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I do not have edit permissions. A sentence first paragraph reads as follows:

"A proportion of intestinal gas may be swallowed environmental air; hence. flatus is not entirely generated in the stomach or bowels."

There should not be a period after hence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.1.218.255 (talk) 20:56, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Tonymec (talk) 21:41, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You don't normally call artcles after verbs so this page should be called farting, not fart. But if I change the title to farting is goes nowhere, even. I remember, that the page fart used to be about 'the word fart' so somebody moved this? wrong! SO I want to make an edit reusest for a move resuest, from fart to farting,OK? 73.5.152.17 (talk) 08:16, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Flatulence is the official name of a body function. Cwater1 (talk) 17:11, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia uses common names though, there's a reason the bird page isnt called aves Formerlychucks (talk) 10:54, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This looks like a joke website, or maybe original research. The only sentence where this article cites this source doesn’t add much and sounds really dubious: “Recent informal research found a correlation between flatus odor and both loudness and humidity content”. I think the sentence and source should be removed. 2001:5A8:464C:C600:E07A:AC76:9313:BAB6 (talk) 07:23, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect I just farted has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 April 19 § I just farted until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 03:57, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Religion subsection at bottom reads:

"In Islam, flatulence, if audible or odorous, invalidates wudu (ablution or ritual purity), if the person who passed gas suffers from OCD about passing wind."

I don't believe Islam's holy texts mention OCD or that mentioning OCD in this context is supportive of those who truly have OCD. Rewording needed. I would have done it, but page is semi-protected. 66.85.17.230 (talk) 03:12, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Eliminate the link to Donald Trump's page in the word "trumping" in the section on slang terms for farting. 174.104.170.249 (talk) 02:38, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done!

Llew Mawr (talk) 11:27, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect Women farting has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 March 3 § Women farting until a consensus is reached. Hey man im josh (talk) 19:21, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect Girl farts has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 March 3 § Girl farts until a consensus is reached. Hey man im josh (talk) 19:21, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect Girl fart has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 March 3 § Girl fart until a consensus is reached. Hey man im josh (talk) 19:21, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm suggesting that Fart lighting should be merged into this article. Cwater1 (talk) 15:05, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can we add the person who won the Guinness Book of World Records for a three minute long fart? 2605:BA00:A118:C70:B8C7:CB2F:EBDA:56F4 (talk) 06:31, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect Poopertooter has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 August 30 § Poopertooter until a consensus is reached. Casablanca 🪨^(T) 00:35, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect Phart has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 August 30 § Phart until a consensus is reached. Casablanca 🪨^(T) 00:38, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do you prevent flatus? What can be done to prevent without harming the body? ~2025-42215-38 (talk) 02:53, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See section Management. — Tonymec (talk) 04:16, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]