User talk:Moonhut

Sponge
I deleted the addition you made to the sponge page, and I thought I'd offer you an explanation of my rationale. By the way, I'm assuming you made the edit concerning sponges as tampon substitutes anonymously. If it was not you, then I apologize for the mistake and feel free to delete this off your talk page. I deleted the comment not because it was false, for it may very well be true (being a man myself I have absolutely no idea), but because it was unencyclopedic. First of all, it seemed to impress a much higher significance on the article than it merited. The article is primarily about the animal sponges, and what's done with their skeletons after they die is a rather small subset in itself. So if sponges are used as tampons, unless there's a large significant portion of the population doing it, it really doesn't deserve more than a passing mention. Secondly, it felt very POV, and not objective. Maybe a better way to say it in an NPOV manner would be "Certain segments of the population have been known to use sponges as a natural substitute for tampons." And it would be best to say precisely who does/has done this. Also, it wouldn't hurt to cite a source because, while looking at your history I'm guessing that you have the best of intentions here, the comment is a bit esoteric and could be taken as perverse, and thus might be interpreted as vandalism by some editors. If you have any questions/comments/utterances of rage, feel free to put them here, or on my talk page, or on the sponge talk page. I'll see them in any of those places. Thanks.Cerealkiller13 07:33, 22 April 2006 (UTC)