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Hi, Afru, I've merged your article Breeding stock to Selective breeding, as a section. I invite you to expand on that article! Since we have seperate articles on dog, cat, horse and plant breeding, we could consider a seperate article on Pig breeding (if that is your particular interest.) Thanks, Marasmusine 11:51, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Your COI report

Just dealing with the most important issue first, to find out how to have items removed from the history of a page you need to go to Misplaced Pages:Oversight. The rest of the questions will be answered in time. Pairadox (talk) 07:33, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi, thank you very much for the advise; I am a new user; just learning --Afru (talk) 07:46, 5 February 2008 (UTC)AFRU

In that case, let's get you a better set of links to help you find your way around. There's a lot of important information in these, so you'll want to be sure to read them. Pairadox (talk) 07:48, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

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Sourcing

Re Central Asian Shepherd Dog, note that it's a fundamental policy of Misplaced Pages that material is cited to reliable published sources. See WP:V and WP:RS. Gordonofcartoon (talk) 12:52, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. I am a newbie to WIkipedia, and vast majority of sources are in Russian. Will do my best to clarify the issue. --Afru (talk) 16:48, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks also. Russian is fine as long as they're cited. Gordonofcartoon (talk) 17:33, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Central Asian Shepherd Dog

Re your message: You're welcome. Since I don't know much about this breed or dogs in general, I would recommend that you stop by the talk page of Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Dogs. Perhaps editors there can assist you in expanding and fixing up the article. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:26, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

One suggestion I do have, and it's more of a style suggestion than a content suggestion, is to use the citation templates. They can be a little more cumbersome to use, but the nice thing about them is that automatically format the references for you in the {{Reflist}} section. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:30, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Dog Breed Groups

A tag has been placed on Dog Breed Groups requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Misplaced Pages:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines. ukexpat (talk) 23:17, 24 February 2008 (UTC)