Talk:Muff (chicken)
To user Steven Walling:
When eliminiating this article, you stated that "Wikipedia is not a dictionary. We don't add articles for every little piece of jargon. Lots of other animals have muffs or beards, so this should be added to the main Chicken article, not a separate stub to define a phrase like in a dictionary."
I was simply reinstating someone else's piece of information.
Is there a way to link the redirect of "Muff (chicken)" to a particular section in the article "Chicken" as you prescribed? Otherwise, readers will find difficulty with actually knowing where to read about this fact and understand its significance. Also, this is not simply jargon; as Dr. John Skinner states in his article regarding "Classes, Breeds, Varieties and Strains" on feathersite.com, "Variety means a sub-division of a breed. Differentiating characteristics include plumage color, comb type or presence of a beard and muffs." (http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/SPPA/SkinnerBreeds.html)
Thus, the muff and beard is a characteristic of only some varieties and breeds of chicken, differentiating them from others, just as plumage colors do.
To name a few breeds which have this characteristic are: Ameraucana, D'Anver bantam, Faverolles, and Russian Orloff among others.
Please read the definition on <http://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-glossary.html> .
I am interested in how this piece of knowledge may be better presented, if not in its own independent article, by redirection to a particular section of the "chicken" article. By simply redirecting it to Chicken the reader may be confused as to where to obtain this information.
Thank you for your assistance,