Talk:Max Whitlock/GA1

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Reviewer: MovieTalk101178 (talk · contribs) 19:45, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello, I am planning on reviewing this article for GA status over the next week. Thank you for nominating the article. MovieTalk101178 (talk) 19:45, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Good Article review progress box Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Lead, info box, and early life

Nicely written sections. :)

Career

2010-11:

• Whitlock won gold on pommel horse and floor exercise and silver in the all-around at the 2010 Junior European Championships held in Birmingham - Reference 10 seems to be junior and senior WAG?

  Whoops. This is fixed now. -Riley1012 (talk) 00:28, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

• He also won the silver medal on the pommel horse - I don't see the source mentioning anything about Whitlock’s PH silver but it's possible I'm missing something?

  You're right, and I've added another source. -Riley1012 (talk) 00:28, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

2012: Ok.

2013: Ok.

2014: Ok.

2015: 2015:

• After the European Championships, his coach announced Whitlock would take a break from training to recover, during which he also cancelled any public appearances and stopped using social media. – Looking at the ref, I don't see anything about a social media break (although after tweeting that he resumed training, it's clear that he did take break). :)

  I couldn't find a source that he was off social media, so I just took that part out. -Riley1012 (talk) 00:28, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

2016: Ok.

2017: Ok.

2018:

• However, an error in his routine on the pommel horse caused him to finish seventh in the event final. – Going through the source, I don't see anything about Whitlock finishing 7th?

• "Whitlock, 25, was seventh at the European Championships in Glasgow." -Riley1012 (talk) 00:28, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

2019: Ok.

2021:

• The team took fourth place with a score of 255.76 – I don't see any final results listed in the ref?

• I've changed the source. -Riley1012 (talk) 00:28, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

2022-23:

• Whitlock took 18 months off from training – I can see ref 76 says 10 months while ref 77 says 18.

• I can't figure out this discrepancy, so I just changed the language to "took over one year off from training", is that fine? -Riley1012 (talk) 00:28, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

• During the pommel horse final, Whitlock fell and finished fifth. – I don’t see any mention of Whitlock placing 5th in the reference?

• Added source that mentions the 5th place finish -Riley1012 (talk) 00:28, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Awards and honours

• Whitlock finished seventh in the public vote for the 2014, 2015, and 2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards. - It looks like Whitlock was 8th in 2015.

• Fixed -Riley1012 (talk) 00:28, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Personal life

• Their first child, a daughter named Willow, was born on 23 February 2019 - It doesn’t look like the actual birthday of Whitlock’s daughter is cited in ref 89 unless I’m missing something? It does say February 2019 though. :)

• Changed to February 2019 -Riley1012 (talk) 00:28, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Competitive history

Ok.

References

A few notes on references for future improvement. :)

• Ref 5 requires subscription but based on the title and publisher, the source is reputable. I can see an archived version from Aug 4, 2026, allows the reader to view the full article.
• Ref 8 requires subscription but based on the title and publisher, the source is reputable. I can see an archived version from 2016 allows the reader to view the full article.
• Reference 44 requires subscription but the source is reliable based on the publisher.
• Reference 52 requires subscription but the source is reliable based on the publisher.
• Reference 62 requires subscription but the source is reliable based on the publisher.
• Reference 63 requires subscription but the source is reliable b ased on the publisher.

Overall comments

This article is well written and very close to GA level. :) Thank you for nominating the article Riley1012! There are just some small issues (or questions) related to a couple of references. Let me know how it goes. :) MovieTalk101178 (talk) 01:19, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

• Thanks for the review MovieTalk101178! -Riley1012 (talk) 00:28, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

  Thanks for fixing. :) I'll promote the article now. :) MovieTalk101178 (talk) 00:30, 11 March 2024 (UTC)