Talk:Walter Donaldson (snooker player)

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Place of birth and name
Was Donaldson born in Coatbridge or in Edinburgh?

Some sources say Edinburgh
 * ..others say Coatbridge
 * ..and at least one says "Born in Edinburgh and came to Coatbridge at the age of 5"

Is there a secondary source for his full name being Walter Weir Wilson Donaldson?

Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:48, 28 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Balance of the evidence seems to me to point to "Born in Edinburgh and came to Coatbridge at the age of 5" is accurate, so I've included that. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 14:45, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Statements taken out of the article
Whilst editing the article, I've taken out the following content which I didn't find appropriate citations for. If others have more success in verifying these then they can be restored to the article.


 * He was the first Scottish-born player to make a mark in the world of snooker.
 * He was regarded as a great grafter, who never gave up when he appeared to be in a hopeless situation.
 * His name could be found on series of snooker cues on sale until the late sixties
 * He was featured in the Joe Davis book Advanced Snooker.
 * He won the Scottish Professional Championship against various challengers, pre and post World War II - (I only found results for billiards, none for snooker other than general statements like "he was the Scottish champion)

Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 14:43, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Regarding the Scottish Snooker championship, Donaldson told an interviewer in 1939 that "I have issued a challenge through the newspapers but no one has come forward, so I claim to be Scottish snooker champion as well." BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 20:28, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

Infobox
As there is no mention of ranking tournaments in the article, or link to them, I'd suggest it's better to omit "Non-ranking: 4" from the tournament wins section. Donaldson retired from snooker decades before the ranking system. The total of 4 also omits his billiards titles. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 10:54, 10 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Agree 100%. Utterly meaningless number. The reality if that it's only DF147 (now blocked) who's at all interested in this number. I'm still of the view that we should remove this parameter for all players until such time as we have a sensible definition of what a non-ranking win is. Nigej (talk) 16:42, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm ok with "non-ranking" victories for modern events which are on the WST calendar but carry no ranking points. Thing is, that's very much a 80s and onwards phenomenon. Prior to that, all events were non-ranking, so it's difficult to get a number when you have the same deal between winning the Masters and winning Ted's over 65 black ball shootout.  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 18:26, 10 August 2022 (UTC)