Talk:1985 World Snooker Championship/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 14:32, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Comments
 * I would put [a] in parentheses as part of the prose rather than as a footnote.
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "; the first event taking place" either "took" with the semi-colon or replace the semi-colon with a comma and keep "taking".
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "Preston Guildhall" Guild Hall appears to be two words. And in the prose.
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "for 87 players; 16 of these players reached the main stage" -> |for 87 players, 16 of whom reached the main stage"
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * No need to link cigarette. Nor in the main prose.
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * " he took an early 8–0 lead," -> "Davis took.."
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "and later drew level at 17–17" later is redundant.
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "a deciding frame. The 35th frame was " might be confusing to those who aren't aware that the "deciding" frame was also the 35th frame.
 * Reworded to "final frame". Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "After both players missed the shot," they weren't playing the same shot, perhaps just remove "the shot".
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "often called the" -> "often referred to as the"
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "for the snooker boom" euphemistic. Do you mean "for the surge in popularity in snooker..."?
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "There were a total of 14 century breaks compiled" -> "Fourteen century breaks were compiled..."
 * Surely 14 is right per MOS:NUM Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Either but "a total of" is just redundant fluff. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 12:44, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see. Changed Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 12:46, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "with 10" -> "with ten".
 * Same as above, you can use either, but as I use 14 before, I should do here too. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * " BBC2 programme." BBC Two.
 * It was BBC2 in 1985. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "The previous year's championship was won ..." last year you mentioned was 1977...
 * Put in year. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "having previously won in 1981 and 1983" previously is redundant.
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "a total pool of " remove "pool" here to avoid repeat.
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * " of the 1984/1985 season on" any reason this is a slash and not an en-dash per the article title?
 * It's because of an RM. ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "(1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1978)," etc could link the relevant articles.
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

That's a quick run through from me, sorry about the delay in getting these comments to you, hope they help. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 17:58, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "in the winner's prize money" redundant.
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "The first round of the championships" why suddenly plural? Check others.
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "three-time defending champion" not sure about this. He won it three times but he was only defending it once.
 * Changed to just defending - we go into detail above it. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * " from either player" redundant.
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "John Parrot " two t's.
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "With just one red left on the table" -just.
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "Reardon laid a snooker," not sure in BritEng I normally see "laid" in this context. "snookered" the other player is more common.
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "and was hoping to increase his lead to 9–0" of course he was, but this is probably speculation.
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "The final between Davis and Taylor attracted 18.5 million viewers on BBC2, finishing at 12:23 a.m. after Taylor potted the last black to win the title.[26][51] " this feels odd and out of place after the summary of the final. Probably better to move the cited time back to when it is initially described and ditch this repeat.
 * Changed the paras around. Hopefully that works more. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "late mother,[59] who had died the previous year. " remove comma, move ref to end of sentence.
 * ✅ Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "defeating Cliff Thorburn in the final.[59] Returning to Northern Ireland, " this is odd chronologically, because the World Championship happened between these two sentences...
 * Moved this bit to legacy, which feels better all round. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * You mention Taylor's press conference in the "Final" section but wait until the Legacy section before mentioning Davis'...
 * fixed as per previous. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * not a problem, it's a long article after all! I have a few things going on right now, but I should be able to cover all this pretty quickly. Thanks for the review. :)
 * Thanks for taking a look at this one for me, . I've addressed all of the above. I did have a couple questions though. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:08, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Looks great. I'll promote.  Good work. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 18:00, 8 March 2020 (UTC)