Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/2003 World Snooker Championship/archive1

2003 World Snooker Championship[edit]

Featured article candidates/2003 World Snooker Championship/archive1

Nominator(s): Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:17, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about the 2003 World Snooker Championship. I look forward to any comments you might have.Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:17, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Image review by Generalissima[edit]

File:Embassy World Snooker 2003-05 logo.png: Not copyrightable, although it could probably be vectorised - this isn't important for the FAC though.
File:Ronnie O'Sullivan PHC 2011-1.png: CC-BY-SA 3.0
File:Stephen Lee PHC 2011-1.png: CC-BY-SA 3.0
File:Ken Doherty.jpg: CC-BY-SA 3.0 & GNU Free Documentation License.
File:Mark Williams at Snooker German Masters (DerHexer) 2015-02-05 01.jpg: CC-BY-SA 4.0
Some of these images have the persons facing right: this is usually recommended to be left-justified according to MOS:IMAGELOC, although I have been told that this is not strictly a FA criteria requirement.
Images have proper alt-text.
It might be worthwhile to note that these are not images of them at this specific event in the captions — I initially thought so until I saw the dates myself. I believe that falls under prose though, so Support on image review. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 19:40, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Joeyquism[edit]

Should get to this soon; end of Saturday (America time) at the latest. joeyquism (talk) 18:27, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lee! I've listed some things that I noticed below; feel free to refuse with justification:

Before Gog comes through, you should change the reference titles to be all in title or sentence case - there's an extension to assist in this if needed. Additionally, appropriate web/news links should be archived if they can (I'm sure you are familiar, but I would suggest using IABot here).
- I only just learned about this script the other day. I've run it, but it does cause some issues with mobile view, so I have to install it each time I need to run it, which isn't ideal. I do run IABot, however, due to some localising, some news sites cannot be archived through IABot (the Eurosport.co.uk links), so I've archived where I can. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:41, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Overview looks great. Snooker terms that I would have otherwise not been familiar with are wikilinked appropriately, and are described in a way that is clear and isn't overwhelming. I would, however, suggest moving the footnote [a] to be after "modern era".
- I'm not a fan of having cites/notes directly after words, it's a bit ugly, but I have moved it to the next natural stop. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:45, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This was the fifth maximum compiled at the world championships; the first since O'Sullivan at the 1997 World Championship. - I'm not sure of the use of the semicolon here. I think "and the first" with a comma would read a little bit better.
- Removed Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:52, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In an all Scottish clash... - I believe that "all Scottish" should be hyphenated here.
- Sure Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:52, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
...whilst Hunter perhaps drew on his two Masters finals wins to motivate him in the deciding frame. - Could you provide the text in the original literature that corroborates the "perhaps" in this sentence?
- Sadly, I don't have access to the source, so I don't know. I have removed instead. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:52, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Mark Williams defeated seven-time champion and close friend Stephen Hendry 13–7. - I'm not sure of the relevance of including "close friend" here; it seems a bit extraneous.
- Removed Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:52, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The final was officiated by the Netherlands' Jan Verhaas, the youngest referee at a world final. - Has this been superseded by anyone else? I would word it a bit differently if so (something like "then the youngest referee to oversee a world final until [name] in [year]") but I understand if this is not appropriate.
- I don't think so, I can't say I know if so, the ages aren't really published, so I can only say what was true at the time. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:52, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I honestly found very little wrong with this article; most of it is already very well-written and comprehensive. As someone unfamiliar with snooker, I feel like I learned a lot from your clear elaborations. After these initial comments are addressed, I'll give it another read and see if I find anything wrong - if not, I will likely come back to take a supportive stance. Apologies if I came off as pedantic; however, I do hope that this review was at least a little bit helpful. Thank you for all your hard work, and I hope you have a great day! joeyquism (talk) 02:16, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, thats exactly what I look for in a review. I want the article to be better after recieving one. I'll take a look in a mo. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 06:23, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

- joeyquism - I've covered the above. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:52, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Sorry for taking so long to get back. I've read over it a few times more, and everything looks in order! Support on prose joeyquism (talk) 19:27, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]