Talk:Rex Williams

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I have removed the following from the article, please restore if a reliable source can be found:

• Prize money earnt: £223,432
• Century breaks made:22
• Won the 1982 Bass and Golden Leisure Classic
• "the son of Minnie Roberts and William Williams."
• The 1952 World Professional Match-play Championship "which was near Williams's home in Blackheath, Staffordshire."
• He continued on the Billiard circuit until 1999.
• His highest break in competition was 143 at the 1983 Classic.

Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 16:56, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Rex Williams/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Kosack (talk · contribs) 19:54, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

I'll take this one on next, review coming as soon as possible. Kosack (talk) 19:54, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Lead

• Link exhibition match to Exhibition game.

• Done.

Junior career

• No link for Halesowen?

• Link added.

• Add the exhibition match link again here.

• Done.

• "winning the one frame 85-51", scoreline here needs an endash.

• Done.

Early professional career

• "receiving 10 points each frame", was this meant in the form of a handicap?

• Yes, I've added a few words.

• Link Jackie Rea.

• Done.

• Kingsley Kennerley and Joe Davis are linked in the first section, no need to repeat his link again here per WP:OVERLINK.

• Done.

• Albert Brown is linked to a redirect, seems unnecessary when you're already piping.

• Amended.

1960s revival of snooker

• Link for Blackheath?

• Link added.

• Fred Davis linked previously. Jack Rea is linked here but not under a previous mention of Jackie Rea above. Best to stick to one name to avoid confusion.

• Done.

• Countries are generally considered overlinks, so South Africa would probably be fine unlinked.

• Done.

• "second man to make a recognised 147 break", I notice that there are a few instances of refs being placed in non-numerical order, as in this sentence. Is this intentional?

• Done.

World billiards championship and the WPBSA

• Is World Billiards Championship the name of the tournament? If so, it would need capitalising in the heading here.

• I'm not 100% sure if it always has been. Everton's book has "World Professional Championship of English Billiards" from 1933 to 1973 for the B&SCC ratified event, and "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association" from 1971, which is obviously not the actual title of the championship. I've added professional as it definitely isn't the amateur event. (the official World Billiards site has "World Billiards Championship" now but the game is open, i.e. there is no longer a distinction between amateurs and professionals. Entry criteria here for the 2018 event point readers to Wikipedia for the names of past champions...

• "Williams was the World Professional Billiards Championship seven times", this doesn't quite work.

• amended.

• "beating Williams 5978–4,452", there's no comma in the first score here as used with the rest of the scores.

• Done.

• "48-minute late" > 48-minutes

• Done.

Performance and rankings timeline

• What sources are used for the tables?

• References now added. There were a couple of minor tournaments I couldn't verify so I've hidden those. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:22, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Here's what I picked out on an initial run through. Nothing major, a few minor issues. Placed on hold for now. Kosack (talk) 12:04, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your helpful and constructive review, Kosack. I've started working on the points above. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 14:14, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Hopefully I've addressed everything so far, Kosack. Let me know what remains to be done. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:22, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

The article's looking in great shape. One further point I would raise is that his full name (Desmond) doesn't seem to be sourced anywhere. It may be a simple case of adding it to the opening line of the junior career section if the refs cover it. Kosack (talk) 11:14, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Kosack - I've added this as suggested. (The source shows that it's his full name, which isn't necessarily his name at birth, so I've worded the article to reflect this.). Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 13:03, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

All of my points have been suitably addressed. I'm satisfied that the article meets the GA criteria. Happy to promote. Kosack (talk) 08:30, 17 August 2020 (UTC)