Talk:Reuse

message: ================================== Discussion Page Archives ======================================== Archive of personal discussion between User:Jethero and User:Dharmaburning regarding refactoring. JetheroTalk 03:58, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

message: There's a magazine/book that shows how to make things like shoe trees, coffee tables, and shoulder bags from garbage/unneeded stuff. Does anyone know the name of it? I think it would be good to mention that here. Zepheus 01:17, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Reuse magazine/book

message: Does this fall into the scope of reuse? It's certainly a highly important way to reduce waste by reusing existing resources (especially with the advent of electronic networks to aid in matching buyers with sellers), though I'm not sure if it falls under the category 'reuse' or not. Richard001 20:03, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: i'd certainly say so. by using used goods u are reusing existing goods. therefor it is reuse.--Thai-flower 09:44, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I haven't had much more feedback on this - it still remains as a 'see also' link, though I feel it should be a subsection with a link to the main article. Do others agree? Richard001 01:57, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Selling [[used good]]s

message: atm the concept of reuse is defined as the reuse of goods. whats about the reuse of ideas, concepts etc? i understand the open source movement as an example for reuse. people cooperative develop together instead of separately developing parallel similar things. this is reuse of knowledge.--Thai-flower 21:42, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Writers, composers, and other artists often reuse their (and other's) previous work in a new context. --83.253.36.136 19:59, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Definition

message: See for example Code reuse, Library (computing), Reusability, Reusable software components, Third-party software component, Software framework, Reusable software, and softwarereuse.nasa.gov --83.253.36.136 19:59, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Software 

message: :Note: This proposal/discussion is about regiVing (and the next proposal/discussion is about regiFTing).
I propose we merge Regiving into Reuse#Regiving and redirect it there, for the following reasons: (please vote according to wikipedia guidelines)
* WP:NOT#DICT The existing debate seems to center on defending Regiving as a distinct term. I will pre-concede that it is a disticnt term to save that debate from this page.  However the difference between the terms is only a small conceptupal difference which is easily explained in the section on the Reuse page (with perhaps a wiktionary link;currently not available)
* WP:V there are no inline citations (sourced statements) in the article (which leads to the NN argument below)
* WP:NOT#DIR the most 'useful' part of the article is a directory of links to related topics, which is against policy. This can be accomodated by a  link, or the like, in the Regiving section of this article. (note, WP:USEFUL is not a defense)
* WP:NN there is nothing in the Regiving article that seems notable to me that is not already coverd in the current paragraph in this page.
* but most importantly, the current paragraph in the Reuse article already adequately deals with this topic, or could be slightly expanded. JetheroTalk 19:49, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with and second your proposal.  Although there are some merits to regiving used in the context of free recycling social sites, the content of this page was born primarily of a deep misunderstanding.  SagePose originally started the regiving page intending to better define Freecycle's efforts without violating their trademark, though it seemed mostly to be satire, but ironically misunderstood the intention of group discussions at the time (Nov/Dec 06) strategizing how to promote freecycle after the holidays so members could "regift" their holiday presents. Married to the subject, he then proselytized it to other 'related' pages. It was a very  awkward square peg. Other editors that have since removed regiving references from other wiki pages would seem to share these sentiments. Here is some discussion to further clarify the point.  Dharmaburning 23:49, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

text: did it. Waldir talk 02:03, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge Regiving page into Regiving section of Reuse page 

message: I added a draft section on the importance of reuse of information, in software where much programming code is built from reusable objects and components to documentation, where text is written once and reused in many places and output in many formats. Bobdoyle 15:09, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reuse of information 

message: Don't know how to redirect.  We need redirecting to here from re-use and re-using, etc. Korky Day (talk) 22:53, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Don't know how to redirect 

message: Can we have as a new article a long list of CREATIVE RE-USES?  There are books on it, but I can't find a WP article.  Examples:  egg cartons to start seedlings or as sound abatement on recording studio walls, shredded office paper for padding in packing boxes, a vitamin pill bottle to carry your coins, old synthetic carpet to put on the ground where you don't want plants to grow, cereal boxes to slit open and use as file folders, etc.  Korky Day (talk) 23:05, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems a bit trivial and list-y. Remember, WP isn't an indiscriminate collection of information. Carl.bunderson (talk) 19:26, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  New article of CREATIVE RE-USES? 

message: As the topic is generic, it seems excessive to include links to specific states or cities for specific reuse centers or projects. I have left links where they appear global or country-wide. The removed links are:
* Reuse Alliance - NYC metro area
* NYC Materials Exchange Development Program - NYC only
* STAY VOCAL - a ReUse products and information company
* NY Wa$teMatch "NYC's Business to Business Materials Exchange"
*  Build It Green - NYC
* Materials for the Arts - NYC
* Reuse Centre - Edmonton, Canada
The following are articles and should be referenced from the main text if added as links:
* How to Donate Used Clothing for Women with Special Needs
* Creative Ways to Recycle Ordinary Objects
—Ashleyvh (talk) 07:50, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: For companies/programs without Wikipedia links, external links to their websites are fine (or in references as I've done with several--ideally via a third-party source). —Eekerz (t) 18:42, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  May 2008 External links removed 

message: I have added in the examples section the example of reuse of wastewater (and of excreta) in agriculture. In the sphere that I operate in (sanitation) we use the term reuse a lot, it is very important for us. So I hope you will agree with me that it's an important example for reuse.
I guess one could even add further example of wastewater reuse for other purposes (i.e. not just in agriculture, but e.g. for toilet flushing), but for now I will leave that up to someone else to add. EvM-Susana (talk) 16:21, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oct. 2014 Added information on reuse of wastewater 

message: Topic 39.44.163.115 (talk) 07:06, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Topic about reuse plz 

message: This article fails to mention the phenomenon of older Pizza Hut restaurants, with their iconic roofs, being repurposed into other venues. I think that would be a good visual representation of a building being reused. MightyArms (talk) 04:55, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pizza Hut restaurants? 

message: 48ta 163.53.74.156 (talk) 03:20, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reuse