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Nominator(s): Arconning (talk) 07:03, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Title says it all, Vatican City’s delegation at the 2022 Mediterranean Games, their “first” appearance at a competing level for a multi-sport event. It’s quite short I must say though I am willing to respond to any comments. Arconning (talk) 07:03, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Passing image review. Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 15:09, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• “alongside the Faroe Islands” is this trying to say that Faroe Islands was also not allowed to compete? If so, I don’t think its relevant to this article and can be removed.
• “26 regular scoring teams were present at the Games.” I don’t think this is necessary for this article and can be moved to 2022 Mediterranean Games
• Wikipedia calls the competition “2022 Mediterranean Games”. Should this article’s reference to the sporting event be changed to align with this name?
  • I believe I don’t understand, it is the 2022 Mediterranean Games and is referred to as such in this article?

• ‘Giovanna Epis of Italy won the gold medal in the event in a time of 1:13:47.” I do not think this is important for this article and can be removed.

• “Then-sovereign of the Vatican City Pope Francis” replace with “The sovereign of the Vatican City” as it is self-evident that he would have been sovereign at the time.
• “After Carnicelli competed at the Games, she continued to represent Vatican Athletics until she transferred to the athletics club Imperiali Atletica in 2024.” -> “Carnicelli continued to represent Vatican Athletics until she transferred to the athletics club Imperiali Atletica in 2024.”
• “Vatican City was once again represented by Vatican Athletics, competing at the 2024 Championships of the Small States of Europe in a non-scoring manner.” -> “Vatican City was represented by Vatican Athletics at the 2024 Championships of the Small States of Europe in a non-scoring manner.”
• “As of 23 August 2025, the 26 regular scoring teams that competed at the 2022 Games were set to compete at the 2026 Mediterranean Games,[29] though Vatican Athletics had announced a possible participation at the Games through the Holy See Press Office in 2019.” I don’t know what this sentence is trying to say. Is it stating that the Vatican hasn’t committed to competing in the 2026 Mediterranean Games? I think this will need to be reworded to focus on the Vatican and not the other 26 clubs.

Please ping for a response. Z1720 (talk) 03:03, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Z1720 Done! Just have a query for the third one. Arconning (talk) 06:23, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. One response above, but its resolution is not necessary for the declaration. I also made edits to the article that can be reviewed and reverted if not helpful. Z1720 (talk) 16:23, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Recusing to review.

• “… although the federation was later invited by …” What is “the federation”?
  • Added “the federation Vatican Athletics”
• “Vatican City and the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) had an agreement to …” Link “Vatican City”.
• ” albeit in a non-scoring means as they were invited as guests rather than official participants.” I don’t think “means” is the best word to use here.
• “competing at different editions of the Championships of the Small States of Europe.” seems to be entirely repeated in the next sentence. I recommend deleting it. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:46, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Lead: “Middle-distance runner Simone Adamoli was supposed to join the delegation but withdrew before the start of his event.”; main article: “Shortly before the beginning of the Games, Adamoli withdrew from his event.” the first version suggests that he withdrew much later in the day that the first. I suggest standardising the phraseology.
• “”Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete’s heat only”. As no ranks are given, this note is not necessary.
• “the nation’s integration towards the Olympic Movement”. I don’t think one can integrate towards something. Suggest rephrasing.

A tidy little article. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:46, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Gog the Mild I believe I’m done. 🙂 Arconning (talk) 13:45, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like the sources are consistently formatted and reliable. Is a spotcheck needed? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:00, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Jo-Jo Eumerus I believe so. Arconning (talk) 14:28, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

So: where in #14 and #15 are seminarians mentioned? Is Carnicelli mentioned in #18? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:36, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Jo-Jo Eumerus

• “I nostri atleti sono sacerdoti, o studenti che aspirano a diventarlo”, “Our athletes are priests, or students aspiring to become priests”, students aspiring to become priests are usually seminarians though I’ve changed this.
• Done.

Arconning (talk) 05:19, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Jo-Jo Eumerus Any updates? Arconning (talk) 13:22, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing needed, I think. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:08, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• “with initial accredited members that included Swiss Guards, ” – you currently link to Swiss Guards but I suspect that you probably want the Swiss Guard link instead? It’s a bit non-intuitive that those links go to different articles
• “with initial accredited members that included Swiss Guards, nuns, priests, museum workers, and maintenance workers, as well as two migrant Muslim Africans as honorary members” – This is sourced to this. Am I missing where the reference mentions the migrants?
• “Carnicelli competed in her event at 8:00 a.m. on 30 June against twelve other athletes. She finished with a time of 1:17:21, though her result was not officially recorded, as the nation was invited as a non-scoring competitor. Had the nation been an official participant, she would have placed ninth overall.” – some sort of reference placement issue? The following citation is from a source written a month before the event occurred

There’s not much too this one but I’m a bit confused by the two sourcing items noted above. Hog Farm _Talk 00:14, 24 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Hog Farm I’ve addressed your comments. 🙂 Arconning (talk) 15:12, 24 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Supporting Hog Farm _Talk 17:04, 24 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]