Talk:Defecation

How in the name of Aruseus did this get turned into an article about the Legacy of Kain????? My vandilism sense is going off here!

Nevermind, someone fixed it.

Female Shitting

Hi, I'm a straight male with a fecal fetish. Can we get a hot pic of a chick shitting, or at least someone give me a link to one. Thank you.

Shitting

Does "shitting" belong in the heading of an encyclopedia article on defecation? Jeff Anonymous 03:31, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I think it's a perfectly appropriate AKA --Blackcats 07:27, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

it's fun to talk shit when i'm bored late at night ;-Þ

I certainly don't approve. This is an encyclopedia not a slang dictionary. If this page was being used for research by a younger audience, it could cause the wrong impression. Keep Wiki Clean. Removed colloquial terms not rquired or helpful for the understanding of this article..Hamdev Guru 20:22, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Give me a fucking break! How many people say, "I defecated." Instead they say, "I took a shit."

That is irrelevent, I want wiki kept clean – it is completely unnecessary to quote colloquial phrases here. --Hamdev Guru 21:33, 21 February 2006 (UTC) (And Assumign Good Faith and everything, but please don't vandalise my User page again, Thanks :))

You're wanting to keep wiki clean is irrelevent. Shit will be staying on this page. Thank you JayKeaton 11:55, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Hey guys,

i just looked up defecation for my med assignment and i wouldn't have found it if it was headed 'shitting'. So turns out it was useful to use the medical term (or maybe i should just stick to my texts!) wow, i really sound like a nerd now! bugga.

Cheers, phil

It is important to note that wikipedia is not censored for the protection of minors. There are pictures of real vaginas, and erections, on the site, that break no rules. SiDNEy 23:00, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

True, but if we include the term "shitting" do we also include "taking a dump", "cutting cable", "pinching a loaf", etc? There's many common slang terms for this. 65.95.157.80 05:36, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

-I think that the term "shitting" is unnecessary because it's simply slang, rather than a medical (or something like that) term.- (Lemmy12)

As long as 'shitting' continues to redirect here it doesn't matter whether 'shitting' is or isn't mentioned in the article. If it can be used without degrading the professionalism of the article, and I'm sure there exist such ways in which it can be used, I see no reason why it should be removed. There is certainly no reason to censor it. - (Elsenrail)

Ball movement

"ball movement" redirects here, but there isn't any explanation as to why a "ball movement" is called that. i've always been confused by that, because it seems to me that it's the shit that moves through the balls, while the balls themselves pretty much stay put, perhaps wiggling a little at the most...

i guess it's a movement going through the balls. sort of like calling traffic driving through a tunnel a "tunnel movement." maybe just one of those non-sencical euphemisms...

--Blackcats 07:27, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

when the shit is inside you isn't it technically part of your balls

I found this article most helpful!

Alex C.

Is that really a valid term? I've never heard that before! --Attendsboi 08:22, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

• I believe they all mean to say "bowel movement". 65.175.246.202 01:31, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

I concur.

Ball movement is term used in baseball and cricket to describe the action of the ball on a curve or slider.

Thank god somebody knew that it was, in fact...BOWEL movement.

NPOV edit

"Many people" find a variety of things "physically pleasurable and satisfying". However, why is this appropriate or useful information for this article? Please provide some defense for leaving this bit of subjective, tawdry information in an otherwise competent article (and explain, if you would please, why similar sentiments are not appropriate to add in articles such as, say murder (which "many people" find "satisfying"). Thanks in advance.

Actually, the murder article does refer that. Use your browser search feature to search for "satisfaction" Rbarreira 18:46, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Defecation

I like pooping do you like to poop? Tom loves pam 12:40, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Why does this page attract such ridiculous toilet humour, which I, frankly, do not find remotely funny. The Talk Page is for useful comments and improvements. --Hamdev Guru 15:22, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Gee, I wonder why. *sarcasm* And to answer the question, no, if it were up to me I wouldn't do it at all. Much better things I could be doing with my time. 65.95.157.80 05:38, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

POOP ON THE FLOOR IN THE BATHROOM!!!!!! Mobus 17:25, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

The Valsalva Maneuver

The article says:

"During defecation the chest muscles, diaphragm, abdominal wall muscles, and pelvic diaphragm all exert pressure on the digestive tract and respiration temporarily ceases as the lungs push the chest diaphragm down in order to exert pressure."

This process only occurs when using the sitting position, which is used by less than one-third of the world's population. The process is called the "Valsalva Maneuver" and has a number of damaging effects on the body.

Most of the world (and the entire world 2 centuries ago) uses squat toilets. I've added an external link to "Health Benefits of the Natural Squatting Position" to clarify the difference and advantages of reverting to this natural method.

~ Jonathan

--65.142.136.201 16:42, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Removed link. The link [1] goes to an article that ends up blaming sitting toilets for everything from colitis to appendicitis to prostate cancer. I might add that the best part about the linked article is the "case study" (near the bottom of the article) where one woman cures herself of cervical cancer by changing to the squatting position for toileting. An interesing read but, until proven otherwise, this is pseudoscience. Alex.tan 16:13, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

why

Because when it comes down to it, it is pretty fucking funny JayKeaton 12:06, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

You all need soap in the mouth

Why was this page crammed with bad words, swearing, cussing, and vulgarism? I had to censor it all. Random the Scrambled 16:34, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Dude, don't edit other peoples posts. That is uncool JayKeaton 04:16, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia. Should. Not. Contain. Vulgarism. I'M TALKING TO YOU JAYKEATON. Random the Scrambled 15:27, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

OMG, swear words are bad and taboo.

WHO FUCKING CARES?!

I'm sorry but are you like 11 years old? Swearing tends to be in the world and i don't always like it but it's not going way anytime soon.

Do we really need a picture?

I won't edit it but do we really need a picture of a cow laying down a huge turd. Is it really needed to get the point across? ewwwwwwwwww

Same. I was eating when I saw that. :'( --Sinewaves23 06:07, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

It shows a little bit of the spectrum of defacation, with the illustration of the human rectum, and then representation of the other members of the animal kingdom! I wouldn't want this page to be accused of being overly anthropocentric. Further, with the issues of runoff from farms, cow defacation is certainly tied to the bigger environmental and social issues around defacation as a whole! Now, pretty much everyone knows what poop is, and that everyone poops. But just because information is understood doesn't mean we have to exclude it. I think it's the best of all possible pictoral examples of defecation. If not for this, someone would surely post a picture of someone squatting in the grass. Think of that! 23:15, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

It seems as if some idiot put a picture of a cow defecating. That is not needed i think i understand defecation. I don't need to see a cow pooping. Please get rid of it. The image is stuck in my head. (Glass of water 04:00, 14 July 2006 (UTC))

It's a good image; it demonstrates the action without being too gross. You were asking for trouble eating while reading about defecation to begin with! 65.95.157.80 05:41, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Eating while looking at defecating? Nice move Tourskin 03:55, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not censored

This is an encyclopedia article about defecation. Anything that is relevant and encyclopedic needs to be included. That includes full description of defecation. That includes images of defecation. And, yes, that may even include the word shit. Whether we like them or not, we must follow the Wikipedia policies and guidelines. Two relevant ones:

• Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not:

"Wikipedia is not censored."

• Wikipedia:Profanity:

"Words and images that might be considered offensive, profane, or obscene by other Wikipedia readers should be used if and only if their omission would cause the article to be less informative, relevant, or accurate, and no equally suitable alternatives are available. Including information about offensive material is part of Wikipedia's encyclopedic mission; being offensive is not."

Okay... But one question: What about our younger users? Random the Scrambled 21:29, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

What about the adult users then? There are wikis that are censored for the protection of minors, and they aren't as big, or as good as wikipedia. There's a reason wikipedia isn't censored, and that's because there's a real slippery slope there. There'd be no containing it. A picture of a cow defacating might be as offensive to someone as a diagram of sexual intercourse and is certainly less offensive than a picture of a person dying of any kind of infestation. You can post to wikis that eliminate swearwords. Wikipedia is designed to inform, censorship is against the rules here. SiDNEy 23:08, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Children should use a children's encyclopedia like Compton's. 71.252.104.25 08:03, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Anyone that uses Wikipedia to get information is out of their mind. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Baseton (talk • contribs) 01:53, 1 March 2007 (UTC).

Yes We do!

Human Health

If humans may move bowels twice a day, or a few times a week, which is currently thought optimal, or healthy? And if such a consensus exists in the medical community, does that information belong on this page, or the page for constipation? 23:19, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

How bout a picture of poop comming out of a human bumhole???

Corn Cobs?

"The anus and buttocks may be cleansed with toilet paper or similar paper products, rags, leaves (including seaweed), corn cobs or sticks"

Is this for real or is it vandalism?

the article on toilet paper mentions early uuse of sticks, so it must be true. Ilikefood 02:16, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I thought it was vandalism too, but it seems to check out: "The material of choice among colonial America was corn cobs. When daily newspapers became commonplace in the 1700's, paper became the material of choice (I guess that one could say that Gutenberg's printing press caused the toilet paper revolution)."

Gorilla Photo

Is it possible to get a photo of a Silverback Gorilla defecating, possibly whilst constipated?JayKeaton 23:54, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

I would assume so, although Nature photography might be a better place to discuss the logistics involved in getting such a photo. However, I doubt it would add much to this article. Sagsaw 03:33, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Sloths

The introduction states that "sloths can go for a week." Does this mean that they can go for a week without defecating or that their metabolism is so slow that it takes a week to empty their bowels? 172.131.84.109 03:18, 1 June 2007 (UTC)RKH

Bring Back the Cow Defacating

I came back to this article specifically to get a copy of that image, which I saw in it before. It is gone now. Please return the cow defecating photo back to this article. Thank you.