Talk:1940 World Snooker Championship

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Review: January 4, 2022. (Reviewed version).

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 23:06, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"The World Snooker Championship is a professional tournament and the official world championship of the game of snooker" - as much as most sports have changed since 1927, it would be better to get a more recent source than 1927 for this

Added a source that outlines the championship's history. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:39, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Davis had also won the title every year from 1928 to 1938" - Didn't Davis also win 1939?
- Probably needs a better mention of the 1939 event, but I've added. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:46, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"There were nine entries for the 1938 Championship. There were eight places in the competition proper," - Don't you mean 1940?
- Changed. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:46, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"All 11 frames on the final day were completed in 2 hours 15 minutes" - is this unusual?
- That is very fast. Especially for the time, where frames often went over an hour. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:39, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - Do the sources give enough detail to allow indicating that in the text? Hog Farm _Talk 16:43, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    - Added a quote from the article. Hopefully this is adequate. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:39, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"with Davis making a break of 88 in the evening session" - is there a link for break?

Added cuegloss link. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:39, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think the scoring system needs a brief explanation - It's clearly 16 that wins for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, but there's a rather different scoring system going on in the final. As someone not familiar with snooker, there's just not enough explanation to figure out what's going on with the scoring in the final.
- I've added to the prose, with the usual "best of 31/73 frames" - this is in the brackets, but now also in the prose. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:39, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Placing on hold. Good work here; there's only a few points where it needs a bit of explanation to be comprehensible to a layperson. Hog Farm _Talk 15:37, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for your review, Hog Farm. I've made a couple of changes following Lee Vilenski's improvements. Let me know about anything else that is required. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:39, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]