User talk:Peaky76

Brocklesby Stakes
Hi Peaky. Thanks for starting this article. I have added a sentence and a reference on Donovan's win in 1888. I was also thinking of starting an article on Provideo (he was British Horse of the Year in 1984), which might help.  Tigerboy1966  21:07, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Welcome, thanks etc!
Hi, I've only recently noticed you creating good horse racing articles although I see you've actually been around for a while. Great to have someone else around doing good quality horse racing stuff. I'm always willing to copy-edit articles, add in links, review stuff although I don't have much time these days for starting new articles, so if you need a hand or want to discuss anything on the subject please give me a shout via my talk page. Cheers! --Bcp67 (talk) 11:08, 12 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Yes, I've been around for a while, but I've recently found myself with some spare time so thought I'd try and put it to use.  Horse racing is a professional and personal interest of mine, so it seemed a good place to start.  It's a shame that wikipedia doesn't have the depth of articles on horse racing that it does on equivalent sports.  I'm always quite surprised by some of the omissions.  I will definitely give you a shout for advice.  I'm still finding my way round a lot of wikipedia Peaky76 (talk) 12:12, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
 * And great to see that you're still here 6 1/2 years on and still doing excellent stuff!! --Bcp67 (talk) 14:17, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I try to keep up to it when I can find the time! Peaky76 (talk) 22:38, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Ballabriggs, Imperial Commander
Good work on both articles. They certainly aren't stubs anymore. equineline is a good, reliable source for pedigrees.  Tigerboy1966  22:43, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Source
This is a good source of news stories on British Racing, especially in the late 19th and early 20th century. The NZ papers tended to reprint stories from the British ones, but as the British ones aren't generally available free on-line, this works very well.  Tigerboy1966  19:47, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * That's excellent thanks very much. I will take a look.  I likewise found some info on Loates in the New York Times that I couldn't find reported here.  Peaky76 (talk) 22:06, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Freddie Fox
I have added a bit more info and references to the Freddie Fox (jockey) article, I dont have any interest in horse racing but just like to improve articles when I see I can improve them. Fox is birth place is from the 1911 Census which agrees with the General Register Office Birth Index which gives the registration district that includes Berrington. Keep up the good work. MilborneOne (talk) 11:50, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Annoying request
Those redlinked jockeys keep turning blue. Frank Wootton was years overdue for an article and a true "forgotten great": I honestly thought that he was born in South Africa till I read your article. Anyway, one of the things that happen when you get established as an authority on a subject is that people pester you with annoying requests for new articles, so here goes: Joe Childs please.  Tigerboy1966   20:52, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Not annoying at all! I'll get on to it pronto.  Actually knew very little about any of these guys before I started looking into it.  They were just names on a list to me.  But it's amazing what you can find out once you have a rummage around.  Found loads of old racing books that had just been gathering dust in the cellar.  And those Australian and NZ news sites are a goldmine. Peaky76 (talk) 11:34, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
 * And I thought I was the only person on WP to have a copy of Mortimer's "Biographical Encyclopedia..."!  Tigerboy1966   22:00, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Lath
Hi, like Tigerboy I noticed you have been making good progress through the jockeys. I removed the odds column on the summary of Lath's known races, seeing as we don't know the odds for any of his races. Also, only a minor point, and I'm not sure which is more reliable, but Pick and Johnson's Turf Register (1801) says his match against Squirt was worth 300 gs and the race at Malborough £50 rather than 50 gs. ps good work on the 1780 Derby, Edwarddutton (talk) 21:39, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks Edward. Yes, that's a good point on the odds column - makes sense to remove it.  As for your other point, I keep finding these conflicts between sources!  One of the hazards of dealing with something so far back I guess.  Your source is earlier though, so I'd be happy to go with that. Peaky76 (talk) 22:54, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Joe Childs
What a great article - you get a real sense of his career and personality - found it fascinating. I see you've got the Howard Wright "Encyclopedia of Flat Racing", still a much-thumbed book on my shelves over 25 years after it was published! --Bcp67 (talk) 19:21, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Books about racecourses
A couple of books worth getting hold of are a pair I have written by John Tyrrell in the late 80s or early 90s - Racecourses On The Flat, and Chasing Around Britain. Good on the history of racecourses in Britain. --Bcp67 (talk) 18:49, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks Bcp, I will take a look Peaky76 (talk) 12:42, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Horse racing in Scotland
Thanks for adding images to this article!--MacRùsgail (talk) 15:36, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 * No problem! Peaky76 (talk) 15:40, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

British Newspaper Archive (BNA)
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BNA access issue
Peaky76, I contacted you almost a month ago approving your access to BNA. I have to be able to e-mail you further instructions and you'll have to complete some registration tasks. If this isn't completed by January 15, I'll archive your application with no further action. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 00:11, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Chris Troutman ( talk ) 20:43, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

The Swinburns
Thank you for your message, very kind of you. The two Swinburns are easily confused for having the same first name. Wally was based in Ireland and Walter in England, but their careers did overlap slightly and both won Classics in 1981, Wally at the end of his career and Walter at the start of his! All the best and hope to see you doing plenty of editing in 2015. --Bcp67 (talk) 21:07, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Gordon Brown
I notice that in the List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom you deleted my reference to Neville Chamberlain as last British PM to hold the office without involvement of a General Election, explaining it was no longer the case as Gordon Brown had superseded. Gordon Brown, although he took office mid-term to succeed Blair, did contest (and lose) the 2010 General Election so it cannot be said his term was untested.Cloptonson (talk) 21:58, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry. My misunderstanding. Peaky76 (talk) 13:59, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Mercurius Scoticus
Hello, Peaky76, I saw that you made a draft for a new article at User:Peaky76/Mercurius Scoticus. Short term hosting of potentially valid articles and other reasonable content under development or in active use is usually acceptable. But in this case, you haven't edited your draft for a long time. If you wish to improve the draft yourself, please do. Otherwise, you may consider donating it to WikiProject Abandoned Drafts (a participant can help). Please also consider moving the article to draftspace so it can be prepared as an AFC submission. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 23:32, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

British Champion flat jockeys
Based on this do you think it's safe to update the 1864 champion to James "Jemmy" Grimshaw rather than just J.Grimshaw? Also see Topcardi (talk) 01:14, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Very belatedly, yes I think we can! I've updated it now. Thanks Peaky76 (talk) 22:10, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Bedale horse racing
Hi; thanks for the edit but could you please insert the page number from the book in the citation? Ta. regards. The joy of all things (talk) 10:20, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Jo Brand
Apologies for that, clicked rollback in error! Mjroots (talk) 19:40, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Mjroots No worries! Peaky76 (talk) 20:21, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

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Paid editor requests your review of comedian's notability
Hello User:Peaky76. My name is Dan Cook. I do paid editing on behalf of clients, mostly article cleanup, always using the Simple COI request template. My partner and I avoid new articles for any number of reasons. But I recently got a request for help with a new article from a British entertainer, Sheridan “Shed” Simove. He had a Wikipedia entry that was posted in 2011 but was deleted this past June. I am reaching out to you because your interest in Edinburgh Fringe may have brought you into the orbit of Shed World.

The story behind the deletion is convoluted, as you can imagine. But after talking to him, I think what happened was he went in to the article to add in new information without disclosing his COI. (I’m pretty sure he did not understand the rules around such editing.) Another editor saw his work, decided he was not notable, and deleted it.

I reviewed his coverage and I do believe his is sufficiently notable to merit a rather short article. Would you be willing to review my draft?

I have written and formatted it, along with an assessment of the media coverage as per Wikipedia media credibility and the 65% guidelines. He’s got a fair amount of high level coverage (BBC, Reuters, Guardian, ABC News).

If so, please let me know whether you want me to put it in draft space, post  it on your talk page, my talk page, my sandbox, etc. He would really appreciate knowing whether or not you think he can be restored to Wikipedia. I can share his previous article if you like. Thanking you in advance for any feedback you have to offer Shed. DanDavidCook (talk) 22:15, 12 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi Dan. Yes, of course. Happy to take a look at this. Add it wherever is easiest for you. Have to say he's not someone I've come across in Fringe circles, so can't vouch for his notability but willing to give the article a look over. Peaky76 (talk) 10:53, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry to be so late in acknowledging your offer to help. I will post it in my sandbox and invite you to review it. DanDavidCook (talk) 17:09, 3 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks again for your offer to review the draft. It is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DanDavidCook/sandbox DanDavidCook (talk) 17:25, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Sheridan Shed Simove draft
Hi there, here's the link to the finished draft. Let me know if you think he meets the notability standard based on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DanDavidCook/sandbox

Thanks in advance for your consideration. DanDavidCook (talk) 19:42, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

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Michael Weirsky
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Jockeys
Great to see you getting so many good jockey articles from various eras up and running - brings back some good memories, Tony Murray rode Al Bahathri, who was a great favourite of mine. I usually pick up new articles from links to pages I'm watching, I try to get links done when I have time and have a quick look through the article for any typos or small fixes. All the best! Bcp67 (talk) 08:08, 24 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Yes, I've found a bit of time again and unpacked my old racing books after a house move. Been enjoying getting back into it. And thanks for all you do. Any fixes much appreciated! Peaky76 (talk) 18:11, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

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