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List of Olympic medalists for Singapore (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Nominator(s): 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 23:48, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because this list has good prose, is comprehensive, and meets all requirements for accessibility and FL criteria. This is my third FL nomination and all comments will be appreciated. Regards, 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 23:48, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• File:Flag of Singapore.svg – PD
• File:SingaporeWomensTableTennisTeam-2008SummerOlympics-20080825-02.jpg – CC BY 2.0
• Pictograms are all PD, alt text passes Pass image review

User:Easternsahara_{review this} 22:22, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Easternsahara: Shouldn’t the pictograms have alt text as well? A user highlighted this a while ago. Icepinner 07:20, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Exciting to see a Singapore list in FLC! I may conduct a full review in due time since I am a bit busy with IRL stuff, but for now, I note that [2] has a publication date whilst the rest of the Olympic sources don’t. Template:Cite web says “if [the publication date is] unknown, use access-date instead”. Icepinner 07:08, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, per MOS:ORDER, we need an ENGVAR template for this article. Add Template:Use British English, as Singapore was a former British colony, and British English is still widely used here. Icepinner 07:20, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Icepinner: “[2] has a publication date whilst the rest of the Olympic sources don’t” I do not see any issue with this, as I used both publication date (if there is) and access date. I have also added the British ENGVAR template, but I used American English during the creation of this article, and it might raise some issues. Thank you for offering to review this article! 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 09:52, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for adding the British ENGVAR template, TheNuggeteer. Regarding the publication date, I may have misinterpreted it when I read this FLC? Dunno, thought that consistent ref formatting is an unspoken rule of the FLC criteria? Anyways, that really isn’t a big issue for me. I’ve some time to kill, and I have conducted a prose review since the article is pretty short. Feel free to disagree with the below if there are any issues. Icepinner 14:53, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Singapore debuted in the Olympics as a British colony in 1948 when a sole representative, Lloyd Valberg I think we can link “British colony” to Colony of Singapore. We also have an article on Lloyd Valberg. Icepinner 14:53, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Joseph Schooling won a gold medal when he succeeded in the Men’s 100 meter butterfly. This also caused him to beat Michael Phelps’ Olympic record in the event I am not sure if I like the wording here; the source states that “he clocked an Olympic record time of 50.39 seconds to beat swimming legend Michael Phelps to gold”, but the article implies that Schooling winning a gold medal was the motivation to beat Philips (maybe I’m tired? Who knows). Icepinner 14:53, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not a lot of issues I can find that impede the article from FL status. I’ll take another look once the above issues (including the pictogram concerns) have been addressed. Icepinner 14:53, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Unless Singapore has no plans to ever compete at the Olympics again, then “Overall, Singapore won a gold medal, two silver medals, and three bronze medals, gaining a total of six medals.” should be “Overall, Singapore has won a gold medal, two silver medals, and three bronze medals, gaining a total of six medals.” — ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:28, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]