Talk:2006 Breeders' Cup

Proposed merge with 2006 Breeders' Cup Classic

This article is more complete, but perhaps there is some content from the older stub that can be merged in. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 21:18, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

I agree, though wonder what from the 2006 BCC article should be copied into the main article. The issue being consistency with the series of articles on YYYY Breeders' Cup. Should we for example always show the full field and order of finish for the Classic? I kinda sorta think yes, though not sure how to display the info. In the 2006 article, I added columns for odds and margin of victory to the race results, as these are pieces of interest to me as a horseracing fan, certainly of greater interest than the sponsor.

Also, from 2007 on, we have (or will have once I finish the series) the YYYY BC Challenge series articles that cover off how the racing year leading up to the BC went. Before 2007, there was no official series so not sure what to include and what not if we had a Major Prep Race section. Some of the races shown in the 2006 BCC article are of interest, others are not, and there should be some more races that are significant in the other divisions. Or could cover it all with more prose. montanabw, any suggestions? Jlvsclrk (talk) 17:41, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

This is a tricky question, as we also have the main Breeders' Cup Classic article, as Jlvsclrk mentions. In one way, I favor NOT merging because we really should have a separate article for each years' Classic, based on it now being a part of the "Grand Slam" and all that. I don't see a similar need to do so for any of the other BC races, other than maybe the Distaff. For example, we are --albeit slowly -- trying to create an article on every Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont. On the other hand, I do acknowledge that maybe we only need an article on each years' Breeders' Cup series... I really don't have an answer. But I do think we need to look at this in terms of all the BC articles, not just 2006. Also, we probably should ping WP Horse racing about this discussion. Montanabw^(talk) 17:29, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

I suggested that they be merged because they appeared to be about the same race. They aren't? Given they are merged, I will entrust those who work a lot more on these kind of articles to make the decisions about what content should be kept vs. what should be chucked. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 17:49, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

On closer inspection, I see that the Breeders' Cup is a collection of races. of which the Classic is one. My goof. I guess there could still be a merger, but it's a more difficult call. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 17:55, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, tricky. Having thought about it and montanabw's comments, think there should be the two articles each year, one that covers the whole event (YYYY Breeders' Cup) and the other that focuses on the Breeders' Cup Classic as the most important single race in the North American racing calendar (YYYY Breeders' Cup Classic). Jlvsclrk (talk) 23:16, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Sounds like a fair plan. Given our agreement, the merge tags can be removed. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 13:12, 25 October 2016 (UTC)