Talk:Carabiner
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[edit] Spelling (carabiner / karabiner)
In the US, "carabiner" is the accepted spelling. Is "karabiner" the British spelling, or only the German? Since the c is used in the article title, I'm tempted to revert the edit where the spelling was changed, but I'd like some input from other editors. --Joel 03:25, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
- We use "karabiner" in the UK. Davidbod 09:10, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
The article title is carabiner, and in my opinion that establishes the spelling that we should use. If the karabiner is the accepted spelling, then the article title should be changed. Garrettcobb 05:08, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
I must admit, I've always seen it as "karabiner" wherever I've read it. I think I'd prefer it to be karabiner. However, carabiner gets 6 times more Google hits. Davidbod 09:10, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
- A quick Google search shows up more results for "Karabiner" than "Carabiner". I'd rather see Karabiner used as well, but non-registered members get no love :( 71.235.66.254 06:06, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
- I think it's pretty much line ball. Google is not necessarily the best way to test these things anyway, especially when the frequencies are so close (Note, Davidbod has suggested that it is spelt with a "k" in the UK, but Google suggests "c" is a little more common there). It really doesn't matter what we use in the end, as long as it is an accepted spelling, we are consistent, and we make redirects for the alternative spellings. Chovain 13:03, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] NPOV
I took out the "strangely" in "Recently, they have strangely become very popular in the emo and scene subcultures." because I think it's not NPOV. There are a lot of other little subtle nuances here that make this article slightly biased too.
[edit] Origin
Does anyone know when the first carabiners originated? I assume the late nineteenth century, but was wondering if anyone could say more definitively. I've always seen it spelled "carabiner", btw, but so long as there's a re-direct from either spelling, should be fine. 67.165.49.173 02:10, 14 September 2006 (UTC)Tom Miller
[edit] image swap
I admit that Image:Carabiner.png isn't as pretty as Image:Carabiner2.png but I'm uncomfortable with prominently displaying a caribener that cannot be used for climbing in article predominantly about climbing, especially surrounded by text about climbing and without a caption saying the one shown can't be used for climbing. Vicarious 13:47, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
