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Where is this an "industry standard"? Why is it in inches, a unit only used in one country worldwide?! Gymnophoria (talk) 10:05, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It isn't. The writer of this article has embellished it to a large extent. A "bolt" of fabric is simply another word for "piece" of fabric. No measurements involved at all. I have proposed the article be deleted. -Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 16:22, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A bolt is a roll of cloth woven on a loom or created by a knitting machine.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} Being all encompassing, it is by is nature a generic and an ambiguous term of convenience and context, used to describe fabric as it is processed, stored and/or marketed. Consequently, its dimensions are highly variable — flexible and dependent upon the manufacturing, machinery, quantity, size, thickness and quality of the product.^[7] 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:27, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's hilarious. None of those refs support anything you say. -Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 17:05, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Try reading them. Hilarity is apparently in the eyes of the beholder. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:19, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I read them. Did you? -Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 19:12, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

One user can again revert the recent edits. Hence the revised article is copied here. More improvements are possible. Bolt is like a building block. And has a great significance in every procedure applied to the cloth after leaving the loom or knitting machine.

• RAJIVVASUDEV's efforts are appreciated but we don't need a copy of the article here too as the draft versions are all still in the history. I have restored the expansion, made a copy-editing sweep and listed the article as under rescue. More anon. Andrew🐉(talk) 18:37, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Thankyou and best regardsRAJIVVASUDEV (talk) 01:14, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew D. Your statement that bolts "a great significance in every procedure applied to the cloth after leaving the loom or knitting machine" is bollocks. It just isn't true. Building block bullshit really. The industry has moved on since the industrial revolution. -Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 16:08, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are a series of edits following this that eliminate whole sections and references. I think the sources supported the prior version, and that there have got to be other sources. "Failed verification" and elimination of this material has a relationship to the pending WP:AFD, IMO. You can give credit to Roxy the dog for this effort. Indeed, it is being done by the initiator of the AFD. But I defer to consensus and other editors' judgment. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:54, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The third image on this web page, http://www.thehogtownrake.com/?p=2142 , shows two smiling people in front of lots of bolts of worsted suitings. They (bolts) are not used as intermediate fabric storage solutions during modern fabric processing. Please feel free to comment. In the meantime, I need a new suit. -Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 20:11, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Roxy the dog, Mr. Expert, Firstly, One cannot discuss the fabric without a form bolt. Secondly, the article says now they do not need to age. Storage in bolts is yet required, even if it is for the shortest time. The technology you are fantasizing about Loom to garment is not in practice. The technology advanced in eliminating the step(aging what they were required 15year back), so they are happy(image 3rd web page.). Maybe in your world, the produced goods are imported.

• (See images) The bolts in Chinese and Bangladesh warehouses.^[8][9][10]

ThanksRV (talk) 02:36, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are no bolts of fabric in those three citations, they are called rolls. -Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 10:14, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are ample citations to the article. These images were to demonstrate stacks of rolls/ bolts. They are the same, aren't they? Take yor time.RV (talk) 11:40, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No, they are not the same. Your citations are to rolls. See WP:CIR as it applies to language skills. Clearly, you are not fit to edit this project due to your poor comprehension and vocabulary and general language skills. Have you thought of editing another wiki where you have suitable language skills? -Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 11:46, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OMG, You deleted my comments, and you are still under the impression that rolls and bolts are different and doubting me for CIR and language skills. I am taking a pause. Let other users decide. Thanks RV (talk) 11:57, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Read first line of the article loudly.A bolt is a roll of cloth woven on a loom or created by a knitting machine.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} RV (talk) 12:09, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is a joke. Time for a topic ban, from all areas of the project where competence in English is required. Those refs do not support your incompetent use of the word bolt. -Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 13:42, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Roxy I think you need to rethink your approach. Read, absorb and practice WP:Civil. WP:No personal attacks. In passing, I note that RV extended an olive branch on your talk page, and that evidently was fruitless. Happy New Year! and New Decade! The odomometer turned over. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:55, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm more concerned with the production of an accurate article. As regards CIVIL and NPA, My Spider-Man suit is worn out. -Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 13:58, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Text and references copied from bolt to Bolt (fabric), See former article's history for a list of contributors. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:06, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think you mean copied from the Wiktionary page wikt:bolt, not the Wikipedia article bolt, but please correct if I'm wrong. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 17:20, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

User:Ivanvector You are right. That was the source. Please correct it. I plead ignorance on doing it right. And I wanted to give the attribution. I don't have a cross wiki account at Wiktionary, and I don't edit there. I was pleased to find the quotes there. Cheers. Happy New Year! Happy New Decade! and stay safe. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:57, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The note here is fine, although I think technically it should go in the edit summary where you add the copied content. Which edit was it? Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 22:03, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@7&6=thirteen: can you take a look at the Unit section? It looks like around here you tried to consolidate references in this section, but you've left a "Richard Bentley (publisher) (" hanging out after one of the refs and before a new sentence. With all the edit warring I can't tell what you meant to do with that. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 18:07, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A chunk of the fabric is a response of the initiator about Bolt (fabric). As per the user, the Bolt is neither a roll nor a unit related to the cloth. He disputed a more than 10-year old consensus because of his behavior. And he is deleting the contents to prove his bias that too ignoring the sources and advice of senior users. He views Khes as Kesh. Something is seriously wrong and not in the interest of the project. ThanksRV (talk) 03:01, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Why we are referring to Bolt as rolls in various sections (NOW DELETED) Because a Bolt(fabric) synonymies a fabric roll, a rolled cloth, and roll (with ref . to its shape) is a rolled-up piece. Some copied text with references

roll up a bolt of cloth; roll cloth into a bolt ma-sa? lo? ve (OV) use a drill by rolling it between the palms mO-to-lT? a-khe ... trough for (dyeing) cloth ho tu ve pha-lo?-qo qho tT? ve / He soaked the cloth to be dyed in a trough. – PAGE 1383 The Dictionary of Lahu - Page 1383, James A. Matisoff · 1988.^[1]

Now , all you need is the nice cloth upholstery over it and send it to the body assembly line to install in the cars . ... The material came in round rolls called bolts that are about two feet in diameter and from fifty - four to sixty inches wide FOUND INSIDE – PAGE 83 Fun at Work, Hudson Style: Tales from the Hudson Motor Car . Harry F. Kraus, ‎Bob Elton · 2003^[2]

bolts , the cloth , roll down to the end of the cloth , used to drive out others . ... machine exactly similar , known , i . e . plate , round , and spring bolts . though with a finer cloth , is used for... Found Inside. Pantologia: A New Cyclopaedia, Comprehending a Complete .John Mason Good, ‎Olinthus Gregory, ‎Newton Bosworth · 1813^[3]

Using old sources to avoid circular reference ThanksRV (talk) 05:33, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This drivel is not cogent. -Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 05:57, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply." --Stephen R. Covey . RV (talk) 06:27, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bolt is a fabric rolled around a flat or tube. Read page 64 ^[4] Read page 423 ^[5] Read page 75 ^[6]Henceforth, references and material referring to rolls (fabric)/ Bolt(fabric) are verifiable. And any deliberately intended deletion is vandalism, and it is an obstruction or defeats the project's purpose. Thanks RV (talk) 08:49, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a source that has information about bolt lengths, and it has a sentence saying the Yuan Dynasty collected half a million bolts annually as taxes:G Books link That makes me think there's probably some Chinese-equivalent term for 'bolt', sort of how Li (unit) is in contemporary usage for distance. Personally, I think it's interesting to read about how the same concept applies in different countries or across eras. India is a huge producer of textiles too, so it would be interesting to read about standards and terminology from the subcontinent. Hopefully that helps, Cheers! Estheim (talk) 11:22, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it is helpful. Thanks RV (talk) 12:22, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, more things:

The term "material utilization" is a direct response of commercial garment manufacturing to the size of fabrics (ie, per bolt). There's A LOT of academic literature on the subject and it doesn't have a WP article. It's tangentially related to the bolt- as in, the specs of bolts directly impact material utilization. The abstract of a paper says: "Marker making is one of the most important tasks in garments manufacturing industry. This study uttered about accurate marker making and the facilitation to reduce fabric wastage which ultimately reduces the cost of making the garments. The marker determines how the parts that make up an article of clothing are cut from a bolt of cloth." From this paper

• And I think the photo is misleading people because they're literally 'on rolls', when the most common (consumer-grade) visual of a bolt is those rectangular stacks. Commons didn't have a better photo and I'm sort of terrified of the whole image-media process. Maybe someone knows a better free image source that better reflects the term? Or just lives close enough to a retailer for a quick phone pic? Cheers, Estheim (talk) 18:26, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  Would any of these work?

1. • File:60-28-C Cloth, Bolt, Silk, Japanese (8206137050).jpg
   • File:Fabric bolt ensemble (7856833718).jpg
   • File:Stoffballen1 fcm.jpg

   • File:Bogyoke Ang San Market Yangon.jpg

     • File:Fabric, bolt of (AM 3719-1).jpg

• -- Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 21:45, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A terrific set of examples Ivan, thx. I tried editing your post to number the examples, then thought better of my attempt. I am going to comment on each one, but I may have to edit a few times, I plead incompetence. -Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 23:16, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I see I messed it up, but the order remains the same, sorry. -Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 23:19, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

File:60-28-C Cloth, Bolt, Silk, Japanese (8206137050).jpg is an excellent example of bolts of cloth.

File:Fabric bolt ensemble (7856833718).jpg is an excellent pic of rolls of fabric, not bolts.

File:Stoffballen1 fcm.jpg are excellent examples of bolts of cloth, not rolls.

File:Bogyoke Ang San Market Yangon.jpg are bolts of fabric, lots of them, some on cardboard formers (known as bolts themselves) and some just folded.

File:Fabric, bolt of (AM 3719-1).jpg this bolt is lovingly wrapped with soft tissue paper. aaaaah.

Roxy the inedible dog . wooF 23:29, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I think that last one (bolt of (AM 3719-1)) looks like the most common, contemporary concept of a bolt. If someone told me to 'grab that bolt' I wouldn't have a doubt for that image. Estheim (talk) 21:47, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]