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[edit] Wang Laboratories

The reason I listed Wang Laboratories here is because people are likely to look for the company or its products by searching for Wang. I don't feel strongly about it either way. Chadloder 07:47 Jan 24, 2003 (UTC)

I'm just being a wag, don't mind me. It's late and I'm loopy but not tired. Koyaanis Qatsi
Am I the only one who thinks describing Wang as a 'seminal' computer company is rather risque, given the alternative meaning for the word? Masterdog
No, you're not the only one. But I like it, let's keep it. Wikipedia should have at least a small sense of humor! JDS2005 01:24, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV - Penny Arcade causing Popularity

Since it was a year 2000 PA comic, I doubt it was very popular. PA was not terribly popular till 2002 or so I'd think. I could be wrong and the article isn't POV at all. --TIB (talk) 04:37, Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)

Since the Penny Arcade mention has been removed, and I don't see any other evidence of POV, I'll just take out the POV statement. P. Riis 00:41, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Oh, and if I have removed the statement by mistake, please just put it back. P. Riis 00:48, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)
I'm good. --TIB (talk) 06:13, Oct 23, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Slang Wang Removal

Why was the slang for the word Wang removed?

The correct spelling of the word is "whang" (although this isn't commonly known).GreatGatsby 16:48, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Slang

Is there any agreement on whether or not to remove references like "Wang, the male organ of copulation"?

It seems inappropriate, in its current form. But some mention might be made.

As I state in the above section, wang is not the correct spelling of the word, just the more commonly used version. Whang is the correct spelling, which oddly enough does not have a page (or any reference that I know of on Wikipedia). GreatGatsby 16:48, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
Source, please. -- Visviva 02:08, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
The dictionary. Under the defition for "wang" you find nothing pertaining to the penis. However, under "whang" you will find http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=whang (third entry). Oddly enough, wang and whang have the same definition (non-vulgar, that is). GreatGatsby 03:17, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
How can a slang word have a "correct spelling"? Nik42 06:20, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

I don't understand; why shouldn't it? Slang is part of the language. The slang term for a two-for-one offer, for example, is "twofer"; if you spelt it "toofer" or "tufa" you'd be wrong. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 14:54, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

But "twofer" is the common spelling. I've never in my life seen the spelling "Whang". It's completely nonsense to say that the common spelling of a slang term is "incorrect". Slang is an informal part of language, while prescriptive rules of spelling are a part of formal language. What I mean is that, logically, the common spelling of a slang term must be considered the correct spelling Nik42 23:54, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
Not so; to take another example, "boloks" would be incorrect even if (as might be the case for all I know) that's how most people spell it on toilet walls. Informal language isn't outside the rules; it's outside formal usage.
It's also worth pointing out that, as there's no entry, there's not much point including it on a disambiguation page. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 11:06, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
If that were the common spelling, then it would be the correct spelling! How can someone just decree the correct spelling of a slang term? It makes no sense to apply prescriptivism to slang. At any rate, I agree that it should be removed Nik42 06:34, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

You seem to misunderstand the nature of slang. Slang isn't outside language — it's used in all linguistic contexts (including literature and journalism), it appears in dictionaries, and it is part of exactly the same process of spelling as any other part of language. The only difference is that it is used only in certain contexts, and is viewed with contempt by certain users. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 17:46, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

I still say it's silly to say the common spelling of a slang word is wrong, but whatever. This is a silly thing to be debating Nik42 08:34, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
A slang spelling can most certainly be wrong. The word is whang, just because a bunch of morons decided to misspell it doesn't make that the new spelling. Until you look in the dictionary and find "wang" as slang for "penis" my assessment is correct. GreatGatsby 03:43, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
But the dictionary would change it based upon common usage, surely?
Dictionary.com now lists "penis" as the first definition of "wang": http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wang JDS2005 01:27, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
If people are likely to look for the slang for penis under "wang", it should be included even if it says "a common misspelling of "whang" or something similar. MorkaisChosen 15:24, 30 September 2007 (UTC)


I'm I brit and I've never heard of wang being used to mean throw, if it's ever used to mean anything other than penis it's used to mean something like a collision i.e "He wanged my car." So I added that - Guest.

I'm also a Brit and I frequently use "wang" in the sense "to throw". It's probably a regional variation- I live in Yorkshire, maybe it doesn't get used wherever you live. MorkaisChosen 15:24, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
I agree (I'm also British), in the context of sentences like "Wang that potato peeler over 'ere?" or the common dancehall mantra "Wang your body". I was going to say that I'd never seen it spelt as "whang", but then it occurred to me that I hadn't ever really seen it spelt at all. Maybe that is where Nik42's point demands some sympathy, but at the end of the day slang wurds is still wurds, its true. However, if "boloks" was a common mis-spelling of "bollocks", and there was an article Boloks, a mention of the common mis-spelling would be included. It is good policy to help our readers by guiding them to where we think they may be looking, indeed that is exactly what disambiguation pages are for. Since "wang" is not exactly an implausible mis-spelling of "whang", i think we should include a brief mention, at the bottom of the list.. Jdcooper (talk) 19:23, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Why is this here?

"Featured as the most beautiful part of the human body, the wang is situated between the legs of all males. The wang is a cause of more trouble than it does good. Never the less, every male is glad to have been endowed with his own personal wang. Each one being unique with its own individual quirks." That made me go wtf? I think it violates NPOV, if nothing else. Soo, I removed it.

That, my friend, is vandalism in a nutshell. Good job removing it. RememberMe? 19:57, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
You removed the wang? That's not right! JDS2005 01:24, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wang Jinrei

Why the hell is he here? He's not even real.

I'm gonna remove this: "Wang Jinrei, a character from Tekken."

Big Wang (talk) 22:28, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

I am removing ""Wang" may refer to: a huge vieny cock" for obvious reasons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.216.221.44 (talk) 16:44, 22 May 2008 (UTC)