Talk:Fart (word)

message: The appropriate area to discuss farting the activity is in Flatulence, but can I suggest that you find reliable sources if you want to include this in that article? Ziggurat 02:35, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Population groups

message: The page is now an (incomplete) article on the word "fart".  It isn't an article on flatulence; nor is it a mere dicdef.
A parallel example would be articles on sexual intercourse and the word fuck.
This article is still incomplete; in particular, someone with access to OED should go over and expand/correct as necessary. 
--EngineerScotty 06:14, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: How does one know when such an article is "complete"?  It's about the word 'fart' for Christ's sake! Dubc0724 19:08, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In one sense, no article is ever complete, as diligent research can always produce more interesting material.  However, this article has gaps; the history kinda jumps from Chaucer's era to the 20th century.  During the 19th century, for example, the word was considered highly obscene according to one source (however, that source is one I don't consider reliable, thus I didn't add it to the article).  The best source for such stuff, of course, is OED--but I don't have access to it (it's expensive).  If someone else who has a copy (or access to a copy at a University library, etc) were to fill in the gaps, the article would be much improved.  Compare this article with fuck, which goes into much greater detail on the history and etymology of everyone's favorite swear word.:)--EngineerScotty 23:21, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Resurrect 

message: "flatulence" is having gas, "flatus" is the gas.  "fart" is the sound, the act, etc.   some neo-puritans think this is called "to flatulate" but they're wrong on multiple counts....and even if there were a grain of truth, the COMMON WORD for this is "fart", and wiki uses the common word, not rarely used technical jargon.
in summary -- keep hope alive and don't let this article be deleted and redirected by medical think-they-know-it-alls.
Justforasecond 16:25, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  as we've talked about before.... 

message: Given that most of the edits here are vandalism, should the page be protected? --EngineerScotty 02:13, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  sprotect? 

message: I've removed this section ("In Farsi gooz is a loud, usually odor-less fart. Choss is a "silent, but deadly" fart."), as the only online source for it  is marked in the URL as satire. Could someone with a knowledge of Farsi please confirm or deny this? Ziggurat 01:50, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Farsi 

message: I feel childish suggesting this, but has anyone made an article on armpit farting? i know there is one for the rasberry. How about the fart sound made when you push two hands together in the right way? Sorry, reading this article made me want to ask. --Travlr23 02:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a good point... aside from the fact that George Carlin has dealt with this extensively on his early records, the various ways to simulate the sound could probably be the basis for a decent article in the hands of a few good writers (unfortunately, when it comes to Wikipedia, I'm an editor, not a writer). - Ugliness Man 16:09, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Artificial Farting 

message: Why remove the image of cultivated fart bacteria?
:Why not?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.0.113.173 (talk) 04:11, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fart Bacteria 

message: I agree & concur & I second the motion about redirecting Fart to Flatulence. For the children and educational value! -Peter in SanDiego, CA, USA = Vid2vid 22:08, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I agree. When people search "Fart," they'd probably be looking for the action, not the word itself. → C Teng [talk] 03:10, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  REDIRECT, YES!!!! 

message: It has been humourously proposed/declared that: 'Women do NOT fart; They "fluff."' -Peter in SanDiego, CA, USA = Vid2vid 22:08, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flatulence and Gender (please add topic to main article) 

message: I have noticed an extreme amount of vandalism on this page.  It is my idea that we lock it.  67.150.2.240 21:28, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please post on WP:RFPP if you believe the page should be protected. Follow instructions there. GDonato (talk) 21:31, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lock this page 

message: There is an article empompassing "fart". Eish! Can you redirect this to 
flatulance? "Fart" seems a bit "uncyclopaedic". T.Neo 20:04, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What? 

message: In Britain, we use the word "fart" as a term in regards to age as in, "You old fart". I think this usuage of the word also needs to be included here.Seraphim Whipp 23:03, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We do the same in the US. Feel free to make the addition. Mvblair 13:48, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I am in agreement that this term is not inherently the same as that of flatulence. --Kukini  hablame aqui 19:54, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Common British usuage

message: The author of the children's book 'Good Families Don't"'s  first name is Robert, opposed to Walter which is printed in the article. Any small amount of research on the subject will prove this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.154.83.237 (talk) 01:18, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The article is correct, please read it more carefully. Carl.bunderson 03:10, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mis 

message: What do we all think of adding an animation of a fart using stereotypical puff and cloud lines in brown or yellow-green colors, exiting from someone's rear end and slowly dissipating? If we have someone with some Java skill and familiarity with Wikimedia, we could even add a foghorn sound to it.
What does everyone think? Trollaxor (talk) 21:14, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure, but farts are colourless, and they don't sound like foghorns. Sstteevvee (talk) 22:54, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see a problem either. Would you like to help me with this project? Trollaxor (talk) 04:47, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really. Sstteevvee (talk) 04:16, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Made a fart Smilie. Should be in fArticle. Tool-apc (talk) 02:27, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really, this is about the 'word', not the actual action.  Try over at flatulence, or Flatulence humor. Benea (talk) 09:38, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sometimes my farts sound like a foghorn, and god bless you if you've never had a colorful fart.207.154.101.184 (talk) 01:11, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fart Animation? 

message: Wanted to drop a note and apologize for reverting the talk. :(  Your conversation looks so much like vandalism, it's almost instinct. Thanks for your understanding. :) -- Matthew Glennon (T/C\D) 00:08, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accidental Reverting  

message: Why is the TOC on the right hand side? 203.134.124.36 (talk) 07:04, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  TOC 

message: This section is almost identical with Flatulence_humor#The assigning of blame.   Should we really maintain two lists?   I think the list in this article shouldbe replaced by a link to the other. --The very model of a minor general (talk) 11:54, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I quite agree, that section never seemed to sit well in this article. It is more about the ritual surrounding flatulence, so I've reduced it, and added the relevant internal link. Benea (talk) 13:43, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rules of farting 

message: I have been reviewing information about subculture sexual practices that include perdophagy, or the "eating" of farts. It involves a donor farting directly  into a passive participant's mouth, after which the the passive participant "chews" the flatus and comments on its taste.
Perdophagy usually occurs peripherally as a part of Coprophilia, but it is sometimes practiced discretely.
Does anyone else have more information on this? The only sources I have are interviews that I conducted over the past year that have not (yet) been published in a peer-reviewed venue. If we had some solid, sourced information we could include this topic in the article—it is a shame to leave it out.
Trollaxor (talk) 08:01, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The Marquis de Sade was accused of this practice: see Neil Schaeffer, "The Marquis de Sade: a life", Harvard University Press, 2000, , p.130.  However, note that this article is about the word, not the act.  Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 19:56, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for that reference, sir. Your second point is well-taken, and I shall investigate amending an existing page (Coprophagia? Coprophilia? Eric_S._Raymond?) or creating a new one for this topic. Trollaxor (talk) 14:50, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Perdophagy 

message: I'd like to humbly propose that my "Farting in Public" (as one of Google's first page results for the word "fart") be considered as an external link. Whatya say?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ejlkzDCuc
-Nalts  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nalts (talk • contribs) 04:58, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fart Video 

message: It has long been my unexamined assumption that the term "brain fart" is an eggcorn derived from the medical term infarct or Infarction, a small area of dead tissue caused by circulatory blockage that may occur in the brain or elsewhere. This might well be my own folk etymology, however any confirmatory evidence would be appreciated and could enable this, if true, to be added to the article. 87.81.230.195 (talk) 17:22, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brain fart 

message: Add link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock for the word "punk" in the third paragraph.
G6JPG (talk) 07:07, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good.  Chzz  ►  07:43, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from G6JPG, 24 April 2010 

message: The article states: "<< PIE *perd [break wind loudly] or *pezd [the same, softly], all of which mean the same thing."
I believe this is inaccurate and that "fart" is from PIE *perd [break wind loudly], while the now-obsolete "fist" is from PIE *pezd [the same, softly].  The term "fist" was current in Early Modern English and meant exactly the same as what comedian George Carlin referred to by the acronym SBD (silent but deadly).  This may well have been the distinction made in PIE.  Bob99 (talk) 21:54, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: I was wondering if we should include a disambiguation page for this, since there are so many articles that share similar titles such as F.A.R.T. the Movie and the Norweigan football club FL Fart. Does anyone else see this as a viable option? It seems odd to me that this article is about the word itself, seeing as this isn't Wikitionairy. Apocman (talk) 23:45, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation page? 

message: FART stand for Festín del Arte Contemporáneo (Contemporary Art Fest). This fest was realized in Guadalajara, Mexico, from april 29 to may 8 2010.
FART pretends bring contemporary art to the people, giving a better comprehension of new art manifestations, throughout chats and debates among artists, critics, curators, cultural promoters, art collectors, art gallery owners and spectators. 
FART had four chats and a workshop, all about contemporary art. In its first edition participated Joaquin Segura, Jorge Mendez Blake, Angela Godoy, Jorge Tejeda, Ruben Mendez, Mariana Munguia, Dolores Garnica, Poncho Arroyo, Ana Alcantar, Susana Rodriguez, Cynthia Gutierrez, Adriana Torres, Lorena Peña Brito, Jorge Hernandez “Posh”, Paula Islas, David Corona and Ricardo Guzman. For more information visit us at: [url redacted] or email me to: [email redacted]. We hope you can join us for the next edition of FART!
Don Juve (talk) 21:18, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Furthermore, please read WP:NOT#SOAP.   Salvio ( Let's talk 'bout it!) 17:24, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Don Juve, 16 July 2010 

message: Alveolar gas exchange is the method by which gases are expelled from the body during respiration - why is its page redirected here?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.99.133.37 (talk) 17:25, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alveolar gas exchange Redirected here? 

message: Certainly do not merge it here. Merge to Flatulence or Flatulence humor. 'This article is about the word fart itself', and not the uses or otherwise of it. Benea (talk) 18:53, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Fart Lighting Merge

message: ar:طقعة
2.89.181.57 (talk) 09:45, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: * No question was asked. -- Crazysane (T/C\D) 12:19, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: *This is possibly a request to add an interwiki link to ar:طقعة. My Arabic is not sufficient to determine whether this would be an appropriate link, if this is indeed what the ip is requesting, so I'll let someone else make a decision. Benea (talk) 19:54, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from 2.89.181.57, 7 September 2010 

message: This article is not very helpful, because it does not tell me what causes farts which is why I looked it up!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.30.28.101 (talk) 10:13, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: This article is about the word "fart", and it says quite a lot about the "causes" of the word "fart". But, as it says in the very first sentence, this word is regarded as a "vulgarity" for "flatulence", so "flatulence" is really the thing for which you want the causes. Click on the word "flatulence" in the article, and you can read about the causes of flatulence. Yay! Isn't the internet wonderful? Nortonius (talk) 16:46, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Causes? 

message: When people are looking for the word fart, they'll most likely be looking for the action, not the history of the word. The action is explained on flatulence, which is why I think we should just redirect the article to flatulence. Also the article is kind of telling a lot of the etymology of the word, like a dictionary, and Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Articles like Fuck and Shit show a little of the 
etymology, which is fine, but they do not show a lot, like fart. All they word fart with a suffix (farted, farting) except for farter, redirect to flatulence.
Atterion(Talk|Contribs) 19:11, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: This has been discussed previously, with valid reasons given for keeping the article. -- Trevj (talk) 12:28, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

text: I think that the word "fart" is not vulgar, but just a colloquial word meaning the biological process of flatulence. So, in my opinion, the use of this word in a figurative sense, and vulgar load unjustified. I support the view that it is necessary to do a redirect to the article "Flatulence", because it synonyms. 134.17.129.10 (talk) 08:16, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect  

message: The picture of the Pope in the beginning is VERY offensive to the Roman Catholic Church and if someone does not remove it soon I will sue for anti race. THAT IS VERY offensive. Fawtzzz (talk) 19:37, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Note that the removal (done by an autoconfirmed editor shortly after your post, hmm) has been undone by someone else. Please see my reply on Talk:Flatulence. ~ Kimelea (talk) 01:08, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The Papal-able one currently in the article is historical, if not hysterical; and then there's the one at Lese-majesty. --Pawyilee (talk) 03:18, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  REMOVE THAT PICTURE '''NOW''' 

message: The history section seems to broadly say "Early on it was not offensive. And then it was. And then it wasn't." I suppose it is possible for that to be how it really is, but it is difficult to understand its vulgarity without knowing what motivated that interpretation. --76.120.46.145 (talk) 07:31, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expand on the offensiveness 

message: "Farting" redirects to flatulence" . So should "fart".  this page should be moved to "Fart (term)", since more people would be looking for the bodily element, not the term itself. Ticklewickleukulele (talk) 00:42, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move this page to fart (term), redirect fart to flatulence 

message: The following edit changed "Fart is an English language vulgarism" to "Fart is an English language onomatopoeia", which is absolutely false! Please revise.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fart&diff=492190336&oldid=490730402  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.135.103.86 (talk) 05:22, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Dolphincradle (talk) 08:16, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Onomatopoeia ?! 

message: In Italian, "pettare" is wrong. Right spelling could be "petare" with one t, but this verb does not exist. You should use instead the phrase "fare un peto" (that is, "to make a fart"). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fedespan (talk • contribs) 13:20, 14 June 2013
 Done Thank you! Citrusbowler (talk) (contribs) (email me)   21:47, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  request to edit 

message: fart is gross
Masulzen (talk) 21:10, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 8 March 2014 

message: Not sure about the accuracy, or otherwise, of this article, mainly due to shifting standards.  It claims that the word is "generally considered" to be unsuitable in formal situations... but where is the evidence to show that this is the case?  Indeed, in our increasingly informal societies, I am not sure what a "formal situation" would be anymore.  Particularly given that some business presentations/conferences nowadays use what would considered to be "swearing" of a far "more severe" nature than "fart".  While sometimes considered to be vulgar, the word occasionally appears even in children's television.  As regards "formal situations", are business meetings "formal situations" or does that mean the classroom or job interviews?  Even on job interviews, whilst the advice generally appears to be "do not swear" (and there is some doubt as to whether "fart" is generally considered to be swearing) I have heard of at least one occasion on which a candidate in a job interview reports having got the job after using swearing in the interview.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aspaa (talk • contribs) 17:38, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accuracy? 

message: The word fart comes from the english dictionary, and is commonly used to refer to flatulence.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.66.200.31 (talk) 16:10, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  farts 

message: Replace "word" with "informalism".
You've locked your stupidity to eternity.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:587:4114:FB59:C9F3:AA31:33A8:C495 (talk) 08:41, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: That's what the category is named. There is no category called :Category:English informalisms. Meters (talk) 21:41, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Make the category (informalism). We humans define the categories.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:587:4108:7E3E:A072:6C41:4B28:5761 (talk) 10:55, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ultra stupid categorization; all words are words 

message: From the "Vulgarity and offensiveness" section:  
:"Whilst being accused of farting may be offensive, other phrasal descriptions of flatulent discharge, in phrases such as, "Have you dropped your guts?", "Have you blown one off" or "Who shit?" are certainly no less so."
Someone has flagged this statement as "{citation needed}".
Seriously?  You really need a citation to confirm that some people might find the phrase "Who shit?" directed at them to be offensive? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.43.253 (talk • contribs) 01:04, August 6, 2021 (UTC)
:I suspect that need for a citation is on the "no less so" part of the statement. Either way, I'm going to clean some of this junk up. Meters (talk) 01:12, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ridiculous flag 

message: Please include the references to fart in languages as oppose to peter from the French. In Swedish utfart means exit, fart in this sense clearly meaning opening. Infart is an entrance. It’s not possible to have a discussion on the word Fart in English and not include this information, over the cited Greek Russian and French words which have no etymology connection whatsoever with Fart. 2001:2002:51E0:2883:FC4C:200A:96A3:5DA4 (talk) 18:15, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:00, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 28 August 2021