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Just for those who care, I toned down the article a bit. The horse was obviously significant, but I found no evidence that he could outrace a speeding bullet or clear skyscrapers in a single bound. (grin). Basically, I chopped a lot of over-wikilinking (usually a term is wikilinked once per article at this length), tossed a lot of unneeded adjectives and other tweaks per WP:MOS, and generally tried to make it sound a bit more like an encyclopedia article and not the home page for the fan club. Montanabw (talk) 05:39, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
re: (Can we GET OVER THIS? Horse was bred in NZ, would not be famous if it hadn't raced in AUS. Nationalism has its limits, I mean really, can't you guys just get along???) Montanabw.
My understanding of the "Country section" in the info box refers to the country where the horse was foaled. Is this correct? In Carbine's case this should be New Zealand and not Australia and New Zealand. And can we get rid of these superfluous flag icons in accordance with the policy WP:ICONDECORATION. Cuddy Wifter ( talk) 00:35, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
I think we should remove these. Spearmint was a son of Carbine, and he is linked to Nearco, Nasrullah, Northern Dancer etc, whose bloodlines are in many many well known horses. The exercise in establishing lineage to Carbine is a bit pointless. Wallie ( talk) 17:26, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
I think this sentence should be rewritten: "Statistics and contemporary assessments indicate that he was a dominant Antipodean racehorse of the 19th century, and he still ranks with such 20th-century Thoroughbreds as such as his descendants Nearco, Northern Dancer, Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Ballymoss, Shergar, Arkle, Never Say Die, Mr. Prospector, Nasrullah, Nijinsky II (winner of the UK Triple Crown), Royal Palace, Better Loosen Up, Sir Ivor, Phar Lap, Tulloch, Kingston Town[10] and Bernborough in terms of renown among turf historians." The part "as such as his descendants..." doesn't make sense to me. VirtualDave 13:43, 29 October 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by VirtualDave ( talk • contribs)