Talk:Bookmark (disambiguation)

Early unsectioned discussion

Isn't the Mirage Bookmark commercial? --Delpino 18:15, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Yes, it is, though not blatantly so and I think the numerous pictures and sub-topics might appeal to someone? — Lee J Haywood 17:19, 7 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Worth "disambiguating" intto Bookmark and Bookmark (computer)? Ojw 17:06, 7 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It's not really big enough to justify it – people would end up at the wrong article and then have to go to the trouble of following the disambiguation link. — Lee J Haywood 17:19, 7 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Missing picture

The article contained the following paragraph:

Bookmarks produced by Thomas Stevens are called Stevengraphs. Stevengraphs first appeared around 1862. Woven silk bookmarks were very appreciated gifts in Victorian days and Stevens seemed to make one for every occasion and celebration. In any case, the receiver of the bookmark shown on the right must have felt very flattered when reading the text on the bookmark: All of the gifts which haven bestows, there is one above all measure, and that's a friend midst all our woes, a friend is a found treasure to thee I give that sacred name, for thou art such to me, and ever proudly will I claim to be a friend to thee.

It appears that the picture that had previously been "shown on the right" no longer is. I didn't see any mention of a deletion on the first page of the article's history, but I assume that, at some point, such a picture did exist.

I've removed the phrase "In any case, the receiver of the bookmark shown on the right must have felt very flattered when reading the text on the bookmark" and replaced it with "One Stevengraph read." Actually, the article would probably be as good without the example, but I didn't see that it was doing any harm, so I left it in. I assumed that the spelling haven for heaven is from the Victorian original and have left it in, though it could have been a typo that occurred when the information was entered. I thought about putting in a (sic), but decided against it. If the individual who originally put in the paragraph, or anyone else with a knowledge of Stevengraphs, would care to speak to this that would be helpful. —CKA3KA (Skazka) 07:02, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Who used it first for websites?

Anybody got a source about who used the term first for websites? Was it Netscape? --Pmkpmk 14:10, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

splitting up

It seems quite clear to me that the two meanings for bookmark need to be split into their own articles. Its basically two-articles-in-one right which is very awkward. As the article gets larger this problem will only get bigger. The question is, how to split it? We could keep bookmark for internet bookmarks and make bookmark (books) for the other meaning, or make bookmark just a disambiguation page for two new pages.S Sepp 20:15, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As I already said above, the article isn't that big. The two concepts are very closely related, and I doubt that the article will grow much longer than it is now. Thanks. — Lee J Haywood 19:27, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, but I disagree with that and I think the article should be split up. It really is two articles in one with their own sections, their own 'see also', their own 'external links'. It would be nice if some other people could voice their opinion. S Sepp 22:16, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I don't really think the two concepts are that much related. I think the article should be split up, with bookmark as the article about the things you use to mark your page, and bookmark (internet) as the article about internet bookmarks. Should we have a vote?--Anakata 23:58, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed move

Along similar lines regarding the above, I think this page should now be moved to Bookmark (disambiguation), with Bookmark (books) being moved to just Bookmark. The term (to me at least) seems to be most commonly associated with the things you stick in books. If there are no objections, I will probably perform this move at some point in the future. --Bongwarrior (talk) 23:55, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And it is done. --Bongwarrior (talk) 10:22, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bookmark (books) being the primary meaning is not so obvious. If you google the term you will first get answers about the computing term, so maybe we should keep Bookmark (disambiguation) at Bookmark. 16@r (talk) 19:55, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How is it not the primary topic? It is, after all, called a bookmark. Book bookmarks have been around for hundreds of years, while internet bookmarks have been around for about fifteen or so. Internet bookmarks derive their very name from book bookmarks, and an article title like bookmark (books) is just ludicrous. --Bongwarrior (talk) 21:45, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've moved bookmark (books) back to bookmark pending the outcome of this discussion. As it was, bookmark (books) was inaccessible except by typing it in directly, and bookmark was just a redirect to the disambiguation page, which doesn't really make either of us happy. As this page isn't exactly a hotbed of activity, maybe we should put a notice up at requested moves to get a wider variety of opinions. --Bongwarrior (talk) 00:35, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]