Talk:Stray cattle in India

Source of food
Do the cows subsist mostly on garbage? Do people feed them? How long does a typical stray cow live? Thriley (talk) 18:28, 23 February 2022 (UTC)


 * @Thriley Indeed the primary food for these stray cows is edible stuff in the garbage such as vegetable leftovers and paper. Some lucky ones get access to the grass growing in public parks etc. Religious and Animal lovers are also known to feed them, but this is not significant. They die early due to plastic poisoning or starvation (when they are locked in confined places) I will try to include these in the article if I find a good source for these bits. Venkat TL (talk) 19:14, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Title
I have reverted back undiscussed and controversial bold page move. The disambiguation India is unnecessary, as there is no other such article. Cattle is primarily cow and cow family (ox, bull, cow) The undiscussed move changes the scope of the article. Cow is holy, not cattle. Cow slaughter is banned, not cattle. --Venkat TL (talk) 14:05, 20 March 2022 (UTC)


 * @SL93 Thanks for promoting the DYK. Can you please substitute the wikilink to say "that deadly attacks from stray cow in India have become an electoral issue?" As noted above, the issue and the problem is primarily about cow. Using cattle will be misleading to the readers even though it is not wrong to refer cow as cattle. Venkat TL (talk) 20:13, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I changed it to cows since the article isn't only about one cow. SL93 (talk) 22:30, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * @SL93 Yes, thanks. Venkat TL (talk) 07:58, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Worldview
@Piledhighandeep please see WP:DRIVEBY. What is your concern? Venkat TL (talk) 19:00, 2 April 2022 (UTC)


 * I have flagged this article for its restricted viewpoint. The topic is interesting and worthwhile (very much so), but localized.  Strays are an issue in other parts of the world, but the article is almost entirely restricted to India.  Nevertheless, the title gives no hint of this restriction, nor does it appear in the first paragraph of the text.  Either the article should be expanded, or the restriction to India should be made explicit. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 19:05, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * @Piledhigheranddeeper I am not aware of this being an issue anywhere outside India. I may not be properly informed of what is happening in the rest of the world so it is possible that I may have missed something. If you know someplace, point it out with refs instead of speculating. Nothing can be added based on assumptions and speculations. Unless a reliable source states it. Venkat TL (talk) 19:26, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Since the article is on the main page for few hours, I have removed the tag. I do not consider to be a major issue or insurmountable one. Without a source, I cant even agree if that is indeed an issue. I am open for more discussion, but we would need some refs first. Venkat TL (talk) 19:40, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, this article is titled "The Sheltering of Unwanted Cattle, Experiences in India and Implications for Cattle Industries Elsewhere", certainly implying that "unwanted cattle" are an issue "elsewhere" than India. There are dozens of references. I can find more later. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 21:58, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Disagree. The title of your link, itself makes it clear that it affects cattle industries elsewhere. Not cattle. This article is not about cattle industries. Venkat TL (talk) 09:18, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
 * That article is actually about the sheltering of unwanted cattle. However, it seems that you will not countenance any other viewpoints or editors; WP:OWN.  I am out of here. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 22:10, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
 * @Piledhigheranddeeper The article is discussing the sheltering of cattle in which country? Venkat TL (talk) 09:37, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Understandably, he did not answer, since the article he quoted is about Stray cows In India. Venkat TL (talk) 13:16, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested move 10 July 2024

 * 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 after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Bensci54 (talk) 16:12, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Stray cow → Stray cattle in India – Contrary to the earlier discussion on this talk page, specifying "in India" seems like the correct level of WP:PRECISION in this case, to unambiguously define the topical scope of the article. As currently written this article is about the situation in India rather than the wider concept of stray cattle in general, and it seems enough of a standalone topic to remain so. Belbury (talk) 12:28, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Support. Cattle anywhere can and do stray, so if the article is only about that phenomenon in India then the title needs to make that clear. ╠╣uw [ talk ] 17:52, 10 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Support per nom and Huw
 * Kowal2701 (talk) 11:39, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Support per nomination and Huw. Urchincrawler (talk) 18:51, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Support per nom. India isn't the only place with stray cows! -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:03, 16 July 2024 (UTC)