Talk:Palomino
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[edit] Tossed the laundry list
Threw out the "laundry list" of famous Palominos. Once these start, they grow exponentially and create edit wars over what is "famous." By the time you have little Susie wondering why her pony Goldie isn't on the list, it's a mess.
If the horse is famous enough to warrant a wikipedia article, then if the named animal isn't mentioned in the text, then create a category:Famous Palominos and put it there. Which is what I am about to do. Montanabw(talk) 17:38, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Accuracy
This article feels like it was written by the PHBA. Does anyone have any objections to restructuring the article? I'd like to take all the PHBA stuff, particularly as regards what palominos look like, out and replace it with more accurate information that discusses better ways of identifying palominos, and the range of shades. The PHBA would have its own section. Countercanter (talk) 15:01, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- LOL! I did the cleanup and rewrite of something even worse! I DO think that more genetics info should be added and you are the one to do so, but I wouldn't toss what's there, yet. Let's add first, then, as needed, rewrite and/or subtract. Go ahead and add a new genetics section, keep the rest of what's there for now, and then maybe while you do your part, I can edit the "popular version," based on what else gets added. I don't really want to create a separate new article on the PHBA, would prefer to just note the groups in passing. While you are at it, maybe take a peek at cream gene and consider how much of the genetics stuff should go there first. (And there was a creme/cream debate, the article was changed from creme gene to cream gene as a result of prior consensus, just FYI...and when it was changed, I was the one who had to go and fix all the wikilinks... ;-P )
- The registry standards are a legitimate section to the article in terms of NPOV issues because these folks DO exist and are major players. (Even if true-breeding palominos are a genetic impossibility) What I have run into in other articles (notably Pinto horse) is that the color breed registry folks get really really upset when you try to explain that a color does not make a breed. And here, we probably have to explain that while palomino color is genetically determined, there are organizations with broader definitions, particularly when, as in the case of one of the two competing Palomino registries in the USA, they don't require a horse to be a genetic palomino! (Such as that Chestnut with flaxen Arab stud that got approved...sigh, don't get me started...!).
