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References[edit]

This page needs to have its referances fixed. Use <ref>{{cite web}}</ref> and {{reflist}}. Also remeber that citations do not belong in the infobox --CrazyChip 23:14, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd add that it's preferable to use <ref name="SomethingUniqueHere">{{cite web}}</ref>, so that each reference can be easily re-used if needed. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 23:24, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
As i added a citation to the article i had to implement the correct listing and ref style. The old ref list i moved here. Do NOT copy this list back to the page. citations should be used as described above by SMcCandlish

Old ref list:

Have these actually all been put back into the article, properly marked up? — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 04:59, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox[edit]

Resolved
 – Career winnings is now up to date. Armbrust The Homunculus 15:29, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My updates to reflect the new career winnings were rolled back, as the figure really is career earnings as of the beginning of the 2006/2007 season. Fair enough, but perhaps this should be noted in the box? (on profile page it says "(up to start of 2006/07 season)") Another thing: didn't he have a break >139 this tournament? Elsand 00:18, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please, someone edit the bit about Mark's personal life as I'm a new person here and wasn't sure about how to add this to his page :( Also, I have no idea how to cite the source as these facts were mentioned during the final of the World Championship yesterday (Eurosport, Russian version). Jana VB 11:01, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Family history[edit]

From a Channel 4 documentary, it appears that a close relative of The Elephant Man married a Mr. Selby. As both Mark and Joseph are from Leicester, I wonder if there is a connection? --MartinUK 23:17, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nickname[edit]

The fact that a journalist referred to Mark Selby as "The Peacock" does not make that a valid nickname. Journalistic licence is not gospel and that name has never been used anywhere else. For that reason, I reverted it. However, if multiple references to "The Peacock" can be found, please let's have them and it can be restored. bigpad (talk) 09:23, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Selby has way too many nicknames listed on the article. Could we just pick a few, or the main ones? If I make up a nickname for Selby, can I put it on the list too? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.78.34.6 (talk) 14:54, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion[edit]

This page should not be speedily deleted because... (your reason here) --5.65.246.86 (talk) 21:10, 6 May 2014 (UTC) Why is there no page for World Snooker number 1 Mark Selby?[reply]

Age when turned pro?[edit]

In the introduction we have "Selby...began his professional snooker career in 1998 at the age of 15". But in the Early Years section we have "His dad died of cancer when he was 16, two months before he turned professional". They can't both be right! Molinari (talk) 16:51, 7 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The confusion arises because Selby began playing on the UK Tour in 1998, when he was 15, and joined the main pro tour in 1999, when he was 16. The UK Tour at the time was for professional players ranked outside the top 96. So, it's correct to say that Selby was a professional at age 15. He just wasn't a main tour player until the following year. The problem could above be resolved by editing the sentence to read "two months before he joined the main professional tour." Carton828 (talk) 20:41, 7 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: BennyOnTheLoose (talk · contribs) 15:12, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]


GA review
(see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose, spelling, and grammar):
    b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references):
    b (citations to reliable sources):
    c (OR):
    d (copyvio and plagiarism):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects):
    b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):
    b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

Overall:
Pass/Fail:

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Happy to discuss, or be challenged on, any of my review comments. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:12, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio and plagiarism check

  • Earwig's Copyvio Detector threw up some 90%+ matches but these look like dodgy backwards-copy sites. I looked at the other matches above 5.7% and had no concerns. (There are a couple of phrases in the article that occur elsewhere, but these look like common wordings.)

Images

  • No issues.

Infobox

  • What's the source for date of birth? (It's not in the article body.)
  • Is there a source for career earnings?
  • Is there a source for century breaks?
    • Added. If the source is no good, snooker scene has him down at 630 from October. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 17:45, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
      • That website is a little too honest according to machine translation: "The website is completely amateur, made by people with little knowledge of snooker...so there may be mistakes" As number of centuries will be an issue with many articles, I think a consensus should be sought amongst interested parties about how to include this going forward. In the meantime (if the template allows) I suggest that the 630 with the Snooker Scene citation and an additional note like "(as of October 2020)", similar to how the current ranking is annotated. I'm open to other ideas here, or to being pointed to policy or past consensus if one exists. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 00:16, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
        • No, I agree. I'll open something at WT:SNOOKER later. I don't think this is something someone can independently verify from WP:COUNT, so needs a proper citation. Snooker Scene is pretty close, so I'll change to that when I'm next online. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:58, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think it's necessary to wikilink "£" but that's an optional change.

Lead

  • Looks fine now the unsourced info has been removed.

Early life

  • Seems fine.

Snooker Career

  • 1998-2006:"Selby showed potential as a teenager, but did not play snooker at a consistent level until his twenties" - I'm not seeing this in the source. Maybe another word for consistent, too. (I'm consistent, but I'm also rubbish.)
  • 1998-2006:"An early winner of the England under-15 championship" - not sure why "early" - was it one of the first U-15 events? Again, doesn't quite seem to be in source.
  • 1998-2006:Refs 13 and 14 are the same source. 13 should be changed for something that verifies that Selby lost in the last qualifying round in 2003
    • I've added Snooker Scene ref, I can't find much about qualifying for that year. Can remove if not covered. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:22, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • 1998-2006:"progressed to the main draw of the World Snooker Championship for the first time in 2005" - 'first time' not verified by source.
  • 1998-2006:"Since making his Crucible debut, he has qualified for the main knockout stages of the tournament every year, including the 2006 World Championship, despite his final qualifying round opponent Robert Milkins making a 147." not verified by source
  • 2007-2011:cuegloss "frame"
  • 2007-2011:"after the Sunday sessions" consider mentioning that this was the first of two days.
  • 2007-2011:"His performances earned him £110,000 (not far off half of his pre-tournament all-time earnings)." is uncited
  • 2007-2011:"noted by eventual world champion John Higgins, amongst others," - I'm not seeing any others in the source.
    • Removed.
  • 2007-2011:"After a moderate start to the season" is uncited
  • 2007-2011:"second-highest ranking tournament" is uncited
  • 2007-2011:"he had edged out Stephen Hendry, Stephen Maguire and Ken Doherty, all on a 6–5 scoreline (having been 3–5 behind against both Hendry and Maguire)" - source does not name players or state that Selby was 3-5 behind in two of those matches. (Looks like the links in the sidebar there probably would verify all of this)
  • 2007-2011:"Selby's play in the final was of the highest standard" - can this be toned down slightly? (e.g. high rather than highest?)
  • 2007-2011:"[141] .. was Selby's best in competitive play" not verified by source.
  • 2007-2011:"...was handed a writ..." - it would be nice to know what happened next about the writ, but not necessary for GA.
    • I have expanded from the source. No other info I have (probably behind closed doors now!) Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:22, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • 2007-2011:"Selby reached the final of the Masters again where he was runner-up to Ronnie O'Sullivan" is uncited
  • 2007-2011:"He opened the 2009–10 season with two first round defeats" not verified by source
  • 2007-2011:"scoring six breaks of over 40 in those five frames." not verified by source
  • 2007-2011:"a repeat of the previous year's final" - doesn't feel like a "repeat" if there is a different winner. Maybe "rematch"? (I'm open to being told that "repeat" is right.)
  • 2007-2011:"played some of his best snooker of the season" seems a little beyond what's in the source. Maybe substitute with an attributed quote about his standard of play, or with details of breaks etc?
  • 2007-2011:"£150,000 winner's cheque" not verified by source
  • 2007-2011:"Selby started the season by winning the non-ranking Wuxi Classic.." I don't think "started the season" is right. He competed in the Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 1, for example.
  • 2011–12 season:"He continued his form at the Shanghai Masters, where he won his second major ranking event of the season" - suggest deleting "He continued his form at the" as the 2011 Australian Goldfields Open was between these; and deleting "of the season" as (according to the source) this was his second ranking title, after the 2008 Welsh Open.
  • 2011–12 season:"making him the ninth player to hold the top spot and the first to do so without having previously won the World Championship" not verified by source
  • 2011–12 season:"for which he declared himself fit the week before the start of the event" not verified by source
  • 2011–12 season:Despite this disappointment, he was guaranteed to end the season ranked number one following Judd Trump's early exit from the World Championship." - I don't think that this is verified by the source, which is the post-championship ranking list.
  • 2012–13 season:"ironically"? why?
    • No idea. Removed Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:59, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
      • (That was because it was Hawkins who had knocked him out in round 1 of world championship, Selby's last match before he took time off to recover from neck injury. As soon as he got back into the ring, he met Hawkins again. Interesting but hardly ironic!) Rodney Baggins (talk) 14:36, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • 2012–13 season:"breezed past" is somewhat informal language
  • 2012–13 season:None of the para starting "Selby lost his world number one spot..." seems to be supported by the source other than that Selby defeated Murphy 106-6 in the UK Championship final.
    • 106-6? Is Joe Davis back? I've cited the drop in position. I've also cited the results. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:59, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • 2012–13 season:"Selby then went on to win his third Masters title, beating Stuart Bingham 6–5 from 1–5 behind in the first round, Mark Williams 6–1 in the quarter-finals, and Graeme Dott 6–5 from 1–4 and 4–5 down in the semi-finals." is uncited
  • 2013–14 season:The Yixing Open was before the Wuxi Classic.
  • 2013–14 season:"He defeated Alan McManus 5–1 in the quarter-finals of the World Open, and Marco Fu 6–4 in the semi-finals" not verified by source.
  • 2013–14 season:"Selby defeated Michael White 10–9, Ali Carter 13–9, and Alan McManus 13–5" not verified by source.
  • 2013–14 season:"for the past two years" not verified by source.
  • 2014–15 season:"This was the first time he had ever lost a deciding frame at the Masters, having previously won 11" not verified by source used; reusing the source about Masters deciding frames from the 2013–14 season would cover this.
  • 2014–15 season:"He then beat Stephen Maguire 6–2 in the semi-finals to reach his first ranking final of the season." not verified by source
  • 2014–15 season:"Suggest rewording or removing "He therefore had two statistics against him"
  • 2014–15 season:"fourth year in a row" not verified by source but possibly justified as his top ranking is in the coverage of the previous three seasons. Or could use this later source.
  • 2015–16 season:"defeated Neil Robertson 6–4 in the quarter-finals of the International Championship to reach his first semi-final of the season," not verified by source
  • 2015–16 season:"He did not drop a frame in reaching the third round of the UK Championship" not verified by source
  • 2015–16 season:"eliminated Dechawat Poomjaeng and Matthew Selt both 6–1," not verified by source
  • 2015–16 season:"missing out on the opportunity to defend his 2015 China Open title" is uncited
  • 2015–16 season:"he beat Robert Milkins 10–6, Sam Baird 13–11, and Kyren Wilson 13–8," not verified by source
  • 2015–16 season:"successful snooker" could do with explanation or cuegloss linking.
  • 2016–17 season:Looks like the RKG source is a copyvio of this - amend to WPBSA source, and reword "Selby made seven breaks over 50 while Ding managed a top run of just 47" which is a borrowed phrase.
  • 2016–17 season:"followed by a more routine 6–2 semi-final victory over Shaun Murphy" not verified by source; remove "more routine" if applicable
  • 2016–17 season:"No one came close to beating Selby as he progressed through to the semi-finals of the World Championship. In his quarter-final match, he heavily defeated Marco Fu 13–3 with a session to spare." is uncited
  • 2017–18 season: "started the season" not verified by source.
  • 2017–18 season: "He suffered another quarter-final defeat at the Shanghai Masters, losing 3–5 against 2011 finalist Mark Williams." is uncited
  • 2017–18 season:"(only the second time he had done so at the Masters)" not verified by source.
  • 2017–18 season: "He retained his China Open title in April, for his third in four years," needs slight rewording.
  • 2018–19 season: "Selby's first appearance of the season was at the World Open" - not verified by source; looks like his first appearance of the season may have actually been at the 2018 Haining Open.
  • 2018–19 season: "His best run after the China Championship" not verified by source, which is from November 2018
  • 2018–19 season: "eventual winner Judd Trump" - "eventual winner" not verified by source
  • 2018–19 season: "Selby qualified for all three 2019 Coral Cup tournaments—the World Grand Prix, the Players Championship, and the Tour Championship—but failed to progress past the quarter-finals in any of them." is uncited
  • 2018–19 season: "having held the position since February 2015" is uncited. (could use this)
  • 2018–19 season: "beat Zhao Xintong 10–7 in the first round" not verified by source
  • 2018–19 season: "2019 world champion" not verified by source
  • 2019–20 season: "At the start of the season," - I don't think this is right, e.g. it looks like he competed at the 2019 Riga Masters before the 2019 International Championship.
  • 2019–20 season: "his first Home Nations Series victory" not verified by source
  • 2019–20 season: "Selby's ambition of winning all four Home Nations titles and a £1,000,000 bonus ended in the quarter-finals of the Northern Ireland Open" not verified by source
  • 2019–20 season: Consider deleting or rewording "he started with a few unremarkable performances"
  • 2019–20 season: "He qualified for the 2020 Tour Championship ranked third on the one-year ranking list" is uncited
  • 2019–20 season: "He beat Yan Bingtao 9–6 in the quarter-finals" not verified by source
  • 2019–20 season: "At the World Championship, Selby defeated debutant Jordan Brown 10–6 in the first round, Noppon Saengkham 13–12 in the last 16 and Neil Robertson 13–7 in the quarter-finals" is uncited
  • 2019–20 season: "O'Sullivan took a 5–3 lead after the first session, but Selby won the second session to take a 9–7 lead." is uncited
  • 2019–20 season: "raced into" doesn't seem appropriate

Personal life

  • "His 2014 World Championship victory happened on the day that Leicester City celebrated their promotion to the Premier League with an open-top bus parade." is uncited
  • Ref 169 - Leicester Mercury url seems to be problematic (I get a security warning). Archived link verifies the content.
  • ("former Irish international pool player" - nationality was not mentioned in source cited, so I added another source in.)
  • "24 May 2011" - source says "earlier this month" (May 2011) but does not mention the date.

Performance and rankings timeline

  • Probably better to have only a live link as the source, rather than an archived one, as this will likely continue to be updated. Or re-archive with a more recent date.
  • (I checked a sample, no issues found.)

Career finals

  • "Below is a list of professional finals won by Selby" - reword as these aren't all wins for him.
  • snooker.org source has a "?" in the author's name.

Pro-am finals

  • What's the source for the for the 2008 Paul Hunter Classic? (Doesn't seem to be on his snooker.org page)
  • (I checked a sample, no issues found.)

Variant finals

  • What's the source for the for the 2010 Six-red World Championship? (Doesn't seem to be on his snooker.org page)

Pool career

  • De-duplink Darren Appleton.
  • "In addition to snooker, Selby is also an adept pool player – specifically blackball and Chinese eight-ball." is uncited
  • I'm not sure that "UK 8 Ball Pool Community" is a reliable source. If not, then this could be used if the word "July" is removed.

General

Thanks for your work on the article, and the responses so far, Lee Vilenski and Rodney Baggins. I'll put this on hold for now, and will take another look once you've been through the comments above. I don't see any immediate problems with the lead, I'm just leaving it 'til after other changes are implemented. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 12:47, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Lee Vilenski and Rodney Baggins for the further improvements. I think the last pending issue is a reliable source for century breaks. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 19:23, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Now that everything I found has been addressed, I'm happy to pass this for GA. Good work, Lee Vilenski and Rodney Baggins. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 19:37, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, that's great, thanks Benny. I'll of course carry on making further improvements, including those changes to the lead section that we were discussing the other day. I am well chuffed. Thanks also to Lee for pushing this forward as it would probably have sat in my to do list for another few months otherwise! Let me know if there are any more BLPs you would like to get promoted and I will do what I can to help. Rodney Baggins (talk) 21:12, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'm a big Henry fan,so I'd like to workon that, but there is a lot that is required there. I think the talk page lede is very good, but give it a day or two before placing into the article to see what other users might thing. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:16, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Full list of ranking titles in lead[edit]

I actually think IP 89.204.239.215 may have a point! Is there any particular need to list every ranking event he has won? There are quite a lot in that list and it just looks like a veritable sea of blue. We've already stated in 1st para that he's won 18 ranking titles, but is it really necessary to provide the full list further down? I'm not sure it's all that interesting to the casual reader. We could just say he won his first ranking title at the Welsh Open in 2008, and his most recent ranking win was at the European Masters in September 2020. Rodney Baggins (talk) 14:02, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Completely OTT to list them all in the lead. Nigej (talk) 14:47, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, probably could be condensed a bit, but not removed entirely (which is what the IP wished to do). Might I suggest that instead of " are the Welsh Open in 2008, the Shanghai Masters in 2011", etc that we just do "winner of Welsh Open, Shanghai Masters, China Open (three times)" or similar to condense? I think a vague amount of info on the events that he has won is quite relevant, the issue is that he has won too many to say them all by name.Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 17:34, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'm still of the view that we shouldn't be listing them at all. Give the total and the details can go in the rest of the article. If someone's won two or three events we can list them but listing them for someone who's won dozens makes no sense. Triple crown events can spelt out in more detail perhaps, but again, need condensing for someone like Ronnie. Nigej (talk) 18:03, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, well here's my proposal Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 18:45, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Extended content

Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player. A three-time World Snooker Champion, Selby won the event in 2014, 2016, and 2017 and has won 18 ranking titles, placing him joint sixth (with Neil Robertson) on the all-time list of ranking tournament wins. He has held the world number one position six times during his career, having first topped the snooker world rankings in September 2011, and was number one in the world rankings for more than four years continuously between February 2015 and March 2019.

Having joined the main professional snooker tour in 1999 at the age of 16, after winning the England under-15 championship. He was runner-up to John Higgins at the 2007 World Snooker Championship, but went on to win all of snooker's Triple Crown events at least twice, having won three Masters titles (2008, 2010, and 2013), two UK Championships (2012 and 2016), and three World Championships. Selby also won the Welsh Open, the Shanghai Masters, the German Masters, the China Open on three occasions, the Paul Hunter Classic, the International Championship twice, the China Championship, the European Masters and three of the four Home Nations Series events.

Known as a patient, tough competitor with strong safety play, Selby is also a prolific break-builder and has compiled more than 600 century breaks in his professional career. His nickname, "The Jester from Leicester", was given to him by snooker compere Richard Beare. Selby is also a pool player. He was the 2006 World Eight-ball Pool Federation champion and runner-up at the Chinese Eight-ball World Championship in 2015.

That looks OK to me Lee. I would prefer a slight tense tweak from past tense ("Selby also won...") to present perfect tense ("Selby has also won...") Rodney Baggins (talk) 21:18, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I noticed you made some other changes, I was only looking at the ranking titles list. I like the "A three-time World Snooker Champion," at start of second sentence, but then I don't think we should list them until lower down with the other triple crown dates, so I would make this "A three-time World Snooker Champion, Selby has won 18 ranking titles, placing him..." I also think "but went on to win..." after the 2007 runner-up statement makes it sound like that was not an achievement, i.e. "despite being runner-up to Higgins in 2007, he managed to do all this stuff afterwards..." So, this would be my proposal for the lead. Rodney Baggins (talk) 09:12, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Extended content

Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player. A three-time World Snooker Champion, Selby has won 18 ranking titles, placing him joint sixth (with Neil Robertson) on the all-time list of ranking tournament wins. He has held the world number one position six times, having first topped the snooker world rankings in September 2011, and was number one in the world rankings for more than four years continuously between February 2015 and March 2019.

Selby joined the main professional snooker tour in 1999 at the age of 16, after winning the England under-15 championship. He was runner-up to John Higgins at the 2007 World Snooker Championship, and has since won all of snooker's Triple Crown events at least twice, having won three Masters titles (2008, 2010, and 2013), two UK Championships (2012 and 2016), and three World Championships (2014, 2016, and 2017). He has also won the Welsh Open, the Shanghai Masters, the German Masters, the China Open (three times), the Paul Hunter Classic, the International Championship (twice), the China Championship, the European Masters, and three of the four Home Nations Series events.

Known as a patient, tough competitor with strong safety play, Selby is also a prolific break-builder and has compiled more than 600 century breaks in his professional career. His nickname, "The Jester from Leicester", was given to him by snooker compere Richard Beare. Selby is also a pool player; he was the 2006 World Eight-ball Pool Federation champion and runner-up at the Chinese Eight-ball World Championship in 2015.

I'd sign off on that - seems suitable succinct whilst also giving a good overview of what they have won. It bares repeating that aside from the Triple Crown events, the biggest deal is the winning of ranking tournaments. It might also be prudent to have the total amount of professional titles stated in the lede. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 09:42, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"630 (as of 1 October 2020)"[edit]

Surely this can't be right. 630 seems to be the number at the end of the 2019/20 season. He'd made some more by 1 October, eg 4 in the European Masters. Nigej (talk) 21:05, 13 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 3 May 2021[edit]

The year of birth is incorrect. You have 1883 instead of 1983 109.249.181.57 (talk) 22:35, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: I looked throughout the entire article and used "search in the page" and 1883 never came up. Link20XX (talk) 22:54, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nickname[edit]

I added the nickname “Granite” which was used extensively during the recent world championships. I also checked and found repeated usage of “Granite” in the press. However, the reference to granite was soon deleted without explanation that I can see. Can the moderator who deleted it please comment. Thanks Timmytimtimmy (talk) 09:44, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Granite is not a nickname, it's just a descriptive word used by commentators when a player is being particularly resilient, showing tough matchplay. I can't find a source that states that Selby has specifically picked it up as a nickname. I think it's one of John Parrott's favourite words. Rodney Baggins (talk) 18:55, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with Rodney Baggins. See eg MOS:BADNICK, although not directly relevant here since that relates to the lede. The fact that sports journalists refer him as such does not make it a nickname IMO. Generally, we already have way too many of these "nicknames". He's the "Jester from Leicester". Surely that's enough. Ronnie is "The Rocket". As a general rule we should stick to one per person. Nigej (talk) 19:16, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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