Origami Code

Folding Skill

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.

Paper

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.

Modulars

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?

Obsessiveness

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

Creativity

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

Conventions: (with small c to resolve ambiguity)

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.)

Diagrams/Books

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.

Japano-phile

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?

Societies

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?

Knowing other folders:

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.

Internet Savvy

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?

Book collection

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?

Web Savvy

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?

Email Savvy

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?