Talk:Funny Cide

Cleanup tag

I don't know how to talk to the person who wrote me on Feb. 7, about Man O 'War. I tried to, but it didn't work for me. I am a novice, of course. I merely wanted to say thank you for pointing there was a Man o 'War page but that it was called "Man O' War (horse)" Now I have a clean-up notice on my page, and no details. Things get confused. But I am hoping to learn. Ki — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ki Longfellow (talk • contribs) 14:16, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I think the reason the cleanup tag was posted is to suggest changes

• Remove language which makes judgements (I have already done a bit of editing on this one). The text should be neutral (so words like "best" or "good" etc., which make judgements should be avoided).
• Change the reference system to be numbered references (see Wikipedia:Footnotes)

but this is a great article. Many new articles get cleanup tags, and in the long run, the make for a better Wikipedia in my view. --Hansnesse 18:13, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Added footnotes. --Hansnesse 08:32, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I see. And I thank you. I admit I am enthusiatic about this horse, hence the less than objective language. I hope that is cleared away now, especially with your help. And I love learning about the proper footnote notations. Ki — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ki Longfellow (talk • contribs) 12:54, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

The Cleanup was not related to the article itself, but it had no paragraphs, the language wasn't neutral and it was hard to read. It is not a judgement against you and in this case it was tagged so it could be cleaned up and to ask other authors to make the article more in line with the standard, because there were many little things. I removed it again, because it is not necessary anymore. Mind you many articles get tagged in the beginning and it should be better if people could discuss and change the article, but there are too many articles. Dr Debug (Talk) 17:09, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup

I have tagged this article for cleanup for several reasons. The first is the opening paragraph: it's way too long, and the first sentence needs work. The second is the bolding of many horse's names (among other things) throughout, which is against WP:MS. The Sackatoga Stable section should probably be split into its own article, leaving the essentials of their aquiring of Funny on this page in the "early years" section. The section entitled "What's a gelding to do" definitely needs to be renamed (rather informal). There are quotations that need citations. Some sentences are decidedly unencyclopedic ("Funny took control from Robin Smullen, and ran perhaps too hard and too fast...way too fast"), or at least informal. --Pharaoh Hound (talk) 23:14, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Actually the article needs cleaning because the first paragraph (particularly the opening sentences) lists all sorts of boring details about the horse, but fails to mention the single thing that makes Funny Cide significant: winning the first 2 legs of the triple crown. -R. fiend 00:32, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

I long ago removed all names in bold. I now open the article as suggested, with the Triple Crown run. But as for boring details, what can I say to this? Anyone who cares for a horse of any kind, cares to know about that horse. (This goes for any subject.) What one person finds boring, another finds fascinating. Ki Longfellow 18:50, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Funny boo.jpg

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NEEDS WIKIFICATION

Is this article reads like a novel----needs to be more encyclopedic

IMO - It's so long and the facts are so repeated and non-standard that it's overwhelming, ie, I don't want to read it. If I wanted a magazine article, I can find those. Please look at the other greats, ie, Northern Dancer, Rags to Riches, etc., and standardize to match. shoebox22 19:39, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 17:07, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Ignored by virtually everyone, ho ho

Re: Kentucky derby section

This section is so non-encyclopedic that it descends into parody, no more so than when it pointlessly links to a disambiguation page for the indefinite pronoun "everybody." I may have been artless in remarking "that's really stupid" as I removed the link, but that's an accurate description, we must all admit. 76.20.250.202 (talk) 00:17, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Hope it's more like a wiki article now

Worked at cleaning it up, much less like a story and more like an informative piece on the horse. 96.238.212.91 (talk) 21:59, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

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