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Did you know... that at the 1978 World Snooker Championship, Fred Davis reached the semi-finals at the age of 64?

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 21:25, 20 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in the qualifying competition for the 1978 World Snooker Championship, Jack Karnehm was whitewashed for the third time in three appearances? Source: "Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship: qualifying section, at Romiley Forum, Stockport". Snooker Scene. May 1978. p. 5
- ALT1: ... that at the 1978 World Snooker Championship, Fred Davis reached the semi-finals at the age of 64? Source: Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. Bournemouth. p.134
- ALT2: ... that in the qualifying competition for the 1978 World Snooker Championship, John Barrie won a championship match for the first time since 1951? Source: Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4. p.209
- ALT3: ... that snooker historian Clive Everton wrote that the BBC starting daily coverage of the 1978 World Snooker Championship was the "most influential decision ever made in the history of snooker"? Source: Everton, Clive (1993). The Embassy Book of World Snooker. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-7475-1610-1. p.52
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5x expanded by BennyOnTheLoose (talk). Self-nominated at 23:40, 18 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/1978 World Snooker Championship; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

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Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:27, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Passed. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 06:09, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reviewer: Premeditated Chaos (talk · contribs) 18:38, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

These are so easy, I might as well grab the rest. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 18:38, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Fourth verse, same as the first!

Lead looks good
Would suggest moving the sponsorship and BBC coverage from "Format" to "Background", perhaps after the promotion details (since they don't really pertain to the tournament format)
Love the quote from Snooker Scene - politely brutal
The whole qualifying round is very colorful
I revised the sentence about the curse, which felt clunky. Lost the detail about "after the move to the Crucible" but I think that's worth it for the increased clarity
Otherwise no prose gripes, same comment as the last several in the series - prose is crisp and tight
That's it - the rest is tables and stats looks fine to me
Sole image is appropriately used, freely licensed, and properly captioned
No concerns about sourcing, which is in line with other snooker articles
Taking the offline sources on GF, I have no concerns with the spot checks on online sources
No CV or close paraphrasing issues either

I have the least to say here out of any of the WSC articles I reviewed. I really struggled to find anything to gripe about, so well done. Easy pass. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 06:09, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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