Talk:Manila folder

Merge
Someone merge this with Manila envelope. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.13.186.1 (talk) 01:26, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, I think someone did this, but now it only talks about Manila Folders ("stiff piece of cardboard folded in half"), but shows a picture of a Manila Envelope. These are different things. Manila Folder should actually be a redirect to File Folder, and Manila Envelope should be in its own article. 69.95.232.207 (talk) 20:15, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I think so too! --68.118.188.188 (talk) 16:54, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

Manila Folders vs. Manila Envelopes
These are two separate things, but this article confuses them and tries to treat them as the same thing. A manila folder is a piece of manila cardboard, folded in half, but open on three sides, it's used as a File Folder. An envelope is a piece of manila paper folded and glued so that it is only open on one side, with a flap that can be used to close that side. Although neither of these may be notable enough on their own to deserve separate articles, they should at least be distinct in this article, or be subsections of two separate articles File Folder and Envelope. 69.95.232.207 (talk) 20:24, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

The picture is of an internal transit envelope rather than one usable in the mail, and the description focuses on the former with a brief sentence extending the meaning to the latter tagged on at the end. In the UK manila envelopes are usually mail envelopes with gummed flaps: is US usage different? In the UK civil service such transit envelopes are often known as "grids". Deipnosophista (talk) 13:38, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Can someone either add separate sections for "envelope" and "folder" or at least make it clear the two are different? Categorically Not (talk) 09:54, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

Source???
The source for this information is not acceptable. The Yahoo! answer is unsourced itself. I'm not saying it is wrong, only unsourced. Svyatoslav (talk) 11:45, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Retype
I think this part of the last paragraph should be retyped, since it doesn't make any sense if you read the paragraph as a whole:

The manila component of the name comes from manila hemp or abacá, from which manila folders were originally made. "Manila" refers to the capital of the Philippines, one of the main producers of abacá, which is itself named after the Indigo Tree (Scyphiphora hydrophyllacea) a shrub called "nilab" in Tagalog as the name means "there is nilab". — Securityadvisor Talk Contribs |  00:09, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Dimensions
The section for dimensions only mentions the Maximum dimensions, not the standard or preferred dimensions, so seems to be updated with all the info. I actually have this info at my work, so I will update. MarcoPolo419 (talk) 01:29, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

There needs to be history in this article. I have read that Manila folders and envelopes were first manufactured in the 1800's, but I have no reliable sources or specific dates. The article is pretty useless without specifics. Sysfrank (talk) 11:15, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

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Why
Why do people call these vanilla folders 2601:201:180:D6E0:DD6A:DD7B:8C21:8F2E (talk) 04:43, 30 March 2022 (UTC)


 * If anyone calls them "vanilla folders" (an assertion I cannot personally verify), I suspect that would qualify as an Eggcorn, q.v. --Jonadab, 2023 Jan 17. — Preceding undated comment added 17:52, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Merging with Manila paper
Hi folks.

The history of manila paper and its envelopes/folders is deeply interwoven, as these were invented at approximately the same time (1830s).

As it stands, this one is currently more sourced and detailed.

It would be advantageous to add the information from manila paper to this article, then merge the two articles. After the merge, this article can be renamed 'Manila paper.' The result would be one article about the invention of manila paper, with a subsection about folders and envelopes.

Due to the relatively small content, a merge would not cause any article-size or weighting problems in Bar.

Please let me know if this is supported.

The Fonz  (talk)  20:52, 28 October 2023 (UTC)


 * I came here to suggest the same thing. I support. Citruswinter (talk) 04:00, 1 December 2023 (UTC)