Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Portmanteau dog names


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result was withdrawn. Zetawoof(&zeta;) 02:37, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Portmanteau dog names
I'm taking the bold step of making a mass nomination here to cover the following articles on dog hybrids: ( View AfD View log )





My reasoning is more or less identical for all of these articles: I'd like to see these stubs deleted or redirected to either Dog hybrids and crossbreeds or Poodle hybrid if appropriate. I'm personally of the mind that most of these names aren't common enough usages to make redirects useful, but I'm sure others may disagree. Note that I've specifically left out a couple of popular hybrids (Goldendoodle and Cockapoo, for example) - the ones that I've listed here are not well recognized, to the best of my knowledge. Zetawoof(&zeta;) 21:34, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The "breeds" in question aren't recognized by any major registries (not counting special-purpose "rare breed" organizations).
 * The articles generally fail to describe any features that can't be summarized as "if you cross breed X and breed Y, it looks like a linear combination of the two".
 * The articles are more or less unsourced - although some of them cite dogbreedinfo.com, the pages cited have next to no information. Most of the substantiative information in these articles appears to be the result of observations by owners -- a classic example of original research.
 * In light of some of the comments here, I'm withdrawing this nomination. I'll try to break this up a bit in a later nom. Zetawoof(&zeta;) 02:37, 15 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete Mass delete probably won't work but, to coin a phrase, this is a load of 'poo'. Pleclech 22:13, 14 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep to Cavapoo. (Disclosure here, I have one) - though possibly could be merged on Portmanteau dog names somewhere, though that may end up being a largish article. This one to me would satisfy notability as it has been featured on several Australian lifestyle shows (as Cavoodles) over the past few years and was particularly bred for urban living. There are breeders breeding and selling them for significant amounts of money which suggests there is a demand and the term is gaining some currency. I am not sure about the others. Though I agree having a load of stubs is questionalbe I have edited in various biological areas - dinosaurs and fungi where there can be loads of stubs at any one time. cheers, Casliber | talk  |  contribs 22:31, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * As it stands, Cavapoo doesn't say anything about coverage in popular media. Find some sources for that and cite them, and I'll happily drop the nomination. Zetawoof(&zeta;) 23:20, 14 April 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, there's one. Will fetch some more later. cheers, Casliber | talk  |  contribs 01:24, 15 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep as it's impossible to evaluate all of these dog breeds together. Some of them are sourced; others arn't.  I think most of them pass notability, but I haven't looked carefully at each one. This nomination highlights the problems with mass nominations.  --Selket Talk 23:59, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Good boldness, but keep per Selknet.Ezratrumpet 01:02, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. I recommend that nominator withdraw and re-nominate in smaller better-defined groups. I've heard of a few of these, so they are "out there" and presumably there is a possibility of sourcing. Others just seem like Column-A-Column-B name combos. --Dhartung | Talk 01:20, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
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