User:Grorp

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This user actively works on horse-drawn vehicle articles in Wikipedia.
This user has low vision and prefers a lot of white space and contrast.
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Horse-drawn carriages (gallery)
Horse-drawn vehicles and horse driving
Heavy pair of draft horses pulling an English trade wagon across a field
Two horses plowing a field, viewed from beside the worker holding the plow
Draft horse pulling a heavy cart in a plowed field, driver standing in the cart
Egyptian hantour with driver sitting on the step, brightly lit and colorful
Vienna fiaker seen from above, two coachmen in shirtsleeves relaxing in the carriage
Pair of white fiaker horses waiting curbside, one horse alert with ears pricked
Well-dressed English lady driving a gig in a show ring, winning red ribbon flapping
Woman driving a modern skeleton phaeton with a groom seated behind
White four-in-hand team entering a cones obstacle, one horse stepping on a cone with the ball flying upward, driver visible above the horses
Marathon carriage team indoors with driver, navigator, and groom in mid-competition
Boyd Exell's four-in-hand galloping and turning in an FEI arena
Outdoor marathon, four-in-hand galloping downhill toward the camera, driver leaning back with two handfuls of reins, sunlight highlighting all four reins running to the horses
These images represent the breadth of modern horse driving from agricultural work, trade vehicles, and urban hackney traditions, to show ring turnouts and elite FEI competition driving.
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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:

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:

and have taken stewardship of, and enhanced:

Barnstars that I have received for my work on Wikipedia horse-drawn vehicle articles include:

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)
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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