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The last paragraph really doesn't follow from the first ones. A thin disc sewn onto cloth can be found on electronic items? This could do with the article being split up, methinks. Darac 13:10, 11 Dec 2003 (UTC)
The reference to ancient Romans was here when I found this article, but I have been unable to find a reference that supports it. Still looking. Anyone? PKM 19:00, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
I suggest that we merge Mandarin button here. PKM 18:23, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
No idea why
User:168.122.160.188 deleted the sections on types of buttons and button holes, but I put them back, incorporated Mandarin buttons into "types", and removed redundant see also link to Mandarin button.
Also removed inactive templates for AIDnom and empty To-Do list from this Talk page.
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PKM 18:12, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
Apparently, there's a real phobia of buttons out there. Not me. But, I'd be interested to read more about it.
-- Jndrline ( talk) 17:13, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
A button is a noun —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.166.168.227 ( talk) 23:29, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
A disc is round and thin, and thus (explicitly, by most accounts) circular or nearly so and flat or nearly so. That is helpful to the function of a button, but not inherent as the defn states. Rewriting accordingly.
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t 05:42, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
I removed the list because tyhe article says "buttons can be made ffom almost all materials". If some materials are specific for buttons, then they are notable amd may be described by text in the article. - Altenmann >t 04:24, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
The problem is not about realiability of sources: the problem is lack of encyclopedic content in the list of materials and notability of individual materials. In the past buttons were made from anything hard. Today the material of industrial buttons probably has some requirements, and probably some encyclopedic text is possible. Non-specific lists are meaningless. For comparison, imagine that an article about, say, socks, or anything else, will have the list: "socks may be of the following colors, red, blue, white, black, maroon, yellow, magenta, black-and-white, red-and-blue, polka_dot"... (I am sure you can find reliable refs which describe socks of all these colors). - Altenmann >t 04:45, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
There should be a picture of a button sewn onto a piece of fabric, and coupled to a button-holed piece of fabric. Just a picture of a buttoned jacket, some jeans or similar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.215.185.17 ( talk) 21:55, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
That is a very common use of the word button. There should be a link on top of the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.238.3.235 ( talk) 13:07, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Would removing the "Buttons in museums and galleries" section be appropriate? It doesn't seem encyclopedic to state simply that some museums and galleries display buttons. The rest of the section is mostly external links which, if they belong anywhere in the article, should be at the bottom of the article in the "External links" section. Chickadee46 ( talk) 23:34, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
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buttons are called buttons because they — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:7611:4600:2038:DC56:8AF8:C3DF ( talk) 17:31, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
toggle disambig says "type of button" and comes here, and that's the end of it. Should say more somewhere. Fuficius Fango ( talk) 10:40, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
Hi 82.29.138.85 ( talk) 16:45, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
Greetings - The History section jumps from the 5th Century to the 17th Century. What happened during the 12 centuries in between, buttonwise? I came to this article specifically to discover Medieval button use, but the article is silent on that long era. I just saw an episode of Cadfael, a TV show set in 12th Century England, wherein a woman wore a dress with a line of buttons down the front of her bodice instead of lacing. And no lacing is seen down her back or at her sides either, all implying that her buttons are functional as well as beautiful. >_< Thank you for your attention, Wordreader ( talk) 16:32, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
I have heard that Amish will not wear buttons because they were not mentioned in the Bible, not being in use then. I don't know if this is true but might be worth mentioning if so.. 104.244.77.124 ( talk) 23:59, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
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The last paragraph really doesn't follow from the first ones. A thin disc sewn onto cloth can be found on electronic items? This could do with the article being split up, methinks. Darac 13:10, 11 Dec 2003 (UTC)
The reference to ancient Romans was here when I found this article, but I have been unable to find a reference that supports it. Still looking. Anyone? PKM 19:00, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
I suggest that we merge Mandarin button here. PKM 18:23, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
No idea why
User:168.122.160.188 deleted the sections on types of buttons and button holes, but I put them back, incorporated Mandarin buttons into "types", and removed redundant see also link to Mandarin button.
Also removed inactive templates for AIDnom and empty To-Do list from this Talk page.
-
PKM 18:12, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
Apparently, there's a real phobia of buttons out there. Not me. But, I'd be interested to read more about it.
-- Jndrline ( talk) 17:13, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
A button is a noun —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.166.168.227 ( talk) 23:29, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
A disc is round and thin, and thus (explicitly, by most accounts) circular or nearly so and flat or nearly so. That is helpful to the function of a button, but not inherent as the defn states. Rewriting accordingly.
--
Jerzy•
t 05:42, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
I removed the list because tyhe article says "buttons can be made ffom almost all materials". If some materials are specific for buttons, then they are notable amd may be described by text in the article. - Altenmann >t 04:24, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
The problem is not about realiability of sources: the problem is lack of encyclopedic content in the list of materials and notability of individual materials. In the past buttons were made from anything hard. Today the material of industrial buttons probably has some requirements, and probably some encyclopedic text is possible. Non-specific lists are meaningless. For comparison, imagine that an article about, say, socks, or anything else, will have the list: "socks may be of the following colors, red, blue, white, black, maroon, yellow, magenta, black-and-white, red-and-blue, polka_dot"... (I am sure you can find reliable refs which describe socks of all these colors). - Altenmann >t 04:45, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
There should be a picture of a button sewn onto a piece of fabric, and coupled to a button-holed piece of fabric. Just a picture of a buttoned jacket, some jeans or similar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.215.185.17 ( talk) 21:55, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
That is a very common use of the word button. There should be a link on top of the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.238.3.235 ( talk) 13:07, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Would removing the "Buttons in museums and galleries" section be appropriate? It doesn't seem encyclopedic to state simply that some museums and galleries display buttons. The rest of the section is mostly external links which, if they belong anywhere in the article, should be at the bottom of the article in the "External links" section. Chickadee46 ( talk) 23:34, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
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buttons are called buttons because they — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:7611:4600:2038:DC56:8AF8:C3DF ( talk) 17:31, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
toggle disambig says "type of button" and comes here, and that's the end of it. Should say more somewhere. Fuficius Fango ( talk) 10:40, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
Hi 82.29.138.85 ( talk) 16:45, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
Greetings - The History section jumps from the 5th Century to the 17th Century. What happened during the 12 centuries in between, buttonwise? I came to this article specifically to discover Medieval button use, but the article is silent on that long era. I just saw an episode of Cadfael, a TV show set in 12th Century England, wherein a woman wore a dress with a line of buttons down the front of her bodice instead of lacing. And no lacing is seen down her back or at her sides either, all implying that her buttons are functional as well as beautiful. >_< Thank you for your attention, Wordreader ( talk) 16:32, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
I have heard that Amish will not wear buttons because they were not mentioned in the Bible, not being in use then. I don't know if this is true but might be worth mentioning if so.. 104.244.77.124 ( talk) 23:59, 22 April 2024 (UTC)