Talk:Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Introduction

The Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics forms the basis/template of all pages of the "Sailing at the xxxx Summer Olympic games" articles.

This article is standardized to this standard!

Naming convention

The name of apage is as follows: Sailing at the xxxx Summer Olympics.

Good examples of a Class page name are:

• Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Page structure

A page for the series of the Olympic regatta's event of one special year has the following structure:

1. Infobox Olympic event template
2. General introduction
3. Venue section

• Infobox building (for the venue/harbor/yachtclub ...)
• Course areas
• Competition
  • Overview
  • Continents
  • Countries
  • Classes (equipment)
  • (gallery with the classes in line drawing and if possible in action)

1. Race schedule section (planned racing days)
2. Medal summary section

• Sailing xxxx
• Sailing 1896 - xxxx

1. Notes section
2. Further reading section
3. Reference section
4. Categories and other Wikipedia metadata

In case a section does not have the suitable content yet the following template will be used as placeholder:

Example of Class page

Please check when in doubt the content of this article

Further information: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Thanks in advance NED33 (talk) 23:15, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

In compliance with the standard

The following Class pages are in compliance with this standard:

• Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics
• Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
• Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics
• Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics
• Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics
• Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
• Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics
• Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics
• Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• 1932 - 1968, 1976 - 2000
  • In less detail the articles around Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics are pre-standardized.
  • The next wave will be 1928 --> 2016 fine tuning and gathering of more documented information.

Tornado class

See Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado class

New Zealand refused to send the TORNADO team to 2008 Summer Olympics. —Preceding unsigned comment added by AntipovSergej (talk • contribs) 04:14, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Why? and were documented? NED33 (talk) 13:21, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

49er class

See Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 49er class

I think there should be a mention about the current dispute between Denmark and Spain because the Danish used the Croatian ship in the last race.--Menah the Great (talk) 23:57, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Done NED33 (talk) 13:21, 31 March 2014 (UTC)