Talk:Diaper

message: Can someone change the Ammonia section? It states that Ammonia is caused by the combination of fecal matter and urine, when it is just the urine that is resposible. This may cause some to belive that a diaper that has only been urinated in will not produce Ammonia. --User: tash 18:14, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well fecal matter contains urease which catalyses the conversion of urine to ammonia so it is technically correct but I agree it is slightly misleading, as it makes the diaper rash worse, it is not the sole cause.--Wherethere (talk) 03:12, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I don't know much about what happens to urea outside of the human system to return it to the form ammonia - but it's my understanding that ammonia is formed as a biproduct of protein breakdown in the liver, and that the ammonia is quickly converted to urea - so, I imagine the urea must be reacting with something to return to the form of ammonia? Also, has this section been completely removed - I don't see it. Should this discussion also be removed? or has the ammonia section been included in another section?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnieHall (talk • contribs) 22:22, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ammonia 

message: This article contains a line about the situation "in the pioneering days". When on earth was that? Is this a reference to the United States? --KarlFrei (talk) 12:36, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Given the general timeline putting the Industrial Revolution after this bit, it most likely it is in reference to the American pioneers of the 19th century, but there's also not a citation for this bit, which makes me suspect lack of verifiability. Heather (talk) 20:47, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pioneering days 

message: Unwilling to use a toilet?  What the...?12.26.68.146 (talk) 15:46, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unwilling 

message: The Adult section of this article, particularly the description of why diapers are used in bondage fetishism is TOO EXTENSIVE, in my opinion.
Could someone with more knowledge of wikipidea's guidelines for what is and isn't necessary in an article give it a look-through?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.56.65.24 (talk) 03:08, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Issues 

message: Must obviously be wrong, otherwise how could anybody afford any? Togo (talk) 21:25, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Amazing that nobody caught that until now.  I've traced the source of the claim to this edit from March 17, 2008.  It was stated that way from the beginning and thus is not vandalism.  I agree with you that it cannot possible be true; if the 'millions' and 'billions' were switched it would make more sense, but I can't just make a change like that without knowing what the actual data is.  <FONT COLOR="#800000"><B>Soap</B></FONT> Talk/Contributions 21:42, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

text: On the other hand, there are probably a lot more than 18 million diapers being used each year.  -- <B>Soap</B> Talk/Contributions 01:54, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Ive removed the claim for now. -- <B>Soap</B> Talk/Contributions 01:55, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  3.5 billion gallons of oil are used to produce the 18 million throwaway diapers that end up in landfills each year 

message: Why not call the article "nappy" instead of "diaper"?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.215.146.182 (talk) 19:44, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:ENGVAR.  We had a discussion about this a few years ago and Diaper won.  Admittedly, though, it wasn't much of a discussion; see Talk:Diaper/Archive 1#Name.  It's possible but highly unlikely that consensus could change to renaming it Nappy. —Soap— 20:44, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see any real evidence diaper won. There was no real discussion, heck ENGVAR wasn't even mentioned, so no consensus was achieved (and the closest thing to consensus in that discussion was nappy anyway). However it is unlikely the article will be changed since wikipedia wide consensus per ENGVAR is when there is no reason to choose one over the other we follow the first contributor which was diaper in this case. Nil Einne (talk) 11:05, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

text: Nappy is ambiguous, diaper is not. That's why I haven't agitated for change. Josh Parris 22:08, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

text: Is there a way to ensure that it is changed to Nappy - I'm sorry but the Brits invented the language so I say they should be the ones who get say on this. 2A00:23C5:C887:8600:D8A9:F8F7:6752:1D1A (talk) 17:20, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nappy 

message: The way I understand it, infants are physically unable to control the movement of bowel or urination because the mylin sheathes surrounding the nerves used to sense and control the processes are not developed. I feel it is erroneous to say that toilet training is the 'choice' of either parent or child. It is a matter of whether or not the child's body have developed to the point where the process can be under voluntary control, period.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.181.195.10 (talk) 23:09, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Toilet Training a choice 

message: I think it would benefit the article to have a section describing the contents of different diapers. However, this may be cumbersome, since there are so very many. Perhaps a general spiel about the contents of conventional disposables (ie huggies, pampers, earth’s best, etc), compostable disposables (broody chick), traditional cloth diapers (homemade, I imagine), and new kinds of cloth diapers (g diapers, etc.) would work?  Although this information may not be easily accessible? A though, anyways.AnieHall (talk) 22:36, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contents/ingredients. 

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thread_title:  Reference 4  

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message: Is nappy the formal usage in the UK? As in, is it what is printed on the packaging? It's not some sort of slang or colloquialism for another term? Just wondering. --Khajidha (talk) 14:31, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quick question about "nappy" 

message: This article suffers from a strong western bias where it's just assumed babies will wear diapers. This a not a universally held viewpoint, especially in developing countries and traditional tribal/hunter-gatherer cultures where diapers wearing is much less common.  Even in the West, practitioners of elimination communication don't use diapers either much or all the time and even then for a much shorter period of time then traditional Western parents. For some of them, diapers are only used as a backup in the early weeks or when going out but otherwise they don't use them at all around the house. I think in order to improve this article we could address the assumption in Western society that parents need to use diapers on their babies to deal with bodily waste and as well as the fact this is not a universal practice. We could also do a better job of discussing how certain developing countries have not adopted the diaper due to cost and what they do instead. Second, we need to do a better job of explaining how some Western parents do not use diapers much at all via practices like "elimination communication", though not EC'ers eschew diapers completely. Another alternative to the diaper, used still in China, is the Open-crotch pants, which also deserve mention in this article. What I would do is have a section titled "Alternatives to Diaper Use" and include mention of the assumptions made about diaper use in the West, then followed by a summery of alternatives such as EC, Open-crotch pants, etc. --Notcharliechaplin (talk) 22:32, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Necessity of diapers, non-Western worldview lacking in article 

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message: I placed a picture on this article I felt added value (use of ppe) and it was removed. Why is this?
Noclu244 (talk) 13:21, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know but perhaps because it looks like an ad for Desitin?  Gandydancer (talk) 13:40, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

text: I can't speak for why it was originally removed, but I removed them again because they are low quality images that don't help illustrate the article text in any meaningful way. I'm also not sure that these were added with an educational purpose in mind. - MrOllie (talk) 14:15, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional Picture  

message: I think it’s highly unnecessary to include diaper fetishism within your common diaper usages. I think using a diaper as fire kindling is more likely than diaper fetishism. Honestly it should not be there. It makes sense for diaper fetishism to relate back to diapers however you can tell the whole story of the diaper without mentioning weird sexual fetishes that people have with diapers...
From: They are also used by adults with incontinence, in certain circumstances where access to a toilet is unavailable, or as part of a sexual fetish.
To: They are also used by adults with incontinence or in certain circumstances where access to a toilet is unavailable. 2600:8800:490F:4E00:90DA:FB61:911A:CBAA (talk) 13:27, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Agree. I removed it. Ferkjl (talk) 14:12, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove the sexual fetishism reference. 

message: Why is this article called diaper when British English should be the one we use? Can we change it to nappy? Thanks. RyanPLB (talk) 18:26, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article name change to nappy? 

message: Diapers are a type of underwear that contain or absorb human worn by both infents and children who experience bed wetting. 2600:1700:CB50:D070:D0F8:C726:E00A:5A0F (talk) 17:49, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Daipers 

message: The article implies that or modern use of the word has been in circulation since the 1590s, however, the linked etymology clearly says the word had a different meaning in the 1590s from our modern reading.  It referred to the pattern visible in linen fabric. The modern use of the word diaper arose in the 19th century. 
This is a simple error, but the article is protected so I cannot edit it. 2603:9001:4505:5500:5075:E265:26B8:63F2 (talk) 12:22, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  There is an error in the etomology. 

message: The article implies that or modern use of the word has been in circulation since the 1590s, however, the linked etymology clearly says the word had a different meaning in the 1590s from our modern reading.  It referred to the pattern visible in linen fabric. The modern use of the word diaper arose in the 19th century. 
This is a simple error, but the article is protected so I cannot edit it.  
SPECIFIC EDIT: 
Original:
This type of pattern was called diapering and eventually gave its name to the cloth used to make diapers and then to the diaper itself, which was traced back to 1590s England.[3]  
Change to: 
The pattern visible in linen and other types of woven fabric was called "diaper". This meaning of the word has been in use since the 1590s in England. By the 19th century, baby diapers were being sewn from linen, giving us the modern-day reading of the word "diaper". [3] 2603:9001:4505:5500:5075:E265:26B8:63F2 (talk) 12:33, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: . Heartmusic678 (talk) 12:56, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 19 February 2022