Talk:Equestrian sculpture
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- Equestrian - wikipedia is not a dictionary. and i cannot see any way this article could be anything more than a word definition. Kingturtle 16:57, 19 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- Um. I stubified it. Keep. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick
- Keep. Evil saltine 00:42, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- Keep. What links here says why. I've added the more common meaning for horse riding events and linked to overview section in Horse and some sub-topics which have pages. Mentioned that the sculpture portion is a stub for Equestrian (sculpture) and could be moved there if enough material accumulates. JamesDay 00:48, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- Delete. It's just the adjective. If it were "equestrian something-or-other I might feel differently. -- BCorr ¤ Брайен 00:52, 21 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- It's a class of sculpture. The horse bit now refers people to equestrianism.
- Keep. Wartortle 21:36, 22 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- Keep. -- Jake 14:26, 24 Oct 2003 (UTC)
A photo of a "standard" military general on horseback might fit the article better than King/Saint Louis. --Kbh3rd 05:09, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I'm under the impression that the position of the horse's front hooves indicate how the rider died (both up means "died in battle," etc.). That information may be useful, if there's anyone who knows for sure. Brian Sayrs 01:54, 2004 Dec 25 (UTC)
- The convention is that if the horse is rampant, the rider died in battle. If the horse has one front leg up, the rider was wounded in battle or died of wounds sustained in battle, and if all four hooves are on the ground, the rider died of causes other than combat. However, snopes.com notes that of at least 30 equestrian statues in Washington DC, only 10 follow that convention. --Unfocused 00:19, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
