Talk:Goat

Latest comment: 9 months ago by DdeWylvyn in topic Etymology of "goat"

Missing content GOAT (sports culture)?

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There should be content about GOAT (sports culture) in the culture section. 2001:4455:389:2700:7822:3156:B9D2:8410 (talk) 14:32, 7 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Isn't that just the word "goat" with a totally different meaning, not related to the actual animal? As the hat-note says, "This article is about the domesticated species of goat... For other uses, see Goat (disambiguation)." DMacks (talk) 14:37, 7 May 2025 (UTC)Reply
Yes, Wikipedia articles are about things not words; Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:55, 7 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

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@Remsense: It seems plausible IMO, the goat emoji has its own mention and img in the linked article. I feel like most people typing that into the searchbar, due to the emoji's slang sense, are going to be looking for the GOAT abbreviation. ❧ LunaEatsTuna (talk), proudly editing since 2018 (and just editing since 2017) – posted at 06:11, 29 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Remsense: Any response? :3 I think adding it back is not unreasonable looking at the possibility of it being typed into the search bar in order to find its meaning + it is mentioned at the target article which ofc makes it a stronger case. We use hatnotes like that one if the meaning of a redirect is ambiguous as is evidently the case of 🐐︎. ❧ LunaEatsTuna (talk), proudly editing since 2018 (and just editing since 2017) – posted at 01:17, 31 May 2025 (UTC)Reply
No one would put the emoji into the search bar and expect to get to that article. It's pointless clutter at the top of an article. Remsense   01:50, 31 May 2025 (UTC)Reply
Why not? It got 36 page views in the last 30 days. ❧ LunaEatsTuna (talk), proudly editing since 2018 (and just editing since 2017) – posted at 02:09, 31 May 2025 (UTC)Reply
Right, because it was visible at the top of a high-traffic article, not because it was where they originally wanted to go. Even if not, 1 view/day is quite low, given we already have a disambiguation page also. Remsense   02:16, 31 May 2025 (UTC)Reply
There is no disambig for 🐐︎ though, which only has two meanings. I agree the page views are low, but is there any guideline/policy that hints at a limited page view requirement for a disambig hatnote? Otherwise, I see no actual reason to exclude it. @Remsense: ❧ LunaEatsTuna (talk), proudly editing since 2018 (and just editing since 2017) – posted at 18:08, 2 June 2025 (UTC)Reply
It means "goat", given it is a pictograph of a goat. A link to the article about the homographic acronym is on Goat (disambiguation), though maybe it should be moved further up? Remsense 🌈  18:32, 3 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

Etymology of "goat"

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The etymology in this article isn't the same as the etymology in the Wiktionary article on "goat", which says that the Proto-Germanic cannot go back to a PIE form. How can this be reconciled? I think that the etymology listed here should be changed to agree with the information presented in Wiktionary. DdeWylvyn (talk) 14:56, 3 September 2025 (UTC)Reply