Talk:Purebred

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Um...okay...so we've added cats...do we need to give equal time to horses et. al.?

Should this become a disambig. page and the dog portion moved to a new page, or should the cat portion be expanded here?

Quill 08:11, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Generic terms

Purebred is a very Generic (and confusing) term. It is usually found in conjucntion with cats and dogs, however, it is so generic that perhaps a dsambig page should be made and info directed to Pedigreed Dog, Pedigreed Cat, and whatever the best term for horses is...(i don't know I don't do horses). There is a request for Pedigee (dog) and I made Pedigree (cat) but as a note of semantics, a pedigree is a pedigree and the more appropriate page title is probably Pedigreed Dog and Pedigreed Cat.

Pschemp 13:48, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Yes, I would bet money that fanciers of other animals that 'show' use the terms 'purebred' and 'pedigree' as well, so we'll have to do something. Quill 23:03, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I'd like to see this be an article that discusses the concept of purebred in general terms and includes sections addressing purebred in some specific instances, such as in dogs and cats. I don't know that, at the moment, we need separate articles. Elf | Talk 01:20, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Sigh. Elf proven to be right...again....Just noticed that there was pedigree (dog) and pedigree (cat) saying the exact same thing. Two years on, there's not enough for two separate articles. I've created pedigree (animal) and it does not mess up any article that links to pedigree (dog). Having trouble with the REDIRECT, though--Elf, can you check and fix? Thanks. Quill 04:25, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

just wondering if people are really just going to search on the word purebred. I think it is more likely that they would look for purebred dog, pedigreed dog, purebred cat etc...so if it remains one page it is going to need a lot of redirects to be useful. Pschemp 01:29, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I think redirects in this case are fine. I'm not completely convinced that there's enough here to warrant a completely separate article for dogs that can't (or shouldn't) be covered under dog breed. IMHO. Maybe should be the same for cat breed. Elf | Talk 01:37, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Antonym

"Random bred" is suggested as an antonym by the Monks of New Skete. Many wikipedia articles seem to use the phrase already, for both cats and dogs. Elijah 18:14, 2004 Nov 22 (UTC)

Yup, this one should also probably be noted here and in mixed-breed dog and other places. Elf | Talk 23:04, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)