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GA Review

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Reviewer: Arconning (talk · contribs) 14:54, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

1. Well-written:

Criteria	Notes	Result
(a) (prose)	The Palestinian delegation at the 1996 games... Capitalize games. Y Done. Sprinter Majed Abu Maraheel competed in the men's 10,000 metres event. The 10,000 metres isn't a sprinting event, suggest changing to Long-distance runner. Y Done. Majed also bore the Palestinian flag..., bore is a bit informal, no other articles use it when mentioning flag bearers. Suggest rewriting to Majed was also the flag bearer.... It is already written that he's representing Palestine so a mention of the Palestinian flag would be unnecessary. Y Done. represented Palestine at their Olympics debut. Change to Olympic debut. Y Done. Majed was drawn in the first heat..., drawn in is a bit too informal, change. Y Done. Therefore, he did not... I suggest omitting Therefore. Y Done.	Pass
(b) (MoS)	Athletes from the Palestinian territories, represented by the Palestine Olympic Committee and competing as Palestine, participated in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. I suggest bolding Palestine and at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Y Done. men's 10,000 metres event Hyperlink to Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres Y Done. Majed also bore the Palestinian flag during the parade of nations of the opening ceremony. Hyperlink opening ceremony to 1996 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Y Done. ==Background==2 Probably an error when encoding source code. Omit 2. Y Done.	Pass

2. Verifiable with no original research:

Criteria	Notes	Result
(a) (references)	Add more information on first source, Israel's protest against the competing of Palestine seems noteworthy. Y Done. Mostly databases which is a problem.	Fail
(b) (citations to reliable sources)	The reviewer has no notes here.	Pass
(c) (original research)	The reviewer has no notes here.	Pass
(d) (copyvio and plagiarism)	The reviewer has no notes here.	Pass

3. Broad in its coverage:

Criteria	Notes	Result
(a) (major aspects)	The reviewer has no notes here.	Pass
(b) (focused)	Athletes from the Palestinian territories, represented by the Palestine Olympic Committee and competing as Palestine, participated in the Olympic Games for the first time... Would like to learn why this instead of Palestine, represented by the Palestine Olympic Committee, participated in the Olympic Games for the first time... Ah, I must have confused Palestinian territories and State of Palestine.  Done	Pass

4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.

Notes	Result
The reviewer has no notes here.	Pass

5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.

Notes	Result
The reviewer has no notes here.	Pass

6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:

Criteria	Notes	Result
(a) (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales)	Photo of the stadium seems to follow all guidelines, no picture of the athlete but seems understandable.	Pass
(b) (appropriate use with suitable captions)	The Centennial Olympic Stadium where the athletic events... Change to athletics events. Y Done.	Pass

Result

Result	Notes
Fail	Article is a bit too short, most of the sources are databases. But everything looks nice so it would be nice to get this nomination nominated again!

Discussion

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@EN-Jungwon I wish that this article could be improved in the following seven days. Everything looks nice but it could use a bit more! Wishing the editors to do their best. Arconning (talk) 2:54, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

@EN-Jungwon A little bit more and I think it could be a good article! Would have to get a second opinion though to ensure everything is correct! Might be some information left out so I'm not entirely sure. Arconning (talk) 12:30, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

@Arconning all done. Many thanks for the review and happy new year. -- EN-Jungwon 16:38, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

@Arconning can you clarify what you mean by Mostly databases. Is there a specific policy that prohibits use of sources like this? Everything is sourced so I'm just confused why you would fail this nom. -- EN-Jungwon 05:34, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

@EN-Jungwon Though databases are somewhat reliable, the use of them is a bit excessive. Finding more reliable sources from other news sites could help more with the article. Arconning (talk) 05:38, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

@Arconning you could've mentioned that before so that I can fix it instead of failing the nomination. Theres still two days left for the full 7 days to be over. -- EN-Jungwon 05:41, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

@EN-Jungwon I apologize for failing it, but a lot still has to be done. You can nominate it again but please do add more information as I believe there are information missing about the participation of Palestine at the edition. Such as athletes who failed to compete but still was on track to represent the country. Arconning (talk) 05:49, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Useful source for the background section

This story from the New York Times, published before the 1996 Olympics, gives useful context that the Palestinian Track and Field Federation hoped to send a larger contingent to the games, and that participation was funded by Olympic Solidarity. Richard Nevell (talk) 15:55, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: Generalissima (talk · contribs) 16:39, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

The breadth issues brought up in the prior review have still not been addressed; besides a news article from ten years prior to the event, all sources used are databases. Database sources are fine when used in a conjunction with a variety of other sourcing, but I can't imagine this hitting the GA criteria when its drawn primairly from them. Broad sourcing definitely exists; The article "Palestine and the Olympics: A History" by Issam Khalidi and Alon K. Raab stands out, alongside a wide variety of contemporary American news coverage about the Palestinian athletes. I will have to quickfail this due to being a long way from meeting criterion 3a. Generalissima (talk) 16:39, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

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GA Review

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Nominator: Arconning (talk · contribs) 12:41, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 15:40, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

@LunaEatsTuna Hello! Just would like an update on the review^^ Arconning (talk) 05:54, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

@Arconning: Sorry for the wait! The review is done. Template:LunaEatsTunaSig (talk), posted at 04:15, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

@LunaEatsTuna Everything has been addressed :) Arconning (talk) 12:23, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Nice work! After two failed GANs by different authors, I am finally happy to pass this article for GA status. Congrats! Template:LunaEatsTunaSig (talk), posted at 19:16, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Will review this. Template:LunaEatsTunaSig (talk), posted at 15:40, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Lead

• Specify what persecution they were avoiding at the 1936 games for readers who might be unaware.
  • Done.

Membership and recognition

• "in 1931, it was" – should be "in 1931, but was".
  • Done.
• I would specify "Israeli occupation of Palestine".
  • Done.
• "to protest the decision to the International Olympic Committee" – use IOC here, as the abbreviation was already specified.
  • Done.
• This is a personal preference but I would combine the second and third paragraphs into one just because both are fairly short and they seem related enough.
  • Done.

Opening ceremony

• The first sentence is a bit of a sea of blue; maybe changing the first part to "At the [[1996 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony]] for the 1996 Summer Olympics, […]" will help to fix this a bit.
  • Done.
• "Olympic Games stating that his main purpose" change to "Olympic Games. He stated that his main purpose" for better flow.
  • Done.
• "between the Olympic Committee of Israel (OCI)" – already mentioned in the previous section; move the abbreviation there and change this to just OCI.
  • Done.

Delegation

• Optional: "who was going to be picked" – I would do "chosen" here just because it sounds more formal. :)
  • Done.
• I would remove "the personal security force of Palestinian National Authority leader Yasser Arafat" – it seems unnecessary to explain what Force 17 is, seeing as we do not explain what the Palestinian Authority etc. is; the reader can simply click the link if they are curious.
  • Done.
• Recommend "However, Salama eventually" for better sentence flow.
  • Done.

Athletics

• Both footnotes in this section need citing.
  • Done.
• Combine the third and fourth sentences into "He finished last out of 21 athletes that finished the race, and recorded a time of 34 minutes and 40.50 seconds."
  • Done.
• I do not think "After competing in his event, Abu Maraheel eventually became the first ever athlete to represent Palestine at the Olympic Games" sentence is really necessary.
  • Done.

Other

• (If known/applicable) recommend adding template:use X English.
  • Not really known/applicable so not added, will keep in mind for future projects!

Spotcheck

• Good; passes spotchecks I did on refs 2, 5, 10 and 12.

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