Talk:Kennel club/Archive 1

Starting kennel club stubs
Copied from User talk:Elf as this is a question of general interest:

I am compiling a list of Kennel Clubs, may be 50 or so, I would like to start a brief article for the one's that have not already been started to get them into the encyclopedia. Once in people tend to add on to them. Do you have a suggestion for a generic I can copy and paste for each kennel so that they will be long enough to not be deleted, etc.  For example:

NAME Kennel Club is an organization dedicated to supporting dog breeds and their owners.

-External links-
 * NAME Kennel Club

Category:Kennel clubs

&mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by SirIsaacBrock (talk &bull; contribs).


 * Interesting question. I'm not sure that simply having boilerplate with no information about the club itself really adds value by existing; it's my feeling that having an open link and no page is a better invitation to someone to try to create an article with actual useful info in it. But that's just me.


 * My second question would be what kind of kennel clubs you have in mind. For example, many of the major English-language kennel clubs are already listed on this page. I know that there are others of lesser import or that are considered by some to be primarily puppy-mill registries...  In general, dog-project discussions have agreed that not every breed club in the universe is significant enough to warrant its own article.  For example, the Continental Kennel Club, although unpopular in many circles, is certainly a large-scale registry; the Middleburg Kennel Club or the Kalamazoo Kennel Club, on the other hand, are merely minor local clubs of which there are a gazillion and probably aren't significant enough for their own articles.   If you gave some examples or an explanation of what you had in mind for those 50 clubs, I could offer a clearer opinion on what I think.


 * All that said--take a look at American Kennel Club for a pretty thorough article that shows some of the things that could be said, and The Kennel Club for a pretty stubby article that says just above the minimum that's actually useful. I would think that the very minimum would be close to what you had, but more like:

NAME Kennel Club is a kennel club based in (countryname) (or otherwise identifies the region it covers) that (does something...e.g., provides a breed registry... or specify how is related to...) purebred dog breeds. (Add some claim to fame or importance or its mission or something useful here, as in the Continental Kennel Club article.) (Among other things, could be:) This national kennel club is countryname's Fédération Cynologique Internationale member club.

Elf Edits
Hello Elf, with respect why the heavy duty editing ? Why take Crufts out, this provides a good summary of the history of Kennel Clubs and how they grew ? Why take out Modern dog shows ? The first line is normally a brief definition now three paragraphs of information. Are u claiming some type of article ownership ? Cordially SirIsaacBrock 04:15, 30 January 2006 (UTC)


 * As noted in history, material is moved to better places (more appropriate locations), specifically Crufts and dog show and, in fact, an article that's long been wanting, Championship (dog). This is an ariticle about kennel clubs and those sections were, in the first case, about Crufts only, which has nothing to do with kennel clubs in general; and in the second case, about dog shows in general with almost nothing to do with kennel clubs. This article should talk about kennel clubs, what they are, where they came from, what they do. Diverging into what dog shows are, where they came from, etc. should go into the appropriate articles. There could probably be an additional subheader somewhere earlier in this article, although intros are often more than one paragraph. I'll put something in.  Elf | Talk 05:12, 30 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay thanks SirIsaacBrock 10:20, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

FDSB

 * (copied from User talk:Elf:)

I think the FDSB is more accuratly classified as a kennel club. The definition of a kennel club is "A kennel club (known as a kennel council or canine council in some countries) is an organization for canine affairs that concerns itself with the welfare, promotion, and maintenance of more than one breed of dog." The FDSB meets all of the requirements of the definition although it stuck with a traditional name. At the time it was formed the term kennel club was not so widely used.

--Counsel 22:57, 30 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I don't know that much about registries vs kennel clubs, and I can't tell exactly from reading FDSB's main page. Can someone else help clarify this?  Elf | Talk 02:40, 31 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Perhaps that opening definition (which I wrote) needs to be expanded to include some of the information under subheading "Role"? Conformation and showing is a vital part of what kennel clubs do; even the clubs that claim not to be particularly interested in conformation must have some standard for determining what is or is not a Border Collie or a Jack Russell; such clubs have shows or trials or sports or photo competitions or something.  There is also a social and a learning aspect to the kennel club, so that if you're in the hobby of dog fancy, your specialty club or kennel club is the outlet for that hobby.  You get together with other members of your club and talk about dogs. The breed club or kennel club also keeps the record of the lineage of the dogs that form your hobby. However, if you are a hunter, the FDSB is not the domicile of your hobby in the same way, if I understand the website; the hobby group might be the Lesser St Upton Gundog Society, the Little Spotted Feist Fanciers Assn, or the Smallville Pig Shooters Club, and the FDSB is one place among several where you can record the lineage of the dogs you use in the course of your hobby; in other words, it's a registry.  There is nothing at the website that leads me to believe that the hobby of dogs is housed at the FDSB. So dogs recorded at FDSB may be important or even integral to the hobby, but they are not necessarily the hobby itself; big difference from what happens at a kennel club.
 * At least, that's my understanding. Not claiming to know anything about the FDSB other than what I've read, so always willing to hear from others.
 * Quill 06:07, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

I will agree that the web presence of the FDSB is minimal. I think that this speaks more to the preferences of the typical FDSB dog owner. Conformation competition lends itself much more toward the sharing of images than does performace competition. Hunters will generally make decisions dog ownership based upon how a dog works rather than how he looks. Conformation owners cannot afford to dismiss appearance in the same manner.

The members (if that is the right word) of the FDSB do get together though for Field Trials rather than conformation showing. The Magazine the American Field is an integral part of this and taking a look at that site may be helpful as well. I do not know whether the FDSB publishes its own breed standards as the AKC does, but the associated breed clubs certainly do. The Border Collie and JRT examples abover would not be Kennel Clubs either if I understand correctly. THe Kennel Club would be an organization that brings a group of breed clubs together for events involving multiple breeds. Activities such as the Field Trial Hall of Fame and others seem to reach beyond the activities of a registry, but again it simply depends upon the definition. Granted, the AKC has the ability to provide a great many more bells and whistles, but this is possible when they recieve registration fees for 137,000 Labradors and the many event premiums. --Counsel 19:12, 31 January 2006 (UTC)


 * What?! Don't misunderstand me--the amount of web exposure interests me not at all--I'm not an "I-googled-it-so-it-must-be-right" kinda guy.  No, you missed my point as to BCs and Jacks, I brought them up because they have working dog kennel clubs as opposed to conformation clubs, but they are most definitely kennel clubs.  I think we're getting to the questions that need to be answered: does the FDSB itself function as a kennel club, or does it EXCLUSIVELY or PRIMARILY function as a registry?
 * Would this be solved or helped by a CATEGORY:breed specialty clubs or CATEGORY:dog registries?Quill 23:19, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

I think ultimately this is a definition question. I do not know how may registries organize events or whether doing so would diferentiate a kennel club from a registry. My guess is that there is not a bright line between the two. I think that the registry function of a club like the AKC is a smaller percentage of the business conducted by the AKC that it is for the FDSB. That is to say, the FBSB clearly has fewer functions than the AKC. The difference is primarily involvment in conformation. I am not sure that a separate category would be helpful for those using Wikipedia. I think that if an organization arguably fits within the definition of Kennel club, we should include it. Dividing up the information would only make it harder to find.--Counsel 20:48, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Kennel club definition
Hmmm, by the new description, FCI isn't a kennel club--it defines shows, but it's not a registry and doesn't maintain pedigree info and in fact on its own doesn't even maintain breed standards; it just publishes those from member countries. Elf | Talk 17:03, 2 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I thought you wrote the definition ? SirIsaacBrock 21:44, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Sure, I've written ALL the dog articles on WP. ;-) ...See page history and recent changes.  Elf | Talk 21:57, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Smarty-pants!!! I wrote "concerns itself with".  That doesn't mean "handles each and every function directly".  Well, at least I now know where the discussion is....Quill 23:03, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

We have only the utmost respect for you and your work. No, really! Elf | Talk 23:07, 2 March 2006 (UTC)