RPTR DAMAGED ACFT TAXIING WITH BAGGAGE LOADER POSITIONED AGAINST THE ACFT.

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WHILE PREPARING TO REPOS AN ACFT FROM GATE X-A TO GATE X- B IN HARRISBURG (MDT); THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED. I ARRIVED AT THE ACFT WITH MY FO. AS I COMPLETED COCKPIT CHKS MY FO COMPLETED THE EXTERNAL WALK AROUND. AFTER OUR CHKS WERE COMPLETED; WE WERE PREPARED TO MOVE THE ACFT AS WE HAVE ON OTHER MORNINGS. WE WERE ABLE TO SIGNAL A RAMP AGENT; WORKING A NEARBY FLT; TO PULL OUR CHOCKS. ONCE THE CHOCKS WERE PULLED AND I GOT A QUICK SALUTE; WE BEGAN OUR TAXI. UNFORTUNATELY; DURING THE TIME BTWN COMPLETING OUR WALK AROUND AND STARTING AN ENG AND OBTAINING TAXI CLRNC; A BAGGAGE LOADER MUST HAVE BEEN PLACED AGAINST THE ACFT. AS THE ACFT MOVED THE SKIN WAS SCRATCHED AND TORN. I BELIEVE THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IS WE WERE UNAWARE THAT THE PROC TO POS THIS MORNING FLT HAD RECENTLY BEEN STOPPED. WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THE ACFT WAS TO BE REPOSITIONED YET THE GND CREW THOUGHT THE ACFT WAS TO BE LOADED WHERE IT WAS PARKED. BETTER PROCS FOR OPERATIONAL CHANGES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. THIS IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT AT OUT STATIONS AND EARLY MORNING DEPS WHEN PERSONNEL CAN BE HARD TO FIND.