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World Team Classic match details
I am offering a fuller explanation here as to why I have reverted this edit by in response to the discussion at User_talk:SMcCandlish. I think it is probably better to continue a content discussion at the article talk page so the record is retained here, rather than in 's talk page archives.

I actually have a couple of problems with the edits. First of all Wikipedia is supposed to be a verifiable encyclopdia, not a snooker wiki. I am sure we all know interesting stuff that would enhance Wikipedia, but ultimately its credibility comes from having sufficient details to verify the information. I recommened that reads WP:Verifiability not truth. In fairness the result for this match is not difficult to source and that could indeed be included in the section (since it is already sourced in the results table), but the level of detail Diariser added is unwarranted IMO. This is a 200kb+ article that like so many snooker player articles (see Ronnie O'Sullivan) is in danger of turning into a giant match report. Do we really need to go into such specific detail about the matches themselves that have been non-defining in the context of somebody's career? When Davis put defending world champion and World number 1 John Higgins to bed in the 2011 world championship he pulled off one of the greatest finishes by any player of any era that I have ever seen, but we don't actually go into in the specifics. You can see the closing moments of the match here. The double on the brown to canon the blue into play is absolutely surreal, especially when you consider that if he misses he is most likely looking at a decider against Higgins. At the end of the day though while it is indisputably brilliant play it is not really defining in regards to his career so we don't go into specifics. Davis' maximum and his black ball defeat by Taylor in 1985 are the notable exceptions here because they have entered snooker folklore, but how many deciding frames has Davis won down the years, and how many times has he won frames needing snookers? It just seems a bit unbalanced to me that we devote more space to Davis beating Charlton needing a snooker early on in a tournament than what we do to what is possibly the only whitewash ever in a two-session final (mentioned in the preceding sentence). If that is indeed the case I would prefer to have more exposition about that.

Would this article be interesting for somebody who is only a casual viewer of snooker, or even someone who doesn't know about the game but is interested in learning more? I am not so sure. When we are documenting somebody's career we should let secondary sources determine what is important to cover and what is insignificant in regards to somebody's career. Betty Logan (talk) 08:06, 28 October 2017 (UTC)


 * @Betty Logan - The question of "what is sufficiently notable" to be included on wiki is a perfectly legitimate debate and your points are perfectly arguable. I think it certainly deserves a mention that Davis won that State Express trophy for England almost single-handedly. David Taylor and John Virgo lost I think at least half of their matches. Davis won I think all of his, to scrape draws in both matches, and then won tie-breaks against both Charlton and Reardon. This underlines the point about his total dominance of the sport between Dec 80 & Mar 82 which I'm not sure any player has achieved since.


 * But whether we need to know that he needed a snooker against Charlton in the tie-break is, I would agree, perfectly arguable. However, I would make the following two points:
 * it was not your initial reason for deleting my edit. You did so because my info was not provable, I have now verified it, so now you are coming up with another reason to delete.
 * Forgive my ignorance as regards wiki etiquette, but who gets to decide what is relevant and what is not? If information is included on wiki, which by hook or by crook is proved to be correct, then surely editors should remove it only when there is a very clear-cut (rather than a 50/50 arguable) case of the material being either irrelevant, or giving undue prominence or weight to a minor incident? If I had gone on for another three sentences about exactly how he laid the snooker and how Charlton missed the escape off three angles or whatever, then fine I would concede that was a clear case of dwelling unduly on a minor point. But I think the edit was concise, and relevant to Davis' period of dominance.
 * Diariser (talk) 15:15, 28 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Verification is provided by providing a verifiable source, and so far you have not provided sufficient details to enable readers to check your content. WP:Verifiability—which is a core policy—states "In Wikipedia, verifiability means that other people using the encyclopedia can check that the information comes from a reliable source. " The match itself is not verifiable because it occurred over thirty years ago, therefore you must provide the citation details for either a report on the match (which backs up your claims) or a video in a publicly accessible archive or collection. A video in your own private collection is obviously not verifiable for a reader. Betty Logan (talk) 16:21, 28 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Well it exists in the BBC archives as well as my private collection. Is that any different to material being cited from an long out-of-print book? Most readers would not be able to verify that for themselves either. It strikes me as absurd that material broadcast on the BBC television cannot be used as source, and indeed SMcCandlish suggests it can, as long as it is correctly referenced. Is he right, or are you? The WP:Verifiability seems to be silent on this question. Diariser (talk) 13:09, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 * WP:Verifiability is not silent on this question. As I have highlighted in bold, verifiability means that people can check the legitimacy of the information. An out-of-print book will usually be available through a library service, so not that difficult to get hold of at the end of the day. And how can you be sure this footage even exists in the BBC archives? The BBC does not retain every single programme it ever broadcasts. Betty Logan (talk) 22:51, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 * That's not the conventional interpretation. If the source can possibly be verified at all, even if it requires great effort and/or expense, it's a valid source. It is in fact permissible to cite TV broadcasts; all that's required is sufficient information to identify the material (probably name of show, broadcaster, airdate and time into the program, analogous to page number in a book).  The problem with a home recording is of course whether this level of information is available. Was it on BBC1? BBC2? When did it air? Did you tape the entire show, and thus be able to cite something like 01:23:12 into the program as the timestamp, or do you just have that one scene?  Aside from this question is the wording of the material. E.g. the "captained England to victory" stuff is non-neutral "sports journalism"-style writing.  The "needing a snooker" details are maybe non-encyclopedic trivia, though beating Charlton might not be.  BBC archives: are these accessible?  Even if they're paywalled, as long as some means of accessing the material can be identified (e.g. a URL that requires a subscription) is sufficient.  Sources do not have to be free.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ &gt;ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ&lt;  23:04, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

I've asked for advice at Reliable sources/Noticeboard; I haven't dealt with TV citations in years, and it's possible my understanding no longer matches current policy interpretation. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ &gt;ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ&lt;  23:11, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Steve Davis: Snookerstar DJ
There's a new short film about Davis's sideline as an electronica DJ, of all things. News/review from BilliardsMovies.com:. He's also apparently been doing a radio show for some time now. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ &gt;ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ&lt;  06:09, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
 * We sure live in strange times. Betty Logan (talk) 09:06, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

I'm not at all clear why this is 'strange'- should his whole life be about snooker? . he's well-known amongst musicians & fans alike as a supporter of the french band 'magma' & arranged for them to play in london simply because he wanted to see them himself. people who only know him from snooker would be surprised to see him on stage with kavus- I get that. but to those of us who also have music as a second career, it's the most normal thing.

duncanrmi (talk) 00:52, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Professional status
There seems to be a dispute over Davis's professional status. An IP claims that his pro status didn't end in 2014 when he dropped off the main tour (and received a wild card to compete in certain events) while contends that pro status is defined by having a full tour card. During his wildcard period Davis still received ranking points for the events he entered and was still listed in the rankings. If Davis was not the 103rd ranked professional player at the end of 2015/2016, then who was? At this stage of his career he was still playing in tour events, he was still getting ranking points and he still had a world ranking, so I agree with the IP in this instance that he was still effectively a professional player at this time. Betty Logan (talk) 01:54, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Would I Lie To You (S11E06)
In this episode, Steve did not recount his "cheese sandwich" story. Perhaps it has been cut out of the episode? What is the story? Honeybadger69 (talk) 23:13, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

It's OK I answered my own question, looks like it was in the extra bits - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrH76aKA564 Honeybadger69 (talk) 23:21, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

FAC checklist
Hi! I'd like to take this article to FA, but there's a few stumbling blocks, if someone wouldn't mind giving me a little hand:


 * 1) I've never promoted (or attempted to promote) a BLP. I don't know if there is additional issues with this
 * 2) Performance and rankings timeline - this is uncited - I have zero idea how to actually cite these. My experience is that they are implicitly cited, but that's not really good enough for FA level IMO. The only place that might actually be able to cite this well is on the global blacklist (cuetracker).
 * 3) article needs a good copyedit, things like duplicate links and such.
 * 4) I'm currently reading Steve Davis' autobiography, (it's a good read), most of the later stuff is well cited, but there's quite a bit of info I need to add from his younger years that is worthwhile to add.
 * 5) Some worrying things I've had at GAN, is citing things like total money earned (career) and career century breaks. As he's retired, this should be easy enough to do, but currently isn't in the article.

Please add additional issues/solutions you may find with this one. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:21, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I'll give the article a top-to-bottom copyedit. Perhaps  could also take a look after I'm done?  As far as citing the uncitable goes, well if nothing reliable exists then the material will just have to go.  A BLP is no major issue, just have to keep on top of changes and since he's retired things will be a lot slower than if he was still entering dozens of tournaments per year.  I'll let you know when I'm done.  The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!&#33;!&#33;) 21:34, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I'd be very happy to help, and . I've got some books that will cover the earlier years, but not so much on his later career, although I do have Masters of the Baize which I think is a really useful source. Happy to have a look for anything that gets marked "citation needed." I'd expect there to be a relevant article in Snooker Scene from when he announced his retirement, too, and will have a look for that when I can next get to The British Library. For citing the content performance and rankings timeline then Hayton's The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker will be good for most but not all tournament progress up to 2004. See Cliff Thorburn for an example of how I approached this when taking it to GA. (An editor later removed some of the cites saying "in-line citations not required in table; refs contained within wikilinked articles"  - I disagree with that, but didn't follow up on as I've already had enough of edit wars there.) Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 22:07, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * So, it looks like snooker.org lists results from 2005 onwards (see 05/06 season), so we could be onto a winner. May I recommend having another row with references per year rather than how it was done on Thorburn per tournament? Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:35, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I have made this change - let me know what you think. It's at least verifiable now. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:42, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Looks good. The missing tournaments from the CueSport book for Thorburn included the one-frame events like Australian Masters, New Zealand Masters, Pot Black, and 1990 Shoot-Out. I'll have a quick look for those tournaments and others that may not be covered in the book. I've never yet managed to track down any reliable source for the 1989 Hong Kong Gold Cup final result. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 16:45, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

MBE
Hi. In the introduction, the title MBE is preceded by "a", whereas elsewhere it's "an". If somebody could re-read the entire article to ensure consistency, that would be great. Splićanin (talk) 04:18, 19 February 2023 (UTC)