Talk:South Africa at the 2002 Winter Olympics/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 20:43, 13 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

Going to take on this review. MWright96 (talk) 20:43, 13 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose):   b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):  
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (reference section):   b (citations to reliable sources):   c (OR):  
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects):   b (focused):  
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:  
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:  
  6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales):   b (appropriate use with suitable captions):  
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:  

Background

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  • "a total of 2,399 athletes took part representing 77 National Olympic Committees." - a total of 2,399 representing 77 National Olympic Committees took part.
  • "The South African delegation to Salt Lake consisted" - Salt Lake City

Alpine skiing

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  • "which put him in 51st place out of 53 competitors who finished the race." - contest
  • "with the total time of all three legs determining final placement." - determining the final positions.
  • "He was faster on his second run," - Heath
  • " the gold medal was won by Stephan Eberharter of Austria" - try Austria's Stephan Eberharter for some variety
  • "His total time for the event was 1 minute and 56.93 seconds,, which put him in 27th place out of 33 classified finishers;" - how about rewording the text in bold to placed him 27th; for the same reason as above

Neat work overall. Found nothing major in my read-through. MWright96 (talk) 08:08, 14 August 2018 (UTC)Reply