Talk:1981 World Snooker Championship/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 13:32, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Shall review for the GAN October 2020 Backlog Drive. MWright96 (talk) 13:32, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * Pass/Fail:

Infobox

 * The players names should be put into the flagathlete template
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:26, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Lead

 * Don't think the pound sign should be linked
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:48, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "The defending champion was Cliff Thorburn, who lost 10–16 in the semi-final to Steve Davis. Davis went on to win his first world title," - try not to start the beginning of the following sentence like this
 * Reworded. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 23:27, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * No refs in the lead please per MOS:LEAD
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:48, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Think the second paragraph of the lead could do with some expanding with relevant details
 * Reworded. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 23:27, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Overview

 * "The World Snooker Championship is an annual snooker tournament the official world championship of the game of snooker." - there are a few words missing from this sentence
 * Amended. Tout to self. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:36, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "The 1981 tournament featured 24 professional for the second year." - 24 professional players for the second year running.
 * Amended. Another trout to self. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:36, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Wikilink seeded on the first mention to Seed (sports)
 * "Ray Reardon was regarded as the bookmaker's favourite to win at that time," - typo in the text in bold; should be written bookmakers
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:36, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "Mountjoy's odds of winning were assessed as 20–1." - Mountjoy should be written out in full and wikilinked since this is the first time he is mentioned in the prose
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:36, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Qualifying

 * "All qualifying matches were the best of seventeen frames." - best-of-seventeen
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:38, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Wikilink frame to the relevant article for non-Snooker readers
 * Added cuegloss link. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:38, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

First round

 * "and were the best of nineteen frames." - best-of-nineteen
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:46, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "all made their World Championship debuts." - needs to be explicitly verified
 * Amended. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 22:53, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Wikilink century break and break on the first mention
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:46, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "and then defeated White at 10–8." - the word in bold is not needed IMO
 * Amended. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:46, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "Knowles compiled a 101 break in his match against Graham Miles. Miles won the match after having earlier been tied at 5–6, 6–6, and 8–8." - Try not to have the last word of a sentence start the next one like this.
 * Reworded. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:46, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Black, yellow and penalty points should be wikilinked to the appropriate articles to help non-Snooker readers
 * Added cuegloss links. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:46, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "The 1968 World Amateur Champion David Taylor won the first three frames against the 1978 World Amateur Champion Cliff Wilson. Wilson then won four consecutive frames," - similar issue to the fifth point
 * Reworded. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:46, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "The two-times World Amateur Champion Ray Edmonds had never beaten John Spencer in a match," - two-time
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:46, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Briefly explain who Jack Karnehm is to those who do not know
 * Added a little - I've included "and author" as the source is one of his books book rather than his TV commentary. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 22:41, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Second round

 * "and were the best of nineteen frames." - best-of-nineteen
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:13, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "Davis won the match 13–9." - think this sentence can be expanded somewhat with relevant details
 * Added some details. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 22:28, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "and won 13–7 to reach his first world championship final since 1977" - quarter-final
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:13, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "Stevens had been unable to use the practice table at the venue before the match because it was being used to record a programme for television broadcast." - I believe the text in bold should be written to a television broadcast or television
 * Amended. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:13, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Quarter-finals

 * "and were the best of 25 frames." - best-of-25
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 20:55, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Semi-finals

 * Wikilink Romford and blue ball to the appropriate articles
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:10, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "According to Karnehm, Thorburn "was still seething at this result and the remarks of the gloating Romford fans in their own stronghold" - sentence needs to be ended with a full stop
 * Amended. BennyOnTheLoose (talk)


 * "It was level at 9-9," - en dash please as per MOS:DASH
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:10, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "Davis was 80–23 ahead with only pink and black remaining," - only the pink
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:10, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "However, when David offered Thorburn a handshake," - Davis
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:10, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Final

 * The image caption of Steve Davis is incomplete
 * Amended, but I'm not sure whether it's OK now. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 23:30, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "as a best of 35 frames match." - best-of-35
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:05, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Black ball and blue ball do not need to be linked here
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:05, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Wikilink pocket to the relevant article
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:05, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "leaving Davis 8-5 ahead at the mid-session interval." - en dash please
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:05, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "Mountjoy won the last frame of the second to finish 8–10 behind." - of the second session
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:05, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "and they then each won two of the session's last four frames to leave Davis 14–12 ahead" - subsequently
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:05, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Mention that this was Davis' first World Championship win out of six and verify this with a reliable source
 * Added this, and a little more detail. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:52, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Main draw

 * "Numbers in (parentheses) indicate seedings." - Numbers in brackets to the right of players' names indicate the top 16 seeds.
 * Amended. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 18:05, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * State that the bolding in the tables denote the match winners for the uninitiated and for compliance with MOS:ACCESS
 * Amended. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 18:05, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * As with other snooker tournaments at GA and FA level, the players in the first row should be formatted with the flagathlete template
 * Amended. I've used flagathlete for the first two rounds. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 20:57, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Qualifying

 * Please mention the bolding of players names is not denote that they won their matches
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 20:59, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Century breaks

 * "His record would last until the 1983 tournament." - state it was Thorburn who broke the record with a maximum break
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 18:00, 26 October 2020 (UTC)