Talk:Alberto Jarrín

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A fact from Alberto Jarrín appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 July 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Alberto Jarrín once defeated a train in a running race?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2025/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alberto Jarrín.

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The result was: promoted by History6042 talk 01:25, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

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... that runner Alberto Jarrín once defeated a train?

Source: https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/67058

- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Paul Schweikher House and Studio

5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 54 past nominations.

Arconning (talk) 09:21, 1 July 2025 (UTC).

QPQ is done. Hook checks out in source and is interesting (although I would add the words "in a race" at the end of the hook for clarification). Earwig finds no copyvio. Page is long enough and was expanded 5x recently enough. Looks good! ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 20:52, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

"he 'challenged' a train traveling from Quito to Ibarra"

What makes Olympedia's stories reliable? And what makes it reliable in the context of supporting this rather exceptional claim to have run over 100 kilometres (62 mi) in 11 hours through mountainous terrain? Surely there are better sources available that can speak to such a feat (and publicity stunt). Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 07:48, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

I might also note that Empresa de Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos says, with a source, that a railroad only reached Ibarra in 1929. So it's possible, but we need a better source that can speak to it. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 07:52, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

@The ed17 Olympedia is owned by the International Olympic Committee and is managed by select Olympic historians. That's true, it'd be better if there's another sources that can strengthen the claim. Arconning (talk) 10:39, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

@Arconning: I did see that the IOC purchased the existing website, and I'm a little curious how that works with/against WP:SPS. My guess is that there's not much reason to distrust the statistics there. What I haven't seen is how they've put together the bio information like what they have on Jarrín, such as the sources they used. I'll bring it to WP:RSN to see if others have thoughts. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 16:30, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

GA review

Passed. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 20:42, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Alberto Jarrín/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Arconning (talk · contribs) 08:56, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: PizzaKing13 (talk · contribs) 06:05, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

I'll do this review. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 06:05, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

@PizzaKing13 I believe I am done, no Spanish equivalent for the supposed wikilink. Arconning (talk) 15:00, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

@Arconning: Everything looks good. Congrats on the GA! PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 20:29, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

Lead

"He set the national record" specify the Ecuadorian national record
"to run under four hours in the distance" → "to run the distance in under four hours"
"He was part of the first ever Ecuadorian delegation at the 1924 Summer Olympics." this sentence reads as if it was the first delegation at the 1924 Olympics like there were more delegations sent. Rephrase it to like "He was part of the first Ecuadorian delegation sent to the Summer Olympics in 1924."

Early life and education

Spot check 1a: Y
Spot check 2a: Y

Career

"He set a national record" specify the Ecuadorian national record
Spot check 1b: Y
Spot check 1c: Y

Sports administration and later years

No link for Ecuador National Games? On Spanish Wikipedia?
"due to a traffic accident" → "in a traffic accident"
Spot check 2b: Y
Spot check 4a: Y
Spot check 1e: Y
Spot check 1f: Y
Spot check 2d: Y
Spot check 1h: Y
Spot check 2e: Y

Overall

Image is fine
No copyright vio per Earwig
Article is stable
Sources are reliable, assuming that Slate saying that Olympedia is "restricted to about two dozen trusted academics and researchers who specialize in Olympic history"
Article is neutral
Passed all spot checks
Stays on scope

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. (reference section):

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 and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a. (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales):

b. (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/fail:

(Criteria marked are unassessed)

@Arconning: Article is in great shape! Just some minor grammar things and the review will pass. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 06:29, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Response to good article review

@PizzaKing13 and Arconning: I would like to respond to the good article review that was finished and archived before I could comment.

As a reader of this sports biography, I would expect some of the running times to be specified beyond "under four hours", especially when they were national records. Could this be added?