Talk:Stephen Maguire/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: GhostRiver (talk · contribs) 22:13, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

I'll be taking at this! — GhostRiver 22:13, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Infobox and lede

• Birth date needs a citation
  • Cited in body. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:21, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
• "reaching the final of that event twice more." → "and has twice since reached the finals of that event.
  • Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:21, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Career

Early career

• "1999 UK Championship before being defeated" → "1999 UK Championship, where he was defeated"
• Comma after "2000 World Snooker Championship"
• a result the BBC described as a "surprise" This can probably be paraphrased
• commented on that he couldn't believe how badly his opponents had played against him This, on the contrary, should probably have the direct quote
• "claiming that "he had never"" → "claiming that he had "never""
• "In the final Maguire met Higgins" → "Maguire met Higgins in the final"
  • Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:35, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

UK Championship winner

• Per the Wiktionary page, "en route" does not need to be italicized
• "number 24 to third" → "24th to third" OR "number 24 to number three"
• "The following 2005–06 snooker season Maguire" → "During the 2005–06 snooker season, Maguire"
• "on-route" → "en route"
• "first Maximum break" → "first maximum break"
  • Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:35, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

2009-2012

• Is there a descriptive subhead we can use here?
• "before he lost to Ding Junhui" → "before losing to Ding Junhui"
• "three Century breaks" → "three century breaks"
• "hadn't practiced" → "had not practiced"
  • Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:35, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Welsh Open champion

• Some POV issues throughout the second paragraph, but e victim of one of the biggest shocks in the history of the tournament as he lost 9–10 to the charismatic Thai player. is probably the most egregious
• Comma after "was the Shanghai Masters"
• with the Australian calling the table unplayable after the match. I don't know what this means
• Afterwards, Maguire described his season as one from hell and said he was glad it was over. provide direct quote
• However, he failed to advance beyond the second round in the three major ranking events following Wuxi and when Maguire lost 4–1 to Trump in the opening round of the Champion of Champions he hinted at retiring from the game. Not technically a run-on but might as well be
• "continued his recent resurgence"
• Maguire stated that he had regained his confidence and it would take something special to stop him. Provide direct quote for the something special part
  • done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:35, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Decline in form

• Is "youngsters" the professional term?
• "He finished a campaign outside of the top 16 for the first time since 2004, as he was 18th." → "His 18th-place campaign was the first time that Maguire finished outside of the top 18 since 2004."
  • done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:35, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

UK Championship final

• with wins including Joe Perry and Kyren Wilson Is this common phrasing in the snooker scene, or should the word "against" be in there somewhere?
  • yeah, either wins over players such as.... or wins including over/against... Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:35, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
• "but this time losing" → "but this time lost"
• Maguire won the 2019 Six-red World Championship for the second time Uh, I'm assuming that he couldn't win the 2019 championship twice, since it only occurred once
• but Ding was proven to be too strong awkward phrasing
• Hyphen to en dash in "3-10"
  • Done Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:35, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Rivalry

• "let him get it" → "allowed him to retrieve it"

Personal life

• in their clash in the change one of the "in"s to "during"

Performance and rankings timeline

• Good

Career finals

• Good

References

• "snooker.org" inconsistently used as work/publication
• References 23-25 are incomplete
• Change [111] to title case per MOS:ALLCAPS
• Metro flares up red for me as an unreliable source, but is only used for basic factual information, not tabloid-esque reporting
• [119] and [122] need to be updated with the actual reference information, not just archival info

General comments

• Images are properly licensed and relevant
• No stability concerns in the revision history
• Apart from a mirror site, Earwig score looks good

Putting on hold to allow nominator to address comments. As always, please feel free to ping me with questions, and let me know when you're finished! — GhostRiver 18:57, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

• • Hi GhostRiver, apologies for the delay, I've been a little unwell, I will get to this when I can. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:58, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
    • Thank you for letting me know. Happy to hold the nomination open as needed. — GhostRiver 17:26, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
      • Lee Vilenski It has been almost a month. Would you like to work on these improvements, or would it be better to fail the article for now and let you resubmit when you feel more inclined? — GhostRiver 17:07, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
        • Sorry for the delay. I've been steadily getting better. I see that most of these things were already fixed, but I've been through and got the bits that weren't. thanks for your help with this one. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:38, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
• @GhostRiver and Lee Vilenski: As you can see, I'm busy blitzing the citations. Hope you don't mind me stepping in. I can do a quick copyedit today too. Would be nice to get this to GA before end of year! Rodney Baggins (talk) 09:29, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
• @GhostRiver and Lee Vilenski: I've finished now. Please can you check it's OK for GA. Thanks, Rodney Baggins (talk) 18:43, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
  • Everything looks good now, thank you Lee Vilenski for getting back to that and Rodney Baggins for your additional work. Passing now. — GhostRiver 16:52, 1 January 2022 (UTC)