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view · edit Frequently asked questions Page name Editors sometimes propose that the page should be renamed to male circumcision, male genital mutilation, or male genital cutting. Consensus has rejected these proposals, because they are used in only a small minority of reliable sources. Most reliable sources refer to circumcision as "circumcision"; thus, in accordance with WP:TITLE, Wikipedia does the same.

	Circumcision was one of the Natural sciences good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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This article claims that circumcision is common in Australia, but that is no longer the case. According to the Australian government, only about 10% of new borns go through the procedure https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/amp/article/circumcision 49.199.181.240 (talk) 22:06, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In addition to that, the Health Direct page links to https://raisingchildren.net.au/newborns/health-daily-care/health-concerns/circumcision, which paints a very different picture to what's written in this Wikipedia article:

"The only major western country where circumcision is very common is the United States. Circumcision is uncommon in the United Kingdom, most of Europe and Asia, South America and Central America." Sleepy.lion1668 (talk) 04:05, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's frankly no reason to change this strong paragraph that accurately explains the history behind the procedure as well as it's possible origins into a single sentence that doesn't properly explain darn near anything and only presents one hypothesis. Man-Man122 (talk) 03:10, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We need to be syncing the history section. The section needs to be condensed as it is too verbose. No comment on the paragraph in question, for now. Prcc27 (talk) 03:23, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Prcc27 I can see where you're coming from, but I think that this is 100% the wrong way to go about it. Man-Man122 (talk) 03:31, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This doesn't tell you anything about history, it's just baseless speculation from Victorian pseudohistorians like Grafton Elliot Smith, who was notorious for making up just-so stories about the origin of anything and everything in Egypt. If you want to restore this material, you must provide a reliable source. – Joe (talk) 12:29, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It may not be WP:DUE. Prcc27 (talk) 19:48, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Glad this was all resolved with only mild annoyances Man-Man122 (talk) 21:35, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Should we re-add ethics to the lead? We previously agreed in past discussions on having controversies like bioethics included in the lead. Prcc27 (talk) 22:08, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We'd be scrapping the bottom of controversies if it was added. I don't think many healthy, psychologically normal people care about the subject matter to any serious extent. No one really cares if they're circumcised or not. As a Mexican, we sometimes jab Canadians and Americans about it in various comedy shows, but as a ranchy joke rather than a serious issue. I'm against the idea. I'm uncut and think it's stupid but that's hardly a controversy. A lot of people do a lot of stupid things. FootballRocker (talk) 19:15, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like you are basing this on your own anecdotal experiences..? Ethics is absolutely an important controversy. Major medical organizations tend to address the issue of ethics in their policy statements on circumcision. Also, pretty ridiculous for you to insinuate that caring about one’s circumcision status somehow makes you psychologically abnormal. Prcc27 (talk) 05:46, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Based on previous discussions, a concise reference to it might be warranted. Piccco (talk) 21:49, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wanted to let you lads know that a far-right internet user known as StoneToss has attempted to get users to edit this page as a way to attack Islam and Judaism as barbaric. Treefal (talk) 17:21, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I just sent everyone a warning about it Benchmarkingsalad (talk) 16:55, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]