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Just wanted to commend you on the excellent racehorses which you're creating. We don't have many UK horse racing contributors here, I dabble a little with the odd stub, but your articles are outstanding, well-written and well-referenced. If there's any help I can give you, please let me know, although you seem to specialise in horses from the 1990s, a period when I'd drifted away from flat racing.--Bcp67 (talk) 14:42, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
But there are a number of Quarter Horse WP:Featured Articles that you might like to investigate for examples for your UK Thoroughbred racehorses - Easy Jet, Go Man Go, Miss Meyers, Chicado V, Lightning Bar, and Barbara L. Hope this helps... Ealdgyth - Talk 22:17, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for the message about the Eclipse in the Authorized article. Do you think the article needs a bit more about the race? You can just go in and edit it if you like, no need to take into account whether someone has done a lot of work on the article - it's a free-for-all here!! I'm not really writing much about horse racing these days, I try to keep the results up to date where possible but never have much time to write long articles sadly. Keep up your good work! --Bcp67 (talk) 19:55, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
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Thank you for your great contributions. The Tbs and Sbs are in desperate need of improvement. I want to add more images of earlier horses as articles are improved, but will have reduced time to spend on editing for sometime. Cgoodwin (talk) 05:59, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
I've had a go at uploading the colours of Cheveley Park Stud, but the process doesn't seem as simple as it used to be! I'll leave it for now and try again another time. Keep up the good work - Zafonic (talk) 19:57, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your message - always happy to glance through your articles and check the facts, links etc. I'm not into changing the style of what people write though, I'm not the best of writers and wouldn't make any alterations to what's written. --Bcp67 (talk) 11:35, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
FYI, I've nominated Lemon Souffle for DYK; the nomination page is Template:Did you know nominations/Lemon Souffle. Nice article! Frank | talk 23:20, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
I think that these article should pass without any trouble, but it will depend on the reviewer. You should cetainly submit your own GAs and DYKs. Your standard of work has been well above that of many other articles that have passed. Best wishes.Cgoodwin (talk) 00:07, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
Fantastic Light review has begun. Try to be a little more careful though with spelling, I corrected loads of typos!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:10, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi. You may know this little titbit already, but in the interest of clarity you could use the <s> and </s> mark-up to strike out any comment you wished to withdraw, say for example, in a deletion discussion. Happy editing.--ClubOranjeT 07:43, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Well, after the frantic pace of the last few weeks, I will be editing a bit less frequently for a while, at least during the week, as I have started a full-time job. At least I'll be able to afford to keep my broadband.Tigerboy1966 (talk) 19:43, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
As expected, work taking up most of my time. Won't be starting any new articles for a while. I'm tidying up existing hippobiography articles by putting them into headed sections, putting refs in-line etc.Tigerboy1966 (talk) 20:17, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
Back on the jobs market. Lots of articles to get stuck into. Need to finish Alhaarth properly for a startTigerboy1966 (talk) 20:03, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
I just saw that you had made a couple of edits in my article on Susan Kolb. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcald (talk • contribs) 12:49, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Tigerboy - I just saw your GA nomination of Duke of Marmalade, and that reminded me that I needed to drop by and tell you what a fantastic job you're doing! It's great to see someone focusing on cleaning up some of the TB articles on Wikipedia, and taking them to higher levels of assessment. It's something that really needs to be done! Good luck on the GAN, and ping me if you need help with anything. Again, great work, Dana boomer (talk) 15:10, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for the article feedback, Tigerboy. I have made the one change. - PM800 (talk) 03:08, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
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WP:Miscellany for Deletion. It's similar to WP:AFD. We have several different places for deletion discussions, based on the types of pages being discussed: templates go to WP:TFD, stubs to WP:SFD, categories to WP:CFD, redirects to WP:RFD, files to WP:FFD, articles to AFD, and everything else to MFD. This is largely done because of the significant differences between the various types of pages themselves, and the different policies and guidelines that apply to each one of them; the reasons that we delete or decide not to delete categories are very different from the reasons that we delete or decide not to delete a redirect, and both are very different from the reasons that we delete or decide not to delete an article. It's pointless to have separate deletion discussion pages for bad userpages (e.g. the ones that you're asking about), for Wikipedia-space pages, and for portals, so we've just lumped them all together at MFD. Nyttend (talk) 00:39, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
MarnetteD | Talk 02:25, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
I know you're always open to a bit of guidance. You added Call Boy (horse) to the Call Boy dab page, but you did it as a piped link - it's not customary to use piped links or redirects on dab pages. Fab work on the Derby winners - I always have a look to see if I can add anything from my limited works of reference here, but I never can! --Bcp67 (talk) 22:01, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Tigerboy1966, I was patrolling newpages today and came across one of your articles, which was a refreshing contrast to some of the other stuff one finds there. Clearly you've mastered the art of writing referenced articles on notable subjects, so I've set your account as wp:Autopatrolled - no need to read that and change anything that you do, but there is some bling if you want it. Thanks for your contributions. ϢereSpielChequers 13:45, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
How can the horse have dates "1946-xxxx" if it was three-year-old in 1946? I know that a yearling can be only a few days old, but ... Philip Trueman (talk) 11:15, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
I've mentioned you here Wikipedia:Wikiquette_assistance#Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion.2FChancellorpink (but not in bad way). Gerardw (talk) 01:27, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for taking on the Epsom Derby winners! I'd run across Orby and Grand Parade when I was researching the Belmont winner Algerine. It seems that Orby's grandam was the only thing the poor guy ever did right... I've always thought the "losers" have more interesting stories than the illustrious ones. I found some PD photos of Orby and his sire Orme. I'll upload them when I can find out more about the photographer (W.A. Rouch) for copyright reasons. Froggerlaura (talk) 02:19, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
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Yes, that certainly is a coincidence. Hialeah Harry (talk) 23:15, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
I have a feeling the result would have been to merge if it would have been ran for the prescribed period. I'm merging the articles now as an uncontroversial move. Best, Albacore (talk) 01:39, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
Oh, it's no trouble, but it's nice to be appreciated. Cheers,—Ketil Trout (<><!) 02:46, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
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Congratulations on bringing Duke of Marmalade to Good Article status! I give it 2/1 favourite that you'll have another soon ;-) Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:40, 3 December 2011 (UTC) |
Hi Tigerboy, how are you? I have reviewed Ladas (horse) for GA. There are a number of issues that need to be addressed, so I have put the article On Hold. Cheers, Moisejp (talk) 07:39, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
You're welcome, Tigerboy. It was just a small addition. I'm glad you like it. Thank you for expanding the article. I've nominated it for DYK. You can see the nom here. I hope DJ gets to show his manacing look on MainPage soon. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 18:23, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for your reply. I hope I wasn't too abrupt. I'm used to POV challenges that are in fact part of a POV initiative themselves, but your hesitation over the Bahraini Uprising title doesn't seem anywhere near falling into that category. The media's initial description of Protests to describe the events suggested something uncoordinated and perhaps unsustained and then the Gulf Coordination Council-led suppression of the pro-democracy demonstrations has perhaps given the impression that there was only a brief period of emergent unrest followed by a return to a militarily-imposed state of order. I guess that may be why you feel comfier with that original widely-used description of protests. I don't in fact find the WP article itself all that helpful, with its "synthesising" definition: "The 2011 Bahraini uprising ... is a series of demonstrations, amounting to a sustained campaign of civil resistance ...", since the demonstrations were the centrepieces of the campaign rather than the campaign itself. From February to mid-March the pro-democracy movement in Bahrain was at least as cohesive as in the other "Arab Spring" uprisings and the repression since then has not yet succeeded in crushing the opposition or dispelling the sense of a political "stand-off", hence my own willingness to consider the sustained campaign of protests legitimately described as an uprising, irrespective of reliable source use, such as by Frank Gardner. I hope you don't mind me bringing my comments on that specific issue here since it's a diversion from the main subject of discussion at the Deletion proposal. Opbeith (talk) 14:24, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi, if you can, refer to discussion page for Sunday Silence to discuss items of importance with me and whomever, so we can avoid back and forth edits. I listed some of my points on importance of items. Looking forward to talking with you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.193.216.213 (talk) 04:04, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
I think TB Heritage is confused. Sporting Magazine does not mention any other start before the Goodwood fiasco, and a Times article mentions that race as her "reappearance" on the turf. She did not run at any of Newmarket spring meetings and was withdrawn from the Chester Cup (much to the chagrin of the bookmakers:) and Ascot Gold Cup. After Goodwood, she was scratched from the Brighton Cup and was not entered in any of the October races. Unfortunately, the 58 Turf Register was not digitized with the corresponding Sporting Magazine, so there could have been an unpublicized wo or forfeit but it's unlikely that it would not have been mentioned elsewhere later in the season. Here are links for the racing calendars, sporting magazines, GSB and source page that might be helpful (pretty good coverage for early 1800s to 40s). Froggerlaura (talk) 01:36, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, in case you hadn't noticed, I suggested an April Fools' Day hook for Santa Claus (horse). Such hooks tend to get a lot more page views. If you'd like to go ahead with that hook, the article needs an inline citation immediately after the "stud" fact. Or, if you'd rather use the traditional hook, let me know, and I'll withdraw the April Fools' suggestion. Thanks, MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:55, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
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Although these articles were not nominated by you for DYK, as their author, you are likely to be the best person to answer my query about the hook source. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:54, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
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Yes, you got me! Andrew Dalby 13:55, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Tigerboy1966 & Froggerlaura. I'm not sure if you are interested in getting into the DYK Hall of Fame with a quintuple hook. If you are interested, here's an unsolicited suggestion:
Just a suggestion. Feel free to ignore. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 18:11, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Tigerboy1966. This 5xDYK is now on MainPage. Please feel free to use the {{User DYK HoF}} userbox on your userpage. Thank you for your wikicontributions. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 07:39, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
I have reviewed a number of your interesting articles about horses for DYK. Have you considered entering the Wikipedia Cup? You probably already know about it but I am not sure how the generality of editors get to find out that it exists. I came to know about it by chance, having happened to visit a talk page on which it was mentioned. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Tigerboy1966. There is a question on Template:Did you know nominations/Bloomsbury (horse) about the reliability of the refs. Could you take that, please? Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 15:41, 29 January 2012 (UTC)It seems that Bloodlines.net is okay, but not Pedigreequery.com, according to Wikipedia talk: WikiProject Thoroughbred racing#Reliable sources. --PFHLai (talk) 16:01, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
Just putting this here for now; will c&p to project page when I'm clear.When summarising a horse's record for an infobox there are a couple of issues to look at. Before c.1840 walkovers and forfeited matches were quite common and I was wondering how we should count them. In the case of a walkover I think it should definitely count as a win: the race was scheduled, a horse turns up and completes the course to take the prize. The absence of other runners doesn't invalidate the event. Match races are slightly different. As far as I can tell, when an owner decided not to run his horse, and instead pay a forfeit, there was no requirement for the "winner" to complete the course or even turn up at the track. The forfeit was an arrangement between the owners, not a race. In some cases, the forfeit was paid because one of the horses had been retired or had died. For these reasons I don't think that forfeited matches should count towards the race record. On the other hand, contemporary sources always list forfeits received alongside other prize money, and don't seem to make a distinction, so there is a case for treating them as "wins". The problem would then arise of whether a forfeited match should count as a defeat: it would be slightlyy odd to say that a horse lost a race when they were retired or dead. Tigerboy1966 10:07, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
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Here's to 232 years of the Derby. Bravo! From runaway winners to overturned carts to truly strange Englishmen, it's been a blast. I'll get around to Pope to complete the set (after I finish my dalliance with Copenhagen). Have you thought about the Oaks ;) Froggerlaura (talk) 02:53, 10 February 2012 (UTC) |
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I see you have been inserting "unofficial" in front of what looks like pre 1936 Champions such as Sarazen. Please note that ALL are unofficial including the Eclipse Awards as they are just opinions from an assortment of for-profit newspapers and other associations. There is no national governing body for Thoroughbred racing in the United States. I have reworded the Eclipse Award article to reflect this. Your "unofficial" tags should either be removed or inserted next to all named including Eclipse Award winners. Hialeah Harry (talk) 19:04, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
reply at HH talkpage Tigerboy1966 21:02, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
tbc on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Thoroughbred racing. Tigerboy1966 21:54, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
I am working through the Derby winners and building the stubs and shorter start class articles. Basically anything under 5kb is a target.
Done so far West Australian, Hermit, Ard Patrick, Rock Sand, Spearmint, Minoru Sunstar, Pommern*, Gay Crusader*, Papyrus, Trigo, Mahmoud and (sort of) Signorinetta.
To do: Blenheim, April the Fifth, Galcador, Nimbus etc Tigerboy1966 00:56, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
I just want to draw your attention to this article I have begun, prompted by the picture you uploaded. I seem to have run out of things to say and it is still too short for DYK. If you could make it long enough, I'd be happy to credit you jointly. Moonraker (talk) 00:35, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
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Round 1 is already over! The 64 highest scorers have progressed to round 2. Our highest scorer was Grapple X (submissions), again thanks mostly to a swathe of good articles on The X-Files. In second place was
Tigerboy1966 (submissions), thanks an impressive list of did you knows about racehorses. Both scored over 400 points. Following behind with over 300 points were
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Hello! Your submission of Isinglass (horse) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Ishtar456 (talk) 02:18, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
Still an issue, Just some wording. I'm still working on the review. I just keep getting interrupted.--Ishtar456 (talk) 03:21, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Isinglass (horse) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Ishtar456 (talk) 13:20, 1 March 2012 (UTC)There is a slight problem with the wording on one sentence. Also I cannot find citations for the hook. The hook is not explicitly stated. I cannot find a citation for the statement "sixth winner of the triple crown" nor can I find a citations for "was undefeated" Both statements are in thelead, but I could not find them in the body of the text.
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Thought you should know about this thread on WikiCup and DYK. Froggerlaura (talk) 22:56, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
On another subject, I noticed that your signature is not valid. See WP:SIGLINK about the requirement to include a link. Let me know if you need any help fixing your signature. (Oh, and if you include a link to this talk page, it won't show up in your signature here as a link, so test it elsewhere.) MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:16, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
I, the editor known as Tigerboy1966, do solemnly swear that I will henceforth spellcheck all articles I create. I also apologise to all those who have been tidying up after me. Tigerboy1966 01:03, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
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Congratulations for getting on the board at the Big List of DYK Creators/Expanders. Your racehorse work is commendable! Binksternet (talk) 23:10, 17 March 2012 (UTC) |
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Wow, you are out of the chute like a gunshot! The racehorse articles you have been creating have put you another length ahead, going into the first turn. Bravo! Binksternet (talk) 23:10, 17 March 2012 (UTC) |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Tigerboy1966. I've nominated Orwell (horse), a recent article of yours, for DYK. If you are interested in getting this on MainPage, please perform a QPQ review. This may be good for WikiCup. Hope this helps. --PFHLai (talk) 23:46, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
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Orlady (talk) 08:03, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
The DYK project (nominate) 10:16, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Tigerboy. There is a request for more footnotes & refs from the reviewer at Template:Did you know nominations/Colombo (horse). Please add them as you see fit. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 06:32, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi: I think you slotted in the wrong ref at one point in this article. Otherwise I'm ready to sign off on it. Yngvadottir (talk) 19:24, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Hey Tigerboy, I noticed you haven't put a "class" assessment on a bunch of the horse articles you've written. Not sure if WP TB racing has similar criteria to WPEQ, but the general rule is that you can assess your own articles, and given that you have enough sources and material for a DYK, that makes everything listed here at least C-class in my book, some stuff maybe even B-class. I did a couple for you, but figured it would be easier for you to just do your own,so wanted to let you know that. Nice work, too! Montanabw(talk) 23:03, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 08:02, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
We are over half way through the second round of this year's WikiCup and things are going well! Grapple X (submissions), of Pool B, is our highest overall scorer thanks to his prolific writings on television and film. In second place is Pool H's
Cwmhiraeth (submissions), thanks primarily to work on biological articles, especially in marine biology and herpetology. Third place goes to Pool E's
Casliber (submissions), who also writes primarily on biology (including ornithology and botany) and has already submitted two featured articles this round. Of the 63 contestants remaining, 15 (just under a quarter) have over 100 points this round. However, 25 are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly. 32 contestants, the top two from each pool and the 16 next-highest scorers, will advance to round 3.
Congratulations to Matthewedwards (submissions), whose impressive File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg became the competition's first featured picture. Also, congratulations to
12george1 (submissions), who claimed good topic points, our first contestant this year to do so, for his work on Wikipedia:Featured topics/1982 Atlantic hurricane season. This leaves featured topics and featured portals as the only sources of points not yet utilised. However, as recent statistics from
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The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
For a DYK for Americus (horse)? I'm drawing a complete blank for anything beyond "did you know that Americus was the ancestor of Mumtaz Mahal?" Or "did you know that Americus' registration in the General Stud Book was only allowed because he arrived in England 18 years before the passage of the Jersey Act? ARGH! Ealdgyth - Talk 21:29, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
I added a comma to 2000 guineas in 'Panther' as the WP article 2,000 guineas uses a comma. Not that I feel stronly about it. Regards. Orenburg1 (talk) 09:59, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
The DYK project (nominate) 15:20, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for writing up another wikiarticle and nominating it for DYK. Your nom template looks line, except that the hook wasn't wikified. (Done.) I believe the instructions to use only plain text but not wikicodes only apply to the " | article =" and "| author =" lines of the nom template. Now that the nomination is ready to be reviewed, I've posted the nom template on T:TDYK. Hope this helps. Looking forward to seeing this hook on MainPage soon. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 18:51, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the kind assessment! And in actuality, I would appreciate if you did review the GA nomination because you are not familiar with hockey. It is very easy to write an article "in universe style" and not realize that some may not understand all aspects of an article. Also, per your suggestion, that statement was already supported by the reference that followed the sentence (USA Today article from 2000), but I did remove the word "gritty" as it really does become little more than slang without being placed in context. Cheers! Resolute 00:58, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:04, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:05, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | That was an impressively snappy update on the grand national winner! Yablochko (talk) 15:46, 14 April 2012 (UTC) |
Very kind of you sir, although I'd tip my hat to Zafonic (the contributor rather than the horse), who keeps an eye on so much flat racing from all over Europe. I'm never sure what my main contributory interest is really, rugby or racing - I go through phases of concentrating on one or another. NH 2011-12 all but done now anyway, so a chance to go back through the season and get references and updates all in order. Many thanks for your thoughts and keep up your own outstanding work. --Bcp67 (talk) 20:53, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
The DYK project (nominate) 09:20, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Would you be interested in doing some work on the article on Pebbles? She was one of my favourite flat racehorses and I've done a bit here and there on the article but I'm sure you could improve it a fair bit. She deserves a proper treatment - first British-trained horse to win a Breeders' Cup race. --Bcp67 (talk) 20:27, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
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Grandiose (submissions), the latter of whom has also gone on to score with File:Map of the Battle of Guam, 1944.svg. Bonus points also continue to roll in; this round,
Ealdgyth (submissions) earned triple points for her good articles on William the Conqueror and the Middle Ages, Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both earned triple points for their work on Western Jackdaw, now a good article,
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The review has begun! ChrisGualtieri (talk) 19:41, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Tigerboy1966. May I ask for a few more footnotes in Bruni (horse), please? Some paragraphs have none at this time. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 21:32, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:04, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Tigerboy. I am sure that you will see my edits to the top 100 list. I just wanted to expand on my edit summary. First I tried to alter the tone of your initial edit but after saving that edit I reread the name of the article and realized that, since it was a list of US horses, the fact that it contained only US and Canadian horses is a natural outcome of the compilers project. If it was a list of the top 100 of the 20th C. for the whole planet it would look quite different. I hope that this line of reasoning makes sense for you but I will understand if it doesn't. I just didn;t want you to think that I was discounting what you tried to accomplish. I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. MarnetteD | Talk 23:28, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Don't undue edits before going on talk page and talking. In Easy Goer article, I have corrected the heading to say "Bloodhorse Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century", noting that it is only U.S. horses. Also the footing was muddy. Muddy footing is not difficult footing for every horse, some horses absolutely love and find no difficulty with muddy footing.Peteski132 (talk) 02:55, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Tigerboy. A DYK reviewer has asked for footnote(s) specifically about Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Would you have the refs, please? I can only find 1 newspaper article to support Star Appeal winning this race, but couldn't get more refs for the other points. --PFHLai (talk) 01:28, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
The Bushranger One ping only 18:04, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
Carabinieri (talk) 08:03, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Tigerboy1966. I noticed that this nom template is not on T:TDYK. I thought I could give you a friendly reminder to post it on T:TDYK (like this), or the nom won't be considered. I could've done it for you, but I worry that you might be deliberately holding it back while you continue to refine the article, or something. Hope this helps. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 17:56, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
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We're halfway through round 3 (or the quarter finals, if you prefer) and things are running smoothly. We're seeing very high scoring; as of the time of writing, the top 16 all have over 90 points. This has already proved to be more competative than this time last year- in 2011, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 was the lowest qualifying score. People have also upped their game slightly from last round, which is to be expected as we approach the end of the competition. Leading Pool A is Cwmhiraeth (submissions), whose points have mostly come from a large number of did you knows on marine biology. Pool B's leader,
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Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 00:06, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Is that come to racecourse to watch a horse race is expense in Europe, It dosen't seems photos in Euporean racing Article. I seems there have many photos in Japan.--Horsemeister (talk) 02:16, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi again. As you have noticed the vandal activity on the "Top 100" list has picked up today so I filed a WP:RFPP a few minutes ago. I requested temp semi-protection but also asked them to consider indef protection. I don't think we will get that but who knows. If you want to add anything to my request please feel free to do so. Enjoy watching the Belmont this weekend. MarnetteD | Talk 02:39, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
If edits are not real vandalism (see wp:3rr) the 3RR limit does apply. Some of your edits to Union Rags could be considered content disputes and reverting them would have a 3RR limit. True vandalism is not limited see WP:NOT3RR. I would suggest staying away from Union Rags and fixing it in 24 hours. (I found out the hard way link) Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 00:37, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
Just wanted to tell you that you are doing good work. I'm being a little careful on the articles related to the Belmont and that trainer because of BLP, not because I have any fundamental disagreement with you. I just have endured too many wikiwars and FA gauntlets to be Ok with using a tabloid as a reliable source, even if it's probably accurate. Montanabw(talk) 22:21, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
Please refrain from using Wikipedia to further your own opinions. Regardless of how passionate you are about Frankel, and how much you want to disparage Black Caviar, how much a different horse won a different race by is entirely irrelevant to an article about Black Caviar. Please keep the information relevant to the races that Black Caviar contested. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.211.13.35 (talk) 18:21, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
And thanks to you too. You've done a lot of good work on the article. I was wondering if the bit about Frankel possibly going for the Breeders' Cup at the end of the season ought to come out, as when interviewed immediately after the "Queen Anne" Sir Henry said that it was very unlikely. JH (talk page) 20:16, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I have reviewed Paradox (horse) and placed it on hold for up to seven days with some concerns. You can see my review here: Talk:Paradox (horse)/GA1. Canadian Paul 20:51, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
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Yngvadottir (talk) 16:05, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
![]() | outstanding horse articles |
Thank you for outstanding dedication to and improvement of horse articles - you are an awesome Wikipedian! - PumpkinSky talk 11:33, 8 July 2012 (UTC) |
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks again Tigerboy. I appreciate your compassion for thoroughbred racing. I was shocked to see the job you did on Carry Back's story. It was so comprehensive. Most of what I wrote was from memory, my books and a few websites I found. And 50 years can dull some memory! It was such a "rags to riches" story. The only other horse I made contributions to on WIKI was Kelso. Now there's a great topic for you to expand on. Let's face it, no other horse will ever do what he did...win five HOTY's in a row. I wasn't his biggest fan at first as he was CB's adversary, but I grew to appreciate him after CB retired. I'll never forget being at the 1964 Aqueduct Stakes when he beat Gun Bow, who he was trashed by weeks earlier. Rumor had it Kelso at 7 was through. But he proved the experts wrong. The crowd that day was one of the loudest I ever heard. Right up there with Secretariat's Belmont, which I was also fortunate to see live. Anyway old Kelso closed out that year with the still world record on dirt for 2 miles of 3:19.1 and a 2:23.4 1 1/2 mile Washing DC Int'l on grass, and his final HOTY. And the list of horses he beat over the 6 years. It's safe to say he beat more good horses than any other thoroughbred. And then there's Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkens. The Chief. The "Giant Killer". Beat all the greats since Kelso. Buckpasser, Secretariat (twice with two different horses), Skip Away...the list goes on and on. He just won another stakes this past Saturday with a 39-1 shot beating the 1/4 favorite. At 83 years young, still getting to the winners circle.
Best of luck to you, Tigerboy. And "may the horse be with you"!
Allen Joyner
PS: One last thing. You may be interested in a great reference book I use constantly. It's issued by the The Daily Racing Form, titled "CHAMPIONS...The Lives, Times and Past Performances of the 20TH Century's Greatest Thoroughbreds" It covers every champion horse from 1894 to 2010 in it's latest edition. The PP's are especially wonderful, as you can trace the horse's every race. I highly recommend this terrific book. And you can sure win a lot of arguments!
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/champions-daily-racing-form-press-staff/1007341537
Yes I must learn how to use WIKI correctly. I know my son can help me if I can get him over here!Ah yes...little Roman Brother. Believe it or not, he was one of my favorites too. He was hardly 15 hands if I remember right. He was one tough little gelding. I can look up his PP's if you need some info. He split the HOTY honors in 1965 with the wonderful filly Moccasin. Duel HOTY's. So I guess the vote was a close 3 way battle. Kelso was rounding into form, won the Stymie, then got hurt. He simply did not run enough in 1965 to win HOTY.
Yes, I remember that BC Sprint. Dayjur was the favorite. Didn't he "jump his shadow" deep in the stretch and got nosed by the excellent filly, Safetly Kept? It was a great race.
AHJ
Tigerboy,
Beau Purple was the legendary trainer Allen Jerkens first "Giant Killer" thoroughbred. He started out as a sprinter, but with Mr. Jerkens masterful training, taught the colt how to harness his speed over a distance as a 5yr. old. In the Summer of 1962 it was assumed that the leader of the handicap division would be between the reigning 2-time HOTY 5 yr old Kelso, and the popular and now mature 4 yr old Carry Back. But Beau Purple "upset the apple cart", defeating both Kelso and Carry Back on 3 occasions each, twice on 1 1/4 mile dirt races, and surprisingly in a 1 1/2 mile race on turf. All of these victories were in major stakes races, all carrying $100,000+ purses. Jerkens went on to defeat so many great champions with good, but usually less than great thoroughbreds and became the youngest trainer ever at the time (45 years old) to be inducted in the Thoroughbred Hall Of Fame in 1975. Two years earlier he defeated Secretariat by a length with a colt named Onion at equal weights in the Whitney, then seven weeks later trounced Secretariat by 5 1/2 lengths with Prove Out, who actually carried 7 pounds more than Secretariat in the Woodward.
AHJ
Tiger....("Autumn" or "Fall?) I don't see a problem with either of those terms. We use both here in the States. I prefer autumn, but fall is used more commonly in conversation.
I would however use "National Thoroughbred Hall of Fame" rather than "American Hall of Fame" in your articles.
I looked over what has been written so far for Roman Brother. In the Two Year Old section: "Despite losing his undefeated record when beaten by Sophia's Boy and Hurry to Market at Garden State Park..."This is only partially true. According to my trusty aforementioned "Champions" reference book PP's, RB finished second to Hurry To Market in both Garden State racetrack starts on November 1 and November 9, 1963. Don't know where Sophia's Boy came from.
As I stated earlier, he was a tough little horse, but maybe just shy of being a great one. He has yet to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. He finished his career of 42 starts with 16-10-5 record and $943,473 in earnings. If you need any more info concerning his PP's, etc., do not hesitate to ask.
Tiger....RB's 2 yr old campaign consisted of only 6 races. A maiden win, then two allowance victories before winning the Champagne and finishing second twice in the aforementioned Garden State races to Hurry To Market. If you need dates, track etc. of those first 3 starts above, let me know. BTW, Hurry To Market was voted 2 yr old champ, finished second in his only 3 yr old start, got hurt, and never ran again.
Tiger...
Roman Brother:
1rst Start: July 25,1963 (Md. Sp.wt.) Aqueduct 5 1/2F 1 by a Hd.
2nd. Sept.28 (Allow.) Aqueduct 6 1/2F 1 by 3 1/2L
3rd. Oct.7 (Allow.) Aqueduct 7F 1 by 3L
Absolutely, the horses back then ran a heck of a lot more, and were bred for STAMINA and durability. Not any more. SPEED SPEED SPEED is all they seem to care about now. Too bad. Here's a fact that is hard to believe the way they race today. Did you know that Triple Crown winners Omaha, Count Fleet, Assault and Citation actually ran in a race in between the Preakness and Belmont? Either a stakes race or allowance..the trainers wanted a race in them as 3 weeks was too long a break. With the Triple Crown on the line. Amazing.
Will try your Wikitip...thanks.
Allenhjoyner (talk) 16:45, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Tiger:
Roman Brother last two races:
Jan. 25, '66 Hialeah Allow. 7F 1rst by 1/2L
Feb. 5 Hialeah Seminole H'Cap 1 1/8M 4th by 5 3/4
No other info. He very well may have been injured and retired. Certainly not for breeding!
Yes. in breeding is a problem. It's getting to the point that almost every entry nowadays in the Kentucky Derby can be traced back to Native Dancer. Either on the male line, Raise a Native/Mr Prospector or through his daughter Natalma, dam of Northern Dancer. A list of his descendants reads like a who's who of the last 60 years. 3 Derby winners, so many champions, it's amazing. The Dancer definitely needs more written in WIKI than is currently available. He had a rough trip in the 1953 Kentucky Derby, and missed by a diminishing head of being an undefeated Triple Crown Winner. He won 21 of 22 races in his career. When you take in consideration his fantastic racing record and his success as a sire, I always believed he should be ranked even higher than his #7 ranking on the Bloodhorse Top 100 thoroughbreds of the 20th Century.
Native Dancer was scheduled to cross the Atlantic for a start in the Arc de Triomphe during his 4 yr old campaign in 1954 but got hurt and was retired. Too bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPXfWpmMb1o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVjiT5yI-8c
Allenhjoyner (talk) 14:13, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
Tiger...nice to see CB in the "Did You Know" section.
Allenhjoyner (talk) 17:03, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Tigerboy. I thought I should let you know that I have posted Template:Did you know nominations/Roman Brother. Nice expansion. I considered using his nickname as hook material, but I thought perhaps more than one newspaper article is needed to support the sentence "Contemporary newspapers nicknamed him the ..." in the article. If you have more refs on this, could you stick in some footnotes there, please? If you don't, never mind. It's not a big problem. Thanks, anyway. Happy typing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 05:00, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hi. This is tagged for deletion. Is it notable? If so can you source/salvage it?♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:08, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
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Cheers. Yes I noticed this, it was difficult to find the fifth place horse as well. It seems particularly difficult to find the trainers of the runners. Also I wasn't sure whether or not to use a 0 for those with unrecorded finishing position, as obviously form wise this usually used for a finishing position of 10+. Do you have a particular opinion on this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edwarddutton (talk • contribs) 11:57, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
The issue of PFHLai nominating your articles has popped up again on the DYK message board Wikipedia talk:Did you know#Nomination block proposal, thought you should know. There might be a rules change. Still trying to get to that Hobday/tie-back article you suggested a while back (they're actually different operations- !). Froggerlaura ribbit 02:50, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees Cwmhiraeth (submissions) as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees
Grapple X (submissions) in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees
Muboshgu (submissions) in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's
Ruby2010 (submissions) follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.
Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 22:35, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
Letting you know that I've finished reworking Köllnischer Park and asked for it to be re-reviewed; it doesn't have to be by you, however :-) Yngvadottir (talk) 23:00, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
Yngvadottir (talk) 00:02, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, I've just joined. Will look into Friar's Balsam. Btw, is there a policy on what currency earnings should be shown? I've noticed some horses that have raced only in Britain have their earning in dollars. Edwarddutton 22:59, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I have expanded this article + was wondering would be able to rate it. Previously had been a stub thanks Finnegas (talk) 21:30, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
Yes, tbheritage also states this (maybe from same source??). Does your source mention him running poorly between the Guineas and the Champion Stakes. I couldn't find any mention of him running at all, but if that was his only run after the guineas I can hardly see how he was 'never the same'. Edwarddutton 00:57, 8 August 2012
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No worries. You're far from being the first person ever to forget to reenable the category links on an article that's being moved from sandbox, and you definitely won't be the last either :-) Bearcat (talk) 17:14, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
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I've given that IP a second warning in as many days for their continued insistence in adding unreferenced original research ethnicities into boxing articles and what appears to be clear attempts at re-branding Northern Irish boxers as simply Irish. Mabuska (talk) 14:52, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
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Hello, Tigerboy. May I have a footnote for WW2 interrupting the horse racing season in 1939 in your Galatea (horse) article, please? I trust that you have good references handy. Thanks in advance. --PFHLai (talk) 13:33, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
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One issue to fix there. PumpkinSky talk 19:55, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Tigerboy1966. FYI: The Evening Post article currently used as Ref. 3 in the Sun Stream wikiarticle says Sun Stream's victory in the 1945 1,000 Guineas gave Lord Derby a sixth win in the race, but the Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby wikiarticle lists 7 wins, and I can count "17th Earl of Derby" showing up 7 times in the table on the 1,000 Guineas Stakes wikipage. Something is wrong. I guess you might want to look into this. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 01:58, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
We discussed their naming earlier this season - they've now got one called "Up"!! --Bcp67 (talk) 08:55, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
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Hello, Tigerboy1966. There is a request for more ref in the article. Could you take the question, please? Thanks --PFHLai (talk) 22:40, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
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I noticed you're upgrading Sadler's Wells. I've added any notable racehorse (within reason) to the stud table. The list should now me more or less complete, although it might be a bit too long, so if there are any horses on the list you think don't warrant a place feel free to delete them. Edwarddutton (talk) 22:58, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
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Hello, Tigerboy1966. Is this real? Worth mentioning in the Cherry Lass article? Just an FYI. Cheers. --PFHLai (talk) 09:37, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
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