senegal	yes	Senegal	n/a
Slovenia	Slovenia	yes	Slovenia	yes
South Africa	South Africa	no	South Africa	n/a
Slovakia	Slovakia	yes	Slovakia	yes
Thailand	Thailand	yes	Thailand	n/a
Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	yes	Chinese Taipei	n/a
Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	yes	Trinidad and Tobago	n/a
Turkey	Turkey	no	Turkey	n/a
Uruguay	Uruguay	yes	Uruguay	n/a
Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	yes	Uzbekistan	yes
Venezuela	Venezuela	yes	Venezuela	n/a

[edit] Summer appearances only

These nations have never participated in the Winter Games. I believe that the main summary article should be "Nation at the Olympics", with a redirect from "Nation at the Summer Olympics". In every case except CUB, the full list of all medalists is a manageable number that can be included in the article.

...at the Olympics	...at the Summer Olympics
...at the Olympics	Article	Medalist list
Bahamas	Bahamas	yes
Barbados	Barbados	yes
Burundi	Burundi	yes
Bohemia	Bohemia	yes
British West Indies	British West Indies	yes
Ceylon	Ceylon	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	yes
Colombia	Colombia	yes
Cuba	Cuba	no
Djibouti	Djibouti	yes
Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	yes
Ecuador	Ecuador	yes
Eritrea	Eritrea	yes
Ghana	Ghana	yes
Guyana	Guyana	yes
Haiti	Haiti	yes
Indonesia	Indonesia	yes
Iraq	Iraq	yes
Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	yes
Kuwait	Kuwait	yes
Malaysia	Malaysia	yes
Mozambique	Mozambique	yes
Namibia	Namibia	yes
Nigeria	Nigeria	yes
Niger	Niger	yes
Pakistan	Pakistan	yes
Panama	Panama	yes
Paraguay	Paraguay	yes
Peru	Peru	yes
Qatar	Qatar	yes
Singapore	Singapore	yes
Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	yes
Suriname	Suriname	yes
Syria	Syria	yes
Tanzania	Tanzania	yes
Tonga	Tonga	yes
Tunisia	Tunisia	yes
United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	yes
Uganda	Uganda	yes
Vietnam	Vietnam	yes
Zambia	Zambia	yes
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	yes

[edit] Never won a medal

These nations have never won a single medal from any Games. These are lower priority to complete, as they will be little more than stub contents and will not be linked from any "Sport at the Olympics" page (in all-time medal tables, for example). To be honest, in many if not all cases, I don't think these articles are necessary, even for "completeness" sake.

...at the Olympics	...at the Summer Olympics
...at the Olympics	Article	Medalist list
Afghanistan	Afghanistan	n/a
Angola	Angola	n/a
Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	n/a
Aruba	Aruba	n/a
Bangladesh	Bangladesh	n/a
Benin	Benin	n/a
Bhutan	Bhutan	n/a
Burma	Burma	n/a
Belize	Belize	n/a
North Borneo	North Borneo	n/a
Botswana	Botswana	n/a
Bahrain	Bahrain	n/a
Brunei	Brunei	n/a
Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	n/a
Central African Republic	Central African Republic	n/a
Cambodia	Cambodia	n/a
Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands	n/a
Congo	Congo	n/a
Chad	Chad	n/a
DR Congo	DR Congo	n/a
Cook Islands	Cook Islands	n/a
Comoros	Comoros	n/a
Cape Verde	Cape Verde	n/a
Dahomey	Dahomey	n/a
Dominica	Dominica	n/a
El Salvador	El Salvador	n/a
Micronesia	Micronesia	n/a
Gabon	Gabon	n/a
Gambia	Gambia	n/a
Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	n/a
Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	n/a
Grenada	Grenada	n/a
Guinea	Guinea	n/a
British Honduras	British Honduras	n/a
British Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands	n/a
Jordan	Jordan	n/a
Kiribati	Kiribati	n/a
Laos	Laos	n/a
Libya	Libya	n/a
Liberia	Liberia	n/a
Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia	n/a
Lesotho	Lesotho	n/a
Malaya	Malaya	n/a
Malawi	Malawi	n/a
Maldives	Maldives	n/a
Mali	Mali	n/a
Malta	Malta	n/a
Mauritius	Mauritius	n/a
Mauritania	Mauritania	n/a
Myanmar	Myanmar	n/a
Nicaragua	Nicaragua	n/a
Northern Rhodesia	Northern Rhodesia	n/a
Nauru	Nauru	n/a
Oman	Oman	n/a
Palestine	Palestine	n/a
Palau	Palau	n/a
Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	n/a
Rhodesia	Rhodesia	n/a
Rwanda	Rwanda	n/a
Saar	Saar	n/a
Samoa	Samoa	n/a
Serbia	Serbia	n/a
Seychelles	Seychelles	n/a
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	n/a
Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	n/a
Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands	n/a
Somalia	Somalia	n/a
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe	n/a
Sudan	Sudan	n/a
Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan	n/a
Timor-Leste	Timor-Leste	n/a
Togo	Togo	n/a
Vanuatu	Vanuatu	n/a
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	n/a
Upper Volta	Upper Volta	n/a
North Yemen	North Yemen	n/a
Yemen	Yemen	n/a
South Yemen	South Yemen	n/a
Zaire	Zaire	n/a

...at the Olympics	...at the Summer Olympics		...at the Winter Olympics
...at the Olympics	Article	Medalist list	Article	Medalist list
Albania	Albania	n/a	Albania	n/a
Andorra	Andorra	n/a	Andorra	n/a
American Samoa	American Samoa	n/a	American Samoa	n/a
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	n/a	Bosnia and Herzegovina	n/a
Bolivia	Bolivia	n/a	Bolivia	n/a
Cyprus	Cyprus	n/a	Cyprus	n/a
Fiji	Fiji	n/a	Fiji	n/a
Guatemala	Guatemala	n/a	Guatemala	n/a
Guam	Guam	n/a	Guam	n/a
Honduras	Honduras	n/a	Honduras	n/a
Madagascar	Madagascar	n/a	Madagascar	n/a
Monaco	Monaco	n/a	Monaco	n/a
Nepal	Nepal	n/a	Nepal	n/a
San Marino	San Marino	n/a	San Marino	n/a
Swaziland	Swaziland	n/a	Swaziland	n/a
Tajikistan	Tajikistan	n/a	Tajikistan	n/a