Talk:Samoa looking ahead to Rio Paralympics with eye on powerlifting

Journalist notes

Talked to Paul Bird following the interviews we did. He said Julie Tuala, the chef de mission for Samoa is a lawyer. She and her husband are both very into weightlifting. That and the local culture are part of the reason she is working so hard on powerlifting. The pair wanted to make sure they got their grant request into the IPC before the Games concluded.--LauraHale (talk) 12:50, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

An interview with the Samoa Chef de Mission in London

VILIAMU Leitu

VILIAMU Leitu Related Participant News Profile Date of Birth: 28 MAR 1994 Gender: Female Place of Birth: VAIGAGA, Samoa Residence: - Sport: Athletics Event(s):

Women's Shot Put - F42/44 Class: F42 Final Rank: 6 Participant's Portrait HISTORICAL RESULTS Competition Highlights [Explanation of Competition Highlights (click to open/close)] GENERAL INTEREST Coach: John Eden (AUS) (oceaniaparalympic.org, 19 Aug 2012) International Debut: 2011 (oceaniaparalympic.org, 19 Aug 2012) Additional Information: Disability nature Amputee

Start of sporting career She began in 2010. (oceaniaparalympic.org, 19 Aug 2012)

Most memorable sporting achievement Qualifying for the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (oceaniaparalympic.org, 19 Aug 2012)

General DISABILITY CAUSE When she was 12 she lost her leg in a car accident. (oceaniaparalympic.org, 19 Aug 2012)

SCHEDULE AND RESULTS AT LONDON 2012 Date Time Sport Event Location Result Start List Results Reports MON 03 11:45 AT Women's Shot Put - F42/44 Final Olympic Stadium 6 Start List Results Reports

TOLEAFOA Milo

TOLEAFOA Milo Related Participant News Profile Date of Birth: 11 NOV 1986 Gender: Male Place of Birth: TUASIVI, Samoa Residence: - Sport: Athletics Event(s):

Men's 400m - T38 Class: T37

Participant's Portrait HISTORICAL RESULTS Competition Highlights [Explanation of Competition Highlights (click to open/close)] GENERAL INTEREST Occupation: Teacher Languages: English Additional Information: Start of sporting career He began at age seven. (Athlete, 31 Aug 2012)

Ambitions To win a gold medal at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (Athlete, 31 Aug 2012)

Training To prepare for the 2012 London Paralympic Games, he attended a training camp in Wales. (bbc.co.uk, 21 Aug 2012)

SCHEDULE AND RESULTS AT LONDON 2012 Date Time Sport Event Location Result Start List Results Reports SUN 02 10:58 AT Men's 400m - T38 Round 1 Heat 2 Olympic Stadium 4 Start List Results Reports

Review of revision 1617549 [Not ready]

Revision 1617549 of this article has been reviewed by Bddpaux (talk · contribs) and found not ready at 02:35, 9 September 2012 (UTC). Copyright: Not reviewed. Please address other issues. Newsworthiness: Passed Verifiability: Not ready: Notes NPOV: Not reviewed. Please address other issues. Style: Not reviewed. Please address other issues. Comments by reviewer: I did not see anything in the notes discussing cost of prosthetic leg. The last sentence is confusing....I think you meant to write, "[...] has primarily NOT sent..." (and, all that notwithstanding, check that last sentence, either way, for active voice).--Bddpaux (talk) 02:35, 9 September 2012 (UTC) Questions about the above? Ask. If possible, please address the above issues then resubmit the article for another review (by replacing {{tasks}} in the article with {{review}}). This talk page will be updated with subsequent reviews.

Revision 1617549 of this article has been reviewed by Bddpaux (talk · contribs) and found not ready at 02:35, 9 September 2012 (UTC). Copyright: Not reviewed. Please address other issues. Newsworthiness: Passed Verifiability: Not ready: Notes NPOV: Not reviewed. Please address other issues. Style: Not reviewed. Please address other issues. Comments by reviewer: I did not see anything in the notes discussing cost of prosthetic leg. The last sentence is confusing....I think you meant to write, "[...] has primarily NOT sent..." (and, all that notwithstanding, check that last sentence, either way, for active voice).--Bddpaux (talk) 02:35, 9 September 2012 (UTC) Questions about the above? Ask. If possible, please address the above issues then resubmit the article for another review (by replacing {{tasks}} in the article with {{review}}). This talk page will be updated with subsequent reviews.

and, for what it's worth, these last few Paralympics articles have seemingly neglected "related news" and "sister links" sections, which I feel add a nice rounding out effect. --Bddpaux (talk) 02:37, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

It was in the article text between comments. The cost of his leg falls into one of these areas where it is pretty much common knowledge that these run between $15,000 and $40,000 a leg. Not doing related news and sister links and haven't been because of time crunch issues. As the cost information is common knowledge and inline in the text and that is not required to put related (hence the Paralympic sidebar), going to resubmit. --LauraHale (talk) 08:53, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Review of revision 1620025 [Passed]

Revision 1620025 of this article has been reviewed by Pi zero (talk · contribs) and has passed its review at 02:40, 11 September 2012 (UTC). Copyright: Passed Newsworthiness: Passed Verifiability: Passed NPOV: Passed Style: Passed Comments by reviewer: Several points did not verify smoothly. Didn't find the specific quoted figure for price-per-leg anywhere; a (different, I think) number was quoted by the interviewer on the audio but not clearly confirmed by the interviewee, and the only price specific to Pistorius in any of the three referenced sources is a little over 20k for both legs. Used equipment cost on the audio was not as listed here. Straightforward. The audio seems to me to say the equipment went to PNG and Fiji, and not say anything about their not making it to London (though this apparently is true of Fiji re powerlifting, if indeed Fiji got such equipment). I didn't feel I could add that unilaterally as reviewer when it's so hard to make out on the tape, but certainly couldn't confirm it only went to PNG, so backed off to less specific wording. The reviewed revision should automatically have been edited by removing {{Review}} and adding {{Publish}} at the bottom, and the edit sighted; if this did not happen, it may be done manually by a reviewer.

Revision 1620025 of this article has been reviewed by Pi zero (talk · contribs) and has passed its review at 02:40, 11 September 2012 (UTC). Copyright: Passed Newsworthiness: Passed Verifiability: Passed NPOV: Passed Style: Passed Comments by reviewer: Several points did not verify smoothly. Didn't find the specific quoted figure for price-per-leg anywhere; a (different, I think) number was quoted by the interviewer on the audio but not clearly confirmed by the interviewee, and the only price specific to Pistorius in any of the three referenced sources is a little over 20k for both legs. Used equipment cost on the audio was not as listed here. Straightforward. The audio seems to me to say the equipment went to PNG and Fiji, and not say anything about their not making it to London (though this apparently is true of Fiji re powerlifting, if indeed Fiji got such equipment). I didn't feel I could add that unilaterally as reviewer when it's so hard to make out on the tape, but certainly couldn't confirm it only went to PNG, so backed off to less specific wording. The reviewed revision should automatically have been edited by removing {{Review}} and adding {{Publish}} at the bottom, and the edit sighted; if this did not happen, it may be done manually by a reviewer.