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Contents 1 Comparison chart 2 About the herpes photo 3 muscle? 4 Image size 5 Wikipedia is lily white 6 Mass 7 Removed warning 8 growthof the penis 9 Size 10 Wayyy Too Many Images

[edit] Comparison chart

Well, I was thinking of adding this picture to the article under "Non-human penises". But there seems to be much work behind having images on wikipedia. On the picture it says that it's allowed to be distributed freely, but considering how much legal stuff there is today I think it's better to have a more experienced member take a look at this before I upload it.

Here is the chart that compares human,dog and horse penises. http://exet-upload.mine.nu/upl/Admin/penis_size_chart.jpg

Please share your thoughts on the usefulness of this picture and if it's possibly to have it on wikipedia. SwedishPsycho 06:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm not going to comment on the usefulness of the, however on the copyright side, it says "Do not alter without permission. Distribute freely." Since these terms do not allow modification, it cannot be considered as freely usable for Wikipedia's purposes (see Wikipedia:Image copyright tags.) -- AJR | Talk 19:18, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] About the herpes photo

Please remove that photo! It made me puke twice already! Please! Wikipedia is for getting information, not for you to lose your appetite. That photo is grossing everyone out.

This comment isn't signed, nor is it academic or appropriate in nature. It should be removed. WiiAlbanyGirl 07:07, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Looks like someone removed the photo anyway. --Art8641 21:06, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] muscle?

So is the penis a muscle or not? My penis is a huge muscle and penetrates females eveyday and gives them serious pleasure that they love to suck on and jerk off until a white substance comes out of the top and shoots directly into their mouth.It says in the article the penis is composed of "erectile tissue" this is different from muscle tissue, right? I think the penis=muscle? question is pretty common so what would people say to a sentence clearing that up? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.245.72.223 (talk • contribs).

Yes, penile erectile tissue is different from muscle tissue. See here, for example. Jakew 13:19, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image size

Clawed, I respect your work. We disagree on the image size issue. Use preferences are most important. It is true that a person may not be able to see the detail in the image, depending on their chosen image size. Most users know they can click on an image to see the fulll image and detail. No information is lost by allowing user preferences to work. Let's talk about it please. Atom 13:32, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

This comment reads too much like a personals ad. I suggest you alter it to sound more professional. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Plunge (talk • contribs) 19:42, 21 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Wikipedia is lily white

I protest the fact that there are no pictures of black/asian/anything else penises here. Black guys have dicks too.

No shit? I've been limiting my dick sucking to only a tiny percentage of the population? I've wasted my life! Seriously though, what do you think of a montage of penises of all races/sizes etc.? I think that would probably be the best approach for any wikipedia article about a human physical feature. We should always strive to be representative of all the different variations of a given thing so that readers are aware of all the different looks of a thing that fall under a given name. I volunteer you to go out and start asking men on the street of all different races if you can photograph their penises. 69.171.60.23 19:46, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Also, it ought to be mentioned that there are size variations between races, with people living in colder areas sporting slightly smaller penises(that's you, wiki-nerd reading this).

Also, I would expect this article to be about the fact that most mammals have a penis and what is it used for, not some bs. about piercing. It's too long for chrissakes(pun not intented). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.181.74.22 (talk) 15:28, 12 February 2007 (UTC).

Unless you have scientific data to back up the claim that humans in northerly regions of the world have proportionately smaller penises, there's no way that will be included in the article. It's as reliable as a wive's tale. As for your problem with races not being represented equally--why don't you go to the beard article, sunburn article, and acne articles and complain of the same thing? It does no good to make a stir over something that you know is not making a political statement and that you know is a ridiculous thing to work around. We will not clutter the Penis article with more pictures of penises for the sake of representing all skin colors. We have too many issues with the images in the article as it is. --Berserk798 22:47, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

can a penus be removed when you have cancer in it and still urneate

Yes. It's easy to remove your penis. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.171.60.23 (talk) 19:47, 21 February 2007 (UTC).

I agree that there are superflueous penii on the page that are specific to one species only. I feel that all species should be represented equally in a massive montage of all the penis in the world. [nods] 211.30.71.59 01:23, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I second the above comment! Maybe someone could make a mosaic of a penis using pictures of the many different colors of penii from every race.Carlanna 20:27, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I think anyone who looks at this page and sees the penis pictures can tell you what a black penis looks like. It's like the penis in the picture..... only black. I could personally care less who's color penis is in the article because it doesn't matter. It's a silly thing to argue about really.XXLegendXx 04:24, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

If anyone wants to replace any of the images with an equivalent free content image of any race, I can see no problem with that. Just upload it to Wikimedia Commons (like those at Commons:Penis) and switch it on the page --h2g2bob 02:36, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

This may sound dumb, but is there any reason that the picture of penises have to be in color? Quite honestly, I realy don't understand the hubub over the color. This is a non-issue. From a pratical standpoint, there is no way(or encyclopedic reason) to have a page that shows every penis of size, shape or color. There are other sites for that. --Art8641 21:12, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I think it's funny that all the penis photographs are "oriented" from left to right. How Western| of us! 129.137.160.100 16:22, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mass

I have removed a section from the article about the mass of the human penis. It seems trivial and adds nothing to this article or to the reader's comprehension of the penis. The removed section read:

Main article: Human penis size

An approximate method (assuming the penis is mainly blood and is an approximate cylinder) is through the use of the following equation where the mesurements are in centimeters and the result is in gramms. ((π * (Radius / 2π)²)²) * Length) * 1.060 This results in a result of 727.93861 grams for the worlds largest recorded penis and 199.394928 grams for the world average sized penis.

Do other editors feel this content is important and should be restored? WjBscribe 20:07, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed warning

The warning message added here seemed a little over the top, so I removed it. I would think that people looking up this page would probably expect it. Other pages - such as Vagina - don't have any warning. --h2g2bob 02:28, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Its even worse that the look-a-like template wasn't even spelt correctly.. - Boochan 07:06, 5 March 2007

[edit] growthof the penis

does the penis stop growing as man gets older our does the size of the penis can enlarge our get shorter throw a mans life i know the penis stop growing at the age of 18 but does it. Can it enlarge by losing weight our with age get shorter our any other reson... 70.161.67.204 18:35, 28 March 2007 (UTC)bob.

[edit] Size

I am sexual health advisor from the UK. I tried to add the following text to the chapter on size, but it has been removed, can someone please explain why?

"and this is often refered to as a 'grower' as opposed to a 'shower'. The penis and scrotum are part of retractable muscle of which the owner has no control over. In some men they often contract due to a variety of different eniromental issues, such as cold weather, being nervous and doing sports and is called a 'peanut'. This contraction can lead to issue around changing in open planned changing rooms especially for men during puberty. "

sailor iain 16:27, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

The text was removed by Nandesuka (talk • contribs), citing no original research. I think there would be no problem with it, but it would be helpful to provide a source for the information. --h2g2bob 16:52, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wayyy Too Many Images

I think the erection pic,the 2nd Illustration of the anatomy pic,the pierced one,and the comparison pics should be removed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Willie512 (talk • contribs).

Wikipedia is not censored. Please do not remove longstanding photos in the article without establishing a broader consensus for doing so. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 21:39, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Actually to a certain extent I think he is right. Do we need Image:Penis corrected.jpg and Image:Uncircumcised Penis.jpg ? Likewise do we need Image:Circumsized penis w notations.jpg and Image:Circumsised penis - Flacid and Erect - High Res2.jpg Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 21:40, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

I concur with Theresa. It's not a question of censorship -- I absolutely believe that we need good images on this article. We just don't need quite so many. They make the article appear too cluttered. Nandesuka 22:12, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

I've been bold and removed some of the "duplicates". I left in the piercing picture because that's illustrative of something the other pictures don't really capture. Nandesuka 22:17, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

I know it's not censored.My problem is that there are just 2 pics on the vagina page but on this page it's about fifty-leven pics.And instead of putting all these pics on this page you could put some of those pics on it's main articles.Willie512 22:38, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

My initial objection was that nearly all of the pictures had been removed at one point (all but one poor black-and-white one had been removed). I'd removed a few when I restored it. I don't have a problem with the other removals, though I suppose it could be argued that it might make sense to show a circumcised one in addition to uncircumcised. I also realize that this article frequently seems to be a target for "put-my-penis-on-Wikipedia" vanity, so 2-3 good-quality photos should be sufficient. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 00:13, 8 April 2007 (UTC)