Talk:Dog odor

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Since I am a newb, I would like to learn from the experience of posting my first article. Please tell my why it needs cleanup. Thanks. --caroldermoid 23:13, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi. I didn't place the cleanup tag, but it's usually not good Wiki-manners to place a tag without commenting it on the talk page, so IMO you'd be justified in removing it, or at least asking the poster to explain its addition. (JianLi was the poster who added the tag, you could post a question on his/her talk page about it). That having been said, I only skimmed the article but found that a) its tone is too informal, and b) it's too listy. First you should check to see if bad dog odor is an actual syndrome or issue. Obviously it happens, but is there evidence of publication of articles or books or papers discussing it? If not, then no matter how you word this article it's going to be more of an essay than an encyclopedia entry. The same way that if I wrote an article on the tendency of young women and girls to use decorative hair clips; if it isn't being discussed as an issue by a community, then even if I have references, it's really just an essay. Now if you do find evidence of its existence as an entity in the public mind (not just the individual causes, but 'stinky dogs' as a unit - because otherwise why should there be an article on it?), then you need to write the article in the form of scintillating, tight, less casual prose. The article can contain lists, but it should be mostly prose. Hope this helps!--Anchoress 03:44, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments. I should have hung around and read more requests for feedback before I posted this. I do get it. It should probably be deleted. Not really encyclopedic knowledge. --caroldermoid 09:29, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Removed the clean-up tag as I responded to my requests for feedback answers and the tag was placed without comment. --caroldermoid 20:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

This was a hard one to categorize as there are not enough categories under dog health or under animal physiology. Animal husbandry only contains categories for agricultural animals. Any advice is welcome. --Caroldermoid (talk • contribs) 16:36, 15 October 2006 (UTC)