Talk:Intestine

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Contents 1 Japanese intestines 2 Last reversion 3 Section through gut 4 Changes 5 Shot down 6 Wikify! 7 Length?

[edit] Japanese intestines

The idea that Japanese intestines are different may be nonsense but it's a POV with significant support and needs to be represented, per WP:NPOV. Kappa 16:09, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

If you think that that should be represented, there will no doubt soon be articles on American intestines, Russian intestines, African intestines, Aboriginal intestines and so on and so forth if the only barrier to entry is *one* vaguely prominent person making a statement that people of X origin's intestines are different. NPOV does not mean that nonsense is supported. Alex.tan 17:38, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

• I've never heard of anyone else describing their country's intestines as different, but you should easily be able to prove me wrong. NPOV does indeed mean that nonsense is supported explained, that's why we have an article on Scientology. Kappa 17:47, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

You're probably right about only the Japanese making such outlandish claims. You're also right about needing to explain why some people have read about "Japanese intestines" being this or that but that is a separate point from it being linked to from Intestine. If there is a small blurb in this article that explains or summarizes why someone should go read the article on Japanese intestines (and *if* the article on Japanese intestines is indeed worth reading), then yes, then there should be a link to it from within the text. Not so as a "see also". I'll point you back to your Scientology example. If you look at the article on religion, it does not list Scientology as a "see also" but puts it in context under Scientology#Esotericism and mysticism. Alex.tan 18:05, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Last reversion

I have mostly reverted this edit [1], as no rationale was provided in the edit summary, and this edit deleted a part of the article (including some apprently valid interwiki links). - Liberatore(T) 13:21, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Section through gut

I think it would be wise to have a general gut cross section included. Biologists will know what I mean. It's important because it includeds muscle layers, Brunner's glands, and other assorted wonders that the stomach/small intestine share. Please note that it refers to both as they contain the same layers of muscularis muscosa, sub-mucosa, muscularis externa etc. Also inclusion of Villi and micro villi is very important and there should also be a link to facilitated diffusion of glucose and general absorption information as this is where the majority goes of it on. I would do this myself but i suck at editing and would screw up a good article Crabulon 21:50 GMT

P.S I know Brunner's glands are only found in the stomach, it's a general diagram so it includes all sections of the gut. I mention this to pre-empt all those biology hot shots. Peace out. crabulon 21:52 GMT

Final P.S Someone needs to change the sentence containing information on micro villi. Villi should be mentioned first, with a diagram included, then show micro villi. Also, make sure the diagram shows micro villi as an extension of the cell membrane of the villus, NOT attached to a basement membrane. That would make them cillia. I know I'm right on this. peace out one last time. Crabulon

Give it a try at doing these changes yourself. It's not an especially good article anyway (way too short). It's not like we have a army of experts around here. If you are really bad at editing (which I somehow doubt), someone will fix the problems sooner or later. - Liberatore(T) 21:35, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Changes

Right, i did a HUGE overhaul. 70% is definately gold, so bear that in mind. What i need now is some young gun from the city to jazz it up and add more about the large intetsine and we're set for general info. I hope it's been helpful. Crabulon 23:37 GMT

[edit] Shot down

Oh man, i was so happy at the fact I was editing that i forgot to check for exisiting articles. Turns out that most of what I've written is already mentioned in small intestine. However i think my description is much better, so i guess it's up to admin to do what it sees fit. However some of it may still be good. I'm such a newbie, I've wasted an hour. Crabulon 23:52 GMT

P.S I know that my description hasn't been done , so that should be ok. Oh doesn't matter, do what you want. i found it fun anyway, I LOVE biology. :-) Crabulon 00:05 GMT

What you wrote is perfectly good, indeed (not that I am a biologist, but it looks fine). And this article really needed expansion. - Liberatore(T) 12:50, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll try to add a picture of a villus and do more tidying and leave it for someone else to jazz it up if they can. Crabulon

[edit] Wikify!

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Check if another article already exists on this subject. As Crabulon pointed out above, Small intestine already exists as does Colon (anatomy). I've marked the article as "pass" though because although the other articles overlap this one in some points, there are others that aren't covered and vice-versa. There is the possiblity of merging this article into the other two, or merging the other two into this one at a later date if need be. Also, regarding wikification, I've done as much as I could although there are possibly some biological terms that are mentioned in the article that don't have a wikilink, and the lead section could probably include the main functions of the intestine and an overview of the article as a whole. —TheJC (Talk • Contribs • Count) 18:24, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Length?

I had hoped to find the total length of the intestines here 8-(--Light current 08:21, 17 October 2006 (UTC)