# Talk:2025 Masters (snooker)

I have nominated the current image for deletion - see nomination page for details.  — Voice of Clam (talk) 19:29, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

@Nigej, Lee Vilenski, Betty Logan, BennyOnTheLoose, CitroenLover, Andygray110, Catb2006,  and Mrloop: Need more "Keep" votes please in the nomination page to put a stop to this nonsense.  Alan  (talk) 14:04, 28 January 2025 (UTC)
I would recommend not telling people to !vote a specific way, see WP:CANVASSING. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:15, 28 January 2025 (UTC)
Sorry about that Lee. Just letting people know what's going on, in case they missed it.  Alan  (talk) 15:33, 28 January 2025 (UTC)
Thanks @AlH42 I have voted to keep the image, as per the reasons given on that page. --CitroenLover (talk) 18:26, 28 January 2025 (UTC)
No problem. Just be aware it's something that exists. A neutral message is fine. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:46, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Lee Vilenski @AlH42, just read through the article and I believe it's in good shape for a GAN? Let me know your opinions. HurricaneHiggins (talk) 12:47, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

Looks OK to me.  Alan  (talk) 12:58, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Thanks @AlH42. If you agree, @Lee Vilenski, maybe you could trigger the nomination since I don't know how! HurricaneHiggins (talk) 14:32, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Nominating an article is pretty straightforward, @HurricaneHiggins:. See WP:GAN/I#N2. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:35, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Thanks, @BennyOnTheLoose! I just did this and it seems to have worked. :-) HurricaneHiggins (talk) 18:09, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Excellent! Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:48, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:2025 Masters (snooker)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Nominator: HurricaneHiggins (talk · contribs) 18:08, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: Canary757 (talk · contribs) 07:54, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
Hi, review incoming.

* Thank you! Please see responses inline.
Hi, 

Calling Selby the best tactical player of all time, Allen said - Source says  "Mark is probably the best player of all time when it comes to safety". probably expresses doubt, and I would say that safety is a component of tactical play and that the two things are different. I would stick to the quote.
* Agreed, and I've fixed this to include the actual quote.
2024 UK Championship is linked twice in the lead
* Fixed by unlinking the second occurrence.
Not sure frames needs linking in the 'final' section as frames is used repeatedly throughout the article
* Agreed, and I've unlinked this here.
Would suggest baulk (wilson v zhang) could be linked to cue sports glossary and that 'closely fought' may need removing from this match as potential commentary. Snookered (murphy vs Robertson) and the first use of plant could be linked to cuegloss too.
* Agreed. I've linked baulk, snookered, and plant to cuegloss and removed "closely fought".
I would add extra info about Robertson being the 6th player to come from 1-5 down as this is a rare occurence and it's in the source.
* Agreed, and I've added this.
Shaun Murphy faced Gary Wilson, who made his debut at Alexandra Palace - I misinterpreted this as being Wilson made his tournament debut rather than a first appearance at Ally Pally. I appreciate that there is a note but personally I would just put in prose that it was his second appearance at the masters but first at the venue.
* Done, and agreed it's good to clarify this point.
The article regularly uses 36-point lead etc with the hyphen, but when number is spelt out it is  one point in the article not one-point. Is there a reason why the hyphen drops when the number is below ten and therefore spelt out?
* We should hyphenate only when the number functions as part of a compound modifier for a noun. So (for example) in "Murphy held a one-point lead" one-point is a compound adjective that modifies the noun lead. But if we were to say "Murphy led by one point" then it is not a compound modifier and no hyphen is required.
Wilson vs Zhang has a 'word to watch' - despite. and made a 38 break to secure a 6‍–‍4 victory, despite having potted fewer balls and scored 275 fewer points than his opponent. (Cumulatively, Zhang outscored Wilson in the match by 712 points to 437 I would remove despite as it can seem persuasive, to create a sense that he was lucky for instance when overall points scored is not relevant to the outcome of the match. Fine to point out the points difference but on the lines of. ....to secure a 6-4 victory. Wilson potted fewer balls and scored less points etc
*I appreciate your note on this. Then intention was to comment on the fact that it's unusual for a player to win a match while being comprehensively outscored, but I've removed the word "despite," which I agree is problematic.
Thanks
Canary757 (talk) 12:33, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Also,
A question. I think he made a 125 break or he made a break of 125 for example read better than he made a 125 century. They are used on 2024 UK Championship and other articles I've flicked thru. Is the phrase he made a 125 century (without the word break) used on wiki GA articles? Thanks.Canary757 (talk) 16:05, 20 August 2025 (UTC)
* Yes, these terms are largely used interchangeably and often to avoid the phrasing becoming too repetitive. E.g., in the 2024 World Snooker Championship article, which has been promoted to FA status, you'll find references such as this "Selby then won five consecutive frames, making a 122 century in frame 29".
Thank you so much for taking the time to review this article, Canary757! I really appreciate it. HurricaneHiggins (talk) 16:12, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

Just wanted to add @Canary757, if have any further thoughts or edits, please let me know. Otherwise you can say whether you're willing to support the promotion to Good Article status. Thank you again! HurricaneHiggins (talk) 17:20, 21 August 2025 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for making some changes @HurricaneHiggins, and also for leaving some helpful answers.
A few more things:
Century breaks can be linked in the lead and in the article. The tournament produced 20 century breaks for example.
Reference one doesn't give the tournament dates, so another use of snooker.org (ref 15) could be used to supplement it.
The winner of the event received the Paul Hunter Trophy and £350,000 from a total prize pool of £1,015,000, an increase of £290,000 from the previous event. Would change event to year for clarity - to make it clear it's referring to the previous year's Masters and not the previous event on the tour. I know that previous event is linked, but this may not need linking here having been used four paragraphs earlier. See - However, O'Sullivan, who had won his record-extending eighth Masters title at the previous year's event by defeating Ali Carter 10‍–‍7 in the final.
Otherwise,
Article is well written, broad and focused.
MOS is fine.
Verifiable, good references with consistent presentation
It's neutral
It's stable
Images are fine
Earwig copyvio check is highish but violation unlikely and this is due to attributed quotes, so it's not a problem.
So very close to GA. Thanks. Canary757 (talk) 06:28, 22 August 2025 (UTC)
p.s. 2024 Masters is also linked two paragraphs before example  I gave - eighth in 2024. Canary757 (talk) 07:13, 22 August 2025 (UTC)
Thank you again, @Canary757! I've made further changes to address your points above, linking century break in the lead and article, adding a reference from snooker.org to show the tournament dates, changing "event" to "year" in the prize money section, and removing the redundant second link to the 2024 tournament in the Overview section. Really appreciate your picking up on these things and so thoroughly reviewing the rest of the article. Please let me know if you would be happy to support the promotion to GA at this point or if you would like to see further changes. All the best,  HurricaneHiggins (talk) 12:59, 22 August 2025 (UTC)
All done! Will happily pass to GA. Congrats. Canary757 (talk) 05:52, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
Thank you so much! Really appreciate the review and the support for GA!  HurricaneHiggins (talk) 11:05, 23 August 2025 (UTC)