Talk:Fox Terrier
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Are they called terriers because they're used to terrorize the fox out of its hole? Kent Wang 11:00, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
- No the Terrier part comes from the latin terra meaning earth. Steven jones 11:12, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
- Thanks for the explanation. Do you think this warrants mention in the article? I'm not so sure of how to put it eloquently. Kent Wang 18:07, 28 May 2004 (UTC)
Nice edit Quill. I changed the headings from being bold text to an actual heading. You can do this by placing "==" arround the text, the benifit in actual headings is that the arcticle will have a table of contents.
I also removed the stub message as the article seems to have reached actual article status. What is still outstanding is that it doesn't match the project standards. I'm not sure if it really should though as it has become an article about the various foxies and not one specific breed. I'm not sure how we should do this from a format point of view? Steven jones 12:22, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- We've probably been a little inconsistent with breeds that have very similar types & names. It's sometimes tough to decide whether there's enough difference among the breeds to warrant having separate articles. For example, Welsh Corgi provides general info about both the Welsh Corgi (Cardigan) and Welsh Corgi (Pembroke), but specific breed details are in the individual articles. For Dachshund, however, all the breeds and standards and coat variations and sizes are listed in one single article. I think it's "what feels best for the particular breed group." Elf | Talk 17:44, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Thanks, Steven. Yes, I agree with Elf. These decisions are difficult and we should probably let them evolve. Elf, thanks for fixing the formatting error on my Jack Russell stub page. I realized to late what I'd done, thought I'd tackle it this morning, and voila, it's been corrected! Wikipedia is amazing!
Need to add the Standard Foxies
I notice with mortification that the Quillster forgot to sign his name again. I'll get, it, folks--sorry!
This is a nice full article now, but one glaring omission is the lack of breed articles on the Smooth and Wire-haired Foxies (yes, I know that's not how the breed name is written, but I just can't help myself).
If any Standard Fox Terrier owners read this, they're likely to take offence. I haven't written an article because I'm not an expert on Standard Foxies. Can we at least have a stub?
Did I just volunteer? Everybody say "no".... Quill 05:19, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)
It's a wire-haired
Can someone please add "wire" to the caption of the photo of the foxy in the snow? Also, this photo should be copied into fox terrier (wire) wire fox terrier or whatever we've called that article; I've forgotten. Quill 22:59, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- p.s. I see that there should be another photo as well, but I can't view it because my uploader isn't uploading. I look forward to seeing it eventually....Quill 23:22, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Uh, my failure. Sorry. I reverted to the last version. It's called Fox Terrier (Wire) :-). --Avatar-en 01:40, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
