Talk:Disposal of human corpses
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For the June 2005 deletion debate on this article, see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Human body disposal.
I simply do not understand what phenomenon it is that is referred to with the phrase "where parts of the body die". Are we talking about gangrene (not likely)? Or is it some euphemism for abortion (spontaneous and/or induced)? I'm fundamentally not getting it. Whoever wrote that piece (or who understands it) needs to clarify it. How can part of a body die? Peter Knutsen 15:23, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
Why is this an ethnic group related article?
[edit] Moved page
I moved page to new title since that seemed to be the consensus of the WP:VFD, which I was in agreement with. --SJK 12:19, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Secret disposal
The final paragraph in the section on "secret disposal" that discusses the options of dissolving a body with lime, letting pigs eat it, or dissolving only the bones and burying the flesh does not seem very encyclopedic to me. What do others think about this? Andrea Parton 14:32, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- I agree, it's gone now. Sounds like some kid saw Snatch and declared himself an expert. -66.226.105.98 05:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- It could be considered sensationalist, but as long as it's relevant and factual, by my reading of the policy, it's fair to put it in the article. Would like to hear your view on why it's unencyclopedic.
[edit] Is 'Medical Research' a disposal method?
The purpose of medical research is study, not disposal. Some small samples of tissue may be destroyed in analysis, or used in experiments, but afterwords the remains are disposed of some other way. Maybe this should be moved to special cases, something like "Medical institutions use donated human remains to train doctors and for research, after which the remains are usually cremated." TRWBW 23:05, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
