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Decapitalize per WP:NC, not a proper noun. Femto 18:10, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
- Capitalization is correct; all first letters must be capital. See WP:NC#Lowercase_second_and_subsequent_words.--Nsevs • Talk 15:44, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
- The first letter is fine of course, it was moved yesterday with the request left dangling. Femto 18:15, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
major editing needed
this article really needs someone to go through and check grammar, spelling, etc. 24.21.115.94 (talk) 04:25, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
this makes no sense and needs editing: 'While other rubber products may use synthetic rubber, rubber bands are still primarily manufactured using natural rubber because of its superior elasticity. The rubber band comes from the sap of a rubber tree.
Material Most rubber bands today are produced from synthetic rubber but rubber originated from the sap of the rubber tree.''
May 5 09 BEN FINE —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.235.192.14 (talk) 23:15, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
rubber band ball
Well, John Bain says it is made of rubber bands, but that might be stretching it. JWSchmidt 04:39, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I sincerely hope you're not stretching this into a pun. --Arch3r25 18:51, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Rubber band manipulation image
It might not be the best idea to have ~900kb file in the article. Perhaps a link to the fullsize 15mb image instead?
History of Rubber Band Sizes
Does anyone know how the standard numbers came to be assigned to the sizes of rubber bands?
There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to the progression.
How are rubber bands made?
This seems like more important information than listing their use in intraoffice pranks.
Pointless article?
This article tells me nothing about the elastic band other than what it is made of and who and where it was patented. What about manufacturing processes, manufacturers names, types of latex used, sizes/grades? All this tells me is how to chuck them across the room and make balls and ropes with them. Useless. Banner put up to encourage expansion. -- IanUK 11:29, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
i agree im doin a project on rubber bands and this tells me nothin i need to know
Question about the August 31 edit
I realize that the edit was changed a while ago, but I was curious as to the reason the link was removed, as I am new to editing. The edit summary on the revert called it a "self link". I am fairly certain that I did not link the article to itself, and that the link was removed based on the content of the site. The site I added is similar to the other rubber band shooting link already there but contains additional information. I am not contesting the revert. I am just curious as to why it was reverted.
Thank you for your time.
-- UCBrubberbandclub 08:53, 6 October 2006 (UTC)UCBrubberbandclub
- The link was your only contribution, and judging from your username, you are somehow affiliated with the site. Linking yourself should be avoided per Wikipedia:External links because of neutrality concerns. Femto 15:27, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
What about entropy?
A rubber band is in fact a (entropy) spring. That would much more interesting reading about than rubber band balls... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.241.47.155 (talk) 14:24, 7 March 2007 (UTC).
intersting fact
a rubber band is less elastic than steel or iron
when u stretch a rubber band it will heat up and when u'll relax it it will be cooler than room temp. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.29.253.138 (talk) 06:18, 11 May 2007 (UTC).
deletion of "puting rubber band in frige"
that is under rubber band uses and not a rubber band use76.65.13.233 (talk) 17:51, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
Usage as a power source
Rubber bands are used as power sources in hobbyist's aircrafts. Are there any other uses as power sources? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.31.118.254 (talk) 11:04, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Red rubber bands
I'm surprised that there is no info on these: I propose to add the following, but I thought I'd check it out here first to see whether others agree that it's notable enough to put in the article.
In 2004 in the UK, following complaints from the public about postmen and women causing litter by discarding the rubber bands which they used to keep their mail together, the Royal Mail introduced red bands for their workers to use: it was hoped that, as the bands were easier to spot than the traditional brown ones and since only the Royal Mail used them, employees would see (and feel compelled to pick up) any red bands which they had inadvertantly dropped. Currently, some 342 million red bands are used every year [1]
Dom Kaos (talk) 17:15, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
- No objections, so I'm going to add it Dom Kaos (talk) 07:37, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Contradiction: Synthetic or Natural
Don't know which of these two statements is correct, but they contradict each other and at least one of them needs to be changed.
1. In the Manufacturing section it says, "While other rubber products may use synthetic rubber, rubber bands are still primarily manufactured using natural rubber because of its superior elasticity."
2. The Material section says, "Most rubber bands today are produced from synthetic rubber but rubber originated from the sap of the rubber tree."
If someone knows which is correct, please edit. Thanks Wikidsoup [talk] 17:38, 30 May 2009 (UTC)