Category talk:Canines

Rename to Category:Dogs
RENAME 11-3

It's simple, categories should have simple names as they are meant to aid in navigation. Dogs is much simpler than canines and should therefore be renamed to it.

Proposer: Deadline: September 16, 2013, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) Per this proposal and my comments on the two TPPS like this.
 * 2) Per proposal.
 * 3) Per proposal
 * 4) "Canines" could also refer to your teeth as well.
 * 5) Per Proposal.
 * 6) Per all.
 * 7) - Simpler is better. "Dog" can also be used to refer to the whole Canidae family (like how "cats" is used as am umbrella term as well as to refer to the domestic species), and either way, no one's gonna go splitting hairs about it around a Mario wiki.
 * 8) Per all.
 * 9) Per the above
 * 10) The animals Time Turner mentioned still qualify as dogs. People refer lions, tigers, mountain lions, bobcats, and lynxes as cats, so I'm sure the same applies to how wolves, foxes, coyotes, jackals, and raccoon dogs as dogs.
 * 11) – Per Yoshi876, Walkazo, and LeftyGreenMario.

Oppose

 * 1) This is silly. "Canine" doesn't refer exclusively to dogs; it's a name for an entire group of animal. Dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes, jackals, and others are all part of the canine family, and our wiki uses this category accordingly. If we change this name, we're gonna have some problems with categorization.
 * 2) Per Time Turner.
 * 3) Per GD. Are wolves called dogs? Of course not!

Comments
@Supporters: You do realize that if you move this, you'll have to make Category:Foxes, Category:Wolves, etc.?--
 * Isn't "dog" an umbrella term for all of these animals though? If I'm wrong, then the Magic School Bus lied to me for once. 18:34, 9 September 2013 (EDT)

Subcategories
Could we have subcategories like foxes, wolves, etc.? When the title is Category:Dog, people would think of domestic dogs. While I respect the decision that the proposal above voted, I would have voted oppose if I was here sooner. While "dog" may be a general term, I think there should be some subcategories so that Tails doesn't get mistaken for a domestic dog like a labrador retriever or something. SeanWheeler (talk) 20:39, 13 December 2013 (EST)
 * "Dog" is an umbrella term used for the animals that fall under the category of canines. Categorizing foxes under dogs may even help people educate that not only domestic dogs are considered dogs as well. 21:11, 13 December 2013 (EST)