Talk:List of snooker players with over 100 century breaks

Willie Thorne

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 – It isn't important why Thorne has achieved the 100th century break in 19 season

He's mentioned as taking the longest number of seasons to achieve this, but isn't this partly down to there being fewer tournaments when he was at his prime? Lovingboth (talk) 09:26, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

This may or may not be true. Another relevant factor is that a different style of snooker was played in the 70s and 80s, with less emphasis on break-building, and more on safety play and tactical battles. Great players such as Ray Reardon, Joe Johnson, Cliff Thorburn are not on the list for this reason. I see no reason to alter it, although there may be a case to create a section on the rise of the number of century breaks made in the 2000s compared to the 1970s, although this would have to be sourced and researched. Andy4226uk (talk) 09:34, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

With regard to the 1970s (and to some extent the 1980s) there were fewer tournaments. Also any of the invitation tournaments that were played are not included in this list (the Canadian Opens for example). This would have raised the tally of Reardon, Spencer and Higgins somewhat higher. This is also the same for many record books when the numbe rof titles won is assessed - what was or was not a signiifcant professional title, until the ranking tournament circuit kicked off properly in the mid-1980s, is contestable.

Tim Sandle (timsandle@aol.com) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.172.126 (talk) 00:53, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Source reference

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I notice some differences between this list and

http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Centuries.htm

presumably the differences are down to different criteria, but perhaps a source reference should be given. Agingjb (talk) 09:32, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

The differences are due to the dates that the lists were compiled I imagine.80.41.94.97 (talk) 16:29, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Neil Robertson now has a century of centuries

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 – Robertson is already on the list

Just watched Neil Robertson complete 100 centuries but I can't add it due to some Betty Logan person who keeps reverting. If some one can figure out how to add it permanently to the list is accurate please go ahead. Or if betty logan is reading this, perhaps you can do it in a way that meets your exacting standards. ChrisUK (talk) 16:04, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

It can be done in 1-2 days, after the Chris Turner's Snooker Archive is updated. Armbrust (talk) 16:07, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

They are not my standards. All factual additions to Wikipedia have to be referenced. Your edits were making the chart inconsistent with the current references. If you want to update the chart you will have to provide a reference to back up your claims. Saying you watched it isn't verifiable. As Armbrust says the chart can updated in the next couple of days when the reference is updated with the new information. It is also annoying when editors just update one player instead of the whole chart because it makes the chart inconsistent. Betty Logan (talk) 16:11, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

OK I'm not going to get into a revert war (I'm not a new wikipedia user btw, I've been making substantial contributions to a wide variety of articles since 2004). But at the moment the list should really be referred to as a partial list since it includes only 29 players instead of 30 who have achieved a century of centuries. I've added a note to this effect in the notes section (backed up by two verifiable sources as required by Betty logan). It's important to keep this note until the table is updated in case people get the impression from visiting the page that only 29 people have achieved a century of centuries. ChrisUK (talk) 17:47, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Sources must be cited

This list article is prime target for WP:AFD because it cites no sources, and is being randomly edited by anons to change numbers without any explanation (example). I would suggest that the way to go about this is to find a reliable source that is pretty recent and cite it, on every single line that it sources. Find additional sources for any lines with zero citations. Then, if the numbers are to be updated from the original source (e.g. to account for two more century breaks this month by whoever), then an additional source must be added that confirm the new centuries, or the change must be reverted per WP:V and, technically, per WP:BLP. Every year or whatever presumably at the end of the season, the original source(s) (presumably official lists maintained by World Snooker) should be replaced, along with "add-on" sources used to update it, with new official numbers. I.e., a regular clean slate. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(^Õل^ō)ˀ Contribs. 23:28, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

The article uses just the one reference and all the century counts are sourced from it. Armbrust and I remove any updates that don't correlate with the reference. Betty Logan (talk) 00:08, 29 March 2010 (UTC)