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Fiber or fibre (from the Latin fibra[1]) is a flexible, cylindrically shaped, natural or synthetic substance whose length is significantly greater than its base. Because of its flexibility it is often combined mechanically with other fibers to produce threads for a wide variety of uses in many industries. Various substances are used to produce material of different strengths and textures.
Re "Fiber (American English) or fibre (British English)": I would prefer to see "Fiber (often spelt fibre)". 'British' English is not just British: it is used also in many countries apart from Britain or the UK, and I dont believe it is entirely closed to use of 'American' spellings.
True all commonwealth countries use the Fibre spelling. As far use of US spellings outside of america . . . just doesn't happen, i've never seen fibre spelt fiber anywhere except on the internet. SynthesiseD 14:26, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
When I first came across the article, I thought someone had actually typed it in wrong! Look at all the colours! - 2o-DeMoN-o8 t* c* a* wp 18:35, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
I don't know where people get the idea that outside America English is only used in the commonwealth. Ireland for example has the same spellings as the UK but is not in the commonwealth. The truth is that the international spelling is fibre and the American spelling is Fiber.
so what is the difference, in last line of the paragraph both spellings are same..
As far as I know, "Fibre" is used in more english-speaking countries than "Fiber". Wikipedia should not be Amero-centric and should reflect the more popular spelling. Therefore I think this page should be changed to Fibre. -- 75.130.54.14 ( talk) 14:58, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
The spelling, fiber, used in the the first edition of the article will stay, period. This isn't arguable.
Says the guy who does not sign his comment (even though underneath the 'save page' button it indicates to do so, and in bold). I concur with 75.130.54.14 and the person who created the section 'Commonwealth', considering the words Latin origin, 'fibra'. Actually, I would argue that the vast majority of people whose first language is derived from Latin spell it with the vowel ('e' or 'a') after the 'r' (Spain, France, Italy and Portugal). It would be purely logical to title the article as 'Fibre' (and as an extension, list 'fiber' as an alternative form), and you would be irrational to think otherwise. 124.187.168.26 ( talk) 13:52, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
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Too funny. I just did the NYT crossword and one answer was 'fiber' and I thought - isn't it spelled 'fibre'? I'm Canadian in Australia
Bamboo is missing from the natural fibres list. Just thought I'd mention that. 24.83.148.131 ( talk) 11:44, 17 July 2008 (UTC)BeeCIer
I think we need to be careful here. Some bamboo fibre is made by extracting the fibre and softening it, either mechanically or chemically, and as such qualifies as a natural fibre. But most (??) so-called bamboo fibre is actually a reconstituted cellulosic, an artificial fibre like rayon or viscose - and thus NOT a natural fibre. Natural fibre ( talk) 22:09, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Can someone help sort out the terminology here - I do not have sufficient knowledge to do it. It is my understanding that man-made (artificial) cellulosic fibres such as rayon are not generally classified as synthetic. Under human-made fibres (is that term too ugly to use?) synthetics should (I think) be listed as a separate category to cellulosic fibres. Natural fibre ( talk) 22:06, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
any grounds for objection? (I saw this sort of redirct done once, for appellate review, but I don't know if it's frowned upon?) Agradman ( talk) 06:19, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
Ffiber are found in fegtables,fruit,brown flour, brown pasta and brown rice.; —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.170.131.18 ( talk) 07:59, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
Whole class of matter. Bookshelvesa of books on both the general class as well as major subclasses. Bot of interest for natrual and artificial forms. Billions of dollars of industry. Major downstram industries from textiles to strcutural to basically everything (automotive, etc.) And we have fucking 5 refernces and two from a dictionary. Oh..and 35,000 views per month. TCO ( talk) 01:36, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
I agree WIKIPEDIA should not use American spellings since British spellings (Fibre,Colour,Favourite) are used in nearly every english speaking country and using American spelling only further promotes the dominance that the United States has over the rest of the world.
Countries that use British Spelling
England Ireland Scotland Canada Australia Singapore Hong Kong New Zealand Samoa Bahamas
The result of the move request was: no consensus. Reasonable arguments from both sides, votes roughly split. Jenks24 ( talk) 11:58, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
– Simply put, the current setup does not seem to be helpful for readers when Dietary fiber gets almost 66% more page views than Fiber, and Optical fiber gets almost literally twice as many views as Dietary fiber ( Optical fiber gets about 233% more page views than Fiber.) With these statics, I would almost say that Optical fiber should be the primary topic, but since it has been determined to be a subtopic of the broad concept article at Fiber, it may be inappropriate to deem it so, especially considering that optical fibers do not have as much historical importance as the other two articles. However, the subject of Dietary fiber is not a subtopic of Fiber (the fact that Dietary fiber is mentioned in Fiber is misleading since the former is not a material used to make items.) With that being said (specifically the comparison of Fiber vs. Dietary fiber), it is probably best to move the disambiguation page to the base title so that the reader can decide which topic the are trying to locate when searching for the term "fiber". Steel1943 ( talk) 04:58, 5 September 2015 (UTC) Relisted. Jenks24 ( talk) 06:55, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
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The word "or" should not be a hyperlink. The wording should be similar to that in the "Natural fiber" article:
Fiber or fibre (see spelling differences /info/en/?search=American_and_British_English_spelling_differences#-re.2C_-er) (from the Latin fibra...) Mark ( talk) 20:09, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
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I want to a part called properties of selected fibers Zbzhagbee ( talk) 02:04, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
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Change the references of natural and man-made to the articles proper rather than the sub-sections of this article. It seems redundant to have both. 73.132.115.23 ( talk) 02:18, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
This article is written in US American English, but nothing in the article is specific to the USA.
Why?
The spelling Fiber rather than Fibre is not even used generally in Canada. [1]
Other Wikipedia articles which are not about specifically US American items are written in international English.
The best example to compare with is Aluminium which is used with the non US American spelling in all the articles I have found in Wikipedia, even though Aluminum is also used in Canada.
Lkingscott ( talk) 11:29, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
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Artificial fibers are cheaper and lower quality meaning they do not have longevity. The process in which these fibers are made is harmful for the environment. Aguerrero13 ( talk) 03:01, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
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Synthetic fiber are textiles made form chemicals to create fibers like polyester, acrylic,nylon and many more. Wendyy815 ( talk) 06:13, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
A good student 103.161.105.132 ( talk) 18:21, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
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Fiber or fibre (from the Latin fibra[1]) is a flexible, cylindrically shaped, natural or synthetic substance whose length is significantly greater than its base. Because of its flexibility it is often combined mechanically with other fibers to produce threads for a wide variety of uses in many industries. Various substances are used to produce material of different strengths and textures.
Re "Fiber (American English) or fibre (British English)": I would prefer to see "Fiber (often spelt fibre)". 'British' English is not just British: it is used also in many countries apart from Britain or the UK, and I dont believe it is entirely closed to use of 'American' spellings.
True all commonwealth countries use the Fibre spelling. As far use of US spellings outside of america . . . just doesn't happen, i've never seen fibre spelt fiber anywhere except on the internet. SynthesiseD 14:26, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
When I first came across the article, I thought someone had actually typed it in wrong! Look at all the colours! - 2o-DeMoN-o8 t* c* a* wp 18:35, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
I don't know where people get the idea that outside America English is only used in the commonwealth. Ireland for example has the same spellings as the UK but is not in the commonwealth. The truth is that the international spelling is fibre and the American spelling is Fiber.
so what is the difference, in last line of the paragraph both spellings are same..
As far as I know, "Fibre" is used in more english-speaking countries than "Fiber". Wikipedia should not be Amero-centric and should reflect the more popular spelling. Therefore I think this page should be changed to Fibre. -- 75.130.54.14 ( talk) 14:58, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
The spelling, fiber, used in the the first edition of the article will stay, period. This isn't arguable.
Says the guy who does not sign his comment (even though underneath the 'save page' button it indicates to do so, and in bold). I concur with 75.130.54.14 and the person who created the section 'Commonwealth', considering the words Latin origin, 'fibra'. Actually, I would argue that the vast majority of people whose first language is derived from Latin spell it with the vowel ('e' or 'a') after the 'r' (Spain, France, Italy and Portugal). It would be purely logical to title the article as 'Fibre' (and as an extension, list 'fiber' as an alternative form), and you would be irrational to think otherwise. 124.187.168.26 ( talk) 13:52, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
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Too funny. I just did the NYT crossword and one answer was 'fiber' and I thought - isn't it spelled 'fibre'? I'm Canadian in Australia
Bamboo is missing from the natural fibres list. Just thought I'd mention that. 24.83.148.131 ( talk) 11:44, 17 July 2008 (UTC)BeeCIer
I think we need to be careful here. Some bamboo fibre is made by extracting the fibre and softening it, either mechanically or chemically, and as such qualifies as a natural fibre. But most (??) so-called bamboo fibre is actually a reconstituted cellulosic, an artificial fibre like rayon or viscose - and thus NOT a natural fibre. Natural fibre ( talk) 22:09, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Can someone help sort out the terminology here - I do not have sufficient knowledge to do it. It is my understanding that man-made (artificial) cellulosic fibres such as rayon are not generally classified as synthetic. Under human-made fibres (is that term too ugly to use?) synthetics should (I think) be listed as a separate category to cellulosic fibres. Natural fibre ( talk) 22:06, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
any grounds for objection? (I saw this sort of redirct done once, for appellate review, but I don't know if it's frowned upon?) Agradman ( talk) 06:19, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
Ffiber are found in fegtables,fruit,brown flour, brown pasta and brown rice.; —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.170.131.18 ( talk) 07:59, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
Whole class of matter. Bookshelvesa of books on both the general class as well as major subclasses. Bot of interest for natrual and artificial forms. Billions of dollars of industry. Major downstram industries from textiles to strcutural to basically everything (automotive, etc.) And we have fucking 5 refernces and two from a dictionary. Oh..and 35,000 views per month. TCO ( talk) 01:36, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
I agree WIKIPEDIA should not use American spellings since British spellings (Fibre,Colour,Favourite) are used in nearly every english speaking country and using American spelling only further promotes the dominance that the United States has over the rest of the world.
Countries that use British Spelling
England Ireland Scotland Canada Australia Singapore Hong Kong New Zealand Samoa Bahamas
The result of the move request was: no consensus. Reasonable arguments from both sides, votes roughly split. Jenks24 ( talk) 11:58, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
– Simply put, the current setup does not seem to be helpful for readers when Dietary fiber gets almost 66% more page views than Fiber, and Optical fiber gets almost literally twice as many views as Dietary fiber ( Optical fiber gets about 233% more page views than Fiber.) With these statics, I would almost say that Optical fiber should be the primary topic, but since it has been determined to be a subtopic of the broad concept article at Fiber, it may be inappropriate to deem it so, especially considering that optical fibers do not have as much historical importance as the other two articles. However, the subject of Dietary fiber is not a subtopic of Fiber (the fact that Dietary fiber is mentioned in Fiber is misleading since the former is not a material used to make items.) With that being said (specifically the comparison of Fiber vs. Dietary fiber), it is probably best to move the disambiguation page to the base title so that the reader can decide which topic the are trying to locate when searching for the term "fiber". Steel1943 ( talk) 04:58, 5 September 2015 (UTC) Relisted. Jenks24 ( talk) 06:55, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
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The word "or" should not be a hyperlink. The wording should be similar to that in the "Natural fiber" article:
Fiber or fibre (see spelling differences /info/en/?search=American_and_British_English_spelling_differences#-re.2C_-er) (from the Latin fibra...) Mark ( talk) 20:09, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
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I want to a part called properties of selected fibers Zbzhagbee ( talk) 02:04, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
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Change the references of natural and man-made to the articles proper rather than the sub-sections of this article. It seems redundant to have both. 73.132.115.23 ( talk) 02:18, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
This article is written in US American English, but nothing in the article is specific to the USA.
Why?
The spelling Fiber rather than Fibre is not even used generally in Canada. [1]
Other Wikipedia articles which are not about specifically US American items are written in international English.
The best example to compare with is Aluminium which is used with the non US American spelling in all the articles I have found in Wikipedia, even though Aluminum is also used in Canada.
Lkingscott ( talk) 11:29, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
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Artificial fibers are cheaper and lower quality meaning they do not have longevity. The process in which these fibers are made is harmful for the environment. Aguerrero13 ( talk) 03:01, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
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Synthetic fiber are textiles made form chemicals to create fibers like polyester, acrylic,nylon and many more. Wendyy815 ( talk) 06:13, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
A good student 103.161.105.132 ( talk) 18:21, 12 July 2024 (UTC)