Talk:Suriname at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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• ... that at the 1960 Summer Olympics, Suriname's sole athlete was at peace after not competing?

• Source: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/haunted-suriname-athlete-dies-aged-70-20050501-gdl8fz.html

• ALT1: ... that four decades after missing an event at the 1960 Summer Olympics, Suriname's sole athlete was found not to have "overslept"?

• Source: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/haunted-suriname-athlete-dies-aged-70-20050501-gdl8fz.html

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tobey (song)

5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

Arconning (talk) 15:06, 6 July 2024 (UTC).

• I'll review this! Arcahaeoindris (talk) 15:25, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

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Overall: Happy for this to be approved once ALT1 mentioned below is added :) Arcahaeoindris (talk) 07:57, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

This hook is super interesting and the article is great. I think maybe the hook needs rewording though as it's not clear that this "peace" came more than four decades later. How about "four decades after missing an event at the 1960 Summer Olympics, Suriname's sole athlete was found to have not "overslept"? I'm also waiting on the plagiarism checker to worki again. Arcahaeoindris (talk) 04:34, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Arcahaeoindris So that would be "... that four decades after missing an event at the 1960 Summer Olympics, Suriname's sole athlete was found to have not "overslept"? " Arconning (talk) 15:06, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

@Arconning: yes, that sounds good. Please can you add this as Alt1? Thanks! Arcahaeoindris (talk) 07:55, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

• ALT1a: ... that four decades after missing an event at the 1960 Summer Olympics, Suriname's sole athlete was found to have not "overslept"?
• ALT1b: ... that four decades after missing an event at the 1960 Summer Olympics, Suriname's sole athlete was found to not have "overslept"?
• English isn't my mother-tongue but the hook as suggested doesn't sound quite right to me, hence I've also provided an ALT1b version. Schwede66 08:09, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
  • Schwede66 Arcahaeoindris I believe it's alright now. I believe both are grammatically correct but ALT1a is more fluent. :) Arconning (talk) 09:42, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
    • Arconning Hello! Just popping in to note that as a native speaker of (American) English, I'd probably phrase this as "... was found not to have "overslept"?" I think 'found not to have' emphasizes that an investigation determined he didn't do something, in this case oversleeping. See here for an example in NYT. Just my personal thoughts though, I could be wrong. SunTunnels (talk) 01:51, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Once approved, please place this nomination in the Olympics: Special occasion holding area

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Suriname at the 1960 Summer Olympics/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Arconning (talk · contribs) 13:34, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Simongraham (talk · contribs) 19:47, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

This looks an interesting article, and a recent Did you know currently sitting in the Olympics holding area. A cursory glance shows it is likely to be close to meeting the Good Article criteria. I will start a review shortly. simongraham (talk) 19:47, 20 July 2024 (UTC)