Talk:2007 World Cup of Pool/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 14:59, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Reviewing for the GAN October 2020 Backlog Drive. MWright96 (talk) 14:59, 23 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 name of the tournament should be mentioned in the tournament_name= field
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:33, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * The dates for the tournament are in September not August
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:33, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * The second word in the phrase "Single Elimination" does not need to begin with a capital letter
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:33, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Lead

 * "was a professional nine-ball pool competition, the second World Cup of Pool," - and the second edition of the
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:39, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "from September from 25 to 30, 2007." - 25 to 30 September 2007.
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:39, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The tournament was organised by Matchroom Sport, sponsored by poker website Partypoker, and broadcast on Sky TV." - mention it was actually broadcast in other countries not just on Sky in the UK
 * Changed. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:39, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The defending champions were the Filipino team of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante who had defeated Rodney Morris and Earl Strickland in the final of the 2006 event." - a detail that is missing here is that Morris and Strickland were part of the USA team in the 2006 event
 * Added Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:39, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The Philippines were eliminated in the semi-finals by the Chinese team. In the final, Li Hewen and Fu Jianbo representing China defeated Mika Immonen and Markus Juva from Finland on a deciding rack 11–10." - both of the Chinese players should be first mentioned in the first sentence of this portion of text
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:39, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Also references in the lead should be avoided per MOS:CITELEAD
 * Yeah, no idea why that was there. Removed Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:39, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Format

 * "The tournament was played between 25 and 30 August 2007 as scotch doubles," - September per sources
 * Done. Not sure why this was introduced. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:48, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "at the Outland club" - nightclub per sources
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:48, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The event would see 16 seeded teams, and 16 unseeded teams of two play alternating shots in scotch doubles style." - repetition of "teams"
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:48, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The defending champions were Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante representing the Philipines," - typo; should be Philippines
 * Fixed Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:48, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Somehow, Morris is mentioned but Strickland is not in the two citations used to verify the above sentence
 * Weird, probably because Strickland didn't play in 2007. I've added a suitable cite. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:48, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Reference 7 has more information about who broadcast the tournament. It might be worth considering adding a coverage sub-section split from the main section dedicated to this
 * Yah, I'll do some work. . Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:48, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I've added something for this. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 22:24, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Teams

 * Consider adding information on which teams were seeded and which teams were not with the appropriate source
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:53, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The participating teams are shown below:[11][10]" - refs in numerical order please
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:53, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * He-wen's surname should not include a hyphen in this section
 * Fixed Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:53, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Summary

 * "The first round of the event was played from 25 to 27 August as a race to seven racks." - September as a race to eight
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "Before the event, the Malaysian team of Patrick Ooi and Ibrahim Bin Amir withdrew from the event, due to "unforeseen circumstances", and were replaced by a Belgian team of Serge Das and Noel Bruynooghe." - pair
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The pair met the Netherland second team;" - Dutch "B" side
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The Russian 16th seeds of Ruslan Chinachov and European number one Konstantin Stepanov" - The 16th seeded Russian pair of
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "were defeated by the Croatian team in the opening round 5–8." - mention the Crotatian players for consistency
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "over David Alcaide and Antonio Fazane despite dropping the opening rack." - mention Alcaide and Fazane played for Spain
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The English team of Imran Majid and Daryl Peach came from 3–6 behind to defeat the Polish side 8–6." - the inclusion of the players for Poland will help matters here
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "as the previous years finalist USA team won 8–7 over Malta having taken the last four racks." - 2006 finalists
 * done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The second round was played on 27 to 29 August as a race to seven racks." - September as a race to eight per source
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "and having trailed 6–7 won the final two racks to win 8–7.[19][20]" - the second citation isn't needed here since it does not mention the Japan v Dutch "A" match
 * Removed Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "but tied the match at 6–6 before winning the match 8–6." - repetition of "match"
 * Changed Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The USA team were wearing orange shirts, the traditional colour of the Netherlands, after both Dutch teams had been eliminated." - repetition of "teams"
 * Changed Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The Belgian team, made from Bruynooghe and Das, ranked 46th and 60th in Europe" - composed of Bruynooghe and Das who were ranked 46th and 60th in Europe,
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The defending champion Filipino team" - championship winning Filipino
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The next two racks," - During the next two racks,
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "to win them before they broke and ran rack 13 to win the match." - for victory.
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:38, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The quarter-finals were played on 29 August as a race to nine racks." - September
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:38, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "with both players jumping up and down in joy after the shot." - in celebration
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:43, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "Having defeated the Taiwan team in the second round, the Belgian team were "drained"," - repetition of "team"
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:43, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "the Belgian team were "drained"," - according to whom?
 * Clarified. I don't have an exact writer. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:43, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The defending champions were defeated by the Chinese team 6–9." - please mention the defending champions were the Philippines
 * Clarified. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:43, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The last quarter-final featured Finland's" - saw
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:43, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The semi-finals were played on 30 August as a race to nine racks." - September for accuracy
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:38, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The first semi-final featured 10th seeded Finland play the 11th seeded Canadian team." - saw the 10th
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:43, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The Canadian team only had nine shots in the entire match." - played nine shots in the entire game.
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:43, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The other semi-final match was played between China, seeded 8th and the unseeded Japanese team." - no mention of China being the 8th seed in both the sources used to verify this sentence
 * Added a citation. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:43, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "However, Hewen missed a shot on the 2-ball the following rack allowing Japan to the table," - during the following rack, allowing
 * "The final was also played on 30 August," - September
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:38, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The Chinese team of Hewen and Jianbo met the Finland team of Juva and Immonen." - repetition of "team"
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:43, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "with six in the first 15 racks; having had just ten in the rest of the tournament." - the semi colon should be replaced by a comma
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:43, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "China took a lead at 6–4 and 7–5." - China led 6–4 and then 7–5.
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:43, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * "The Finland team, however, won four straight frames to level the match at 10–10.." - the extra full stop is redundant
 * Done Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:43, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Main draw

 * The seeds in the draw need to be verified with the correct source
 * added Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:54, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * The word "Kanada" should not be next to the country of Canada in the semi-final draw
 * Removed Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:54, 25 October 2020 (UTC)