# Talk:South Sudan at the Olympics

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Nominator: History6042 (talk · contribs) 16:25, 30 March 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: Noleander (talk · contribs) 05:41, 31 March 2025 (UTC)


### Review by Noleander
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it well written?
A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct: 

B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation: 

Is it verifiable with no original research, as shown by a source spot-check?
A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline: 

B. 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): 

C. It contains no original research: 

D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism: 

Is it broad in its coverage?
A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic: 

B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style): 

Is it neutral?
It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each: 

Is it stable?
It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute: 

Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?
A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content: 

B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions: 

Overall:
Pass or Fail: 


#### Comments from Noleander
Overall, the article looks fine, I foresee no issues with attaining GA status.  It is a small article, which makes things easier.
Wording better?   South Sudan has competed primarily in athletics, but in 2024 sent their first team to compete in basketball.     Maybe In their first two Olympics,  2016 and 2020, South Sudan competed only in athletics, but in 2024 they also competed in basketball. Something like that?
Link "athletics" in Lead?  I know the lead should not have too many links in it, but "athletics" is a word that  many non-sports people will be unfamiliar with.  Many people in U.S. know it as "track and field".  Consider adding  a link in Lead for that word (I realize there is  a link for it lower in the article).
Rare word "repechage" ... can you add a link for that? of if there is no WP article for it, add a brief definition?
There is a bit of a mismatch between the table at the bottom which lists four Olympics; and the three sections above it which list three (2016, 2020, 2024).  Is there  a way to add a 2012 section?  I know 2012 was on the borderline:  it was just as part of a multi-country provisional team.   The History section contains this text  Guor Marial competed as an Independent Olympic Athlete at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 47th in the men's marathon.  I'm wondering if putting that into a "2012" section would help the reader make the connection with the 2012 row in the table?
The following text is a bit too close to the source wording  ... in the men's 1500 m and was placed in heat one, which included Matthew Centrowitz Jr. of the United States, the eventual gold medalist. Kenyi himself finished 12th among 14 runners with a time of 3:45.27 and did not advance. Hassan was in the women's 200 m, where she was placed in heat four. This heat contained eventual gold medal-winner Elaine Thompson of Jamaica, although it was won by the Ivory Coast's Marie-Josée Ta Lou. Hassan finished in eighth, which was last in her heat, failing to qualify but setting a new personal best of 26.99  Is it possible to paraphrase a bit more to ensure no copyright issues are happening?  You can discover this info yourself by running this tool:  https://copyvios.toolforge.org/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&title=South+Sudan+at+the+Olympics&oldid=&action=search&use_engine=1&use_links=1&turnitin=0
Is there  a website for the countries NOC?  if so it can go in the InfoBox.
For the new section "2012 Summer Olympics" ... readers would benefit from a short sentence here stating something like In 2012, South Sudan was a newly formed country, and had not yet assembled enough national sports federations to satisfy the Olympic requirements to appear as a country; so its athletes instead participated under the flag of ... 
I picked a random citation and the URL was a dead link. It was footnote #3:
"From war zone to international spotlight". Nanjing 2014. IOC. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
You need to go thru all the citations and make sure the URL links are valid.  For dead URLs, you might be able to keep the cite by finding the  URL where the data moved to.  I  recommend that for any URLs used in any cites, you should add the "access-date" tag to the citation (here in the article). The  "access-date" tag would be the date you verified that the URL is valid and alive.  The good thing about the  "access-date" tag is:  there is a bot that WP automatically runs that will visit the URL about once a month, and if the URL becomes dead in the future, the bot will replace the URL with an archived version of the article from archive.org.  I don't know if GA requires the "access-date" tag for all cites that have URLs, but it is a good practice.  It is very easy: e.g. if you validate all the URLs today, you can simply paste this:  |access-date=March 31, 2025   into each of the citation templates.
That is all I can find.  Noleander (talk) 05:41, 31 March 2025 (UTC)
@Noleander, all  Done. History6042😊 (Contact me) 20:11, 31 March 2025 (UTC)
@History6042  - I'm done with providing Comments on the article.  Ping me when the are all resolved/addressed.  Note that some are optional suggestions. Noleander (talk) 22:57, 31 March 2025 (UTC)
@Noleander, all  Done, except for there is no website I can find for the NOC and instead of adding access dates to everything I just replaced or added an archive link to every source for a more permanent solution. History6042😊 (Contact me) 00:57, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
@History6042 - Passing for GA.   Noleander (talk) 01:12, 1 April 2025 (UTC)