Template:Did you know nominations/Joe Davis

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:10, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Joe Davis

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... that Joe Davis, the champion from 1927 to 1946, remains the only unbeaten player at the World Snooker Championship? Source: John Nauright; Sarah Zipp (3 January 2020). Routledge Handbook of Global Sport. Taylor & Francis. p. 277: "winning the first fifteen championships between 1927 and 1946 ... he remains the only undefeated player at the Professional Championships"
- ALT1:~~... that Joe Davis made the first officially recognised snooker maximum break of 147 in 1955?~~ Source: "First official 147 break in snooker". guinnessworldrecords.com:"Joe Davis (UK) was the first snooker player to achieve an officially ratified maximum break in snooker ... on 22 January 1955."

Reviewed: Justin Wilson (racing driver)

Improved to Good Article status by BennyOnTheLoose (talk). Self-nominated at 11:44, 19 May 2020 (UTC).

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Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: Recently elevated to GA status so it passes newness, there aren't any unsourced sentences, and I see no plagiarism, neutrality, or grammatical problems. I approve ALT0 as being the only unbeaten person is more interesting. Jon698 talk 14:44 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote this, but I don't see an inline cite for the hook fact in the article. Yoninah (talk) 20:59, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Yoninah thanks for looking at this. I have made a small addition to the article, adding the 1927 to 1946 period into the same sentence as the unbeaten statement, but I'm not sure if that addresses your concern. I am, of course, happy to make any further changes as necessary. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:17, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

@BennyOnTheLoose: yes, that does the trick, thanks. Do you want to use the more encyclopedic "undefeated" instead of "unbeaten"? Yoninah (talk) 21:35, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

@Yoninah: - yes, "undefeated" is better, thank you. I've made the change in the article. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:52, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. Restoring tick per Jon698's review. Yoninah (talk) 22:07, 2 June 2020 (UTC)