Talk:Tehani Egodawela

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A fact from Tehani Egodawela appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 July 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that shooter Tehani Egodawela was the third person selected from Sri Lanka to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tehani Egodawela.

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Do you have a picture of her that you took? Do you know someone who has? Victuallers (talk) 09:32, 5 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Schwede66 (talk) 21:17, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Sri Lankan record shooter, Tehani Egodawela, was the third person from her country to qualify for the "2020" Olympics?Source: "Shooter Tehani Egodawela has become the third Sri Lankan to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics"
- ALT1:... that Olympic-bound Sri Lankan shooter Tehani Egodawela works for the Navy's Musketry Pool? Source: ...representing the Sri Lanka Navy Musketry Pool since 2011

Reviewed: Orvokki Kangas
Comment: The Olympics start on 23rd July - be good if DYK had diverse athletes featured that day. Sadly no image (Ive emailed the Navy).

Created by Abishe (talk). Nominated by Victuallers (talk) at 09:11, 5 June 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Comment: This is incorrect information. Tehani did not qualify for the games. She was invited by the ISSF to compete at the Olympics. There is a difference there. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 16:17, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I understand your point however we have sources which discuss her qualification. Is there a source to say that she is not qualified? If so then pls add this to the article. A hook of "Olympic contestant for Tokyo is not qualified" sounds hooky to me. Victuallers (talk) 16:48, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

She is invited to compete at Tokyo, she did not outright qualify to compete. An invitation is separate from qualifying on merit, which Tehani did not do. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 17:11, 6 June 2021

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I understand your point ... however we have sources which discuss her qualification. Is there a source to say that she is not qualified? If so then pls add this to the article.. Victuallers (talk) 22:14, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Also, why are we using the "2020" Olympics in the hook- I know it's in 2021, but it's still perfectly fine to use 2020 Summer Olympics, and looks a lot tidier than using the "2020" Olympics. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:38, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems: - See below

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I read the above conversation, and also read the source regarding if she "qualified" for the Olympics. The source says she qualified, using that specific word. Other sources say that she was invited by the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Tripartite Commission Invitation Places determined that she was suitable to participate in the games, based on her performance at previous sporting events. Therefore, I think using the word "qualify" is acceptable because her invitation to participate was due to her performance at other sporting events, allowing her to meet the Tripartite Commission's qualifications to receive an invitation. As for the hooks, I think ALT1 is boring, and I have some concerns about ALT0. I have proposed an ALT below:

ALT2: ... that Sri Lankan shooter Tehani Egodawela was the third person from her country to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics?

This hook removed the quotes around 2020, wikilinks shooter and removes the wikilink for Sri Lanka. Please let me know what you think. Z1720 (talk) 18:37, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Z1720 Sure these are all minor changes. Happy with ALT2 it is fundamentally unchanged. I was intrigued by a musketeer being in the new Olympics (ref ALT1) but I'm happy with this. Thanks Victuallers (talk) 08:37, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Approved, ~~with a preference for ALT2.~~ Z1720 (talk) 14:40, 20 June 2021 (UTC) Promoters, please use ALT3 per the discussion below. Z1720 (talk) 23:37, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I share the concerns voiced by User:Sportsfan 1234. I haven't looked at this particular case but am aware that this user knows what he's talking about. Olympic qualification can be quite intricate, depending on the sport. There's even a template for that! It's easy for a journalist to get that wrong. I recommend that this be looked at further to avoid a mainpage error. Schwede 66 16:30, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT3: ... that Sri Lankan shooter Tehani Egodawela was the third person selected from her country to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics?

I have proposed an ALT3 above. Schwede66, Victuallers, Sportsfan 1234 is this wording acceptable? Z1720 (talk) 17:24, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is a good alternative. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 17:29, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent. Thank you. Schwede 66 20:51, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Z1720 Sure this too is a minor change. Happy with ALT3 too it is fundamentally unchanged.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Victuallers (talk • contribs) 22:26, June 20, 2021 (UTC)

I have struck my approval for ALT2 above, and asked that ALT3 be used instead. Z1720 (talk) 23:37, 20 June 2021 (UTC) Thanks for your patience Z1720 - could you re-add the dyk tick tag as this catches the eye of promoters Victuallers (talk) 11:25, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT 3 approved. Z1720 (talk) 13:11, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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