Talk:Saddle

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[edit] Move this page

After mentioning the recent addition of "Parts of the Saddle" on User talk:Eventer, I've been pondering. Perhaps this page should be moved to Saddle (disambiguation), and a more generic article on saddles can be written here? Perhaps it could discuss things that are common to all saddles, and use one-paragraph summary sections on English saddle and Western saddle (for example) linked with {{main}}.

A lot of the incoming links are just about "saddles" in general -- when a Simpsons episode talks about a saddle, they don't care whether it's an English or Western one, and someone clicking a link from that article shouldn't be presented with a disambiguation page.

In fact, I think I've just convinced myself that this is necessary. Barring any disagreement here, I'll take care of it in the next day or two. — Catherine\talk 21:01, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Generic Saddle Article

Hey, I'll be happy to help contribute to the saddle article once the moves have been made. I have some resonably good sources which should help. -Eventer

All right, I've created a skeleton for you -- only the bare minimum of information about specific saddles should go here; this should just concentrate on information common to all saddles. See Wikipedia:Citing sources for more information on providing references, and let me know if there's anything more I can help with. Thanks for volunteering to knock this into shape! — Catherine\talk 18:00, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Merge: Horse tack

There is content about saddles on both Saddle and Horse tack. I don't think that we can merge these two pages 100% (since there's content on both that doesn't relate to the other subject), but I think we need to at least cross-reference the two and remove unnecessary redundancies. -- 201.50.123.251 18:54, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

This used to be a disambiguation page (now at Saddle (disambiguation)), and it's just recently become its own article; Eventer has been doing some excellent work here. I think much of the info at Horse tack could be moved here, leaving behind a summary section there like those for Stirrup and Bridle. (See Wikipedia:Summary style.) — Catherine\talk 20:00, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree that this article should NOT be merged. Like the horse and equestrianism articles, I think the tack article can be an overall summary with main page links to articles like this one. Therefore, am removing merge tag and will put a cleanup tag on tack article if it looks like it needs one. Montanabw 19:19, 25 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Roman saddle

There needs to be rather more than this one sentence. In particular, how we know wbout this saddle, the Connolly reconstruction, and where it came from (Gaul, apparently). I will try to add some of this. --Nantonos 22:09, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Sounds like this could be a whole new article. I think I will take this bit and the McClellan bit, put into a nes section on "historic" saddles, and people who want more than a sentence or two summary can link to a new article they create on the subject. How's that sound? Montanabw 03:20, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Native American Saddles

[[1]] -- This is an article about the saddles that Native Americans used as described by Lewis and Clark. Interestingly, young men did not use a hard saddle, but rather a leather pillow stuffed with hair.-- Puddytang 17:17, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fitting

I wonder, that there is nothing about saddle fitting like here and the problems with non-fitting saddles. --Wertzu 08:16, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

This article is so generic, and mostly historical, it probably doesn't fit here, but perhaps the western saddle could use such a section. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Montanabw (talk • contribs) 15:47, 17 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Problems

It looks like this article needs some information on saddles for animals other than horses, as mentioned in the first line of the article. I also think that "and be comfortable for both horse and rider", from the treeless saddle controversy section, is biased. The section also cites no references. And perhaps treeless saddles deserve their own article? I am a lemon 06:56, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

The treeless saddle probably would benefit from its own article, with just a mention here. I tried to tone down the original anti-treeless editor's rant by creating the controversies section, but it could probably use more work. I'll look it over. As for other animals, if someone has expertise and wants to add a section, that would be cool. So far apparently we don't have any wikipedians who are interested, but a section on, say, camel saddles, would be rather nice to see. Montanabw 16:20, 18 June 2007 (UTC)