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430 Google hits for "Kegel muscles": which of course does not make it right. Pubococcygeus muscles is correct, but we should mention the other usage, and point out that it is non-standard.-- Karada 00:32, 23 Dec 2003 (UTC)
the principle muscle that stops the flow of urine isn't the pubococcgeus but the bulbospongiosus. the muscles of the pelvic floor, iliococcygeus, pubococcygeus (including the puborectalis) and the cocygeus (ishiococcygeus) are colectively refered to as the levator ani. however different anatomists disagree on which muscles constitute the levator ani group. when one contracts the pubococcygeus one will feel the rectum tighten,this will limit the flow of urine but will not totally stop it. ejaculation in males is performed by clonic contractions of both the bulbospongiosus and the muscles of the pelvic floor (including some of the levator ani —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.105.175.156 ( talk) 12:52, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
The wording of this article seems a bit too much like a promotional brochure ("Luckily, when these muscles get weak, you can help make them strong again."). I think it should be reworded along the lines of "the exercise is believed to..." to remove the whisper of bias. - Asriel86
I think I've substantially increased the quality of the article, so I removed the cleanup tag. It could probably be filled out a little more, though--perhaps the paragraph on men and Kegel exercises especially. -- The Famous Movie Director 13:37, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
1) In the article Pubococcygeus muscle it is stated as a fact, that "Kegel exercises [...] contribute to premature ejaculation. Some doctors advise men against doing Kegel exercises for this reason.". If this is correct, this article should carry the same information. - Saperea
2) Under the last heading in the article it says, that "practicing Kegel exercises during urination is not recommended, as this could lead to a urinary tract infection [citation needed]." Citation needed indeed - this seems very unlikely, as infection is caused by bacteria, which certainly isn't produced by Kegel exercises nor are they (as far as I can see)liable to be moved from other parts of the body to the urinary tract by Kegel exercises. -
Saperea
3) You could perhaps cause some form of involuntary urine retention that could increase chances of infecion. Still, better to find a source on that. -- Ben Taylor 21:57, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
A sentence or two about how to perform Kegel exercizes would be nice. - 71.211.208.132
Is that statement appropriate for an encyclopaedic article? If it's not to be taken "seriously", why not? Certainly the Taoists took it seriously... -- Sapphire Wyvern 00:54, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Seems like a jokester put a link to Peter North on the page. I think it should be deleted, but I'm not sure about the policies concerning editing pages, so I'll just leave it for someone else to correct.. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.192.127.216 ( talk) 23:21, 6 March 2007 (UTC).
"Regular Kegel exercise can also increase sexual pleasure for women and their partners.[citation needed]".
Too lazy to search for references on this, i'll just take the liberty to give a bit of
personal experience: a woman who is able to squeeze your member to delay your ejaculation until she's ready has a very desirable quality. I once found such a person but was young and senseless enough to let her go (For your entertainment: 'dunno, in the morning i thought she reminded me of my sister. Girl if you're reading this, believe me i have been truly sorry i never called back). I was told (much) later that through the practice of Kegel exercise a woman can enable this "trick".
--
Jerome Potts
22:39, 25 September 2007 (UTC) (
PS Hey if this becomes known, at some point you'll see it advertised in
personal ads. Wanna bet?)
Although this is old, I want to mention to other people who might write stuff like this: Wikipedia is neither a forum nor a dating site. Take your personal problems where they belong; and frankly: personal experience is absolutely irrelevant here. There is neither anybody interested nor is it of any value on any subject in an encyclopedia. -- 78.54.16.29 ( talk) 18:37, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
The pubococcygeus muscles are not just "sex muscles". They function in urination, bowel movements, and probably fine balance and who knows what else. Since I haven't had anatomy and physiology yet, I would like some suggestions on replacement words for sex e.g. groin, pelvic, urethral, vaginal, bowel, ??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rockshop ( talk • contribs) 15:43, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
I read once in a book on tantra (or maybe just a book on sexual ideas and tips, don't remember very well the book) about these exercises. It suggested that men can do them with an erect penis, and put a towel over the penis to add resistance. Next one should try to lift the towel up with the pelvic muscle. I have tried this, and it does add resistance. I believe the statement in the text is incorrect... greets (undated)
What exactly do ben wah balls have to do with Kegels? Regards, -- UnicornTapestry ( talk) 11:56, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
I removed the instructions on how to preform Kegal Exersises per WP:NOTHOWTO, which states that articles "should not read like a how-to style manual of instructions, advice (legal, medical or otherwise) or suggestions, or contain how-tos" Note the last part, that articles "should not contain how-tos". The section was a step-by step how-to, and therefore violated WP:NOTHOWTO. 96.240.207.190 ( talk) 03:08, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Here it was proposed by User:189.146.2.39 (who also likes spanish webcomics, apparently) that the above new article should be merged into this one. Since they did not create a topic regarding the merge, I am doing that. What are people's thoughts? There are concerns about advertisement, but at the same time, I think having a separate article for kegel exercise device would be valuable, especially if there are many different kinds of them. It is sort of like we have different articles for resistance training and for dumbbells, I guess. The format the article is currently in looks like a brand name, so if there are competing products, it would be good to list the different manufacturers on an article describing the topic more generally. I don't know where to look for those, so until we find them, it would make sense to leave it up. KMET is sort of an ugly all capitalized first-letter words though, I much prefer lowercase letters. Tyciol ( talk) 00:08, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
WITH REGARD TO PROPOSED MERGE Smkovalinsky ( talk) 21:17, 27 April 2009 (UTC) I think a merge with Kegel Exercise page would not be as satisfactory as a separate KMT page, denoting its history and unique properties. I would agree that there are differentiations of the subsets of resistance trainers; excellent point-I commend your for making it. Your comments would be most welcome here: [1] Smkovalinsky ( talk) 21:16, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
In what sense is it covered sufficiently as an invention? If Mr. Dana has no gateway to sell his product, in what way does he seek advertising from having a Wikipedia page? Is an author such as Anthony Peake advertising his theory and books in his Wikipedia page? 68.196.41.39 ( talk) 23:56, 27 April 2009 (UTC) addendum I think what is bothering Mr. Dana, is that he feels neither the need nor the desire to use Wikipedia for a covert advertising venue. He simply wants the noteworthy invention and its inception to be known, as per Wikipedia criteria. He feels he is being discriminated against, and feels forced to contact his US Patent attorney, and to involve the Broward County courts in the State of Florida, for deprivation of civil liberties. It would seem he is being treated in some manner which is punitive, and he knows not the true reasons. Has anyone bothered to go to the KMT dispute page, and read the arguments? Something seems amiss here. I am not certain how this has escalated, but I would hope some editing of a feature page could achieve a resolution. Thanks kindly. 68.196.41.39 ( talk) 00:37, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
But Mr. Dana's invention has received commendation at a major university. It has been given a rare, pioneer creation patent. This is tantamount to a Bell patent, an American inventor's dream. He holds 2 US federal patents, and an unheard of 15 irrefutable claims. He thinks you have a hidden agenda, Jamie. Why can you not dialogue with Mr. Dana? 68.196.41.39 ( talk) 01:03, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
"Though most commonly used by women" - any statistics please? It's POV. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.132.31.212 ( talk) 11:24, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Do i have to put them fully in and squeeze them? Or let part of them stick out and lift them with my inner muscles? Without a good description of the excercise i have no idea how that stuff really works. -- 92.227.125.23 ( talk) 17:18, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
I am confused about the sentence, "There are said to be significant benefits for the problem of premature ejaculation from having more muscular control of the pelvis. It is also possible that strengthening the pelvic floor may allow some men to achieve a form of orgasm without allowing ejaculation, and thereby perhaps reach multiple "climaxes" during sexual activity." Is this suggesting that the only reason men cannot achieve multiple orgasms is because of ejaculation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greenhplover ( talk • contribs) 05:24, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
This of course is nonsense. Doing so just redirects the semen into the bladder, which is neither of use or harm except that the urine stops being clear. The following obviously is original research, but it's perfectly possible to achieve multiple orgasms after ejaculation. Just a matter of training. The following aren't even necessarily less intense, although of course that's hard to prevent. -- 46.115.16.115 ( talk) 16:27, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
If these exercises help both men and women, that should be clear from the start, with clearly headlined sections as to what part of the article is in reference to women, and which to men. For example, items #3 and #4 speak of the benefits for women and men respectively, implying that the other #s apply to both. But the preceding section #2 applies only to women. It was a confusing read for me, organizationally.
Further, section #4 is woefully incomplete for men. For example, it talks about the exercises, but doesn't tell what they are. ChicagoLarry ( talk) 20:38, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
The original name of kegel exercise is one type of PFME (pelvic floor muscle exercise). We need a page that discusses PFME generally, including other types of exercise using TENS machines, hypopressive exercises. There is already much discussion in this article of studies that, by definition researched PFME not kegels, which appears to involve repeated and rapid contraction of Levator ani. Most modern PFME regimens now advise holding contraction for 5-10 seconds, and the resting between contractions for 5-10 seconds. I feel this is a distinction from the originally described Kegel exercise. The new page should have sections for each type of exercise and discuss the evidence of effectiveness. I propose that PFME is the more notable and modern term than Kegel. To support this claim, I performed PubMed seraches with various key words, but found that Pelvic floor exercise was the most notable. PFME was also much more notable than "Kegel exercises" and similar variations.
Key words | Number of hits |
---|---|
pelvic floor muscle exercises | 886 |
pelvic floor muscle training | 820 |
pelvic floor muscle exercise | 763 |
pelvic floor muscle strengthening | 61 |
pelvic floor muscle strength | 304 |
pelvic floor exercises | 1062 |
pelvic floor training | 991 |
kegel exercises | 97 |
kegel exercise | 63 |
Kegel's exercises | 12 |
Kegel's exercise | 8 |
23_2{(SBST:SU:m.}} ( talk) 13:32, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
"pelvic floor exercises"
produces many fewer hits than the words pelvic floor exercises
in any order. The second search string there will pick up sentences like "I did emergency pelvic surgery right on the floor where the patient normally exercises her dog", which is obviously irrelevant.
WhatamIdoing (
talk)
01:45, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
Why is Kegal always generally considered as the inventor of these exercises? I somebody else has mentioned Taoist, Yogi and Tantra practices, but these are fairly different and a lot harder to reference. This book published copyrighted in 1932 (for over 20 years earlier) gives a very clear and referencable example though!
http://wellcomelibrary.org/player/b20442324#?asi=0&ai=0 https://archive.org/details/b20442324 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.185.161.131 ( talk) 13:35, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
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Kegel exercise is akin to a hatha yoga bandha (contraction) called Mula Bandha. Some contraindications of mula bandha are hypertension and glaucoma. Could this also apply to Kegel exercises?— AnnaBruta ( talk) 17:56, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
Mlomanto ( talk) 21:50, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
Update anatomy information (like which muscles used), how to do the exercises (should devices be used?), and organize information between men and women kegel exercises. Foley1115 ( talk) 22:17, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
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Stumbled in on this after talking to someone who had a prostate removed. I notice that the main body of the text claims that kegel exercises improve a man's stamina and his ability to gyrate his penis on command, and they improve a woman's ability to voluntarily contract her vaginal muscles. Both of which seem to be "increasing sexual performance".
But then the end of the article says that the notion that this article improves sexual performance is a pseudoscientific myth. Is that not a bit of a wierd contradiction? 2A02:C7C:2ED1:D300:3CC0:E2C4:EB0F:8440 ( talk) 19:01, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
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430 Google hits for "Kegel muscles": which of course does not make it right. Pubococcygeus muscles is correct, but we should mention the other usage, and point out that it is non-standard.-- Karada 00:32, 23 Dec 2003 (UTC)
the principle muscle that stops the flow of urine isn't the pubococcgeus but the bulbospongiosus. the muscles of the pelvic floor, iliococcygeus, pubococcygeus (including the puborectalis) and the cocygeus (ishiococcygeus) are colectively refered to as the levator ani. however different anatomists disagree on which muscles constitute the levator ani group. when one contracts the pubococcygeus one will feel the rectum tighten,this will limit the flow of urine but will not totally stop it. ejaculation in males is performed by clonic contractions of both the bulbospongiosus and the muscles of the pelvic floor (including some of the levator ani —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.105.175.156 ( talk) 12:52, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
The wording of this article seems a bit too much like a promotional brochure ("Luckily, when these muscles get weak, you can help make them strong again."). I think it should be reworded along the lines of "the exercise is believed to..." to remove the whisper of bias. - Asriel86
I think I've substantially increased the quality of the article, so I removed the cleanup tag. It could probably be filled out a little more, though--perhaps the paragraph on men and Kegel exercises especially. -- The Famous Movie Director 13:37, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
1) In the article Pubococcygeus muscle it is stated as a fact, that "Kegel exercises [...] contribute to premature ejaculation. Some doctors advise men against doing Kegel exercises for this reason.". If this is correct, this article should carry the same information. - Saperea
2) Under the last heading in the article it says, that "practicing Kegel exercises during urination is not recommended, as this could lead to a urinary tract infection [citation needed]." Citation needed indeed - this seems very unlikely, as infection is caused by bacteria, which certainly isn't produced by Kegel exercises nor are they (as far as I can see)liable to be moved from other parts of the body to the urinary tract by Kegel exercises. -
Saperea
3) You could perhaps cause some form of involuntary urine retention that could increase chances of infecion. Still, better to find a source on that. -- Ben Taylor 21:57, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
A sentence or two about how to perform Kegel exercizes would be nice. - 71.211.208.132
Is that statement appropriate for an encyclopaedic article? If it's not to be taken "seriously", why not? Certainly the Taoists took it seriously... -- Sapphire Wyvern 00:54, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Seems like a jokester put a link to Peter North on the page. I think it should be deleted, but I'm not sure about the policies concerning editing pages, so I'll just leave it for someone else to correct.. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.192.127.216 ( talk) 23:21, 6 March 2007 (UTC).
"Regular Kegel exercise can also increase sexual pleasure for women and their partners.[citation needed]".
Too lazy to search for references on this, i'll just take the liberty to give a bit of
personal experience: a woman who is able to squeeze your member to delay your ejaculation until she's ready has a very desirable quality. I once found such a person but was young and senseless enough to let her go (For your entertainment: 'dunno, in the morning i thought she reminded me of my sister. Girl if you're reading this, believe me i have been truly sorry i never called back). I was told (much) later that through the practice of Kegel exercise a woman can enable this "trick".
--
Jerome Potts
22:39, 25 September 2007 (UTC) (
PS Hey if this becomes known, at some point you'll see it advertised in
personal ads. Wanna bet?)
Although this is old, I want to mention to other people who might write stuff like this: Wikipedia is neither a forum nor a dating site. Take your personal problems where they belong; and frankly: personal experience is absolutely irrelevant here. There is neither anybody interested nor is it of any value on any subject in an encyclopedia. -- 78.54.16.29 ( talk) 18:37, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
The pubococcygeus muscles are not just "sex muscles". They function in urination, bowel movements, and probably fine balance and who knows what else. Since I haven't had anatomy and physiology yet, I would like some suggestions on replacement words for sex e.g. groin, pelvic, urethral, vaginal, bowel, ??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rockshop ( talk • contribs) 15:43, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
I read once in a book on tantra (or maybe just a book on sexual ideas and tips, don't remember very well the book) about these exercises. It suggested that men can do them with an erect penis, and put a towel over the penis to add resistance. Next one should try to lift the towel up with the pelvic muscle. I have tried this, and it does add resistance. I believe the statement in the text is incorrect... greets (undated)
What exactly do ben wah balls have to do with Kegels? Regards, -- UnicornTapestry ( talk) 11:56, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
I removed the instructions on how to preform Kegal Exersises per WP:NOTHOWTO, which states that articles "should not read like a how-to style manual of instructions, advice (legal, medical or otherwise) or suggestions, or contain how-tos" Note the last part, that articles "should not contain how-tos". The section was a step-by step how-to, and therefore violated WP:NOTHOWTO. 96.240.207.190 ( talk) 03:08, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Here it was proposed by User:189.146.2.39 (who also likes spanish webcomics, apparently) that the above new article should be merged into this one. Since they did not create a topic regarding the merge, I am doing that. What are people's thoughts? There are concerns about advertisement, but at the same time, I think having a separate article for kegel exercise device would be valuable, especially if there are many different kinds of them. It is sort of like we have different articles for resistance training and for dumbbells, I guess. The format the article is currently in looks like a brand name, so if there are competing products, it would be good to list the different manufacturers on an article describing the topic more generally. I don't know where to look for those, so until we find them, it would make sense to leave it up. KMET is sort of an ugly all capitalized first-letter words though, I much prefer lowercase letters. Tyciol ( talk) 00:08, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
WITH REGARD TO PROPOSED MERGE Smkovalinsky ( talk) 21:17, 27 April 2009 (UTC) I think a merge with Kegel Exercise page would not be as satisfactory as a separate KMT page, denoting its history and unique properties. I would agree that there are differentiations of the subsets of resistance trainers; excellent point-I commend your for making it. Your comments would be most welcome here: [1] Smkovalinsky ( talk) 21:16, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
In what sense is it covered sufficiently as an invention? If Mr. Dana has no gateway to sell his product, in what way does he seek advertising from having a Wikipedia page? Is an author such as Anthony Peake advertising his theory and books in his Wikipedia page? 68.196.41.39 ( talk) 23:56, 27 April 2009 (UTC) addendum I think what is bothering Mr. Dana, is that he feels neither the need nor the desire to use Wikipedia for a covert advertising venue. He simply wants the noteworthy invention and its inception to be known, as per Wikipedia criteria. He feels he is being discriminated against, and feels forced to contact his US Patent attorney, and to involve the Broward County courts in the State of Florida, for deprivation of civil liberties. It would seem he is being treated in some manner which is punitive, and he knows not the true reasons. Has anyone bothered to go to the KMT dispute page, and read the arguments? Something seems amiss here. I am not certain how this has escalated, but I would hope some editing of a feature page could achieve a resolution. Thanks kindly. 68.196.41.39 ( talk) 00:37, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
But Mr. Dana's invention has received commendation at a major university. It has been given a rare, pioneer creation patent. This is tantamount to a Bell patent, an American inventor's dream. He holds 2 US federal patents, and an unheard of 15 irrefutable claims. He thinks you have a hidden agenda, Jamie. Why can you not dialogue with Mr. Dana? 68.196.41.39 ( talk) 01:03, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
"Though most commonly used by women" - any statistics please? It's POV. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.132.31.212 ( talk) 11:24, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Do i have to put them fully in and squeeze them? Or let part of them stick out and lift them with my inner muscles? Without a good description of the excercise i have no idea how that stuff really works. -- 92.227.125.23 ( talk) 17:18, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
I am confused about the sentence, "There are said to be significant benefits for the problem of premature ejaculation from having more muscular control of the pelvis. It is also possible that strengthening the pelvic floor may allow some men to achieve a form of orgasm without allowing ejaculation, and thereby perhaps reach multiple "climaxes" during sexual activity." Is this suggesting that the only reason men cannot achieve multiple orgasms is because of ejaculation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greenhplover ( talk • contribs) 05:24, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
This of course is nonsense. Doing so just redirects the semen into the bladder, which is neither of use or harm except that the urine stops being clear. The following obviously is original research, but it's perfectly possible to achieve multiple orgasms after ejaculation. Just a matter of training. The following aren't even necessarily less intense, although of course that's hard to prevent. -- 46.115.16.115 ( talk) 16:27, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
If these exercises help both men and women, that should be clear from the start, with clearly headlined sections as to what part of the article is in reference to women, and which to men. For example, items #3 and #4 speak of the benefits for women and men respectively, implying that the other #s apply to both. But the preceding section #2 applies only to women. It was a confusing read for me, organizationally.
Further, section #4 is woefully incomplete for men. For example, it talks about the exercises, but doesn't tell what they are. ChicagoLarry ( talk) 20:38, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
The original name of kegel exercise is one type of PFME (pelvic floor muscle exercise). We need a page that discusses PFME generally, including other types of exercise using TENS machines, hypopressive exercises. There is already much discussion in this article of studies that, by definition researched PFME not kegels, which appears to involve repeated and rapid contraction of Levator ani. Most modern PFME regimens now advise holding contraction for 5-10 seconds, and the resting between contractions for 5-10 seconds. I feel this is a distinction from the originally described Kegel exercise. The new page should have sections for each type of exercise and discuss the evidence of effectiveness. I propose that PFME is the more notable and modern term than Kegel. To support this claim, I performed PubMed seraches with various key words, but found that Pelvic floor exercise was the most notable. PFME was also much more notable than "Kegel exercises" and similar variations.
Key words | Number of hits |
---|---|
pelvic floor muscle exercises | 886 |
pelvic floor muscle training | 820 |
pelvic floor muscle exercise | 763 |
pelvic floor muscle strengthening | 61 |
pelvic floor muscle strength | 304 |
pelvic floor exercises | 1062 |
pelvic floor training | 991 |
kegel exercises | 97 |
kegel exercise | 63 |
Kegel's exercises | 12 |
Kegel's exercise | 8 |
23_2{(SBST:SU:m.}} ( talk) 13:32, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
"pelvic floor exercises"
produces many fewer hits than the words pelvic floor exercises
in any order. The second search string there will pick up sentences like "I did emergency pelvic surgery right on the floor where the patient normally exercises her dog", which is obviously irrelevant.
WhatamIdoing (
talk)
01:45, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
Why is Kegal always generally considered as the inventor of these exercises? I somebody else has mentioned Taoist, Yogi and Tantra practices, but these are fairly different and a lot harder to reference. This book published copyrighted in 1932 (for over 20 years earlier) gives a very clear and referencable example though!
http://wellcomelibrary.org/player/b20442324#?asi=0&ai=0 https://archive.org/details/b20442324 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.185.161.131 ( talk) 13:35, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
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Kegel exercise is akin to a hatha yoga bandha (contraction) called Mula Bandha. Some contraindications of mula bandha are hypertension and glaucoma. Could this also apply to Kegel exercises?— AnnaBruta ( talk) 17:56, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
Mlomanto ( talk) 21:50, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
Update anatomy information (like which muscles used), how to do the exercises (should devices be used?), and organize information between men and women kegel exercises. Foley1115 ( talk) 22:17, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
Peer Review
Stumbled in on this after talking to someone who had a prostate removed. I notice that the main body of the text claims that kegel exercises improve a man's stamina and his ability to gyrate his penis on command, and they improve a woman's ability to voluntarily contract her vaginal muscles. Both of which seem to be "increasing sexual performance".
But then the end of the article says that the notion that this article improves sexual performance is a pseudoscientific myth. Is that not a bit of a wierd contradiction? 2A02:C7C:2ED1:D300:3CC0:E2C4:EB0F:8440 ( talk) 19:01, 2 November 2022 (UTC)