Talk:Fart

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Articles for deletion This article was nominated for deletion on 24 September 2007. The result of the discussion was keep.

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[edit] Population groups

farting is poop smelling!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.121.234.35 (talk) 22:29, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

I believe farting is more common amoung African population groups Disko 01:55, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

    • prove it please, that would be funny if it was true.
The appropriate area to discuss farting the activity is in Flatulence, but can I suggest that you find reliable sources if you want to include this in that article? Ziggurat 02:35, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

perhaps rather than population, diet should be a consideration. i have read online that termites expel the greatest amount of gas of all creatures due to a diet extremely high in cellulose. this current article has little discussion of the medical causes of farts, and therefore possible implications. this would lift this discussion beyond mere populist humour.

== Delete? == NO! Never! The farticle is glorious!


am tempted to nominate this for deletion on the grounds that it is simply a dicdef description of a piece of terminology,
and return it to its status as a redirect to Flatulence but I don't know whether it could be expanded into encyclopedia-ness.

Does anyone have some thoughts about how this article could be so enhanced? Ziggurat 23:23, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

It's just a sound. Nothing much to say about it. It should be merged with the article on Flatulence. I already added the merge banners. -Barry- 23:55, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Can I {Christine Leeds} please interupt this line of thought? F.A.R.T. is an acronym for "Faculty of the ARTS". People now use farting to describe an unscientific and artistic type of linguists. For example double talk and idioms are a form of farting. The problem with farting is it can lead to faulty inductive inferences and mental illness due to an inability to process logic.I'll hand you back to barry now. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.237.91.184 (talk • contribs) .

Please, someone merge this article. It's all fluff, and I don't think anyone has the time or will to write a five-pager on the entymology and noise of a fart. There should just be a fart section in the flatulence article. Fart should be redirected to flatulence. Darkgarlic 14:06, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

  • snicker* "It's all fluff" -Darkgarlic Nice pun.

If it can be statistically proven that this word is more common among African Americans then that is all the reason in the world to keep this article.

I say merge it with the flatulence article. Also, keep out the suggestion that the word is more common among African Americans-that's completely ridiculous and waters down the already unreliable source that Wikipedia is quickly becoming. GingerGin 07:59, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

This is basically just an expanded dictionary entry and contains only descriptions of language usage and etymology. It should be redirected and the content transwikied to Wiktionary.
Peter Isotalo 06:44, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Resurrect

The page is now an (incomplete) article on the word "fart". It isn't an article on flatulence; nor is it a mere dicdef.

A parallel example would be articles on sexual intercourse and the word fuck.

This article is still incomplete; in particular, someone with access to OED should go over and expand/correct as necessary.

--EngineerScotty 06:14, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

How does one know when such an article is "complete"? It's about the word 'fart' for Christ's sake! Dubc0724 19:08, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
In one sense, no article is ever complete, as diligent research can always produce more interesting material. However, this article has gaps; the history kinda jumps from Chaucer's era to the 20th century. During the 19th century, for example, the word was considered highly obscene according to one source (however, that source is one I don't consider reliable, thus I didn't add it to the article). The best source for such stuff, of course, is OED--but I don't have access to it (it's expensive). If someone else who has a copy (or access to a copy at a University library, etc) were to fill in the gaps, the article would be much improved. Compare this article with fuck, which goes into much greater detail on the history and etymology of everyone's favorite swear word. :)--EngineerScotty 23:21, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree; it is fine to have articles about words as long as there is enough material. — brighterorange (talk) 14:39, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] as we've talked about before....

"flatulence" is having gas, "flatus" is the gas. "fart" is the sound, the act, etc. some neo-puritans think this is called "to flatulate" but they're wrong on multiple counts....and even if there were a grain of truth, the COMMON WORD for this is "fart", and wiki uses the common word, not rarely used technical jargon.

in summary -- keep hope alive and don't let this article be deleted and redirected by medical think-they-know-it-alls.

Justforasecond 16:25, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

It is _not_ only air, but alot of other stuff as well. Besides that, cool page :) Jordskjelv 18:51, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

  • Were we to rename flatulence to use a more common term, perhaps farting (which currently redirects to flatulence) might be more appropriate? --EngineerScotty 18:15, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] sprotect?

Given that most of the edits here are vandalism, should the page be sprotected? --EngineerScotty 02:13, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Origins of Fart

Voltaire speculates that there was actually a greek god called Fart.

--Chops A Must 19:57, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Farsi

I've removed this section ("In Farsi gooz is a loud, usually odor-less fart. Choss is a "silent, but deadly" fart."), as the only online source for it [1] is marked in the URL as satire. Could someone with a knowledge of Farsi please confirm or deny this? Ziggurat 01:50, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


  • I know that chose-e-feel (phonetic pronunciation) is the word for popcorn in Farsi, which literally translated means "Elephant's fart." That may help. Midoilfan 03:14, 1 December 2006 (UTC)


"... Choss is a "silent, but deadly" fart." Also accompanied by a wet sound. These Farsi terms are correct. A "chos khor" is a "fart eater" or someone who penny pinches. 72.50.56.66 (talk) 13:43, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Artificial Farting

I feel childish suggesting this, but has anyone made an article on armpit farting? i know there is one for the rasberry. How about the fart sound made when you push two hands together in the right way? Sorry, reading this article made me want to ask. --Travlr23 02:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

That's a good point... aside from the fact that George Carlin has dealt with this extensively on his early records, the various ways to simulate the sound could probably be the basis for a decent article in the hands of a few good writers (unfortunately, when it comes to Wikipedia, I'm an editor, not a writer). - Ugliness Man 16:09, 6 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Fart Bacteria

Why remove the image of cultivated fart bacteria?

[edit] Irritating grammar

Please use "may" instead of "may or may not"

I believe since that they are both almost the same thing they should be merged

[edit] REDIRECT!!!!!!!!!!

um can't we redirect the word "fart" to flatulence and then on the flatulence page put one of those "for info on the word 'fart' click here" type things?

[edit] REDIRECT, YES!!!!

I agree & concur & I second the motion about redirecting Fart to Flatulence. For the children and educational value! -Peter in SanDiego, CA, USA = Vid2vid 22:08, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flatulence and Gender (please add topic to main article)

It has been humourously proposed/declared that: 'Women do NOT fart; They "fluff."' -Peter in SanDiego, CA, USA = Vid2vid 22:08, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh my gosh! I siriusly laughed out loud! That's great! -Lea (talk) 02:06, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lock this page

I have noticed an extreme amount of vandalism on this page. It is my idea that we lock it. 67.150.2.240 21:28, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Please post on WP:RFPP if you believe the page should be protected. Follow instructions there. GDonato (talk) 21:31, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What?

There is an article empompassing "fart". Eish! Can you redirect this to flatulance? "Fart" seems a bit "uncyclopaedic". T.Neo 20:04, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Common British usuage

In Britain, we use the word "fart" as a term in regards to age as in, "You old fart". I think this usuage of the word also needs to be included here.Seraphim Whipp 23:03, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

We do the same in the US. Feel free to make the addition. Mvblair 13:48, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
I am in agreement that this term is not inherently the same as that of flatulence. --Kukini hablame aqui 19:54, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mis

The author of the children's book 'Good Families Don't"'s first name is Robert, opposed to Walter which is printed in the article. Any small amount of research on the subject will prove this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.154.83.237 (talk) 01:18, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

The article is correct, please read it more carefully. Carl.bunderson 03:10, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually guy, it had been corrected in the short time between when I called the error and when you checked. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.154.83.219 (talk) 00:44, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Farting Buddha

Can anyone provide an image of the Farting Buddha? Sstteevvee (talk) 19:43, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] flat as a fart?

where on earth does the phrase as flat as a fart come into the english language from?

[edit] flat as a fart?

where on earth does the phrase as flat as a fart come into the english language from? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.145.240.56 (talk) 22:13, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fart Animation?

What do we all think of adding an animation of a fart using stereotypical puff and cloud lines in brown or yellow-green colors, exiting from someone's rear end and slowly dissipating? If we have someone with some Java skill and familiarity with Wikimedia, we could even add a foghorn sound to it.

What does everyone think? Trollaxor (talk) 21:14, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Sure, but farts are colourless, and they don't sound like foghorns. Sstteevvee (talk) 22:54, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
I don't see a problem either. Would you like to help me with this project? Trollaxor (talk) 04:47, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Not really. Sstteevvee (talk) 04:16, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fart fetishism

Like some people fetishize shoes, feet, or leather, there are also members of functioning society that also fetishize farts, hence a fart fetish. Similar to the topic of professional farters, there are also Domme and special interest groups that specialize in performing said specified fetishized acts. Namely they are also professional farters, which can easily be found online or even on videocassette. This fart fetish has been noticed worldwide videos and professional farters from USA, Brazil, Japan, England and Germany can be found. Fart fetishism has not been widely accepted by most cultures, and thusly is not usually referred to in a public fashion. However this love for the fart can easy be found via most search engines. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atyourservice80 (talk • contribs) 04:41, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What are you like?

How can there be so much discussuion on farting? - come ON —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.34.55.108 (talk) 19:48, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Straight face?

When the author typed this up, did she/he manage to keep a straight face? I brust out laughing on the first line, so I was wondering. -Lea (talk) 02:08, 26 May 2008 (UTC)