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[edit] Archived discussion

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Wow, there is a lot of hilarious past vandalism on this article that I saw in teh History tab. I know it's wrong but it is pretty damn funny. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tornados28 (talk • contribs) 00:25, 22 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Feces = singular or plural

I've been reading through this article, and I'm finding several sentences that are worded as if feces is a plural word. When sniffing through the feces i ate some how fun to eat.tm. page for this article I saw one comment about the very same topic. I have been changing the sentences to reflect feces as a singular word (since I believe it is). I have looked around the net and I see the word always being used as a singular word. I don't know if there has been a shift in proper grammar, since I hear what I would consider improper grammar in the news all the time. For instance: "The crew are ready to deploy" instead of "The crew is ready to deploy", and "The public have made their decision" instead of "The public has made its decision". While crew and public infer plurality, they are singular words.... one crew (of several crew members), and one public (made of many citizens). I wonder... has there been a shift in what is proper? My microsoft word program does not flag "Feces are stinky." as improper.... perhaps I am mistaken? Eyknough 02:19, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Feces is the singular and the plural form. However, I don't think it'd be proper to say "feces are stinky". See http://www.answers.com/feces&r=67 --Vironex 15:18, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

It's not you, it's the dumbing down of America. Don't go by Microsoft Word or the news for correct grammar. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paddling bear (talk • contribs) 14:16, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Feces would be singular, because it is my nickname TYLER ANDERSON!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.33.221.2 (talk) 16:18, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Feces = singular or plural

If you are writing about whether "feces" is plural or not, you must have absolutely no life. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.249.22.148 (talk) 21:11, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

So, your ridiculous comment on this proves that you do have a life? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Midtempo-abg (talk • contribs) 18:19, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Does this really have any place on Wikipedia? Lumberjake (talk) 05:03, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

nope :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.192.227.213 (talk) 17:16, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes. If you are a scientist or a student doing homework etc, you might need to read about it. This has more place on an encyclopedia than lots on things on Wikipedia. Thanks, George D. Watson (Dendodge). (talk) 23:29, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What is this section about, really?

Personal hygiene of Anna and Sarah. (important)

For personal hygiene, several companies market toilet tissue or wipes for babies and campers.[citation needed]

Isn't toilet tissue for personal hygiene all across the board, and not just for babies and campers? In addition, the 'citation needed' part: is that saying that a cite is needed for the production of wipes/tissue for babies and campers, or that a cite is needed to show that these products were designed for better personal hygiene?

I would think hygiene is the sole purpose for the production of toilet tissue and wipes; unless there is a company producing toilet paper exclusively to better TP trees in people's yards. Eyknough 02:27, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

No, if you wipe, that makes you a baby! Real men do it with a hand! (Sorry, couldn't resist...) CrowstarVaseline-on-the-lens-Jitsu!fwends! 00:49, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Human Poop

Seriously, someone did a bad thing by archiving the entire previous discusion on Human feces. Now we have to start over.

Lets Begin.

I vote in favor of restoring the picture of Human Feces back on the Feces page in the Human feces Section. (Preferably, the poop on a plate pic)

ANYONE DISAGREE OR AGREE WITH ME?

Masterhand10(Talk)(Contributions) 22:37, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

  • I agree, i never saw the pic, but i really want to! my vote is put it back on!-Unknown


  • There's no need to start over - the archives are there to be read by anyone who is interested. For the record, I disagree - the picture does little except add shock value.--Kubigula (talk) 17:20, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
BRING IT BACK BABY!! WOO HOO  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.16.67.67 (talk) 01:43, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
  • AW Cmon! That shock value is what make this discussion popular.

And About the archives, most noobs wouldnt bother clicking on those links. Anyway, i really liked the Poop on a Plate Picture. (I wish i saved it to my computer) (When i say "I like it" i mean that I LAUGH AT IT AT EVERY OPPERTUNITY! HAHAHAHAHAHA!)

Masterhand10(Talk)(Contributions) 06:39, 21 July 2007 (UTC)


  • I think the previous comment was dumb. Any living person has, at least once in a moment of its life, saw its own poop. No need for an image of human feces. You're obviously a troll, or profoundly acting like one. gb2/4chan --Sébastien Leblanc ( Talk | E-mail ) 04:23, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
  • A TROLL? lol! Look, I'm not a troll. I just believe that there has to be a better pic. All there is now is a pic of dried up cow manure. That's Bullshit! (pun intended.)

And any living person knows what shit is. This article tells us nothing we don't know about it, its a joke. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.107.96.67 (talk) 23:11, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

  • It dosent matter what you say, i still want that poop on a plate pic back on this article.

Masterhand10(Talk)(Contributions)

  • Actually, by internet definitions, you ARE a troll. You bring up useless topics that don't even add to the quality of Wikipedia. You are an excellent example of a troll. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.24.193.33 (talk) 05:07, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
  • I agree with Masterhand10! There's something about poop on a plate that gets you all wound up inside. Makes your day go a little better. Gives you that zest from within kinda feeling. You know, how when your day sucks or you're just lonely, so you want to see a big picture of poop on a plate. I'm feeling that right now. Uhhh, by the way, who ordered the poopoo platter. Anyone? Came on a plate. Any takers? Tratare 05:09, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Dude i also agree with masterhand, LOL. Furthermore human feces and animal feces are very different, and thus deserve separate pages. -(do you eat the same food as animals? if you do then you really quote unquote "are a troll" —Preceding unsigned comment added by - anon124.168.115.172 09:05, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
  • YEAH! I've got me some suppourters!

Anyone Else? Who likes the idea of having a Piece of Human Poop on a Plate on this article? I'm thinking of making my own, but my poop comes out in a strange log form and dosen't wind up.

Masterhand10(Talk)(Contributions) 00:42, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • lmao Lormos 10:56, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Poop on a plate? I vote FOR! CheesePlease NL 17:08, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
 BRING BACK POOP ON A PLATE!-unsigned/anonymous  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.192.227.213 (talk) 17:20, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not censored, so the picture should be restored immediately. There are no legitimate objections to it, only people saying immature things about the article and not understanding what Wikipedia is support to be. Yes, the picture does add to the article in the same way a kitten adds content to an article about kittens. And the fact that everyone has seen feces before in real life only goes to support the argument that it is not obscene. After you use the toilet, if you turn around and look down do you shutter with disgust? I think not. If there are no objections posted soon the picture should be restoed and placed at the top of the article. 71.201.34.215 (talk) 06:17, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Huh?

How come I can't move pages?--  PNiddy  Go!  0 15:34, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

The article was move-protected yesterday due to "perpetual vandalism" by Can't sleep, clown will eat me. He or she may be able to provide a more detailed answer. --ElKevbo 15:36, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Featured Article

One day, I hope to make "FECES" the wikipedia article of the day. What a great day for poop that will be! 216.107.226.196 22:55, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah! Masterhand10(Talk)(Contributions) 00:44, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

This may be a fun prospect for some of the much younger wikipedians I guess. Jackaranga 01:42, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
I Dunno why, but this entire talk page makes me laugh. Masterhand10(Talk)(Contributions) 04:14, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cross references in Feces article

I would think that there should be hotlinks and cross references to "toilet paper" "outhouse" and "composting toilet" all of which have useful (albeit imperfect) Wikipedia articles that relate to the subject matter.

This seems obvious to me, but maybe there is some grander plan that augers against it. Just a gentle suggestion.

I haven't yet signed up for a user name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.226.198.27 (talk) 20:10, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Feces#Personal hygiene

That makes no sense. Are toilet tissues and wipes not made for anybody other than campers or babies? CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 02:43, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This Can't Be Right...

This sentence is pretty funny, but probably not true: "Other paper products were also historically used (before the advent of flush toilets), most notably the Sears catalog" 24.177.139.100 (talk) 17:45, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

That was my first inclination too but it is sourced. Also, if you try a google search for "sears catalogue as toilet paper", you can come up with quite a few results. It looks to be legitimate, at least for rural areas. MatttK (talk) 07:03, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
It comes from the introduction to Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, IIRC. Lumberjake (talk) 05:04, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
during the constant Soviet tp shortages, we used to use Pravda. We had to cut out all of the pictures of Party members before we could wipe though- just in case the KGB had an informant in the toilet. This made for some very messy trips to the bathroom. The light bulb shortages did not help one bit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.47.151.201 (talk) 03:58, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, it's true. You used to have to wrinkle it up really good, over and over, and it would end up being soft. Took forever to make a page soft, so you tried to make one page do the trick. 71.204.49.76 (talk) 23:42, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Synonyms

There are many synonyms for feces. Several of them are slang, such as "dookie" or "poop" or "dung", but they are commonly used. These synonyms should be listed somewhere in the article. Synonyms are normally placed in brackets in the first sentence, such as in Defamation (vilification, slander, and libel). I have noticed that these types of edits have been reverted in the past and just wanted to make sure there was a concensus on this before proceeding.

Neelix (talk) 18:21, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

"Dung" isn't slang. But go for it. (I predict a deluge. Er... a shitstorm...?) FiveRings (talk) 00:59, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sears catalogue as toilet paper

If it is to be said that this was the most widespread notable non toilet paper product, can we get some better sources? Thanks, --nyc171 (talk) 00:03, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] uses

I wanted to link the civet coffee page as a good example of uses of feces besides fertilizer and fuel, but didn't know how to make internal wiki links, would someone fix it please?--Paddling bear (talk) 14:19, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I tried to fix that.You put "[[example]]" marks around the internal word to "wikify" it--nyc171 (talk) 19:09, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

poop is what the maker of mad tvs head is filled with —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rapsong (talk • contribs) 03:48, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Name

Maybe it is best to move the article from Feces to Dung or Poo poo, they were the first words for the smelly stuff. Rodimus Rhyme (talk) 13:39, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

It's better to use its real name though —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.126.218.250 (talk) 23:22, 26 May 2008 (UTC)