# Talk:World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association

Hi.  There was no Wikipedia (WP) reference to the Ladies' equivalent - the WLBSA - despite WLBSA being referred to in 8 separate WP articles.  
So, I've added this line: "There is also a Ladies association - the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA) - with its own tournaments and rankings." 
I've left the full title in red (for now), expecting that, in time, the independent WP article will emerge.  Please do feel free to expand on this first line or - better still - create the independent article.
Thanks, Trafford09 (talk) 12:33, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

The article is seriously out of date, could anyone add something about what has happened after Barry Hearn took over? MathHisSci (talk) 17:48, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

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An anon radically changed the article, allegedly to clear up confusion between the commercial entity World Snooker Ltd, and the WPBSA organization, but also deleting all controversy-related information and sources, and making other undiscussed changes. I've reverted that [7].  However, the anon may have a point worth looking into.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  07:45, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

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The WPBSA and IBSF are having a quarell once again as WPBSA is trying to build an amateur division with the 2017 newly founded World Snooker Federation (WSF) that aims to take away all the (usually amateur) national associations from the amateur IBSF; the European EBSA already joined WSF and left IBSF in October 2017. The original 2013 aggreement within the World Confederation of Billiards Sports had been that WPBSA and IBSF would revive the original WSF from 1992, which had failed and had to be dissolved in 2004, as a joint cooperation, but in the following years nothing happened, and in 2017 WPBSA decided for disruption and took matters in its own hands by forming a new WSF and ignoring the ISBF. The WSF is not recognized by the WCBS and thus also has no IOC recognition. Negotiations in 2018 obviously failed, and instead the WPBSA reacted by discarding the professional wildcards of ISBF players. See:

https://www.wpbsa.com/world-snooker-federation-wsf/
http://www.ibsf.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=698:ibsf-news-letter-from-president-to-all-member-countries&Itemid=113
http://www.ibsf.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=747:wcbs-statement-on-issues-between-ibsf-wpbsa&Itemid=113
http://www.ibsf.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=748:ibsf-statement-24th-january-2018&Itemid=113
http://www.ibsf.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=757:ibsf-statement-5th-march-2018-clarification-regarding-membership-of-ibsf&Itemid=113
http://www.ibsf.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=758:ibsf-news-message-from-ibsf-president&Itemid=113
http://www.ibsf.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=759:wcbs-statement-15-03-2018&Itemid=113
--SamWinchester000 (talk) 00:34, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 09:09, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
Shall review for the GAN October 2020 Backlog Drive. MWright96 (talk) 09:09, 9 October 2020 (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
The percentage symbol should be spelt out per MOS:PERCENT
Done.
"which organises the professional Snooker" - the word in bold does not need to begin with a capital letter
Done.
"and English billiards through World Billiards" - a full stop is missing to end this sentence
Done.


### Overview
"The governing body for the non-professional games" - aspect of snooker
amended to "aspect of snooker and billiards" (could delete the "and billiards" though)
"Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport owns 51% of World Snooker, and the WPBSA is the next largest shareholder with 26%." - the two sources attached to this do not mention shareholders. ANother source is needed for this particular claim
Reworded more in line with the archive for source 4.
Also, another violation of MOS:PERCENT in the sentence above
Amended.
"In January 2020, World Snooker rebranded as World Snooker Tour." - World Snooker was rebranded
Amended.
When was Archer president of the WPBSA?
Added.


### History
"rather than the challenge system that had been in place from 1964[20] and in" - there is a comma missing inbetween "1964" and the citation
Done.
"The PBPA disaffiliated from the BA&CC from 1 October 1970[22] and was renamed the WPBSA" - a comma is missing between "1970" and the citation
Done.


### Promotional activities
"a major growth area for the sport[25] and in other territories including Germany." - a comma is between inbetween "sport" and the citation
Done.
"Amnesty International criticised the announcement, due to concerns about the human rights in the country." - the word in bold isn't needed
Done.
"and 2013 it initiated the "Cue Zone into Schools" programme," - and in 2013 initiated
Done.
"the WPBSA announced the creation of an All-party parliamentary group for Snooker," - the words in bold don't need to begin with a capital letter
Done.
Explain who Conor Burns is to the uninitated
Amended; let me know if it needs further change.
Change made is acceptable. 17:08, 9 October 2020 (UTC)


### Criticism and controversy
"The body has received criticism in the late 2000s." - the word in bold is not needed
Amended.
"John Higgins has been particularly vocal in his opinion that World Snooker has not done enough to promote the game in new territories," - the words in bold need to be replaced by their past tense equalivents
Amended.


### References
Reference 10 is dead
Archive now added.
Reference 17 should link to [8]
Done.
Reference 42 is missing the author
Done.
Reference 43 is missing the publisher
Done. (Also added agency)
Reference 44 will need to be reformatted
Changed the content here, with a new reference.
Reference 46 is dead and needs archiving
IABot seems to have worked a lot better today than when I tried in July, looks like this and a couple of others now link to archived copies.
Will put the review on hold to allow the nominator to respond or query the points raised above. MWright96 (talk) 11:35, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

Many thanks for your review, MWright96. I've tried to address all of your points, as noted above, but let me know about anything else that needs to be done. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:18, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
@BennyOnTheLoose: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 17:08, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
Thank you, MWright96. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 18:31, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

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