User talk:Kellsboro Jack

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Sorry that I "took over" your work on the Pete Bostwick page. I had been working on him, his family, and his sister's Phipps family for some time and after posting, got an "edit conflict" notice that you too were edituing. Handicapper 17:40, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Handicapper - not to worry and thanks for the vast amount of additions. Great job in fact. I came across his entry page and found it exceptionally thin and more shall we say flowery. I just wanted to add a few bits in while I was fleshing out the entry for F Ambrose Clark. I have provided a decent amount of information on the Bostwick family to another site: Bostwick/Bostock family tree

Pete was a one of a kind polo player - it's a shame his Village Farms polo field and the other stables are largely lifeless in Gilbertsville, NY. Kellsboro Jack

I created a Bostwick family article and Category so if you want to work on Dorothy Campbell or any of the others please do as your efforts are appreciated. Handicapper 14:29, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Pebbles

Nice work on the Pebbles article. She was a great favourite of mine and the extra information on tbe Breeders' Cup win is excellent. I'd forgotten about Come On The Blues travelling with her! Bcp67 05:40, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Curlin

Per Wikipedia guidelines, information that may be considered potentially defamatory or harmful about living people must be suitably referenced to be included in the encyclopedia. You have added information about living people in jail without bringing suitable sources. You must bring reliable and verifiable sources to have that information in the article. Please do so and there will be no problem. Thank you. -- Avi 15:14, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Also, please see Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Editor speculation about what may happen based on what a judge did or did not do is inappropriate for the encyclopedia. -- Avi 15:16, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
You misunderstand. I have no interest in "winning", "losing", or horse-racing in general. I do have an interest in ensuring wikipedia policies and guidelines are uphelp, as per the agreement you, I, and any editor makes when editing on wikipedia. That is all. -- Avi 16:25, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
I reverted and provided an additional reference per WP:BLP. It was sourced...it just wasn't sourced in Wiki format (the news story was a link at the bottom of the page). Smashville 17:26, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pete Bostwick

I too have been frustrated at times by those whose mission is to only insert a 'no references given" logo without even bothering to check. It is particularly so because of the considerable waste of time involved when it is just a matter of them taking a second to properly change "External link" to read "References." Handicapper (talk) 15:47, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dash for Cash and other QH's

Heh. Maybe with two of us having him on our to-do lists, it'll get done. Dash's article was already there when I started work on the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame, and I just haven't had the energy to tackle the mess that it is. Eventually. And while I've got your ear, take a look at Easy Jet, which I hope to get to WP:Good article nominations shortly, and tell me if anything is grossly wrong. Thanks! Ealdgyth | Talk 20:53, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the praise on Easy Jet. Oddly enough, I own three Arabians and part-Arabians, and have never owned a Quarter Horse in my life, unless you count the part Quarter that is in the part-Arabians (grins). I'll admit my library on QHs is much more oriented towards the older bloodlines, so finding information on the recent horses is going to be an issue. One of these days I'll get around to reworking some of the TB articles too, Pan Zareta is on my list to do someday.Ealdgyth | Talk 17:56, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Today I found an article from the 1998 Quarter Horse Journal talking about Lukas getting back into QH racing. Maybe that'll motivate me.... Ealdgyth | Talk 01:25, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Fantastic. Although 10-yrs on from that article and while D. Wayne is down to just a very few number of clients, his largest being Marylou Whitney Stables and he hasn't been to the Kentucky Derby or Breeders' Cup in a few years I doubt he'll ever return to the QH arena. --Kellsboro Jack (talk) 23:04, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Notablity

I'm wondering if these two belong ... Belle's Good Cide and I'll Get Along. Any ideas on whether they should be deleted or if there are even any sources that can be added? Ealdgyth | Talk 01:27, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually I'm not sure what the 'cut off' as per say is with Wikipedia and horses. At some point bandwidth might become an issue, but until then culling a record of a dam to a Kentucky Derby winner might not be necessary. I just don't know. A lot of garbage entries on trivial things such as songs or people of the moment are found everywhere on Wikipedia.
As for more resources there were plenty of articles on "Belle" when Funny Cide was in the limelight but of course generally because she was his mum. In general I'd say it would be a good question to pose to the greater TB forum to see what others think. --Kellsboro Jack (talk) 23:13, 31 January 2008 (UTC)