Talk:Penis

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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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

muscle?

So is the penis a muscle or not? 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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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).[reply]

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)[reply]

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).[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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.
$((\pi *(Radius/2\pi )^{2})^{2})*Length)*1.060$
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)[reply]