Talk:Stag (disambiguation)

Link to Deer

At present Stag redirects to Deer. This page Stag (disambiguation) now links directly to Deer rather than to Stag. Deer is the only Wikipedia article incoming to this page, and readers who search for "stag" will go to Stag. Despite a lack of incoming links, this page gets about 1000 views per month, and viewers can only be coming from Deer. It is therefore wrong to show viewers a link to Stag that redirects them right back to where they just came from. 69.3.72.9 (talk) 02:39, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's the article that discusses the primary meaning of the topic. That said, I would not object to making an article at Stag comparable to the ones we have made for Bull and Stallion. bd2412 T 19:36, 16 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 8 April 2022

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

No consensus to move. After much-extended time for discussion, there is a clear absence of consensus for a move at this time, with opinion leaning more strongly in opposition to the proposal. BD2412 T 04:45, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Stag (disambiguation) → Stag – As pointed out above [in September 2010] under section header Talk:Stag (disambiguation)#Link to Deer, Stag is a redirect to Deer, unlike Bull and Stallion which have their own separate articles. The Stag (disambiguation) page lists 38 entries and anyone who is researching the animal and types not "Deer", but the specific name that refers to the male of the species, will see, as the disambiguation page's first line, "{{wiktionary|stag}} A stag is an adult male deer.", which can be tweaked to link, "A stag is an adult male deer." However, it seems likely that many (most?) users would be searching for one of the 37 other uses. — Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 01:25, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. A male deer is the primary topic for stag. The dab page only gets 20 page views daily [1] and most of the items on it are only partial title matches. Calidum 13:48, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support. It is certainly the primary meaning in English, but it doesn't really make sense as a primary topic in an encyclopedia. We don't have an article on adult male deer: Stag is currently a redirect to Deer, where stag is among several terms introduced in the "Terminology" section. A reader interested in the main meaning of the word will be much better served by a dab page whose first entry clearly defines that meaning, than by a redirect to a much more general article where they'll have to wade through several paragraphs until they arrive at the relevant content. – Uanfala (talk) 14:07, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT. Rreagan007 (talk) 15:14, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. There's nothing to show this is not an appropriate primary topic redirect. Most of the other popular pages are partial title matches (e.g., stag party for bachelor party; stag beetle; stag film). older ≠ wiser 15:35, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Very clear primary redirect. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:03, 13 April 2022 (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. No further edits should be made to this section.

Stag trees

Jack beanstalk, in this edit this edit you refer to the usage of "stag tree" for dead trees. With the caveat that I'm not Australian and that I'm speaking outside my sphere of competence, I'm really tempted to see that as a typo for "snag tree". – Uanfala (talk) 20:24, 18 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi no but I can understand why you may think a typo! It is a stag tree, I'm assuming because it refers to a dead (usually eucalypt) standing tree and as such it looks somewhat like a stag's antlers. Stag trees are very important for many Australian birds and marsupial gliders as the hollows are their exclusive breeding and nesting habitat. Jack beanstalk (talk) 07:32, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]