Talk:Aglet

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• aglet - orphan that can never be more than a dictionary definition, better redirected to Wiktionary. Daniel Quinlan 08:12, Nov 24, 2003 (UTC)
  • Agree. Anjouli 08:19, 24 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Changed my mind after the Java def. added today. Keep it. Anjouli 08:35, 24 Nov 2003 (UTC)
    • I was just screwing around; I took "can never be more than" as a challenge. I should just get a life. Don't let it influence you. orthogonal 08:41, 24 Nov 2003 (UTC)
    • Seriously, keep it. I didn't know about the java. That's factual content. Why delete? Anjouli 14:35, 24 Nov 2003 (UTC)
      • I've just expanded the article into a decent sized stub so I'd like to keep it. theresa knott 15:50, 24 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Is more than a dictionary definition. Keep. Onebyone 15:59, 24 Nov 2003 (UTC)
• I created the 'aglet' page about two days ago (11-22-03), and I'm happy to see its now been handsomely flushed out from the original entence or two I posted. But if it gets complaints THIS early on, maybe Daniel Quinlan is right. Then agin, the tide seems to have turned for keeping it so DO- who knows if, heaven forbid, someone actually has to know what an Aglet is! Litefantastic
  • Keep now. can never be more than a dictionary definition should really be immortalised as famous last words for anyone listing a recently created article here...:) Jamesday 02:55, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)
    • • • The funny thing is. Had the article not been listed here I and User:Orthogonal would probably never seen it and it would have more than likely stayed as a dictionary definition.The phrase "can never be more than a dictionary definition", cries out to be proved wrong and is has made the article what it is now.theresa knott 09:32, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)
      • Hear hear! -Litefantastic 8:28, 25 Nov 2003 (Eastern Time)
      • Hear hear! I enjoyed the aglet article and was startled that anyone would want to delete it. Opus33 18:39, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Keep. It's more than a dictionary definition now. -- Ortonmc 05:04, 26 Nov 2003 (UTC)

I don't know how to edit the article, but there is a pop culture reference to the aglet in the 1990 Leslie Nielsen comedy Repossessed, which has Linda Blair in the lead role, as Nancy Aglet. In the "memorable quotes" section of imdb.com you'll find this... Frieda: What does the name 'Aglet' mean anyway? Braydon: Well a long time ago 'Aglet' meant 'He who puts those tiny little plastic things on shoelaces' you see a long time a go a mans' name was his profession. Frieda: Oh so a man named Fred Carpenter would build houses and John Baker would make bread Braydon: Exactly Ned: So what did John Hancock do? 202.50.245.82 04:18, 15 August 2006 (UTC)Rose.

im actually using this article to help right an essay for my english comp and rhet class. he said for us to do a descriptive essay about it. id post it, but i dont want him to think that i stole it from here.

The plastic tips at the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Their true purpose is sinister. I just like the fact that theres this awesome Question quote here

Trivia

It is as unacceptable here as it is everywhere else. Simple mentioning aglets doesn't warrant inclusion in this article, and its importance cannot be implied without a secondary source. --Eyrian 15:03, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

The Shakespeare reference doesn't count as trivia, then? 216.151.95.158 17:03, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

No. That sentence is discussing a particular sort of aglet that was common in the past, and mentions how this was referred to in Shakespeare, giving a name to the phenomenon. --Eyrian 17:11, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Why are trivia or popculture references unacceptable in this article, or at all? Why is it not relevent to say that the aglet was mentioned in a Leslie Nielson film or in a cartoon, but for example the Albuquerque article mentions a Partridge Family song (in a very long list of pop culture references)? Mathlaura 17:09, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Neither reference is acceptable. I'll go take a look at the one you're talking about. --Eyrian 17:11, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Regarding the Shakespeare reference, if it were "Shakespeare mentions aglets in Taming of the Shrew", it would be removed. In this case, it is describing a particular variety of aglet, and Shakespeare is being used as a reference for the name. --Eyrian 17:51, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

I've just removed the "In popular culture" section. Apparently this isn't the first time. See WP:TRIVIA. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 00:55, 13 June 2008 (UTC)