Talk:Ring finger

message: This article could probably incorporate information about the ring finger's lack of ability to move independently. Why is that, anyway? - Vague | Rant 01:57, Feb 25, 2005 (UTC)
:I was just gonna write that. Someone please look that up. Redwolf24 10:04, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Place your hand on a table with fingers (except for the thumb) curved such that each finger tip and the side of thumb is touching the table. Now lift each finger in turn as high (far from the table) as possible. If you're normal, your index finger will move the greatest distance and your ring finger the least distance. TheScotch (talk) 08:56, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Independence of movement

message: There should probably be a picture of a hand, to show which one is the ring finger. Thanks! Scope2776 21:35, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture

message: As for it doesn't state its sources, for the second one, why don't you look at your bloody hand?
:I did. Guess what? I can do it! I'm a medical miracle!82.7.106.54 02:04, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Other section

message: the hebrew word for ring finger is listed here as kmitzah with languages that call it a "ring finger". but kmitzah comes from a service the preists would do in the temple in which they would grab flour from an offering of flour. i seriously doubt any relation to rings.
Messengeroftruth (talk) 01:00, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: ring finger in hebrew

message: 1. ARZTFINGER: I'm an educated German and I have never ever heard that word. It either doesn't exist at all or is COMPLETELY unusual. I have deleted it. The common German word is "Ringfinger" (ring finger) as mentioned in the related section.´
2. WEDDING RING WORN ON THE RIGHT HAND: It's not true that Germans wear weddings rings exclusively on the right hand. Actually - however not knowing any statistics - I am sure that indeed the left hand is predominent. I thus deleted Germany in the list of "right hand countries".
3. WEDDING RING WORN ON THE RIGHT HAND: Having lived in Germany for well over 20 years I can attest to the fact that the majority of Germans wear their wedding rings on the right hand while their engagement rings are worn on the left. A glance at the German forums on the subject backs this up. As a side note, when I married my (German) husband and decided to wear my ring on the left hand, everyone including my mother-in-law found my decision curious.78.52.225.122 (talk) 18:34, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I suppose 3 was an answer to 2? If so - there may be a reason for the disparity. According to this site Dutch Orotestants switch from left to right after marriage, Dutch Roman Catholics do the opposite. In traditionally Roman Catholic Flanders the situation is a bit more complicated: Protestants and Orthodox prefer the wedding ring on the right hand, while Roman Catholics differ according to bishopric: West and East Flanders prefer the left hand, Brabant and Antwerp prefer the right hand. As Germany too has a religious mix (with Protestants dominating in the North, and Bavaria until recently almost exclusively Roman Catholic) I would not be surprised if religion played a part there. --Paul Pieniezny (talk) 16:05, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, found enough on the Internet to completely contradict what the author of 2) said. Only the French wikipedia seems to think that German Roman Catholics put it on the left hand. Probably confusion with the Netherlands. Oh, and be careful when you go to the French article. The reference is to an article which tries to install spyware. --Paul Pieniezny (talk) 17:04, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Doubtful statement about Germany 

message: There is a problem with this chapter - it is duplicated at Wedding Ring. Since the chapter there also suffers from a lack of references, I suggest moving the entire chapter there, with a link from here. I do not know whether that constitutes a merge.--Paul Pieniezny (talk) 17:04, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wedding Ring Chapter 

message: In Norway the wedding ring is usually worn on the right hand's ring finger. Norway is not an Orthodox Christian country, so someone might elaborate which countries that use left/right, and why...? --84.202.16.86 (talk) 14:23, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Left hand vs. right hand 

message: With palms up, the ring finger is the 7th from the right and the 4th from the left. 2601:589:4705:C7C0:2CB9:1829:FE1B:E64B (talk) 12:47, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ring Finger is 7th from the right and 4th from the left  

message: The current introduction was a little confusing - the text & infobox is about the a fourth finger with discussion of the cultural associations, but the lead was more about the cultural concept rather than the anatomical feature with that common name. I've recast it to be a bit clearer and in line with the articles on other fingers. Andrew Gray (talk) 18:59, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction 

message: There is consideration of a merger of the pages First finger, Second finger, Third finger and Fourth finger into a new page. Please discuss at Talk:First finger#Merge (2023), and 
. — HTGS (talk) 23:11, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  FYI: Merger of related pages