Talk:Urinal

message: Some better equipped toilets also have forehead rests above the urinals to make the use more comfortable. Worth an inclusion? 89.143.46.83 (talk) 23:15, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I was very dubious about this, but websearching for "urinal headrest" turns up quite a few credible-looking pictures. Several are on Flickr, and potentially usable on Wikipedia, though I don't have any expertise on uploading or image rights. Reify-tech (talk) 16:22, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Head rest 

message: I don't mean to nit-pick, but the image called "Roman urinal" is not of urinals at all, but public toilets. The ancient romans did have urinals though, I believe that tanners set up public urinals in the streets of cities with the purpose of collecting urine to use in the process of making leather. Why doesn't someone find an image of an actual ancient urinal or include some verifiable info about the real Roman urinals.
:I have heard this, in terms of the histories of both leather and wool processing, but haven't found much in terms of images of the collection process or fixtures.  Reify-tech (talk) 16:43, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Roman Urinal 

message: There are a few Waterless urinal videos here: http://www.plumbersurplus.com/Videos/ --216.70.141.161 17:40, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Waterless Urinal videos 

message: How do the British pronounce Urinal?
yoo RYE nil
or
YOO ri nil?
:It all depends on what your accent actually is (Britain has as many (if not more) different accents as the US does), but the most common pronunciation I've heard is you RYE nal, although I have heard YUR in al this is noticably different to "normal".
:see also Regional accents of English speakers. Thryduulf 15:05, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The inflection presented here is wrong: Where I'm from, urinal is pronounced, "YÛR•ĭ•nəl". Farglesword (talk) 02:55, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronounce it 

message: The following link in the main article was dead and has been removed: "Marcel Duchamp: Fountain (about his 'found art' which is a signed urinal)"
The following two URIs seem to be close to the original target of the link, I don't think either one is sufficiently on-topic or intersting to be included in the article, though.
# http://collections.sfmoma.org/Obj25853$29358
# http://www.sfmoma.org/msoma/artworks/1466.html
--midg3t 15:09, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia has now it's own page for Fountain (Duchamp). Added that to the Curiosities section with reference link to BBC News. Talamus 11:00, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marcel Duchamp: Fountain 

message: For addition of a photo of a foot pedal or floor button flush lever to the 'Manual handles' section. User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 13:06, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foot-activated flush mechanisms 

message: Why was the part about ice in urinals removed? It is relevant as it's fairly common practice.
Turboduded 21:13, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ice 

message: Why I can't do a dirt in there? BoratSagdiyev 00:04, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dirt 

message: Is the bit about George Michael really relevant to this page? The connection with urinals is extremely tennuous. Thryduulf 08:56, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it is, he notably spoofed on his arrest/incident in one of his videos by mirror ball tiling urinals.  ALKIVAR™ 17:21, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  George Michael 

message: I know, it's pathetic. But how do you use a urinal? Like how do you go about it?
66.252.38.94 01:59, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: you forgot about the jiggle at the end of point 5. 69.244.226.101 23:32, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  How do you Use one? 

message: I think we should have a pic of how to use a urinal. Like of a guy using one or something. Cause I've never used one. (Kinda shy) And when I do use one I dont wanna look like an idot.
That's the silliest thing I have ever read. I really hope you are not an adult.
The picture of the multiperson (multi-student) urinal in a high school in China has been captioned "A rather primitive urinal" since this article was created.  I changed it to "A multiperson urinal..." because I attended a primary (elementary) school, built in the 1940s, that had a urinal almost identical to this one, with a tile wall, trough, and an overflow-timed flush.  The design was, and is, thoroughly practical for the purpose intended--lots of boys needing to use the facility all at once.  Neither the one at my school in southern California, USA, 50-some years ago or the one in the photograph from China deserves the pejorative "rather primitive".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by LM6407 (talk • contribs) 04:58, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for picture showing usage 

message: http://www.clarkmade.com/urinals.html CyberAnth 08:27, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flower urinals 

message: Since I've already reverted this once and I don't want to start an edit war, User:Ftmichael has edited the external links from "women" to "female-bodied people." I'm thinking that we should leave it the way it was... Moogle10000 00:03, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "female-bodied people" 

message: It is considered impolite to take pictures of people in the bathroom without their express permission. Even though no "body parts" are showing, I think it is very inconsiderate of the picture-taker to apparently sneak in and take a picture. Bathrooms are protected by privacy rights. Therefore, I am taking it off the Urinals article. If you got permission from the people, please indicate you did so on your image page.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.176.14.246 (talk) 03:06, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There's the legal issue of publicity rights.  As I understand it (IANAL), a photographer may own the copyright, but he does not own the publicity/privacy rights of the people depicted in the photograph.  In general, IIRC, people in public places have little expectation of privacy, and therefore photographers of street scenes, e.g., do not require model releases from everyone in their pictures of Times Square.  Though not a lawyer, I'd venture to guess that people in restrooms have every expectation of privacy.  Model releases may be required to use this image legally. (Again, IANAL.)  I seem to recall reading in a photography magazine that releases may be required even if the individual cannot be recognized.  FWIW.  --Kbh3rdtalk 03:18, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Agreed. A photo of an underage exposed boy does have legal issues, regardless offensive or not. Xuz (talk) 20:53, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boys Bathroom Image can be taken as offensive by some 

message: If some women don't like the idea of men standing up to just doing their normal function, like "standing up" and "peeing"; well... nothing stops them from using the female-versions of the urinals and "standing up" at the same time.
I think this idea should be added, to balance the argument of "political correctness".
88.105.80.120 12:30, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Urinals regarded by ''some'' as politically incorrect" 

message: Right, this section appears to be populated by urban legend. When you Google for this supposed debate (and the humorous device voiced by Schröder) on the German-speaking internet, you find nothing. The debate exists only on the English speaking internet, where people react to this supposed bit of news "from Germany". The main source of info seem to be this site . It refers to the product by name and manufacturer, Patentwert, but a quick check shows that Patentwert is the inventor's "print on demand" equivalent, manufacturing nothing, but helping anyone with an idea to get a patent. 
If this is real, surely SOME of the people in its supposed country of origin would be aware of it? I'm removing this section until we can see some credible sources. Amphis 14:36, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Germany, urinals, and the feminist debate about urinals (featuring hilarious talking devices) that supposedly goes on there 

message: Why did someone remove this...I felt it was very well worded....and the article doesnt address the fact that most people dont agree with urinals  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.111.99.20 (talk) 00:00, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism of Urinals 

message: I was amused, to say the least to read this. I would like to know, exactly how did anyone find this out? I think there should be a major rewrite, and some stuff shouldnt be gone into such details. I also want to see some sources too.
220.240.198.191 (talk) 16:23, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  section on "Social aspects of urinals" 

message: This article was recently moved to Urinal (restroom) by one of the authors of an article listed at Urinal (disambiguation). While having Urinal redirect to or be the location of the disambiguation page  increases visibility of articles listed there, the primary topic articles should not be moved solely for the purpose of the promotional desires of one editor. Instead, the location of these articles were already optimized. If the proposed move back is uncontroversial, the Urinal article which redirects here could be deleted under WP:SPEEDY G6 and this article's previous location can be restored. —Tokek (talk) 22:42, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not quite sure what you're asking, but personally I think the dab page should keep its name and this article should be located at Urinal (rather than with the disambiguated title)—i.e., it should be moved back over the redirect. The only other article that could be claimed to be a 'common' topic is Urinal (health care), but it's still far less common than this, and not the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 23:06, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Urinals in health care are just as common as urinals in restrooms. Given that they are about equally common (which is hard to guage exactly), the title "Urinal" by itself should be the disambiguation page ("Mercury" and "Joker" examples on WP:DAB). Tatterfly (talk) 15:47, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I would dispute that. I know what healthcare urinals are, but AFAIK they are generally only used by sick people, and I had never even heard of or seen one until I was a teenager. Restroom urinals are far more common. Just as one example, if you do a google image search for "urinal", the entire front page of results is restroom urinals. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 15:24, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move back [[Urinal (disambiguation)]] to [[Urinal]] 

message: Urinal privacy walls are now generally required per building codes (most US states). While older facilities may be grandfathered, new and remodeled facilites require them, right down to the dimensiions, etc. The article seems skim over this requirement by saying privacy walls "may" be built, where in fact they are now required. Readers should know why they are so common.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.181.228.249 (talk) 16:57, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Privacy Walls 

message: I don't know about more recent conflicts, but in Nam, piss tubes were mDe from the metal tubes artillery ammunition was stored in, not some type of water bottleWschart (talk) 01:26, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Piss tubes 

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thread_title: File:Frauenurinal.jpg Nominated for Deletion

message: The article states that these are mounted lower for the benefit of short individuals and boys.  I have no doubt that accounts for the majority of use by those who choose them over the standard mounting height, but working in the construction field I learned that this is a legal requirement to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.  I know, I know, I've never seen anyone in a wheelchair use a urinal.  But that's the law.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.140.101.160 (talk) 23:04, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Low Mounted Urinals 

message: I added the tag to the claim trough urinals were made famous by two US sports facilities.  This article as with many has some clear signs of a Western and particularly US bias. This is one of the most signs. While trough urinals may only generally be found in sports complexes in some countries, in others trough urinals may be found in shopping complexes or even schools. So while people in a number of Western countries may only be familiar with trough urinals from sports complexes (altho probably not those two if you aren't from the US and trough urinals aren't an uncommon sight outside sports complexes in NZ), in others they may be nothing remarkable or requiring to be 'made famous' Nil Einne (talk) 02:37, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious claim about trough urinal popularization 

message: Pisstubes are containers used by the crews of vehicles such as aircraft which regularly carry out long duration missions, such as the fifties V-bombers, where there is no spece for a conventional toilet. Often there is an unofficial agrreement that if a member of aircrew has to use one he makes a small donation to the grounf cew benevolent fund. 86.158.174.53 (talk) 14:44, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Piss tubes something different 

message: I feel like this article is rather unfocused and disjointed in general. Adding a history section would be a start towards improving it. Polyglottalstop (talk) 02:14, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I think there used to be a section that described various theories about the invention of urinals. One theory was that a woman invented urinals in a misguided attempt to emasculate men. — Ian01 (talk) 05:30, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

text: There definitely needs to be a history section. I came here specifically wondering about their invention and history, and was of course disappointed to find no such information. Ouizardus (talk) 17:02, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needed: History section 

message: I'd like to see a urinal etiquette section added to the article. It could include info on the privacy partitions, the 'rule' about not using adjacent urinals if there are no partitions, and where users usually gaze while they use the urinal. — Ian01 (talk) 05:28, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for urinal etiquette section 

message: This needs to be added to the article  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:C518:6C40:343B:BA61:AA6C:74C2 (talk) 04:41, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Those containers used by hospitals are also called URINALS 

message: I suggest we remove the link section under "see also" as it doesn't really conform with Wikipedia article style. I would rather suggest that the relevant terms are integrated into the text of the article.
EvM-Susana (talk) 17:25, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove the section on "See also" 

message: I have just added more information from Germany about waterless urinals, as the current section was rather focussed on the US only. I would like to also include 1-2 photos of the commonly used one-way valves uses in waterless urinals (like the EcoSmellStop device), unless others think this would go into too much technical detail?
EvM-Susana (talk) 17:25, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  More information on waterless urinals 

message: These waterless urinal suppliers DO NOT warn clients that undiluted urine will eat through copper pipes and leak into the building fabric. The other problem is they remove water supply (not just turn it off) so client is forced to continue using even if displeased. 78.147.239.36 (talk) 13:43, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I've wondered about this risk, just from the basic (actually, acidic!) chemistry. Leakage from corrosion already occurs, usually in an exposed metallic trap installed  below the fixture, but at least the problem is visible and straightforwardly repaired. Can anyone find a WP:RS documenting this problem?  Reify-tech (talk) 18:22, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Waterless Urinals can damage buildings. 

message: I have added a history section and realised that the historical information can be found on the page for pissoir which contains only that information. Therefore, I would propose to merge the content of the pissoir page to here under street urinal and under history respectively. I have also proposed it on the talk page of pissoirs. Thoughts anyone? - Mind you, the French version of the article for pissoirs is a lot more detailed though - not surprisingly. Would that speak for keeping it a separate article? EvM-Susana (talk) 20:00, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd be more inclined to leave it separate, as it is now, so that it could be expanded with material from the extensive French article. The French make a distinction between pissoirs, and urinoirs or urinettes, with separate fully-developed articles for each.  Reify-tech (talk) 03:24, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well I am also a bit undecided although just because the French differentiate pissoirs and urinoirs doesn't mean the English have to do it as well (in fact they don't, I have never seen the use of pissoir in the English language?). Also in German we don't use it except as a historical term. Therefore, it would need to make clear(er) what our definition is of the difference between a street urinal and a pissoir. In my opinion there is no difference, except that pissoir is the historical French term for what we now call street urinal (or public toilet urinal? Or public urinal?). EvM-Susana (talk) 10:19, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't think the British have a word for street urinal because we don't really have street urinals (or at least not like the French do). I see there are some images of British street urinals in the page, but I have never seen one outside of London. "Pisser" is a slang term for toilet, not specifically for street urinals as far as I know JMWt (talk) 10:28, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree that pissoir is more a historical French term, not widely used in English (and often italicized as a foreign term). The English Wikipedia article should probably be renamed to "Street urinal" or something similar. I think that leaving it unmerged might be better, because there is potential for expanding the article considerably, and don't want the article here to become too unwieldy. Reify-tech (talk) 16:12, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  How about merging the article on Pissoirs to here?

message: I just came across this page: urilift. It's only a stub and maybe just an advertising piece? How about integrating the little bit of content into the page on urinal rather?— Preceding unsigned comment added by EvM-Susana (talk • contribs) 19:28, 22 August 2015
: Done. – Wbm1058 (talk) 14:21, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  How about merging into here the page on Urilift?

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message: Moved this to here to get more attention for it (also asked on the talk page of public toilet: EMsmile (talk) 03:17, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that there should be more coverage of this; sorry that I don't have much expertise on that topic.  Look at the article on Bidets and related topics, where there is some coverage of customs in Muslim traditions.  Reify-tech (talk) 14:23, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  I have started a little survey about this topic here on a discussion forum. A picture is emerging that they are not common in Muslim countries but I am still trying to find a good, reliable reference for this. EvM-Susana (talk) 19:58, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

text: Wikipedia has an article about Islamic toilet etiquette, but it doesn't mention urinals. Jarble (talk) 00:00, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Add information about use of urinals in Muslim countries?

message: Please add the following to the History section:
The modern urinal was first patented in 1866 by Andrew Rankin. https://patents.google.com/patent/US53488A/en Jschussler (talk) 01:47, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 18 November 2022