Talk:Edith Espie

Databases

I did some searching in Ancestry, Family Search, and a couple of newspaper databases for Edith Espie. The most interesting results for that name did not align with her dates. If the article survives its current AfD, some ideas for improving the article include newspaper mentions about her career as a jockey; write ups about her as a caregiver; and an obituary that mentions her place of burial (it's linked on Find a Grave but that can't be listed as a source).--DiamondRemley39 (talk) 19:13, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

"improper synthesis" tag

The article has had this sentence tagged as possible synthesis: "This was during the height of Central Australia's gold fever and ruby rushes, when horse racing was a big industry and entertainment, in and around Alice Springs. At that time a female jockey, especially a young Aboriginal woman, was very unusual." I'm not sure why it has been tagged. If the tagger had access to the book (I don't), then they would have been able to check whether it says this or not. If they don't have access to the book, then I'm not clear what it is about the sentence that represents an issue. The sentence does not mention Espie herself: it reports on the nature of the racing industry in central Australia and the role of Aboriginal women within it. Can the tagger comment here about why it has been placed? hamiltonstone (talk) 23:56, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Yes I had access to the book. It makes no mention of her so connecting anything to her is original synthesis. The nature of the industry at the time as claimed in the article was not supported by my quick look at the book. The claim female aboriginal jockeys were unusual was not directly supported. I've remove the sentence. duffbeerforme (talk) 01:34, 17 April 2020 (UTC)