User talk:Sod2500

Sod25
Hi, are you the upgraded version of Sod25? --Wolbo (talk) 18:42, 14 November 2021 (UTC)


 * @Wolbo: yes - 100x more powerful. Sod2500 (talk) 14:17, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Good work on ranking articles
You've done good work creating these ranking articles and most of all on finding rankings for them. Good well sourced research on wikipedia is always very welcome and, as a researcher myself, I appreciate it. Tennishistory1877 (talk) 01:39, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you, it's been an enjoyable collaboration. Sod25 (talk) 13:15, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

Collins 1990
https://imgur.com/a/zV4sVkb Collins ranks Edberg number 1 for 1990. @ Tennishistory1877 (talk) 12:55, 22 November 2021 (UTC:
 * @ https://imgur.com/a/cWLLmP3. Maybe he updated his ranking? (as an aside, you don't need to ping the person whose talk page you're posting on). Sod25 (talk) 13:15, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * 1997 edition is definately an error. It says 3 players are no. 2 and no no. 1. Collins wouldnt change one year and not this one and wouldnt rank Sampras joint at the top. Tennishistory1877 (talk) 13:25, 22 November 2021 (UTC:
 * Seems too deliberate to be an error. I've added a footnote mentioning the co-equal ranking in the 1997 edition, so let's leave it at that. Sod25 (talk) 14:19, 22 November 2021 (UTC)


 * It clearly is an error. These are rankings that Collins originally published and reproduced in his encyclopedia.  He wouldnt rank Sampras co-no. 1 in 1990, he didnt have 3 co. No. 1s and it says three no. 2s which is wrong.  An error introduced in typesetting.  I would be interested in seeing what the page said in later editions, hopefully he corrected the error. Tennishistory1877 (talk) 16:19, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * His 2010 edition at least just has the computer rankings from 1975 onward. Sod25 (talk) 14:38, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

US ranking 1946
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/133174764

I think this top 10 ranking list might be Ned Potter's rankings for 1946, though the article doesn't specifically state they were Potter's. Probably in the November 1946 edition of A.L.T. (or possibly October).


 * You're probably right, but educated guesses aren't sufficient for an encyclopedia. I found a similar source in L'Auto ("a prominent American critic") for a different year, but didn't add it for the same reason. What bothers me is that Google has already digitized all the American Lawn Tennis volumes, but they won't be able to be accessed for decades due to copyright (I'm sure Potter et al. would be delighted their writings were living on). Sod25 (talk) 12:57, 30 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Yes I didnt add it because there was insufficient data on the source. But I bet this was Potter's list. Tennishistory1877 (talk) 13:42, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

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