Template:Did you know nominations/Gabriel M'Boa

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The result was: rejected by reviewer, closed by Launchballer talk 18:53, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

Gabriel M'Boa

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... that Gabriel M'Boa was the first Olympian for the Central African Republic?

Source: e.g. this

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ed Policy
Comment: ~~To do QPQ within a day or two.~~

5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 384 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:03, 1 July 2025 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Expanded 5x, all looks good to me. Edited the hook to link to the Central African Republic. Nice job! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 03:53, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

Note: BeanieFan11 I don't think this article is currently long enough for DYK. MOS:NOLEAD states "Articles that are shorter than a well-written lead usually do not need a lead." and recommends expanding to over 400 words before adding one. Even with the current lead, which duplicates the other two paragraphs, this article is only 305 words long. Is there any chance of expansion? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:01, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

I think the article would look pretty awkward without a lead. Currently the body is 1450 characters and the lead 350 characters (even if you trim the lead to one sentence it still is long enough for DYK purposes). Until we search offline Central African newspapers this is the best that can be written for now. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:12, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

Deleted at AfD. I'm closing this.--Laun chba ller 18:52, 19 July 2025 (UTC)