Talk:Corlay horse

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Disputed

Justlettersandnumbers tagged this article with the {{disputed}} tag in February 2024, along with {{copy edit}} and {{Rough translation}}. The copy edit and rough translation tags are off now, and I'd like to work on the {{disputed}} concern, but I can't tell what parts of the article triggered the concern about that. Novellasyes (talk) 19:32, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, the tagger didn't elaborate on the talk page, but their edit summary says "Added {{Copy edit}}, {{Disputed}}, and {{Rough translation}} tags: poor translation of content that is, by our standards, far from encyclopaedic". I agree — this article doesn’t meet the standards typically expected for horse breed entries in the English Wikipedia.

First, it is full of historical information, even in the section "Usage" which is supposed to be about modern use, and "Breeding range" which also continues with historical content and not contemporary breeding. Secondly, the article contains such lines as "The Corlay breed is considered extinct by the FAO" and "The breed is listed as extinct (status "X") in the 2007 FAO assessment, under the name 'Corlais'" and "The Corlay horse has never had its own studbook, and is now listed as an AQPS" and "is a breed of warmblood horse ... that results from crossbreeding ..." That, then, is not a breed; it's a crossbreed with no indication that there is a targeted standard of any sort... beyond "locale".

This article was translated from the French Wikipedia by Shellypls. I’ve seen recurring issues with these translations — either due to poor English rendering or because the structure and standards of French Wikipedia don't match the higher standards of the English Wikipedia.

Beyond translation concerns, the article seems to imply the breed still exists while simultaneously stating it’s now classified as AQPS, which already has its own Wikipedia entry. As it stands, the article reads more like a loosely aggregated collection of trivia about a defunct or reclassified horse type and its historical context.

I recommend draftifying the article until it can be cleaned up and rewritten into a coherent, encyclopedic entry.   ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 00:04, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]