Talk:Animal coat

Links back to article

Currently, both links to undercoat and topcoat link back to this same article. May be useful to simply remove the links until actual articles for the two exist. Torch Of Baphomet (talk) 18:21, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Guard hair" redirects to here, but this article is just a load of fluff (lol). Could somebody PLEASE edit it so it has actual biological information? ~Anon, 8:22 EST 6/11/13 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.168.18.34 (talk) 12:22, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 11 November 2019

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Sceptre (talk) 21:21, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Coat (animal) → Animal coat
Coat (dog) → Dog coat

– Per WP:NATURAL and because the current disambiguation is confusing (a coat is not an animal, it's a trait of an animal). There is the possibility it could be confused with "coats for animals", but this one could too, so that doesn't really change anything. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 08:52, 11 November 2019 (UTC) —Relisting. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:52, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom, the current title is fairly confusing. – Thjarkur (talk) 14:33, 12 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I'm not entirely opposed to this move, but looking at Scale which when referring to the trait of an animal is called Scale (anatomy), perhaps the move should be to Coat (anatomy). I wasn't able to find a similar example where a disambiguator was used though, so Animal coat (in line with Human brain and the like) might be the best. Cerebral726 (talk) 18:59, 12 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support first. Not sure about second, as "dog coat" could refer to a coat worn by a dog. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:48, 13 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Could be addressed with a hatnote like: this article is about the aspect of canine anatomy. For coats worn by dogs, see Rug (animal covering). For coats made from dogs, see Fur clothing. The current disambiguation is outright wrong, so any move would be a good move._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 18:41, 13 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - "Pelage" is the correct name for an animal's coat. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:38, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely wouldn't call that the WP:COMMONNAME though. Cerebral726 (talk) 14:16, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.