Talk:Zersenay Tadese/GA1

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A good effort, mostly all in order

Why are a couple of refs not in surname, firstname format?
Article used RS. Otherwise in order
Sort grouped footnotes in order[3][2] eg
Lead uses Feb 8, but table uses day month
"His first foray into international athletics circuit came in 2002" missing the
"with 1:03:05" missing "the time of"
The country should be specified as some will not know which country Vilamoura, Rades is in
"break through " single word
Isn't it a bit odd to say what country his opponents are from?
In some places, commas are used for every three numbers, but not for 5000. Why?
Comprehensive, well written, other stuff in order

YellowMonkey (bananabucket) (help the Invincibles Featured topic drive) 06:36, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think I've carried out nearly all your suggestions (diff). For some reason I though multiple authors weren't listed surname first! Good point on the minor cities thing.
The numbers thing is mainly to keep in line with the way the athletics governing body lists events: i.e. 3000/5000/10,000 metres. Basically, a comma is added when the number of thousands is in double digits (9999–10,000). I don't think this is an unusual style (see some similar usages)...but I'm not a style guide meister!
I generally made a note of some nationalities to tie in with the whole way Tadese deals with the Ethiopia/Eritrea situation (namely the combination of his national pride and his apolitical approach to his opponents' nationalities). If there are any gratuitous usages feel free to mention/remove them, but nations are often key to major competitions – for example, the World Cross Country Championships deal out both "individual" and "national team" medals. However, I suppose nationality is of less importance outside of these contests. Any other suggestions or points you have are, as always, most welcome! Sillyfolkboy (talk) (edits)^{Join WikiProject Athletics!} 20:34, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]