Talk:Gong

message: I have removed the cleanup tag, it seems inaccurate and pointless to me. The Wikipedian who posted it has given no reason, didn't list it on the cleanup page, and has asked for no comments to be posted on their user page, so it's not obvious how they expect us to find out what they don't like about the article. They have some eccentric views on other aspects of Wikipedia as well, and have made  many contributions despite periodically saying they are leaving permanently. Anyway, my conclusion was that the tag was merely detracting from a good article for no reason. Comments welcome, preferably on my talk page. Andrewa 14:14, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup tag

message: This has been in the intro "forever".
:Primitive drums are known as Tam Tams or slit drums. The people of Vanuatu in particular, cut a large log with 'totem' type carvings on the outer surface and hollow out the centre leaving only a slit down the front. This hollowed out log gives the deep resonance of drums when hit on the outside with sticks.
It seems to have started out as an explanation of the word derivation, but that's lost now ("slit gong" used to appear next to "slit drum"). I'm removing it (Be Bold....). --Alvestrand 22:50, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's the story with the drum in the intro? 

message: Removed the following tag:
The neutrality of this article is disputed. This article is largely based on text from the the out-of-copyright 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, which was produced in the U.K. in 1911, and it may express a worldview specific to that time and place. It needs extensive editing to bring it up-to-date and to put it in compliance with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy.  
Frankly, that's a load of utter rubbish. The current article is not largely based on the 1911 article at all. It was once, long, long ago, and there's still a small section of unmerged material. But if you bother to check, you'll find that most of the current article is my work. Perhaps we should remove the remaining 1911 section entirely?
If you have disputes with the article, please describe them here. Putting misleading and inaccurate tags on articles and leaving no clue on the talk page as to why you've done this doesn't exactly improve the encyclopedia! Andrewa 09:06, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Rem another tag

message: The gongs described in this article are for wimps.  A proper gong is ten feet in diameter, made of bronze, and struck with a battering ram. --Carnildo 22:49, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bah

message: Why is the "Gongs - general" section at the bottom? Shouldn't it be at the top/merged into the introduction? Laogooli 13:58, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: General?

message: * re information on German radio - would be nice to make it more detailed
* re Theater references - it is so well-known fact that it is actually hard to find a better reference than just a few snippets from local newspapers saying "...audience was impatient for gong to start first show in remodeled theater." Couldn't find some formal reference in etiquette manual. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Voxhumana (talk • contribs) 19:20, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  References to Gong in theater, radio time stamp 

message: "The 38" Earth Gong vibrates at a frequency of 136.10 Hz/C# and affects the Heart Chakra" 
- What is this? Why is there new age metaphysics in an article about gongs? Vanilor 23:47, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modern Orchestral Gongs 

message: What is a Long Gong or a Lon Gong? This is a science experiment that supposedly uses a cup of some sort that is suspended by a piece string and a wire hanger is connected to that. You put the cup to your ear and some strikes the hanger and sound is filter in. Is this a true gong or something else?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.237.182.65 (talk) 03:05, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kind of Gong 

message: I am from Japan. I have never seen or heard of gongs used to start Sumo wrestling matches. As far as I am aware, a referee (holding a fan) starts them. To mark the start of tournaments, drums may be played but no gongs.
In the popular French TV game show Fort Boyard, a man dressed as a Sumo wrestler used to strike a large hanging gong, so perhaps that is where the idea has come from.95.148.126.37 (talk) 06:01, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gong at Sumo? 

message: : The gong traces its roots back to the Bronze Age around 3500 BC.
The bronze age didn't reach asia until 600 BC. And this weird interchange with bell and gong is confusing. I've been on many ships, none of them were required to carry a gong. --121.210.33.50 (talk) 17:25, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: For reference, the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (usually called the "colregs") are both described in WP and available in Wikisource:   See, in particular, rules 33 and 35 along with Annex III §2. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 06:54, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Houston, we have a problem. 

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message: I am finding some non-formal references to a Roman gong excavated in England, which item dates from about 100 AD/CE, although I haven't yet turned up an image of it.  It also seems hard to believe that any metal-working culture wouldn't have noticed the sound qualities of dropping or striking metal objects, but the tone of the article is very culture-centric.  Can there please be some effort to expand the scope of the article, perhaps?
Corgi (talk) 22:02, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is this limited to Asian gongs only?