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lol, where does it say that Elizabeth I wore a merkin? Bastie 15:17, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Re Cleanup: what reason? This seems like a perfectly decent article. --Mashford 00:00, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

  • The article's layout is cluttered, and it's not very well written. It is also lacking detail (ok, so that's not for cleanup), but it needs a lot of improvement. Maybe the copyedit tag would be better. — Wackymacs 20:16, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] AFDed article redirects here

Toupé now redirects here, as per its failed AFD. Johnleemk | Talk 12:45, 30 November 2005 (UTC) In a time when hygiene wasn't so good and natural hair often was infested with lice, perhaps shaving the head and wearing a wig was a way to defeat the vermin. Perhaps powdering not only improved the wig's cosmetic appearance, but also suffocated animals that may have taken up residence in it. Good wigs being expensive, wigs served, with other clothing to signal the wearer's social rank.

[edit] This article is messy

I'd like approval before trying to completely rewrite and reorganize this article. I would plan, of course, to retain all the information already in the article, but I'd like to add more and to reorganize the whole thing. I think this article could be much better. Berserk798 01:56, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] haberdasher, hatter, milliner, what?

  • haberdasher: one who deals in men's clothing (US) or in clothing trim (UK)
  • hatter: one who deals in hats, especially men's hats
  • milliner: one who deals in women's hats

Is there a word for one who deals in hairpieces? Or is that word taken? --Damian Yerrick (☎) 02:52, 31 May 2006 (UTC)


Wig stylist? I don't know, but that is a rather interesting question Dancehallqueen123 03:16, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WOW just WOW.

I feel like this page is an advertisement. In no way should there be links to the products. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.211.112.192 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Why no links to products?

If an expert on a topic is unable to benefit from his expertise then they consider it a waste of time to contribute. I agree that it would be a shame to fill Wiki with spam. If an expert on a topic is not allowed to link to products for sale that relate directly to the topic then how does this resourse get paid for? Time is money in this world. If that link to a product is proper, on topic and contributes to the value of the information then it should be there. If a topic is discussing a newly invented device then why not allow the inventor to post a link to their site where other's can buy it? I do feel that those not contributing should not post links to products. I did not see the product links but I would not blindly remove them without consideration of who and why they are put there. Imfinenu 01:18, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How are wigs made?

The article should describe wig construction and its history. Unfortunately, I couldn't even begin to guess how they're made, so I can't help. -kslays 04:35, 2 February 2007 (UTC) but i can tell u that how u can make a wig cont.9891114952 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.246.6.114 (talk) 08:41, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wig Categories would be Helpful Too

The types of wigs available today would be useful information. I have been trying to find out what a "European Wig" is as opposed to other wigs available for purhcase.--Kg2007 20:50, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation

WIG is an abbreviation of Wing In Ground-effect. A WIG boat can be seen as a crossover between a hovercraft and an aircraft. It flies just above the surface, usually the water surface. A WIG boat is especially designed to take advantage of the benefits of ground effect. Therefore it will always fly close to the surface. Although it is called ground effect, most WIG vehicles only operate over water. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.229.137.240 (talk) 10:54, 8 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Crossderessers

One of the most commen uses for wigs today is for crossdressers, maybe some more should be written on that?--Wiggstar69 15:13, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orthodox Jewish Women

I could find no evidence to support the statement that Orthodox Jewish women cut off their hair after marriage and wear wigs; it appears to be something of an urban myth. There's plenty of evidence that they are expected to cover their hair, originally to prevent any man other than their husband from seeing it, and that some do wear wigs over their own hair for this purpose. I have altered the paragraph to reflect this. Karenjc 14:32, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] John XXIII College "Wig-off" (ANU)

Can someone please add up a section regarding this? I think it was removed as part of vandalism but it is a legitimate part of history. Also the mention of the "wig-off" that was on the page (before it was removed) was poorly written, and would need tidying up anyway. Thanks. Your mum wears a wig 130.56.65.25 09:57, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Too many Pictures

Is it just me or does this artical have far too many pictures? On top of this most of them relate to old uses and very few relate to new uses eg. crossdressers. --Wiggstar69 12:57, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Missing information

I've tagged the article with a missing-information tag because it has nothing but a historical account of wigs. There's no information on current manufacture, use, styles, popularity, or anything else, making it an absurdly narrow work not relevant to anything but historical research. I see that I'm not the first person to raise this complaint. I hope that someone with basic domain knowledge can address this issue. Thank you. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 11:58, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Another Aspect of Wigs

One point not made here, is that the widespread introduction of wigs in european culture coincides with the spread of syphillis introduction into the continent at that time. Caribe indian archeaological remains show an 89% rate of syphillis in the tribes that columbus first had contact with.

Why this applies to wigs, is that in the secondary stage of syphillis, the hair thins and falls out. Noble women, who contracted this from their husband's patronage of infected women, had to come up with a method for hiding their condition. Just wouldn't do for the Queen to be seen with her hair falling out.. There are references, I just don't have them handy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.240.42 (talk) 20:52, 13 May 2008 (UTC)