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This review is transcluded from Talk:2011 World Snooker Championship/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Mike Christie (talk · contribs) 01:23, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 01:23, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Images are appropriately tagged.

• What makes the following reliable sources?
  • snooker.org -- see this discussion; is there any more recent discussion approving of it?
    • That's quite an old discussion. I've successfully used this citation at many FACs, specifically pointing to being an award winning statistical site. According to the about us page, they were in Snooker Scene (and won website of the year in 2011), BilliardsDigest (under a different name), and commented on in the Independent). It also suggests they won a Britannia Internet Use Guide, and were linked by the BBC Education Web Guide. If the page was being used to cite controversial BLP material, I'd probably agree that it doesn't hold up, but it's generally used to cite brackets, draws and times, which otherwise would have to be cited to the event itself (which is less than ideal). Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:26, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

      OK -- I think for statistics it should be fine. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:00, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • globalsnookercentre.co.uk
  • I've removed this one, it wasn't citing anything that wasn't otherwise cited. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:02, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• FN51 is tagged as a permanent dead link. For GA that's OK but you may want to replace it anyway.
• "An audience of 3.93 million viewers watched the final session in Great Britain with 2.03 million watching the third session of the final": confusingly different uses of "final"; I had to read this a couple of times. I think this means 3.93 million viewers watched the final session of the final.
  • Reworded to say fourth. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:20, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• "The event was organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association." I was going to suggest "The 2011 event was..." but presumably the WPBSA has organized it for years? So perhaps add that to the previous sentence?
  • They've run the event since 1969, and the event has run since 1927. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:20, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    OK; I don't think it's necessary to change it so struck. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 01:42, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• "This was the first time six century breaks had been made in a match at the event, and for a best of 25 frames match": what does the second part of this mean? Does it mean it's the first time six century breaks had been made in a 25 frames match at any event? If so I'd clarify.
  • Yeah, that's exactly what it means. I'll see if I can reword. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:06, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Suggest adding a word or to to explain what the News of the World allegations were about -- e.g. "allegations of match-fixing the previous year".
  • Added. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• The qualifying rounds surprised me -- looks like new players joined at each qualifying round, presumably based on their ranking? Could we add a brief explanation of how these rounds worked?
  • That is exactly how it works, but I can't find a specific source that states this for this specific year Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:58, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Struck; it's correct as written; it's just the explanation we can't source.

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:05, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Earwig is clean; the match it shows is to a mirror. Spotchecks:

• FN 26 cites "The first round was played from 16 to 21 April as the best of 19 frames held over two sessions": technically this is a problem because this shows the planned format, not what actually happened. I'm not going to treat this as a failed verification on that basis but a cite after the event would be better. However, I don't see where it states that the first round was specifically those dates -- am I missing something?
  • Yeah, that would be nice. I think you are missing that the dates cover which matches are played on what dates (on the second page). Matches 1-16 (the first round) are all between 16-21. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:27, 10 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    I did miss that. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 18:29, 10 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• FN 67 cites "Higgins took a 13–12 lead after the third session of the final, which he won 6–2": verified.
• FN 11 cites "In 1927, the first world championship was won by Joe Davis. The event's final took place in Camkin's Hall, Birmingham, England": verified.

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 01:59, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Last issue resolved; passing. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 18:29, 10 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]