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The article was promoted by Gog the Mild via FACBot (talk) 11 October 2022 [1].

Yuzuru Hanyu Olympic seasons[edit]

Nominator(s): ErnestKrause (talk) 12:53, 2 September 2022 (UTC), Henni147 (talk), and Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 03:53, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about the mens ice skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu's Olympic seasons. He has recently retired from competition and completed his career of competing at the Olympics; this article covers his medal winning three appearances at the Olympics. The article is a co-nomination with Henni who has also done the FL for Yuzuru Hanyu's career, and Ernest who was the co-nominator for the successful GAN nomination of the Yuzuru Hanyu biography article at Wikipedia with User:Yolo. ErnestKrause (talk) 12:53, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@ErnestKrause: Thank you very much for setting up the FAC nomination. Here are some additional notes that might be useful for the review process:
  • The result table got extracted from Hanyu's career achievements sub-page, which has reached FL status already. So it should satisfy the FAC criteria.
  • This Olympic seasons article emerged from a page split of Hanyu's bios page, and has no equivalent among figure skating articles yet. This is especially true for the sub-sections about Hanyu's six Olympic programs. Their background and creation process has received an unprecedentedly broad and thorough coverage by newspapers, magazines, and television broadcasts, both in Japan and overseas, and we believe that a summary of these insights is very valuable for the global coverage of figure skating on Wikipedia. Henni147 (talk) 13:22, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm going to add more below, but I wanted to chime in here to attest to this statement, that Henni is correct about no equivalent/similar article in any bio about a figure skater. I'm proud that I was able to help facilitate its split from Hanyu's main bio and that it's come far enough to be submitted to FAC. Henni, Ernest, and Yolo have worked really hard on this article, so they should also be proud of this accomplishment, made possible by their dedication and the fact that, unlike most skaters, so much has been written about Hanyu. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 16:54, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
As someone familiar with the article since its conception, it wouldn't be objective for me to give a support/comment (it's obvious I support it). But I'll help responding to the reviews when it's needed. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 02:59, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Just want to add, since this type of article within Figure Skating project is unprecedented, it has gone through a peer-review before the 2022 Winter Olympics which can be viewed here. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 00:45, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Image review[edit]

  • Don't use fixed px size
Removed fixed px unless it's needed. Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 03:40, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • File:Uesugi_Kenshin_and_Takeda_Shingen_at_the_Battle_of_Kawanakajima.jpg needs a US tag. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:00, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Please inform me if I did it incorrectly. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 03:25, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Nikkimaria: We uploaded two more images to Commons, and included them in the 2018 after season honors-section. On Commons, the two files are currently listed in multiple categories with "missing SDC copyright license". What influence does that have on the FAC nomination? Shall we remove the images, until the licensing issue is fixed, or is there nothing to be done? I am not familiar with the licensing procedure on Commons. Henni147 (talk) 16:20, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Update: Issue seems to be solved. The categories have already been removed from one of the two images. However, another look at the copyright and licensing status might be good. Just in case. Henni147 (talk) 17:26, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Japan's freedom of panorama rules are non-free for Wikipedia purposes, so both of these will need tags for the original works pictured. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:19, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Henni147@Nikkimaria: I have added the tag to both pictures. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 07:02, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think that's the correct tag - neither of these appear to be architectural works. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:49, 10 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Nikkimaria: Could you suggest which tag is appropriate for these? Since we are not familiar with Commomns. The monuments may be not architectural, but they function like other architectural monuments or memorials. They're not promoting something and people don't need to pay to see or photograph them. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 05:52, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Japan distinguishes between architectural works (buildings) and artistic works like these. Do you know when and by whom these were erected? Nikkimaria (talk) 14:40, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Nikkimaria: Update: I just got this source link from the website of Sendai City. According to the city's sports promotion division, the designer of the monuments has never been announced, and it's not planned to reveal any illustrations for the designs in the future (see Q&A #6). Henni147 (talk) 08:30, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Nikkimaria This hasn't been pointed out, but the images have been removed from Commons and the article. So, unless there's another problem, we could get a pass? - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 00:54, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Just to verify, were there any images other than those added since the initial review? Nikkimaria (talk) 02:36, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Nikkimaria: It's two: Ballade No. 1 in 2015 and People's Honour Award. I replaced the previous images with these two, so that they face towards the prose text. They were uploaded by the same users under the same license and show nearly the same image content as the ones originally used. Henni147 (talk) 03:48, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, should be good to go. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:31, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from BennyOnTheLoose[edit]

Looks like quite a comprehensive overview. Not sure whether I'll get around to a fuller review, but I do have a couple of comments/questions at the moment. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 00:24, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • The sfn reference "K&C 2021, ch. 1" (currently footnote 159) doesn't point to a citation. (Presumably it should be to "Kiss & Cry (June 22, 2021)")
In that sfn, only initials of institution are used, which in this case is Kiss & Cry, based on this. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:34, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@BennyOnTheLoose: Thank you very much for pointing out the error! Yes, I used the wrong author abbreviation in the sfn template. It has to be "Kiss & Cry" instead of "K&C". Thank you very much! Henni147 (talk) 08:00, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd find it helpful to have translations for "Number 2013, ch. 2" (currently footnote 26) and Beijing: Vogue China (32). (There may be other lacking translations too)
For sfn with quotes, translation of the quotes is already included in the article as a direct quote. Added trans-title for the Vogue China. I believe other refs with titles in foreign languages have been translated. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:34, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Checked reference section for missing script- or trans-titles, but it looks complete now.
Note: For direct quotes in Japanese language the following system is consistently used on the page: The English translation is embedded as a direct quote in the prose part, while the original Japanese wording is either included in the sfn template (print sources) or in the r-template (websites and AV media sources). The latter can be viewed via mouseover, but currently it's only accessible in the desktop version. Alternative would be to place the original Japanese quote in the citation template, but that would further blow up the reference section. I am open for good solutions here. Henni147 (talk) 08:00, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Detailed results

  • I think the note at the top should be "For a full list of Hanyu's detailed results" or "For the full list of Hanyu's detailed results" (or something similar)
Added. I used the latter. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:34, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • In the tables, shouldn't the references be in a citation format rather than direct links to an external site? (I haven't checked policies on this, so perhaps not)
I can't find the policies yet either, but as Henni said that table is taken from List of career achievements by Yuzuru Hanyu, and the issue wasn't raised during the FL peer-review. It's also now part of figure skating manual of style. But please inform us if there's a policy prohibiting this. I'll keep looking. Thank you for your comments.
Update: Just found this: "Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that is relevant to an encyclopedic understanding of the subject and cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to copyright issues, amount of detail (such as professional athlete statistics, movie or television credits, interview transcripts, or online textbooks), or other reasons." In this case, it will fall into the "amount of detail" reason because the info needed by the articles (placements, total scores, score and placement from each segment) have to be taken from three pages from one link. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:51, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, in case of statistics tables it seems to be allowed (even encouraged) to place the references with their archived source directly as an external link in the stats table. Otherwise the reference section would blow up exponentially. These "Details" links in our table navigate to eight ISU stats pages for the men's singles discipline, of which we need at least three to cover all listed data. Citing these sources individually would lead to ca. 40 additional inline citations. Now we have 13 compact links, which is far more economic. Since this solution has passed the FL class review last year, I expect it to be fine for FA class as well.
However, what we can do is to use the big result table from the new "Spin the Dream" source by Asahi Shimbun as a global inline-citation, and place it above the tables (if needed). Then we'd have both, a cited source plus links to competition details on the official ISU website. Henni147 (talk) 08:00, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comments Support by Figureskatingfan[edit]

  • The ISU has published a new version of their Technical Panel for the 2022-2023 season, so you may need to update the page numbers you cite [2]. Fortunately, it's just one reference, though.
I don't think it's necessary to update the TP handbook since it's the handbook that applied when the event happened. Unless, if ISU happen to change the definition of under-rotation in the future which would make the attempt not categorized as UR anymore, we may need to cite the updated TP handbook as well, but the 2021-2022 season handbook would still need to stay. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:09, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm sure that you've archived all your refs, since one of you suggested that I do it for the figure skating articles I've worked on, so I suggest that you put this template on this talk page, as I've done for Tara Lipinski (which has frustratingly stalled out here at FAC):
Added. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:09, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • This is all I have time for right now, so I'll come back soon for more comments. I have to say, though, that the images in this article are so well-chosen and even whimsical, like Heaven and earth illustration, which is impressive due to the sheer volume of images of Hanyu, even on Commons. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 17:30, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It's all thanks to Henni and the support from fan-photographers who have been willing to provide the needed images :) - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:09, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much for your comments! I've sent a request for images of Hanyu's Rondo Capriccioso and Heaven and Earth from the Beijing Olympics if possible, so that we can add a small gallery in that section too, which is uniform with the other two Olympics sections. Usually, my fellows Phantom Kabocha and David Carmichael travelled to all big competitions to take pictures, but due to the restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic and exclusion of audience from most sports events, they had no opportunity to contribute anything themselves since 2020.
Anyways, I'm very grateful to both for all the great pictures, and also to fellow users from twitter and PH who helped searching, accessing, and translating Japanese sources. It would have been impossible for Yolo4A4Lo and me to compile this large amount of information alone. Henni147 (talk) 05:55, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry it's taken me so long to get back here. I've looked over most of the article and can now give my enthusiastic support. This is an complete and exhaustive article about an important figure skater, one worthy to receive the bronze star. It's also a great example of an aspect about a figure skater bio, one that we can all learn from. (For example, including outside links of the specific short programs and free skating programs discussed. I will use that.) Best to all the team going forward. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 17:19, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinator note[edit]

Coming up to three weeks and this nomination has yet to pick up a support. Unless it makes significant further progress towards a consensus to promote over the next four or five days I am afraid that it is liable to be archived. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:37, 22 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like Support from Christine and DarkWarrior, along with an image pass from NikkiMaria. Several other editors have added placeholders and added further comments for further review during the upcoming week. ErnestKrause (talk) 17:13, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Updating since the 25th. There appear to be two further supports from User:3a4t and Aqaria. ErnestKrause (talk) 10:48, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Lee Vilenski and Epicgenius: Any further comments from you guys? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:04, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support by Lee Vilenski[edit]

I'll begin a review of this article very soon! My reviews tend to focus on prose and MOS issues, especially on the lede, but I will also comment on anything that could be improved. I'll post up some comments below over the next couple days, which you should either respond to, or ask me questions on issues you are unsure of. I'll be claiming points towards the wikicup once this review is over.

Lede
  • skater in history - "in history" is redundant. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:59, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Surely "He is the first" should be in past tense? Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:59, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • In addition, Hanyu became - Hanyu also... Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:59, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • Fixed both. I tried to avoid the repetition of "also", so I added the years of achievements instead – to have a clear cut. Henni147 (talk) 15:06, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • With the former, he had scored world records at two Grand Prix events in the previous season and broke another two records at the 2013–14 Grand Prix Final and the 2014 Winter Olympics, becoming the first skater to score over 100 points in the short program. - this says "broke records" but then never says what these are. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:59, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • I condensed the sentences about Hanyu's world records, since this article focuses on Hanyu's Olympic seasons. I don't think, it's important to list the exact events from other seasons, where the records were set. This should also solve the issue you mentioned above. Henni147 (talk) 15:06, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • With his win at the subsequent World Championships, he also became the first Asian and second skater across all disciplines to win the Olympics, Worlds, and the Grand Prix Final in the same season, after Russian Alexei Yagudin in 2001–02. - reword. Perhaps, Hanyu was the second skater (and first Asian) to.... Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:59, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • Personally, I prefer to keep the use of brackets in encyclopedic prose at a required minimum. I'm not a big fan of the season bracktes in the lead either, but I couldn't figure out a smarter solution yet. So I think, I'd rather leave the structure of the sentence as it is now, but I'm open for other suggestions. Henni147 (talk) 15:06, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • On July 17, 2022, Hanyu announced that he would "step away" from competitive figure skating and turn professional. - this feels a bit weird, "turn professional" needs a bit of context. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:59, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • I added a link from "professional" to this terminology section of the main FS article that explains the difference between amateur and professional skater. I'm also considering to add an explanatory footnote why Hanyu himself refrains from using the term "retirement" in his special case. Usually, when figure skaters move from amateur to professional level, they water down the technical difficulty of their programs and no longer execute quadruple jumps or comparable elements, but rather focus on aspects of figure skating as a performing art. However, Hanyu plans to even increase the difficulty of his technical content and include the quadruple Axel in his future ice show programs, which is uncharged territory among professional skaters. Henni147 (talk) 15:06, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
      • In my opinion, the note to terminology section has sufficed to give the context and keep the article focus on his Olympic seasons. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:19, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
        @Yolo4A4Lo: Yes, it might be smartest to polish the terminology section in the FS main article, rather than increasing the number of footnotes here. However, as long as the terminology section is that sparsely sourced and at danger to be removed, I suggest to keep this cited footnote for the time being. When this Olympic seasons page is ready to be promoted for FAC, I will work on that section in the main FS article. Henni147 (talk) 07:11, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Prose
  • Considering the scope of the article is "Olympic seasons", the article goes into quite significant depths on the other intervening years... Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 12:16, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • My suggestion here is the following: the key event summaries could be moved to Hanyu's main bios and merged with his current career summary section there, while condensing the key event sections on this page to information that are absolutely essential for the understanding of the other sections. Some of Hanyu's competition results and injuries etc. could indeed be skipped or summed up. I will go through the three sections today and create drafts for each one. Henni147 (talk) 15:06, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
      • @Lee Vilenski @Henni147: I personally suggest to keep them as they are. The initial paragraphs are already condensed summaries of his main bio contents, only added with information that give context to his approach towards the Olympics and motivations, such as his increased technical contents towards the years and his quest chasing the quad Axel even before his first Olympics. Mentioning certain competition results also give context on who were his close rivals coming into the Olympics. And the Key Events sections are already shorter than other sections on the same level. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:19, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • What's the deal with the weird external link references such as which earned the Japanese national team the third spot at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[7]: 3 [15]:3 I can't see that a bare link with no explaination has any place in an article like this. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 12:16, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • The main source article on nonno.hpplus is quite long, so I added anchor links that navigate the reader directly to the right section. But if it's unfitting or violating the MOS, I can remove the anchor links from the inline citations. Henni147 (talk) 15:06, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Update: I decided to remove the anchor links, since the article has its own table of contents that readers can use for navigation. Now the formatting of the inline citations should no longer be an issue. Henni147 (talk) 16:28, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm a bit concerned about the sheet amount of images and videos. Even if they are free/suitable for links, having a gallery before a section in my eyes ruins readability (such as in 2014 Winter Olympics). Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 12:16, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • If the inclusion of the galleries and/or video links violates the MOS guidelines, I can remove them, but in my opinion they are essential for readers to get an idea of Hanyu's actual programs, costumes, and skating, and also to compare his Olympic performances with the challenges in 2022. One can try to summarize or describe it in words like "missed the Salchow jump here and landed it successfully there". However, figure skating is not only a sport but also a performing art, and you need to see what actually happens on the ice to fully grasp the differences. These galleries and video links all have an explanatory purpose, they are not included for the sake of decoration or promotion, and it's videos of his Olympic programs and challenges only, not other competitions. Henni147 (talk) 15:06, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Additional comments
  • There's a dodgy ref to Sportskeeda. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 12:16, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • Replaced source by an online news article from the 'Tennis' magazine. That one should satisfy the criteria of a reliable secondary source.
Thank you very much for all your comments so far. I will try my best to figure out smart solutions for the key event sections to be as compact in wording as possible. I hope that, apart from the key events, the article has the potential for a promotion to FAC. Henni147 (talk) 16:28, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally, if you liked this review, or are looking for items to review, I have some at my nominations list. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 16:12, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Epicgenius[edit]

I will look at this article very soon. I'll review the prose as well, although this article is extremely long, so it may take a while for me to sort through these issues. Epicgenius (talk) 13:57, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • Cite 176 gives the following error: "Cite error: The named reference Prog was invoked but never defined (see the help page)." Can this be fixed? Epicgenius (talk) 13:57, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Epicgenius: Thanks for the info! The cite error should be fixed now.
    Also, thank you very much for joining this review. It was an awful lot of work to create this article and I would like to create a spoken version of it, so we are very happy about every feedback. Henni147 (talk) 15:29, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Lead:
  • "With his win at the subsequent World Championships, he also became the first Asian and second skater across all disciplines after Russian Alexei Yagudin (in 2001–02) to win the Olympics, Worlds, and the Grand Prix Final in the same season" - Would it be better to say: "...he also became the first Asian and second skater across all disciplines to win the Olympics, Worlds, and the Grand Prix Final in the same season, after Russian Alexei Yagudin in 2001–02"? I feel that the phrase "after Russian Alexei Yagudin (in 2001–02)" interrupts the flow of this sentence.
  • "In 2017, he reset the world record" - I understand what this sentence fragment is trying to say, but generally, "reset" isn't the correct word to use in this context. I'd suggest something like "he again set the world record"
  • "On July 17, 2022, Hanyu announced to "step away" from competitive figure skating and turn professional" - The phrase "announced to" isn't quite correct. How about "On July 17, 2022, Hanyu announced that he would "step away" from competitive figure skating and turn professional"?
More tomorrow. – Epicgenius (talk) 17:21, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Epicgenius: Fixed all. I decided to use "improved his world record", but if "again set the world record" is preferred, I can change it. Thank you very much for your suggestions. Henni147 (talk) 18:28, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • 2013–14 season:
    • "He participated in numerous ice shows in order to get additional practice time and raise money for the areas affected by the disaster." - I think you can just remove "in order", i.e. "He participated in numerous ice shows to get additional practice time..."
    • "In the course of that event" - Similarly, I'd say "During that event"
    • ""Parisienne Walkways" was Hanyu's first of his multiple collaborations" - This is a bit awkwardly worded. I'd say ""Parisienne Walkways" was the first of Hanyu's multiple collaborations"
    • "Later in 2018, Buttle named "Parisienne Walkways"" - This wording makes it sound like the collaboration took place in 2018. If it didn't, it should be "Later, in 2018," with a comma after "Later".
    • "The music piece was Hanyu's personal choice; the program was meant to mark the culmination of his first four senior seasons" - I'd just say "Hanyu chose the music piece to mark the culmination of his first four senior seasons." The phrase "personal choice" sounds redundant to me, unless we're specifically distinguishing against someone else's choice
      • Yes, we wanted to make clear here that the program was Hanyu's personal choice, and not that of his choreographer or coaching team, which is common practice in figure skating, especially for competitive programs. It is unusual that a skater chooses his Olympic program music himself, especially at such young age for the first Olympic Games. If required, we can add an explanatory footnote here, but it might be difficult to find a proper source for that. Henni147 (talk) 15:03, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • "However, they were not officially recognized as new highest scores because the International Skating Union (ISU) only records results that were achieved at international competitions, not national championships." - This sentence changes from past to present tense. For consistency, I'd say "because the International Skating Union (ISU) only recorded results", even if the ISU still does this today.
    • "In May 2015, the Madame Tussauds museum in Tokyo unveiled a life-size wax figure of Hanyu in the costume and ending pose of his Olympic short program "Parisienne Walkways".[70][71] On July 15, 2022, after a public voting conducted by Merlin Entertainments, the costume on the wax figure was changed to the one, which Hanyu had used for his free skate program Origin in the 2019–20 season.[72] In April 2017, two monuments in memory of Hanyu's and Shizuka Arakawa's victories at the Winter Olympics were installed in their hometown near the south exit of the International Center Station on the Sendai Subway Tozai Line." - I would change the sentence structure a bit, since there are three consecutive sentences that begin with "On DATE, so-and-so happened".
      • Changed the sentence structure. You may take another look if the wording is correct/matches in style. Henni147 (talk) 15:03, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
More later. This is a long article, so it's taking me a while, but I should be able to get through the rest of the page over the next few days. – Epicgenius (talk) 13:27, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Epicgenius: Excellent, thank you very much. Now that you have read the first section, do you agree with Lee Vilenski that the key event sections should be condensed (with more focus on the Olympics) or would you say that they are fine like this? Before we revamp all three sections, we would like to hear more comments. It's quite a lot of work that should not be in vain. Thanks in advance. Henni147 (talk) 15:03, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Henni147, personally, I thought all the details in the first section made sense. However, now you mention it, I agree with Vilenski that it may be helpful if you do condense the "key events" sections, since all three of the "key events" sections are quite long.
There are a few quotes, as well as other details, that may have to be trimmed so that the article is more concise. For instance, these three sentences ("After the 2013 Four Continents Championships, where he had finished second, Hanyu suffered a knee injury and resumed training two weeks prior to the World Championships. An additional ankle sprain in the official practice forced him to compete while taking painkillers. Placing ninth after the short program, he fought back to fourth place overall, which earned the Japanese national team the third spot at the 2014 Winter Olympics") could probably be summarized as one sentence. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:28, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Epicgenius I've gone ahead and shorterned those 3 sentence into one which looks a bit better. Hopefully that puts it closer to an enhanced version. ErnestKrause (talk) 15:45, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@ErnestKrause: To be honest, I am not happy with the new wording. If we remove Hanyu's placement at 4CC, we can skip that event altogether. It has no meaning without mentioning Hanyu's final result there. Also, it is true that the injuries contributed to Hanyu's 9th place in the SP at Worlds, but the new wording makes it sound like it was the main course of the low placement, which is not true. Hanyu could have messed up his jumps without the injuries as well. So I would be careful with this kind of causal phrasing. I hope you don't mind that I reverted your last edit.
My suggestion is the following: I will compile alternative key event sections in my sandbox over the next days (taking care of accuracy in content), and then we can discuss if we use them or just keep the sections as they are now. These sections need to be adjusted globally with a proper concept. Henni147 (talk) 16:14, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
If you have a better version of the edit then you can add it into the article. Until then, you might consider restoring it in case Epicgenius has a comment to make about it. Otherwise you should go ahead with improvements to the prose. ErnestKrause (talk) 17:31, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Yolo4A4Lo: I decided to put two information back:
  1. The direct quote of Hanyu's career goals is the most crucial direct quote of the entire article. It shows his clear visions and aspirations from a very young age and how he stuck to his declared goals from beginning to end. It is like a "red thread" throughout his skating career. That's why it should even be highlighted as a blockquote in my opinion, and not be rephrased or disappear between the lines.
  2. I also put the info about Hanyu's fall on the quad loop at 2018 Rostelecom back, because we refer explicitely to that event, when we later talk about his 5-quad program at the 2019 GPF. It would no longer make sense to the reader, why the quad loop was a jump that had caused him an injury if we don't mention it previously. Henni147 (talk) 05:07, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I agree. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 06:27, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Yolo4A4Lo, Epicgenius, and Lee Vilenski: I have created a draft for an alternative 2021-22 key event section in my sandbox. If we only consider the text in black, it's about 12% less prose than before. I tried to move away from a chronological career summary, and focus on Hanyu's global situation heading into his final Olympic season. The additional paragraph in gray is based on a recent interview with Hanyu on Japanese television. If we want to include it, I'd suggest to place it at the end of the second paragraph. This is not a must, but it would give a deeper understanding of his focus on the quad Axel instead of a third Olympic gold, and also his motivation to move from competitive to professional skating, explaining why he no longer wants to be evaluated with scores.
If desired, I could create similar summaries for the other two seasons. However, I would also agree with keeping the key event sections as they are now. I am open for suggestions. Henni147 (talk) 15:43, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for pinging me. My opinion is that the text in gray might detract from the article and, if included, should be condensed to one sentence at the end of the second paragraph. Also, I get the impression that, in the proposed rewrite, the first paragraph is actually more detailed than in the current article. I'm not against adding these details, but you may be better off placing some of these details (such as the description of the new point-scoring system) into an explanatory footnote. Otherwise, the rewrite looks good, and I think you should summarize the other two seasons as well. – Epicgenius (talk) 16:28, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Epicgenius: Thank you very much for your quick reply. I condensed the first paragraph and limited the infos about the new judging system to the footnote. Update: I also shortened the additional paragraph in gray to one sentence and merged it into the section to see how it fits. It can be removed at any time, but I think it fits well in context. Henni147 (talk) 17:06, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the ping. The rewrite looks good. But I personally think if we want to use the rewrite version for the 2021–22 season, it would look better if the other two Key Events are made into a non-chronological summary as well to make them uniform. It's just my opinion. I won't mind if the rewritten is used, while the others stay the same. I'll go with the consensus. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:00, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Yolo4A4Lo: Yes, I was thinking about re-arranging the other two sections as well, but I did not have the time yet. I will try to create them this weekend, and then include them all three in the main article with the correct references. Henni147 (talk) 08:01, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Update: I revamped the pre-17/18 key event section. I try my best to do the same for the first key event section as well. (Sorry for the delay, but I was too busy with other work the last days). Henni147 (talk) 09:16, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the heads-up. I will take a look at this by tomorrow. – Epicgenius (talk) 13:45, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Nice comments from Epicgenius. Henni has tried to make that edit which you requested. Are there more edits which could be added to the article to try to gain your support? ErnestKrause (talk) 17:44, 9 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Sorry, I forgot about this. I did look through the article again yesterday, but I only found minor grammatical nitpicks, which in my view shouldn't prevent this article from becoming an FA. – Epicgenius (talk) 17:50, 9 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support Comments by DWB[edit]

Disclosure, I offered to do a review in exchange for Ernest reviewing Aliens. Figure skating or any other form of skating or Olympic sport is not my jam, but I have persevered.

  • It's difficult to impossible to judge what is a reliable source given many of them are in Japanese, but Ref 88, "Fantasy on Ice 2017 Official Program (Makuhari Performance)" (Interview) (in Japanese), is this a book or a live interview or a magazine? If it's physical literature it seems like it'd be in the "books and magazines" cited section, and if it's video/audio, is there a link that can be added if it is uploaded somewhere?
    • This is a pamphlet that was published and distributed exclusively at the Fantasy on Ice show, featuring an interview transcript of Hanyu and Toshimi Oriyama (figure skating journalist who also works for the Japanese Sports Graphic Number magazine amongst others). The pamphlet had no ISBN or other ID, but I can look up the exact page number of the interview later.
    • About reliable Japanese sources: we tried our best to stick exclusively to the main Japanese daily newspapers (Mainichi, Chunichi, Sports Nippon, Sports Hochi etc.), magazines (Number, Sportiva Shueisha, Aera etc.), and online news agencies like Kyodo or Yahoo. One exception is itagiappo.com, but I can try to replace it by a more reliable source. Henni147 (talk) 09:31, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I notice the use of "nailed" a lot in the context of executing a move or feat well. I'm not 100% but I don't think "nailed" is necessarily encyclopaedic language.
  • There are a lot of images and a lot of big empty spaces and a lot of images facing outward from the article instead of into it, such as File:2020 4CC Yuzuru Hanyu Podium.jpg. If there are alternative angles that face into the article these are preferable from a style view. The gaps aren't great but there isn't much I can think of for you to do about them.
    • I tried to replace some images and face them towards the text. I agree about the spacing, but I'm not sure either how to fix that issue best. I'm open for smart suggestions there. Henni147 (talk) 09:17, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Similarly, the taller images, you can add "upright" as a setting which will make them thinner and take up less space in the article.
  • It doesn't matter for this review but for future reference you don't have to specify "right" to position an image on the right, it defaults there.
  • The last section, "2022 post-Olympic events and Olympic program challenges", I've read it a couple of times and I still cannot tell if Hanyu is specifically retiring from Olympic competition? If that is the case I'd maybe rename the section to "2022 post-Olympic events and retirement from competitive skating" or something more apt.
    • I changed the wording now to make it clear that Hanyu stopped with competitive skating at amateur level, which includes the Olympic Games. He himself said that he wants to refrain from using the term "retirement", because it usually means that skaters no longer strive for an athletic peak when turning pro, but rather focus on the "artistic" side of skating. However, Hanyu wants to keep his athletic skills at the same level as before, just not presenting them in a competitive setting anymore. It might be smart to add an explanatory footnote there to clarify what turning "professional" in figure skating means. Henni147 (talk) 09:17, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • In the same section, I would suggest (though not mandate) that you consider moving the following to a final subsection just afterward, called "legacy" or something, since it's more of a summary of his impact on the sport. It's an assessment of his overall influence and it's sandwiched in between a retirement and him doing professional routines -
"Various news outlets and magazines such as Nikkei Asia or International Figure Skating noted that Hanyu's exit from the competitive circuit marks the "end of an era".[206][210] Juliet Macur of The New York Times remarked that "we may never see another skater like Yuzuru Hanyu".[211] Numerous sports figures from and outside figure skating reacted to Hanyu's announcement with gratitude and praise, including Japanese gymnast Kōhei Uchimura,[212] baseballer Shohei Ohtani, and tennis player Naomi Osaka.[207][213] Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, sent a personal message to Hanyu through the IOC's official media account on Twitter:[214]
Congratulations on an outstanding Olympic career. You are a true Olympic champion. Good luck for the next steps in your skating career. We will keep following you and look forward to seeing you again.
— Thomas Bach, IOC president (July 20, 2022)"

Support by 3a4t[edit]

I'm unable to write a full review at the moment, but I believe the article is well sourced, well written and meets the NPOV criteria. It is an exhaustive description of Hanyu's achievements in his Olympic seasons and one could argue that this article makes for a better read than Hanyu's main article. The unique nature of the subject (such as the unprecedented amount of media coverage about Hanyu's Olympic programs), as well as recent events (Hanyu's retirement from competitive skating) make it a particularly good candidate for a Featured article.3a4t (talk) 19:42, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nice to hear about your support. ErnestKrause (talk) 00:11, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comments Support from Apqaria[edit]

First, thank you for all the effort spent to produce such an informative article that adds so much depth for readers about Yuzuru's journey. I have followed the updates on the article since the start but I have finally given it a more overall detailed read to contribute to the FAC review after an invitation from Henni147. This is my first time contributing to a FAC review so please pardon me if I am doing anything wrong here. I have focused my review on the content and I have a couple of comments so please check below

  • About Madame Tussauds museum wax figure, I think we may need to add the info about the change of the costume used lately to be more complete. You can refer to this article about that (https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000084.000004514.html)
  • About 2017–18 season, I think the info about Yuzuru's surgery after Nationals is not mentioned. I thought it is better to add it to give a more accurate view of Yuzuru's condition before the 2015 world championships. I see the referenced article has the info. You can also add a reference to this article if needed (https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-russian-american-women-square-off-at-figure-2015mar24-story.html). Also please note that the Golden Skate references (GS151223 and GS150620) in this section are dead now. So could you please revise and add the correct status to the references?
    • Added both information and fixed the status of the GS sources. Thank you very much for the suggestions! Henni147 (talk) 07:29, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the fast update. I am glad to support the article and hopefully with it as an example and a featured article, we can see more detailed articles like it for other skaters/athletes. Apqaria (talk) 21:07, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Source review – pass[edit]

Addressed comments

It looks like this has had more than sufficient amount of prose commentary so I'll instead conduct a source review. Version reviewed; spot-checks not included.

  • I suggest adding |access-date= for the sources with external hyperlinks.
@FrB.TG: Do you know any bots that can do it fast? - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 09:09, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@FrB.TG and Yolo4A4Lo: I have a general question here: what is the purpose of adding an access-date to archived sources? The required information was available at the date of archiving and the url-status parameter shows whether the website is still live and showing the piece of info or not. In both cases, adding an access-date would be redundant information and just further blow up the citation section in my opinion. But if it's required by Wiki MOS, I can add them manually. Henni147 (talk) 10:59, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
As far as I know, it's not a MoS requirement, but it makes sense in case of links that are not archived. Your reasoning of the archived dates being enough makes sense. I guess what's important is that it is done consistently (either everywhere or nowhere) and that seems to be the case here so all okay. FrB.TG (talk) 07:49, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Source 1 needs a page number and |format=pdf.
Done. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Source 2 is not in Japanese as our article suggests.
Corrected. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • What makes nonno.hpplus.jp a high-quality reliable source?
Nonno is a lifestyle magazine from Shueisa that also owns Sportiva. They also do reporting on figure skating to wider audience. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Source 16 needs a |lang= parameter.
Added. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • What makes sportiva.shueisha.co.jp a high-quality reliable source?
Sportiva is the only sport magazine by Shueisha, one of major Japanese publication. They provide a lot of live and immediate reporting and are one of the major figure skating news source in Japan. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • What makes victorysportsnews.com a high-quality reliable source?
    • Ito Yamane, the author of the cited online article from victorysportsnews.com, is known as a reliable sports journalist for the Number magazine among others, and has published a book about figure skating programs, which I also added as a source. I am not sure about the reliability of victorysportsnews.com in general, but given the fact that Ito is among the writers, it should definitely count as a reliable source in this case. Henni147 (talk) 12:44, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Major cities should be de-linked in |location= parameter in references (like Tokyo in #19, Ottawa in #21, New York City in #51, #55 and #59, and Beijing in #143).
De-linked all major cities. I didn't de-linked Lausanne because I think it's not a familiar city, but please inform me if I missed something. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • The quote in ref. 27 should be translated.
The translation is fully quoted in the article. Does it need to be re-written? - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • What makes mp.weixin.qq.com a high-quality reliable source?
weixin.qq is a blog platform by Tencent QQ, but the source cited is officially written by Vogue China editorial team. It can be accessed through the magazine's official Weibo account. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Source 40 title needs a translation.
Done. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Done on other instance as well. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Source 56 should have |url-access=limited.
Added. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • What makes walkerplus.com a high-quality reliable source?
Cited article is a web version of article from Tokyo Walker, a nationwide travel magazine from Kadokawa Corporation and a part of their Walker Press network. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 09:09, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • What makes goldenskate.com a high-quality reliable source?
Golden Skate is probably the oldest and most known news source in figure skating. They conduct direct interviews and reporting to all figure skating competitions. Most of figure skating articles on Wikipedia use Golden Skate to cite details that are not picked up by huge news outlets who usually only focus on the sport during Olympic seasons. GS is alsu suggested by WP:FS STYLE. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why does only source 77 have a |url-access=subscription and not for other ones by The Japan Times?
Added to articles with live links. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 09:09, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • What makes rockerskating.com a high-quality reliable source?
Replaced the source with one from Nikkan Sports. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 09:09, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • The location for ref. 123 is GANGNEUNG, South Korea, not McLean, Virginia.
Corrected. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Source 129 should use a {{cite tweet}} to show the tweeter.
The source is not a Tweet, but a report/blog post made by Twitter editorial team. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • What's the point of abbreviating International Figure Skating in sources if we write the full form (and the abbreviation) every time?
Removed abbreviation from |magazine= - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • The quote in ref. 162 should be translated.
Done. Please check if the format is right or not. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • The quote in ref. 167 should be translated.
I think @Henni147: has the full and proper English translation. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 09:09, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Added the English translation. Also shortened the original Japanese quote and removed the second sentence, which was redundant in content with the first. I hope, that is fine. Henni147 (talk) 10:59, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why is ref. 191 title in italics? FrB.TG (talk) 13:18, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It's automatically generated by Template:Cite AV media, and it's the title of the video, not the web page. I'll answer other points later. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]


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