# Talk:United States v. One Solid Gold Object in Form of a Rooster

Is the usage of "cock" in the article extremely repetitively supposed to be a joke or something? Wikitrumpets (talk) 04:13, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

If you think that the usage of "cock" in the article is extremely repetitive or supposed to be a joke or "something" then the problem is not in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.250.30.76 (talk) 04:40, April 1, 2021 (UTC)
Depends, what word does the sources generally put in their mouths? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:01, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
rooster vs. cock It could be argued per WP:ENGVAR that rooster is preferable. Reminds me of an episode of Elementary where Watson insisted on calling Holmes' cocks roosters. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:58, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
I'm all for continuing to use cock instead of rooster, per MOS:RETAIN. Tyrone Madera (talk) 18:24, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
As am I.  The C of E   God Save the Queen! (talk) 18:27, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Consensus will be what it will be. We'll keep enjoying "...saying that the cock was "exquisite"." for now. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:06, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
However, the legal report says "rooster" instead of "cock". Rooster is also much more commonly used in the modern day. We wouldn't go calling a plague a pestilence. Wikitrumpets (talk) 23:42, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Just because you said that I had to google both words, which of course doesn't support your hypothesis. Making google compare cock-birds and rooster-birds is less easily done. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:38, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
Google “cock” and it’ll probably be a rooster. Not like I checked or anything. Thetreehuggingjersey (talk) 22:38, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
As should be obvious, this article should use the terminology that reliable sources use. And reliable sources call the statue a rooster. I have edited the article accordingly. Cullen328 (talk) 01:52, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Specifically, the photo requested is a photo of John Ascuaga's Nugget golden cock, or "rooster", an example of which can be seen here. Tyrone Madera (talk) 20:24, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Is the image I added good enough? We won't be able to have more than one image, due to the object itself (and hence any photo of it) being a protected creative work. DMacks (talk) 05:05, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
Too high-res for free-use I think but looks fine. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:42, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
Good work @DMacks:, it's nice that this article now has a picture of Dick's cock. (behave!)  The C of E   God Save the Queen! (talk) 09:44, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
That's Richard's rooster you naughty Brit (?) I may write a stiff letter. A very stiff letter. On cardboard..! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:09, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
The photo looks great, thanks! Like Gråbergs Gråa Sång, I am also concerned about the high-res. Tyrone Madera (talk) 14:59, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
I had already tagged it for the bot that does resolution-reductions to reduce it for us. No prejudice against someone doing it manually rather than waiting. DMacks (talk) 15:34, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
DMacks, got it. Thanks! :-) Tyrone Madera (talk) 16:22, 3 April 2021 (UTC)