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what is the purpose of this article? it talks about how people wipe their butt. Is this what we want for wikipedia? Sallicio (talk) 03:41, 31 January 2008 (UTC)Sallicio[reply]
I see nothing that would render this article unfit for Wikipedia. Brian Ryans (talk) 19:21, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This article needs to discuss the health ramifications of wiping vs not wiping. besides dirty undergarments, what happens if you don't wipe over a long period of time. (I know it's disgusting to think about, but seriously) Dachande (talk) 19:15, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The statement that the bidet is used for anal cleansing after defecating was obviously written by someone who does not live in a country where bidets are common. They are NOT used for cleaning after defecating , but rather for feminine hygiene, i.e. cleaning the vagina, NOT the ass.
Well, it is still interesting to learn more about our cultural history (and yes, wiping is cultural). If people can quote reliable sources, why not?--24.200.114.202 (talk) 04:27, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This page is an example of the quality of articles I have come to expect from Wikipedia. Very informative and useful. 69.255.188.5 (talk) 04:13, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Get rid of countless interesting articles, like hey, the in-depth Pokemon articles, but FOR THE LOVE OF GOD don't touch the article about wiping your ass! I love you, Wikipedia. - Rmzy717 (talk) 09:23, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The part about southeast asian countries isn't exactly accurate, at least not with Thailand. In Thailand, dippers are really really rare now. It's mostly just faucets in households and toilet paper in public. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.28.118.39 (talk) 09:08, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I found this article to be exactly what I was looking for (I was expecting it to connected to a sub-category of hygiene). It will be interesting to track [1] to see how this area evolves. Makes me think of Demolition Man and the three shells. -- BlindWanderer (talk) 01:23, 23 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I just did a clean up (no pun intended) of the wikilinks in this article. It was horribly overlinked. The manual of style recommends linking terms that aid in navigation and understanding. See WP:OVERLINKING. It advises not to link terms whose meaning can be understood by most readers of the English Wikipedia, the names of major geographic features and locations, religions, languages etc. Much of what was linked here were things like "water", "sand", country names etc. Most people understand what a telephone directory is (kind of self-explanatory) without a wiki-link. If anyone has an issue with a link that was removed, I'd be happy to discuss it. Niteshift36 (talk) 01:13, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There was a citation of "Needham, Volume 5, Part 1, 122". The citation doesn't tell us the title of the book that was being cited. Without that, the source isn't verifiable. I've removed it until someone can complete the citation. Niteshift36 (talk) 01:16, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Look up Ecological Sanitaiton by the Swedish International Development Corporation Agency, pg 57 for a list of anal cleaning methods. Also, try googling "family cloths". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.94.73.15 (talk) 12:23, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Could you provide some diagrams or photographs to explain these concepts? Extra points for making them as inoffensive as possible :) --Error (talk) 00:14, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it seems I've stumbled onto the dark side of Wikipedia (this is the thinking man's version of the dark side of Youtube), but I did notice a significant gap in this article that would be interesting to address. What are the histories of anal cleansing? I'm thinking specifically of two different kinds of histories:
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I find this article quite hilarious. For a awhile, I almost thought i would die laughing. Now seriously, whose idea was this? An article on Anal Cleansing?!?!?!? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.93.236.3 (talk) 23:49, 16 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
In fact I do. I believe that the article could only benefit from the inclusion of detailed pictures, photographs, and/or, if possible, a video of anal cleansing. that would make it both more informative and hilarious. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.93.236.3 (talk) 01:53, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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I cite: "The stick would be soaked in a water channel in front of a toilet, and then stuck through the hole in front of the toilet for anal cleaning" and I read it again and again but could not understand what the second part of that sentence want to say to me. --89.204.138.130 (talk) 07:59, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
First, this is among the stranger articles on Wikipedia; I never knew that we'd have an article on this topic, although at this point I shouldn't be surprised. It's even stranger that I've encountered an issue with it. The first sentence of the "paper" section asserts that toilet paper was first used in China, The statement is uncited. However, one of the already cited articles (this one from CNN) flatly states that toilet paper was invented in the United States in 1857. Unless someone can find a citation that supports the claim that toilet paper is a Chinese invention, I'm going to rewrite the first sentence to match up with what the CNN article says. Horologium (talk) 14:23, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I first considered deleting the uncited information, but first decided to read the Wikipedia article on the humble music roll, whereupon I found a citation. I then added the citation to this article. [1] for future reference.Wzrd1 (talk) 21:46, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Much of this article is already present in greater detail in the Toliet paper article. Wouldn't we better served in merging the two and having a redirect for Anal cleansing to Toilet paper?Wzrd1 (talk) 21:55, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The sections on "Japanese toilets" seem too narrow in scope and assume that such seats are limited to Japan. Indeed they are used only on western style toilet bowls and available worldwide.
Although Toto, which is supposedly the world' largest plumbing supply company, originated and is headquartered in Japan, the have other divisions worldwide, including Toto USA. So it's not as if people in the US have to import seats from Japan, but can get them at local stores.
Also there are companies in other parts of the world that manufacture the same style seats. Even Costco carried such seats regularly, and the particular brand was from a Korean company.
I have no idea what percentage of homes in the US have such seats but I've certainly seen them in other people's homes and in hotels in other parts of the world.
Unlike European style bidets, which need to be integrated into the design and construction of a restroom, the so called Japanese model can be ordered from Amazon in many models from many manufacturers and added to existing toilets. Since they are in common use in countries such as Korea, and are readily available in western countries for anybody who wants one (albeit more likely to be in the home of somebody more affluent, but they are still in the hundreds of dollars and not a luxury item) it makes sense to say that the style is commonly used in Japan rather than referring to it as a Japanese toilet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.0.107.222 (talk) 00:43, 9 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I think this article is really about anal cleansing directly after defecation, but it seems to almost make it sound as if people in Western cultures never use water to clean the anal region, which as far as I know, they do with showers and baths. Maybe there should be some wider view of bathing/cleaning (what people did before indoor plumbing vs. after), and maybe also what people did in the Western world before toilet paper.Swingerofbirches24 (talk) 22:26, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
A comment was made above: "I can confirm with my original research that 99% of people in Italy who have a bidet at home use it to cleanse their anus --Formagella (talk) 23:56, 20 February 2016 (UTC)"[reply]
I have taken this as a hint to look at the way bidets were mentioned in this article. I've tried to clarify the bidet section and reduced the content a bit as it's in detail avaiable in the article on bidets. This article here is more about methods of anal cleansing, not on details of which countries in Europe have bidets or not. - Please check and improve the article on bidets. EvMsmile (talk) 13:37, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest there should be a video added showing the proper way to cleans one's anus. This would be educational. 71.166.33.65 (talk) 02:35, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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User:Niteshift36 can you please explain why you added the notability tag? I think the article is notable because many people don't know that anal cleansing with water is very common globally. This has implications on the design of e.g. public toilets. A lot of Wikipedia readers are from the US and would think that everyone uses toilet paper. This is one reason why I think this article is notable - it highlights the different hygiene habits of people. Also interesting how this is related to Islam. EMsmile (talk) 14:55, 23 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Moved as proposed. bd2412 T 00:59, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Anal cleansing → Anal hygiene – Belongs better in Category:Hygiene than Cleansing. Would allow for expansion of the article. The article on Cleansing shows how the term is normally used. And the other "body part" cleansing article is colon cleansing, which is distinctly different. Bod (talk) 16:33, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
InJapan, flat sticks were used in ancient times Anal_hygiene#Examples by region or country.
You have a filter against the word "shit", so I cannot edit "flat sticks" to the wiki-link Shit stick. --212.241.100.229 (talk) 18:31, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Add world map with white countries being toilet paper countries, and blue being bidet etc. water using countries, etc. Jidanni (talk) 12:30, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
This page mentions a certain Fernando (according to Fernando ecc.) twice both in the Indian subcontinent and Culture and economy sections, but I can't find any link or previous citation for a last name. Did I miss it in the references? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.13.239.81 (talk) 10:59, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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