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Snooker world rankings 1985/1986[edit]

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Nominator(s): BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:51, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yet another in the series of snooker world rankings lists. Steve Davis held a large lead over anyone else. Unlike the previous two years, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association did not change its mind about how to compile the list after it was published. As per usual, copies of relevant source extracts can be provided to reviewers, and all improvement suggestions are welcome. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:51, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comments[edit]

  • I don't know if there's a hard and fast rule on this, but to me the lead image looks a bit odd in the middle of the lead rather than its usual position of right at the top
  • Dashes within dashes looks a bit weird in the second paragraph. Maybe change the one before "which were" to a comma
  • Amended in a different way, but happy with your suggestion here instead.
  • "In the 1983/84 snooker season" vs "with effect from the 1984–85 season" vs "for the 1985/1986 rankings".....? Three different formats?
  • "The tournaments that counted towards the 1985/1986 were those" - think the word "rankings" is missing
  • "No points were awarded to a player who did not win any matches in a given tournament. (For example, a top 16 player seeded into the last 32 of the world championship would not win any merit points if they lost their first match.)" => "No points were awarded to a player who did not win any matches in a given tournament (for example, a top 16 player seeded into the last 32 of the world championship would not win any merit points if they lost their first match)."
  • This needs amending in the "points tariff" section too..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:37, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pseud 14[edit]

  • Initially the rankings were based on performances -- comma after initially
  • The UK Championship and Dulux British Open were added for to the ranking list with effect from the -- unless it is a BEng styling - for conciseness The UK Championship and Dulux British Open were added to the ranking list
  • In additional to standard ranking points awarded as per the table below -- In addition to standard ranking points
  • That's all from me. Great works as usual. Pseud 14 (talk) 18:32, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks, {{u|Pseud 14}. Hopefully now sorted, but let me know if nayhting else is required. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:53, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • The ping didn't go through. Just a couple points missed, but made the edits so it's easier. Support. Pseud 14 (talk) 15:32, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Image review: Passed

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  • Images are appropriately licensed
  • Images have succinct captions and are relevant to the article. Pseud 14 (talk) 18:32, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MPGuy2824

  • Alex Higgins' total needs to be corrected.
  • I don't quite understand the sentence "Merit points were only used to determine placings between players that had an equal opportunity to earn them." An explanation might help me justify the relative rankings of Meo, Thorne and Charleton (10-12). -MPGuy2824 (talk) 10:06, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Many thanks, MPGuy2824. I've added a little to that sentence. Although sources don't specify it, I believe that Meo being ranked above Thorne is because at the 1983 World Snooker Championship, Thorne could not earn merit points because he was seeded directly into the last-32, so Meo's merit point from that tournament is disregarded for the purpose of their relative rankings. Regards, 10:24, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thorne could not earn merit points because he was seeded directly into the last-32, so Meo's merit point from that tournament is disregarded for the purpose of their relative rankings This would exacerbate the problem. But, I'd guess that there were similar things in other tournaments which worked in reverse. I assume that you are getting the ranking from one of the books in addition to snooker.org. Should be fine, if so.
    • In any case, I support promotion. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 13:37, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Accessibility review (MOS:DTAB)[edit]

  • Source review – The books, newspaper articles and website pages used all appear sufficiently reliable and well-formatted. Giants2008 (Talk) 22:29, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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