Talk:spider straps

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Please do not re-nominate for verification without comprehensive reasons for doing so.

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Citations, va rog. — [Ric Laurent] — 01:49, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Va rog

Va rog?

google books:"spider straps", at least four of the first ten are usable. Could you please do a quick check before nominating an entry for RFV? It saves us a lot of time. Mglovesfun (talk) 11:59, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

No. Unless we have "request for citations" or something. And really you know what would save you time? Not doing it if you don't care :) — [Ric Laurent] — 23:54, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

And wasn't he warned not to nominate my entries here and on deletion out of spite and in bursts clearly just showing his displeasure? It's not the words' fault.Lucifer 22:44, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

There's a difference between spite and distrust. I don't trust a lot of your entries. — [Ric Laurent] — 23:54, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

That's bull, by your own admission my EMT related entries are legit. You overlooked and were a bit lazy with this nomination at best or were just spiteful at worst and that is what this probably is since you nomed four at a time and they are all being kept and quick.Lucifer 11:53, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Note: Since we've now got a proper entry at the singular, (deprecated template usage) spider strap, I've changed this entry to a simple "plural of" entry. Equinox ◑ 22:54, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Shouldn't this be usually plural though? Because spider straps is the singular, spider strap is one arm of a spider straps and spider straps is the whole apparatus and 2 to 9 of them but not all of them in a separate plural sense for spider strap. make sense?Lucifer 22:58, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

If you can talk about one, then I think it makes sense to put the thing at the singular. If you want, you could put {{mostly|plural}} at the start of the singular definition line. Equinox ◑ 23:00, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Okay let me specify. IIIIIIIIII that is one spider straps, it is one solid object. One spider straps, or two spider straps = IIIIIIIIII. Now if you want to talk about a single arm of a spider straps, you could call it a spider strap, but that doesn't make it the singular of the spider straps.Lucifer 23:24, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

I can't find any evidence to support "one spider straps". Surely "one set of"? Equinox ◑ 23:27, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

A spider spider straps is used, just like a scissors, a cat of nine tails, and technically it's correct to say a pants.Lucifer 05:07, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

"A pants" is not correct. Provide proof instead of anecdotes. Equinox ◑ 20:57, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Hey look. The above appears to be verification in progress. — [Ric Laurent] — 23:54, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

The piece of equipment seems to be referred to in both the singular and the plural. Wasn't it originally "Spider Strap" [1] Dbfirs 07:55, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

No the equipment I am talking about is only known as spider straps, here is a good picture and as you can see, it is one large belt system, not individual pieces. There is no singular spider strap. Only individual arms to strap together.Lucifer 09:29, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Provide proof instead of anecdotes. Equinox ◑ 20:57, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

I did, obviously you can't understand a picture or look through the citations on the page, or state what exactly you want from me.Lucifer 08:45, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Equinox that's an illustration for those unfamiliar with the topic, it's not an anecdote, it's as assist for those of you that are unfamiliar with this topic, so I thought a picture worth a thousand words would clarify that like scissors, the plural is the main form. Do the 3 or more citations I added to the article constitute "proof"? I'm not sure I know what you mean otherwise, I am trying to explain this equipment as clearly as possible and show evidence to support what I am saying to resolve the verification process.Lucifer 08:43, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

It definitely exists as a term in English, it seems comparable to scissors where 'a scissor' does exist but its rare. Mglovesfun (talk) 22:56, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

I don't think "Scissor" was ever a trade-marked product like "Spider Strap". Dbfirs 22:57, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks mglovesfun, I would also like to point out that it is verified at this point, with three or more citations.Lucifer 08:43, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

I think "less common" rather than "rare" in the singular, since one siteseems to claim a trade mark for the singular. The singular is also used in other fields. Dbfirs 10:31, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Let's delist since this is verified.Lucifer 07:14, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Any chance of researching the history of the product to see if it was originally a trade-marked product called a Spider Strap? Dbfirs 08:33, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

{{look}} So, it seems to be cited (one citation is in all caps, but I don't doubt that more lowercase ones are available); does anyone still dispute that it passes RFV? - -sche (discuss) 20:58, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Passed. - -sche (discuss) 20:38, 17 June 2012 (UTC)