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I have just done a major re-structuring as the article had an over-emphasis on sitting flush toilets, even though toilets come in all forms, shapes and sizes when you take a global view. I think it is more balanced now. I would like to propose that the content for flush toilets and trimmed down further and rather moved to the article on flush toilets (if it's not there already). Otherwise this page has too much emphasis on one particular type of toilet; it should rather keep the description brief and anything else can be found on the page of flush toilets. The same applies to the history section which also has a lot of content on the flush toilet which is probably better covered on the article for flush toilets (and trimmed down here). What do others think about this proposal? EvM-Susana ( talk) 22:33, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
The introduction states that Thomas Crapper invented the flush toilet, but the main page for Thomas Crapper clearly states, "Contrary to widespread misconceptions, Crapper did not invent the flush toilet." Which is correct? 66.194.175.77 ( talk) 07:12, 10 November 2014 (UTC)pigi5
Modern Toilet Restaurant. [Unsigned]
This page will probably need periodic cleanup, but the name discussion here should refer to names for toilet fixtures. Alt names for the rooms ("WC", "lav", "CR", &c.) belong in the subsections at outhouse or toilet (room), although those should be linked from here. — LlywelynII 06:59, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Did someone purposefully add underscores in Wikilinks, like Squat_toilet instead of Squat toilet? I think they should be removed.
Another suggestion by User:JoshMuirWikipedia was: "I plan on merging dunny and outhouse in the future, as a dunny is an Australian word for outhouse. I am considering merging outhouse with toilet (room), because that is what an outhouse is." I think merging dunny and outhouse could make sense (I had in the past said that dunny equals pit latrine; that's actually not really true, I've discussed this further here with User:Carbon Caryatid: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Sanitation#About_the_term_dunny
Would it be possible to mention the toilet twinning initiative?
This is ground breaking and making a global impact and definitely worth a mention if it can fit in under Role of sanitation? or a section at the end? And I'm not involved in it, I just think it sounds like something that should be on Wikipedia as an example of twinning in the modern age.
They have a website at: http://www.toilettwinning.org/
Thanks,
Rossignol, Cardiff
Hello All, You may have noticed I have made some major changes to this article. If you haven't, I have added sources where sources are asked (except for instance of toilet name on yacht, could not find a source for that). I have combined the sections for etymology, euphemisms and regional dialects into one section: name. I have removed the whole section previously called 'Related Sanitary Ware', and put the listed things into the see also, a section I have now formatted. I have changed the Society and Culture section to be called usage after placing sections referring to mythology, museums, and humour into the see also section, leaving urination and anal cleansing. You can see the old revision here
The article's initial shortening.
1. The ridiculous situation concerning names. This needs, and has the content for an article itself. After this article is written, this page should provide a short summary of the other page.
2. The types section: flush toilets. The sections 'on watercraft' and 'pour-flush' do not have enough content for their own sections, and they should be merged with 'typical (with cistern)' to make one paragraph. Not only this, but I imagine the section could be written clearer (I imagine because it is 10:00 at night and I am not at my peak). This could be done by any plumber. The question 'where' posed in the sentence 'However, in some countries, this treatment does not happen. A starting point is Dubai, as I remember something about their system being something about trucks.
3. The types section: dry toilets. There is something I cannot lay my finger on about this that feels wrong, but not helping is the image of a bucket toilet and portable toilets sandwiching the text.
4. The section on public toilets I believe should be removed completely, as this article is about the object itself and not the room: that is a different Wikipedia page. If the section is not removed, it should at least have a lot of information culled and merged into the types of toilets. The Wiki page on ovens does not talk about the kitchen at length.
5. The section 'Role of toilets and sanitation for public health' could be shortened to be called 'Toilets and sanitation in public health', 'Role in public health', or even 'public health'.
6. A quarter of the Ancient civilizations section is quote and can be paraphrased easily. I have not fully read through the History section and hence will not comment on it yet.
The lengthening afterwards.
1. Squat toilets can be elaborated on, through things such as health benefits, mentality, and types, such as the Anglo-Indian.
2. The currently known as 'Role of toilets and sanitation for public health' can also be expanded on, as some information can be added. For instance: information on World Toilet Day. I collect toilet facts. Here are my ones regarding health. These lack sources as of yet. Sorry about that. Diarrhoea is the second biggest killer of children under five worldwide. The number of children who have died from diarrhoea in the from 1998-2008 exceeded the number of people killed by armed conflicted since WW2. More children die of diarrhoea than how many die of HIV, malaria and measles combined. 80% of the world's illness is caused through contamination by faecal matter Lack of good toilets and sanitation kills about 1.8 million people a year. The more time you spend in the bathroom, specifically reading, the more likely you are to develop haemorrhoids, or swollen blood vessels in & around the anus. In 2012, 2.3 million toilets in the US were recalled due to their potential of exploding. 7.443 million sick days are taken by kids every year due to wash-related diseases. At least 1.8 billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with faeces around the world. The are more televisions than toilets in Afghanistan. More people in the world have mobiles than toilets. More than half of primary schools in developing countries don't have access to clean water or sanitation. Without toilets, girls often drop out of school at puberty. Many females are sexually assaulted or bitten by snakes or spiders when they defecate in the open due to a lack of a toilet. Half of India's population practices open defecation. A lack of toilets in India costs the country 50 billion a year. In 46 countries, at least half of the population don't have access to proper sanitation. 1 billion people defecate in the open due to a lack of access to toilets. Every $1 invested into sanitation has a $5 return.
This section should also have things about how society perceives toilets as germy.
Another thing to mention is the drugs being urinated into toilets. (bit vague, will clarify later)
3. I removed the culture section from this article as it needs to start fresh, as their was not enough information in the sections. Here are some sections I propose we include. We should not include them all and should merge some, so please comment. Bold are my recommendations due to lots of content.
Please comment thoughts - I am bringing them to the talk page to see if people agree these changes which I think should be made, should be made.
JoshMuirWikipedia ( talk) 14:33, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
Hi, User:JoshMuirWikipedia thanks for this. I agree this article needed some major work so it's good that you've made a start! However, I mainly see this article as an entry point or overview article about all the other articles on sub-topics that already exist. For this reason, I would not expand the information on squat toilets for example, as more information is available in that separate article. The same applies to the public health content. Rather than building that up here, the link should be clearly made to the article on sanitation where all the public health stuff is located (could be expanded there).
I agree with your thoughts on public toilet and have shortened it. It could be deleted totally but perhaps this shortened piece is a good compromise?
I didn't understand what your issue was with the section on dry toilet?
About the name issue, we have also a lot of information on that in the article toilet (room). How do we prevent duplication of effort and content on those two pages? I am not so sure if we really need to have an article on toilet (room) - perhaps the two should be merged?
These are just my quick reactions, will take another look later. EvMsmile ( talk) 05:13, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
I suggest that toilet plume be merged here, and added a template to that article. Brianga ( talk) 13:35, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
Per request of Carbon Caryatid, here is the information I removed.
Toilets built outside the dwelling usually have a shelter for privacy; there are many names for this "privy", see outhouse.
Toilets on ships are typically flushed with seawater.
A flush toilet can be installed without a cistern, and flushed manually with a few liters of water in a small bucket. This is a pour-flush toilet. [1] This type of low-cost toilet is common in many Asian countries. It can use as little as 2-3 litres, and this can be greywater or rainwater. [2]
Urinals, as the name indicates, are intended for urination only, not for defecation. Urinals are designed for male users in a standing position; some designs exist for females. They typically have no door or stall enclosure, and thus take up less space. These fixtures are most commonly found in public places. Urinals are usually water flushed, although waterless urinals are becoming more popular.
A bidet is a plumbing fixture intended for washing the genitalia, inner buttocks, and anus.
Near to the toilet is usually a small sink (basin) for hand washing.
Sulabh International Museum of Toilets in Delhi, India, is dedicated to the global history of sanitation and toilets. It was established in 1992 by Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, a social activist, founder of Sulabh International, recipient of national and international awards including the Stockholm Water Prize in 2009. The museum highlights the need to address the problems of the sanitation sector in India. [3]
Various cultures have deities of the toilet. Korean mythology includes Cheuksin, a malevolent goddess.
Toilet humour is a name given to a type of off-colour humour dealing with defecation, urination, and flatulence.
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Greetings,
I have noticed that in the "etymology" section of the article, the French origin that is mentioned is spelled incorrectly. Indeed, it is said that "loo" might originate from French "gardez l'eau", which is supposed to be "mind the water" in English. It's actually "gare à l'eau" that means "mind the water". "Gardez l'eau" means "keep the water".
I don't want to make an accound and can't edit the article without. Could anyone fix this?
Thanks for your time.
- A french person
82.127.174.102 ( talk) 10:05, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
I have moved here the suggestion of User:JoshMuirWikipedia so that it doesn't get lost in the other comments: "In regards to the name issue, I think I will create a page called toilet (name) which outlines the etymology, euphemisms, regional dialects of toilet fixture and room." - My response: I think that's in principle a good idea, as it would avoid having the same/similar information spread on three different articles. Currently it's at toilet, toilet (room) and outhouse. However, I am not sure if "toilet (name)" is the best name for such a new article? Is there a precedence for this? Perhaps "toilet (terms used)"? Or "toilet (name variations)" or something like that? EvMsmile ( talk) 10:12, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
It is important to carefully select the right toilet photos for the lead. A year or so ago, the lead image was that of a sitting flush toilet. I then changed it to a collage of two photos: one flush toilet, one dry toilet from Africa. I think it is really important to represent that toilets can be totally different all over the world. Wikipedia is usually biased towards the situation in North America (=sitting flush toilets) but the reality worldwide is different. Another editor changed it on 31 March 2016 to 4 photos but the photos were arranged vertically which gave the impression that the sitting flush toilet is at the top of the ladder and therefore the best and most common. I have changed it now to three photos and arranged them vertically to ensure they all have even weight. It would be good to have a photo for sitting flush toilet that is portrait not landscape so that we can arrange it better (but I haven't found one yet). - Happy to discuss this further. EvMsmile ( talk) 02:52, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
I wasn't able to check the source, but the sentence "But sitting toilets only came into general use in the mid-19th century in the Western world" seems pretty questionable to me, especially considering the pictures of gaderobes talk about "seats". I also have a source "The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy: Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems" saying, "the design of toilets (fig. 94) tells us that Roman clients preferred to sit down, probably both for urination and defecation" (see https://books.google.com/books?id=X_3PBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&dq=%22that+Roman+clients+preferred+to+sit+down%22&source=bl&ots=CIdo5EsvCz&sig=mK-jbdLHIsgJEtuvCqCaee9E228&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjU16qav-rOAhWILMAKHfD1AwgQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=%22that%20Roman%20clients%20preferred%20to%20sit%20down%22&f=false) Kevin Corbett ( talk) 01:24, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
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Hi their I am an proffessinal plumber from the university of macenzie, I'm cool and now my stuff about toilets Xceric38 ( talk) 00:26, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
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I had the feeling it was used, but I'm not Indian so it's just a guess. Can someone confirm either way, please? Spacecowboy420 ( talk) 08:55, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
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Please change: Mohenjo-Daro circa 2800 BC > to > Mohenjo-Daro circa 2600 BC, (because the founding of the city is 2600-2500 BCE and no evidence of toilets before this date)
Please change: Around the 18th century BC, toilets started to appear in Minoan Crete, Pharaonic Egypt, and ancient Persia. > to > "They also appear in Knossos and Akrotiri of the ancient Minoan civilization from the 2nd millennium BC.[31][32]". (Because Minoan palaces where build around 2000 BCE onwards) Daruman ( talk) 08:31, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
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One side of the U channel is arranged as a siphon tube longer than the water in the bowl is high.
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One side of the U channel is arranged as a siphon tube longer than the water in the bowl is high. Cyrilauburtin ( talk) 17:53, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
I have just done a restructing effort as I felt the part about the types of toilets was too confusing and messy. To put a "flying toilet" (=plastic bag) on the same level as a flush toilet really made no sense. So those "toilets" that are very specific to some developing countries situations, I have now moved further down into a separate section. Hoping others will like how I have restructured it. EMsmile ( talk) 22:35, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
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In the introduction is the sentence "Globally, nearly one billion people even have no access to a toilet at all..." Could you remove "even?" It doesn't quite fit, and "at all" gets the point across quite well. 208.95.51.53 ( talk) 15:42, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
The numbers are not correct. Nearly a third of the world population (2.3 billion people, 32%) have no access to a toilet or latrine according to WHO data from February 2018. Please change the article, due to the fact that this is another big disgrace to humanity alongside poverty and hunger causing death and disease of tens of thousands of humans (mostly children). WHO citations: "2.3 billion people still do not have basic sanitation facilities such as toilets or latrines." "Of these, 892 million still defecate in the open, for example in street gutters, behind bushes or into open bodies of water." "Hygienic sanitation facilities are crucial for public health. Since 1990, the number of people gaining access to improved sanitation has risen from 54% to 68% but some 2.3 billion people still do not have toilets or improved latrines." [1] -- 5.146.195.228 ( talk) 14:24, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
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In the source code of the main article arround lines 122/123 is an emty paragraph
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which needs to be removed, because it messes up the internal link to TOC 10.1 Etymology.
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I think it might have been me who added a reference that you have now removed due to it being from a predatory journal. Are you sure this reference is not permissible?: [1] Is there no way around it but to delete it? (I am new to this issue) EMsmile ( talk) 14:12, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
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Then see WP:Verifiability, not truth. The personal feelings of Alison Moore on the matter are irrelevant. Headbomb { t · c · p · b} 14:00, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
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Citation needed for line 1: "In other words: 'Toilets are sanitation facilities at the user interface that allow the safe and convenient urination and defecation'.[1]", as quotation cannot be found at source. The second instance of "the" is also extraneous, so if the mistake is present at the source, [sic] should be added, and if not, the instance of "the" should be removed. 47.12.18.253 ( talk) 20:32, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
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i like mario Bazzatoilet18 ( talk) 17:20, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
I have used the excerpt function for quite a few of the sections that really just refer to relevant sub-articles. I intend to continue with this over the next few days, e.g. for the section on flush toilets (which is actually taking up too much room compared to the other toilet types). This is just an overview article so having excerpts is very useful because the same information doesn't have to be maintained and updated in two locations. EMsmile ( talk) 01:43, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
I've evaluated the article and found no inconsistencies with the source material. Jedmonds123 ( talk) 00:50, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
It had been raining heavily in the previous 1 to 2 hours before this video was taken.
Is something unusual happening with the water in the bowel of this outdoor toilet?
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Hello, I would like to add a "Hybrid Toilet" paragraph to the "With Water" category. This would cover toilets with integrated sinks or bidets, like listed in these articles: [1] [2]
For example, it could go something like this:
A hybrid toilet is a toilet that crowned the capabilities and aesthetics of another fixture as well as its own, such as a toilet with an integrated sink. These hybrid fixtures are often used to save space, water and money, for example toilets with integrated sinks can use waste water from the sink to fuel the cistern. They can also be used to add extra functionality to a room, such as with the case of a toilet with an integrated bidet which offers a method of cleaning built directly into the fixture. Bathroominfo ( talk) 08:03, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
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I would like to add a "Rimless Toilet" section to the "With Water" section.
Rimless toilets feature a bowl shaped pan and no rim, unlike typical toilets. When flushed they shoot water out from the back and flood the bowl evenly, rather than having it flush down from the rim. [1] Bathroominfo ( talk) 08:55, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
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I have just done a major re-structuring as the article had an over-emphasis on sitting flush toilets, even though toilets come in all forms, shapes and sizes when you take a global view. I think it is more balanced now. I would like to propose that the content for flush toilets and trimmed down further and rather moved to the article on flush toilets (if it's not there already). Otherwise this page has too much emphasis on one particular type of toilet; it should rather keep the description brief and anything else can be found on the page of flush toilets. The same applies to the history section which also has a lot of content on the flush toilet which is probably better covered on the article for flush toilets (and trimmed down here). What do others think about this proposal? EvM-Susana ( talk) 22:33, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
The introduction states that Thomas Crapper invented the flush toilet, but the main page for Thomas Crapper clearly states, "Contrary to widespread misconceptions, Crapper did not invent the flush toilet." Which is correct? 66.194.175.77 ( talk) 07:12, 10 November 2014 (UTC)pigi5
Modern Toilet Restaurant. [Unsigned]
This page will probably need periodic cleanup, but the name discussion here should refer to names for toilet fixtures. Alt names for the rooms ("WC", "lav", "CR", &c.) belong in the subsections at outhouse or toilet (room), although those should be linked from here. — LlywelynII 06:59, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Did someone purposefully add underscores in Wikilinks, like Squat_toilet instead of Squat toilet? I think they should be removed.
Another suggestion by User:JoshMuirWikipedia was: "I plan on merging dunny and outhouse in the future, as a dunny is an Australian word for outhouse. I am considering merging outhouse with toilet (room), because that is what an outhouse is." I think merging dunny and outhouse could make sense (I had in the past said that dunny equals pit latrine; that's actually not really true, I've discussed this further here with User:Carbon Caryatid: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Sanitation#About_the_term_dunny
Would it be possible to mention the toilet twinning initiative?
This is ground breaking and making a global impact and definitely worth a mention if it can fit in under Role of sanitation? or a section at the end? And I'm not involved in it, I just think it sounds like something that should be on Wikipedia as an example of twinning in the modern age.
They have a website at: http://www.toilettwinning.org/
Thanks,
Rossignol, Cardiff
Hello All, You may have noticed I have made some major changes to this article. If you haven't, I have added sources where sources are asked (except for instance of toilet name on yacht, could not find a source for that). I have combined the sections for etymology, euphemisms and regional dialects into one section: name. I have removed the whole section previously called 'Related Sanitary Ware', and put the listed things into the see also, a section I have now formatted. I have changed the Society and Culture section to be called usage after placing sections referring to mythology, museums, and humour into the see also section, leaving urination and anal cleansing. You can see the old revision here
The article's initial shortening.
1. The ridiculous situation concerning names. This needs, and has the content for an article itself. After this article is written, this page should provide a short summary of the other page.
2. The types section: flush toilets. The sections 'on watercraft' and 'pour-flush' do not have enough content for their own sections, and they should be merged with 'typical (with cistern)' to make one paragraph. Not only this, but I imagine the section could be written clearer (I imagine because it is 10:00 at night and I am not at my peak). This could be done by any plumber. The question 'where' posed in the sentence 'However, in some countries, this treatment does not happen. A starting point is Dubai, as I remember something about their system being something about trucks.
3. The types section: dry toilets. There is something I cannot lay my finger on about this that feels wrong, but not helping is the image of a bucket toilet and portable toilets sandwiching the text.
4. The section on public toilets I believe should be removed completely, as this article is about the object itself and not the room: that is a different Wikipedia page. If the section is not removed, it should at least have a lot of information culled and merged into the types of toilets. The Wiki page on ovens does not talk about the kitchen at length.
5. The section 'Role of toilets and sanitation for public health' could be shortened to be called 'Toilets and sanitation in public health', 'Role in public health', or even 'public health'.
6. A quarter of the Ancient civilizations section is quote and can be paraphrased easily. I have not fully read through the History section and hence will not comment on it yet.
The lengthening afterwards.
1. Squat toilets can be elaborated on, through things such as health benefits, mentality, and types, such as the Anglo-Indian.
2. The currently known as 'Role of toilets and sanitation for public health' can also be expanded on, as some information can be added. For instance: information on World Toilet Day. I collect toilet facts. Here are my ones regarding health. These lack sources as of yet. Sorry about that. Diarrhoea is the second biggest killer of children under five worldwide. The number of children who have died from diarrhoea in the from 1998-2008 exceeded the number of people killed by armed conflicted since WW2. More children die of diarrhoea than how many die of HIV, malaria and measles combined. 80% of the world's illness is caused through contamination by faecal matter Lack of good toilets and sanitation kills about 1.8 million people a year. The more time you spend in the bathroom, specifically reading, the more likely you are to develop haemorrhoids, or swollen blood vessels in & around the anus. In 2012, 2.3 million toilets in the US were recalled due to their potential of exploding. 7.443 million sick days are taken by kids every year due to wash-related diseases. At least 1.8 billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with faeces around the world. The are more televisions than toilets in Afghanistan. More people in the world have mobiles than toilets. More than half of primary schools in developing countries don't have access to clean water or sanitation. Without toilets, girls often drop out of school at puberty. Many females are sexually assaulted or bitten by snakes or spiders when they defecate in the open due to a lack of a toilet. Half of India's population practices open defecation. A lack of toilets in India costs the country 50 billion a year. In 46 countries, at least half of the population don't have access to proper sanitation. 1 billion people defecate in the open due to a lack of access to toilets. Every $1 invested into sanitation has a $5 return.
This section should also have things about how society perceives toilets as germy.
Another thing to mention is the drugs being urinated into toilets. (bit vague, will clarify later)
3. I removed the culture section from this article as it needs to start fresh, as their was not enough information in the sections. Here are some sections I propose we include. We should not include them all and should merge some, so please comment. Bold are my recommendations due to lots of content.
Please comment thoughts - I am bringing them to the talk page to see if people agree these changes which I think should be made, should be made.
JoshMuirWikipedia ( talk) 14:33, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
Hi, User:JoshMuirWikipedia thanks for this. I agree this article needed some major work so it's good that you've made a start! However, I mainly see this article as an entry point or overview article about all the other articles on sub-topics that already exist. For this reason, I would not expand the information on squat toilets for example, as more information is available in that separate article. The same applies to the public health content. Rather than building that up here, the link should be clearly made to the article on sanitation where all the public health stuff is located (could be expanded there).
I agree with your thoughts on public toilet and have shortened it. It could be deleted totally but perhaps this shortened piece is a good compromise?
I didn't understand what your issue was with the section on dry toilet?
About the name issue, we have also a lot of information on that in the article toilet (room). How do we prevent duplication of effort and content on those two pages? I am not so sure if we really need to have an article on toilet (room) - perhaps the two should be merged?
These are just my quick reactions, will take another look later. EvMsmile ( talk) 05:13, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
I suggest that toilet plume be merged here, and added a template to that article. Brianga ( talk) 13:35, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
Per request of Carbon Caryatid, here is the information I removed.
Toilets built outside the dwelling usually have a shelter for privacy; there are many names for this "privy", see outhouse.
Toilets on ships are typically flushed with seawater.
A flush toilet can be installed without a cistern, and flushed manually with a few liters of water in a small bucket. This is a pour-flush toilet. [1] This type of low-cost toilet is common in many Asian countries. It can use as little as 2-3 litres, and this can be greywater or rainwater. [2]
Urinals, as the name indicates, are intended for urination only, not for defecation. Urinals are designed for male users in a standing position; some designs exist for females. They typically have no door or stall enclosure, and thus take up less space. These fixtures are most commonly found in public places. Urinals are usually water flushed, although waterless urinals are becoming more popular.
A bidet is a plumbing fixture intended for washing the genitalia, inner buttocks, and anus.
Near to the toilet is usually a small sink (basin) for hand washing.
Sulabh International Museum of Toilets in Delhi, India, is dedicated to the global history of sanitation and toilets. It was established in 1992 by Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, a social activist, founder of Sulabh International, recipient of national and international awards including the Stockholm Water Prize in 2009. The museum highlights the need to address the problems of the sanitation sector in India. [3]
Various cultures have deities of the toilet. Korean mythology includes Cheuksin, a malevolent goddess.
Toilet humour is a name given to a type of off-colour humour dealing with defecation, urination, and flatulence.
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Greetings,
I have noticed that in the "etymology" section of the article, the French origin that is mentioned is spelled incorrectly. Indeed, it is said that "loo" might originate from French "gardez l'eau", which is supposed to be "mind the water" in English. It's actually "gare à l'eau" that means "mind the water". "Gardez l'eau" means "keep the water".
I don't want to make an accound and can't edit the article without. Could anyone fix this?
Thanks for your time.
- A french person
82.127.174.102 ( talk) 10:05, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
I have moved here the suggestion of User:JoshMuirWikipedia so that it doesn't get lost in the other comments: "In regards to the name issue, I think I will create a page called toilet (name) which outlines the etymology, euphemisms, regional dialects of toilet fixture and room." - My response: I think that's in principle a good idea, as it would avoid having the same/similar information spread on three different articles. Currently it's at toilet, toilet (room) and outhouse. However, I am not sure if "toilet (name)" is the best name for such a new article? Is there a precedence for this? Perhaps "toilet (terms used)"? Or "toilet (name variations)" or something like that? EvMsmile ( talk) 10:12, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
It is important to carefully select the right toilet photos for the lead. A year or so ago, the lead image was that of a sitting flush toilet. I then changed it to a collage of two photos: one flush toilet, one dry toilet from Africa. I think it is really important to represent that toilets can be totally different all over the world. Wikipedia is usually biased towards the situation in North America (=sitting flush toilets) but the reality worldwide is different. Another editor changed it on 31 March 2016 to 4 photos but the photos were arranged vertically which gave the impression that the sitting flush toilet is at the top of the ladder and therefore the best and most common. I have changed it now to three photos and arranged them vertically to ensure they all have even weight. It would be good to have a photo for sitting flush toilet that is portrait not landscape so that we can arrange it better (but I haven't found one yet). - Happy to discuss this further. EvMsmile ( talk) 02:52, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
I wasn't able to check the source, but the sentence "But sitting toilets only came into general use in the mid-19th century in the Western world" seems pretty questionable to me, especially considering the pictures of gaderobes talk about "seats". I also have a source "The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy: Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems" saying, "the design of toilets (fig. 94) tells us that Roman clients preferred to sit down, probably both for urination and defecation" (see https://books.google.com/books?id=X_3PBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&dq=%22that+Roman+clients+preferred+to+sit+down%22&source=bl&ots=CIdo5EsvCz&sig=mK-jbdLHIsgJEtuvCqCaee9E228&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjU16qav-rOAhWILMAKHfD1AwgQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=%22that%20Roman%20clients%20preferred%20to%20sit%20down%22&f=false) Kevin Corbett ( talk) 01:24, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
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Hi their I am an proffessinal plumber from the university of macenzie, I'm cool and now my stuff about toilets Xceric38 ( talk) 00:26, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
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I had the feeling it was used, but I'm not Indian so it's just a guess. Can someone confirm either way, please? Spacecowboy420 ( talk) 08:55, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
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Please change: Mohenjo-Daro circa 2800 BC > to > Mohenjo-Daro circa 2600 BC, (because the founding of the city is 2600-2500 BCE and no evidence of toilets before this date)
Please change: Around the 18th century BC, toilets started to appear in Minoan Crete, Pharaonic Egypt, and ancient Persia. > to > "They also appear in Knossos and Akrotiri of the ancient Minoan civilization from the 2nd millennium BC.[31][32]". (Because Minoan palaces where build around 2000 BCE onwards) Daruman ( talk) 08:31, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
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One side of the U channel is arranged as a siphon tube longer than the water in the bowl is high.
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One side of the U channel is arranged as a siphon tube longer than the water in the bowl is high. Cyrilauburtin ( talk) 17:53, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
I have just done a restructing effort as I felt the part about the types of toilets was too confusing and messy. To put a "flying toilet" (=plastic bag) on the same level as a flush toilet really made no sense. So those "toilets" that are very specific to some developing countries situations, I have now moved further down into a separate section. Hoping others will like how I have restructured it. EMsmile ( talk) 22:35, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
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In the introduction is the sentence "Globally, nearly one billion people even have no access to a toilet at all..." Could you remove "even?" It doesn't quite fit, and "at all" gets the point across quite well. 208.95.51.53 ( talk) 15:42, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
The numbers are not correct. Nearly a third of the world population (2.3 billion people, 32%) have no access to a toilet or latrine according to WHO data from February 2018. Please change the article, due to the fact that this is another big disgrace to humanity alongside poverty and hunger causing death and disease of tens of thousands of humans (mostly children). WHO citations: "2.3 billion people still do not have basic sanitation facilities such as toilets or latrines." "Of these, 892 million still defecate in the open, for example in street gutters, behind bushes or into open bodies of water." "Hygienic sanitation facilities are crucial for public health. Since 1990, the number of people gaining access to improved sanitation has risen from 54% to 68% but some 2.3 billion people still do not have toilets or improved latrines." [1] -- 5.146.195.228 ( talk) 14:24, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
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In the source code of the main article arround lines 122/123 is an emty paragraph
<p><span id="Etymology"></span><span id="Terminology"></span></p>
which needs to be removed, because it messes up the internal link to TOC 10.1 Etymology.
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I think it might have been me who added a reference that you have now removed due to it being from a predatory journal. Are you sure this reference is not permissible?: [1] Is there no way around it but to delete it? (I am new to this issue) EMsmile ( talk) 14:12, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
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Then see WP:Verifiability, not truth. The personal feelings of Alison Moore on the matter are irrelevant. Headbomb { t · c · p · b} 14:00, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
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Citation needed for line 1: "In other words: 'Toilets are sanitation facilities at the user interface that allow the safe and convenient urination and defecation'.[1]", as quotation cannot be found at source. The second instance of "the" is also extraneous, so if the mistake is present at the source, [sic] should be added, and if not, the instance of "the" should be removed. 47.12.18.253 ( talk) 20:32, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
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i like mario Bazzatoilet18 ( talk) 17:20, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
I have used the excerpt function for quite a few of the sections that really just refer to relevant sub-articles. I intend to continue with this over the next few days, e.g. for the section on flush toilets (which is actually taking up too much room compared to the other toilet types). This is just an overview article so having excerpts is very useful because the same information doesn't have to be maintained and updated in two locations. EMsmile ( talk) 01:43, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
I've evaluated the article and found no inconsistencies with the source material. Jedmonds123 ( talk) 00:50, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
It had been raining heavily in the previous 1 to 2 hours before this video was taken.
Is something unusual happening with the water in the bowel of this outdoor toilet?
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Hello, I would like to add a "Hybrid Toilet" paragraph to the "With Water" category. This would cover toilets with integrated sinks or bidets, like listed in these articles: [1] [2]
For example, it could go something like this:
A hybrid toilet is a toilet that crowned the capabilities and aesthetics of another fixture as well as its own, such as a toilet with an integrated sink. These hybrid fixtures are often used to save space, water and money, for example toilets with integrated sinks can use waste water from the sink to fuel the cistern. They can also be used to add extra functionality to a room, such as with the case of a toilet with an integrated bidet which offers a method of cleaning built directly into the fixture. Bathroominfo ( talk) 08:03, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
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I would like to add a "Rimless Toilet" section to the "With Water" section.
Rimless toilets feature a bowl shaped pan and no rim, unlike typical toilets. When flushed they shoot water out from the back and flood the bowl evenly, rather than having it flush down from the rim. [1] Bathroominfo ( talk) 08:55, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
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