Talk:Sperm

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Explain the difference between sperm (the mass noun or singulare tantum which refers to a substance, not the count noun which refers to a spermatozoon) and semen. I want a clear, definitive explanation with sources and references, if possible, because Wikipedia does not explain the difference accurately. 2004-12-29T22:45Z 19:04, August 27, 2005 (UTC)

Since no one wants to or is able to explain, I'm gonna write a disambiguation page, because the two homonymous words sperm (singulare tantum) and sperm (count noun) don't refer to the same concept, and since many articles which direct here refer to the mass noun instead of the count noun. 2004-12-29T22:45Z 19:14, August 27, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Redirection proposal

It seems to me that this page, Sperm, should redirect to Spermatozoon. This would be more encyclopedic. All of the links to Sperm that I have encountered need to go to Spermatozoon anyway.

  • Propose and Support. --Commander Keane 11:08, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Support - clearly dominant use, so this ought not be a disambig. BD2412 T 20:43, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Undone by someone, apparently. IMO, the main article should be called sperm, one part of which should decribe spermatozoa, for the same reason that there should be an article on sugar that includes a section on sugar crystals. --Tysto 04:01, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

I can't see where it has been undone, Sperm still redirects to Spermatozoon. I don't understand the sugar reference, we have an article Semen - is that what you mean?--Commander Keane 04:25, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect undone/new page

I've added a new page here to account for the fact that not all sperm cells are spermatozoa. The redirect was like redirecting dog to poodle, suggesting that all dogs are poodles when there are in fact other kinds as well. - tameeria 01:40, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

I've also added a sperm (disambiguation) page after finding at least four ambiguous pages. Wiktionary says "sperm" may refer to sperm cell (e.g. spermatozoon) or semen, and there are many pages on Wikipedia using "sperm" in either definition. There's also an album titled Sperm and plenty of page titles that contain the term sperm. Should the content of this page be moved to sperm cell and replaced with the disambiguation page? - tameeria 23:30, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

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