Talk:Three wise monkeys

message: The 'Meaning of the proverb' paragraph would gain at being developed a bit; First off, the concept of 'evil' is very different from the christian one ;
Second, there are other interpretations, for instance, one from Wei Wu Wei, in 'Open Secret' :
The practice of meditation is represented by the three monkeys, who cover their eyes, ears and mouths so as to avoid the phenomenal world. The practice of non-meditation is ceasing to be the see-er, hearer or speaker while eyes, ears and mouths are fulfilling their function in daily life.
--Guillaume Rava. (talk) 22:57, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Meaning

message: It has been proposed this article should be merged with See No Evil Hear No Evil Speak No Evil. If there are no arguments for a merger I will remove the tag. Ben  T/C 03:49, August 22, 2005 (UTC)
Merging seems like a good idea--the monkeys don't really exist except as a visual representation of the phrase.  There is quite a bit of overlap between the two articles. Nareek 10:56, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging proposal 

message: The trivia section has overgrown the article itself. I find it to have no merit and suggest removing it completely. Is that OK?
nullie 01:21, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Now done: :The three wise monkeys in popular culture. - Fayenatic london (talk) 12:38, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

text: It was deleted. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The three wise monkeys in popular culture. If you are interested, there is an old copy here.  - Fayenatic (talk) 22:32, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia section of epic proportions 

message: I note that many places (including a current example illustration) reverse the first two.  Any explanation on this?  Is it a recent corruption?  71.203.125.108 (talk) 13:26, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Order of Monkeys 

message: Currently the article is titled "Three wise monkeys", yet in the lead sentence they are called "Three Wise Monkeys". The rest of the article is inconsistent. Judging from Google results, usage varies. I am personally agnostic, but the article should be internally consistent. Does anyone have any strong feelings on which style we should go with? 86.181.206.6 (talk) 02:23, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Very well, since no one has an expressed an opinion, I have requested a move to "Three Wise Monkeys". 86.181.170.124 (talk) 12:28, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this would be incorrect, see WP:TITLEFORMAT; this was accepted at the capitalised page Talk: Three Wise Monkeys. Instead, I will change the text in the article accordingly. Thanks for pointing out the inconsistency. – Fayenatic (talk) 12:43, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capitalisation 

message: The new trailer references this, should it be added? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzue74y7A84 (near the end) David1544 (talk) 00:49, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  GTA V Trailer Reference. 

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message: I didn't finish reading.  It is interesting.  I have always thought of the Three wise monkeys as complicity.  However, right before I looked up the meaning, I thought of self-restraint.
In one culture it may be viewed exactly the opposite in another without explanation.  However, my three wise moneys sit atop a large yellow bench between a white Christmas and a black Halloween tree.  Monkeys actually have actual physical history in my family.
Someone snapped and caught a photo of my once three favorite guys doing this, but each have a part between two of his fingers for each sense.
I have thought that some of my health issues might have been easily caught in Eastern medicine and cost a whole lot less, but I do not know this for a fact.
I had a very painful SIJ issue which was being caused by poor sleeping posture due to another actual gymnastics' injury.
As the beholder, I can see both in the representation of the monkeys (statue).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:E949:6900:E097:C1C7:C4AB:DA64 (talk) 05:04, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eastern/Western 

message: If you haven't already, please read the Signpost: essay on excess parenthetical "metadata" in lead. Just a preemptive comment: I removed the various ways of saying "three monkeys" in Japanese, since they are not germane to the article. In practice the monkeys are almost always known simply by their names. Incidentally, I am absolutely in favour of including foreign text when it is germane: in particular the way the monkeys' names are written, and the explanation of the -zaru/saru pun, and the Chinese original saying. So please do not restore it without a cogent reason for requiring just the three versions given. Imaginatorium (talk) 08:35, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits to lede