Talk:Chicken as biological research model

Merge proposal

Several Times (talk · contribs) has proposed that this article be merged with Chicken. I don't know his reasons for this proposed merge (hopefully, he will make his thoughts known here), but I disagree with a merge on the basis that this article is too large to easily merge into the chicken article, and the topic is unrelated enough to merit its own article. Surely, a link to this article should be made from chicken, but I think this article (when the authors have finished fleshing it out) will serve well as a standalone article. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 14:41, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

As it stands now, I believe a discussion of chick embryos in scientific terms would be most appropriate at Chicken or, even better, at Embryo. I don't really subscribe to the whole "this article is too large to merge" argument when the material could be merged so cleanly. I'm completely fine with waiting to see what other content gets added to this article, though. It may be completely appropriate for an article on its own right depending upon what gets added to it. §everal⇒|Times 15:46, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

The fact that the topic goes beyond just chick embryo research to include research carried out on adult chickens somewhat argues against merging to embryo. I have suggested (at User talk:Anjuliyoung) that the article be moved to Chicken as scientific research model. In any case, I think the material in this article would only be of passing interest to anyone looking up chicken in the encyclopedia. If the merge were to occur, I would propose a new section in Chicken titled "As research subjects", since there are already sections titled "As food" and "As pets". WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 16:29, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

In my opinion the information relayed here will be of little interest to individuals truly searching for information about chickens. The converse is also true: people interested in the use of a chicken embryo in science will have little interest in the general knowledge of chickens. Chickens as domesticated foul and as an scientific model have similar origins but their substance, audience, and content is very different. I suggest a small section is added to Chicken that briefly describes the chick embryo as an experimental model and links to the chick embryo page where the full details are listed.--Frysk Hynder (talk) 03:37, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Well and good, but do you see the title of this article as properly serving to describe its content? WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 11:37, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Given that this discussion died without closure, I have abandoned the merge proposal, but rather moved the article to a title better reflecting its content. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 13:07, 10 September 2012 (UTC)