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


 * The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as |this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Fuebaey (talk) 17:57, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

The Gambia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

 * ... that the flag bearer for The Gambia at the 2008 Summer Olympics was an athlete at his first Olympics?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sive, Paget & Riesel &mdash; [this is my QPQ, not the nominator's. --George Ho (talk) 06:09, 27 December 2014 (UTC)]

5x expanded by NG39 (talk). Self nominated at 06:03, 10 November 2014 (UTC).


 * ALT1:... that middleweight boxer Badou Jack, the flag bearer for The Gambia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, was an athlete at his first Olympics?
 * ALT2:... that the 2008 Summer Olympics was Badou Jack's—middleweight boxer and the Gambia's flag bearer—first Olympic game in his boxing career?
 * I don't like plural pronouns used to refer to one thing or person, so I added ALT1 and ALT2. --George Ho (talk) 04:35, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

NG39 has been renamed to, but it's an indication that the nominator actually quit Wikipedia, leaving the nomination without a QPQ, despite good efforts on the article. --George Ho (talk) 00:32, 23 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Symbol delete vote.svg According to DYK check, the successful 5x expansion actually started on October 31, when the lede was rewritten; on that day, the article had grown from 294 to 614 prose characters. That's ten days prior to the nomination date, too long for DYK. The subsequent expansion from 614 started on November 9; the article currently has 2833 prose characters, but the required 5x expansion from 614 needs 3070. Though close, it's not there, and as the nominator has "vanished" and failed to provide a QPQ, I don't see how it can get there. There is also a "citation needed" template. If someone wants to work on these issues before this closes, they're welcome to (and should chime in below); however, under the circumstances, I'm marking this for closure. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:34, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Article reached GA status on the 11 November, the day after this was nominated, so length no longer matters. Fact is cited. If anyone cares to donate a QPQ to finish this up, feel free. Fuebaey (talk) 15:15, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg I've added my own QPQ as the nominator hasn't recently reviewed at least one nomination. --George Ho (talk) 06:09, 27 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg This article qualifies for DYK as a newly promoted GA and George Ho has kindly donated a QPQ. The article is neutral and the hook facts are cited. Any of the hooks could be used but I recommend using the original hook in which I have changed "their" to "his". I detected no copyright issues or close paraphrasing. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:39, 7 January 2015 (UTC)