Our preoccupation with the modern era triumphs again.
Though we have a picture that includes him http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prince_Rupert_-_1st_English_Civil_War..., and mentions in a couple of articles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert_of_the_Rhine [[Familiar spirit#Prince Rupert's doghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familiar_spirit#Prince_Rupert.27s_dog]]. We don't have a proper article on Boye. WereSpielChequers
Message: 3 Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:28:12 +0100 From: Carcharoth carcharothwp@googlemail.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] If anyone ever says Wikipedia is too deletionist To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: 206791b10907300528r360dc7fld8f1e20b783918ac@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanencimonavaro@gmail.com wrote:
<snip>
More seriously - relatively speaking - I think we actually do have quite a few emperors and the like favorite rides as articles of their own. Granted horse are not generally considered pets.
Deletionists, look away now...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Famous_animals
Carcharoth
PS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucephalus
Message: 5 Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:30:59 +0100 From: Carcharoth carcharothwp@googlemail.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] If anyone ever says Wikipedia is too deletionist To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: 206791b10907300530s7977b246qd57e8533a8fdc068@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Carcharothcarcharothwp@googlemail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanencimonavaro@gmail.com wrote:
<snip>
More seriously - relatively speaking - I think we actually do have quite a few emperors and the like favorite rides as articles of their own. Granted horse are not generally considered pets.
Deletionists, look away now...
<sob>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Animal_births_by_year http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Animal_deaths_by_year
That is ridiculous category use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Animal_amputees http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Famous_lobsters
And going full-circle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:United_States_Presidential_pets
Carcharoth
Message: 6 Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:34:34 +0100 From: Carcharoth carcharothwp@googlemail.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] If anyone ever says Wikipedia is too deletionist To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: 206791b10907300534m6ec408dy14dcc48d956da89@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Carcharothcarcharothwp@googlemail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Carcharothcarcharothwp@googlemail.com
wrote:
<snip>
This one, on the other hand, is interesting (takes all sorts):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Animal_monuments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Cod_of_Massachusetts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_Perm_Bear
Nice to know that Laika is on this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_Conquerors_of_Space
Carcharoth
Also a mention here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marston_Moor#Aftermath
Called a "lapdog", so searches for "dog" wouldn't find that.
Carcharoth
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 9:09 PM, WereSpielChequerswerespielchequers@googlemail.com wrote:
Our preoccupation with the modern era triumphs again.
Though we have a picture that includes him http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prince_Rupert_-_1st_English_Civil_War..., and mentions in a couple of articles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert_of_the_Rhine [[Familiar spirit#Prince Rupert's doghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familiar_spirit#Prince_Rupert.27s_dog]]. We don't have a proper article on Boye. WereSpielChequers
Message: 3 Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:28:12 +0100 From: Carcharoth carcharothwp@googlemail.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] If anyone ever says Wikipedia is too deletionist To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: 206791b10907300528r360dc7fld8f1e20b783918ac@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanencimonavaro@gmail.com wrote:
<snip>
More seriously - relatively speaking - I think we actually do have quite a few emperors and the like favorite rides as articles of their own. Granted horse are not generally considered pets.
Deletionists, look away now...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Famous_animals
Carcharoth
PS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucephalus
Message: 5 Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:30:59 +0100 From: Carcharoth carcharothwp@googlemail.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] If anyone ever says Wikipedia is too deletionist To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: 206791b10907300530s7977b246qd57e8533a8fdc068@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Carcharothcarcharothwp@googlemail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanencimonavaro@gmail.com wrote:
<snip>
More seriously - relatively speaking - I think we actually do have quite a few emperors and the like favorite rides as articles of their own. Granted horse are not generally considered pets.
Deletionists, look away now...
<sob>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Animal_births_by_year http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Animal_deaths_by_year
That is ridiculous category use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Animal_amputees http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Famous_lobsters
And going full-circle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:United_States_Presidential_pets
Carcharoth
Message: 6 Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:34:34 +0100 From: Carcharoth carcharothwp@googlemail.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] If anyone ever says Wikipedia is too deletionist To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: 206791b10907300534m6ec408dy14dcc48d956da89@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Carcharothcarcharothwp@googlemail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Carcharothcarcharothwp@googlemail.com
wrote:
<snip>
This one, on the other hand, is interesting (takes all sorts):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Animal_monuments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Cod_of_Massachusetts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_Perm_Bear
Nice to know that Laika is on this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_Conquerors_of_Space
Carcharoth
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