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The result of the debate was REDIRECT to List of dog breeds. Postdlf 04:09, 10 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

List of dog races[edit]

I was tempted to speedy this, but decided not to, since it doesn't technically meet the requirements. There's only on "race" (I think s/he means breed) listed, and it would be redundant with List of dog breeds even if there were more listings. Lachatdelarue (talk) 00:24, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete as fundamentally incorrect. A redirect to List of dog breeds is a possibility, but when most people refer to "dog races" they mean a track sport, not breeds. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 00:29, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, though dog racism is a serious problem in this country. Postdlf 01:26, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Either delete or turn into what the article says - surely there are notable greyhound and whippet races the same way that the Grand National and Kentucky Derby are notable horse races? Grutness|hello? 01:41, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete: "race" is misleading. --Fuzzball! (talk) 02:14, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Redirect: I knew what they meant when I saw it because in French it's "races des chiens" or something similar. So I also immediately knew that they meant List of dog breeds. And then I thought, no, maybe they *are* talking about famous dog races (if there are any like the kentucky derby), but noooo. So--my first inclination would have been to delete it, but if there are others with ESL coming here, they might in fact look under this name and shd be redirected to the proper list of breeds. Elf | Talk 06:24, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, misleading article. Megan1967 08:05, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • I'm now favoring a redirect, in light of what Elf pointed out. Lachatdelarue (talk) 14:02, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Redirect for the moment to greyhound racing; like Grutness and Elf, surely there must be some notable dog races, and a list of them may well be worthwhile, either under this title or in the greyhound racing article. What's here, a single link to sharpei, is not worth keeping, although a sharpei race might be fun. -- Smerdis of Tlön 14:05, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Redirect to List of dog breeds. "Race" is equivalent to "breed" in this case even if it's rarely used, and somewhat confusing. If a list of dog races is created then it should link to the list of breeds. I too initially thought of races as meaning breeds. This is because Swedish is my first language and that it being a list of breeds would make more sense. It's not that unlikly that I would search for race before remembering that the proper word is breed. - Jeltz talk 15:25, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
    • I like the disambig idea sicne the name of the artcile is quite ambiguos. Jeltz talk 16:14, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • I actually thought race=breed first before racing of dogs. As there's some disagreement over what we would redirect to, I've changed this to a disambig page pointing to both List of dog breeds and Greyhound racing (this link could be changed to a list of race tracks if there are enough notable ones - I don't know much about dogs let alone greyhound racing so I'll leave that to someone else). Is this the best solution? SteveW | Talk 20:06, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
If it's a disambig page, shouldn't the title be "dog race" or "dog races" rather than 'list of...", since it's not an actual list? Lachatdelarue (talk) 16:50, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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