Aliasing ruff → neck_tuft
Link to alias

Reason:

looks like the same shit to me

EDIT: The tag alias ruff -> neck_tuft (forum #278488) has been rejected by @NotMeNotYou.

ruff -> "ring of feathers or hair around the neck"
neck_tuft -> "tuft of fur around a character's neck"

Fur vs hair/feathers. Whether that's enough to warrant a distinction is for someone else to say. All I can say is I've never heard of a "ruff" before, outside of being an alternative to "woof" or "bark". But apparently, a ruff is a type of bird, so I don't know what the right thing to do here would be.

Watsit said:
ruff -> "ring of feathers or hair around the neck"
neck_tuft -> "tuft of fur around a character's neck"

Fur vs hair/feathers. Whether that's enough to warrant a distinction is for someone else to say. All I can say is I've never heard of a "ruff" before, outside of being an alternative to "woof" or "bark". But apparently, a ruff is a type of bird, so I don't know what the right thing to do here would be.

temp alias to clear out this redundancy than remove alias.

-1. As @watsit said, the ruff is a bird. However, it is ALSO an article of clothing, a type of lemur, many other animals, etc etc.

A disambig would probably be more apt here

Could someone please specify what a "tuft" is?

Darou said:
Could someone please specify what a "tuft" is?

tuft
wrist_tuft
neck_tuft
chest_tuft

it's a noticeably longer patch of fur

Versperus said:
tuft
wrist_tuft
neck_tuft
chest_tuft

it's a noticeably longer patch of fur

Now then, a ring of longer fur around the neck is not a patch or cluster.

Not to be rude but i did want to clue you on what a tuft is because what the wiki to the neck_tuft tag specifies is not a tuft. What the wiki describes is mane.

Same with the ruff tag, it describes a mane, additionally the riffled cloth around the neck seen in aristocrats and many west European royalty during the renaissance is also known as a ruff.
So as ImpidiDinkaDoo said a disambiguation for ruff is likely more appropriate.

In short the neck_tuft tag and it wiki do not match, this tag and wiki is like calling bananas, carrots...

PS: You will notice that except for neck_tuft all commonly used tuft tags that are linked in wikis are singular bundles of fur that center to a point; be it the elbow, ear tip, center of the collar(anatomy) or tail tip for example. And if you were to google tufts you would only see bundles, not ring shaped formations.

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The tag alias ruff -> neck_tuft (forum #278488) has been rejected by @NotMeNotYou.