# Talk:2018 UK Championship

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 16:19, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
Will take a look at this article. MWright96 (talk) 16:19, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose):  b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): 
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section):  b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR): 

It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects):  b (focused): 

It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias: 

It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.: 

It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales):  b (appropriate use with suitable captions): 

Overall:
Pass/Fail: 


### Lead
"It was the ninth ranking event" - tournament to avoid close reptition of "event"
"The event was broadcast on BBC One, and Eurosport in the United Kingdom." - The event was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Sport and Eurosport.


### Prize fund
"identical to that of the previous years event" - year's


### Tournament summary
"The 2018 UK Championship began on Tuesday 27 November 2018." - It's typically not the guidelines to include the name of the day of the week
"were played over single-session best of 11 frame matches" - over a single-session that was held to the best of 11 frame matches
"with the final played on Sunday 9 December" - same issue as the first issue in this section


### Early Rounds (Rounds 1–4)
"2018 Northern Ireland Open winner Judd Trump missed a black" - clarify that Judd Trump missed a black ball for non-snooker readers
"Mark Williams and Barry Hawkins both recorded 6–0 whitewashes" - Wikilink whitewashes to Whitewash (sport)#
"while Joe Perry knocked out Judd Trump by the same scoreline." - won against Judd Trump by the same scoreline and eliminated him from the competition.
The entire fifth paragraph needs a reliable source to it


### Finals (Quarter-final to Final)
"Prior to 2018/19 he had only reached the semi-finals of the 2018 Snooker Shoot-Out." - Prior to the 2018/19 season,
"and his third semi-final appearance after his players championship semi-final in 2013." - since the 2013 Players Championship.
"In the final quarter-final, 2015 World champion" - In the last quarter-final match, 2015 world champion
"before missing the yellow." - yellow ball.
"The first semi saw Tom Ford play Ronnie O'Sullivan." - [{xt|sem-final game}}
"Allen fired back with the next two frames," - Allen responded to clinch
"O'Sullivan took the championship in the 16th frame, thanks to a break of 78." - O'Sullivan complied a break of 78 in the 16th frame to win the championship.
"and the total number of Triple Crown events (18), held by Stephen Hendry.[26][27][28][27]" - the second usage of Reference 27 is redundant
"referring to Hendry's superior number" - I believe greater would be better here


### Broadcast
"The event's broadcasters were dependent by country" - tournament's for variety
"with the BBC and EuroSport broadcasting across the United Kingdom and Europe" - {{xt|[[Eurosport}}
"NowTV simulcasted the event in Hong Kong with additional commentary." - needs to be referenced to a reliable source


### Controversy
"The chairman of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, Jason Ferguson commented on the bans saying that players caught cheating "risk their careers and they will be caught"" - commented that players found cheating were
"Ronnie O'Sullivan who has commented" - a comma is needed between "O'Sullivan" and "who"


### Aftermath
"Having been given a bye through the first round, Wells reached his first ranking event semi-final, creating a 4–0 lead against Mark Allen, before eventually losing 6–5. O'Sullivan did not compete at the event, but did work on Eurosport's coverage of it." - needs to have some reliable references to support these pieces of text
"Allan, having been runner-up at the UK Championships," - Allen and Championship
"including world champion Mark Williams, Stephen Maguire and Neil Roberton" - spelling error; Robertson


### References
Reference 1 is missing the newspaper that published the article
As a general rule of thumb, all of the articles that list their respective writers and the dates they were published should be included in the revelant refernences
I'll put this article on hold and give the nominator time to look at the issues raised above. MWright96 (talk) 20:41, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your swift review! I'll make the necessary changes tomorrow when I get a chance. Best wishes Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:32, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for your time, MWright96. I have made the changes above. Please let me know if there are outstanding issues with the article. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 08:50, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
@Lee Vilenski: Am now able to promote to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 17:49, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

The Aftermath section at the bottom of the article includes the draw for the 2019 Masters and what happened at the 2018 Scottish Open shortly after the UK championship. I think this is the wrong heading because the word "aftermath" normally means "the consequences or after-effects of a significant unpleasant event", like a big disaster, so not really appropriate here! I've changed it to "Follow-on events" for now, but if anyone can think of something better, I'd welcome your input as I'm struggling a bit. Maybe "Follow-up" or "Subsequent events" or "After the Masters" or something else? Rodney Baggins (talk) 12:28, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

You've pulled the unpleasant bit from nowhere. Aftermath is fine, see the following WP:FA sports articles that use this term to mean after the event has finished. 009 Giro d'Italia, SummerSlam (2003), 1924 Rose Bowl, 1877 Wimbledon Championship. Whilst not all sports articles use this, it's clearly a well used field, and I found more examples of an aftermath section than a reworded section. I vote to keep as is. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 12:51, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
Actually I got it from the dictionary:
Oxford dictionary: The consequences or after-effects of a significant unpleasant event
Cambridge dictionary: The period that follows an unpleasant event or accident, and the effects that it causes
I can only assume it takes on a different meaning in the sports field, but it disturbs me because it just looks wrong! Anyway your call. Rodney Baggins (talk) 16:28, 15 February 2019 (UTC)