Talk:Paper fortune teller

message: It's not clear why the device is called a "cootie catcher", though, since the activity has nothing to do with "catching" cooties (imaginary or otherwise). --ESP 18:21, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, I think the name of the article should be changedWacoJacko 05:32, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Headline text 

message: * 東南西北 (Dong-Nam-Xi-Bei; East-South-West-North)
There's a children's rhyme that goes with it in Taiwan:
: 東南西北恰北北
: 打破玻璃要你賠
: 叫你媽媽給我擦皮鞋
: East-South-West-North gets angry.
: You break the glass and you pay for it.
: Let your mom polish my shoes.
That's all. -- Toytoy 18:34, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Chinese 

message: Theres one in the Fable 2 teaser:   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.183.37.25 (talk) 18:46, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fable2 Teaser 

message: It sounds like multiple people here are in favor of relocating this article to a new name(one that is known by more than just a few people in a local area.) I know that I am.
WacoJacko 05:11, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If no one is opposed to it, I shall change the name next week to paper fortune teller (like paper plane).  If you disagree please give a reason below. Antisora 13:52, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  NAME CHANGE 

message: They've been Bowdlerized from their original purpose, which was children humiliating each other.  If you grasp the thing with four fingers, one under each flap, you can open it two different ways by spreading your fingers either horizontally or vertically.  (Practice the Vulcan salute.)  These alternate spreadings look almost the same, but reveal two different sets of surfaces.  Open it to reveal clean, white surfaces.  Close it and open it the other way while rubbing it on the head of your victim.  Show him the new surfaces, covered with drawings of grotesque little creatures.  For maximal effect, don't use drawings.  (From southern New Jersey Grammar schools, ca 1951.)
67.150.246.157 (talk) 13:03, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "Original purpose"?  Seems unlikely considering the design has probably been around as long as readily available square paper has, which is a fair bit earlier than 1951, and that the usage is generally along the lines of fortune teller or spice/salt holder outside of the US.  Antisora 13:46, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Bill sounds like he's got the best origin so far, Cootie catchers are the term in Michigan. MMetro (talk) 23:21, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why it's called that 

message: Can someone explain how the visual explanation of how to make the fortune teller is not a violation of WP:NOTHOWTO?  Teaching people how to make arts and crafts is not our purpose here.  I'll remove it unless someone can explain what I'm missing. Qwyrxian (talk) 04:47, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Well it shouldn't read like a construction manual. However the construction is a very notable one so I believe the article should describe how it is constructed. So really what I think should be done is to change the descriptions under the pictures. to describe the steps rather than telling people how to do it. Also the bit about cutting the end off an A4 sheet is not all that relevant. Dmcq (talk) 08:41, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with Dmcq. It's written very unencyclopedically now, but we should at least include some description of its construction. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:30, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:BRD attempt at changing the tone of the material: Siawase (talk) 17:01, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds much more like an encyclopedia, thanks. That's fairly horrible in a discussion above about using it to catch creepie crawlies in people's hair ... I must try that out ;-) Dmcq (talk) 17:21, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Appears to be a [[WP:NOT]] violation 

message: I propose that Papyromancy be merged into Paper Fortune Teller. I think that the content in the Foo article can easily be explained in the context of Bar, and the Bar article is of a reasonable size that the merging of Foo will not cause any problems as far as article size or undue weight is concerned. Rap Chart Mike (talk) 00:41, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: This article is on a specific origami shape, with multiple uses, only some of which involve papyromancy. On the other hand, the papyromancy article (although in worse shape) is on the general concept of papyromancy, only some forms of which involve this origami shape. There is no single topic that would encompass both all forms of papyromancy and all uses of this origami shape. Therefore, unless you are proposing to entirely get rid of the badly-sourced parts of the papyromancy article leaving only the parts dealing with this shape, I don't think the merger is feasible. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:09, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

text: As far as I can see papyromancy as defined has nothing at all to do with an origami fortune teller. I think the article on papyromancy should be deleted as there is too little material on it to make an article, it is currently just a definition and Wikipedia is not a dictionary. There is a line about it in Methods of divination and unless some good source about it giving details can be found that is I believe the most there should be in Wikipedia. There just is not the same sort of sources as for reading entrails or tea leaves or palms or clouds. Dmcq (talk) 22:08, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal