# Talk:Cook Islands at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Nominator: History6042 (talk · contribs) 01:27, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: ReturnDuane (talk · contribs) 12:58, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
Hi, @History6042: I'll review this article. Hope to have some feedback for you soon. ReturnDuane (talk) 12:58, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, I should be able to respond quickly to feedback. History6042😊 (Contact me) 13:02, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
@ReturnDuane,  Done all. History6042😊 (Contact me) 21:11, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
Hi,History6042, and thanks for making those changes. I've completed all the checks in the review chart below, and I'm promoting to GA. I like these short articles which are easily read and convey a lot of information. The site would be so much better if these were the norm. Well done, and best wishes. ReturnDuane (talk) 11:30, 21 January 2025 (UTC)


### Comments
#### Lead
1. I think Seoul needs a link, though not South Korea.
2. I would split the paragraph into two parts with a break after South Korea. The first part is background, and then we focus on 2024.
3. No athlete from the Cook Islander delegation progressed past the first rounds in their events seems a bit laborious to read after we have been told there were only Beddoes and Connolly. I would shorten it to Neither progressed past the first rounds in their events.
4. The infobox is good, and has useful links.


#### Background
The paragraphs need to be merged and the text represented as there is both repetition and a loss of context. "At the Games" doesn't specify 2024, and the third paragraph actually introduces the 2024 Games after we have already started discussing them. We need to introduce Alex Beddoes and Lanihei Connolly with links, and other links are necessary where first narrative mentions occur. I'd rewrite along the lines of:

In 1986, the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee was recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Cook Islands sent their first delegation to the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Since then, the country has sent delegations to all Summer Olympics. As of the 2024 Games, no Cook Islander has won an Olympic medal.
The 2024 Summer Olympics were held from 26 July to 11 August 2024 in Paris. The Cook Islands sent a delegation of two athletes, Alex Beddoes and Lanihei Connolly, who were the flagbearers at the opening ceremony, though Connolly was the sole flagbearer at the closing ceremony.


#### Competitors
Unless the table is a standard for Olympic-themed articles, I don't think it adds value and I'd remove it, especially as the whole section is unreferenced. Furthermore, given the summaries by athlete in the next two sections, it is superfluous. I would remove this whole section.


#### Athletics
1. He was making his third apperance at the Olympics after 2016 and 2020. This includes a spelling mistake and the two previous Games should be linked. I would expand it slightly by saying "after the 2016 and 2020 Games".
2. Expand "men's 880 m" to "men's 800 metres".
3. Reword However, he pulled out before the race due to injury and did not advance to However, he had to withdraw because of injury and could not advance. "Withdraw" is the correct term for his action. Better to say "could not", as "did not" implies failure. Take out "before the race" as we know which event it was and the race in question needs to be specified (heat, semi-final, final).
4. Say "in a time of 1:41.19" for clarity.
5. Amend "and the bronze was won by" to "and the bronze by". Repetition.


#### Swimming
1. Expand "women's 100 m breaststroke" to "women's 100 metre breaststroke".
2. Surname misspelt in the second sentence.
3. On 28 July, she participated in the heats round of the women's 100 m breaststroke and was put in heat two, placing last out of eight in her heat, with a time of 1:10.45, 3.18 seconds behind first place. This sentence is too long and mentions "heat" too many times. Reduce to On 28 July, she participated in heat two, but finished last out of eight with a time of 1:10.45, which was 3.18 seconds behind the winner.
4. Semi-finals should be hyphenated.
5. Expand "in 1:05.28" to "in a time of 1:05.28".
6. Amend "and the bronze was won by" to "and the bronze by". Repetition.
7. As Lanihei did not qualify, the caveat explaining qualification is unnecessary and should be removed as it may confuse readers.


### Sources
Per WP:GAI, this section is a spot-check of a sample of the sources. There are fifteen references, all used once apiece. The sample is nos 3, 5, 7, and 13. Results as follows:

[3] – Verified.
[5] – Verified.
[7] – Verified.
[13] – Verified.
All sources in the sample have been verified. There are no citations still needed, assuming the "Competitors" section is removed, and the formatting used for the references is satisfactory. On that basis, it should pass all the components of CR#2.


#### Coverage (CR#3)
The article is short because the scope is limited, but that is immaterial to the review, and I'm happy with its breadth of coverage. The content is entirely within scope.


#### Neutrality (CR#4)
The article is fully objective and written from a neutral point of view, so it will pass CR#4.


#### Stability (CR#5)
The article is stable, and passes CR#5.


#### Images (CR#6)
Although it may not be possible to include images (CR#6) of either Alex Beddoes or Lanihei Connolly, I think the article would benefit by having a couple of images below the infobox. For example, there is an excellent photo of the swimming venue at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_La_D%C3%A9fense_Arena#/media/File:2024_Swimming_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_-_2024-07-27_-_3.jpg]].


### Next steps
As illustrated in the chart below, I could pass half a dozen criteria based on what has been done so far. The rest remain unassessed for now, and I'll consider them further after the points raised above have been addressed. The review is on hold for the present, but please take your time. There's no rush. ReturnDuane (talk) 14:05, 20 January 2025 (UTC)


### Final review