Talk:Diphallia
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[edit] Disputed phrase
Inclusion of this phrase has been disputed - "The condition in pigs and other mammals has been documented. It is also commonly mistaken that sharks have two "penises", but this is false."
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- And so you merged highly suspect information into diphallia? Why? Had you found external verification for the "myth" of sharks or pigs? Geogre 16:36, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- And you didn't feel that you needed to insert any references? You also felt that this was of vital importance to the diphallia article? Have you ever heard of the importance of negative findings? Read many papers about things not being found in sharks? I'm not interested in churlish edit wars with you. Geogre 01:26, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Is it true that plankton do not have diphallia? How about clams? How about coral? Why aren't you including those "facts" that don't need documentation? Is it true that diphallia occurs in most mammals and is usually fatal? Anyone who does more than two seconds of research knows that mutations and birth defects occur in all forms. Why haven't you included that? Could it be that you are so in love with your decision to "merge" and redirect that you cannot listen to the community, cannot follow sane article construction, and would willingly go into an edit war over an irrelevant and unsubstantiated sentence? You keep putting it in, and I'll keep taking it out, without violating the 3 revert rule until someone decides to listen to the community. Geogre 02:33, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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- Hi Geogre, I am sorry to say that you are falling pray to all the faults that you are criticising your protagonist of having in this context. Can you see that? Above all: respect and politeness is needed across the spectrum. Thanks.
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[edit] Query
"It is estimated that one out of 5 million live births " of all live births or male live births? Rich Farmbrough 22:47, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] picture
I saw some pictures of a guy that had this condition on steackandcheese.com back in 2000 or so. The pictures were taken in a pornographic context, though (he was having sex with a woman). They were defintely NOT photoshopped!
[edit] Information
This article barely has anything on the second penis, does it work? Size? Deformities? etc.
- "Does it work?"... Wow, the penis fulfils enough roles that that question is amusingly open... I've seen a video of someone urinating with both penises simultaneously. I've heard that there is little problem with erections, however, as the page says, congenital defects may accompany diphallia, and those may have higher incidence of problems. Granted, I suppose I need to look for sources to back that up. samwaltz 07:21, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- At least they worded it nicely.. 'difficulty of application' =P
[edit] rare disorder
The intro says it's an extremely rare disorder with only approximately 100 such cases of diphallus reported throughout the world. But then it says than one in 5 million men have it. That would mean there are about 500 men alive with diphalia. Are those 100 cases 'ever recorded' or 'alive today'? The latter I can imagine, with 80% of the men who have it hiding it out of shame or something. DirkvdM 05:47, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Plural: Penes vs. Penises
I can't believe I'm posting this, but as there has been a revert, I suppose it's worth mentioning. The standard Latin plural of "penis" is "penes" (3rd declension noun, and such), however current standard English tends to view 3rd declension nouns the normal English plural of +(e)s. I'm going through a more descriptive grammar phase at the moment, so I'd be inclined to agree with the latter. Does anyone else have a preference? samwaltz 15:37, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, penes sounds better to me, but for most people it impedes understanding. Let's eschew obfuscation and use penises. —Keenan Pepper 03:00, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
