Talk:Scrunchie

Hangon request
I'm not the author of this article, but I would like to contest its speedy deletion. A scrunchie (spelt with an "r") is what this article is talking about, and while it definitely needs cleanup (which I'm willing to do), it is a very viable article about an everyday hair fastening elastic. It does indeed pass the google test, if you take a look at the results for "scrunchie" and "scrunchy". I could certainly get a picture of one of mine, and I can tell you that at the very least it's not nonsense but perhaps just something the tagger hasn't heard of (male, perhaps?)

At any rate, I ask that this article not be deleted until I can take some time to clean it up. Thanks! — K e  akealani  06:24, 26 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Did you even read what was written? I just removed ALL of the nonsense...celebrities who wear them, faked quotes, Amazon women with them in their armpit hair for its origin, definition (WP is not a dictionary).  Ta-da.  One usable sentence.  Thus, db-nonsense.  This should also probably be genericized to "hair band" or something.  ju66l3r 06:28, 26 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I was originally an advocate of db-nonsenseing this, but when I found out wikipedia has no article on scrunchies I decided writing something usable would be better. A stub is better than nothing. --Alynna 06:32, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Anyone care to post some history of the scrunchie and the popularity in the 80s? I don't know much about it. 69.29.210.124 08:02, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 October 2019
Wikepidia13 (talk) 08:42, 13 October 2019 (UTC) mimi steakhouse made scrunchies
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. NiciVampireHeart 11:32, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 February 2020
I added information about the history of the scrunchie, its rise and fall in popularity from the 1980s to present day, and about the variations and types of scrunchies and where to buy them. Here is a link to my sandbox with a draft for it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Mhoward_04/sandbox&action=edit Mhoward 04 (talk) 16:09, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done – Thjarkur (talk) 16:30, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 February 2020
The woman who patented the original Scrunchie was Rommy Revson, NOT Ronnie Revson. Please change 'Ronnie' to 'Rommy' This is well-documented. 58.162.181.28 (talk) 04:36, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done – Thjarkur (talk) 10:44, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Source for Philip E. Meyers
Is there a reputable source for Philip E. Meyers inventing the scrunchie? I just see articles quoting Wikipedia which quotes this archived article that doesn't even get the date of the patent right. And not just inventing it but naming it for a family bearing the name “Scrunci”? Really? This seems like false information. 185.25.194.125 (talk) 13:19, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I have removed this sentence, the cited source was as you say clearly paraphrasing our Wikipedia article from that time (where it was already marked with "citation needed"). – Thjarkur (talk) 16:27, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Are hair-ties and scrunchies considered articles of clothing
Are they? 173.80.114.224 (talk) 07:44, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

death of inventor
Howard from NYC (talk) 07:50, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Q: whether or not to add section on inventor? (she died in SEP, 2022)

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/20/1124142621/inventor-of-the-scrunchie-dies-leaving-behind-a-fabulous-fashion-legacy

Q: what are annual sales-figures?
Howard from NYC (talk) 07:50, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Q: whether or not to add section on annual sales figures?

I've tried to google sales but kept getting smacked in the face by paywalls for research white papers in the range of $3000... anyone at Wiki HQ have access to such white papers?

reversion
Hey, @Marimilan, let's discuss. I felt this was pretty trivial. Valereee (talk) 18:29, 5 May 2023 (UTC)