Talk:Guatemala at the 2008 Summer Olympics/GA1

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Reviewer: TheQ Editor (talk · contribs) 19:11, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

I see you have been working hard on these articles. Give me some time to review this. Thanks,  ΤheQ Editor  ^Talk? 19:11, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Lead

• "and fifteenth Olympics of any kind" should be "and fifteenth Olympics including the Winter Olympics"

 Done

• "Helsinki, Finland, a" --> "Helsinki, Finland. A"

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Background

• In the first paragraph, why do you need two of the same FN to cite the same paragraph?

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• Note that Guatemala appeared at the 1932 olympics too.

 Not done They didn't. - NG39 (Used to be NickGibson3900)^Talk 02:57, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

@NG39: Looks like I may be wrong again. But I'm pretty sure that they were there. Antonia Matos participated in the 1932 Olympics but Guatemala did not have a flag bearer. ΤheQ Editor  ^Talk? 22:27, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Can you please provide evidence as my searchings have produced nothing - NG39 (Used to be NickGibson3900)^Talk 07:04, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

• "its largest delegation yet sent (as of the 2008 Beijing Olympics)" - "its largest delegation yet sent as of the 2012 Olympics"

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• "As of 2008," - should be "As of 2012,"

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• "thirteen of them consecutive" - it's twelve not thirteen

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• "During that time period, there had yet to have been a Guatemalan athlete who has won a medal." - in the 2012 Olympics, Erick Barrondo won a medal.

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• In the first sentence of the second paragraph, note that it excludes the Winter Olympics because in 1988, 6 athletes showed up.

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• "badminton; boxing; equestrianism; sailing; shooting; swimming; weightlifting;" - semi colons should be commas.

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Athletics

• Don't include a "main article" link, include a "see also" link.

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• "seconds)." - no ")"

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• The time is not 2:28:40, it is 2:28:26. Check the official results. The ESPN results also says it is 2:28:40.

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• Goran Stojiljkovic (2h28:26), is actually 14 seconds not 26 seconds.

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• Knock something about Arévalo being 21 minutes and 54 seconds behind gold medallist.

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• Make the times consistent, sometimes it's spelt out in words and sometimes it's the numeric value.

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• Samuel Kamau should be Samuel Kamau Wanjiru

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• Atsushi Satoh should be Atsushi Sato

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• Also note that the gold medallist broke an olympic record

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• Add a ref with the official 2008 results. (here)

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• "He was 26 years old at the time of his participation in the Athens Olympics of 2004, when he finished 64th in the men's marathon." - "His first in the Olympics was the Athens Olympics of 2004, when he was 26 years old at the time of his participation. He finished 64th in the men's marathon" or something along the lines of mentioning it was his first Olympics.

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• "He returned to participate in the event again at age 30" - "He returned to participate in the event again at age 30 in the 2008 Olympics"

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• "Yonas Kifle Andebrhan" should be "Yonas Kifle" or change it to "Yonas Andebrhan Kifle" and link it to "Yonas Kifle" or change it to "Yonas Andebrhan Kifle" and create a redirect from that to "Yonas Kifle".

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• "Henryk Jozef Szost" should be "Henryk Szost"

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• Also note that he is 19:49 behind gold

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• Jolanta Dukere should be Jolanta Dukure

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• Despoina Zapounidou should be Despina Zapounidou

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• Also note that she was 17:42 behind gold

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• For all four athletes, include date of birth.

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Badminton

• Don't include a "main article" link, include a "see also" link.

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• Note that the two matches took 38 minutes in total with the first being 17 min long and second being 19 min long.[1]

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• Include date of birth

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• It could use a picture about Kevin Cordón.

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Boxing

• Don't include a "main article" link, include a "see also" link.

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• File:Beijing_Workers_Arena.jpg - caption needs a period at the end

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Equestrian

• Don't include a "main article" link, include a "see also" link.

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• Pablo Barrios should be Pablo Barros

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• "OF the 77 competitors" Uncapitalize the "f" on "OF"

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• Lidger Beerbaum should be Ludger Beerbaum

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Modern Pentathlon

• Don't include a "main article" link, include a "see also" link.

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• Same with section "Sailing"

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• Include date of birth

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Shooting

• Don't include a "main article" link, include a "see also" link.

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• Image needs a caption

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• Wait... so he competed at the 1996 Olympics at age 32, and then he became younger by 6 years when he competed at the 2000 Olympics at age 26 and then aged 18 years in 8 years?

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• There's usually a comparison, why isn't there one in this section?

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Swimming

• Don't include a "main article" link, include a "see also" link.

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• Image needs a caption

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Weightlifting

• Don't include a "main article" link, include a "see also" link.

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• Could use a picture about Christian López

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• Include birth date

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• How many points did Libor Walzer score?

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Other

• Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (numbers), there should be a non-breaking space.

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Discussion

@TheQ Editor: Done all but one. See above for explanation Thanks a lot for the review. - NG39 (Used to be NickGibson3900)^Talk 07:05, 17 November 2014 (UTC)