User:Grorp
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My focus within WikiCommons
I focus on cleaning up the taxonomy of carriage types and their hierarchy within WikiCommons, including categories, categorizing files, tagging vehicle types where identification is missing or incorrect, and general cleanup in the area. I follow the Commons Categories universality principle, and use historically attested terminology from published carriage historians. I rely on my collected bibliography of carriages, which form the backbone of historical carriage terminology, with particular emphasis on the following works:
- Berkebile, Donald H. (1978) Carriage Terminology: An Historical Dictionary, Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
- Smith, D.J.M. (1988) A Dictionary of Horse Drawn Vehicles, J. A. Allen & Co. Ltd.
- Walrond, Sallie (1979) The Encyclopaedia of Driving, Country Life Books
My Wikipedia background
Since 2023, I have been editing horse-drawn vehicle articles in English Wikipedia, filling out the many stub articles with carriage references and accurate content. My Wikipedia user page is en:User:Grorp.
I have created the following articles:
- Bibliography of carriages and driving
- Glossary of carriage and driving terminology
- History of horse-drawn transport
- List of carriage museums
and have taken stewardship of, and enhanced:
Barnstars that I have received for my work on Wikipedia horse-drawn vehicle articles include:
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The Original Barnstar | |
| Before disappearing on vacation, I just wanted to drop this off in appreciation of your extensive recent work writing and improving any number of horse-drawn vehicle-related articles! Happy [solstice-time holiday of your choice], and happy new year! --Avocado (talk) 09:29, 25 December 2025 (UTC) |
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The Epic Barnstar | |
| In appreciation of an epic round of contributions that has overhauled and improved nearly every aspect of Wikipedia's coverage of horse-drawn vehicles! Avocado (talk) 22:00, 21 May 2026 (UTC) |
Contact
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email me, post on my user talk page, or ping me on any page within WikiCommons or English Wikipedia.
Hobbies
Horse driving is fun. Perusing WikiCommons is also fun. Editing in WikiCommons should be enjoyable. Proceed with curiosity.
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Tools
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Categories for dumping/diffusing
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- {{On Wikipedia |en= }} (for links to multiple language wikipedias)
- {{See also w |lang1|article1|lang2|article2|...}} → See also the Wikipedia articles... (Template:See also w)
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