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Decapitalize per WP:NC, not a proper noun. Femto 18:10, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
this article really needs someone to go through and check grammar, spelling, etc. 24.21.115.94 ( talk) 04:25, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
this makes no sense and needs editing: 'While other rubber products may use synthetic rubber, rubber bands are still primarily manufactured using natural rubber because of its superior elasticity. The rubber band comes from the sap of a rubber tree.
Material Most rubber bands today are produced from synthetic rubber but rubber originated from the sap of the rubber tree.''
May 5 09 BEN FINE —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.235.192.14 ( talk) 23:15, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Well, John Bain says it is made of rubber bands, but that might be stretching it. JWSchmidt 04:39, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I sincerely hope you're not stretching this into a pun. -- Arch3r25 18:51, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
It might not be the best idea to have ~900kb file in the article. Perhaps a link to the fullsize 15mb image instead? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.213.7.130 ( talk) 05:45, 27 September 2005
Does anyone know how the standard numbers came to be assigned to the sizes of rubber bands?
There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to the progression. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.92.15.141 ( talk) 08:23, 3 November 2005
This seems like more important information than listing their use in intraoffice pranks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Archomat ( talk • contribs) 11:31, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
This article tells me nothing about the elastic band other than what it is made of and who and where it was patented. What about manufacturing processes, manufacturers names, types of latex used, sizes/grades? All this tells me is how to chuck them across the room and make balls and ropes with them. Useless. Banner put up to encourage expansion. -- IanUK 11:29, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
I realize that the edit was changed a while ago, but I was curious as to the reason the link was removed, as I am new to editing. The edit summary on the revert called it a "self link". I am fairly certain that I did not link the article to itself, and that the link was removed based on the content of the site. The site I added is similar to the other rubber band shooting link already there but contains additional information. I am not contesting the revert. I am just curious as to why it was reverted.
Thank you for your time.
-- UCBrubberbandclub 08:53, 6 October 2006 (UTC)UCBrubberbandclub
i am a student doing my student research program (srp) on "how does the amount you sttetch a rubber band affect the distance it trvels" and this sight tells me nothing i need to know, like, why is it stretchy, what materials is it made of etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.149.113.82 ( talk) 21:41, 10 July 2011
A rubber band is in fact a (entropy) spring. That would much more interesting reading about than rubber band balls... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.241.47.155 ( talk) 14:24, 7 March 2007 (UTC).
a rubber band is less elastic than steel or iron
when u stretch a rubber band it will heat up and when u'll relax it it will be cooler than room temp. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.29.253.138 ( talk) 06:18, 11 May 2007 (UTC).
that is under rubber band uses and not a rubber band use 76.65.13.233 ( talk) 17:51, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
Rubber bands are used as power sources in hobbyist's aircrafts. Are there any other uses as power sources? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.31.118.254 ( talk) 11:04, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
I'm surprised that there is no info on these: I propose to add the following, but I thought I'd check it out here first to see whether others agree that it's notable enough to put in the article.
In 2004 in the UK, following complaints from the public about postmen and women causing litter by discarding the rubber bands which they used to keep their mail together, the Royal Mail introduced red bands for their workers to use: it was hoped that, as the bands were easier to spot than the traditional brown ones and since only the Royal Mail used them, employees would see (and feel compelled to pick up) any red bands which they had inadvertantly dropped. Currently, some 342 million red bands are used every year [1]
Dom Kaos ( talk) 17:15, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
Don't know which of these two statements is correct, but they contradict each other and at least one of them needs to be changed.
1. In the Manufacturing section it says, "While other rubber products may use synthetic rubber, rubber bands are still primarily manufactured using natural rubber because of its superior elasticity."
2. The Material section says, "Most rubber bands today are produced from synthetic rubber but rubber originated from the sap of the rubber tree."
If someone knows which is correct, please edit. Thanks Wikidsoup [talk] 17:38, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
I am working on a project and it is about rubber bands for energy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.41.38.234 ( talk) 16:01, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
I removed the following unsourced claim from the article:
Glrx ( talk) 16:06, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
Does anyone think so? 128.54.56.136 ( talk) 01:31, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
There was a band called the "Rubber Band". 128.54.56.136 ( talk) 01:43, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
Should Snoopy loop be merged into Rubber band (with redirect)?
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