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A new infobox {{ Infobox Chickenbreed}} has been created for chicken articles. If you see anywhere it needs improved please contact User:Stepshep. If it meets your criteria it is requested you add it to this article's page for standardization. Thanks! §hep • ¡Talk to me! 17:05, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
There was a line in this article about Abraham Lincoln getting his nickname, "Honest Abe", because of his impartiality in refereeing cockfights. I have removed it for now. There are two issues. The first is whether he participated in such fights at all. The second is whether his participation in those fights is what earned him his nickname. The second part is the most unlikely to be provable because of all of the other instances of his honesty that have been told. It is likely that he got the name because of many instances of honesty rather than getting it through cockfighting alone. Therefore, if you could prove that he did participate in the fights, the best you could probably say is that it may have been a factor in him getting his nickname. There is a Reddit Ask Historians article here that discusses the issue. If you wish to contact me for some reason, please use my user talk page. -- Kjkolb ( talk) 06:10, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
I'm planning to do a major cleanup/expansion here, and have several points to address and add refs for.
Sorry I didn't have time to reply yesterday. I didn't know they were almost non-existent in the UK. I knew they are in Mexico, the Philippines and several other countries. Yes, I'm aware of the different colors most chicken breeds come in. With these, some of the different breeds do seem to be merely different colors of the same chicken, but some don't, like the Gilbert Hatch, Roundhead, and Biloxi Spangle. I guess they could be defined as American Game, because they're game chickens that originated in America but they are defined by place of origin or breeder, not color alone. That may be why it's not a recognized breed; Bubba from Mississippi wanted a chicken that could fight longer, while Joe from Alabama wanted one that was quick and would get it over with in 5 minutes. They bred chickens to match what they wanted and there was therefore a good bit of difference from chicken to chicken. I'm not denying that some of the different types now seem to be considered variations of the same breed, like with the banty version, but there seem to be other "American Games" out there too. White Arabian Filly Neigh 21:02, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
Why does the title of this page have "fowl" tacked on to it in lower-case? If it's part of the breed name it should be capitalised, as is our practice with all breed names; but it appears the breed is called simply "American Game". If it's supposed to be a disambiguator it's not needed – this is the only American Game we have a page on (that page redirects here). Does anyone see any reason why it shouldn't be moved to that title? Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 12:53, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
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A new infobox {{ Infobox Chickenbreed}} has been created for chicken articles. If you see anywhere it needs improved please contact User:Stepshep. If it meets your criteria it is requested you add it to this article's page for standardization. Thanks! §hep • ¡Talk to me! 17:05, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
There was a line in this article about Abraham Lincoln getting his nickname, "Honest Abe", because of his impartiality in refereeing cockfights. I have removed it for now. There are two issues. The first is whether he participated in such fights at all. The second is whether his participation in those fights is what earned him his nickname. The second part is the most unlikely to be provable because of all of the other instances of his honesty that have been told. It is likely that he got the name because of many instances of honesty rather than getting it through cockfighting alone. Therefore, if you could prove that he did participate in the fights, the best you could probably say is that it may have been a factor in him getting his nickname. There is a Reddit Ask Historians article here that discusses the issue. If you wish to contact me for some reason, please use my user talk page. -- Kjkolb ( talk) 06:10, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
I'm planning to do a major cleanup/expansion here, and have several points to address and add refs for.
Sorry I didn't have time to reply yesterday. I didn't know they were almost non-existent in the UK. I knew they are in Mexico, the Philippines and several other countries. Yes, I'm aware of the different colors most chicken breeds come in. With these, some of the different breeds do seem to be merely different colors of the same chicken, but some don't, like the Gilbert Hatch, Roundhead, and Biloxi Spangle. I guess they could be defined as American Game, because they're game chickens that originated in America but they are defined by place of origin or breeder, not color alone. That may be why it's not a recognized breed; Bubba from Mississippi wanted a chicken that could fight longer, while Joe from Alabama wanted one that was quick and would get it over with in 5 minutes. They bred chickens to match what they wanted and there was therefore a good bit of difference from chicken to chicken. I'm not denying that some of the different types now seem to be considered variations of the same breed, like with the banty version, but there seem to be other "American Games" out there too. White Arabian Filly Neigh 21:02, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
Why does the title of this page have "fowl" tacked on to it in lower-case? If it's part of the breed name it should be capitalised, as is our practice with all breed names; but it appears the breed is called simply "American Game". If it's supposed to be a disambiguator it's not needed – this is the only American Game we have a page on (that page redirects here). Does anyone see any reason why it shouldn't be moved to that title? Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 12:53, 23 June 2017 (UTC)