Talk:Engineering vehicle

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[edit] Proposed Move

Propose this article be moved to Construction equipment, more commonly called construction equipment than it is "Engineering vehicle".

[edit] Evidence

Searched for the following terms:

Yahoo!

  • "Construction equipment"
    • 6,430,000
  • "Engineering vehicle"
    • 20,200
  • "Engineering vehicle"
    • 41,800

Google

  • "Construction equipment"
    • 3,050,000
  • "Engineering vehicle"
    • 24,900
  • "Engineering vehicle"
    • 39,300

Websites: (from the top 8 leading global manufactureres)

WikiDon 02:10, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

This article and the article "Heavy Equipment" are nearly identical. They must be merged in some way.

"Construction equipment" looks like a much wider category of thing than "engineering vehicle". Specific engineering vehicles (or whatever) have specific names (eg "backhoe loaders"), so "engineering vehicle" itself may be less used, but more useful than "construction equipment" (which covers all manner of things which aren't vehicles). Rd232 talk 17:39, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

But, it is Wikipedia policy to use the most common term for the title of an article. And if 90% of the people in the world, including all of the companies that make the stuff, call it a "chicken," we should not call it an "egg laying domesticated bird." Would you call the article "Latrodectus mactans," or would you title it "Black widow spider"? Should the name of the article be "German Democratic Republic," or "East Germany"? While Latrodectus mactans, German Democratic Republic, and "engineering vehicle" may be more technical, it does not mean they should be the title of the article.
Remember, articles should be made, and titled, from the point-of-view of a new searcher looking for information. A 10-year old boy in India, Argentina, Calgary, Cape Town, Hong Kong, Dresden, or where ever, is going to search for the most common term, and want to be educated as to what the most common term is. Now the article should include more "construction equipment," and if it gets to big, a new seperate article can be spun-off. But if it is "spit", don't title it "salivic discharge". Is it a Gallus gallus? Or a? WikiDon 18:20, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

I agree "Engineering vehicle" means nothing to me. Merge with "construction equipment" Please,

I also agree that it should be changed. An engineering vehicle could be a vehicle used to carry extra heavy loads by road, such as rockets to launch pad, chemical reactors to construction site etc.

We have Construction equipment, Construction tools, Construction machinery, Mining equipment, Mining machinery, Power tools, Roadmaking equipment, Building equipment etc Gregorydavid 07:21, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I absolutely agree! I tried to link NKMZ to heavy equipment and all I got was "vehicles". What about forges, blast furnaces, hydroelectric generation equipment, industrial presses, etc etc? --McTrixie 13:00, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
I have restored the redirect of heavy equipment to this page, as the two were almost identical (I merged the differences first). User:McTrixie is right in saying that "heavy equipment" deserves a page to itself, so all that it needs is for some knowledgeable soul to come along and create one appropriate to the products made by NKMZ etc. In the mean-time, I suggest the redirect should stay.
Construction equipment currently redirects back here. Another alternative would be Construction vehicle (which also redirects here - argh!)? Someone else can resolve this one though...
EdJogg 18:23, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
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