Talk:Limbs of the horse

Pastern photo
I have some clearer photos of the pastern absorbing shock, but I don't want to release one cc-by-sa unless you think it would be useful. You can see them at http://curtisclark.org/pastern/ .--Curtis Clark (talk) 02:06, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

I think if you could crop the best-quality image to show just the front legs and upload that, I'd see it as superior to a blurry image.


 * Done.--Curtis Clark (talk) 01:25, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Metabolic system of the horse
This seems overly broad for an article; besides the digestive system, it would include parts of the endocrine and circulatory systems, as well as needing to touch on cellular metabolism in every cell. Digestive system of the horse might be easier to swallow, avoiding esophageal impaction. :-) But if you've already got it mapped out, don't let me stand in your way.--Curtis Clark (talk) 02:16, 17 January 2013 (UTC)


 * We already have Equine_anatomy, which summarizes the digestive system, and circulatory system of the horse, with the digestive system summarized at Equine_nutrition. So do we need a spinoff or should we just fix redlinks?  Just FYI.   Montanabw (talk) 18:03, 17 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I guess I'm just having trouble getting my head around the scope of Metabolic system of the horse.--Curtis Clark (talk) 19:36, 17 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Nope, we definitely don't need to write that article...it was just the first link that came to mind for that particular wording. Feel free to change/relink/fix, whatever. Honestly, my main reason for writing this article was to have someplace to merge some of the one-line stubs on various leg blemishes in horses that haven't gotten any bigger in the 5 years I've been on WP and probably never will. I'll probably start working on tagging some of those potential merges over the weekend - I wanted to let things shake out with the initial write-up first. Dana boomer (talk) 20:11, 17 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I like merges! Yay for merges!   Montanabw (talk) 00:42, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Merges
I've started adding merge tags to some of the leg injury/blemish/issue pages. Just starting a space for comments/suggestions/objections here... Dana boomer (talk) 20:54, 19 January 2013 (UTC)


 * As time permits, I'll try to merge some of them. If I see anything that I think needs to stand alone, I'll put it on that article's talk.   Montanabw (talk) 20:24, 21 January 2013 (UTC)


 * You know, I think these would be better merged into Lameness (equine). That's where the list is.   Montanabw (talk) 23:59, 21 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Except that these don't necessarily cause lameness. My thought was to merge everything that always causes lameness (or is a specific type of lameness) to the lameness article (some of which has already been done over the past couple of years), everything that relates to legs but doesn't always cause lameness here, and a couple of stubs that relate specifically to the feet to the hoof article. Dana boomer (talk) 13:27, 22 January 2013 (UTC)


 * But then stuff like splints sometimes does cause lameness (at least at first, and later if in the wrong location) and sometimes doesn't. Maybe we should also just merge the whole lameness article into here as a summary section, with a chart or something that could be called "issues" or something.  Dang, this gets complicated...   Montanabw (talk) 01:18, 24 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I've considered merge of the entire lameness article, but then what about stuff that causes lameness but isn't in the legs? This is a very minor part of lameness, true, but there is still some fraction. Do we just have a sidenote that says lameness can be caused by issues in other parts of the body, but generally isn't? If we don't merge the lameness article, I haven't quite figured out what to do with stuff that sometimes causes lameness and sometimes doesn't. I was going to do the easy stuff first :) Should we also consider merging the Equine forelimb anatomy article? Dana boomer (talk) 16:17, 24 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Oh man, well, mostly that will be neurological stuff, so probably we could put a caveat into the list. Yes, merge Equine Forelimb Anatomy!   Montanabw (talk) 23:20, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

I've merged the first two articles on minor issues. Here are a few more I'm considering putting tags on:


 * Osselet
 * Windpuff
 * Pin firing

I've also proposing a merge of Quarter crack to Horse hoof, as it's another baby stub that hasn't gone anywhere in years. Thoughts on any of the above? Ideas on other articles to merge here? Dana boomer (talk) 21:37, 23 February 2013 (UTC)


 * I generally favor merges of stubs when there is a good redirect, a clear section for them to "live" and no good reason to expand a spinoff article -- for example, laminitis clearly would be a standalone, but really, what more is there to say about quarter cracks? I'd also say that if no one other than me weighs in on these merge tags, just be bold and merge them, tag or no tag.  If I think you overdid anything, I'll just to a revert and explain my thinking (or explain my thinking without a revert, depending on how trigger happy I am that day...)   Montanabw (talk) 02:30, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Pin Firing merge: I think we don't want/need to merge this one, as it is about the medical procedure and not the limbs themselves. JMO. Discuss? Montanabw (talk) 22:33, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Right, but isn't it done to only the legs? If so, the procedure doesn't exist without the legs. Dana boomer (talk) 02:17, 2 March 2013 (UTC)


 * True, but I think it is still suitable to stay un-merged, primarily because I don't think we want to get treatment modalities mixed up in here, especially outdated ones, and the topic of splints in general will ultimately be worth a spinoff if it isn't now. Unlike, say, shoe boils, there is a lot going on with splints.   Montanabw (talk) 22:29, 2 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Looks like not all of the merges have been done. It seems that Osselet would be better merged to Fetlock than to Limbs of the horse, but otherwise I'm happy with the concept of merging it. Klbrain (talk) 12:33, 17 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Frankly, that article merge now puts undue weight on the fetlock article. I'd keep it free-standing or merge to lameness (equine).  Montanabw (talk) 23:25, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Skeletons
Just found these in Commons, add if you think suitable (I like them)  Montanabw (talk) 23:31, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Dana, we never did discuss swapping the above image of the front leg for the partial one that's in there. What do you think? (Be cooler if we could find the Stubbs sketches he did of the front legs to match the hind leg one in there now, but couldn't find it on Commons...)  Montanabw (talk) 16:26, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Eh. The one currently in the article is a partial, but it's way more clear than the ones above. I'd prefer to have the matching Stubbs image, as well...I'll have to look into that a bit more. Dana boomer (talk) 17:53, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

More sources
New article(s): here. Montanabw (talk) 21:35, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
 * http://www.thehorse.com/articles/33716/the-importance-of-limb-conformation

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