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Remove "along with sport fans," (under the Sociological Aspects heading); it's an unnecessary comparison ] (]) 10:12, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
Remove "along with sport fans," (under the Sociological Aspects heading); it's an unnecessary comparison ] (]) 10:12, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
:Yup, doesn't seem particularly relevant. I've removed it. ] (]) 10:35, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
:Yup, doesn't seem particularly relevant. I've removed it. ] (]) 10:35, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
== Dubious tags in sexuality ==
So currently the article says furries are more likely to be gay/bi/lesbian by a factor of ten, which appears to be a bit of synthesis from a Gallup poll unconcerned with furry sexuality. There are dubious tags on the poll's percentage of bisexual/gay/lesbian Americans for no reason that I can find. What's dubious about it and should this seeming synthesis even be in the article? ] (]) 03:42, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
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Create a section about "fursonas", as this is a highly important part of the fandom.
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Hey folks, I'm here to discuss the article in the quickest possible way. I recently made a cropped version of the original (pictured) because it was "oversexualized and unrepresentative." What do y'think about replacing an existing image with a new one?
Is there any good reason why the article needs to be illustrated with artworks anyway? This is an article about a group of people, not a cartoon, and article illustrations are supposed to show the subject matter. Commons has many good photos of individuals in its 'fursuits' category and subcategories: we should be able to find one amongst that if none of the existing photos used in our article aren't suitable to go at the top of the page. AndyTheGrump (talk) 13:28, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
There's nothing "good" about finding different photos instead of artworks where everything is just irrelevant to what you prefer. Therefore, I won't help you with improving the article anyway.
I quite like the image proposed , the artstyle is more representative and feels more relevant of the fandom currently. People remember first impressions the most and that is most likely going to be the first image they see so it should be good artwork that represents the fandom in it's current state. The current picture doesn't look like a "a typical furry character" like you see online, atleast not anymore. 10fps man (talk) 17:59, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
i agree! though, if the image proposed does end up being used in the article, some credit to the artist should be provided. a link wouldn't be needed obviously, but providing their online handle and the platform the work appeared on would be a good idea. it might also be a good idea to ask the artist if they would mind their work appearing on this article. Cat-with-the-'tism (talk) 17:41, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
I really like the new image! The main thing I like about it is it's a bit more "modern" in the style. I have nothing against the artist of the current one. It just gives me the vibe of 2009, not that that's bad. Also, my response to Andy would be the furry fandom is more than simply just fursuiters. I would say that when people hear the word "furry" they either think of fursuits, or furry art. @The Harvett Vault: if I see no strong objections in a few days I'll go ahead and replace it. ― Blaze WolfBlaze Wolf#654504:16, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
I do think it would be helpful to modernize the example of a furry drawing on the page, but the artist who made the anthro vixen that is currently on the page also made a modernized version of the same drawing some years ago. Lessnesslynx (talk) 23:08, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
@Lessnesslynx: Is that image publicly available (or released under a compatible license or already on commons)? If it isn't then we can't really use the modernized version of that image. ― Blaze WolfBlaze Wolf#654523:19, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
So currently the article says furries are more likely to be gay/bi/lesbian by a factor of ten, which appears to be a bit of synthesis from a Gallup poll unconcerned with furry sexuality. There are dubious tags on the poll's percentage of bisexual/gay/lesbian Americans for no reason that I can find. What's dubious about it and should this seeming synthesis even be in the article? XeCyranium (talk) 03:42, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
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