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Welcome to the Harness racing task force of WikiProject Horse racing.

Scope

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Harness racing worldwide and harness racing horse breeds, including but not limited to:


Participants

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To do list

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  • Add Standardbred module to all horse "biography" infoboxes where relevant
  • Tagging all harness racing article talk page project boxes with new parameter: |harness=yes as shown:
{{WikiProject Horse racing|class=|importance=|harness=yes}}

To produce:

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Articles to create

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Drivers:

Events:

  • An article on the 1970s superfecta scandal could be used. Some of the drivers listed above were indicted.

Horses:

Guidelines

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Project scope includes horses, people, tracks, equipment, and so on. Discussion at talk whether project tagging is appropriate for things that are related to both harness and flat racing (such as racetracks that offer both types of races, etc.)

Resources

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Project tagging: Add the parameter |harness=yes to {{WikiProject Horse racing}}

Userbox

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This user is a member of the Harness racing task force

Infobox

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Purpose

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This module is intended to expand Template:Infobox racehorse to include the extra parameters required for a Standardbred:

  • Gait
  • Driver
  • Mile record
  • Groom

Usage

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Include this module in a Standardbred racehorse article by adding it within the Template:Infobox racehorse using its |module= parameter, like this:

Dan Patch
Dan Patch in harness
BreedStandardbred
GaitPace
SireJoe Patchen
GrandsirePatchen Wilkes
DamZelica
DamsireWilkesberry
SexStallion
FoaledApril 29, 1896
DiedJuly 11, 1916
CountryUnited States
ColorDark bay
BreederDaniel Messner, Jr.
OwnerDaniel Messner, Jr.
Manley E. Sturges (1902)
Marion Willis Savage (1902-1916)
Recordundefeated
DriverJohn Wattles (1900)
Myron McHenry (1901-1903)
Harry Hersey (1904-1909)
Mile record1:5514
unofficially 1:55
Honors
Harness Racing Hall of Fame (1953)
Hall of Fame Immortal
{{Infobox racehorse

After the "breed parameter:
...
| module1 = {{Infoboxmodule Standardbred  <!--gait will only appear after breed if "module1" is specified-->
  | gait = [[Pace (horse gait)|Pace]]	
  }}
...

| module = {{Infoboxmodule Standardbred
  | driver      = driver goes here
  | mile_record = mile record goes here
  | groom       = groom goes here
  }}

...

...

}}