Talk:Soul patch

Photo Please

Can we have a photo of this?

Now we have a photo - but due to the lighting used, the soul patch itself isn't clearly visible. I suggest Robert Pires.JPG as a better photo.

Except that's not a soul patch. wbm

Alternate Names

Do we really need all the different names for a soul patch? Names like ball-tickler, taint-brush, and flavor-saver are just sexual jokes, not actual names for the beard. No barber will ever offer to trim your ball tickler. --Dr.Worm 15:13, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Are they needed? Not for raw communication, but those terms are common & are therefore relevent. I should know - as a wearer of a soul patch, I've heard most of those many times over. wbm 15:13, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

From what I knew, it was called flavor-saver because it retains the flavor of what you've just eaten (like in the Italian saying "to lick your own mustache"). I don't think it's sexual - or is it?

hahaha there is nothing common about those synonyms. PLEASE DON'T DELETE THEM.

What is the reference to "youth pastor"? The point of an encyclopedia is the passing on of information. The "and we all know why" reference is unprofessional & immature. We don't all know why. It needs to be explained. wbm 15:18, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

> crab-catcher, soup catcher, flavor stripe or flavor-saver.[citation needed] You will get those citations when homer simpson get one!

Every one of these terms should probably have a citation. Just because you heard somebody somewhere someday refer to a soul patch as a skipadeedoo doesn't make it relevant for the article. --Onorem 11:34, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Womb Broom

I am sure someone can find a reference and add the name that I have usually heard them called: "Pussy Tickler".Tim Neely 02:42, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Flavor Saver and Clit Tickler are more common names for it where I'm from. Omitting them isn't doing the page justice in my opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.203.92.130 (talk) 03:42, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Cookie duster?

I thought that was a moustache. If your soul patch is dusting your cookies, it appears that you're trying force them into your chin and not putting them in your mouth.

This is indisputable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.51.137.25 (talk) 08:45, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Famous Wearers

Is there any real reason to keep expanding this section? I could be mistaken, but I thought the point of sections like this was to provide a few examples. If the point is to list every famous person that has a soul patch, would it make sense to put it into list form. It's turning into a pretty ugly paragraph the way it is.--Onorem 12:18, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

You are right, that section is pretty ridiculous. Everyone seems to put their favourite crush object. What's the point, anyway? Unless someone is known primarely for wearing a soul patch it doesn't make sense to list them here.--345Kai 06:58, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

I think that it's interesting have the name of famous users, but I think tha would be better just people who have a article in wikipedia, like this guy "Gary Dropcho" I have never heard about him...

I'd think that Ray Charles would be a famous example. It ought to be limited to those with no mustache or beard to confuse things. WHPratt (talk) 14:18, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

In addition to Ray Charles, I found a couple of people showing their beardlets in their (current) portrait photographs: Ted Nugent and Billy Bob Thornton. WHPratt (talk) 23:43, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

why soul patch?

Could someone please elaborate on where the name soul patch comes from?--345Kai 07:00, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

I believe the name comes from the film "Undercover Brother", the article should state this. --Erroneuz1 (talk) 00:21, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Old name?

I was in line at a store today, and a man in his 50s asked me what I called my tuft (a soul patch). I forgot the term "Soul Patch," so I said "Flavor Saver," which I was able to remember better.

He said, "we used to have a different name for that back in my day."
I said, "oh yeah? What was it?"
Him: "It's not really appropriate these days..."
Me: "Really? What was the term?"
Him: "The N-word. I'm not really sure why."

Adam ^Rock 05:02, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Possibly because of the following (currently from the article): "It came to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, when it was a style of beard common among Black men, most notably black jazzmen." In his time it was more associated with black men. Probably why we call a big fuzzy mop of hair an afro because, even though I've seen white people with it (especially in the 1970s), it is more associated with black people. And, for the record, I'm with those who think the article would benefit greatly as to why it is called a "soul patch". --Canuckguy (talk) 22:37, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Notability

According to wikipedia guidelines: Notability guidelines give guidance on whether a topic is notable enough to be included in Wikipedia as a separate article, but do not specifically regulate the content of articles, which is governed by other guidelines such as those on using reliable sources and on handling trivia. The particular topics and facts within an article are not each required to meet the standard of the notability guidelines.

Therefore given the Notability of the soul patch overall any postings related to the soul patch need not be noteable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.241.129.106 (talk)

OK...Wikipedia:Verifiability states that "the threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth. "Verifiable" in this context means that any reader should be able to check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source."

Has a reliable source published anything about this blog or its project? --Onorem♠Dil 16:11, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

1950's

These actually made a brief comeback around 2002-03, why isn't that mentioned? here Katana Geldar 13:54, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Please stop adding that picture

It's not necessary and it makes the article aesthetically displeasing. Enigma ^message 20:15, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Here's a seemingly reliable source: http://espn.go.com/page2/s/closer/020221.html , kindly discuss changes rather than warring over them. –xeno (talk) 17:29, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

I think it should be noted

That the soul patch grows in naturally, and doesn't need to be sculpted (like, by shaving everywhere below the lip that isn't a soul patch). This makes its origin pretty clear. Also I think it's kinda weird to say it has something to do with a trumpet's mouthpiece... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 02:55, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Not weird at all, given the fact that the SP was popularized by musicians. Moustaches irritated their lips while playing; SP's did not. deeceevoice (talk) 18:56, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm a longtime trumpet player. Probably everyone in the world has cut themselves shaving and in my opinion no serious brass player would want to risk that to the edge of their lip every day. A mustache and/or soul patch helps solve the problem. Irritation from either is strictly personal, I've always worn a mustache. I never had a soul patch, didn't have a problem shaving there, but it might actually provide some comfort as someone commented. It's probably not as common for trombone or tuba players since the moustache/patch would have to go inside the mouthpiece and might feel uncomfortable, but I've seen it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.41.16.43 (talk) 23:10, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Im a woman called Soul Patch. I am a poet and artist. I was named soul patch due to the damage done to me following a Hemingway-esquely tragic accident soul patch the small stitched patch on your heart when your soul is sucked out aka?: school when in school the icy cold death breat of a teacher will suck the fun out of you. the only thing that can cure you is fun, but your soul will never be the same because it is sewn up with a soul patch.

1. stitches #death #boring #teacher #heart #soulpatch

by lilVvicous January 06, 2007 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.118.5.21 (talk) 16:42, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Gears of War

The characters Damon Baird & Marcus Fenix from Gears of War have sweet soul patches. I think this should be noted somewhere in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.141.133.22 (talk) 18:37, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Not! deeceevoice (talk) 18:56, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Could we countenance the possibility within the scope of this article that the wearing of a soul patch by those who have no connection to jazz trumpetry may seem a ludricrous affectation and therefore be worthy of the label douche? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.212.214 (talk) 01:31, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Comparison

It's like a Hitler moustache worn on the chin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.4.68.112 (talk) 15:59, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

What is its real name?

1950s jazz musicians were not the first men to have facial hair.
"Mouche" means "fly" in French.
I'm neither black nor American, so "soul patch" is out.
I have one; what do I call it?
The most common term I hear is, "Shave that stupid-looking thing off."

Varlaam (talk) 19:16, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Is there an article this could be in, is it "notable" enough to avoid merge?

I'm curious if there's a particular reason that the "soul patch" needs to have its very own article, rather than being part of a larger article? Don't get me wrong, I always thought as editors we should try to add & help articles we felt strongly uncertain about — but I've recently noticed a trend strongly favoring pushing for merging/deletion instead. (No articles that I or anyone I'm connected to worked on, to be clear.) So a big part of me feels like maybe I should be pushing for merge/deletion here as well, to avoid me or others putting in work only to get it removed for non-notability under the new unwritten policy.  :-( Not being douchey, just concerned—Xyzzy☥Avatar (talk) 12:00, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

It seems to me that the subject could be covered in the article beard, which lists and defines beard types ... it's just a "lower lip only" variant. It doesn't seem as if there are any other beard components that have names, so maybe one additional paragraph could suffice. (Confession: I've been a beard-wearer for most of my adult life, but always shave mu lower lip, because the hair there grows in scratchy, asymmetrically, and doesn't connect to my lower chin beard. So, in my case, it's a negative beard component.) WHPratt (talk) 03:53, 4 July 2022 (UTC)