Talk:Snooker at the Summer Paralympics

Factual error in lead

Hi, we have said in the lead that Michael Shelton won 4 gold medals in paralympic snooker events, but I just realised that his 1976 gold was in Bowls and he in fact only won 3 golds in snooker. I checked this out in Brittain's "A History of the Summer Paralympic Games" (ref.1) So should we be saying at end of lead that Great Britain won ten gold medals in snooker, three of which were awarded to Shelton? Or does the total tally also need to be reduced by one, as in: Great Britain won nine gold medals in snooker, three of which were awarded to Shelton. Please can someone (maybe Benny) check this out? Thanks, Rodney Baggins (talk) 14:14, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Actually, the results say it's 8 gold medals, with three gold's for Shelton. It's likely the confusion is because Shelton also had a silver medal. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:11, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Rodney Baggins and Lee Vilenski! I neglected to check the count when adding to the article. I've drawn a blank on further sources so far - I have a feeling that there were probably more snooker competitors at the early Paralympics than listed on the official site. Otherwise it's quite a coincidence that the number of competitors equals the number of medallists. There is also at least one difference in nationality between the Brittain book and the official website. I think it's accepted that early records are incomplete, but if I do unearth anything I'll make updates. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 22:36, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

As long as we try to get as close to the truth as possible, we can only do our best! I've done some work on early Olympians from the 1920s, e.g. Aileen Riggin, Hjördis Töpel, and some of the sources are very sketchy and contradictory from that far back in history. Cheers, Rodney Baggins (talk) 23:15, 4 January 2020 (UTC)