Talk:Puberty

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Extremes of the hontrucides and of the menacmes

My commentary of an archaist, of a neologist and of a Parnassianist: The two puberties (pubescences) are called "sintremal" (masculine) and "peringrala" (feminine).

The two bassades (planicies) are called "honcadime" (masculine) and "menarche" (feminine).

The two sierras are called "hontrucide" (masculine) and "menacme" (feminine).

The two climacters are called "opsendal" (masculine) and "antrebula" (feminine).

The two planalts (plateaus) are called "hongresame" (masculine) and "menopause" (feminine).

These biological phases occur complementarily in both sexes.

The Latin translations of these words are "sintremalus" ("sintremali"), "peringrala" ("peringralae"), "honcadimus" ("honcadimi"), "menarcha" ("menarchae"), "hontrucide" ("hontrucidis"), "menacme" ("menacmis"), "opsendalus" ("opsendali"), "antrebula" ("antrebulae"), "hongresamus" ("hongresami") and "menopausa" ("menopausae").

200.155.122.6 (talk) 00:39, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Should the images of naked children be taken down?

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I think so but it’s against the rules maybe I’m not sure. What do u guys think? The changes I would like are that the images of naked children (real photos not a diagram) be removed or replaced by another image. OrangeLolipopSnail (talk) 11:44, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why? This request seems rather prudish. - Roxy the dog 11:48, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

bc other ppl want it on this talk page and the images could be a diagram or smth like that instead OrangeLolipopSnail (talk) 11:55, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see no justification to remove them. - Roxy the dog 12:04, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok OrangeLolipopSnail (talk) 12:10, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you now it does seem prudish sorry. OrangeLolipopSnail (talk) 22:03, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I might’ve changed my opinion i might’ve not and I’m not telling you my current opinion because I don’t want to be in any divisive conversations — Preceding unsigned comment added by OrangeLolipopSnail (talk • contribs) 21:46, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. DMacks (talk) 12:28, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I’m not getting much info currently it is 3/5 ppl want this change how many ppl/percent do u need I thought a majority was enough to make a request? Or is it some random amount that is chosen bc that’s what it seems like to me? Or am I missing something and I’m being stupid? Sorry if I’m being rude OrangeLolipopSnail (talk) 12:35, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WP:CONSENSUS is the usual standard, and strength of position based on policies and guidelines, not a vote. I'm not taking a position on the content, just identifying the process to use to change it. DMacks (talk) 12:37, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I give up OrangeLolipopSnail (talk) 12:45, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Antibiotics and vaccinations

I note that an additional change in childhood between the early industrialization and today is not mentioned: the availability of broad spectrum antibiotics and vaccinations has led to a reduction in the length of time children were/are ill with various infections. This is in my opinion complementary to improvements in nutrition, but could be understood as an individual having to turn nutritional resources towards recovery from the infection instead of growth. This would mean a childhood illness might have resulted in a "time out" for growth during a serious illness. Now that many such illnesses can be avoided or shortened, both the onset of puberty and the overall adult height have changed over time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.206.162.198 (talk) 01:36, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]