Template:Did you know nominations/Benin at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 07:57, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Benin at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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• ... that while competing for Benin at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Fabienne Feraez beat a competitor by over eight seconds in a 200 meters running race despite coming seventh-last?

• ALT1:... that Benin competed under "Benin" in the 2008 Summer Olympics while they competed under "Dahomey" in 1972?
• Reviewed: No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF^(nom/review)

5x expanded by NG39 (talk). Self nominated at 05:41, 21 September 2014 (UTC).

• - Article is well referenced, was 5x expanded, and I can't see any copyvios. However, both hooks are rather confusing. Is there any way we could get an ALT2, to make a clear and concise hook? I can see that Benin previously competed under a different name. Was this the first time they competed under the name Benin?

Perhaps ALT2: ... that Benin's only female swimmer finished 87th out of 90 in the 2008 Summer Olympics?Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 14:04, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

• The article link isn't clear; it looks like it's linking to 2008 Summer Olympics. Perhaps:
• ALT3: ... that the only female swimmer for Benin at the 2008 Summer Olympics finished 87th out of 90? Yoninah (talk) 23:22, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

• New reviewer needed for the ALT hooks, especially ALT2 and ALT3 (original hook and ALT1 were already said to be "rather confusing"). Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:06, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

I had changed the source link to go straight to the official Olympics results page. Is that not ok? Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 12:21, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Just reread the comment. Ignore me. Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 12:22, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

• There was a problem in the table, but the text was correct. I fixed the table (from 88 to 87) and now the article matches the hook in that respect. The ALT3 hook is directly attributable to a reliable source, is within policy, and is reasonably interesting. All other article criteria ok per Yoninah's review. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 15:03, 14 November 2014 (UTC)