Talk:Solomon Bockarie

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.

If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

Biography: Sports and Games

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	Sports portal This article is supported by the sports and games work group (assessed as Low-importance).

Athletics Low‑importance

	Sport of athletics portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Athletics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the sport of athletics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page and join the discussion.AthleticsWikipedia:WikiProject AthleticsTemplate:WikiProject AthleticsAthletics articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Netherlands

This article falls within the scope of WikiProject Netherlands, an attempt to create, expand, and improve articles related to the Netherlands on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, visit the project page where you can join the project or contribute to the discussion.NetherlandsWikipedia:WikiProject NetherlandsTemplate:WikiProject NetherlandsNetherlands articles

Olympics Low‑importance

	Olympic Games portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Olympics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Olympics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.OlympicsWikipedia:WikiProject OlympicsTemplate:WikiProject OlympicsOlympics articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Merge with Solomon Bayoh?

Maybe I am mistaken, but it appears Olympedia and WA seem to believe these two athletes are a single person (who moved from Sierra Leone to the Netherlands)? Note the previous WA identifier of Solomon Bockarie redirects to the new ID, while the previous identifier of Solomon Bayoh (linked from the corresponding article) now ends on 404. It’d seem obvious except we have four wikis having (duplicate) articles on both names. --Mormegil (talk) 16:09, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I weep. Are we pretty confirmed that these are the same person? If so, ping me, and I'll merge. Joyous! | Talk 22:43, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Joyous!: Yes, I'd say we're pretty confirmed, given that there were only 3 athletes competeing for Sierra Leone in the 2008 olympics, and both pages agree that Solomon was one of them. That is, olympic page has that 2008 performance under the name Solomon Bockarie, while the archives Beijing site gives the same event performance (1st round 200m) under Solomon Bayoh. One can also imagine why the dates of birth might differ by 3 years given the history of migration (with 2015 nationality change). Klbrain (talk) 12:13, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 11:52, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]