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"The dominion did not appear at the Games again under that banner until 1960" - unclear, what banner? Southern Rhodesia or just Rhodesia? Also link
1960 Summer Olympics
"best result until it became Zimbabwe in 1980" - link
Zimbabwe
"including a field hockey team, to the 1964 Summer Games" - link
1964 Summer Olympics
"In 1965, Prime Minister Ian Smith" - link
Ian Smith
"Hall, for example, won a gold medal in the welterweight division of the 1930 British Empire Games" - I would start this sentence with his first name (Leonard) included as it was confusing for a while
"In 1965, Southern Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith declared a unilateral independence from Great Britain" - this would be the United Kingdom in this instance, as 'Great Britain' only refers to the the team
"Despite political machinations from Great Britain" - same again
This is looking good. I couldn't find any issues while spotchecking the sources and the article is well written. I only pointed out a few minor concerns like underlinking and clarity, but once they're clarified this should be good to go. JAGUAR19:01, 17 October 2016 (UTC)reply
A fact from Rhodesia at the Olympics appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 November 2016 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Africa, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Africa on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.AfricaWikipedia:WikiProject AfricaTemplate:WikiProject AfricaAfrica articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Olympics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Olympics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.OlympicsWikipedia:WikiProject OlympicsTemplate:WikiProject OlympicsOlympics articles
Rhodesia at the Olympics is within the scope of WikiProject Zimbabwe, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of
Zimbabwe and
Zimbabwe-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the
project page.ZimbabweWikipedia:WikiProject ZimbabweTemplate:WikiProject ZimbabweZimbabwe articles
"The dominion did not appear at the Games again under that banner until 1960" - unclear, what banner? Southern Rhodesia or just Rhodesia? Also link
1960 Summer Olympics
"best result until it became Zimbabwe in 1980" - link
Zimbabwe
"including a field hockey team, to the 1964 Summer Games" - link
1964 Summer Olympics
"In 1965, Prime Minister Ian Smith" - link
Ian Smith
"Hall, for example, won a gold medal in the welterweight division of the 1930 British Empire Games" - I would start this sentence with his first name (Leonard) included as it was confusing for a while
"In 1965, Southern Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith declared a unilateral independence from Great Britain" - this would be the United Kingdom in this instance, as 'Great Britain' only refers to the the team
"Despite political machinations from Great Britain" - same again
This is looking good. I couldn't find any issues while spotchecking the sources and the article is well written. I only pointed out a few minor concerns like underlinking and clarity, but once they're clarified this should be good to go. JAGUAR19:01, 17 October 2016 (UTC)reply