Wikipedia:WikiProject Dogs/Articles needing attention

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This is a subpage of WikiProject Dogs that was created by moving the discussion originally started at WT:WikiProject Dogs#List of 100 dog "breeds" in need of review/reclassification/deletion. For discussions about any of the topics on this subpage, go to this subpage's talk/discussion page.

List of 100 dog "breeds" in need of review/reclassification/deletion
Moved to Articles needing attention along with the discussion that followed. (see tab)  Atsme 💬 📧 20:04, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Rewritten or expanded and sourced

 * Africanis – completely rewritten with new sources
 * Aksaray Malaklisi dog – completely rewritten with new sources WH 06SEP20
 * Abyssinian Sand Terrier – rewritten with a couple of sources, still barely notable, only one source goes into any detail at all
 * African village dog - amended WH 11AUG20
 * Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog – rewrite with the two RS found
 * Alopekis – rewrite with the lone reliable source from the page, could be nominated at AfD, margin call
 * Bruno Jura Hound – rewritten with sources
 * Bichon – rewritten & sourced, CM 24 Sep 20.
 * Ca de Bou - rewritten with sources, CM 07 Mar 21
 * Campeiro Bulldog - rewritten with only a single secondary source, likely candidate for merger somewhere if another secondary source cannot be found, CM 25 Mar 21
 * Chippiparai - sourced and rewritten, CM 21 Sep 20
 * Combai - sourced & rewritten, CM 3 Dec 20
 * Denmark Feist – sources and rewritten – CM 20 Aug 20
 * Georgian Shepherd - extended and sourced, added parts of translation of articles from other wikis
 * Greek Shepherd – rewritten with sources. CM, 27 Jan 21.
 * Husky extended and sourced, --Annwfwn (talk) 20:07, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Kaikadi (dog) – rewritten with one source that meets SIGCOV, note here about page’s notability, CM 24 Nov 20
 * Rampur Greyhound – rewritten with sources
 * Sinhala Hound - rewritten with sources, CM 03 Feb 21
 * Stephens Cur - rewritten, sourced and renamed Stephens Stock. CM, 2 Nov 20
 * Stichelhaar - rewritten, sourced and renamed German Roughhaired Pointer. CM, 10 Jan 21
 * Taigan - rewritten with sources
 * Telomian - rewritten with sources WH AUG20
 * Terceira Mastiff
 * Tibetan kyi apso - complete rewrite with predominantly new sources. CM, 22 Sep 20

Merged

 * Abruzzese Mastiff – merged into Maremma Sheepdog
 * Gaddi Kutta – merged into Bhotia dog, Talk:Bhotia dog
 * Kumaon Mastiff – merged into Bhotia dog, CM 11 Aug 20
 * Miniature Dachshund – merged into Dachshund, CM 10 Jun 21
 * Tracking (dog) - sourced and extended, merged with "Tracking trial" article
 * Trigg Hound - is a variety of the American Fox hound; merged.

Redirected

 * Cane di Oropa - now a redirect to List of Italian dog breeds
 * Dogo (dog type) – redirected to Mastiff – CM 26 Jun 21
 * Hortaya borzaya - in progress of verification and citation review by --LoraxJr 18:42, 25 January 2021 (UTC) – rewritten, cited and renamed Chortai, CM 26 Jan 21 - Redirected to Chortai
 * Mucuchies - redirected to Livestock guardian dog as single source found
 * Torkuz - redirected to Livestock guardian dog as single source found

AfD

 * Argentine Pila Dog – WP:Articles for deletion/Argentine Pila Dog
 * Black and Tan Virginia Foxhound - WP:Articles for deletion/Black and Tan Virginia Foxhound
 * Cierny Sery - WP:Articles for deletion/Cierny Sery
 * List of dog fighting breeds – WP:Articles for deletion/List of dog fighting breeds (2nd nomination)
 * Lottatore Brindisino – WP:Articles for deletion/Lottatore Brindisino (2nd nomination)
 * Pandikona – WP:Articles for deletion/Pandikona
 * Xigou - WP:Articles for deletion/Xigou

Notability-Recognition

 * Alano Español – national recognition by the Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
 * Bakharwal dog - notability WH 19SEP20
 * Barbado da Terceira – recognised by the Clube Português de Canicultura
 * Basque Shepherd Dog – national recognition by the Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (Euskal Artzain Txakurra)
 * Bolognese (dog) - All major clubs.
 * Bulgarian Hound – notability WH 09SEP20
 * Bulgarian Scenthound – notability WH 22SEP20
 * Bull Arab – many sources WH 25SEP20
 * Bully Kutta – notability WH 25SEP20
 * Can de Palleiro – recognised by the Xunta de Galicia, national recognition by the Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
 * Carea Leonés – national recognition by the Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (Perro Leonés de Pastor)
 * Český fousek - 3 major clubs.
 * Chilean Terrier - refimprove template added
 * Chinese Chongqing Dog – notability WH 26SEP20
 * Continental bulldog - recognised by the VDH (German Dog Association)
 * Corsican Dog – recognised by the Société Centrale Canine
 * Coton de Tulear – recognised by the FCI, has barely adequate sourcing.
 * Garafian Shepherd – national recognition by the Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (Pastor Garafiano)
 * Karelo-Finnish Laika - now sourced WH 09AUG
 * Perdigueiro Galego – recognised by the Xunta de Galicia, national recognition by the Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
 * Perro Majorero – national recognition by the Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
 * Phu Quoc Ridgeback – national recognition by the Vietnam Kennel Society.
 * Romanian Raven Shepherd Dog - recognised by the ACR 23SEP20 WH
 * Segugio dell'Appennino – recognised by the Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana
 * Villano de las Encartaciones – national recognition by the Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación

Moved (renamed)

 * Cane da presa – moved to Cane da Presa Meridionale and redirect re-targeted to catch dog
 * Domesticated red fox - moved to Dom. silver fox WH 21SEP20
 * Hierran Wolfdog – moved to Lobito Herreño, sourced and rewritten, JLAN 16 Nov 21
 * Mahratta Greyhound - moved to Mahratta Hound & sourced
 * Small Greek Domestic Dog - moved Kokoni and sourced
 * Vanjari Hound - moved Banjara Hound & sourced
 * Vikhan Sheepdog - sourced, rewritten & renamed Vikhan, CM 21 Sep 20

Needs attention

 * Cane Toccatore – moved to Cane Paratore and a second source added (from a very similar group of authors as the other added by ), remains a very stubby stub
 * Cantabrian Water Dog
 * Chihuahua (dog) - needs information on temperament and history
 * Coonhound
 * Fell Terrier
 * Gaucho sheepdog
 * Hokkaido (dog) - needs sources
 * Ian Dunbar - dog trainer biography of a living person, needs citations
 * Kai Ken - needs sources
 * Kanni
 * Kooikerhondje
 * Markiesje
 * Mongrel
 * Mudhol Hound
 * Pampas Deerhound
 * Pastore della Lessinia e del Lagorai
 * Pastor_Garafiano
 * Plummer Terrier
 * Pointing dog
 * Polish Hunting Dog per below.
 * Pražský Krysařík
 * Rajapalayam (dog)
 * Russian Spaniel
 * Sardinian Shepherd Dog
 * Serrano Bulldog
 * Shikoku dog - needs sources
 * Sighthound
 * Draft:Sato
 * Spanish dogo
 * Tatra Shepherd Dog
 * Xiasi Dog major rewrite, added peer reviewed sources --Annwfwn (talk) 13:35, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

 William Harris talk  12:37, 17 February 2020 (UTC)


 * I agree we need to go over this stuff and weed out the chaff. However, quite a few of these are not breeds/landraces, but general types, breed groups, or working roles, and we should keep articles on them (if anything, they may provide merge-to targets). Some that pop right out are bichon, a breed group, to which Bolognese (dog) could possibly merge; coonhound, which appears to be either a type or a working role, I'm not sure; dogo (dog type) says what it is, though I'm not sure that one is a keeper; domesticated red fox doesn't belong in this list, and is clearly notable since all sorts of a high-end sourcing has been written about it for decades; husky is a breed group, and obviously notable; mongrel is a general article; pointing dog is said in its lead to be a type but is probably a breed group, and should also be covering the genetics of the behavior (I saw an interesting article back-when on how pointing and setting appear to be a kind of neural short-circuit, a mild seizure, that turned out beneficial for humans and was bred-true on purpose); sighthound is a major dog type; tracking (dog) is canine behavior and working role article. I would remove at least those from this list.
 * I've moved the mal-named Small Greek Domestic Dog to Kokoni (it's one that I PRODed back in 2014, and it still likely is not notable, though I did also just do a cleanup pass on it).
 * Tracking (dog) should move along with some other such articles to have "(dogs)" disambiguation. The "(dog)" one implies a specific dog by the disambiguated name ("Togo (dog)", etc.); in something like "tracking (dogs)" we mean "tracking, in the context of dogs" just as "cell (biology)" means "cell, in the context of biology".
 * Another fix: We need to move List of extinct dog breeds and Template:Extinct dog breeds to use "varieties" instead of "breeds" since much of what is listed there are not breeds but landraces, crossbreeds, dog types, and other populations that are not breeds in any encyclopedic sense; trying to equate them in readers' minds with the modern conception of standardized breeds is a common and pretty dreadful form of WP:OR on this site, and we need to hunt it down. I honestly think that's a higher priority than deleting questionably notable dog articles, other than spammy ones that are trying to market neo-breeds.
 * See, for example, the cleanup I just did at Kokoni, which was preposterously claiming that a breed established only a few years ago by a small club is commonly found all over Greece and has been a favorite amongst Greeks for centuries! It verged on intentionally misleading (or willfully ignorant) writing. What it really meant was that vaguely comparable landrace dogs, of quite broad ancestry but a general medium-small size range, have been in the area for a long time, primarily as pets not as working animals, and were used as foundation stock for the recently established breed). There are probably at least 50 articles with problems like this, and I would start with the ones on the extinct list, since very few of them were breeds in anything like a formal sense.
 * I'm finding other and more serious OR problems, but will post about that separately.
 * — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  06:57, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
 * , how do you envisage that others should respond to this? Should we annotate your list, or offer responses here below? (not going to mess further with your post without your OK). Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:35, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Truthfully, I really have no idea. I did much hack-work identifying them and regard that as my major contribution. I am now quickly reviewing them and: (a) badging them with breeds=yes if some reputable national kennel organisation has a standard for them (e.g. Germany) and this is placed as a Note in the breedbox with a link to the standard (in which case these are removed from this list); (b) badging the article with the Notability template if they look dubious, such as those articles based around a foreign name for a breed and then an article has been built around it (e.g. the Chinese name for Saluki!); and (c) some I am just unsure about. I assume all of those remaining on the list above should be targeted for AfD or merging into other articles.  William Harris Canis lupis track.svg talk Canis lupis track.svg 02:25, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Then may I suggest striking through those that you've verified as OK, rather than removing them? Any that have been deleted will turn red, of course. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:03, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Polish Hunting Dog – I have taken the liberty of striking the Polish Hunting Dog, I found three (admittedly scant) mentions in three books I have. I have rewritten the article with the little I had and renamed it Gończy Polski as all three sources use the Polish name exclusively. If anyone has anything else I could use to expand upon it would be appreciated. Kind regards, Cavalryman (talk) 11:27, 27 February 2020 (UTC).
 * I have now reinstated and striked through the deleted dogs, which is a much better idea. The technology I used to derive this list - a huge extract, sort, and match - was not 100% accurate and so a few breeds recognised by the major kennel clubs have slipped onto the list.  William Harris Canis lupis track.svg talk Canis lupis track.svg 21:03, 27 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Black and Tan Virginia Foxhound - I have found references to “Virginia foxhounds” in three books, all mention it as a progenitor of the Black and Tan Coonhound but state nothing else at all (none mention the “Black and Tan”).  What are thoughts on a merger with the Black and Tan Coonhound? Cavalryman (talk) 10:40, 2 March 2020 (UTC).

Italian breeds
This more or less follows on from William's post above: Sixteen Italian breeds are recognised in Italy by the Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana, the national dog club. Our template Italian dogs lists thirty-three. Since our article Segugio Italiano combines two distinct breeds (Segugio italiano a pelo forte, Segugio italiano a pelo raso) into one page, we appear to have sixteen articles on breeds that have no national recognition (two of the breeds in the template are not linked to any article). I propose merging all of them (if soundly sourced) into a brief List of Italian dog breeds without national recognition – unless anyone has any better title suggestion? Any objections or possible reasons not to do that? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:14, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
 * My reticence is this may open Pandora’s box with a flood of similar articles for every country in the world. As said previously, I believe a lack of kennel club recognition does not preclude notability, if there are sources do you think List of dog breeds will suffice for the moment? I admit that list is becoming ungainly and it may be time to cull the recognition parameters and divide it into national sections, but that is discussion for that talk page. Cavalryman (talk) 02:52, 28 February 2020 (UTC).
 * A tricky one. Let's hear what Mac has to say.
 * Additionally, the Potsdam Greyhound appears to be the Italian greyhound under this name, with a quick merge available.  William Harris Canis lupis track.svg talk Canis lupis track.svg 03:43, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't do "without national recognition"; it would be a non-WP:CONCISE title, and is a PoV issue (it's not WP's job to endorse a particular national breed registry; e.g., in the US there are dozens and most of them have terrible reputations). I  agree the non-notable but sourceable ones should merge to a list as short entries; any that can't even be verified should just get WP:AFD. And quite a few of these are probably either extinct landraces for which no breed standards were ever developed, or very modern attempts to establish breeds.  There are several approaches to this that seem obvious:
 * Have Stand-alone list inclusion criteria at List of dog breeds that permit non-notable but attestable entries, and things that are not strictly breeds but any variety with a name, and move the page to List of dog varieties.  This could make the list quite long.
 * Keep the current tighter, notable-entries-only criteria, but permit looser articles like a List of Italian dog varieties. If there are not multiple varieties, it won't be a list, so we would not have a problem of there being one list per country of the world, since not that many countries have produced multiple dog varieties that rise to WP:NOT level (i.e. should be covered with at least a list entry).  But it would definitely result in a non-trivial number of new list articles.
 * Keep List of dog varieties tight, but create some side articles, perhaps List of experimental dog breeds to go along with List of experimental cat breeds, and List of extinct dog varieties, and don't bother doing anything geographically (we already have navboxes doing that anyway). That would seem to cover every eventuality without a profusion of geographical list articles that duplicate the navboxes.
 * Just AfD everything that isn't stand-alone notable, and effectively declare that non-notable varieties categorically also fail INDISCRIMINATE. I don't think that's actually a valid position under policy, or under operational consensus at AFD.  I attempted to eliminate a cat experimental-breed article and an alleged dog variety article at AfD, and in both cases the result was "merge" (to List of experimental cat breeds in the first case, and ultimately to pachón navarro in the other).
 * I would most favor the third of these approaches, then probably the second, then the first, in descending order of practicality.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  01:57, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks Mac. I believe our first step is to "Just AfD everything that isn't stand-alone notable" and see where we are after that.  William Harris Canis lupis track.svg talk Canis lupis track.svg 20:57, 29 February 2020 (UTC)