Talk:Dogmeat (Fallout)

Screenshots?
How about some pictures of Dogmeat from the various games? One from each game? Showing how he's changed over time, maybe? Also, has anyone official stated that Dogmeat is a Blue Heeler in Fallout 3? To be honest, he doesn't look like one to me personally.

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Requested move 6 March 2018

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: page moved consensus was that the term was ambiguous enough disambiguation was needed. Discussions re: disambiguation and where the redirect should point can happen outside of the RM. TonyBallioni (talk) 14:36, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Dogmeat → Dogmeat (Fallout) – "dogmeat" in books (see search results) is a common alternative spelling of "dog meat", not a sidekick animation character from a video game. In ictu oculi (talk) 13:12, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Support This is a commonly enough used alternate name to not fall under WP:SMALLDETAILS.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 13:21, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose per WP:PRECISE. There's a hatnote on the article to take care of any possible confusion. Not to mention dictionary.com says dogmeat means something else entirely, not actual dog meat. That use seems to be non-standard. Station1 (talk) 01:38, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose Google news results indicate that the vast majority of notable uses of the term refer to the current subject. While there is no doubt that the term without a space is sometimes used to refer to the meat, these are clearly a minority of the uses of the term, and those who do end up here looking for the other page can easily resolve the problem using a hatnote.--Yaksar (let's chat) 01:40, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Support - Its quite clear that the game character's name was inspired by the topic of "meat made from dogs". Being its namesake and a more general knowledge topic, that makes it a WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT to dog meat. -- Netoholic @ 08:48, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Support. The current title is ambiguous, per use in books:  , etc. Dekimasu よ! 08:59, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Support. Although I believe it should redirect to Dog food rather than Dog meat. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:44, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * That would certainly be preferable to the proposal, as it more closely reflects the primary meaning of dogmeat. Three standard dictionaries I checked do not have entries at all for dogmeat. Merriam-Webster says it is "meat for or fit only for dogs; sometimes: offal, carrion" and only as a secondary definition dog flesh or "inferior table meat; broadly: something disliked". The Dictionary of American Slang defines dogmeat as "Something or somebody inferior or worthless; crap, shit". Both say it is synonymous with the older form, "dog's meat", but not with "dog meat". That also ties in with Dogmeat the character's name, who was originally to be named Dogshit, not a namesake of meat made from dogs. Redirecting the non-standard dogmeat to the more correct dog meat without explanation would be a disservice to readers. Station1 (talk) 22:35, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * That suggests a dab page at the base term would be preferable, with links to dog food, dog meat and the fictional dog. &mdash;Xezbeth (talk) 11:19, 9 March 2018 (UTC)


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Request for Update
this article should be updated to reflect the Amazon Prime Video Series, where the character plays an important supporting role. 2601:980:0:B530:68EE:F54F:A388:307B (talk) 03:03, 13 April 2024 (UTC)


 * It was named as "CX404", not dogmeat.  Greenish Pickle!   (🔔) 03:35, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The Ghoul played by Walton Goggins Named him and calls him Dogmeat while reminiscing about his old dog. Thus he was named Dogmeat 118.209.105.141 (talk) 10:48, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Done. 🥒 Greenish Pickle! 🥒 (🔔) 10:54, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Legend 118.209.105.141 (talk) 10:57, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, that was the quickest reply I've got from IP. 🥒 Greenish Pickle! 🥒 (🔔) 10:58, 19 April 2024 (UTC)