Talk:Dog domestication

Creation of the article
Hello All. The Dog domestication page was once a redirect to the Origin of the domestic dog page. It has been created through a spin-off (WP:SPINOFF) from the Origin of the domestic dog article which had exceeded the guidelines on size limit (WP:SIZERULE), and this spin-off is a large article in its own right. The opinions of other editors were sort regarding the proposed spin-off and they shared concerns that the creation of a derivative article would lead to duplication rather than keeping all of the related information under the main article (WP:REDUNDANTFORK). Therefore, this article has been created on the understanding that it will not be used for creating another "evolution of the dog"-type article nor re-including that type of content. Should that begin to occur, those editors who originally gave their opinions reserve the right to remerge the 2 articles together again in accordance with WP:MERGE. This page relates to other pages across time as part of a broader plan:
 * 1) Origin of the domestic dog includes the evolution of the dog from its divergence from the wolf-like canids until domestication i.e. dogs begin to live under a roof with humans (approximately 40,000 YBP - 15,000 YBP)
 * 2) Dog domestication includes theories on domestication - including human impact on dogs and dog impact on humans as they share their environment - until the first recognized breeds appear (approximately 15,000 YBP - 4,000 YBP)
 * 3) Dog breed includes the development of breeds (approximately 4,000 YBP - present day)

Regards, William Harris  •   talk •   09:26, 18 September 2015 (UTC)


 * This proposal did not go ahead, refer: Talk:Origin of the domestic dog William Harris  •   talk •   09:34, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protect edit request
Dear Administrator, in accordance with WP:SILVERLOCK I seek semi-protection for these two pages. The Origin of the domestic dog page was subject to frequent vandalism and now has semi-protection. This Dog domestication article is a spin-off of half of the material that formed the Origin of the domestic dog page and I recommend that it has the same level of protection. (Please refer above for background, and Talk: Origin of the domestic dog.) Once the protection-level is decided (either way), the redirect can be taken off. Regards, William Harris  •   talk •   09:26, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
 * ❌ - for several reasons:-


 * 1) requests for page protection must be made at WP:RPP
 * 2) talk pages are only protected in very extreme circumstances, as editors cannot then request edits to the article
 * 3) protection is not applied peremptorily - you need to show a history of recent vandalism in order to support your request - Arjayay (talk) 10:47, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
 * OK thanks Arjayay for your advice and I understand. Regards, William Harris  •   talk •   20:54, 18 September 2015 (UTC)