Talk:Domestic dog

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: page merged and redirected to Dog. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:30, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Domestic dog → ? — User:Santryl 16:07, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Possiblities

 * It could be moved to a disambiguation page, or expanded into a short article. Chrisrus (talk) 01:59, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Purpose

 * This is needed so that people who refer to "dogs" or "domestic dogs" may form phrases such as "dingos are dogs" without equating valid taxa, ie, without saying "C.l.familiaris=C.l.dingo. In other cases, such as speaking of "dingoes interbreeding with domestic dogs", one can link to the article dog.Chrisrus (talk) 01:59, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
 * How about relocating the article to dog? Would that not be more appropriate (and I am just suggesting this I am not any authority on where anything belongs)? l santry (talk) 12:56, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Dog is about Canis lupus familiaris only. There is also the other subspecies of domestic dog, Canis lupus dingo. The term "domestic dog", is used in Mammal Species of the World and by articles such as Dingo to refer to both at the same time.  Chrisrus (talk) 13:01, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.