Talk:1970 World Snooker Championship/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Mike Christie (talk · contribs) 17:48, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:48, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Images are appropriately licensed. Sources are reliable; I noticed the discussion on WP:RS about Chris Turner and will abide by the outcome of that discussion; I'm inclined to say it's reliable.

Not an issue for GA, but the background section is disproportionately large for the article. It's over a third of the article by wordcount; more if you ignore the lead. I think it should be trimmed but I won't hold up GA for that.

Trimmed slightly. I'll also have another look to see if there is anything to add to the Tournament Summary section. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 10:23, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Why do we need to say the total prize fund amount is unknown? We have the individual amounts by round; if anyone wanted to add them up, they could? Or is the issue that we don't know if there was prize money for the first round?

Removed. There is no context in the Everton book other than a statement that the total prize fund is not known; this may be because of the first round match, or perhaps he didn't have the figures to hand. (Although he almost certainly wrote the Birmingham Post article, and he was editor of Billiards and Snooker). BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 10:23, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

~~In the text we say the quarter finals were best of 71; in the "Main draw" section it says "best of 61".~~

Corrected to 61 in the text. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 10:23, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

~~What does Haseldine mean by "peculiar running"?~~

I've amended to "the 'peculiar running' of the balls on the table", which hopefully with the quote added from Reardon makes it clearer. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 08:23, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 19:15, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for the review, Mike Christie, and apologies for taking some time to complete the responses. Oddly, Spencer only spends half a line on the 1970 Championship in his books, and there isn't much more in sources other than fairly routine information about match progress. The discussion about Chris Turner's Snooker Archive has been archived at RSN. Let me know about anything else that is required. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 08:23, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Passing. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:32, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]