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Someone told me Havana, Cuba is now a confirmed bid. is that true? -fonzy
If London or Paris becomes the final hosted city, it would be the first triplicate in Summer Olympics. London hosted 1908 and 1948 and Paris hosted 1900 and 1924. Two other cities, Los Angeles and Athens already have duplicates, but no triplicate exists yet. With current knowledge, what is the probability that the result will be either London or Paris?? 66.32.145.143 00:45, 23 May 2004 (UTC)
The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) has the final word about bids for the Olympic Games in the country. It is a long standing tradition that Brazil shall bid through one city only. Although Rio de Janeiro had always been considered the natural candidate, São Paulo insisted that it could present a better project than it would be possible for Rio to do. The COB settled the issue by a vote, in which all the registered members voted for either one of the cities. Rio de Janeiro won by a landslide and the COB submitted Rio's bid. Therefore, from an international point of view there was never a possibility of two Brazilian cities bidding for the Games, since the issue was handled iternally and São Paulo could not bid without the approval of the Brazilian Olympic Committee. Don't know if that's relevant for the article or whether this should be included, but I guess it sheds some light in the events leading to São Paulo "missing" the deadline for bidding. Redux 23:40, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
As of this moment, are all 5 of London, UK, Paris, France, Moscow, Russia, New York City, and Madrid, Spain still possibilities for the 2012 Olympics?? 66.245.87.127 01:45, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Now there is a picture of the Olympic logo. Does this mean it has now officially been confirmed that the 2012 Olympics will be held in Paris?? Georgia guy 21:36, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- huh? I don't see why the olympic logo would mean that Paris has been confirmed? The city is chosen on 6th July. Joolz 08:29, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Is it neccessary to have two links to the anti-london bid site? I think it over-emphasises the point and puts an unfair bias against london Joolz 08:29, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
What has happened in the last couple of days (see this diff)? It appears 63.202.178.253 has completely re-written the article, and changed quite a bit of info in it. I think the old one was better, but I'll mention it on the anon's talk page before making changes - what do others think of the re-written article? -- Chuq 22:22, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
When the winner is announced it might be an idea to copy the victor's {{ 2012 Olympic bid}} call into this article for consistency. violet/riga (t) 5 July 2005 22:43 (UTC)
This section is misleading as it does not report on the final bid reviews by the IOC. The section currently only reports on the original bids and the first IOC evaluation to create the shortlist. The shortlisted cities then created their final bid and this was evaluated by the ICO commission. This section does not report on this, now creating the appearance that the IOC made a somewhat illogical decision in selecting the London bid that scored markedly lower than the Paris bid. Although the final IOC evaluation did not provide scores, it was clear that London's evaluation had improved considerably and was much closer to Paris'. This was both observed in the French and British press at the time and also lead to London closing the gap with Paris on the GamesBid Index.
Right off the bat, I see that there are a lot of fair use images and none of them have rationales. However, the article is well-written and it is also well-sourced, although the trivia section should go. The note about questioning the security of Madrid could go in the Madrid section, and the note about Singapore could go in the final selection process section, although I'm not sure if it is needed. I'll place it on hold for the time being so you can consider my suggestions. -- Scorpion 15:44, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi, reading this page I've noticed that Madrid actually got more votes in round 3 than either Paris or London, but it's not mentioned or explained in the text that I can see... is there any reason for this strange vote, is it incorrect and either way does it deserve a mention? Thanks 80.47.113.150 20:27, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
An editor has expressed concern that the prose for the article may not be professional. Could we get an idea may an example from the article, so that we'll know what to look for. Thanks in advance, Navou banter 12:38, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
I've noticed that the page has been vandalized several times. Seeing as it's on the front page, could we possibly get some protection on the page? Psychoman364 03:51, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
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)
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?
There seem to be a lot of spelling errors on this page. I have fixed a few but it still needs help.
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)
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