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Latest comment: 3 months ago by Jon698 in topic GA review

the issue of his alleged name/nationality

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how should the issue of his alleged name/nationality be handled on this page? it's mentioned in a single paragraph, but does this being warrant being mentioned in the opening paragraph as well, or should it wait until more information comes out about this? StudentOfEtherium (talk) 19:12, 20 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

Here's a thread to follow: https://bsky.app/profile/igorsushko.bsky.social/post/3lrzmwhxc522t
Ostensibly, he is Sergio Goryachev, born in Russia not Malta. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 19:23, 20 June 2025 (UTC)Reply
i saw that, which is what prompted me to mention it here. is this enough to mention in the opening paragraph/infobox, or should we wait for more to come out about this? StudentOfEtherium (talk) 19:24, 20 June 2025 (UTC)Reply
i found him as sergey gorokhovsky: https://nypost.com/2025/06/17/us-news/sergio-gor-trump-aide-who-vets-thousands-of-staffers-hasnt-been-fully-vetted-himself-sources/ Edward Mike005 (talk) 21:19, 20 June 2025 (UTC)Reply
Perhaps it makes sense to keep all versions of gossip in the text in the hope that one of them will be confirmed someday. Sergey Kondrashov (talk) 21:56, 21 June 2025 (UTC)Reply
The Maltese Herald did some fact checking:
https://themalteseherald.com/2025/06/21/sergio-gor-lived-in-malta-between-3-and-12-years-old/
He was born in Russia (Soviet Union at the time) and moved to Maltese around the age of 3 years old and lived in Malta until he was 12 years of age. He was known as the Russian boy as his parents were both Russian.
It's highly probable, given that the New York Times of extremely Pro-Trump and a conservative news station, that this actually DID lead somewhere, but due to pressure from the Trump administration, was quickly silenced. However, since then multiple news stations not in the US have continued to investigate. The fact is that the Maltese government CAN NOT confirm his birth, and can only confirm he immigrated to Malta from the Soviet Union to Russian parents at the age of 3. Which is still lying on a form of he was never born in Malta as he claimed on his intake form. Hourumiyamoto (talk) 06:21, 23 June 2025 (UTC)Reply
Now being reported in the Times of Malta that he was born in Tashkent, and they say this has been confirmed by his lawyer. Top ‘Maltese’ Donald Trump aide actually born in Soviet Union. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 10:11, 8 July 2025 (UTC)Reply
 Done a long time ago. Selbstporträt (talk) 12:52, 20 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

GA review

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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.


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

Nominator: ElijahPepe (talk · contribs) 07:45, 2 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Reviewer: Jon698 (talk · contribs) 11:28, 12 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Jon698: All points have been addressed. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 16:18, 13 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Prose

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  • 1. Could "By June 2010, he was working as Iowa representative Steve King's spokesman" be the start of a new paragraph since all of the information before that is about the 2008 presidential election while all of the information afterwards is about his work for representatives?
Agreed, done. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 16:18, 13 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
  • 2. "In May 2013, he became the communications director for RANDPAC" -> Change he to Gor since this is the first mention of him in that paragraph
Done. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 16:18, 13 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
  • Simple comment: I was not expecting to learn that he is a DJ lol
  • 3. "On August 22, 2025, Donald Trump named Gor as his nominee" -> Remove Donald since his full name has already been stated earlier
Mentioning Trump's full name was intentional because it had been a few paragraphs since he was first mentioned. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 16:18, 13 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
  • Really good work on the prose. Only three requests in total above and one is a paragraph suggestion rather than a demand.

Images

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  • There is one image in the article and it is the portrait for the infobox. Sergio Gor, official portrait (2025).jpg is the official portrait for Gor as ambassador to India so it is in the public domain as a government work. I found a better link to the photo and archived it to prevent linkrot.
  • I found the image of Gor presenting his credentials to the president of India here. I will upload this to Commons and add it to the article.

References

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  • There are 45 references in total so I will be doing a review of 5, which accounts for 11.11% of the total. Some of the references are not formatted in the same way as the others, but I can just make that minor change myself. The reference numbers are dated to this version of the page.
  • 1. Top ‘Maltese’ Donald Trump aide actually born in Soviet Union [Reference 1] is used to source his birth date, birth location, family moving to Malta, and him attending De La Salle College. All of this is sourced in the article except for his specific date of birth being November 30. It does mention him being born in 1986, but not the specific date. His name of "Sergey Gorokhovsky" is also not in the source. You will have to find a source for both.
The date comes from the image at the top of the article. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 16:16, 13 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
  • 2. Bachmann boards campaign bus [Reference 9] is used to source him having shared responsibilities for King and Bachmann for five months. This source does not mention King and the only mention of Gor is him stating that MichelePAC will not be involved in any of the remaining congressional primaries that year. You will have to either find a new source or more likely remove this information.
Reference 9 is "Bachmann, King: Capital's obvious couple", which does mention that Gor worked for Bachmann and King at the same time: "They once shared a press spokesman (Sergio Gor) for five months in 2010, when King said he needed more help getting bookings for national media." elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 16:16, 13 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for correcting my error. I don't know how I made that mistake. I must have hovered over the wrong reference after typing out what reference 9 sources.

Review

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GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose, spelling, grammar, and understandability): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
    All of my prose comments have been answered. No significant issues left in the article.
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check.
    a (reference section): b (inline citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
    A review of 31.91% of the references shows no false sourcing or issues.
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
    Article covers his early life, early political career, work with Trump, and ambassadorship.
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
    No neutrality issues or editorial language.
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
    Last edit made by somebody who wasn't the nominator or reviewer was on June 2.
  6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
    Images used in infobox and in the article were both properly uploaded to commons.
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:
    No major errors or issues preventing this from becoming a GA.
The discussion above 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.