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
Yoninah (
talk) 12:58, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
... that Patsy Fagan won the
1977 Dry Blackthorn Cup despite being the only player in the competition not to have been a
World Snooker Champion?Source: "Fagan takes on three world champions". The Times (London) 21 December 1977. p. 8 / Hale, Janice (1987). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88. pp. 58–59
ALT1:... that after early professional success as a
snooker player Patsy Fagan developed a psychological block when using the
rest and never won another major tournament? ? Source: Karnhem, Jack (1982). World Snooker with Jack Karnehm No. 2. pp. 84–85 / Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. pp. 404–405
Improved to Good Article status by
BennyOnTheLoose (
talk). Self-nominated at 19:03, 29 May 2020 (UTC).
Date/size, copyvio spotcheck, neutrality, hooks, QPQ, all fine. This is GTG. I have no hook preference and leave it to the closing admin to chose the more interesting one. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here 11:57, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
If can offer an uninvolved opinion as a snooker enthusiast, I think the alt is much more interesting. I can’t think of another snooker player who had such problems with the rest.
P-K3 (
talk) 12:03, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
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
Yoninah (
talk) 12:58, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
... that Patsy Fagan won the
1977 Dry Blackthorn Cup despite being the only player in the competition not to have been a
World Snooker Champion?Source: "Fagan takes on three world champions". The Times (London) 21 December 1977. p. 8 / Hale, Janice (1987). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88. pp. 58–59
ALT1:... that after early professional success as a
snooker player Patsy Fagan developed a psychological block when using the
rest and never won another major tournament? ? Source: Karnhem, Jack (1982). World Snooker with Jack Karnehm No. 2. pp. 84–85 / Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. pp. 404–405
Improved to Good Article status by
BennyOnTheLoose (
talk). Self-nominated at 19:03, 29 May 2020 (UTC).
Date/size, copyvio spotcheck, neutrality, hooks, QPQ, all fine. This is GTG. I have no hook preference and leave it to the closing admin to chose the more interesting one. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here 11:57, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
If can offer an uninvolved opinion as a snooker enthusiast, I think the alt is much more interesting. I can’t think of another snooker player who had such problems with the rest.
P-K3 (
talk) 12:03, 26 June 2020 (UTC)