Talk:Folding

message: ==== Above the fold ==== 
Above the fold, a graphic design concept originating in newspapers
==== Sheepfold; Fold Villages ====
Fold (from the Saxon "falod") meaning a staked-off pasture area (e.g. Sheepfold, an enclosure for sheep) and used in place names such as the Fold Villages.
* DictDef; repl w/  
: *Fold, livestock enclosure pen (enclosure) --Jerzy•t 21:09 & 23:29, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nouns (and a suffix) 

message: Fold (from the Saxon "falod") meaning a staked-off pasture area (e.g. Sheepfold, an enclosure for sheep) and used in place names such as the Fold Villages.
* DictDef; repl w/  
: *Fold, livestock enclosure pen (enclosure) --Jerzy•t 21:09 & 23:29, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sheepfold; Fold Villages 

message: -fold, a suffix added to a cardinal number signifying "multiplied by"
* Discard as dictdef. --Jerzy•t 23:30, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  -fold 

message: ===== Fold (higher-order function) =====
Fold (higher-order function), a family of higher-order functions in functional programming|functional computer programming]]
* Should be used in Dab, after rewrite. --Jerzy•t 05:33, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:   In '''computing''' 

message: Fold (higher-order function), a family of higher-order functions in functional programming|functional computer programming]]
* Should be used in Dab, after rewrite. --Jerzy•t 05:33, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fold (higher-order function) 

message: Fold (Unix), a program in the GNU Core Utilities
* re text-folding program; Lk'd by 4 lists or tables w/ e.g. a 4-wd dictdef, and in passing by one article where a ref w/in an article on  text folding or word wrap would be more suitable; arguably discardable     New Dab entry: Fold (Unix), program implementing word wrap --Jerzy•t 23:02, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fold (Unix) 

message: Betting (poker)#Fold|folding]], in poker, the act of withdrawing from a hand rather than meeting the bet
* Dab entry:  Folding, Betting (poker)#Fold |choice of withdrawal over betting, in poker]] --Jerzy•t 23:02, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Betting (poker)#Fold 

message: bankruptcy
* Hmm. I think the "folding" of a business is an adaptation of folding in poker (which in turn presumably is a metaphor for collapsing the "fan" of cards -- "card fan" at Fan#Aerodynamics Ventilation -- in one's literal and figurative hand much as one collapses a fan by re-folding it). My 30-y.o. 8th Webster's Collegiate says 
:: "to bring to an end" 
: and 
:: "to fail completely: COLLAPSE; esp : to stop production or operation for lack of business ..."
: (which makes me picture a load-bearing metal structure failing by bending nearly 180 degrees).    Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary says at concise.britannica.com/mwu/popup?hdwd=fold&book=Dictionary&jump=fold[3%2Cverb]&list=fold[1%2Cnoun]%3D399414%3Bfold[2%2Ctransitive+verb]%3D399433%3Bfold[3%2Cverb]%3D399461%3Bfold[4%2Cnoun]%3D399478%3Bepicanthic+fold%3D342206%3B-fold%3D399495 (don't try to make that a ext lk!)
:: 7 a : to concede defeat by withdrawing (one's cards) from play (as in poker) b : to bring to an end 
: and 
::  1 : to become doubled or pleated   2 : to fail completely : COLLAPSE; especially : to go out of business   3 : to fold one's cards (as in poker)
: So fold covers shutting down to, for instance, prevent looming insolvency, something that probably occurs more often (tho with less publicity than a bankruptcy. The question is whether a user would (except from not knowing where it's reasonable to look for dict-defs) type "fold" seeking info on bankruptcy in an encyclopedia. I think not, and that this entry is just another symptom of endemic dictdefosis.
--Jerzy•t 02:26, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  bankruptcy 

message: Folding in cooking refers to a gentle mixing technique, somewhere between a cutting motion and a stirring motion, used to incorporate ingredients into a batter or other mixture, such as for a cake.
* That would be Batter (cooking), but it is an unsuitable lk, since it doesn't even use the word. Cake does cover the right sense, but again doesn't know "fold..." is relevant to it. Sounds like a dictdef to me; probably too much limited to "how to" application to be encyclopedic.  --Jerzy•t 23:02, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Folding in cooking 

message: Folding (Book folding) in the publishing process refers to the folding of the pages of the book, after printing and before binding
* Good entry candidate in theory. In practice, 4 other editors' most substantial improvement, after the originator said in summary 
::  I don't know much about the topic, and I'm hoping others will fill it out
: was lk-ification of 3 words, and no action in succeeding 6 months (i.e., since tagged for cleanup). Tagging it for Prod. --Jerzy•t 23:02, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Book folding 

message: ===== fold (geology)=====
fold (geology)
* Keep.  --Jerzy•t 05:35, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  In '''science''': 

message: fold (geology)
* Keep.  --Jerzy•t 05:35, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  fold (geology)

message: ====== case folding ====== 
case folding is a term denoting the conversion of all characters in a string to lower- or upper-case
====== code/text folding ====== 
code folding|code]] or text folding (as in a folding editor for folding code or text)
====== Fold (higher-order function) ====== 
In functional languages Fold (higher-order function)|folding]] refers to processing some data structure and accumulating a result.
*  Note this duplicates entry for same page, with different descr, above under #in computing --Jerzy•t 23:36, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:   in [[computer programming]]: 

message: In functional languages Fold (higher-order function)|folding]] refers to processing some data structure and accumulating a result.
*  Note this duplicates entry for same page, with different descr, above under #in computing --Jerzy•t 23:36, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fold (higher-order function) 

message: Mathematics of paper folding
* A colleague dropped this entry without explanation. IMO, a good call: it should be lk'd from Paper folding, and that suffices (or would).  --Jerzy•t 23:39, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mathematics of paper folding 

message: ==== folder ==== 
folder
* If kept or returned to the Dab, must be marked up thusly (no piping): Folder (disambiguation) --Jerzy•t 23:02, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  See also 

message: folder
* If kept or returned to the Dab, must be marked up thusly (no piping): Folder (disambiguation) --Jerzy•t 23:02, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  folder 

message: door|bifold door]]
* Door now has a headingless link-target.   New Dab: Bifold, Door#bifold|type of folding door]] --Jerzy•t 23:02, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  bifold door