Talk:2008 World Snooker Championship

2008 World Snooker Championship has been listed as one of the Sports and recreation good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: September 25, 2021. (Reviewed version).

A fact from 2008 World Snooker Championship appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 September 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that both finalists at the 2008 World Snooker Championship made maximum breaks during the tournament?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2008 World Snooker Championship.

Wikipedia

Snooker High‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Snooker, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of snooker on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SnookerWikipedia:WikiProject SnookerTemplate:WikiProject SnookerSnooker articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the importance scale.

Yorkshire Low‑importance

	Yorkshire portal 2008 World Snooker Championship is within the scope of WikiProject Yorkshire, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to Yorkshire on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project, see a list of open tasks, and join in discussions on the project's talk page.YorkshireWikipedia:WikiProject YorkshireTemplate:WikiProject YorkshireYorkshire articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Sheffield Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Sheffield, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Sheffield on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SheffieldWikipedia:WikiProject SheffieldTemplate:WikiProject SheffieldSheffield articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Seedings

I watched the live draw, and the numbers assigned to the players seem to correspond to their world rankings. I therefore assume that these are the seedings of the players. Please correct me if anybody else has a definitive answer as to what the seedings are! Andy4226uk (talk) 22:53, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes the seeds are the world's top 16 ranked players; although the defending champion is always the No.1 seed and may not necessarily be ranked World No 1.Pawnkingthree (talk) 10:29, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Prize money

I think there should be a small section mentioning the total prize money and what you get for a certain place, including bonuses, like 147 etc. Is this ok, and if so, can someone with the knowledge fix this? -- aediasse 18:11, 24 April 2008 (CET)

Request for further explanation

I would like to see a few more words of explanation about the qualifying procedure. What determines which players get to enter the qualifying in which rounds? Is it just based on some ranking list? The "Preliminary Qualifying" section is somewhat mystifying, with so few people seemingly involved. On the face of it one would imagine at the lowest levels it would "pyramid out" so that loads and loads of fairly average players compete in the very early preliminary rounds in the hope of getting a shot at making the finals. And yet under "Preliminary Qualifying – Qualifying Round 1" there is only one match! An explanation of this would be very helpful.

The terminology in the qualification sections also seems a bit muddled. My best guess is that there are three "preliminary qualification" rounds followed by five "qualification" rounds, but that is not actually what the article says. If my guess is correct I suggest that the heading structure should be laid out like this:

Preliminary qualifying
- Round 1
- Round 2
- Round 3

Qualifying
- Round 1
- Rounds 2–5

Do you see what I mean?

BTW, congrats to the people who laid out the results tables so nicely.81.129.128.246 (talk) 11:02, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I constructed the qualifying section and the main draw section. I have basically copied the qualifying results from the official world snooker webesite. I am in agreement that the qualifying system seems a bit wierd, but I have not found any other source detailing any other qualifying rounds. I have also adjusted the qualifying to the model that you have suggested. Andy4226uk (talk) 11:26, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on 2008 World Snooker Championship. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 06:47, 10 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on 2008 World Snooker Championship. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 06:26, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 16:35, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(

Comment or view
Article history

)

... that both finalists at the 2008 World Snooker Championship made maximum breaks in the tournament? Source: https://www.rte.ie/sport/snooker/2008/0430/231184-worldchampionship/

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/NZS 3604

Created by Lee Vilenski (talk). Self-nominated at 12:36, 13 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Lee Vilenski, review follows: more than 5x expansion from 10 August (the earlier version of the article consisted almost entirely of tables and bullet points which I have not counted as prose); hook fact is interesting (and unusual), mentioned in the article and checks out to the sources cited; I found no issues with overly close paraphrasing in a spotcheck on sources; just waiting for a QPQ and this will be good to run - Dumelow (talk) 13:13, 13 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging @Dumelow – just to inform that a QPQ has been provided by the nominator. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 15:10, 14 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou Kavyansh.Singh. To confirm Lee Vilenski, this one is now approved - Dumelow (talk) 15:13, 14 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To T:DYK/P1

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:2008 World Snooker Championship/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: ArnabSaha (talk · contribs) 19:48, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it well written?
A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:

B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:
Is it verifiable with no original research?
A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:

B. All in-line citations are from reliable sources, including those for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons—science-based articles should follow the scientific citation guidelines:

C. It contains no original research:

D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:

B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):
Is it neutral?
It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:
Is it stable?
It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:
Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?
A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:

B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

the tournament that place at Pontin's --> took place
MOS:ALLCAPS in citation [47].
If possible add a poster. Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe 06:05, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- I have made the above changes ArnabSaha Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 13:40, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  - @Lee Vilenski Yes, I saw yesterday. I am busy with my college since the last few days. I will try to complete it by today Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe 14:00, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikilink the first Ronnie O Sullivan in the body. Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe 19:02, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Inked. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 06:12, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Offtopic: Wow, an Indian also participated in the championship Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe 19:22, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  - Yeah, it's very popular over there! Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 06:12, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    - Passed Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe 15:54, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]