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The first paragraph has a spelling error. I hope Wikipedia will allow me to edit it.

"American Mink lives under one year"

I find this a bit hard to belive

[edit] Mink Lifespan

I agree, that sounds very shaky, where'd they get that?

[edit] Mink

mink have litters of somewhere from 4-10 sometimes they even have up to 14 at mink ranches i know this because i am a mink rancher

signed Allan Cameron

[edit] Hm..

Someone changed this article, but I don't know how to revert it back to the actual meaning. The new atricle states that Mink = paki... sex

[edit] More info?

Other animals have windows on the right declaring their species commonness as well as other things. Should this be included for the mink? Mink can be found in the Delaware National Park Recreational Area.

[edit] Swedish "maenk"!?

In the article it says:

"The name mink may have originated in the Swedish maenk applied to the European animal."

This can't be correct since it is mink in Swedish as well. The spelling "maenk" with ae simply isn't valid in Swedish.

Jens Persson (213.67.64.22 23:46, 16 December 2006 (UTC))

--75.63.66.222 08:17, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ext. Links?

I removed the following from the "Name" category:

"A good website for information on mink farming in the U.S., with a very good LINKS section leading to many other sites, is Fur Commission USA www.furcommission.com 1"

While this sentence is obviously mutilating the NPOV rules, I've been entertaining the idea of adding the site under a new "external links" category (which this article lacks). I've looked over the site and it's definitely pro-fur, but it appears to have some data on minks and fur farming in general, however biased. Perhaps if we add some anti-fur mink site to balance? By the way, the guy who added the link to begin with has been doing so with other fur-related sites as well. Possibly a spammer.Zainker 19:05, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eating Young?

Does anyone have more information on why females may eat their young during times of stress? Or where to look for that information? Marrakesch 16:04, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I think it applies to mammals in general rather than just minks. I distincly remember a friend telling me that rabbits that felt threatened did the same thing. As to why, I guess the parents think they won't be able to safe both themselves and their young so they eat them to conserve energy. Cruel, but that's nature.Zainker 02:28, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Wikiproject

I wanted to make a wikiproject about ferrets and weasels but it became to small a range so i have made a bigger wikiprojects including all animals in the Musteloidea super family which include both ferrets and weasels and much similar animals. Support would be appreceated.

This new wikiproject includes minks

you can find it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals#Weasels

i also made a little template for the project,

I hope you like it.

This wikiproject is for the superfamily of Musteloidea which currently and surprisingly does not have an article yet. This superfamily includes ferrets and weasels and all of our other furry little weasel like friends. Please put your name on it so this article could have it's very own wikiproject outside of wikiproject animals.

Teh Ferret 19:56, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gross factual errors? Article needs overhaul.

The article claims the European mink is endangered. How can this be? In Scandinavia the mink is concidered a pest and there is open hunting on them all year around. Where is the source for this statement? --J-Star 08:42, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Are you sure it isn't the American mink? (escapes)Mweites (talk) 19:29, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

can a mink climb trees? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.157.57.144 (talk) 18:33, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Joseph David Carter Reverts

This editor keeps reverting referenced text with his own unreferenced, incorrect text without offering any explanation for the changes. I have contacted the user on his talk page. I will revert this page unless concensus demands that the existing version stay. Thanks Bob98133 (talk) 18:03, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Don't kill any more mink. Wait until they're over populating. Dirty Dan

[edit] What is the purpose of two pages on the same topic?

Why is there a mink page when there is already a page for the American Mink, Sea Mink, and European Mink? This page entitled “mink” is far inferior to any of the other pages, and the way it stands now doesn't really say anything. I don't see what the point is in having two separate pages on the same topic competing with each other. I tried to make this a general page that refers people to the pages that speak specifically, and in much more detail, about the different types of mink, but people keep erasing what I write and try to write more information on the American Mink. If you want to write on the American Mink go to the American Mink page and post stuff there. I don't under stand why this page even needs to exist unless it briefly describes the differences in the different mink species, then refers the reader to the different pages on each specific mink species. That's my opinion, if you want two competing pages on the same topic in Wikipedia, then fine, keep writing stuff about the American Mink on this page and confuse people. That's just my opinion, I'm not mad, and I'm not trying to accuse any one of any thing, I'm just stating my opinion. I mean no offense to any one, and I hope no one's mad at me.

Sincerely, Joseph David Carter —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joseph David Carter (talk • contribs) 07:22, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Joseph - thanks for replying on this page. What you say makes sense. You clearly know more about mink than I do. My problem was just that you were reverting existing information without supplying a reference for doing so - which is a Wiki no-no. I also left you a couple of messages about this on your talk page, if you haven't seen that. You can always reply to those by clicking the talk link by my name. It would be great if you could work on these various mink pages so that they make more sense, but if you change something like "there are 3 species of mink" to "there are two species of mink" you should supply a reference to support your change. This article is pretty thin on references, too, so any that you can supply would be helpful. You can click the Help link in the left side Interaction nav box to see how references should be used, if you haven't done this. Sorry, I'm not expert on that either. If you make drastic changes in an article (remove referenced material or insert material which contradicts existing or removed content) you'll almost always need a ref. Also, it's always a good idea if you make major changes to add a note to the discussion page explaining why you made the changes so other editors know that there was a reason. My apologies if I seemed heavy handed, but I was trying to get your attention with edit summaries and notes on your page.Bob98133 (talk) 13:53, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My proposition on this mink page

This is what I feel should be done with this page, since the way it currently stands, this page is redundant. Since Wikipedia already has a page for each species of mink (American, European, and Sea Mink) I say we simply make this page, a page for the comparison of the different mink species. That way, if some one simply looks up the word mink, they can get to this page and learn that there are two different living and one extinct species of mustelids commonly called mink. If that person then wants detailed information on any one of the mink species, they can then click on the link that leads them to the correct Wikipedia page on the different individual mink species. Any one wanting to post general information on any one of the mink species, can then simply go to the individual pages on the specific mink species and post that information there. I would be more than happy to construct this page as I have just described, but I need every one else's approval and cooperation first. Otherwise my efforts will be useless, and we will all be working against each other. So what is everyone else's opinions on my proposition for this page? Are you for or against my proposition?

Joseph David Carter —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joseph David Carter (talk • contribs) 02:44, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I'm going ahead with my proposition

Since no one has commented on my proposition, I'm going to go ahead and change this page as I have proposed. The information currently on this page which should be on the American Mink page, I have transferred to that page, so I didn't erase it, I just moved it to its proper place. Any additions to this page from here on out, should discuss the differences between the different mink species, as that is now the sole purpose of this page. Any one who wants to add information on the habits of mink should go to the proper page that discusses the individual mink species. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joseph David Carter (talk • contribs) 16:25, 21 May 2008 (UTC)