Talk:Earring

Anybody can upload nice pictures of earrings and ear with earrings? wshun 05:13, 13 Aug 2003 (UTC)

I was thinking about it if & when I ever get my scanner working -- what would be really nice though are historical photos, maybe stuff from different cultures, etc. Brassratgirl 05:03, 6 Sep 2003 (UTC)

We need more pictures! Hopefully I will get around to uploading some images, but if anyone else cares to, have at it! Earpol 01:16, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Unfortunately, the thing about L=straight, R=gay keeps being added in by an anonymous user, so we can't contact the person doing it. It's not true now, it never really was, and it most certainly is historically inaccurate. Maybe the person will read this and actually do some research and actually see that it's not true. tooki 18:07, 26 May 2004

Since other misinformation has come from this ISP, I was ready to delete this very doubtful passage, but I see it has been put in the urban legend category already. --Wetman 23:07, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

For what it's worth, in 1981 when I decided to get my ear pierced, I remember, urban legend or not, that "it was believed" that putting the ring in your right ear was a way of making a particular kind of statement about sexuality, while putting the ring in your left ear was neutral with regard to that. I also remember at that time that men piercing both ears was pretty much unheard of. Evertype 13:31, 2005 Mar 6 (UTC)

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About Starter Earrings

I just got my earlobes pierced 3 weeks ago. Today I finally managed to have the starter earrings removed by a stud opener tool.

I would like to add that it is not true that one has to wait for 6 weeks before removing the starter earrings. If you discover any swelling or continuous fluid discharge from raw skin around the piercing, do consult a doctor. It may be the beginning of an infection. Most starter earrings punched into your earlobes using a piercing gun are metal (silver,gold,platinum) plated studs. Many people are allergic to plated jewellery because of certain substances that are required to harden the material.

For my case, I think I would have healed quicker if I had removed the starter earrings in the second week and replaced them with some real gold/platinum studs. After the removal, I witnessed pieces of plating scraped off from my starter studs, exposing some black material underneath. Tells alot of the durability of common starter studs.

What I have learnt: Do exercise care after the piercings, and never put off consulting a qualified personnel for advice when not all is smooth.

By: teoani (contact via blog (http://teoani.blogspot.com)) 17:05, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

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FAQ

I'm a bit puzzled what the "FAQ" section in this article is doing here. Where are these questions frequently asked? Not on Wikipedia. Our responsibility here is to present facts, not advice. There must be a way to present the facts embedded in this section more encyclopedically. The question "Does it make any difference if a man pierces his left earlobe or his right earlobe?'" is entirely inappropriate here, because it begs for an opinion (which is what the answer offers). That's a violation of WP:NPOV, and it's why I tried to remove it and replace it with purely factual historical information. Tverbeek 03:50, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I disagree. The left vs. right concept has been embedded in the article's editing for sometime. With regards to male ear piercing, it is still believed by some people and certainly has some history behind it. Therefore, I feel it deserves to be in the article someplace, but placing into the "encyclopedic" portion of the article would add more weight than it deserves. Earpol 16:43, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Of course the article should mention it, but Wikipedia policy requires that it be done in a strictly factual manner. The question and answer paragraph didn't do that, and since Wikipolicy requires the whole article to be encyclopedic (not just a portion of), I removed it. FAQ format is a handy way to write up information, but it's also a sloppy technique, which is why I'm going to rewrite the article to get rid of it, putting information like whether it hurts into a plain statment of fact, rather than an answer to some hypoethetical person's question. Tverbeek 19:05, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)