Talk:Cork (material)

message: The line "However, on the down side, both synthetic stoppers and screwcaps require different winemaking methods to some extent, as sulfur dioxide (SO2) levels need to be different, and there may be different wine faults due to oxidation or reduction." struck me as a little POV (neg. synthetic) and all around in need of some source citation. To my knowledge, the "change" in winemaking methods when using a synthetic stopper versus cork is quite minor. Also, the labeling of this as a "downside" is somewhat misleading. For instance, in the case of screw caps (which are less "breathable") you don't need as high of a level of sulfur dioxide to function as an anti-oxident. For people who are sulfite sensitive (wine headaches, etc) this can actually be an "upside". Agne 06:10, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Request for source regarding synthetic stoppers "downside"

message: This entry is in the category "Arabic words". While dictionary.com supports this, it would be nice if there were elaboration in the entry. --RealGrouchy 01:11, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arabic word 

message: I hope I've gotten the forms filled out right on this; it's a little complicated following the steps, especially for multiple moves.  Also, note two previous discussions at Talk:Cork (disambiguation). ENeville 04:55, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 

message: Add  * Support  or  * Oppose  on a new line followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion using ~~~~.
#Support Cork City already redirects to the article about the city named Cork, and should be the article name.  It is often referred to as Cork City (much like New York City).  But the material certainly is the most common use of the term. --Serge 05:40, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: I have requested at WP:RM that Cork (currently the article about the city) be moved to Cork City so that the disambiguation page, currently at Cork (disambiguation), could be moved to Cork.  See Talk:Cork.  --Serge 06:44, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Serge, I think this is going back over territory that was already covered above.  There was no consensus, and only a few people wanted to make changes to the disambig page.  --Kathryn NicDhàna 06:56, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree.  I think the voting indicates there is likely to be a consensus to move the dab page to Cork as all 13 oppose votes indicated opposition to making the material be the primary page, but 5 indicated support for the dab page. In fact, it is arguable that that consensus is already established by this vote, but I'm suggesting we have a separate survey to confirm.  Hence Talk:Cork#Requested move.  Thanks.  --Serge 07:01, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cork -> Cork City; Cork (disambiguation) -> Cork

message: Please add to the cork usage also aviation components, since Airbus will start to replace some plastic and rubber components with cork from Corticeira Amorim. Cheers, Anonymous 18:27, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone may also want to dig up the citations to include the use of cork for gaskets.  Although synthetic materials are more common today, up until thirty years ago cork was the most commonly used material for engine gaskets.  It may still be the most common material for some uses, such as in water pumps. Kid Bugs (talk) 13:54, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uses for cork 

message: As per subject  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.75.222.76 (talk) 17:05, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link in footnote 1 unavailable 

message: Hey folks - this page is the #1 item on the list of "Useful links relevant to cork flooring" on www.construction-index.com/usa-cork-flooring.asp - yet the only mention of cork as a flooring material in the article is one lousy photo!  Please - you've been given prime visibility, someone who is taking care of this page please add something about this!  (I'm in the learning stages on the topic, but for starters, the construction-index page has a number of articles that would probably be helpful, and many of the other sites I've checked for places that sell cork flooring have links to useful-sounding articles.) - Martha (talk) 06:40, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cork as a flooring material 

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message: "Cork has been used in rocket technology due to its fire resistance."
Cork is not renowned in "rocket technology" for its fire resistance. It is used in ablative materials, often in heatshields. T.Neo (talk  contribs review me ) 16:45, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cork in aerospace 

message: I've removed a series of edits made by User:Apcor that had a clear WP:COI to them. That said, I don't think the net value or all the edits were bad but there was enough overall WP:POV, WP:OR and some twinge of WP:ADVERT appeal mixed among them that made it easier to just remove them all wholesale and discuss them here. I definitely encourage the editor to review our conflict of interest policy before editing the article again. It will be more worthwhile for APCOR to post suggested improvements on the talk page here and let other, non-bias editors insert the text and referencing into the article. AgneCheese/Wine 14:15, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: APCOR edits

message: "Natural cork closures are used for about 80% of the 20 billion bottles of wine produced each year. After a decline in use as wine-stoppers due to the increase in the use of cheaper synthetic alternatives, cork wine-stoppers are making a comeback and currently represent approximately 60% of wine-stoppers today." - which is it? 67.255.0.230 (talk) 02:37, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: wine

message: :"Finally, the cork is stacked and, traditionally, left to dry, after which it can be loaded onto a truck and shipped to a processor."
Can someone clarify this?  Is there some situation in which the cork would not be dried, or would be dried by some other means?    Heavenlyblue (talk) 03:54, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drying 

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message: The information in the "Sources" section of the article has unclear citations for the paragraph about CO2 emissions of wine stopper products. Checking the cited paper, it is not stated how the figures are arrived at. The statement in question: "For example, to produce 1000 cork stoppers 1.5 kg CO2 are emitted, but to produce the same amount of plastic stoppers 14 kg of CO2 are emitted and for the same amount of aluminium screw caps 37 kg CO2 are emitted." is a near-direct paraphrasing from the cited Frontiers in Chemistry paper https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3990040/, but this paper has nothing to say about how the figures were derived. The beginning of the paragraph cites the Amorim paper https://web.archive.org/web/20090913143609/http://www.corkfacts.com/pdffiles/Amorim_LCA_Final_Report.pdf, a cork industry paper with a financial interest in supporting cork production, then seems to cite the Frontiers in Chemistry paper as a supporting paper, but this paper cites the Amorim paper as its own reference. Specifically, the figure on page 46 of the Amorim PDF shows the precise CO2 figures quoted on Wikipedia and listed in the Frontiers in Chemistry paper, making the reference to https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3990040/ redundant and potentially misleading by inflating the number of sources supporting the content. I'm not qualified to judge the quality of the Amorim paper and whether or not it does fall prey to its own conflicts of interest in its analysis, but its authors acknowledge it was written without feedback from aluminum industry experts, which is certainly a potential shortcoming, and in general an industry-sponsored paper is hardly the gold standard for science. The figures are also likely out of date from what I can tell even if they are unbiased, as global average aluminum recycling is now generally cited closer to 50-60% when I google it, rather than the 35% figure used in the Amorim study, which would have a significant impact on the CO2 figures since it takes about 20 times as much energy to produce virgin aluminum. I don't really have any suggestions here besides removing the Frontiers in Chemistry paper citation, since it's basically equivalent to a sockpuppet for the Amorim paper, but I thought it was worth mentioning the lack of clarity in this paragraph and its potential bias for further consideration since it left me with more questions than answers after reading it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.101.240.175 (talk) 08:54, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources section - carbon footprint 

message: See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAcuPEzgOTc and https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/cork-wars . Could it be included in the article? --Pier4r (talk) 19:47, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cork importance during the second world war 

message: "To free the cork from the tree, the extractor pushes the handle of the axe into the rulers."
However, the image above shows the extractor not using his axe (it's in fact on his belt), but rather a crowbar-like lever tool.
I'm no expert at this, but it seems to me that the quoted statement it either incomplete or incorrect. Should we mention that crowbar-like tool? Nic-obert (talk) 08:15, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cork harvesting