Talk:Samia Yusuf Omar

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Rina Brundu (19 August 2012). "A Rosebud Exclusive: Samia Yusuf Omar's Italian dream. An interview with Teresa Krug of Al Jazeera". Rosebud. Teresa, today, 19th August 2012, the Italian paper Corriere della Sera reported that Samia Yusuf Omar, the Somalian sprinter, died while on her way to Italy on a boat from Libya. This news came from Abdi Bile, a compatriot of hers and fellow runner but they appear to be difficult to verify. I, myself, have checked her Wikipedia page this very morning and no mention of her death was made; while I write I have seen that that same page has now been updated with these very remarks I have just made: what can you tell us yourself about her fate?

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There are some contradictions about this athlete. Xinhua spells her name "Samiyo Yusuf", describes her as being in her early 20s, and says she'll be competing in the 400m and the 800m.[1] The BBC spells her name "Samiya Yuusf", describes her as being 16, and says she'll be competing the 200m.[2] Both the BBC and Xinhua appear to have interviewed her, although the BBC's interview appears to have been more focused on her, rather than on Somalia's Olympic delegation as a whole. Can anyone confirm her age, the "official" spelling of her name, and the event(s) she'll be participating in? Aridd (talk) 12:15, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am a good friend of hers and the author of the al Jazeera article. Her birthday is April 30, 1991 and her passport says Samiyo while she refers to herself as Samia. Although the article does not specify it, she actually moved to Addis in October 2010 (as I helped her arrange logistics) and if you read the article closely, the 23 seconds flat refers to an Ethiopian athlete, NOT Samia. It also says that she MET with Eshetu, the Ethiopian coach. However, after the article came out, she began training with the Djibouti team instead. (unsigned comment by User:89.211.49.82)

Thank you for pointing this out. The user who added the information seems to have been a little hasty in his/her reading of the article... Would you happen to have a source indicating that Samia Omar is now training with the Djibouti team, so that the information can be added to Wikipedia? Aridd (talk) 14:12, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thanks for the explanation. If you are indeed the author of that article, please also consider joining the website. The Horn of Africa WikiProjects, in particular, could use a neutral professional with some knowledge on the area. Middayexpress (talk) 18:51, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A slight correction to the above: The article [3] indeed does not attribute the 23 seconds running time to Samia. However, it does indicate that she was referred for training to the Ethiopian Olympian Eshetu Tura by the Somali coach Jama Aden and the runner Mohamed Suleiman: "In late April 2011, Samia meets with Eshetu Tura, a former Ethiopian Olympian. He had been suggested by two Somalis developing the sports program in Qatar: Coach Jama Aden - a heavyweight in the track world who put Sudanese male runners on the map - and Mohamed Suleiman, Qatar's first Olympic medalist[...] After much discussion, Tura finally agrees to consider allowing her to do endurance training three times a week with his men's and women's long distance teams outside the city." Middayexpress (talk) 19:08, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: Yellow Dingo (talk · contribs) 11:14, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Taking, I'll do the full review soon. — Yellow Dingo (talk) 11:14, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Review

Overview

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Detailed

1a

"harassment received" → "receiving harassment"
"Dahabo Ali; the" → "Dahabo Ali and was the"
"father and Uncle" → either capitalise both or uncapitalised both; not a mixture. Probably should be uncapitalised.
"In April 2008, Omar competed in the women's 100 metres sprint at the African Championships in Djibouti. This was the first time she had left Somalia. She finished fifth out of the eight competitors. " - Two factual inaccuracies there. The 2008 African Championships in Athletics was in Ethiopia. And in her event she finished 25th out of 26 overall.
"Her next international competition was at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She finished last in the her heat." - this sentence is the correct version of the above point. Maybe you should remove the first sentence.
Maybe be mention her Olympic event was the 200m

Overall

Nice article, putting on hold. — Yellow Dingo (talk) 06:08, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Yellow Dingo: Thanks for reviewing, I've made those amendments and removed that erroneous line. Miyagawa (talk) 09:44, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ok Miyagawa passing. Well done! — Yellow Dingo (talk) 09:45, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]