Talk:Loose leaf

history possibly false
I was reading the article on the King_James_Bible. It quotes that it was published looseleaf for 10 shillings, or bound for 12. Obviously the looseleaf version was bought by book binders to create more elaborate bindings. but it puts the history part of this article in an odd light. Dcutter (talk) 19:45, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

The bulk of this entry is about what I would call "binder paper." It sounds like the original writer assumes this kind of paper is called "loose leaf." Whereas it has been edited to unpack and disambiguate the term "loose leaf," in the process revealing a much broader meaning and deeper history for the term, "loose leaf." Julaville (talk) 15:52, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

... revealing a much broader meaning and and deeper meaning that goes beyond the English language and the history of standardized paper in the United States. (See also "Talk" in response to this entry re: the 1921 date & President Hoover's role paper size standardization.) Julaville (talk) 16:01, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Loose leaf tea
Tea doesn't come in just tea-bags, it can also be just leaves. Perhaps we outght to have a link to tea, or a re-direct option/disambiguation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.248.246.131 (talk) 20:42, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

I created a link/ disambiguation: "for loose leaf tea" see Tea. Julaville (talk) 16:31, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Hoover wasn't president in 1921
The article states: "In 1921, President Herbert Hoover established 8 by 10.5 inches as the standard size in the United States"

Making a standard sounds like something Hoover would have done, being an engineer and all. Unfortunately, his term as president was from 1929 to 1933. For 1921, Wilson was president until March, succeeded by Harding. If the standard was made in 1921, it was one of those men. If in 1931 (???), it was Hoover.


 * OR:

In 1921, Hoover WAS Secretary of Commerce (for Harding/Coolidge); could he have done it then? 68.228.82.130 (talk) 12:54, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

See also reply to "History possibly false" (talk). Julaville (talk) 16:27, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

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Book or Paper descriptive term
"Loose leaf" probably is best and most widely understood as a descriptive term that would come under both an entry on Paper and one on Book. The original entry seems to actually be about "binder paper" which the original author refers to as "loose leaf". In fact much of this entry sounds like catalog and product recommendations for binder paper. It has been edited to attempt to clarify the origin of the term loose leaf and disambiguate, but "loose leaf" really describes a form that paper or books are available in (as opposed to rolled, scrolled, or bound). Julaville (talk) 17:03, 18 January 2018 (UTC)