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How is this any different than sand paper. Based on what the article says, this is just another article about sand paper. If this is true then why aren't they merged? Wizard191 (talk) 03:38, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"Sandpaper" is just one narrow form of the vast family of "abrasive grains stuck to a sheet" products. However there's certainly scope for merging. I'm also concerned with the name Coated abrasive itself: for most makers of such things, a "coated" abrasive is one where the sheet is dressed with an additional anti-clogging substance afterwards. Although we could potentially have both a broad and narrow "sandpaper" article at the same time, this isn't the best name to give the broad article. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:19, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What you are saying makes perfect sense. I just have one question. I haven't encountered (at least that I can remember right now) an "abrasive stuck to a sheet" that isn't called sandpaper. I would appreciate it if you could list a couple of examples so that it makes sense to have a broad and narrow article.
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Oppose. "Coated abrasive" fails WP:COMMONNAME. Nobody is going to come looking for this term and are going to be confused when they land at that article. Having both emery paper and emery cloth does seem redundant and neither are brilliant articles. Sandpaper is a little better article, as well as being a widely-recognised term, and I'd suggest merging things into that title. Lithopsian (talk) 16:32, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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