Talk:Togo at the 2004 Summer Olympics/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Kees08 (talk · contribs) 07:46, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

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.	From: Togo was yet to win a medal at the Games, with the first one won by Benjamin Boukpeti at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. To: As of the 2004 Games, Togo had not yet won a medal. The first medal was won by Benjamin Boukpeti at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Reword: The first boycott was because of the inclusion of the New Zealand team at the Games despite the breach of the international sports boycott of South Africa by the nation's rugby union team shortly prior. (after reading the other article, it was clear what occurred, but I think this could be summarized better) From: Therefore Sekpona's Olympic competition finished after the single run. To: Sekpona did not advance and was eliminated from Olympic competition after the first heat. From: This gave him an overall total of 198.92 seconds in 15th place. To: This gave him an overall total of 198.92 seconds, which put him in 15th place.
	1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
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.	First citation redirects you to a page that has no useful information. Citation 4 says nothing about the reason Togo did not participate in those Games. Also please fix dead link, I know it is not required but I would prefer it.
	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.
	2d. it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism.
3. Broad in its coverage:
	3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.	Talk about how the athletes qualified. Often times with the African countries, they qualify via what is essentially a quota system. If they qualified due to performance, that should be noted as well. Talk about the flag bearer in the article. Move the citation from the infobox to the article prose once it is written.
	3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).	For this, did he have any quotes for the specifics of switching his allegiance?: Boukpeti had competed for France as a junior, but switched allegiance in adulthood to Togo since his father was born there.
	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.	Super stable
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.	Copyright status is on image.
	6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.	Yes
	7. Overall assessment.

Note: Anytime I suggest to reword something, feel free to take whatever create liberty you want. It just means that the prose was not immediately clear to me, and I want it reworded somehow.

Review complete. Let me know if you disagree with any comments. Thanks!

Thanks for reviewing. I've made those copyedits as suggested, repaired the dead link and added an archived source for the one which was redirecting. The thing that is going to be an issue is the qualification information, specifically regarding Boukpeti. From what I can tell from the sources he qualified for the 2008 Olympics by beating another K1 kayaker from Nigeria in an de-facto African championship giving him a place. I say defacto, because the Africa Canoe Championships didn't start until 2009. But jumping back to 2003/4, I can't find anything regarding qualification for African kayakers at all - it may simply be that he was the only one from an African nation to ask for an Olympic spot (certainly he was the only one who competed). As for the two runners, I'll be able to source the 2004 qualification times to compare with the personal bests at the time, which presumably should be outside and therefore be wildcard spots. Miyagawa (talk) 22:16, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Ok, I've added the qualification information for the runners. But I think the kayak qualification is going to remain a mystery. Miyagawa (talk) 22:25, 1 January 2017 (UTC)