Talk:1985 British Open

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Did you know... that the 1985 British Open was the first ranking snooker tournament not to feature a British player in the final?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:52, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the 1985 British Open was the first ranking snooker tournament not to feature a British player in the final? Source: BBC Sport [1] Quote:"the first ranking final between two overseas players since 1985 when South African Silvino Francisco beat Canadian Kirk Stevens to win the British Open. It was only the second ranking final in 220 tournaments that involved two overseas players."

Reviewed: ROF Newport

5x expanded by BennyOnTheLoose (talk). Self-nominated at 14:34, 6 March 2020 (UTC).[reply]

New enough and large enough expansion. Hook appears in article, is cited and interesting. QPQ present. I don't see textual issues anywhere. This looks good to go. Raymie (t • c) 18:15, 13 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 10:58, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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" 1984-85 snooker season" en-dash.
- Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:27, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"the best-of-23 frames final" ->"the best-of-23-frames final" - several of these.
- Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:27, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"Kirk Stevens 12-9" en-dash.
- Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:27, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"17 February–3 March 1985"' spaced en-dash.
- Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:27, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"Last 32:£2,000" space.
- Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:27, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"Steve Davis, 129" ->" Steve Davis (129)" and same for Higgins
- Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:27, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The tournament summary doesn't cover the first round at all, e.g. notable than a red-linked Bradley made it through and ended up losing to Davis?
- Sadly, I have no sourcing for the first round. Maybe BennyOnTheLoose can help? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:27, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - I've added some details for the first round. Lee Vilenski - please refine as necessary. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 16:31, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Why are century breaks in the table in italics?
- Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:27, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not much else to say about this one! The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 09:22, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I made a couple of tweaks to the material added by BennyOnTheLoose (thanks for that!!) and I'm now happy that this is GA standard, so promoting. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 19:41, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]