Talk:1948 World Snooker Championship/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs) 21:22, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello, I am planning on reviewing this article for GA Status, over the next couple of days. Thank you for nominating the article for GA status. I hope I will learn some new information, and that my feedback is helpful.

If nominators or editors could refrain from updating the particular section that I am updating until it is complete, I would appreciate it to remove a edit conflict. Please address concerns in the section that has been completed above (If I've raised concerns up to references, feel free to comment on things like the lede.)

I generally provide an overview of things I read through the article on a first glance. Then do a thorough sweep of the article after the feedback is addressed. After this, I will present the pass/failure. I may use strikethrough tags when concerns are met. Even if something is obvious why my concern is met, please leave a message as courtesy.

Best of luck! you can also use the ✅ tag to state when something is addressed.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs)

Please let me know after the review is done, if you were happy with the review! Obviously this is regarding the article's quality, however, I want to be happy and civil to all, so let me know if I have done a good job, regardless of the article's outcome.

Lede

 * Link the sport.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 17:41, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * How many people were in the qualifying event?  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 17:41, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Amended per both points above. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:55, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

General

 * I still think the info on how the event is played - such as the format of the matches, the way qualifying worked, the defending champ etc is suitable for its own section.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 17:43, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Added a new "format" section. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:55, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Eight were placed in "Section B", which was to produce one qualifier to join the other seven players in "Section A", the main competition. - this wasn't at random though was it?  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 18:25, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Probably not, although sources are silent on this point. (My guess would be it was a commercial decision, with the BACC looking to maximise their cut of the gate receipts.) BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:55, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
 * before Brown won the next two for a 36–35 deciding frame victory - I feel like a best-of-71 match going to a deciding frame could do with a little bit more prose.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 18:25, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately the match got very little coverage - for example, the reports of the victory said no more than than the equivalent of "Smith won five consecutive frames, before Brown won the next two for a 36–35 deciding frame victory". In most of the few papers that covered it, the reports of this contest were were below almost-equally-short decriptions of a match between Fred Davis and Walter Donaldson at Leicester Square Hall. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 12:34, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
 * match finished 46–25.[31] Donaldson and Albert Brown were level at 3–3 after their first semi-final - I feel like we should at least split the semis and quarters by a para break.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 18:25, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 10:21, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Can we make the sources for the main draw into a sentence?  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 18:25, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 10:21, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
 * The final first-round matches between - *match.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 18:25, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Amended. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:55, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
 * The following century breaks were made during the tournament: - I feel like we could give a bit more info, like prose for who got the most/amount.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 18:25, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Added a bit - but it's not known which frame Davis's 109 was in, only that it was somewhere between frames 61 to 71. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 10:21, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

Review meta comments

 * I'll begin the review as soon as I can! If you fancy returning the favour, I have a list of nominations for review at WP:GAN and WP:FAC, respectively. I'd be very grateful if you were to complete one of these if you get time. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs)  Lee Vilenski  (talk • contribs) 21:22, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Many thanks, . I've replied above. Let me know if anything else is required. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 12:35, 20 October 2022 (UTC)