User talk:Tigerboy1966/Archive 4

The unbeatable, the Untapable
Feel free to steal wholesale from Rosie Napravnik article for stuff on Untapable, lots of sources, all nicely formatted. I'll see if I can find any images on Flickr. Montanabw (talk) 01:11, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

And can you whip me up a pedigree chart for Bayern in my sandbox here? I can pull together the rest. User:Montanabw/Bayern (horse) (and yes, yay for Wicked Strong.  will this fall have a great Breeders' Cup or what?  Hearing rumors that Australia might come over... anything on your side of the pond about that?)   Montanabw (talk)  01:15, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Hoisting a pint, perhaps
Bayern (horse) is now live. Still kind of rough, but we are 33 days to the Breeders' Cup, so figured it was time to get moving. We could hoist a pint from Bayern Brewing, Inc., though I know he was named after FC Bayern Munich. Still, the principle applies... Anyway, I'll be working on the race history, but I'd sure appreciate it if you could also! Montanabw (talk) 18:07, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I just got Main Sequence (horse) live. With all the recent retirements this year's BC has a "last man standing" look about it. Will certainly look at Bayern again. I am a fan of the Wychwood Brewery beers especially Hobgoblin, which David Cameron presented as a gift to Barack Obama.  Tigerboy1966  19:52, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Heh, my hubby is the microbrew expert, I'm more of a red wine sort! But cheers!  The BCC is going to be a 3-year-olds' race, Bayern, Tonalist, Shared Belief, "Chrome are all probably for sure entries.  Baffert said in an interview during Game on Dude's retirement ceremony (same day as the Awesome Again stakes) that they'll be doing the Classic with Bayern. If Wicked Strong comes out from his mishap OK, I anticipate he'll be there too.  VE Day a wild card, but I think the Travers was also a "win and you're in"...  Might be a good year for another European horse to try the dirt - think Australia could be tempted?    Montanabw (talk)  04:48, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Mine's a Gin and Tonic (easy on the tonic}. I've filled out Bayern's racing career. He does seem the like the second coming of Game On Dude (Baffert has called him "the little Dude") in that if he is allowed a soft lead he is a monster, but if he's taken on early he's very vulnerable. And like the big dude, he won't be allowed a soft lead in the BCC. I don't see any of the top Euro's going for the BCC. Toast of New York looks like our best likely hope and he has been beaten fair & square by Shared Belief. I think we have the likely winners covered.  Tigerboy1966  20:18, 29 September 2014 (UTC)


 * A gin & tonic can be quite fine, indeed. Put up Bayern for DYK, co-nom with you, hope that was to your liking.  Template:Did you know nominations/Bayern (horse). if you can cook up a better hook, go for it.  Yeah, we did pretty well to hit the top contenders.   Montanabw (talk)  02:37, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

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Heh, heh, Bwahahaaa
Updated a certain BLP about a certain person you happened to ping me about... watchlist for whitewashing? ;-)  Montanabw (talk)  21:32, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Oh maestro...
Any chance you can figure out who this horse is? File:Napravnik at Churchill Downs (11151454063).jpg what I know is that, obviously it is the #3 horse, it is being ridden by Rosie Napravnik and she's in the silks of Ken and Sarah Ramsey. It's at Churchill Downs and the uploader says it was taken June 16, 2013 (which was Sunday, Father's Day in the US). Equibase won't take me back to 2013, maybe you can use Racing Post...?? Montanabw (talk) 03:50, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Dehere On Tour, 2nd in claiming Race 7. Froggerlaura  ribbit  05:19, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry not to have replied, but there is a seven hour time difference! The RP wouldn't have been much use as they only cover the more important US races.  Tigerboy1966  08:46, 5 October 2014 (UTC)


 * OK, Froggerlaura is the Maestro!  Montanabw (talk)  02:03, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Bayern (horse)
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  12:03, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Admire Rakti
Hi Tigerboy1966,

Just like to thank you for your effortless contributions to Admire Rakti. Such a tragic postscript to this year's Melbourne Cup without a doubt. Note that when I started the page it covered mainly the incidents at the Cup, as my knowledge of horse racing is limited. MasterMind5991 (talk) 22:08, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for getting the page started. When things like this happen, people tend to say "why is it always the good ones", forgetting that the good ones are the only ones that get the publicity. I wanted to get the article up to scratch quickly as it's important to note that he was a very good staying thoroughbred who ran in many top races before the sad events of Tuesday. btw if you can get more Oz sports editors to work on Horse racing articles it would be much appreciated: there isn't anything like the depth of coverage you get with European or American racing.  Tigerboy1966  22:43, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

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I think we have a rising star...
Take Charge Brandi: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/88864/take-charge-brandi-takes-down-delta-princess  Montanabw (talk)  23:52, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
 * and a third G1 winner in 4 years for her grandma Take Charge Lady.  Tigerboy1966  05:58, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Who also probably has now earned an article, don't you think? (Mares get short shrift!) Maybe the Lady first, even! Montanabw (talk)  06:20, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll certainly take a look.  Tigerboy1966  06:24, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Started in sandbox. There are few articles about horses who were primarily known as broodmares: off the top of my head I can think of Kind (horse) and the Rubens mare. TCL was such a good racehorse that she probably doesn't fit that category.  Tigerboy1966  18:47, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Up to 17k and still needing work. Should be up tomorrow.  Tigerboy1966  20:31, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

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Acid bath
What you added didn't make sense, so I reverted it. The grammar was correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheElderFox (talk • contribs) 00:15, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

At your leisure...
Can you do your pedigree magic at Bobby's Kitten? Thanks in advance! Montanabw (talk) 07:38, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Congratulations
If you like you can add this userbox to your collection.

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Congrats, Tigerboy! Montanabw (talk) 03:33, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

WTH?
100K edits? ... wow. NICE! ... thank you! — Ched : ?  05:58, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Just Heard
Congratulations. Awe some in the true sense of the word.(Littleolive oil (talk) 11:36, 15 March 2015 (UTC))

sumo updates
Hello. I appreciate all your updates to the career records tables after the March basho. I was out of town and wasn't able to do my share. If you happen to have a chance to help, could you also change the "updated" date in the infobox as well. This used to be only for the infobox, but we came to realize that the infobox doesn't change as fast as other information in the article, so it was best to use the date listed there for the whole page. Thanks again. FourTildes (talk) 02:57, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I will try to remember the "updated" date. I think my knowledge is also improving: I reverted an edit which gave Terunofuji a kinboshi for beating Hakuho, because that is only awarded to maegashira.  Tigerboy1966  12:24, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Odds and source?
Hey Tigerboy, Equibase isn't putting up a card for the Dubai World Cup, I need the odds that Cal Chrome went off at and all the usual commentary on size of field, etc... can you find me a source? (See citation error in the article for ref name=Dubai) Montanabw (talk)  00:44, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Betting is illegal in Dubai, so there are no official odds, but the British bookmakers do take bets on the races there and those are the odds I quoted. I have now added the result from the Racing Post site to the Prince Bishop (horse) article. I'll leae it here as well .  Tigerboy1966  08:49, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

I believe a new horse bio is in order
Secret Circle (horse). Multiple G1 winner, incl Dubai Golden Shaheen. Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk) 22:22, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I've seen the article, which is certainly a fan's effort. Let's say the enthuiasm/competence balance could stand some adjustment.  Tigerboy1966  05:26, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I did the most superficial of cleanup, saw you also took a whack at it.  Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk)  21:28, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Three for the money
We appear to not yet have articles for the current leading Kentucky Derby contenders who have won GI races: Dortmund (horse) (Santa Anita Derby), Carpe Diem (horse) (Bluegrass Stakes) and maybe Frosted (horse) (Wood Memorial). Not sure what to think about Materiality (horse) in the Florida Derby, kind of a long shot win. El Kabeir (horse) and International Star won big preps but not GIs. But otherwise, want to throw up the basics? We already have American Pharoah up (however it's misspelled) Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk)  21:31, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Dortmund now has two G1s so I'll start there, but oh, that pedigree looks horrible- if he stays sound I'll be surprised.  Tigerboy1966  07:20, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Dortmund up, but a bit messy as reflinks is down.  Tigerboy1966  12:41, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm a bit wary of creating articles for horses with one big trial win. After all they might not turn out to be much good and then you have to keep updating a deeply anticlimactic "Later Career" section featuring minor places in egg-and-spoon races at Mountaineer Park etc.  Tigerboy1966  13:20, 6 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you ever so! Yeah, I don't really "want" Dortmund to win (don't get me started on Big Brown...).  I've always been rooting for the Ramseys, one of these years they have to hit that jackpot.  I was also impressed with Carpe Diem in the Bluegrass.  I suppose this means International Star and Carpe Diem are the two I'm most rooting for, though I also have sympathy for Zayat - three possibles and two dropping fast - If American Pharaoh holds together he will be formidable, though.  We'll see how he does in Arkansas.  But was it you who reminded me that the horses you "want" to win and the ones you bet on need to be two completely different things in terms of one's thinking?  If so, then I have three "live longshots" to make things interesting (or at least a more profitable than usual show bet...): Bolo, Firing Line and, of course, Ocho Ocho Ocho (for the name if no other reason!) LOL!   Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk)  19:02, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
 * You're right about my betting philosophy: I haven't backed a horse in years apart from a fiver each way in the Grand National, because I always used to back the horse I wanted to win. We will get the full picture after the Arkansas Derby, but I do think you should take a look at Mubtaahij who will probably start at attractive odds cos as we all know "foreign horses can't win the Derby". And btw shouldn't the Louisiana Derby winner be called "International Kitten"?  Tigerboy1966   20:01, 7 April 2015 (UTC)


 * SCOMN! (Snorted coffee out my nose).  Well, he's not by Kitten's Joy, so no.  However, he is by Fusaichi Pegasus, so one would think he'd have been given a more creative name... what DOES "Fusaichi" mean, anyway??   Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk)  08:18, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Tiggy wiggy
Just noticed the info box on your Tiggy Wiggy page has some errors eg Dam: you'resothrilling. Probably due to copy and pasting from another page. Might want to check your other new articles to make sure you've not done it there.

Other than that the article is great! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Neroyak (talk • contribs) 16:57, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
 * THanks for pointing out. I think I was doing Tiggy Wiggy and Gleneagles (horse) at the same time.  Tigerboy1966  18:42, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks so much. Harness racing in NA appeals to me as it is a bit like National Hunt racing in Britain: many of the best horses are owned and trained by relatively normal people rather than multi-billonaires. I also tried to improve Messenger Stakes, Matts Scooter and Precious Bunny. To be honest I don't know much about the sport and a lot of useful work could be done by an experienced editor who actually understands what's going on (HINT!).  Tigerboy1966  20:09, 6 May 2015 (UTC)


 * is pretty knowledgeable about harness racing, at least in Scandinavia, where it is still very popular. I'm with you, I think it's cool, but I don't have much background. Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk)  22:47, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Ping!
Creating dive in with UK data as you see fit. Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk) 21:30, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Wanna do a GAN?
Want to be in as a co-nom on taking American Pharoah to GA? I'm thinking it's good enough for that. I'll add the races chart. Any other fixes, just pop your comments here or at the article talk page. (Yeah, wikicup points too...) Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk)  22:25, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Sounds good to me- I haven't done a GA in ages. Nice international perspective here from Sam Walker who is not easily impressed TC hype. He also makes the good point that a colt doesn't have to truly stay 1.5 miles to win the Belmont, he just has to stay less badly than his opponents.  Tigerboy1966   19:56, 18 May 2015 (UTC)


 * I slapped a CN tag on one thing you added to the article that didn't have a footnote... can you fix that? I have the article at GAN now that I added the stats chart.   Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk)  17:39, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Added ref. I've not been v. active on the article recently as I've been working on a big-ish article on this year's top-rated jumper.  Tigerboy1966  19:46, 22 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Wow. Started at age five, still racing at age eight.  They are doing something right over there!   Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk)  06:29, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

The Huntsman
Just saw your 'observations' from two and a half years ago on Talk:The Huntsman wrt correct name and French? training. Left my observations there. Colin aka Henri Merton 13:21, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

American Pharoah, Family 14
I'm admittedly outside my wheelhouse, editing on American Pharoah and equine pedigree, but have become curious how you know he's in Family 14 thanks to his fifth generation grandam Queen Zetta (see your first and originating edit). Do you know of an online database or reliable source we can cite for mtDNA? (I know about this page but can't quite see how APh's mare lineage connects to it.) Thanks for your reply. &mdash; Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 16:08, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you for raising this. I was probably just lazy and looked him up on pq which is not RS. If you look at the equineline pedigree of APh's fifth dam Miami Mood you can see that she was descended from a mare named Refugee III, but does not mention her dam Aliena (also the dam of the Irish Derby winner Land of Song) who is mentioned here. this page. Lots of sources such as this one  make the connection and there are all kinds of pedigree blogs supporting APh descent from Family 14 but none of them would probably be considered RS, so the reference to the horse being a member of that family should probably be removed for now.  Tigerboy1966   19:09, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd rather not delete it. Unless www.bloodlines.net fails as an RS source &mdash; which would mean a lot of other Wikipedia articles are currently wrong to link to it &mdash; I think I can write an explanatory footnote with good inferential sourcing. Show my work, in other words. Thanks for your help! &mdash;Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 01:06, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Let's keep it, but let's try to find a good permanent way to source these - Froggerlaura's lists may be a good place to start.  Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk)  06:30, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Idea for an article
I'm not normally one to create work for other people, but do you think Kingsgate Native deserves an article? Multiple G1 winner and still doing the business at 10 - what do you reckon about doing one? --Bcp67 (talk) 20:13, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
 * He's been on my list (on my user page) for ages, and it will be done. And yes, I could be heard halfway up the street when he won on Saturday. I keep waiting for him to retire (so I won't have to do updates), but he just won't go away!  Tigerboy1966  20:19, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Interesting one there about Sayani - I'd not come across him before - a Jacques le Marois winner taking the Cambridgeshire under a record weight next time out - wonder if Gosden fancied that for Kingman last year!!! --Bcp67 (talk) 08:27, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I didn't know much about him and thought I might be struggling for sources but the Cambridgeshire win obviously made a very big impact. I might add more to it as he sired quite a lot of other really good winners. I do like doing articles on "forgotten greats". It would be fascinating to see a really world class horse going down the handicap route- they still do it Oz!  Tigerboy1966  19:52, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Complaint about your edits at WP:AN3
Please see Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring. You can respond there if you wish. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 15:42, 20 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Oh geez, how could anyone complain about Tigerboy? He's one of our finest!   Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk)  21:45, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I've now got an IP editor 2.123.5.118 following me around and undoing all my edits. Sucks. No idea what to do.  Tigerboy1966  21:52, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

How sad !!!! --2.123.5.118 (talk) 21:54, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I'll get over it.  Tigerboy1966  21:56, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

He got blocked as a sockpuppet, I bet it's the same person. : What does it take to do an IP sweep and a rangeblock? I bet it's the same user. I've had to deal with these sorts of morons in the past (I helped bust User:ItsLassieTime, who had dozens of accounts and screwed up over 1000 articles with copy and paste editing. I'm on it now.   Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk)  21:56, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I can't calculate a range block with only one IP. A check-user might be of more assistance, I dunno. I have blocked the IP for 36 hours for the disruptive material in the edit summary and hidden the edit summary. Going through the contribs now, looking for clues etc. -- Diannaa (talk) 22:03, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
 * almost certainly is User:Dr John Peterson who, along with User:Equine 1961 was just blocked as a sockpuppet of User:Snackbag. Bet it's the same person.   Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk)  22:06, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
 * We can add more block time as a block evasion block if they return on that same IP. I think it might be a static IP. -- Diannaa (talk) 22:15, 20 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the above. I really haven't had to handle anything like this before (just lucky I suppose). I appreciate your involvement as I was getting to the point where my edit summaries would have started to get a little erm... blunt, and I needed to step back a pace or two.  Tigerboy1966  22:30, 20 June 2015 (UTC)


 * I've semiprotected this talk page for a short time due to the IPs of User:Snackbag. Also blocked User:2.123.6.113. In the future some /24 rangeblocks might be considered. EdJohnston (talk) 03:16, 21 June 2015 (UTC)


 * This IP needs a serious restriction of some sort, also need to revdel some edit summaries by 2.123.5.118.  Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk)  10:06, 21 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Back again as 2.216.92.56. Blocked by very quickly by User:Gilliam.  Tigerboy1966  13:07, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Must be a slow day in Slough. Froggerlaura  <sup style="color:maroon;">ribbit  15:56, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I have been to Slough. It makes Lame Deer look like Florence.  Tigerboy1966  16:27, 21 June 2015 (UTC)


 * and again as 2.216.94.5  Tigerboy1966  17:58, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Can we get 2.216.94.5 blocked and edit summaries removed. It is making some very offensive comments. please help.18:45, 21 June 2015 (UTC)  Tigerboy1966  18:46, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I've asked Gilliam if there is anything he/she can do. Your user pages might all have to be protected to get this to stop. Froggerlaura  <sup style="color:maroon;">ribbit  18:48, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Not been around much this weekend, but looks like you've had a rough one - keep your head up, you're doing a great job, as always! I'll keep an eye on your edits for vandalism as and when I can --Bcp67 (talk) 21:09, 21 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Heh, I've been to Lame Deer! It is definitely no fun to be harassed by a troll, but at least you have the comfort of knowing that you have a blatent sockpuppet adn troll on your hands, plus you have gotten to "meet" an entire herd of fantastic admins!  I'd give them ponies, every one of them! (In fact, i think I will!)   Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk)  04:14, 22 June 2015 (UTC)


 * I think I thanked all of them but will check. As a strictly "content" editor, it's easy for me to forget the vigilance and hard work done by admins, but I'm very glad they were there over the weekend. I felt like a bullied kid whose big sisters and brothers turned up to walk him home from school.  Tigerboy1966  18:34, 22 June 2015 (UTC)


 * I sent ponies all around. Think of yourself as a courageous content creator whose cavalry came in at a convenient time! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Montanabw (talk • contribs)

I see this little troll is still at it. I've decided to track this, not sure what can be done with a dynamic IP, but if we collect the evidence, it may help. See my famous (or infamous) sock-hunting "duck box": User:Montanabw/Duck_box. And if you need more cavalry, post to my talk page because about 200 people have it watchlisted, some of whom probably know how to nuke his account and bounce the rubble. Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk) 20:08, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much. Admins are in Whac-A-Mole territory, I think and doing well. 2.125.172.76 was the latest and was "whaced" by User:EdJohnston today. The sockmaster actually seemed to start out as a pretty knowledgeable editor, but decided early on that anyone who disagreed with his edits was a "liar", "fool" or something worse.  Tigerboy1966  20:23, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I'll keep an eye on your edits and revert as necessary --Bcp67 (talk) 20:32, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks mate, I know you've been doing that already and do appreciate it.  Tigerboy1966  20:39, 24 June 2015 (UTC)



AP at FAC
Just a heads up that I nominated American Pharoah for featured article here: Featured article candidates/American Pharoah/archive1 and included you as a co-nom. Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk) 23:29, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Muhaarar has been nominated for Did You Know

 * I think so many of your articles are worth a front page slot, but when I look at them I find it hard to pick out something specific which will pass a DYK review - Muhaarar at least had the virtue of his speedy win in the Greenham which was explicitly mentioned in the Guardian article for a hook.--Bcp67 (talk) 08:46, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for nominating. I think a lot of my articles are quite dry and factual, but that's encyclopedia articles for you! If I find anything "hooky" in the sources I try to include it. Listening to the commentators I think an alternative could be "No-one knows how to pronounce Muhaarar"  Tigerboy1966   19:48, 14 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Hey, if anyone needs a qpq for DYK, I have created Doncaster Round Barn (birthplace of Spokane (horse) ), and it needs a DYK review.  Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk)  23:05, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Muhaarar
— Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:01, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

A too-helpy helper...
Seemed to think we needed to bluelink Littleprincessemma so redirected it back to American Pharoah. Per FAC, a reviewer (rightly) pointed out that we needed to either unlink it or stub it, so I stubbed it. Was wondering if you'd be willing to trot (or maybe a relaxed canter, but no need for a gallop) over and sprinkle a little more pixie dust on it so it's not a one-sentence stub. I figured that the mare has produced two stakes winners now (the other being Xixixi, I think) so probably GNG enough. I wouldn't bust a move to make it happen, but just FYI that it's lurking there. Thanks. Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk) 23:38, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I've added an infobox and a ref. We do have articles about horses who are notable as broodmares like Kind (horse), Somethingroyal and the Rubens mare, but those three all had more achievements than LPE. Will add more later.  Tigerboy1966  06:06, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

new rikishi articles
Thanks for your addition of the two new rikishi articles. They look well-made to me and they are appreciated. Next time please refer to the criteria for whether or not to make a new article for rikishi. These criteria are listed on the sumo project page [].

The reason for these criteria is that in the past people have made articles for up and coming rikishi (ones who just joined makuuchi or even juryo) only to have that rikishi soon drop back into obscurity. This is even though we have to keep updating their article information every tournament. This would be fine if there were more people involved in the sumo project but there are very few of us these days.

Also please update rikishi article info boxes when updating anything on their page (in or outside the info box).

Thanks again. FourTildes (talk) 15:04, 27 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the advice. I will try to keep the two I started up to date. We have a similar issue at Horse Racing: a horse wins one big race, gets an article, and then does nothing else. You end up with an article left out of date, or very unbalanced. I am getting into the habit of updating the infoboxes and will try to be more consitent.  Tigerboy1966  18:47, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

I couldn't ask for more than that! Thanks again for your contributions. FourTildes (talk) 17:57, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Explain?
So per http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricDams/EngFoundationMares/Family21/Family21.html help me understand your switch to family A4 here. I'm not up on these family lines, so can you help me see how all that works? Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk) 07:23, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I read this . This suggests that the link between A4 and 21 depends on the assumption that Malvina and the "Stirling mare" were the same horse, but that the stud records which would prove this are no longer extant. I think the sentence I put in the pedigree section of the article is a pretty fair, if terse summary, of the position: CC is definitely from A4 which is probably a branch of 21. Tbh a lot of the early stud records were pretty chaotic, and not just in America: see the artioles on Bend Or and Bloomsbury. I'm sorry, I know I don't explain my edits enough. When I typed "correcting error" into the edit summary I had a feeling that it would come back to bite me!  Tigerboy1966  19:12, 30 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Your explanation makes sense. User:Ealdgyth can tell you tales of chaos in the American Quarter Horse world!  Thanks for the explanation.  We probably do have to put Thoroughbred breeding theories and related articles into the article improvement hopper one of these days... sigh.   Montanabw <sup style="color:purple;">(talk)  23:31, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I've just about reached the decision I'm going to have to totally rework at least the first three AQHA stud books - so many freaking corrections... Ealdgyth - Talk 23:54, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Racing Post loves Wikipedia
Good to know that those hard-working journos at RP know where to get their facts. See this article ], which is damn-near word-for-word in places. Not quite the same as the American jockey who copied his WP bio for his personal website, but I'm still honoured.  Tigerboy1966  20:35, 25 August 2015 (UTC)