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This article (under Function and approach) describes dog skin leather as being the preferred, if not only, leather used to create ink balls. However, the ink ball article describes them as being made with sheepskin. Which, if either, of these, is accurate? inclusivedisjunction ( talk) 14:56, 3 May 2023 (UTC) reply

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Please remove this hatnote on top per WP:NOTAMB, it is usually preferable not to have a hatnote when the name of the article is not ambiguous. 2001:4451:824F:B700:5007:9004:1AE9:2312 ( talk) 12:19, 16 July 2023 (UTC) reply

Leaning towards not removing it as I can see how people would get printing press confused with printing in general, but I'll leave this open for others to review. Deauthorized. ^{( talk)} 13:35, 16 July 2023 (UTC) reply

N Agreeing with Deauthorized here. NotAGenious ( talk) 15:03, 16 July 2023 (UTC) reply

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{ Edit semi-protected}} template. M.Bitton ( talk) 15:38, 16 July 2023 (UTC) reply

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At one point, "pronting" should be changed to "printing". 123.51.107.94 ( talk) 01:39, 4 September 2023 (UTC) reply

 Done RudolfRed ( talk) 01:50, 4 September 2023 (UTC) reply

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• What I think should be changed: In section The Printing Revolution, please change:

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  The need for bibles and other religious literature, especially in the new world, was one of the principle factors that brought printing into the common world.

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  The need for bibles and other religious literature, especially in the new world, was one of the principal factors that brought printing into the common world.

• Why it should be changed: Use of incorrect homophone.

104.178.164.136 ( talk) 15:50, 16 October 2023 (UTC) reply

Done, sort of. This poor passage rewritten. What is the "common world" supposed to be? Johnbod ( talk) 17:46, 16 October 2023 (UTC) reply

This should be the improved version of moveable-type printing, more akin to an early version of a printing press. To be accurate, Europe was not the first country to invent moveable-type printing. Moveable-type printing was invented in China during the Tang Dynasty, between 1041 and 1048, and not in Europe in 1440 as commonly believed. To be precise, China was the first country to develop moveable-type printing. 3rddwtt ( talk) 00:22, 14 November 2023 (UTC) reply

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 21 August 2023 and 15 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Saathvik2019 ( article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Saathvik2019 ( talk) 00:24, 16 December 2023 (UTC) reply

I was researching this and saw that there's no link to /info/en/?search=Movable_type from this page - thought in the first occurance of that phrase that link could be helpeful.

I don't have an account that can make that edit (new account) but maybe someone will see this, who can make that change? Oaksterwikster ( talk) 02:10, 7 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Thanks for pointing out. I have added a link. Keith D ( talk) 12:26, 7 March 2024 (UTC) reply

I just noticed the body of controversy in the history of this talk page—was it really so unclear before that movable type and the printing press were distinct? Oh, early Wikipedia... Remsense 诉 12:30, 7 March 2024 (UTC) reply

it was invented in korea? https://courier.unesco.org/en/articles/200-years-gutenberg-master-printers-koryo https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20211014000753 Esziii ( talk) 12:35, 16 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Esziii See the comment above. Movable type (invented in the East) and the printing press (invented in Germany) are two distinct things. Also, the UNESCO source does not mention "printing press" once, The Korea Herald uses the words only in the title, but this seems clickbait or a mistake as movable type and the printing press are not the same, as already stated. Eem dik doun in toene ( talk) 12:46, 16 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Just to make it clear: movable type refers to the individual type pieces (e.g., a letter or number) used for printing; the printing press is a mechanical device that applies pressure to the movable type to transfer ink onto paper. Eem dik doun in toene ( talk) 13:24, 16 March 2024 (UTC) reply