Talk:Daniel O'Rourke (horse)

A fact from Daniel O'Rourke (horse) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 January 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that winning time of 3.04 by Ellington at the 1856 Derby Stakes was the slowest ever recorded, breaking the "record" of 3.02 set in 1852 by Daniel O'Rourke?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ellington (horse), Daniel O'Rourke (horse).

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Not quite finished[edit]

I'm sure I can find some more good sources on this. Good image- Hall was a class act and "Daniel" really does look 14.2 in the painting.Tigerboy1966 (talk) 02:26, 11 January 2012 (UTC) OK, done for nowTigerboy1966 (talk) 18:02, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A horse that won 2 races[edit]

As far I can can tell this is a article about a horse than won 2 races 160 years ago. The section about the Derby race reads like a commentators over exited commentary. Surely this is not notable. As part of a article about racing horses it would be fine but as a standalone article? Mtpaley (talk) 22:45, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There is no wikipedia tag for 'reads like a sports presenter' Mtpaley (talk) 22:46, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The notablility template invite editors to improve the article by adding reliable sources. The article already has those, so I removed the template. If you think that the topic genuinely fails GNG then you could try nominating at WP:AfD. Tigerboy1966 18:48, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As for the style of writing, you can use {{tone}} to highlight any problems. Tigerboy1966 19:27, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]