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Different weights of cotton[edit]

I often buy cotton T-shirts, many of which are labelled as being "100% cotton". I have no reason to doubt that they are indeed 100% cotton, but what I have noticed is that the weight/thickness/heaviness of the cotton varies considerably from shirt to shirt. No doubt this is due to differences in the manufacturing process. That's fine, I'm not interested in why certain cotton shirts are thicker than others. My question is whether there is some kind of universal grading system for cotton, which measures its heaviness and can be used to differentiate between thicker and thinner shirts, for example. --Viennese Waltz 07:56, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thread count is applicable to woven fabrics. Courses and wales are used for knitted fabrics like T-shirt material. 41.165.67.114 (talk) 09:22, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for those useful links, especially the second one where I also found GSM which seems more relevant to my question. So a cheap cotton T-shirt is approx. 150 g/m². --Viennese Waltz 09:36, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Topic bans[edit]

This is rather humbling, but I have lost track of where the list of topic bans is. Can someone point me to it? Thank you. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 08:08, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Do a search for "Baseball Bugs" and you'll find loads of them, lol. --Viennese Waltz 08:09, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[insert rimshot here] I think I have 3 topic bans. I used to have a link on my talk page, but I lost track of it. I know what they are, though. 0:) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 08:15, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Can't you just find the link by going through the history of your talk page? --Viennese Waltz 08:29, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, I think I found it for you: Wikipedia:Editing restrictions. --Viennese Waltz 08:36, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's the one. Thank you most kindly. :) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 08:47, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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