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Scope
It is a theme that involves a large number of articles; a period exceeding a century. To organize and standardize articles, two periods were grouped according to the amount of information and bidding system: 1896-2000 and 2002-present. During the bidding phase for the 2002 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) modified the process, creating the short-list system. This new system comprises two phases of campaign: the Applicant phase and the Candidate phase. It is from this date, this new type of election, that this task force will focus to work.
Since then we had eight bidding processes (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016) and 67 campaigns. These 67 campaigns are divided in three categories: 8 host cities, 24 candidate cities and 35 applicant cities. Each category represents the article's text scheme according to the length of the campaign. Those schemas can be found below, as well as the working groups for each bidding process.
For an efficient standardization of the articles, structure schemas were created for each category, meeting the quality requirements and providing the best format of organization to the reader. The host city category was created due to the larger amount of information and sources.
Host city
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[TABLE] INFOBOX
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::> Introduction
(Four paragraphs, each containing:)
:::> General information
:::> Process information
:::> Election information
:::> Project information
:> == Candidature process ==
(A left-aligned picture and three paragraphs, each containing:)
:::> Postulant city information
:::> Applicant city information
:::> Candidate city information
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[TABLE] EVALUATION
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::> === Evaluation ===
(A right-aligned picture and a single text.)
::> === Election ===
(A right-aligned picture and a single text.)
:> == Candidature concept ==
(A left-aligned picture and three paragraphs, each containing:)
:::> Overall concept and vision
:::> Visual ident
:::> Expierence and Dates
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[TABLE] SCHEDULE
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::> === Politics ===
(A right-aligned picture and a single text.)
::> === Controversies ===
(A right-aligned picture and a single text.)
:> == Candidature project ==
(A left-aligned picture and four paragraphs, each containing:)
:::> Overall project/Venues
:::> Overall project/Venues
:::> Paralympics/Environment
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[TABLE] VENUES
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::> === Infrastructure ===
(A right-aligned picture and a single text.)
::> === Finance ===
(A right-aligned picture and a single text.)
:> == References ==
(Containing {{Reflist}} with all references using the {{Citation}} mechanism.)
:> == External links ==
(Containing official sources, templates, categories and interwikis.)
Candidate city
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[TABLE] INFOBOX
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::> Introduction
(Threee paragraphs, each containing:)
:::> General information
:::> Process/Election information
:::> Failure information
:> == Candidature process ==
(A left-aligned picture and two paragraphs, each containing:)
:::> Postulant/Applicant city information
:::> Candidate city information
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[TABLE] EVALUATION
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::> === Evaluation ===
(A right-aligned picture and a single text.)
::> === Election ===
(A right-aligned picture and a single text.)
:> == Candidature concept ==
(A left-aligned picture and two paragraphs, each containing:)
:::> Overall concept and vision
:::> Visual ident/Expierence and Dates
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[TABLE] SCHEDULE
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::> === Politics ===
(A right-aligned picture and a single text.)
::> === Controversies ===
(A right-aligned picture and a single text.)
:> == Candidature project ==
(A left-aligned picture and two paragraphs, each containing:)
:::> Overall project/Venues
:::> Paralympics/Environment
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[TABLE] VENUES
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::> === Infrastructure ===
(A right-aligned picture and a single text.)
::> === Finance ===
(A right-aligned picture and a single text.)
:> == References ==
(Containing {{Reflist}} with all references using the {{Citation}} mechanism.)
:> == External links ==
(Containing official sources, templates, categories and interwikis.)
Applicant city
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[TABLE] INFOBOX
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::> Introduction
(Two paragraphs, each containing:)
:::> General/Election information
:::> Process/Failure information
:> == Candidature process ==
(A left-aligned picture and three paragraphs, each containing:)
:::> Postulant
:::> Applicant city information
:::> Evaluation
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[TABLE] EVALUATION
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:> == Candidature concept ==
(A left-aligned picture and three paragraphs, each containing:)
:::> Overall concept and vision/Visual ident
:::> Politics
:::> Controversies
:> == Candidature project ==
(A left-aligned picture and three paragraphs, each containing:)
:::> Overall project/Paralympics
:::> Venues
:::> Infrastructure/Finance
:> == References ==
(Containing {{Reflist}} with all references using the {{Citation}} mechanism.)
:> == External links ==
(Containing official sources, templates, categories and interwikis.)
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The Working groups are created as a bidding process for an Olympic Games is concluded. Then, this group of contributors work to make Bids for the YYYY "Season" Olympics a Featured topic. It involves articles divided in four categories (overview articles, host city articles, candidate city articles, and applicant city articles) according to its format and amount of information provided in the internet. The main goal is to get those articles to achieve the criteria of a Featured article. However, this should be a gradual process achieving each quality level until the highest. The overview article do not have a scheme yet.
The contributors can follow the progress of the articles through a scoring system. The score index is composed of 70% of "Quality scale" and 30% of "Technical issues". The table of values can be seen below.
