Talk:Sink

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They are also the stdin and stdout of MTS.

Is this covered at Sink (computing)? --Lph 01:25, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] image of red sink

Why does it say "Some sinks are red in colour"? They can come in alot of different colors. It seems kind of stupid to make sure the reader knows sinks can specifically come red and then go ahead and show a picture of a red sink.

Good point. I changed it to "Sinks are available in many colours, such as this red one in a washroom". --Lph 00:50, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge?

There doesn't seem like there's a whole lot to write about things like sinks and so fourth. Maybe we should merge this page with bathroom along with toilet, bathtub and others? Of course there's the British and American differences in the usage of "bathroom" so maybe a new article, something like "common bathroom fixtures" or "washroom" or something could be created along with redirects?

[edit] Enamel over steel & Porcelain over cast iron

Hi all. I have some reservations regarding "Porcelain over cast iron" for two reasons:

  • The article states that "because the porcelain is glass". But porcelain is NOT glass
  • The firing temperature used in the manufacture of porcelain is higher than the melting point of cast iron

Could the writer have meant "Enamel over cast iron"?

ThanxTheriac 13:32, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi all, If no one has any objections I'll change that I nted above:

  • The article states that "because the porcelain is glass". But porcelain is NOT glass
  • The firing temperature used in the manufacture of porcelain is higher than the melting point of cast iron

ThanxTheriac 08:59, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

I believe you're confusing porcelain and enamel. Porcelain most certainly is a glass; see the linked article.
Atlant 14:04, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Atlant. Thank you for the reply. I was not going to alter the words before a discussion. But "Porcelain most certainly is a glass", absolutely, categorically not. Enamel is glass but porcelain is not. Porcelain is a ceramic material: it contains glass and crystalline phases. There are some authorities that group glasss as ceramic, but this is uses "ceramic" as a hugely diverse umbrella term which is not universally accepted. No authorities describe porcelain as glass. This is why I highlighted the current error, and why I suggest it should be changed. ThanxTheriac 15:57, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Stephen Colbert

I know this isn't Wikiality, and some people out there might be alarmed by what I'm saying but perhaps at the end we could include a humorous entry saying what Stephen Colbert believes them to be. Tourskin 20:28, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Tourskin. A couple of questions:

  • Who is Stephen Colbert?
  • And what does he believe sinks are?

Thanx,. Theriac 19:24, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

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