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[edit] spelling

This page uses three different spellings of 'moldboard'. ('mouldboard', 'mold-board'.) Should it be made consistent? - Dominus 03:51, 21 Aug 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Consistency.

"Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds."
Actually, the saying is "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds". (Ralph Waldo Emerson) I don't think this call for consistency is foolish. You may disagree, but if you mean that you think it is foolish, I wish you would say so. -- Dominus 05:49, 21 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Sorry, left the smiley out because I thought starting the next sentence with "But seriously" would suffice as a clue. No, I don't think looking for consistency within a single Wikipedia article is "foolish". Whether one should use "moldboard" or "mouldboard" is a question I have no opinion though. Thanks for the corrected quote, though. I would have misremembered it as being one of Samuel Johnsons in any case, so thank ghod I didn't attribute it! -- Cimon Avaro on a pogo-stick 06:32, Aug 21, 2003 (UTC)
  • But seriously, mouldboard may be most standard; according to OED at least. But then OED has the word "mold" merely as a redirect to "mould", so that should perhaps be taken with a grain of salt. Do as thou wilt. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick
mouldboard is the British English spelling, and the OED is primarily and originally a dictionary of British English. -- Dominus
  • Well according the page histories this article started as Plough and not Plow so I will (as per convention) change this article to the British spellings of both words. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick
  • I believe I introduced at least some of the American spellings. I think it is fine to change them to British. I don't know all the British spellings so it is hard for me to maintain consistency when expanding an article originally written using them. In fact, it has been pointed out to me that the American spellings in and of themselves give me plenty of trouble :-). The American spelling of mouldboard should be noted though, somewhere; I may add this. Kat 14:07, 21 Aug 2003 (UTC)

How can we have an article on plows that doesn't mention John Deere? I detect a British bias here. Rmhermen 15:27, Aug 21, 2003 (UTC)

And we don't have an article on John Deere either. Rmhermen 15:28, Aug 21, 2003 (UTC)
  • Bedtime for me, but a quick note in the hope tht some keen Wikkipedian will hop in and take care of this. This page really, really needs (a) stump-jump plough, (b) balance - i.e., discussion of the harm that ploughing does to soil structure as well as of its advantages. Tannin

[edit] Ransome

--Malcolmcw 12:45, 13 December 2005 (UTC)I notice that the plough section makes no mention of Ransome who's contribution of the eversharp share not to mention his influence on the design of steel ploughs in general is a major lack

[edit] Prehistory

Mencial 15:09, 22 February 2006 (UTC) ¿Is there any more information about the prehistory of the plough? First ploughs, how it extends through the different agricultural civilizations, etc. I know, I am too lazy to do the research.

[edit] Moved from Talk:Mouldboard Plough

[edit] Merge

  • There is absolutely no reason to have this as an article separate from Plough, and this one is also miscapitalized in the first place. Merge it, and create a redirect from the lowercase "p" version as well to the Plough article. Gene Nygaard 17:53, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Why wouldn't it be a seperate article? It is a distinct kind of plough that was developed, therefor warranting it's own individual article. It should not be merged, but only linked with the plough article. 01:36, 20 June 2006 User:24.176.81.236
  • It could be confusing for people with limited knowlege about ploughing, therefor it should be merged. They'll search for a plough, not minding details what kind of plough it is. In Africa 90% of all ploughing is done by mouldboard ploughs. 16:14, 11 July 2006 User:Joevilliers
  • Exactly. I am reading up on plows and techniques, and this one singular article threw me. The basic definitions and technical explanation are duplicative of the "Plough" entry. The remainder is all why it is so horrible, contains no references, reads as biased, and incorporates no information on when and where it is appropriate, which it is in many cases. Reading other articles online from progressive organic agricultural sites clearly shows conflicts with the singularly negative (and strangely past tense) write-up. I think this entire entry is useless at best, false at least. 17:36, 26 October 2006 User:66.195.232.121
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