Talk:Dennis Taylor

Catholic
Taylor is a Catholic, and since he has an English surname that isn't obvious. Which of the two traditions people come from is a thing you always wonder (at least as a non-Brit) when reading about people from Northern Ireland, so it would be helpful if it could somehow be inserted. In the article about Alex Higgins it is stated in the "Life and career" section, but it's also more comprehensive, including what his parents did for a living etc., so not sure where it could fit in in this article.--Batmacumba (talk) 09:37, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

Untitled
"Northern Irish" is NOT a nationality. Nationality is either British citizen or Irish. A person born in the territory of the United Kingdom known as Northern Ireland are ONLY British citizens by default. If they want to become Irish citizens they MUST CLAIM THIS by applying for an Irish passport, issued by the passport authority in the Republic of Ireland.

County Tyrone's in Northern Ireland so shouldn't Dennis Taylor be down as Northern Irish as nationality? Or does he regard himself as Irish? I've no idea, just noticed the discrepancy. If anyone one knows please say and if necessary correct. Cheers. Iancaddy 01:28, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

He is from Northern Ireland and I recall him playing for a Northern Ireland snooker team


 * According to the Belfast Agreement of 1998, "[The two governments] recognise the birthright of all the people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and be accepted as Irish or British, or both, as they may so choose, and accordingly confirm that their right to hold both British and Irish citizenship is accepted by both Governments and would not be affected by any future change in the status of Northern Ireland."


 * So, the citizenship of a citizen of Northern Ireland may, by international agreement, be British or Irish. Ssbohio 22:24, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Two Images
To cut down the size of this article, I propose to remove the NI flag as Denis' picture is there. The flag only needs to appear if a suitable usable picture of the subject/person can't be provided.

It also will help us avoid the type of political questions already appearing in this talk page. The article refers to him both as "Irish" and "Northern Irish", thereby covering all angles. Patrick

Trophy
The article talks about Dennis lifting Joe Davis Cup after winning the WC. I've never heard this name put on the cup before, and cant find any evidence that that is what the trophy is called....User:Stonecold21


 * Hi, you are correct. The trophy was donated by Davis, or bought by Davis, but I think I was wrong to say that it is the "Joe Davis "Cup". Safer for now to revert to a more generic description. bigpad 17:28, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

How many non-ranking wins?
While I was looking at the Canadian Masters article I saw that Taylor had won the event twice, and in the infobox on his article it said that he had won only two non ranking events in his whole career which is obviously incorrect. He has won the Masters as well as the World Trickshot Championhsip, but should the World Trickshot Championship count as a non-ranking event as it is a different skill altogether? Really each Irish Professional Championship should count as an individual non-ranking event as that is what has been done other articles of players who have won their national championship. So basically how many non-ranking wins should we say he has? There is similar problems on many other snooker player articles of his era, including Terry Griffiths, Doug Mountjoy and Alex Higgins. Samasnookerfan (talk) 18:41, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Taylor also won the Kit Kat Break for World Championsin 1986, beating Steve Davis 9-5, and a Matchroom trophy. That's two more non-ranking tournament wins.

It's worth remembering that until the later 1980s there were far more non-ranking tournaments than ranking ones and the status of invitation events was much higher than it is today. Tim Sandle

TV appearances
I wonder if it might be worth creating a separate section for these, instead of bunging them in with his "personal life" (a section which consists almost entirely of TV stuff anyway)?

On top of numerous sports/documentary/game-show appearances, he has also done some "real" television. He appeared for a rather extended cameo in a season 4 episode of Lovejoy, and while he was "merely" playing himself, it still counts as acting in my book; or at least is proof of his showmanship skills.

Otto von B. (talk) 13:32, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

TV appearance
Appeared in Season 4, episode 5 of Lovejoy as himself. 75.164.145.161 (talk) 01:28, 20 June 2024 (UTC)