Talk:Leech
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Filesharing
Hmm... leeches and leeching also have a specific meaning when related to computer filesharing technologies. Not sure if there's a way to have multiple wiki entries for "leech". If not, then creating an entry for "leeching" and just mentioning a "leech" as someone who does it would probably be a good idea. I'm a wikipedia noob so I'm not sure how to go about handling this... didn't see anything in the FAQs about multiple entries. Any suggestions can be emailed through my profile.
- (Above apparently written by User:Endlessnameless in Feb 2004)
- A new page for online leeching would be useful, and I'd write a stub, but what name to use? "Leech (online)"? "Leech (internet)"? The newsgroup page points here, and the List of shock sites merely gives one definition of the word inline. There are probably other pages that would link to it. --Elijah 02:35, 2004 Dec 16 (UTC)
- I think "Leech (filesharing)" would be best. I'd be glad to write the stub, but I don't know how to create an article, and most importantly, I don't know how to make one of those pages that will take a search for "leech" and give a person the choice between "Leech (annelid)" and "Leech (internet low-life)" :P -Kasreyn
- Since one meaning of leech is much more common than the other, it would be better to keep this page here, and add a note at the top, something like this:
- :''This article is about the animal. For leeches in filesharing, see [[Leech (filesharing)]].''
- Pekinensis 23:02, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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I deleted the sentence :
Leeches are so different from humans biologically - and use us
for such a minor source of food - that it is basically impossible
to catch any bloodborn disease from them.
This doesn't make sense - mosquitoes, liver flukes, and, for that matter bacteria aren't exactly close relatives of humans either. Although it is true that leeches are rarely a disease vector the reason is incorrect. jimfbleak 05:32, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Nonsense
"Leeches are known to feast on the blood of young teenage virgins."
What? Delete unless referenced.. and leeches are definitively not canines, not even vertebrates!
Hello, since I was once bitten by leech let me just say that the statement in article that leech bites are "painless" is quite far from truth. To tell you honestly, it hurts like hell - specially after you remove it from your skin
- depends on the species. Some of the large SE asian species can hurt, but I was bitten several time in Sri Lanka and didn't know till I noticed my socks were soaked in blood. jimfbleak 05:31, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
