Talk:Furry

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Older discussions: Talk:Furry/Archive 2 Talk:Furry/Archive 1

Contents 1 Branch? 2 Disambiguating 3 Furries and "furfags" 4 "Non-human animals"

[edit] Branch?

What is the deal with Furry/Temp1 ? Can we kill it? Fplay 10:13, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Seems appropriate. Last non-bot edit was 5 months ago. Ekevu (talk) 15:26, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguating

Most of What links here refers to the furry fandom and I think the appropriate links should be redirected to that page. It's a well-written article and the other meanings listed on this disambiguation page are narrower--anyone who wants to talk about fursuiting specifically will probably link to fursuiting herself.

Links that refer to cartoon characters as furry should probably be redirected to funny animal. Obviously, links that refer to ordinary animals as being furry should be disambiguated to fur. See Disambiguation pages with links project page. --The Famous Movie Director 02:38, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia article titles are supposed to be nouns according to WP:NC, so this page really shouldn't be here at all. Any page that does link here ought to be fixed, and then this page should be deleted or perhaps redirected to "fur". --Russ Blau (talk) 11:56, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

"Furry" is a noun. Each of the items in this article is a furry. This article is for disambiguation between the items. "Fur" is not the same thing as "furry", and is already addressed in the article. Coyoty 16:03, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Furries and "furfags"

Is there any truth to the Internet rumor that furries have sex with nonhuman animals? And where did the slur "furfag" come from? — Rickyrab | Talk 16:09, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes (2%, according to Rust's survey audience) and 4chan. Octane ^{[improve me]} 06.08.07 0945 (UTC)

You'll find that a far larger number of people who are not furrys are animal-botherers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.101.111.170 (talk) 19:50, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Good Sir you are incorrect, the survey found that 2% of furries DONT have sex with nonhuman animals. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.212.249.159 (talk)

172.212.249.159, the language is very clear, as is the data, unless you want to invoke the conspiracy argument. 68.101.111.170, that was not part of the question raised. Octane ^{[improve me]} 04.10.07 1812 (UTC)

Note that those 2% only self-identified as zoophiles, which doesn't necessarily mean they have sex with non-human animals (gays don't necessarily have sex with the same gender, pedophiles don't necessarily have sex with children, etc). A minor point. -kotra (talk) 18:34, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Non-human animals"

I can't resist pointing this out: There is no such thing as "non-human animals". Last I checked, all animals are NOT humans. I dare you to say otherwise. (not signing comment) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.121.23.5 (talk) 14:30, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Colloquially, you are somewhat correct: the term "animal" is often used to describe members of Animalia that aren't humans. But biologically, humans are animals as well. See Animal#Etymology or any dictionary definition of "animal". Since both are valid, I'm ok with either "non-human animals" or "animals" in this article. -kotra (talk) 18:26, 15 April 2008 (UTC)