Talk:Breed type

Merger proposal:Breed standard

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The result of this discussion was no consensus. Cavalryman (talk) 02:59, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

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I propose to merge Breed standard into Breed type, the former is an unnecessary WP:FORK of the latter, being no more than the official documentation that articulates the physical characteristics of a particular domestic animal breed. Both are terribly sourced so this merge would be accompanied by a complete rewrite. Cavalryman (talk) 02:36, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

• I think I would rather see Breed type merged into Breed standard. While I don't have sources, from common experience I have never heard "Breed type". "Breed standard" is however...a standard...phrase in the southwestern US where I am. Thus my point: this should be merged into the more common WP:COMMONNAME. But I do agree that there should be only one page, no need for two separate (and poor) pages on what is basically the same thing. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 02:56, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

That has been my initial intention but upon reflection I thought this was was better, a breed’s type is what makes a breed unique, whilst the standard is just the written documentation of those physical characteristics. I envisage a section titled Breed standard. Kind regards, Cavalryman (talk) 03:00, 27 January 2020 (UTC).

• Merge The article Breed type has no secondary sourcing at all(!), however Google Books indicates the term is used in the domestication literature. Be aware that Breed type refers to all domesticated animals and falls under WikiProject Agriculture. William Harristalk 03:25, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose for now – breed standard has about 360 incoming links in article space, breed type has 79. Since Template:Breed has about 67 transclusions, we seem to have about 12 pages actually linked to this article and almost 300 to breed standard. That's an important page (however poor it may be in its present state), and I routinely link to it when writing breed articles. Suggest merging/redirecting this page to Breed instead, along with Breed type (dog). Perhaps worth noting that there is no type in the biological/taxonomic sense for domestic animal breeds. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 12:46, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

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