Talk:2007 Malta Cup/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs) 08:29, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello, I am planning on reviewing this article for GA Status, over the next couple of days. Thank you for nominating the article for GA status. I hope I will learn some new information, and that my feedback is helpful.

If nominators or editors could refrain from updating the particular section that I am updating until it is complete, I would appreciate it to remove a edit conflict. Please address concerns in the section that has been completed above (If I've raised concerns up to references, feel free to comment on things like the lede.)

I generally provide an overview of things I read through the article on a first glance. Then do a thorough sweep of the article after the feedback is addressed. After this, I will present the pass/failure. I will use strikethrough tags when concerns are met. Even if something is obvious why my concern is met, please leave a message as courtesy.

Best of luck! you can also use the {{done}} tag to state when something is addressed. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:18, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Please let me know after the review is done, if you were happy with the review! Obviously this is regarding the article's quality, however, I want to be happy and civil to all, so let me know if I have done a good job, regardless of the article's outcome.

Immediate Failures

• It is a long way from meeting any one of the six good article criteria -  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:39, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
• It contains copyright infringements - very unlikely  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:39, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
• It has, or needs, cleanup banners that are unquestionably still valid. These include{{cleanup}}, {{POV}}, {{unreferenced}} or large numbers of {{citation needed}}, {{clarify}}, or similar tags. (See also {{QF-tags}}). -  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:39, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
• It is not stable due to edit warring on the page. -  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:39, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Links

• No dablinks  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:40, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
• references look fine. A few unrecognised redirects, but they all look good.  Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:40, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Prose

Lede

• Should probably mention in the lede that the first Malta cup was in 2005, which was renamed from the European Open, first held in 1989. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:05, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
  • Added. MWright96 (talk) 14:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
• held from 29 January and 4 February - Held between Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:05, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
  • Changed to held from 29 January to 4 February. MWright96 (talk) 14:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
• I'm not 100%, but the location I think is Portomaso Business Tower; or at least that article talks about the location more than anywhere else does. Might be worth investigating/redirecting. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:05, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
  • Portomaso is the name of a residential area in a town called St. Julians, Malta. MWright96 (talk) 14:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
• Not sure I understand about the 200th word ranking tournament part - Is this the WPBSA's 200th ranking tournament? or since 1976? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:05, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
  • Clarified to say it was the 200th WPBSA tournament. MWright96 (talk) 14:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
• frames wikilink for lede. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:05, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
  •  Done MWright96 (talk) 14:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
• "Anthony Hamilton compiled the competition's highest break of 136 in the first round of his match against Tom Ford and Stephen Hendry was the first player to compile a 700th career century in his game over Robert Milkins." Seeings these two things are only slightly related (by both being centuries), perhaps, "whilst" instead of and is a better word here. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:05, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
  •  Done MWright96 (talk) 14:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Tournament Summary

• "continuously staged outside" - petty I know, but I prefer "staged continuously", or "staged fully". Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:07, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
  •  Done MWright96 (talk) 14:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
• host broadcaster was Eurosport. - Was there any other broadcasters? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:07, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
  • No other information for other broadcasters is available. MWright96 (talk) 14:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
• The qualifying rounds were played between players ranked lower than 32 for one of the 16 places in the final stage, - Was it not for players ranked outside of the top 16? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:07, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
  • Clarified. MWright96 (talk) 14:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
• The section on qualifiers should explain how it worked. It was a tournament with byes for higher ranked players. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:07, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
  •  Done MWright96 (talk) 14:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
• "The successful qualifiers included the likes of " - remove "the likes of", always found it to be superfluous. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:07, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
  •  Done MWright96 (talk) 14:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
• Why runs? That's a pool term Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:31, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
  • Remove all mentions of the term runs. MWright96 (talk) 14:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
• I'd like an explanation as to how the wildcard round worked. It seems like two local players were drawn against people who had already qualified. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:31, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
  • Added. MWright96 (talk) 14:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
    • In the wild card round on 28 January, held between two Maltese players against one of the two successful qualifiers, - I don't think you mean that. Surely it's held between two Maltese players, and two of the sixteen qualifiers? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:06, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
      • Yes, have now clarified the sentence. MWright96 (talk) 14:43, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
• It says Higginson scored his first Malta cup victory, but why is this match more important than the 4 qualifying rounds he won? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:31, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
  • Clarified to say it was the first win in the main stages of the tournament. MWright96 (talk) 14:12, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Round 1

• The 16 first-round matches on 28 to 31 January were between players ranked 1–16 and those who had made it through the qualifying stage. - Still a bit confused by the wildcard round. Is this considered part of the main tournament, or qualifying? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:31, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
  • Clarified. MWright96 (talk) 14:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
• a game in which Lee's highest breaks were 48 and 47 - I'd just say his highest break was 48. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:31, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
  • Removed the word "47"
• More instances of runs. I've never seen this used in a snooker sense. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:31, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
  • See my response to the third to last query in the tournament summary section. MWright96 (talk) 14:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Round 2

• In the second round between 31 January and 1 February[7] (should there be a comma before the citation? (this also happens in later rounds) Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:04, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
  • Added the comma here and where appropriate elsewhere. MWright96 (talk) 14:43, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
• In his 5–3 win over Ford Dott produced - And again here. Otherwise, I have no idea who Ford Dott is. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:04, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
  • Clarified who Dott is. MWright96 (talk) 14:43, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
• rest is fine. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:04, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Quarter-finals

• "improved his performance" - kind of goes against MOS. Should probably say he won the final four frames, unless there's a quote to say he played better. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:04, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
  • Reworded. MWright96 (talk) 14:43, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
• Carter entered his first semi-final since the 1999 Grand Prix and Hendry revealed a bout of gastroenteritis from consuming a chicken and prawn meal the night before for which he was given injections affected his on-table play - restructure sentence. The important bit is regarding the food poisoning for Hendry, I'd say:

Hendry revealed that a bout of gastroenteritis from consuming a chicken and prawn meal the night before for which he was given injections had affected his on-table play, whilst Carter entered his first semi-final since the 1999 Grand Prix. Or, this could easily be two sentences. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:04, 7 May 2019 (UTC)#

• •  Done MWright96 (talk) 14:43, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
• Wikilink total clearance. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:04, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
  •  Done MWright96 (talk) 14:43, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Semi-finals

• The semi-final matches on 3 February were the best-of-11 frames. - I think "the" here is wrong. Same with the finalBest Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:45, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
  • Changed the wording slightly. MWright96 (talk) 16:42, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
• Murphy won the opening three frames on breaks of 111, 80 and 59 before Carter took frame four with breaks of 45 and 48 - with breaks Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:45, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
  •  Done MWright96 (talk) 16:42, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Final

• Day confessed to referee Terry Camilleri of a foul in nudging the cue ball with the rest as it screwed back. - I know what you are trying to say, but I don't like the wording. Something like "frame 2 saw Day declare his own foul shot to referee Terry Camilleri, after striking the cue ball twice whilst using the rest. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:59, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
  •  Done MWright96 (talk) 16:42, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Notes & References

• Source review comes up good! Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:08, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
• I've done an archive of sources for you. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:08, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
  • Thank you. MWright96 (talk) 16:42, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

GA Review

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 (reference section): 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 and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Comments

• Hi! This one might take me a little time, as I'm not really in the super free time at the moment, but I'll get to it. Looks a great article as usual. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:38, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
  • I'm just going to pass this one now. Looking above, there's very little comments, and nothing to stop it being a GA. I'd still suggest changing the above to improve the article, but I won't keep it open for no reason. Well done! Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:11, 7 May 2019 (UTC)