Talk:Aya Girard de Langlade Mpali

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Schwede66 (talk) 22:24, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • ... that one of the first women to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics and a flagbearer at the Games, Aya Mpali, Gabon's only female Olympic swimmer, was motivated to take up the sport competitively after her parents drowned? Source: L'Union interview (French), 2020 Tokyo Olympics
    • ALT1:... that Gabon's Olympic flagbearer, Aya Mpali was motivated to take up swimming competitively after her parents drowned? Source: L'Union interview (French), 2020 Tokyo Olympics
    • ALT2:... that Gabon's Olympic flagbearer, Aya Mpali, who competed at swimming after her parents drowned, plans to take her Tokyo experience on to the 2024 Olympics? Source: L'Union interview (French), 2020 Tokyo Olympics
  • Reviewed: KTLV
  • Comment: There's no mention of/source for being Gabon's only female Olympic swimmer but there are sources saying that Maël Ambonguilat (male) was Gabon's first Olympic swimmer in 2016,([1]) and that the Mpali siblings (Aya and her brother) are the only 2020 Gabonese swimmers([2]). The hook may be "overloaded", so can pick any of the many interesting facts about this barely-17-year-old!

Created by Kingsif (talk). Self-nominated at 21:27, 26 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]

  • Olympic Nice!, Alt1 is less loaded and I think gets the main hooky aspects of her story Victuallers (talk) 08:04, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It was too short and not sure about ref as it was repeating another source explicitly... so I added another. As you note the original hook was overloaded so I have used that to create an abridged version. Hopefully this can make it for the 30th @Schwede66: but if not I suggest Alt2 (approval required). Its neutral, I can see no close paraphrasing. QPQ done. GTG. Victuallers (talk) 09:26, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1 to T:DYK/P2

Common name

What's this person's common name? I've seen the full name being used—Aya Girard de Langlade Mpali—as per the current article name, including by Olympedia (and that outfit is usually quite good with common names). I've also seen Aya Girard and Aya Mpali being used. Pings to Kingsif and Victuallers. Schwede66 22:33, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

When not sure about common name, use full name. The Olympic Games themselves have announced her both as Mpali and with the full name, same with her brother, so there may not be a definitive common name yet. Kingsif (talk) 05:44, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I have an equal level of ignorance on this one Victuallers (talk) 07:00, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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