Talk:Guinea pig/Archive 3

message: The first paragraph in this section makes no sense whatsoever. Suggest that the first sentence be merged with the next paragraph, and the remainder of the first paragraph deleted.
Mortalusis 04:01, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guinea pigs in scientific research 

message: There are too many pictures in this article. It appears to be more of a childish "Aww, my guinea pig is so cute. See? See?" rather than something informative. --72.57.2.7 23:10, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure which ones bother you.  The "Diet" section might be a little cutsie, but the rest of the pictures all have a pretty solid reason for being there, in my opinion. Haber 00:25, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Fixed. KarlBunker 17:27, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

text: I'm the one who added the cite. I don't have the book, and I was going by the synopsis here. If you have access to the book, then your take on what it says is obviously more reliable than mine, so by all means edit that caption. KarlBunker 20:55, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures 

message: I've never heard guinea pigs/cavies called pargs, not in English anyway. If its a foreign language name its proper place is the Czech article or whatever it is. There doesnt seem to be a discussion (archived or otherwise) about this odd addition. I Googled it, even "keeping pet pargs", and there were no results relating to cavies within the first ten pages (not that Google is the most reliable bibliogrpahic resource, but it shows the relative obscurity of the term anyway). If its a regional name or something please fill me in. Thanks VanTucky 21:25, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The word as an alternate name appears to be nonsense. Google shows "poly(adp-ribose) glycohydrolase (AKA parg)" in connection with biological research with Guinea pigs, but that's about it. This was added by an annon editor back in September, and apparently no one caught it as suspicious. KarlBunker 22:27, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pargs? 

message: please refrain from changing the picture to the Dishover jpg from the original Joepcavia. However cute your pet may be, it is not a clearer picture of a cavy speciamen.  VanTucky 03:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm going to request semi-protection again if this keeps up. It boggles the mind how much stupidity this article attracts. Chris Cunningham 12:57, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

text: The IP isn't constant. Semi-protection sounds good. Fancy doing the honours? Chris Cunningham 23:46, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've requested semi-protection (via Wikipedia:Requests for page protection). The admins may decline the request though, as they often do if they deem "not enough recent activity to justify protection at this time." KarlBunker 00:44, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: From my experience of requesting semi-protection, I would be suprised if it were granted. I have requested semi-protection on articles with 5 times as much vandalism and been declined in the past, but then again it seems to be pot luck sometimes.-Localzuk(talk) 00:47, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm three for three success-wise recently, so I suppose I must just be picking better fights :) Chris Cunningham 00:51, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

text: It is quite funny, but it does highlight a problem with semi-protection though. There is a large amount of inconsistency within the process that needs addressing.-Localzuk(talk) 01:04, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Although there's never going to be 100% consistency when we've got 1000+ admins, I do accept that there is much more inconsistency in page protection than there is in say CAT:CSD, where things are much more mechanical (CSD R1 for example - either the redirect is broken or it isn't). It is pot luck, really. Some people semi-protect anything and everything while others (like me) are much more stingy. -- Steel 01:13, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Easier said than done. Bring it up on the WP:RFPP talk page or WP:AN. -- Steel 11:46, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dishover JPG 

message: The statement "It is high in protein (21%) and low in fat (8%)" appears to be backed up by http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-61200-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Perhaps other material from this piece or the articles it itself cites could be used in this article.
Is protection really needed here.. looks like a problem with one guy and a picture.. would not a simple block work?
Balaam42 02:21, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: People switch IP addresses all the time. If I'm not mistaken about how a block works, it wont work for this anon user. VanTucky 03:16, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Note that the page is semi-protected. Also, the user who was causing troubles was changing IP regularly (probably on an ISP such as AOL) so blocking would be ineffective.-Localzuk(talk) 11:45, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

text: I've added the reference requested. --Ahc 15:22, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guinea Pigs as food citation 

message: The article states that guinea pigs are 25-40 cm long. This is huge. My family and I have had dozens of guinea pigs, and I don't think I've ever seen one longer than 30 cm in its normal posture. Most were about 20 cm when full-grown. 
But of course, GPs are very flexible animals and can stretch out to become significantly longer than they are in their normal posture. Are these figures of 25-40 cm meant to apply to a GP fully stretched out? SpectrumDT 23:53, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Size - inaccurate?  

message: Okay, so I've adopted a cavy from the local humane society, and they told me it was male. But after trimming its nails, I noticed it has nipples. Does this mean that its a female? I need to know asap b/c I'm a foster volunteer and I'm not looking for any baby cavies. VanTucky 20:20, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ummm, all mammals have nipples, even males.  That seems pretty obvious as it is true in humans.  Check the lower underside, My male cavy has an easily noticable penis.  Also, talk pages usually are more for the article itself, not so much the topic.  For better and more responses, I'd suggest the reference desk.  WP:RD.   Reywas92Talk 22:03, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

text: It might make this encyclopedia more useful to have a quick description or a link to a site on how to sex a GP.  Cavyspirit.com has excellent photographs to help you.  Thanks for the heads up. Haber 01:26, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I have a problem 

message: I think both the normal cavy and the first nation people cavy were really cute, but i feel we need to chaneg the pig to a more appropiate one. The cage pictured int he background is a typical petshop cage, and those cages are horrible for pigs. They are just oversized little boxes. Not good. It has to be pictured with a cage from CavyCages.com
Any1 agree? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gerbilfyed4 (talk • contribs) 22:17, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main Picture change. 

message: I think it's time to unprotect the article now.  What do you think?  Reywas92Talk 20:44, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  unprotection 

message: To all wikipedians and unregistered users: PLEASE DO NOT ADD/REPLACE ANY PICTURES ON THE GUINEA PIG ARTICLE.  VanTucky 02:01, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  pictures again...again