Talk:White Schnauzer
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Copyrighted text?
editThe article says "The following copyrighted article/excerpts on the history and Coat Color Inheritance in the White Miniature Schnauzer has been reprinted by permission by Karin Rice of Rice's Miniature Schnauzers". It seems like an excessively large block of text (it takes up most of the article) to be quoting from a copyrighted source, even if it is with permission. Wikipedia is supposed to be largely GFDL licensed, but three quarters of this article are copyrighted. That section can easily be rewriten (and should be, it completely contradicts and ignores the manual of style). I'm not entirely sure that a lecture on genetics is within the scope of this article. On a slightly different subject, this article seems to be quite pro-white schnauzer (using such phrases as "ignorantly thought..." or "ignorance rumors" or "some people claim by their fictitious pedigree", all of which violate WP:WTA). For the time being I'm not tagging it for NPOV violations, but that may change. --Pharaoh Hound (talk) 13:44, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
- Confirmation of permission request sent to copyright owner. --DO11.10 (talk) 22:04, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
- Permission confirmed. WP:OTRS should be along shortly.--DO11.10 (talk) 19:27, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
NPOV
editI have tagged the article for POV issues because it is obviously pro-white Schnauzer and makes unreferenced arguments for their validity and inclusion without presenting the opposite views, or slaughtering and debasing opposing views with words such as "ignorant". I'm not against white Schnauzers (to be perfectly honest, I'm not a Schnauzer person and couldn't care less about the issue), but Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and should present facts and opinions fairly and without bias. --Pharaoh Hound (talk) (The Game) 17:02, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
- You're kidding, right? Please confirm so I can remove the POV tag. Thanks. CSWarren 23:18, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Merging w/ Miniature Schnauzer
editI've merged the relevant passages with the Mini articlee, and copied the "permissions" template to the Mini Schnauzer page. --Auntieruth55 (talk) 22:42, 29 May 2009 (UTC)