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Reviewer: Cavie78 (talk · contribs) 19:31, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]


I'll take a look at this Cavie78 (talk) 19:31, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for taking this on. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:03, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

  • Looks good, but would nice if you could change at least one "event" here for "tournament"? "sole ranking event. Prior to the event, bookmakers' odds for a Johnson victory were 150–1. A total of 20 century breaks were made during the event"

Overview

  • "the modern era" this can mean all sorts of different things - clarify what you mean
  • "The championship" - "The 1986 championship" (you've only talked about the WSC in general in this section up to this point)
  • " Joe Davis won the first World Championship in 1927..." It seems odd to me that you talk about the history of the WSC, then the 1986 tournament, then go back to talking about the history of the WSC. I think these final two sentences would work better before the sentence that currently begins "The championship featured 32 professional players..."

Prize fund

  • "with a bonus of £80,000 if a player made a maximum break" Clarify that this bonus would go to the player making the 147 - it sounds a bit like £80,000 would just be added to the general prize fund
  • "The winner of the event won a total of £70,000. The breakdown of prize money for the event" Again, can we lose an "event" for "tournament"? I think it would be better to say "£70,000 was reserved for the winner of the event [or tournament], with a full breakdown of prize money as shown below" or similar
  • Any details about prizes for qualifying? You mention Hendry winning £1,750 in the following section

Qualifying

First Round

  • "The first round were played as the best-of-19-frames matches over two sessions, and all took place between 19 and 24 Apri" -> "The first round was played as best-of-19-frame matches over two sessions, and took place between 19 and 24 April"
  • "lost the first seven frames against Mike Hallett, and ended their first session 1–8 behind" -> "lost the first seven frames of his match against Mike Hallett, and ended the first session 1–8 behind"
  • "Like Spencer in 1978, Terry Griffiths in 1980, Cliff Thorburn in 1981 and Steve Davis in 1982, Taylor was unable to retain his first world championship, known as the Crucible Curse." -> something like "Like Spencer in 1978, Terry Griffiths in 1980, Cliff Thorburn in 1981 and Steve Davis in 1982, Taylor was unable to retain his first world championship. This inability of a first time champion to defend their title has become known as the Crucible Curse."
  • "Second seed Davis beat Ray Edmonds" I think it would be better to say "Second seed Steve Davis beat Ray Edmonds" here, just to clarify (given that Fred Davis also took part in the qualifiers)

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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