Talk:scalie
Latest comment: 11 years ago by -sche in topic RFV
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Rfv-sense "Someone who describes themselves with a scalie character." What is this self-referential self-reference supposed to mean? - -sche (discuss) 06:18, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
- Meaningless. Removed. SemperBlotto (talk) 06:54, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
- On second look, I think I've figured out what CodeCat was getting at: one of the senses of "scalie" is "in the furry fandom, a lizard with human characteristics", so this sense is "someone who roleplays such a lizard". I'm not sure the two are distinct. - -sche (discuss) 07:02, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
- In the furry fandom, a furry is both the fictional character and the person who roleplays such a character (the definition we have at furry). The same applies to scalie as well. It's not at all obvious with only the first definition that the term can be used to refer to a person, too. —CodeCat 10:07, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
- Ok, what do you think of my changes to the definitions of [[furry]] and [[scalie]]? I'm guessing the previous definition of "describes themselves with a furry/scalie character" may have been trying to avoid words like "roleplay" that can be valuative. After more thought, I came up with "describes themselves as being a furry/scalie character", but for now I've left roleplay in the definition because I think it adds clarity. - -sche (discuss) 01:58, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
- How about "anthropomorphic reptile"? ~ Röbin Liönheart (talk) 15:53, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
- Ok, what do you think of my changes to the definitions of [[furry]] and [[scalie]]? I'm guessing the previous definition of "describes themselves with a furry/scalie character" may have been trying to avoid words like "roleplay" that can be valuative. After more thought, I came up with "describes themselves as being a furry/scalie character", but for now I've left roleplay in the definition because I think it adds clarity. - -sche (discuss) 01:58, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
- In the furry fandom, a furry is both the fictional character and the person who roleplays such a character (the definition we have at furry). The same applies to scalie as well. It's not at all obvious with only the first definition that the term can be used to refer to a person, too. —CodeCat 10:07, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
- I believe the entire anthro reptile sense is an error. Look at [1]: it seems the singular is scaly, and someone probably saw scalies and deduced the incorrect singular *scalie. Equinox ◑ 23:10, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
This entry should be revisited, per the last commenter. - -sche (discuss) 01:33, 19 October 2012 (UTC)