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A brief comment - Carry On up the Khyber might suggest a slang derivation for Kybo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.88.202.5 (talk • contribs) 07:24, 14 August 2006

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[edit] This article has gone to shit.

It seems that people have been adding any little bit of info or simply personal opinion to this article wherever they please, specifically the "Design and construction" segment. It seems we may of had a bit of a petty argument and it made a mess.

Fixed. At least the part about the moon shaped hole in the door which seemed the worst offender. I wasn't one of the original contributers so I felt fine rewriting it and shortening it. Jerdwyer (talk) 02:46, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Illiteracy, zuh?

Design and Construction Third Point

The only location, and therefore inferred people mentioned in this was Germany. Is this carrying over to imply Germany in this statement of illiteracy?

Wikijimmy is confused. Only slightly, though. The rest of that strange human emotion is filled with hamburgers.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikijimmy (talk • contribs) 00:52, 3 November 2006

The use of catalogs was comparatively recent compared to the existence of outhouses. Outhouses have been around long before moveable print. But that does not negate there use (along with newspapers) by people who had nothing better than a left or a corn cob. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.219.182.66 (talk) 02:03, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Communal toileting practices

If you take a look at the article, I have taken the liberty of largely rewriting great portions of it. I also put in more citations, and addressed lots of issues (e.g., legal and cultural) that were not addressed before. I think that your concerns are generally being addressed. Please take a look and see if yo can come up with any thing that we've missed. Thanks. I'm new to Wiki, and have not yet signed up for a user name. Put in a new book and a few articles. I also went into a lot of other articles and inserted cross references to this article. Finally, I would respectfully agree with the idea that Aldaco should be merged into Outhouse. I for one don't see the need for the redundancy, and I would submit that the Outhouse article as presently constituted is far superior. Call me -- S from Michigan for now

Serious request. Some years ago I read an article in Colonial Williamsburg's magazine (to which I have now linked in the article) about the collective toilet habits of our ancestors. They had large and sometimes elaborate outhouses constructed with many holes set in long benches. A high bench for the adults and shorter benches for the children. See pictures in article. They all used the facilities *together* as a true social occasion. Recently I have been reading about 18th century England and found reference to the same practice there. Specifically it was a 1730s woodcut commentary on English playwrights which had scripts of plays nailed to the wall of an outhouse. This outhouse also had multiple seats, really just holes in a single long chest-type bench. I have now told you all I know, but i would like to know more. If someone can research this, please do. I think it would be an interesting addition to this article.Amity150 00:09, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, two-holers are not uncommon, though they have practical uses even if only one hole is used at a time, for example, it can be useful to switch from one hole to the other every month or so. The outhouse I grew up with (in the early 80's) was a 3-holer with one small hole for a child. I don't remember all three being used at once, though occasionally two were. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.191.237.118 (talk • contribs) 20:33, 17 December 2006

I agree. See my comments in the "Communal toileting practices" discussion. -- S from Michigan (I'm new to Wiki and have not yet signed up for a user name. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.226.207.182 (talk) 17:59, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merger proposal

The Outhouse and Aldaco pages seem to contain repeated information. It would appear that "aldaco" should just be merged into "outhouse" rather than having its own page; however, I also can't find any other sources that verify the original information provided in the Aldaco article. Does anyone else know anything about it? Oregongirl0407 20:15, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References

I've added a lot of references, but unfortunately don't know how to generate a list to put at the end of the article. I'm sorry, but the editing overview was not clear (to me anyway) on the point. 76.226.207.182 18:51, 31 October 2007 (UTC) I COULD USE SOME ADVICE OR HELP DOING THIS. I would prefer to have links in the body and the top, with a list of footnotes at the bottom. Any suggestions out there? 7&6=thirteen 13:52, 6 November 2007 (UTC) I now know how to do this, but doing it right will be a big deal. I would really like put in descriptors for the links.

I'd also like to generate to two column list of references. HELP? 7&6=thirteen (talk) 22:06, 25 November 2007 (UTC)Stan

[edit] WPA Graphic on community sanitation HELP

I came across a great poster, a Works Project Administration Art Deco piece on community sanitation. It is a fitting piece of art that is (IMHO) right on to be included in this article. It is in the pubic domain and is at this website.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/i?ammem/wpapos:@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3b49492)):displayType=1:m856sd=cph:m856sf=3b49492

I don't know how to bring that into the article. 7&6=thirteen (talk) 18:47, 25 November 2007 (UTC) Stan

Dear Carptrash:

Thanks for the help. I personally think it looks great and adds to the article. Do we need a caption, or is it self explanatory enough? 7&6=thirteen (talk) 20:25, 25 November 2007 (UTC)Stan

[edit] See also could be a double column

To whom it may concern: Do you think that "See also" would look better as a double column? 7&6=thirteen (talk) 22:32, 25 November 2007 (UTC)Stan