Talk:Marshall Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Marshall Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics has been listed as one of the Sports and recreation good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
March 7, 2017	Good article nominee	Listed
September 25, 2018	Good topic candidate	Not promoted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 7, 2008.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the Marshall Islands, Montenegro, and Tuvalu will all be making their first Olympic appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing?

Current status: Good article

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Marshall Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Kees08 (talk · contribs) 19:07, 24 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Rate	Attribute	Review Comment
1. Well-written:
	1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.	~~Always capitalize Olympic and Games, when in the context of the Olympic Games.~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 01:51, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] Missed a few. I think I got them all now? Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 17:40, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~Does Medal need capitalized? I do not think it is.~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 23:13, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~Stay consistent with spelling it meters or metres.~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 23:15, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~Is this proper grammar? - whose father is a native Marshallese~~ Done removed the sentence --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 23:13, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~This almost sounds sarcastic with the word definitely, rephrase it: who has definitely been to the Marshall Islands~~ Done removed the sentence --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 23:13, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~Did she return or not? - and is returning after graduation of 2012.~~ Done removed the sentence --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 23:13, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~Let's use 'as of' and use the population from 2008: The island has a population of approximately 60,000.~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 23:13, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~During the IOC's what? - during the IOC's on~~ Done fixed --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 23:13, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~of the Marshal Islands - admittance of Marshall Islands~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 01:39, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~Athletics used too much and doesn't need capitalized: and a female athlete in Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Athletics~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 01:46, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~Wikilink to their country's Olympic articles from that year, not to the country itself: from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States.~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 01:51, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] Done for the swimming section and taek section, but do it for the athletics section as well. Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 18:35, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~From: The Marshal Islands were represented by two athletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics in swimming,~~ ~~To: The Marshal Islands were represented by two swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics,~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 01:41, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~Change athletes to swimmers throughout that section. I think generally athletes compete in athletics, so I try to keep the names straight otherwise.~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 01:50, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~Change from colon to comma: in Taekwondo: Anju Jason.~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 01:38, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~Random 'both' at the end of the first paragraph in swimming.~~ Done--Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 17:40, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~Typo in Sports reference in the last citation~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 17:40, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~Typo, should be heat: in her hear~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 17:40, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~Typo in Marshall, currently spelled Marshal.~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 18:32, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~Typo in Marshall, currently spelled Maeshall~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 21:53, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
	1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.	Make sure all information in the lead is somewhere in the body of the article, and make sure the citations are moved from the lead to that portion of the article. Shouldn't need any citations in the infobox or lead. Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 18:32, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~Get the qualification information into the individual sections, not just in the lead.~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 21:52, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
2. Verifiable with no original research:
	2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.	~~Keep a common date format in the citations.~~ ~~Do not include the website name in the title of the article.~~ ~~Put the website name in as the website name for the last two citations.~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 02:31, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~Cite the population of the island in 2008.~~ It already is at the end of the paragraph... Citation number 5 covers that. --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 17:42, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] Last thing, the following sentence does not appear to be supported by its citation: The Marshall Islands created its National Olympic Committee in 2001, and gained International Olympic Committee recognition in 2007 during the IOC's meeting on February 12, 2007. Done re worded and provided an additional citation. --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 17:06, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
	2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).
	2c. it contains no original research.	This can't be right, there aren't that many pool lanes. Probably just means overall, they would have a different place for their individual heat. Same for the woman's paragraph: and placed forty-second in his heat Done fixed --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 01:57, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
	2d. it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism.
3. Broad in its coverage:
	3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.	~~Include how the athletes qualified for the Olympics.~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 02:20, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
	3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
	4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
	5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
	6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.	~~I think the flag should have this added to the licensing section: {{Insignia}}~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 23:01, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] This can't be the right pd claim, can it? "it was published in the United States between 1978 and March 1, 1989" - does not really make sense to me since it looks like it was first published on wiki, as there is not a source otherwise. Wow I missed that, should be good now got some help from the folks at commons --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 17:43, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
	6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.	~~Captions that are complete sentences require a period at the end of them.~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 23:01, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply] ~~Let's get some variety in how the captions are written, right now the sentence structure is the same for each.~~ Done --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 17:43, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
	7. Overall assessment.

@Kees08:

Done ready for you to review again. --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 02:36, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Kees08: should be good now. --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 19:17, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Kees08: Ready for ya again. --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 18:35, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Kees08: Done again --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 21:53, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Kees08: Done, re-worded that sentence (corrected the information) and it should be good to go now. --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 17:08, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]