Talk:Rattan

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The section on "caning" should be made into its own article and, if desired, cited briefly from rattan. Caning is not so relevant to rattan.

[edit] Uses section is muddled

It starts with a section on preparation and properties, which are clearly not usages as such. Then it dives into a long section of caning.

Maybe restructuring it with sub-sections on various derived products with descriptions of how it each prepared, and sub-sub-sections on usages with a wider variety of topics and less emphasis on describing what pain is used for. I'm thinking about something like this:

• Uses
  • Wicker
    • Furniture
    • Sepak Takraw balls
  • Wood
    • Staffs & Canes
    • Instrument Handles
  • Resin - Dragons Blood
  • etc.

Most of the stuff on caning doesn't belong here at all, nor does the section on "The Sandman" and wrestling.

Any comments on this? --j (talk) 10:32, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rattans of India

The page Rattans of India was created today, but a lot of its information seems pretty general about rattans. I've suggested on that article's talk page that a merge might be in order - if anyone has comments, feel free to reply there. Olaf Davis | Talk 10:30, 6 April 2008 (UTC)