Talk:Decalcomania

message: I don't know what 24.168.92.117 means by "vaild nor historical evidence to prove his, 'inventions'", but see for example http://www.freewebs.com/genovese/parent%20direct/Investigations1.html .  Is it the existence of photographic decalcomanias 24.168.92.117 is debating or Richard Genovese's invention of the method?  --Daniel C. Boyer 23:04, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I'm against a merge. Decal and decalcomania have distinct usage (e.g. see the Wiktionary entry). --Kkmurray 03:22, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Merge 

message: Hi. Is there a difference between these two? They seem so similar as to suggest this is where a merger is needed. ThanxTheriac 17:04, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Decalcomania & Lithography

message: The above comments suggest there is ongoing confusion between the art technique which produces a single, unique image, and the industrial method which is used to produce many copies of an image.  This is also shown in the following exchange from my talk page:
:Apologies, I just restored a link in the Decalcomania article, but didn't leave a proper comment.  I wanted to suggest that the museum article link is more appropriately about the decalcomania/industrial transfers early design movement, as opposed to decals in general. Fingal 23:50, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Strange, to me it seemed a much more appropriate link for Decal than Decalcomania.  The latter article is pretty much about the technique to produce a one-of-a-kind result, especially in fine art.  This is pretty much the opposite of the industrial printing technique of producing many copies of a graphic, i.e. producing 'decals' or 'transfers'.  The museum link is pretty much about the history of that industrial technique in Canada, and thus seems more appropriate for Decal. I think I'll copy this discussion to the Decalcomania talk page. -R. S. Shaw 03:19, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusion between fine art technique and industrial reproduction method  

message: I found this on Commons by searching "Decalcomania", but I don't know if it's an example or not. -- stillnotelf is invisible 18:55, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Me neither, unfortunately.  Yes, a picture or illustration would be very cool!  Maikel (talk) 23:14, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs a picture 

message: The article says that decalomania is a technique, and says what it's for, but doesn't seem to say what the technique actually is, i.e. how it's done. That seems like one of the most important pieces of information this article should contain. I haven't added it myself because I don't know the answer.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.76.8.68 (talk) 22:49, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing key details 

message: The following content tangential to the specific topic of this page (which actually belongs, if anywhere, at the decal page) has been relocated here this date:
:==Versions==
:In the 1950s and early 1960s, King Features Syndicate marketed a set of decalcomanias bearing full-color pictures of characters from its comic strips, including Flash Gordon, the Katzenjammer Kids, and Dagwood Bumstead. Intended for young children who might have difficulty pronouncing or reading the word "decalcomanias", these transfers were marketed as "Cockamamies", a deliberate mispronunciation. The term "cockamamy" or "cockamamie" has entered the English language with various slang meanings, usually denoting something that is wacky, strange or unusual. However, the expression "cockamamie" is attested by 1946 and reportedly as early as the 1920s.
It does not deal with the fine art transfer method of decalomania, and even vis-a-vis the pedestrian "decal" deals more with the etymology of the word "cockamamie" than establishing it in any way an exceptional example of the production or use of the mass-produced water-released "sticker" (which it is not, until otherwise substantiated). Wikiuser100 (talk) 13:46, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tangential content