Talk:buttonology

RFV discussion: July–August 2020

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buttonology

"The study of buttons"; not the other sense about learning how to use computer systems etc. Equinox ◑ 23:03, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

If citeable, the meaning would more likely match Swedish knappologi. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 23:07, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

In fact I have only seen it used that way, in the English translation of a book by a Swedish author.

2015, Fredrik Sjöberg, “The Archipelago of Buttonology”, in The Fly Trap‎^[1]:

It was August Strindberg who coined the term "buttonology." He was angry and needed a taunt.

Vox Sciurorum (talk) 00:37, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

As things stand now, the quotation from American Annual of Photography belongs on the second sense, knowing ones way around the controls of a machine. I will move it there. The Complete Button Book does count towards the first sense, a literal study of buttons. The third quote is in the sense of knappologi. There are also some uses in the sense of design of controls, as in "A minimum of 'buttonology' and no dialog boxes or forms are used...". Needs more work. Vox Sciurorum (talk) 11:51, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

I looked and could not find more in the literal "study of the things pinned or sewed onto your coat" sense. Unless there are more citations I propose to resolve by deleting the challenged literal sense and keeping the knappologi sense (transferring the 1954 quotation there). Vox Sciurorum (talk) 12:29, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

cited Kiwima (talk) 02:23, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

I bow to your searching skills. Vox Sciurorum (talk) 11:45, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 19:58, 24 August 2020 (UTC)