Talk:Disposal of human corpses

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For the June 2005 deletion debate on this article, see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Human body disposal.

I simply do not understand what phenomenon it is that is referred to with the phrase "where parts of the body die". Are we talking about gangrene (not likely)? Or is it some euphemism for abortion (spontaneous and/or induced)? I'm fundamentally not getting it. Whoever wrote that piece (or who understands it) needs to clarify it. How can part of a body die? Peter Knutsen 15:23, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Why is this an ethnic group related article?

Moved page

I moved page to new title since that seemed to be the consensus of the WP:VFD, which I was in agreement with. --SJK 12:19, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Secret disposal

The final paragraph in the section on "secret disposal" that discusses the options of dissolving a body with lime, letting pigs eat it, or dissolving only the bones and burying the flesh does not seem very encyclopedic to me. What do others think about this? Andrea Parton 14:32, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree, it's gone now. Sounds like some kid saw Snatch and declared himself an expert. -66.226.105.98 05:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

It could be considered sensationalist, but as long as it's relevant and factual, by my reading of the policy, it's fair to put it in the article. Would like to hear your view on why it's unencyclopedic.

I'm quite sure that if you research murderers you will find that at least some have made attempts to hide the evidence by destroying the body through various chemical means. I've seen it on the Discovery Channel enough. bd2412 T 15:08, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Is 'Medical Research' a disposal method?

The purpose of medical research is study, not disposal. Some small samples of tissue may be destroyed in analysis, or used in experiments, but afterwords the remains are disposed of some other way. Maybe this should be moved to special cases, something like "Medical institutions use donated human remains to train doctors and for research, after which the remains are usually cremated." TRWBW 23:05, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

The second body.

Human body is the duality of organised matter and electromagnetism which motivates matter. That which is buried in the grave or is cremated is the body made of matter. What happens to the body made of electromagnetism? (called by the ancient Egyptians – 'luminous and shining'). It is not enough to say that the electromagnetic organisation of the second body radiates into the external space. A photon is also an organisation of electromagnetism but it is not destroyed by radiation. KK (78.146.61.153 (talk) 19:44, 30 October 2011 (UTC)).

Are you are talking about ghosts or some other type of paranormal phenomenon? If not, the "electromagnetism" found in a body is the same as the electromagnetism found in anything else, in a chair or a banana for example. This is a property of matter, so the disposal of the matter of which a body is made also disposes of its electromagnetism. bd2412 T 19:50, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

It is incorrect to say that matter and electromagnetism are the identity. Matter as well as electromagnetism can exist on their own and as such they can be organised into, say, a human body or an organization which changes the body in accordance with the laws of nature. That which changes human body is the organization of electromagnetism. The electromagnetism motivates. KK (78.146.59.185 (talk) 17:54, 31 October 2011 (UTC))

Oh, look -- mumbo-jumbo bullshit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:18D:2:8F90:5948:BEB7:A8C4:1D5A (talk) 14:46, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Merge completion request

As a consensus has been reached that the article Illegal disposal of bodies in the water be merged with this article I would request an admin to kindly complete this merge so as to delist the article from the merge list. Thanks and regards Wikishagnik (talk) 15:55, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Merging sections 'sky burial' and 'exposure'

I think these parts should be merged since they discuss basically the same phenomenon. Preferably sky burial should be viewed as a kind of burial by exposure Kuollut marsu (talk) 17:52, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Agreed. I also added a NPOV flag to the 'sky burial' section as it contains aggressively biased and unsourced information trying to advocate for sky burial over any other method of disposal, natural or otherwise. Overall this section needs rewritten in a more encyclopedic style. Gsnerd (talk) 02:23, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

• There is likely some material at Sky burial that could be used here. BD2412 T 02:38, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Create sub-article for human composting

It would be great if someone had time and energy to create a sub-article for "human composting". Currently it redirects to here. I was alerted to this topic through a newspaper article (here). I think it's a WP:notable subject but I don't have time to set it up myself. EMsmile (talk) 11:15, 20 September 2022 (UTC)