Talk:Sheep shearing

message: "Sheep shearing" shouldn't redirect to "Sheep shearer", so I suggest to remove the redirect and
create an article somewhat along these lines:
* Summary
* 1. Historical shearing
* 2. Shearing today
* 3. Shearing "workflow"
* 3.1 The sheep-catching/catching pen
* 3.2 Shearing
* 3.3 Fixing cuts, etc.
* 3.4 Throwing fleece
* 3.5 Skirting/separating parts of fleece and rolling
* 3.6 Wool classification
* 4. Shearer
* 5. Shearing devices
* 6. Shearing culture
* 7. References
Any more ideas on this? Lisa 02:05, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Create this article

message: Would a sheep's wool keep growing if it's not sheared?  How to keep it warm after shearing?
Yes the wool keeps growing. A sheep is ruminant; the fermetation of their food generates heat; the keys to keeping the animals warm are:
a) Don't shear in winter.
b) Provide shelter.
c) Feed them them well. Charles Esson 05:36, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sheep Wool 

message: I just returned from NZ visit and was told shearers get approx. NZ$1.50 per sheep.--Billymac00 (talk) 18:56, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Wages 

message: I don't think the recent addition of Sheepshearing.jpg at Machine Shears adds anything. It shows a sheep held in a grooming stand with its back unevenly shorn and belly still covered. Whatever is going on there is not standard shearing practice.Cstaffa (talk) 15:05, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I fully agree!Cgoodwin (talk) 04:17, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Illustration

message: There is a reference to the "past tense" of the verb being either "sheared" or "shorn" depending on dialect. I think this is imprecise to the point of being misleading. Obviously there is not just one way of expressing past action in the English language. Without further qualification, "past tense" usually refers to the preterite (simple past tense) and not the perfect tense (which is formed using the present tense of the verb to have and the past participle). The examples given of differences in the "past tense" of the verb to shear are actually examples of differences in the past participle of the verb rather than in the preterite. As far as I'm aware the preterite form of this verb doesn't differ.
Preterite = sheared (e.g. "I sheared 100 sheep")
Past participle = shorn or sheared (e.g. "I have shorn 100 sheep" or "I have sheared 100 sheep"). Apodeictic (talk) 17:32, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite right.  I've changed it, giving examples to show which past tense it applies to.  Richard New Forest (talk) 19:35, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Past Tense

message: I came to the article seeking information about the time of year when shearing is done and found no information. The article is lopsided with its down-under orientation. What health considerations go into deciding when the shear sheep? The article badly needs expansion by people who have knowledge of these things. Thanks.<BR>Telpardec (talk) 12:23, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shearing Season? Climate considerations?  

message: I noticed the history section focuses on Australia and New Zealand. While admittedly those are among the top producers of wool today, sheep-shearing is over 5,000 years old. I have no direct knowledge of the subject, but I think this ought to be addressed. Lockesdonkey (talk) 23:19, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Globalize 

message: I was redirected to 'Sheep shearing' after entering 'Shearing' while actually searching for the pianist 'George Shearing' whose given name I didn't remember. I had expected to be directed to a 'Disambiguation' page that would offer a list of options to choose from. It was only when I explicitly typed in 'Shearing disambiguation' that I was directed towards the page titled Shear. Merely by accident I spotted an expression including 'shearing' that didn't seem to have anything to do with the term 'to shear', sheep, or wool further down that page. So I kept scrolling. The section titled 'Surnames' eventually brought me to the musician's wikipedia article I was really looking for. But before that I was close to giving up. I just  couldn't imagine there wasn't anything on George Shearing...
There seem to be several issues at the same time concerning this obstructed search. I feel I shouldn't have been redirected to 'Sheep Shearing' in the first place. I feel I shouldn't be directed directly to the 'Shear' page on entering 'Shearing'. At least there ought to be somekind of hint or an alternative link. It might actually be a good thing  to have the surname 'Shearing' on that 'Shear' page - as kind of an 'extra' (the logic seemingly being to guide people searching for articles related to the participle or adjective 'shearing' and related or derived terms to the respective articles via the base form.) There ought to be a preliminary page for 'Shearing' branching off to further options, I guess....  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Korinthus (talk • contribs) 21:14, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirection from 'Shearing' 

message: It currently says the upcoming one is in 2019. Crushcastles23 (talk) 06:22, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  World Championships need updating.