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Competition schedule

The competition schedule for the 2024 Summer Paralympics is revealed. Here is the link. SarahTHunter (talk) 17:17, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

2024 Summer Paralympics pictograms

Where can I find the 2024 Summer Paralympics pictograms? They are of very similar format to the 2024 Olympics' pictograms. Thanks, SarahTHunter (talk) 17:40, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Try https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/the-games/the-brand/pictograms#paralympic-pictograms - Purplewowies (talk) 16:19, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Number of athletes

The official list of number of athletes for each nations are available on the official website (click on the nation, then entries). MSalmon (talk) 17:59, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Guides, Ramp Assistants etc are also part of the teams and eligible for medals despite not being listed on the official website. I noticed that you changed the Australian team to 151. The Australian team is 159 as they also have 8 of these members. Basetornado (talk) 08:59, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why are we including them when they are not athletes? MSalmon (talk) 09:33, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Because they are part of the team and are also athletes as well. They also receive medals like I said. The guides run with blind and low vision athletes, the ramp assistants are a team with the Boccia athletes etc. The Australian team explicitly includes them as part of the team and as athletes. (The 160 listed is now 159 due to a late withdrawal) "Australia will be represented by 160 athletes: 152 athletes with an impairment, two athletics guides, two boccia ramp operators, two cycling pilots, one triathlon guide and one rowing coxswain. They will be supported by 198 staff, including two handlers for triathlon." https://www.paralympic.org.au/2024/08/record-breakers-change-makers-australian-paralympic-team-finalised-for-paris-2024/ Basetornado (talk) 10:08, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok but have they always been included in the numbers? MSalmon (talk) 10:13, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Does that matter? The team explictly includes them, the Paralympics gives them medals. It's not like they're a coach etc. They're actively competing. Basetornado (talk) 10:19, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The official website doesn't list them so why should we? MSalmon (talk) 10:21, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suriname

Is there any reason why there are no athletes for Suriname listed on the Olympics website yet they appeared on the parade of nations? MSalmon (talk) 21:34, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Security

Why is there be no mention of police/military personnel from other countries who are providing security there? Cheel (talk) 16:11, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Paris 2024

I'm placing the following comment on both the 2024 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Paralympics talk pages.

Though this was not entirely novel for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, more than ever before, Paris 2024 was a common 'platform' for both Games.

More specifically, the following list of things were common to both Games:

The organising committee
The emblem
The visual identity (aka Look of the Games)
The slogan ("Games Wide Open")
The wayfinding
The music - eg, for victory ceremonies
The volunteer programme
The ticketing platform
The official shops

This is not an exhaustive list.

While this commonality may seem inevitable or obvious, it was not always like this, and Paris 2024 has provided the most extensive common platform for both Games in their history, a fact which I don't think is fully reflected on the English-language Wikipedia at present.

While I am not for a second suggesting that we merge the 2024 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Paralympics articles, by doggedly adhering to the historical precedent of having only separate articles for the Olympics and Paralympics, we miss the opportunity to properly document everything that was common to what was the largest event ever held in France. (Or, alternatively, we end up duplicating it in both articles.)

My proposal therefore is as follows:

We remove the redirect from Paris 2024 to 2024 Summer Olympics.
We create a new Paris 2024 article, which complements the 2024 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Paralympics articles, to cover all of the common parts of Paris 2024 (including but not limited to the topics listed above).

Kennethmac2000 (talk) 10:17, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]