Talk:Dominique Moceanu

Currently a Student?

In the header 2000-2007, it states that Dominique is currently a student. Is this still the case now that she is married and now with baby? Shawn W (talk) 00:12, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

According to this interview, yes. It says that she's taking one semester off to be with her daughter, but expects to return and graduate by spring 2009. DanielEng (talk) 03:55, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Odd additions

Why is it listed that her husband is a podiatrist, but then goes on to say a podiatrist is not a real doctor. A podiatrist is, in fact, a doctor who works on feet and ankles. Also an odd addition in the Personal Life section, the article says she has a sister that was born "without a soul." These fairly dumb additions that are not based on fact, or they are typos. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.12.101.28 (talk) 03:03, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Birthplace dispute?

Hollywood, California or Florida? This edit has brought this to my attention. The sources brought forth in that edit were not reliable, however, so I reverted. Yet I recall back at the time she and the rest of the Magnificent Seven gymnasts were getting attention following the 1996 Olympics about seeing either as her birthplace. At least one of them is obviously not true. What is currently in the article (California) seems to be the correct one, after verifying in the first few pages of her 1996 autobiography (this book), which I happened to buy not long after the 1996 Olympics. So I'd stick with California, unless another reliable source says otherwise - which at that point, we may have a dispute about this detail. MPFitz1968 (talk) 00:04, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

XLinkBot revert

(talk) 01:56, 19 July 2020 (UTC)May I please appeal the reversion of my post of Dominique's TED talk reverted? The XLinkBot/RevertList says, "The bot does not revert when the account is older than 7 days (except when the rule is on override)". What does "except when the rule is on override" mean? This TEDx talk was given Dominique because it seems she wanted people to listen to it. It does not seem that she is trying to profit from it. It is not like an official music video. TEDx was created in the spirit of TED’s mission, “ideas worth spreading.” Lindamarcella (talk) 01:56, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

GA review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Dominique Moceanu/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Riley1012 (talk · contribs) 19:36, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Bgsu98 (talk · contribs) 09:26, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

After the success with Gabby Douglas, I will be happy to review this article as well. Of course, you can always get a head start by addressing the same issues with the infobox and competition table that we did with Gabby’s article. Bgsu98 (Talk) 09:26, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

User:Riley1012: I haven't forgotten about this; it just hasn't been a good couple of days lately. I will hopefully be able to start it tomorrow. Thank you for your patience! Bgsu98 (Talk) 01:59, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Review (June 13, 2025)

Per the changes we incorporated at the Gabby Douglas article, I would list out the clubs and the coaches, separated with <br>, by whatever standard you chose the last time for ordering (chronological, alphabetical... I can't remember). Same with the choreographer since there are two listed.

Lead

• Excellent; no problems at all!
• Photo in the infobox is good!

Early life

• "Both of her parents are..." It sounds like this should be "were" if one of them is dead.
• If you want to wikilink Romania, it should be earlier when it first appears.

Gymnastics career/Early career

• I would wikilink floor exercise (as well as any other gymnastics disciplines that might be mentioned in the future).
• This sentence – "She finished fourth in the floor exercise final at the 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival after the crowd booed her score, leading the judges to increase it from 9.600 to 9.650." – is a little unclear. Was the fourth-place finish a step up after the score was changed? If the placement changed, maybe reverse the sentence: "After the crowd booed her score..." ?

This is actually unclear based on the source - Riley1012 (talk) 00:10, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

• I would say "on the balance beam", but that may not be correct. Maybe "balance beam event"? The balance beam is something you equate with being on. You know what... I'll let you decide which is better and trust your judgment.
• I would wikilink the 1996 Summer Olympics.
• I would replace No. 7 with "number seven".

1996 Summer Olympics

• I would wikilink 1996 Summer Olympics, and also clarify where they were held.
• Wikilink tibia.
• "on the balance beam..."
• "Her teammate Kerri Strug vaulted after her to clinch the gold for the U.S. but injured her ankle in the process." Write out United States, followed by a comma.
• "...and crashed into the balance beam on her head." This reads awkwardly. Maybe something simpler like "hit her head on the balance beam"?
• I would remove "just missing a medal". Everyone knows what fourth place means.

Post-Olympics

• Are there wikilinks for the annual U.S. gymnastics championships?

• Not until 2010. -Riley1012 (talk) 00:10, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

• I would say she withdrew "due to" or "on account of" a knee injury.
• "she continued to train on floor and vault" I would say "the floor" and "the vault".
• Wikilink USA Gymnastics.
• What are "tucked full-in tumbling pass" and "double pike"?

I've chosen to simplify these sentences because there isn't an easy explanation/wikilink

It's better now and more readable. Bgsu98 (Talk) 00:34, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

User:Riley1012: I will come back to this, but this is at least someplace to start. Bgsu98 (Talk) 00:10, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

No worries, I have also been quite busy. I believe I have addressed everything you've brought up so far. -Riley1012 (talk) 00:10, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Review (June 19, 2025)

Personal life

• You don't need to wikilink Houston in the second paragraph since it's already linked in the first.
• You can provide a wikilink for Romanian Orthodox.

Memoir and sister

• "Moceanu revealed that she discovered..." This should be "had discovered".
• If Eva Longoria's Versus: Romanian Roots and She Looks Like Me are programs (and not episode titles), they should be italicized without quotation marks. 30 for 30 should also be italicized.
• You need a comma after Jamie Dantzscher.
• I'm assuming the abuse scandal is the Larry Nasser one. Unless Moceanu was sexually abused by the Karolyis, these two sentences are not related and should be separated. You could also expand on both situations with some more details.

User:Riley1012: That is the end of the prose review. I will do the source review a little later today, and hopefully we can get this wrapped up. I also made a few edits to the formatting of the tables, including adding rowscopes. Bgsu98 (Talk) 17:18, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you Bgsu98– I have made these edits. -Riley1012 (talk) 00:15, 22 June 2025 (UTC)