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Many people only use toilet paper after using the toilet, and then shower once per day to clean their entire body.EMsmile (talk) 23:18, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Correct. "Muslim Shower" is technically and politically incorrect, as the name is not related to religion at all, or at religious cleaning before praying, and can be used for example by Christians as well. – Fritz Jörn (talk) 06:25, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
As the shatafa was invented in Egypt, “reputed” invention in the US by a “Thai living” seems improbable to me. I modified the remark to a “redesign”. But really, this statement ought to be totally removed, sorry … The lemma ought to be changed to shatafa, as it’s not used with a bidet, but instead. – Fritz Jörn (talk) 10:51, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Dear friends, to revert my carefully reseached additions in this misnamed entry without comment (“not appropriate link …”) may be in Wikipedia style, but is arrabiating. You trust a Thai video (pure advertizing) from youtube, but my link to the the best German daily is not good enough. And that’s a general problem of Wikipedia: You expect US sources like the Wall Street Journal – to write about toilets? You lack practical thinking, especially in more technical items. – Fritz Jörn (talk) 06:12, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Dear friend, if you want to add facts, you must supply citations that support your assertions. Is there an article of some sort that you can quote that supports the shatafa being invented in Egypt, then Wikipedia can certainly display this.
This text seems to have been misplaced from the standard bidet article:
The bidet is common in predominantly Catholic countries where water is considered essential for anal cleansing,[6] In Europe, the bidet shower is used for example in Finland and Estonia.[7] Bidets are more common bathroom fixtures in many southern European countries.
The average American uses 50 pounds (about 22.6 kilograms) of toilet paper each year; every roll is estimated to require 37 gallons (about 140 litres) of water to produce and an additional 1.6 gallons (about six litres) to flush down the toilet.[2] Given the environmental impact of toilet paper and wet wipes, bidets are growing in popularity.
It seems like a mishmash of edits. I was raised catholic in Australia where I've never seen one. Spent a lot of time in Mexico where I never saw one, visited Poland several times where I never saw one. Travelled through Central America where I never saw one. So which predominantly catholic countries? The same section of the article mentions "the Eastern Orthodox India and Nepal". I can only assume non-native speakers are inserting words and phrases without proper grammar and punctuation? Maybe somebody saw one once in a Catholic country and tried to include it?
Though we might want to include some of the slang terms, I don't think they belong bolded in the lede as alternate names. I mean, "poo washer"? --jpgordon𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇23:04, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]