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This article seems to be mainly about fiber-reinforced plastic used in structures. I'm more looking for information (or adding information) about fiber (and other fillers such as minerals, lubricants, etc.) filled plastics used in injection molding processes. Should that be added here or should a new article be created? Are they differentiated because this is "reinforced" plastic and injection molded plastics are "filled"? Thanks for the help! Wizard191 ( talk) 17:56, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
The term "plastic" is vague and seems misleading in this context. Wouldn't the title "Fiber Reinforced Polymer" be more appropriate. "Plastic" has a flexible connotation. Even though the resins used are "plastic" during the manufacturing process, they are rigid structures when complete. The references in this article are mostly about rigid composite structures. Also, can we remove the hyphen "-" in the title? Here in the US, we get the FRP from separate words; Fiber Reinforced Plastic (and it looks better in the title to have caps.). (even if the Brits want to keep the "fibre" spelling) SunKider ( talk) 20:26, 9 January 2013 (UTC)m
I agree with both Wizard191 and SunKinder. As written, this article should mention nylon, which is incredibly common in producing high performance consumer products (with 30% glass reinforcement). Piojo ( talk) 15:33, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
There is plenty to describe about fiberglass without all the uses. Provide links to the many uses described in separate articles. This false article contains misleading information by virtue of the context. Fiberglass polymer resin enthusiest / sales people coming up when one searches for fiberglass. Most fiberglass manufactures is used for insulation anyway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scottprovost ( talk • contribs) 12:11, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
Does the British spelling of fiber as fibre matter? The article has both spellings. Frmorrison ( talk) 19:13, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
The merge has been opposed as there is no consensus for this merge. ( non-admin closure) - KAP03( Talk • Contributions • Email) 19:32, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
I have proposed merging the article Fiberglass into the article Fibre-reinforced plastic, because they seem to be covering essentially the same material and technologies. The "Fiberglass" article seems to be more fully-developed and active, but "Fibre-reinforced plastic" is a more-inclusive and descriptive title. Although the minor issue of WP:ENGVAR will need to be resolved, is there any good reason to maintain two overlapping article forks covering the same fiber-reinforced plastic technology? Reify-tech ( talk) 15:10, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
Oppose Although I very much like it in principle, I think if you were going to do that you'd have to merge in carbon fiber reinforced polymer too, but the article would be too big. GliderMaven ( talk) 17:38, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
Oppose Of course it would be too big if you merged in subarticles. This is a generic article about fiber-reinforced polymers/plastics (I do support the name change from "plastic," with a redirect from FR plastic). Carbon and glass are just two kinds of fibres, with two others given in the lead and many others possible and in use. And there are hundreds of polymers. This is like proposing a merge of the rat and mouse articles into the rodent one! Per WP:SS that is not the way we want to move on Wikipedia. We go from articles on general classes to more specific classes, etc., leaving behind summaries at every level. S B H arris 21:15, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
I think this article should be titled Fiber-reinforced plastic and not Fibre-reinforced plastic because: (1) the material was invented in the US, (2) for consistency with our other articles, e.g., Carbon fiber reinforced polymer, Fiberglass, Long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic, and (3) search results (inc. Google Ngrams) suggest "fiber" is more common than "fibre". All this suggests to me the article should use US and not UK WP:ENGVAR, including in the title. Would anyone object to a bold move? – Leviv ich 02:50, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved per consensus. ( non-admin closure) comrade waddie96 ★ ( talk) 09:52, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
Fibre-reinforced plastic → Fiber-reinforced plastic – For consistency with other articles, which use "Fiber" rather than "Fibre", e.g. Fiber-reinforced concrete, Fiber-reinforced composite, Carbon fiber reinforced polymer, Fiberglass, Long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic, Fiber-optic cable, Fiber-optic communication, etc. Fiber-reinforced plastic was invented in the US, so it makes sense to use the US spelling. Google scholar, books, and Ngrams search results suggest "Fiber-reinforced plastic" is more common than "Fibre-reinforced plastic". – Leviv ich 01:36, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
We therefore do not change titles so that all consistently use one regional spelling or wordingColin M ( talk) 17:57, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
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This article seems to be mainly about fiber-reinforced plastic used in structures. I'm more looking for information (or adding information) about fiber (and other fillers such as minerals, lubricants, etc.) filled plastics used in injection molding processes. Should that be added here or should a new article be created? Are they differentiated because this is "reinforced" plastic and injection molded plastics are "filled"? Thanks for the help! Wizard191 ( talk) 17:56, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
The term "plastic" is vague and seems misleading in this context. Wouldn't the title "Fiber Reinforced Polymer" be more appropriate. "Plastic" has a flexible connotation. Even though the resins used are "plastic" during the manufacturing process, they are rigid structures when complete. The references in this article are mostly about rigid composite structures. Also, can we remove the hyphen "-" in the title? Here in the US, we get the FRP from separate words; Fiber Reinforced Plastic (and it looks better in the title to have caps.). (even if the Brits want to keep the "fibre" spelling) SunKider ( talk) 20:26, 9 January 2013 (UTC)m
I agree with both Wizard191 and SunKinder. As written, this article should mention nylon, which is incredibly common in producing high performance consumer products (with 30% glass reinforcement). Piojo ( talk) 15:33, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
There is plenty to describe about fiberglass without all the uses. Provide links to the many uses described in separate articles. This false article contains misleading information by virtue of the context. Fiberglass polymer resin enthusiest / sales people coming up when one searches for fiberglass. Most fiberglass manufactures is used for insulation anyway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scottprovost ( talk • contribs) 12:11, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
Does the British spelling of fiber as fibre matter? The article has both spellings. Frmorrison ( talk) 19:13, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
The merge has been opposed as there is no consensus for this merge. ( non-admin closure) - KAP03( Talk • Contributions • Email) 19:32, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
I have proposed merging the article Fiberglass into the article Fibre-reinforced plastic, because they seem to be covering essentially the same material and technologies. The "Fiberglass" article seems to be more fully-developed and active, but "Fibre-reinforced plastic" is a more-inclusive and descriptive title. Although the minor issue of WP:ENGVAR will need to be resolved, is there any good reason to maintain two overlapping article forks covering the same fiber-reinforced plastic technology? Reify-tech ( talk) 15:10, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
Oppose Although I very much like it in principle, I think if you were going to do that you'd have to merge in carbon fiber reinforced polymer too, but the article would be too big. GliderMaven ( talk) 17:38, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
Oppose Of course it would be too big if you merged in subarticles. This is a generic article about fiber-reinforced polymers/plastics (I do support the name change from "plastic," with a redirect from FR plastic). Carbon and glass are just two kinds of fibres, with two others given in the lead and many others possible and in use. And there are hundreds of polymers. This is like proposing a merge of the rat and mouse articles into the rodent one! Per WP:SS that is not the way we want to move on Wikipedia. We go from articles on general classes to more specific classes, etc., leaving behind summaries at every level. S B H arris 21:15, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
I think this article should be titled Fiber-reinforced plastic and not Fibre-reinforced plastic because: (1) the material was invented in the US, (2) for consistency with our other articles, e.g., Carbon fiber reinforced polymer, Fiberglass, Long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic, and (3) search results (inc. Google Ngrams) suggest "fiber" is more common than "fibre". All this suggests to me the article should use US and not UK WP:ENGVAR, including in the title. Would anyone object to a bold move? – Leviv ich 02:50, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved per consensus. ( non-admin closure) comrade waddie96 ★ ( talk) 09:52, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
Fibre-reinforced plastic → Fiber-reinforced plastic – For consistency with other articles, which use "Fiber" rather than "Fibre", e.g. Fiber-reinforced concrete, Fiber-reinforced composite, Carbon fiber reinforced polymer, Fiberglass, Long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic, Fiber-optic cable, Fiber-optic communication, etc. Fiber-reinforced plastic was invented in the US, so it makes sense to use the US spelling. Google scholar, books, and Ngrams search results suggest "Fiber-reinforced plastic" is more common than "Fibre-reinforced plastic". – Leviv ich 01:36, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
We therefore do not change titles so that all consistently use one regional spelling or wordingColin M ( talk) 17:57, 26 October 2019 (UTC)