Talk:Horace Lindrum

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Death date

Both 22 June and 20 June have been advanced as death dates. 22 has one (questionably reliable) source. 20 June had none, but must have come from somewhere. Is there a genuinely reliable one, like a government-produced death index based on actual death filings? Not a unique issue; the same problem arose with Rudolf "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 13:18, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Copyright/Trademark Row?

I'm gonna repost this here... it shouldn't be on the main article, but obviously something's going on with this page, so consider this a record of the page as-is:

Jan Lindrum does NOT endorse the Hotel Lindrum in Melbourne as the trademark was secured by deceptive means. The hotel was transferred last year and both the new owners and IP Australia were 'on notice' of the perpetration of a fraud.

For the bona fide transfer of property – intellectual property or otherwise – parties to the transfer must come with 'clean hands'. Neither transferor nor transferee came with clean hands. If the transfer of this trademark is allowed to remain on the IP Australia register, the law, as we once knew it, is 'meaningless' and 'a great nation is at risk of losing its honour' (Emile Zola).

Whoever is 'altering' my words on this site, should know that I will shortly set up a web site and put the whole facts before the public to make their own determination.

JAN LINDRUM

The above will be deleted from the article, but left here - whoever this row is between, you'd be best continue it below. EJBH (talk) 02:27, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Huge unsourced edits

An editor has been repeatedly adding huge amounts of unreferenced content to the article [7]. Please can I remind you that all new content should be sourced in accordance with Wikipedia:Verifiability. In addition to this, the changes have removed a lot of the formatting so please be more careful when making changes. Also, please take care to ensure that the article retains an encyclopedic tone. Thankyou. Betty Logan (talk) 14:05, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

While I can sympathise with the intentions behind some of these edits, I have to agree with Betty Logan that new material, especially if it is at all potentially controversial, should be sourced, and a neutral and encyclopædic tone maintained. The editor may benefit from reviewing WP:V, WP:REF and WP:NPOV. (I offer these suggestions in the hope of being helpful, not critical!) Vilĉjo (talk) 23:01, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

I have done a lot of trimming already but am now removing the following part:

"• Australian Professional billiards and snooker champion for over 33 years. • First with Joe Davis to record the highest world record break at billiards under the baulk-line rules. Horace recorded 1008 in Glasgow. Davis recorded 1008 in London. • First snooker player to record world record breaks of 114, 116, 135, 139, 141 and 144. • Recorded over 1000 snooker centuries in public performance, including the highest number of snooker centuries in competition (Melbourne Town Hall, 1948, against Pierre Mans Snr. of South Africa). 498th, 499th, 500th, 501st and 502nd snooker centuries recorded at the German Club in Pretoria, South Africa. 728th snooker century recorded in Virginia, South Africa. 999th century recorded at Collaroy in the state of New South Wales. 1000th snooker century recorded at Sydney Showground. Each of these achievements was recognised by the British Association & Control Council. Horace Lindrum's big record breaks were 'officially recognised' by the British Billiards Association & Control Council; the governing body established by the great British champion John Roberts Snr. Roberts and Lord Kitchener are credited with formulating the rules for the game of Snooker. Horace is the only snooker player to have held the English, Irish, Scottish, African, New Zealand, Maltese, Singaporean, Thai, Chinese, Indian and Australian snooker records simultaneously. In 1952, he recorded the first 'Official' snooker century for India at the W.I.A.A. Club in Bombay (Mumbai). A trophy commemorates the event. Horace Lindrum authored many articles and diagrams during his lifetime as well as two books; Snooker for Amateurs (published by Sir Isaac Pittman & Sons, London, 1948) and the best-selling Snooker, Billiards & Pool (eight editions). The latter marks him as a leading authority on the cue sports of the 20th century. In How Did Sports Begin: A Look into the Origins of Man at Play, published by Longman Australia Pty. Limited in 1971, distinguished sports writer, Dr. Rudolph Brasch, writes: 'Horace Lindrum's talent with the cue saw him become he greatest exhibition player the world has ever seen' and the exemplary manner in which he and his mother, Clara (Violet) ran Lindrum's Pitt Street, Sydney, is evidence of 'their expressive love of the game'."

Feel free to add bits back in if you can find suitable references. Nigej (talk) 11:09, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Copy editing complete

— MaxnaCarta  ( 💬 • 📝 ) 03:45, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

Images

Looks like there are some usable images of Lindrum from 1940 available via State Library, New South Wales. Reagrds, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:59, 26 April 2024 (UTC)