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The MoS cite is a very controversial claim about living people. Even if it were not covered by WP:DAILYMAIL - and the most recent WP:RSN discussion seems to indicate that it is, until there is an RFC otherwise - the MoS is an unreliable tabloid that I'm pretty sure cannot be used as a source for controversial claims about living people. If this is in an RS, then we should put the claim back only when there is an RS, which the MoS absolutely is not - David Gerard (talk) 07:51, 11 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
You are trying to enact a blanket ban that applies to The Daily Mail on a separate publication. The Daily Mail ban simply does not apply to Mail on Sunday. Your underlying reasoning is flawed. Multiple discussions discussing this very issue have come to the conclusion that the ban does not apply to the Mail on Sunday. Betty Logan (talk) 08:58, 11 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
The match-fixing allegations and investigation are fully documented in the table below, and sourced to the BBC Sport and World Snooker. As for the arson attempt there will probably be alternative sources available. There is nothing here that warrants immediate removal. Betty Logan (talk) 17:25, 11 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
in the interests of improving the encyclopedia, could we have a scratch around for additional citations for this? Regardless of the reliability of the source, it can't be the best one out there. I searched online but didn't see much. BennyOnTheLoose - any idea if this was covered in snooker scene or cue world or whatever? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(talk • contribs)18:30, 11 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
The match-fixing allegations were reported by World Snooker themselves in a press release. The arson story was broken by Nick Harris of Mail on Sunday so other sources generally just regurgitate the story and credit MoS (it is reproduced in the Sport & Law journal). However, I see no credible reason for not using the Mail on Sunday source. The publication has editorial oversight, which is independent of The Daily Mail; the DM ban does not apply to it, as confirmed by two of the closers at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Can_we_please_adapt_the_Daily_Mail_consensus_to_reflect_a_position_on_Mail_on_Sunday?. It also has a functional error-checking process as evidenced by the complaints stats at IPSO. It received more complaints than The Sunday Times but fewer were upheld. Its reliability is objectively on par with The Sunday Times. No empirical evidence has been presented that it is not reliable, or at least more unreliable than its rivals. This is just an unsubstantiated opinion advanced by David Gerard as part of his agenda to purge Wikipedia of anything and everything related to The Daily Mail. Betty Logan (talk) 23:55, 11 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
I couldn't find any coverage of the arson/firebomb attack in NewsBank or The Times Digital Archive. If it was in Snooker Scene it would probably have a "Mail on Sunday reported ..." caveat. Looks like there may be something on Times online but I can't be bothered to subscribe to that. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 20:43, 16 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
Hmm, I'm not sure I know what the deal is with a source quoting another source... But we deem the BBC to be a reliable source, but they get a lot of their stats from cuetracker, which is blacklisted. IMO, this is backed up enough here to warrant inclusion, it's certainly a thing that happened, and aside from being a BLP, it's not a super contentious point being made. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(talk • contribs)20:49, 16 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
Betty Logan for me, googling '"Passakorn Suwannawat" arson the times' brings it in as the fourth result. Snippet says "of their Rotherham houses was set on fire in an arson attack. Matches involving Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon and Passakorn Suwannawat are". Headline is "Shanghai Masters winner Ding Junhui warns that Chinese are set to dominate". Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 14:04, 17 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
Meanwhile, two Thai players under investigation for possible match-fixing have not been back in Britain since one of their Rotherham houses was set on fire in an arson attack. Matches involving Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon and Passakorn Suwannawat are being probed by the WPBSA after suspicious betting patterns in early August. But later that month the front door of the Star Academy house used by Thanawat was set on fire, though police have not established clear links to the investigation. There is speculation that Passakorn is considering staying in Thailand – and giving up on his snooker career. The players’ manager Keith Warren said: “The two players are expected back in the country towards the end of the week, with qualifiers for the International Championship in Barnsley from October 1. “They have not been back since the arson attack. One of them didn’t live there, as was reported. Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon lived there, but Passakorn Suwannawat did not.” Warren also confirmed that the tour’s youngest professional China’s Lyu Haotian, 15, was living in the house next door but that he had not been unduly distressed by the incident.
So the Mail on Sunday article (which incidentally does not come under the Daily Mail sanctions) was a truthful account with a minor inaccuracy (only one of the players lived at the house). Do either you or Lee have any objections to me restoring the incident to the article and adding this Times source. I appreciate it is behind a paywall but I believe it is consistent with WP:SOURCEACCESS. Betty Logan (talk) 16:42, 17 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
I think it should be included: it seems significant and The Times is a reliable source. I'm a frequent user of paywalled sources myself, but I'm pretty sure I used up my Times online freebie access quite a while ago. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 19:28, 17 September 2020 (UTC)Reply