| F++++ | Can fold a 500-step insect blind, underwater, with both hands tied behind my back |
| F+++ | Folded the whole of Lang's insect book |
| F++ | Can fold most of the books around |
| F+ | Folded most of the traditional folds |
| F | Folded a paper airplane or two |
| F- | They usually end up as paper snowballs |
| F-- | Folding paper? Heck, I don't even fold my own laundry |
| F$ | I fold paper for a living. |
| P++ | Member of Paper Buyers Anonymous |
| P+ | Um, well, maybe once every few months or so. |
| P | I buy paper when I need it |
| P- | I rely on waste writing paper |
| P-- | Buy paper?? You Tree-Killer! |
| P$ | I sell paper for a living. |
| M++ | I don't fold anything else but modulars! |
| M+ | I have boxes and boxes of units that I've yet to assemble |
| M | I only fold those that look good |
| M- | Fold 1000 identical units? Booooooooooooooooring. |
| M-- | Ack! You call this origami? |
| O+++ | Folds all the time, everywhere |
| O++ | Stops occasionally, for meals etc. |
| O+ | Less than 3 hours/day |
| O | Folds something daily |
| O- | Likes to fold, but has a life |
| O-- | Folds occasionally |
| C+++ | Can meet any design challenge |
| C++ | Creates a few new models each month |
| C+ | Has occasional inspired moments |
| C | Modifies existing models |
| C- | Gets frustrated if model looks different than picture |
| C-- | Uses same colored paper as shown in diagram |
| c+++ | I organize several origami conventions. |
| c++ | I organize an origami convention. |
| c+ | I go to several conventions every year, both in my own country and abroad. |
| c | I go to several conventions/meetings, but only in my own country. |
| c- | I go to a convention every year |
| c-- | I have been to a convention |
| c--- | I have never been to a convention. |
| c$ | I organize conventions for a living (OK, that's not very probable.) |
| D+++ | I have written more than 10 origami books. (Alternative: I am John Montroll/Yoshihide Momotani/Tomoko Fuse.) |
| D++ | I have written several origami books. |
| D+ | I have written an origami book. |
| D | I have made diagrams for several models. |
| D- | I have made diagrams for a model. |
| D-- | I tried making diagrams for a model, but I didn't finish them. |
| D--- | I have never made diagrams. |
| D$ | I write origami books for a living. |
| J+++ | I emigrated to Japan. |
| J++ | My home is completely furnished in the Japanese style. |
| J+ | I have to buy every Japanese piece of furniture/accessory/etc. I see. |
| J | I have some Japanese items in my home. (kettle, plates, etc.) |
| J- | I bought some Japanese stuff once. |
| J-- | I don't like Japanese design. |
| J--- | I hate Japanese design. |
| J---- | Where do you say this paperfolding stuff comes from? |
| S++++ | I founded an origami society. |
| S+++ | I am chairman of an origami society. |
| S++ | I am member of the board of an origami society. |
| S+ | I belong to several origami societies. |
| S | I belong to an origami society. |
| S- | I used to belong to an origami society, but not anymore. |
| S-- | I know that there are origami societies, but I don't belong to one. |
| S--- | You mean there are organizations for this kind of stuff? |
| f++ | When I go to any origami convention, I can be sure to know at least 1/2 of the people there. (Alternative: I am Susanna Wellenberg.) |
| f++ | When I go to an origami convention, I can be sure to know *somebody* there. |
| f | I know some other paperfolders. |
| f- | I have correspond with some other paperfolders, but I've never seen them. |
| f-- | I don't know any other paperfolders. |
| I++++ | Know what TCP/IP stands for |
| I+++ | Create websites |
| I++ | Use newsgroups |
| I+ | Use email lists like Origami-L |
| I | Use email |
| I- | Have Web access |
| I-- | What's an internet? |
| B+++ | has to have evry book she/he sees on the shelf |
| B++ | has to have a new book every month or so |
| B+ | owns half a dozen or so |
| B | has one or two, but mostly relies on other sources |
| B- | There are books on this stuff? |
| W++++ | I am Joseph Wu. |
| W+++ | I scan Joseph's site daily, write HTML in my sleep, post pictures and diagrams to my web site weekly. |
| W++ | I have an origami related web site that I actively maintain. |
| W+ | I have an origami website that I sometimes maintain. |
| W | I surf the web for origami photos and diagrams. |
| W- | I have WebTV and cannot read anything in PDF format. |
| W-- | I could access the web if I needed to. |
| W--- | World Wide What? |
| E++++ | I administer origami-l, i.e. I am Joseph Wu, or Anne LaVin or Maarten van Gelder, or Howard Portugal, or Rob Hudson |
| E+++ | I check for origami-l email hourly |
| E++ | I read origami-l at least daily |
| E+ | I read origami-l at least weekly |
| E | I read origami-l in digest form |
| E- | I subscribe to origami-l |
| E-- | I subscribe to origami-l but only read it occasionally |
| E--- | I susscribe to origami-l, but only because I can't unsub. |
| E---- | There is an email list for origami? |