Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Agriculture
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Hello. I just made Mastitis in dairy cattle but I have no idea what I'm doing. Should it be "dairy cows" or "dairy cattle"? Mooooooooo Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:16, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
- Good start. I think that title is fine, although of course mastitis is rather uncommon in bulls and steers... Richard New Forest (talk) 14:48, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
- I think that we need to merge Mastitis (domestic animals) and that somehow. My preference would be to merge Mastitis (domestic animals) with Mastitis (as a section) and then put a See also link to the new dairy cattle article in that section. Thoughts? Objections? Steven Walling 20:35, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Perhaps if you don't know what to call a cow it may also be true that you aren't qualified to write this entry. I'm just sayin...Yoscratch (talk) 14:49, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
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Your project's input is solicited. Beyond My Ken (talk) 19:00, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Resignation
You know what. I just wanted help with this one artice. Most of the time, I edit articles about Japanese video games and old NASCAR races. I don't have time to edit bee-related articles as well. Please accept my resignation from your Wiki Project. GVnayR (talk) 22:05, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
Notification regarding Wikipedia-Books
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As detailed in last week's Signpost, WikiProject Wikipedia books is undertaking a cleanup all Wikipedia books. Particularly, the {{saved book}} template has been updated to allow editors to specify the default covers of the books. Title, subtitle, cover-image, and cover-color can all be specified, and an HTML preview of the cover will be generated and shown on the book's page (an example of such a cover is found on the right). Ideally, all books in Category:Book-Class Agriculture articles should have covers.
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Missing agriculture topics
Iäve updated my list of missing agriculture topics - Skysmith (talk) 13:09, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
My husband and I have in our basement an International Harvester Freezer. My father brought it from the farm and it ran until about 10 years ago. I know it has to be about 60 yrs old. It's very heavy. I'm wondering do you want an antique. (marge C.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.224.112.77 (talk) 03:33, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
Rice, baby!
This may be relevant to the interests of any and all rice and plant-breeding enthusiasts here.
Goat article naming convention?
Is there one? What is the general naming convention for goat articles, if anyone knows, and where is it specified? On List of goat breeds, it appears to be random (some are Xbreed (goat), some are Xbreed, some are Xbreed Goat, etc. I'd like to see them standardized, but it's not high priority, I suppose. To me, Xbreed goat (lower-case g and no parenthesis) makes simple sense as a naming convention, with the other variations redirected to those standard names, but there seemed to be some contrasting thought in the review to try to move Oberhasli (goat) to Oberhasli goat, (one of the page's current redirects). Apparently that was the wrong venue for that proposal anyway, as it was speedily closed as 'wrong forum,' but the responses received there seem to indicate that there is already a naming convention in place for goats. Comments? duff 10:23, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
Agriculture vs Industry
Is Agriculture an Industry? Often today there are many activities that are described as "industry" that do not conform to my idea of what industry really is. I fear this creates a distortion of understanding, and is often used either to downgrade the importance of an economic activity (such as agriculture), or to suggest a different legitimacy than is really possessed (e.g. the meat industry). I see from various definitions elsewhere [1] [[2]] that my understanding of "industry" is a narrow one, and the economics context is what is taking over. This makes the word much less useful or even a meaningless addendum (for example, the financial services industry, or the tourism industry, where "sector" would be more appropriate). I think my understanding is best reflected by my (false, but more valid!) memory of the four statues on Holborn Viaduct: Industry; Commerce, Agriculture, and Academia. (In fact [[3]], the statues represent: Agriculture, Commerce, Science and Fine Art!) Nevertheless, the statues do raise Agriculture to one of four major categories of (Victorian) activity, and so emphasise its importance to our well being, and, indeed, to all our civilisations. If we start thinking of agriculture and agricultural activities as industrial, we are lumping it in with all sorts of more recent activities, and risk bringing industrial mindsets to an activity that seems to me to have fundamental uniquenesses (e.g. living creatures and plants, food, weather and soil dependence) which, if more clearly understood, would likely enhance our lives. So I suggest that WikiProject Agriculture adopts a policy of using the word industry only in its narrow sense (diligence, or manufacture of things) and adopts agriculture as a preferred term. David Hirst 12:17, 8 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dynamicpricing (talk • contribs)