Talk:Mail

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[edit] Various edits prior to talk page refactoring

Mention of ZIP codes makes for a U.S.-centric page. Replace with mention of zip codes being insituted in the U.S. and postal codes in general as well. --Daniel C. Boyer

Added mention of military censorship. 141.219.41.163

Added mention of some additional methods of mail transport. Does anyone care to expand on them...? --Daniel C. Boyer

Perhaps it could be put somewhat better than "rendered obsolete"... --Daniel C. Boyer

Added mention that packages are also transported "by mail." --Daniel C. Boyer

I am going to edit the stuff about calligraphy to provide more detail and a more NPOV. --Daniel C. Boyer

"The study of a fine form of hand-writing, in fact, has quite completely disappeared": again, this can hardly be said to be true. "Quite completely" means absolutely entirely, and no one can seriously maintain this. --Daniel C. Boyer
I am going to remove most of this paragraph as it is not NPOV. --user:Daniel C. Boyer

Somehow "mail art" should be mentioned or linked to in the article. --Daniel C. Boyer

Can someone explain the attribution of mail to 4000 B.C. in China. This seems like an extremely unlikely date given what we know about world history and the requisites of a mail system. --Davis Foulger

I want to write an article on a band called "The Postal Service". I'm vaguely concerned because postal service redirects here. Is this OK? --Nelson 18:39, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC)

I think probably the solution is having postal service redirect here, Postal Service direct to your article, and have a little disambig block at the top of each. - Hephaestos 19:58, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC)

The most recent change to this article (October 13, 2003) suggests that HTTP is itself an evolution of mail. I think this is strongly inaccurate beyond the level of extremely loose analogy (e.g. HTTP entails addresses). It might be reasonable to say that electronic mail is a evolution of mail (which in a limited sense it is), but not that HTTP is. Davis Foulger

No discussion about poste restante? --Kaihsu 09:36, 2004 Apr 27 (UTC)

I added the comment about charities here because it didn't seem to fit the postcard article itself; however, ultimately I think that is where it should go.--NicholasJones 13:08, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Is there no discussion of the sorting process anywhere? Shantavira 11:57, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I was looking for this also. 119 08:13, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Request for references

Hi, I am working to encourage implementation of the goals of the Wikipedia:Verifiability policy. Part of that is to make sure articles cite their sources. This is particularly important for featured articles, since they are a prominent part of Wikipedia. The Fact and Reference Check Project has more information. Thank you, and please leave me a message when you have added a few references to the article. - Taxman 19:15, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] History

The history of mail in this article seems to end just before the beginning of modern mail service. Are there any editors who can add something about how modern postal sytems, stamps, etc, began? It doesn't have to be thorough. Cheers, -Willmcw 08:47, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

Can somebody source the introduction of the envelope? I've seen it credited to Britain 1696. And mention V-mail? Trekphiler 12:15, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] German mailbox

What about using the current Briefkasten image instead of the old the "old-style-replica Postbriefkasten" image at the bottom? -- Felix Wiemann 17:48, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spoken?

Hi all! Is there still a desire to see this article recorded for Spoken Wikipedia? I'd be willing to take it on if so. Ckamaeleon ((T)) 17:53, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another request for references

Hello! This article entirely lacks references and footnotes, which are a must for featured articles. I'm considering nominating it for removal from the list of featured articles unless references and footnotes are provided, and will most likely do so in a week, as there was already a previous request tha remained unanswered. Todor Bozhinov  → 17:30, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citation style

Please switch the section marked over to footnote style to match the rest of the article. Kat, Queen of Typos 09:27, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

OK, done. Fayenatic london 18:19, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
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