Talk:Braid

Merge from Plait
Since it affects the plait article more, I suggest the main discussion take place in Talk:Plait. However I wouldn't want to stifle any discussion that might make more sense here regarding the proposed merge... Dfred 22:18, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Corrections
I'm fixing the "Ropes and cables" section. The primary purpose of the braided copper shield in a coaxial cable is for EMI protection, not physical protection. And since fiber optic cables transmit light instead of electrical signals, they don't need a braided wire shield; plastics or other materials are used for physical protection.(See optical fiber.) Shyland (talk) 04:15, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Requests
Well, that's all I can think of to put for braid. Perhaps someone has some history on braiding, such as where it began, different styles of hair braids, etc. Darkwind 18:17 20 May 2003 (UTC)
 * Does anybody have any information on how a tubular braid, e.g. as used for screening in the coax cable shown in the photo, is made? MarkMLl 16:12, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Prison Braids
I was wondering what the deal with getting your hair braided in prison or by stereotypically "tough" guys was. I've heard/seen the joke on several TV shows and am completely in the dark. --71.251.66.72 11:41, 4 November 2005 (UTC) While I have not been in Prison, the concept may be rooted in combat principles. When you are in a fight, the longer the hair the more disadvantage you have if your opponent is able to grab and pull it when grappling with you, thus, if you have braided hair, it would be a statement that you are always ready for a fight as your hair is "tied" down and you're ready to rumble.

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Well you forgot about cornrows. Cornrow braids have been done by Africans for many centuries. Bold text

braids are all normal its just that madam cj walker invented something like the perm or a shampoo so i have to figure that out and if not i dnt know becauae

I would appeal to this article with the protest that it is hugely sexist. tnx u. 109.93.20.140 (talk) 21:06, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Short braid knot
Not sure if the knot pictured has a particular name, but someone may be able to find an article that covers it. Perhaps refer to it as wave knot, even though it is simply a short braid, it may have particular use where a single rope(rather than three) is braided in this manner.SignedJohnsonL623 (talk) 00:00, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Cultural Traditions
Cultures with braid traditions should be mentioned on this page. It should say who in a culture braided, and why. For example, I've read in the past that Polish maidens braided their hair traditionally. This article is greatly lacking without such content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.22.238.118 (talk) 15:33, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

When a Basket is a Hat
The current article explains that the Woman of Willendorf may be wearing a woven basket on her head. An inverted basket made to be worn over the head is called a hat. It is not explained why, in this article, a hat is called a basket instead of a hat. It seems odd and mysterious for no reason given. Hat is less confusing than basket when referring to this object. Wearing a basket instead of a hat implies the head covering is not intended for covering the head, although there is no reason to believe that is the case here since it is fitted to the head. Wearing a basket on the head implies an opening facing the top and something other than the head being contained within, which is not accurate for this object. 75.92.23.237 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 15:43, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Braiding and Hair Braiding should be two separate articles
It seems clear to me that this should be two articles -- one generally on braiding, its history as a technology, its uses industrially and in human decoration -- and a second article specifically on hair braiding, which is really an astonishingly important topic to not have its own article in Wikipedia. Are there any long-time watchers of this article who would feel up to working with me on developing the two articles appropriately? --Lquilter (talk)

Yes. I can do this with you. I have large collections of photos of braids too. Xtpabc (talk) 19:53, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Only three or more strands?
It feels a bit silly to come here after a debate with my 10 year old daughter about whether the pattern she made from two hair bands was technically a "braid" or not, but here I am. I was going to cite this page's assertion that a braid is "interlacing three or more strands" as authoritative, but also there are plenty of pages on the web that describe themselves as two-strand braids (eg https://www.jeanleader.net/othercrafts/2-strandbraid.html) and only some of the dictionary definitions found online contain an indication of strand count. The primary result from Google / Oxford Languages says only "threads of silk, cotton, or other material woven into a decorative band for edging or trimming garments", with no count. Merriam-Webster says "usually three or more" so perhaps adding "usually" in the introductory paragraph to this article is warranted. Vttale (talk) 18:28, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Media Innovations
— Assignment last updated by Bigtimenaenae (talk) 18:21, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Article expansion & the "Types of hair braids" subsection
The "Types of hair braids" subsection should be moved over to the main hair braid article. This article should probably be expanded with explanation of the types of general braids (strand counts, flat braid versus round braid versus others, etc.). — al-Shimoni  (talk) 06:39, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

The first sentence from paragraph 2 of §𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, “Although many cultures want to take sole credit for the braid, they cannot be traced to a single origin.“, should either be removed entirely, if it is a novel philosophical position, or the bizarre philosophical position justifying the use of this subject and verb (whether imputed or empirically justified) should be explicitly highlighted and clarified, and sources should be provided which justify the proposition that we can coherently claim that not only is a culture capable of wanting, but this state of affairs is so common that that we can say it is true of many cultures regarding something as obscure as a desire to take credit for a braid. If empirical evidence is provided, it should also be accompanied by philosophical justification of how such empirical evidence is probative on the question.

Fitzws (talk) 06:57, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * PS, the following claim about the Cinderella myth is almost certainly false, with a relatively small proportion of cultures having any myth resembling the European tale, and any cases outside of the Europe are found in the Middle East, in which case it could have been very plausible transferred, and NE Asia. It is nearly absent of outside of these regions.