Talk:Nijinsky (horse)

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Note: I added a bio for Nijinsky II at Find A Grave.com and requested he be listed in their "Famous Horse" section. I was informed by Find A Grave.com that Nijinsky II did not fit their definition of a "Famous" racehorse. I felt this smacked of American egocentrism (e.g. Find A Grave lists Swale as a famous racehorse) and e-mailed (info@findagrave.com) them back with even more reasons and asserting that beyond what Nijinsky II accomplished, ALL Triple Crown wiinners are famous. I never received a reply. - Handicapper 14:59, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

"For registration clarification, he was recorded as Nijinsky II."

Why? For a non-specialist (like me) reading, there's no obvious reason why the "II" needed to be added. Please explain this. 86.132.140.129 00:47, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

It's to distinguish him from other horses named Nijinsky, mostly for breeding pedigrees. A very wise decision bigpad (talk) 21:38, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

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The name of the horse was Nijinsky, not Nijinsky II. The title of this article is nonsense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.77.80.2 (talk) 18:50, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

I think the suffix "II" is sometimes used to denote imported horses; I remember being confused by seeing what I thought was the same horse with two slightly-different names. Wi2g 22:25, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Same thing with Sea Bird (II). In Australia they put "My" or "Our" before the name of imported horses which is even worse. In my articles he is always Nijinsky.Tigerboy1966 (talk) 19:36, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

This has been amended and the American name for breeding purposes moved to that section with a citation Billsmith60 (talk) 09:53, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

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Improvements

I've cut out quite a bit of stuff that was either redundant or unreferenced. I am starting to build it up again so don't worry. Will be completed in next 24-48 hours. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 00:18, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

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'Greatest Ever' Claim

Wikipedia states the need to be very careful with claims like 'the best ever'. Also, the Lead is not the place for such discussions: the 'Assessment' section is for that. The two sources advanced for that claim, namely a book and The Guardian paper, are neither expert nor fully supportive. The O'Brien book makes the bland claim 'regarded by many as the best ever' without saying who exactly who these 'many' are'. The Guardian article is about Nijinsky's candidature to be considered the greatest ever, and to cite it otherwise is blatantly to misrepresent that source, even more non-expert as it additionally is. Timeform, one of the most widely recognised experts, has this great horse in its top 20 all time. Billsmith60 (talk) 17:50, 1 April 2022 (UTC)