Talk:Paper bag

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Merger proposal
I suggest merging "paper sack" into "paper bag". As far as I can tell from the current articles, a "paper sack" is exactly the same thing as a "paper bag". I don't really care which name is used. I lean towards merging into "paper bag" because the Wikipedia "paper bag" article was apparently started several years before the "paper sack" article. --DavidCary (talk) 23:14, 3 May 2023 (UTC)


 * No Merger. The two articles make the difference clear.  Open top bags are for shopping or carrying items.  Industrial paper sacks are shipping containers are are sealed.  Please keep the two articles.  Pkgx (talk) 12:38, 4 May 2023 (UTC)


 * There may be a technical distinction between paper bags and paper sacks, but perhaps there is enough WP:OVERLAP between them that one article can cover both topics and do a better job explaining the distinction between them.


 * Alas, the current articles do not make the difference clear. The illustration of the "sack of flour" in one looks practically the same as the illustration of the "Bag of sugar" in the other. One article says "Paper sacks can also be referred to as industrial paper bags, industrial paper sacks or multi-wall paper bags or sacks.", while the other article says "Multiwall (or multi-wall) paper sacks, also referred to as industrial paper bags, industrial sacks or shipping sacks ...", which seems to be saying they are synonyms.
 * One article does mention "Paper sacks ... are not to be confused with paper bags...", but the distinction the article is trying to draw between them is not clear to me (and is unsupported by a reference). --DavidCary (talk) 20:25, 26 May 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 14:36, 16 November 2023 (UTC)