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http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2012:Textile_industry

Problem solved 

Did you actually read that? That article is a copy from the last version of the game. It certainly does not address the new problems with clothing and bad thoughts. Problem not solved, and now we have another problem, updating the wiki.

I've never encountered your problem, Tirion, so I can't really offer much advice. My dwarves pick up shoes the same as any other clothes. Are you using any mods? Modding things yourself? Was this map generated on 34.07, or was it generated with a previous version? Are you sure it is shoes in the stockpile, not boots? Boots are classed as armor, for the military only.

Cage trap.

I think I'll try with unconscious animals first, just for testing.

As for equipping the guy, kings cannot be military leaders. I must give him his personal commanding officer before enlisting... Maybe his wife will do, she already sleeps in his barracks. When I unlocked the door and tasked him with pulling the lever next to the bed, he ran to it. But when I cancelled the order he returned to the throne room. Which means he's either not hungry yet (over 6 months after arrival) or won't feed on his wife.

Even if you manage to find some way to reliably knock animals unconscious without killing them, that's not "asleep." The only way this works, AFAIK, is if you have embarked on an evil biome that contains sleep inducing weather of some sort. Otherwise, animals never sleep.

I've never had a problem with dwarves bumping into each other on stairs. Using seperate up/down stairs rather than one long stairwell will double the distance dwarves have to travel, negating any FPS bonus. I use a 3x3 stairwell with four stairs, one in each corner. Hatches fix any defensibility problems.

I have never had a problem making fresh water by pumping stagnant water into a cistern. Stagnation is like salt, it is a contaminant. Pumps don't actually move water, they destroy it at the source and create it at the output. Contaminants like salt and stagnation are not recreated. Cisterns above ground level may have problems with stagnation from the biome, but underground cisterns never, ever go stagnant unless the stagnation contaminant flows into them. Aquifer water is no different than any other water except that it occurs below ground and won't pick up contaminants from the biome unless you pump it up to ground level or mix it with contaminated water.

If you make a uniform that replaces clothing, but does not actually include clothing, you will get armed and armored angry naked dwarfs. Armor does not count as clothing! If you use "replace clothing" you need to add, at the very least, socks, trousers and a shirt to your uniform.