Talk:Pissoir

Sources

Here's a possible source, [1], [2]. --catslash (talk) 00:32, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

Date of first pissoirs in Paris

Jones says 1830s, Ress 1833 and Pike 1841 - is there any particular reason why the article now follows the last of these? --catslash (talk) 23:34, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

I considered academic publishing more reliable, hence the reference to Pike rather than Rees, but had no access to Jones (who I note is less precise). However, if there is reason to consider other sources more reliable, than it should be changed. There might be good to add a footnote to the article explaining that various sources indicated different dates. --ELEKHH^T 23:51, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Looking at the French Wiki, the two sources there indicate again different dates: Blidon says 1834 and this source 1839. So perhaps "1830s" would be the safest bet. --ELEKHH^T 03:18, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Merge with Wikipedia article on urinals?

I propose to merge this with the Wikipedia article on urinals. We have a section there on street urinals which is the same as pissoirs, and this page on pissoirs is likely to remain very small. Thoughts anyone? EvM-Susana (talk) 19:55, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

I think is notable on its own and it can be expanded. See for instance the French wiki article. --ELEKHH^T 04:53, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

oppose merging with urinals (for the reasons given by ELEKHH) --catslash (talk) 13:59, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

Removal in 1980

So apparently France got rid of its pissours in 1980? I don't know much about the topic but there is a mention of it here: https://books.google.com/books?id=EiEAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42 an article "The Toilet Wars" in New York Magazine, May 3, 1993.Dranorter (talk) 14:34, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

Provisions for hand washing

The article doesn't mention whether any of the more modern pissoirs have provisions for hand washing, and nothing I saw in the pictures suggests that they do. I think it would be worthwhile to mention this in the context of public health concerns. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmmeiss (talk • contribs) 05:19, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Common?

The term "common in Europe" (first sentence) is ridiculously vague as to which countries they are used in and how widely within each country. 31.94.32.1 (talk) 16:26, 20 September 2024 (UTC)