Talk:Luke McLuke/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 14:56, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

While I don't normally review articles nominated within a month to help tweak the backlog, this is short enough that I can whip out a review fairly quickly. I'll have it done shortly. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 14:56, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Here are the issues I found, going purposely nitpicky since there's not a lot of info:
 * "Luke McLuke was a 1911 bay Thoroughbred stallion born in the United States," I'd say (born 1911) as well as "was an American Thoroughbred...". Also, that comma isn't needed.
 * Done. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:35, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * How common is it for horses to make racing debuts at the Belmont? I would imagine pretty rare, though maybe that was the norm back then. If debuts in triple crown races are rare maybe note that.
 * I'm not sure he debuted in the Belmont. Racing records are pretty spotty for this time period - most of the compilations start a bit later. It's not totally unheard of for horses to debut in the big classic races, and you have to remember that at this time, it wasn't really thought of as a "Triple Crown" when Luke McLuke ran the race - it wasn't until the 1920s and 1930s that it became a big big deal. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:35, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * "He won a total of $3025 for the win." maybe say he earned a total, just so no one's thrown by won/win that close together. Same for next sentence.
 * Fixed. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:35, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * "which was one mile long race for three-year-olds." which was the one..
 * Actually it should be "which was a one mile..." fixed. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:35, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * "and Mr Sponge" you sure there's no period in there?
 * Fixed to what the source has (although I'm not sure that that is utterly correct, the rules on punctuation in names have changed over time, but we'll go with what the source has) Ealdgyth - Talk 14:35, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Any info on a death year?
 * No. I searched all the usual sites, including the Daily Racing Form. Thoroughbred Heritage didn't have it either, which means it may not be recorded, which isn't that unusual for stallions of the period. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:35, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Not too much to fix. I'll put it on hold and pass it when the issues are fixed. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 04:47, 2 February 2011 (UTC)


 * And thank you very much for the review... Ealdgyth - Talk 14:58, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * No problem. Everything looks good now so I'll pass the article. Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 03:24, 3 February 2011 (UTC)