Talk:Soul patch

message: Do we really need all the different names for a soul patch?  Names like ball-tickler, taint-brush, and flavor-saver are just sexual jokes, not actual names for the beard.  No barber will ever offer to trim your ball tickler.  --Dr.Worm 15:13, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Are they needed? Not for raw communication, but those terms are common & are therefore relevent. I should know - as a wearer of a soul patch, I've heard most of those many times over. wbm 15:13, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Alternate Names

message: I thought that was a moustache.  If your soul patch is dusting your cookies, it appears that you're trying force them into your chin and not putting them in your mouth.
:This is indisputable.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.51.137.25 (talk) 08:45, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cookie duster? 

message: Is there any real reason to keep expanding this section?  I could be mistaken, but I thought the point of sections like this was to provide a few examples.  If the point is to list every famous person that has a soul patch, would it make sense to put it into list form.  It's turning into a pretty ugly paragraph the way it is.--Onorem 12:18, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You are right, that section is pretty ridiculous.  Everyone seems to put their favourite crush object.  What's the point, anyway?  Unless someone is known primarely for wearing a soul patch it doesn't make sense to list them here.--345Kai 06:58, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think that it's interesting have the name of famous users, but I think tha would be better just people who have a article in wikipedia, like this guy "Gary Dropcho" I have never heard about him...
I'd think that Ray Charles would be a famous example.  It ought to be limited to those with no mustache or beard to confuse things. WHPratt (talk) 14:18, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Famous Wearers 

message: Could someone please elaborate on where the name soul patch comes from?--345Kai 07:00, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe the name comes from the film "Undercover Brother", the article should state this. --Erroneuz1 (talk) 00:21, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  why soul patch? 

message: I was in line at a store today, and a man in his 50s asked me what I called my tuft (a soul patch). I forgot the term "Soul Patch," so I said "Flavor Saver," which I was able to remember better.
He said, "we used to have a different name for that back in my day."
I said, "oh yeah? What was it?"
Him: "It's not really appropriate these days..."
Me: "Really? What was the term?"
Him: "The N-word. I'm not really sure why."
Adam Rock 05:02, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Possibly because of the following (currently from the article):  "It came to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, when it was a style of beard common among Black men, most notably black jazzmen."  In his time it was more associated with black men.  Probably why we call a big fuzzy mop of hair an afro because, even though I've seen white people with it (especially in the 1970s), it is more associated with black people.  And, for the record, I'm with those who think the article would benefit greatly as to why it is called a "soul patch".  --Canuckguy (talk) 22:37, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old name? 

message: According to wikipedia guidelines:
Notability guidelines give guidance on whether a topic is notable enough to be included in Wikipedia as a separate article, but do not specifically regulate the content of articles, which is governed by other guidelines such as those on using reliable sources and on handling trivia. The particular topics and facts within an article are not each required to meet the standard of the notability guidelines.
Therefore given the Notability of the soul patch overall any postings related to the soul patch need not be noteable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.241.129.106 (talk) 
:OK...Wikipedia:Verifiability states that "the threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth. "Verifiable" in this context means that any reader should be able to check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source."
:Has a reliable source published anything about this blog or its project? --Onorem♠Dil 16:11, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability 

message: These actually made a brief comeback around 2002-03, why isn't that mentioned? here Katana Geldar 13:54, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  1950's 

message: It's not necessary and it makes the article aesthetically displeasing. Enigma message 20:15, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Here's a seemingly reliable source: http://espn.go.com/page2/s/closer/020221.html , kindly discuss changes rather than warring over them. –xeno (talk) 17:29, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please stop adding that picture 

message: That the soul patch grows in naturally, and doesn't need to be sculpted (like, by shaving everywhere below the lip that isn't a soul patch). This makes its origin pretty clear.  Also I think it's kinda weird to say it has something to do with a trumpet's mouthpiece...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 02:55, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  I think it should be noted 

message: The characters Damon Baird & Marcus Fenix from Gears of War have sweet soul patches.  I think this should be noted somewhere in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.141.133.22 (talk) 18:37, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Not!  deeceevoice (talk) 18:56, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gears of War 

message: It's like a Hitler moustache worn on the chin.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.4.68.112 (talk) 15:59, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comparison 

message: 1950s jazz musicians were not the first men to have facial hair.
"Mouche" means "fly" in French.
I'm neither black nor American, so "soul patch" is out.
I have one; what do I call it?
The most common term I hear is, "Shave that stupid-looking thing off."
Varlaam (talk) 19:16, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is its real name?