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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 13 October 2020 and 4 December 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Szczurekn.

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Personal recollections[edit]

Aww...The one on the left looks like the late, great Sargent Puppy of my youth... *sniffle* --DanKeshet 18:51 Feb 1, 2003 (UTC)

Image data[edit]

"Sattui" on the left (1 year, 7 months), and "Orfila" on the right (6 months), at our home in Rancho Bernardo, California (40 miles north of San Diego). I didn't want to excerpt any of the other pages' text cause copyright, and didn't feel the muse just at the moment to write my own. Anyone else is welcome, otherwise I'll put something in soon.

Shelties are the best dog ever!!! I have a ten year-old Tri color, who is rather on the large side (~25lbs.), but is still a beautiful dog. I named him 'Bama' after the main character in Jimmy Buffett's book, 'Where is Joe Merchant'. He is very intelligent, loyal, and affectionate. He loves to ride with me in my truck. He also is best friends with my cat, 'Sheba'. I have read that Shelties, as a breed, are very cat-friendly. - Rick X MEN

Signed for archiving purposes only. William Harris (talk) 10:57, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dogs' names on photos[edit]

To prevent a proliferation of personalized dog photos throughout the encyclopedia, the dog project (Wikipedia:WikiProject Dog breeds) has pursued a policy of not identifying any dogs by name on the breed pages, nor their owners, nor their breeders, nor even their titles (although I did leave in the Ch title mention here because it seemed relevant to the breed article, although we haven't included that info in any other Ch photo on the breed page that I'm aware of), etc. All of that info can go onto the image page, and often does, and anyone who clicks on the photo to enlarge it can read all of that detail. (For example, Image:SmoothCollieTri2 wb.jpg, Image:PuliBlack wb.jpg, also CHs, don't have their names on the breed pages.)

However, Per request in the edit history, I have removed the photo ("There is no reason to not have the name of the sheltie. If the name can't appear, remove the image") from the article. If you change your mind, I for one would be glad to have the photo back in.

I wouldn't say that the no-names policy is set in stone but it seems like a good one; if you want to see what other people active in the dog breed project think about possible reasons for including the name, please do bring it up on the project discussion page.

Re: tri vs sable--I am not conversant enough with the gradations of color as to where one turns from sable to tri, so I can't argue with either viewpoint, but it sure looks a lot darker to me than sables I'm familiar with. Or maybe i'm hallucinating either way. :-) --Elf | Talk 06:56, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

The two shelties identified as tricolors are actually shaded sables, AKA mahogany sables. Tris have solid black body coats, not just black shading, with tan and white on their faces and legs.

Signed for archiving purposes only. William Harris (talk) 10:57, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Possible Plagiarism/Definitely lacking a source[edit]

Hello everyone! I don't want to construe anyone's actions in a negative light, but when I read the first paragraph (particularly "This diligent small dog is clever, vocal, excitable and willing to please. They are incredibly trustworthy to their owners to the point where they are often referred to as "shadows" due to their attachment to family. This breed was formally recognized by The Kennel Club (UK) in 1909."), I thought that it didn't really sound 'Wikipedian'. I did a Google search for the first sentence ("This diligent small dog...") and got several sites/blogs using the exact same wording. At least one used the whole paragraph. My question is whether or not we have a source to show where we got the line (i.e. who is copying whom). If we did copy the line, it needs to have proper quotes and citations.Xenologer48 (talk) 18:06, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm .. I can't find any citations. Should someone rewrite it? Andrewbdporter (talk) 02:59, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]