# Talk:Mai Murakami

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Since Japanese names are supposed to show the family name first (reverse order to western names), this page should be titled Murakami Mai as opposed to Mai Murakami. The same applies to all other Japanese gymnasts.
TheWAGymFan (talk) 14:42, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Mai Murakami/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Nominator: Riley1012 (talk · contribs) 00:55, 7 October 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: Canary757 (talk · contribs) 13:51, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi, Here is the first part of my review.
There are a few overlinks, 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships is linked twice in the lead, Asuka Teramoto twice in 2016, Aiko Sugihara is linked twice in 2017, Morgan Hurd twice in 2018.
Question. Does World champion need a capital on the W as in the lead? Such as She is the 2017 and 2021 World champion on the floor exercise, the 2018 World all-around silver medalist  I tend to write 2021 World Championship but person x became world champion in 2021 without the capital?

I re-wrote the lead a bit with these points in mind. -Riley1012 (talk) 20:43, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
After the World Championships, she finished the season by placed fifth in the all-around at the Glasgow World Cup and then winning the vault and floor exercise events at the Toyota International. By placing fifth (2014)

 Done -Riley1012 (talk) 20:43, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
Murakami missed the NHK Cup due to a back injury, but because of this, Murakami was deemed ineligible to make the Japanese team for the 2019 World Championships.[20][51] Her petition to be added to the team was denied. Maybe and because of this. Also might be worth clarifying who it was specifically who denied the petition.

 Done -Riley1012 (talk) 20:43, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
Despite an ankle injury, Murakami competed at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan. There, she won the gold medal on the floor exercise This is veering quite close to the words to watch - despite because the level of problem caused by the injury is not described, some of her other competitors may have been carrying knocks and it could inadvertently push the reader to a particular conclusion? It would be a little different if one could put - three months after surgery she etc but that is not possible here with her having no actual diagnosis shared in the source?

 Done -Riley1012 (talk) 20:43, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
I wonder if her coaching career which is also in gymnastics, and feels like an extension to her competitive career could be in a coaching career section rather than being included in personal life?

 Done. I also combined early and personal life since the personal life section is now too short. -Riley1012 (talk) 20:43, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
I haven't done a reference check yet but reference 61 (Japan Times) seems to go to an index of news stories which makes verification much harder.

 Done -Riley1012 (talk) 20:43, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
Let me know your thoughts, whether you agree/disagree. I will do a source check over the next couple of days.
Thanks. Canary757 (talk) 13:51, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi, I have done a thorough fact check and found no factual errors. With regards to references, reference 1 - the bio has been removed from the site so it doesn't support when she took up the sport, and is also no longer needed in it's second use in the personal life section for the same reason.
I added an archived version with the information. -Riley1012 (talk) 20:43, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
Can her height be referenced?

 Done -Riley1012 (talk) 20:43, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
and she placed eighth in the all-around at the NHK Cup. Reference 19 may be of a different competition.
Fixed. -Riley1012 (talk) 20:43, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
One final thing - Due to these results, she was initially named as the second alternate for the 2015 World Championships team, but an injury led to her joining the team. perhaps clarify injury was to an international teammate.
 Done -Riley1012 (talk) 20:43, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
Thanks, Canary757 (talk) 17:07, 8 October 2025 (UTC)
@Canary757: Thanks for your review. I need some more time to complete these changes due to a family situation. I should be able to address these this weekend. -Riley1012 (talk) 14:01, 16 October 2025 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for the update. Take as long as you need, no rush. Canary757 (talk) 06:22, 17 October 2025 (UTC)
@Canary757: I believe I have addressed all your comments. -Riley1012 (talk) 20:43, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
Thanks, passes all GA criteria, earwig check is fine. Congrats. Canary757 (talk) 06:16, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

... that Mai Murakami (pictured) was the first female gymnast to win a world title in 63 years?
ALT0a: ... that Mai Murakami (pictured) was the first Japanese female gymnast to win a world title in 63 years?
ALT1: ... that Mai Murakami (pictured) was the first Japanese female gymnast to win an Olympic gold medal?
ALT1a: ... that Mai Murakami (pictured) was the first Japanese female gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal?
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jenny Price
Comment: Driveby nom.

Launchballer 16:33, 29 October 2025 (UTC).

Hey @Launchballer: ALT1 is inaccurate, it should say something like first Japanese female gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal (as in, not in the team event, and the medal she won was bronze, not gold). That is a bit wordy, so maybe there are better ideas for an ALT hook... -Riley1012 (talk) 17:20, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
My mistake, I proposed ALT1a. There's already another hook so I'll let a reviewer adjudicate.--Launchballer 17:26, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
@Launchballer: I'm new here and maybe I'm misunderstanding how this works. Do the ALT proposals supersede the original? "The first female gymnast to win a world title in 63 years" is very incorrect, so much so that I'm not even sure how to fix it. The closest to correct I could get this would be something like "In 2017, Murakami was the first female representing Japan to win an artistic gymnastics world championship in 63 years." or something to that extent. I would also agree with the currently not scratched out ALT, which is more concise, and would prefer that. GauchoDude (talk) 12:37, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
I couldn't decide which ALT to go with and ended up (wrongly) reciting them from memory. I added an ALT0a, which says exactly what the article says. Essentially, all ALTs are 'live' unless they've been rejected by a reviewer; essentially, ALT0a and ALT1a need reviewing.--Launchballer 12:49, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

Hook eligibility:

Cited:  - Hook fact needs end-of-sentence citation
Interesting: 

QPQ:  - 1/2 QPQs provided
Overall:  @Launchballer: Article satisfies newness, length, neutrality. I haven't detected any close paraphrasing or plagiarism. The image is free, clear, and used within the article. The hook fact in the article needs an end-of-sentence citation. Furthermore, the nom says that 2 QPQs are required, and only one has been provided. AmateurHi$torian (talk) 18:28, 17 November 2025 (UTC)

No, two have been provided, that's a double nom. Let me look at the article.--Launchballer 18:34, 17 November 2025 (UTC)
ALT0a is in the penultimate sentence of 2016-2017 (63 is acceptable per WP:CALC). As for ALT1, Google Translate says "This is the first time that a Japanese woman has won an Olympic medal in women's gymnastics since winning the bronze medal in the team all-around at the last Tokyo Games in 1964, and the first time she has won an individual medal." - is this backed up by the paywalled bit of the article, and if so this needs a quote @Riley1012:?--Launchballer 18:44, 17 November 2025 (UTC)
 Apologies, I do see now that it's a double nom. ALT0a checks out. From what I can see, ALT1a is the penultimate sentence of the second paragraph of "2020–2021". The citation at the end of the paragraph does say (using Google translate) "she won the bronze medal for the first time in the individual event for a Japan woman". I've added it to the end of the sentence. -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 19:24, 17 November 2025 (UTC)