Talk:Ruler

message: Sorry for describing the last removal as a removal of linkspam. The linkspam I was after was already removed. However, I'm not sure if the link I removed was really relevant either. If you feel it was, please feel free to reinstate it. Aapo Laitinen 14:49, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Spam" 

message: I know Wikipedia isn't meant to be safe for kids, but I'm a little queasy that so much of this article is devoted to hitting people with rulers! Is this really necessary? Sometimes the focus of Wikipedia is a little...strange. --Wtshymanski 15:58, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You don't have to sit still for this. You have the power to change Wikipedia for the better. See below. -- Michael Geary 02:22, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Emphasis

message: I moved the content related to the use of rulers in punishment to its own article. It seemed rather out of place here, as one can see from previous complaints.
Thank you,
Michael Geary 02:31, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moved "rulering" to its own article 

message: Is this link helpful, or should it (as I think) be removed again? Thoughts please: 10:08, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You already know WP:EL, so you obviously must be joking... Stop pushing for your site. Femto 18:22, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

text: Yeah, you already said that from the other IP. Give up already, you won't get your site listed. Femto 12:50, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  iRuler appropriate for wikipedia? 

message: Thoughts on moving this article, surely the fact that it is colloquial doesn't mean it should be moved? Or should one simply redirect to the other? Thorney 00:15, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should this article be renamed to [[Rule(Measuring Device)]]

message: Actually i opened this page to get least count of diferent measuring instruments like vernier, steel rule, screw gauge, micro meter.but i faild to get data exactly what i need.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.117.246 (talk) 10:56, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Measuring Instruments 

message: anyone know who invented it originally ?  12.41.255.10 (talk) 20:20, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  anyone know who invented it originally ? 

message: I propose that Measuring rod be merged into this article as a historical section.  That article is stubby and I doubt it stands on its own in any case.  It seems natural to me.  --Ludwigs2 17:01, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  You had better merge Yardstick too while you're at it. Except I think it's pretty clear that one's a stick and one's a flat ruler. So I oppose that too. Paul Bedson ❉talk❉ 20:54, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge discussion 

message: Per a discusion on talk:measuring rod, I also propose that tape measure be merged into this article.  it's another stubby article in the 'ruler' rubric - bringing that in here too would flesh this article out nicely.  --Ludwigs2 18:53, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  [Oppose:]This is just daft too. There's a wealth of information about tape measures of different lengths and designs. It probably has it's own history of development. Lovely pictures too. Paul Bedson ❉talk❉ 20:52, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge discussion (tape measure) 

message: The above polls are inconclusive (only partisan votes so far).  So I'm going to open this up to a community RfC to get more input.  I'll close the above discussions as inconclusive.--Ludwigs2 00:48, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Tape measures aren't rigid. Whilst I'd agree with measuring rod & ruler, I can't see that going backwards is a good way to go forwards. If tape measure is so terrible, fix it first. It's hardly hard to source. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:02, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  merge RfC 

message: So I listed a "for" this "see" that, but I might need a little help formatting it. "Ruler" is also a generic term for heads of state (whatever form of government and hence type of head of state a given country has) and a rough translation of APXΩN. Anyway, I'm only asking for help to reformat that so it lines up with the other 2 links at the top of the Lead. The Mysterious El Willstro (talk) 06:47, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Moot point: I figured it out, finally! The Mysterious El Willstro (talk) 07:12, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some people might come to this Article looking for [[Head of state]]... 

message: In my opinion a ruler as such is not a measuring device like a yardstick and a measuring rod. A ruler typically may be a simple instrument, without a graduation, to draw straight lines. Madyno (talk) 23:19, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yardsick