Talk:Roman brick

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[edit] Sources

IvoShandor 06:55, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] To look up in databases

IvoShandor 12:24, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photo request

If anyone has access to this type of brick, a great photo would be a comparison shot between a Roman brick and a standard brick. I will keep my eyes peeled for both in buildings I see, otherwise we may have to wait on what would obviously be a very encyclopedic illustration. IvoShandor 02:09, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Globalize

From ancient Rome, jumps to British Isles, jumps to U.S. . . . actually. There may be more to it, but is the template appropriate here? IvoShandor 02:18, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

There is an expansion planned, but it seems to me if we are going to tag articles the least that can happen is an explanation as to why it has been tagged can be provided. This article is not particularly bad concerning globalized content, I think the template is meant for worse. Until some specific objections can be raised here I am going to remove it, especially considering no original objections have been forthcoming. I won't have a problem with it being readded when some issues are brought up, indeed, I would welcome it. IvoShandor 07:45, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
The article needs expanding, at the very least to cover continuing uses of Roman brick other than by American architects from the 1930s on. I don't know much about the subject, but there was considerable use (and re-use of salvaged materials) of the Roman brick in many parts of Europe, and probably Asia and Africa as well, going back several centuries, which the article completely ignores. Ideally the article could be greatly expanded to give proper coverage of ancient Roman brick-building (and how it differed from other ancient brick-building), but the tag does not relate to that. Alternatively the article could be renamed to Roman brick in modern American architecture, which is essentially what we have now. I will replace the tag, which seems perfectly appropriate to me. Johnbod 13:00, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
I don't think moving the article is the answer. As much as I hate tags, and find them mostly useless, (the article has been around, even with main page exposure and still it seems I am the only one willing to do any leg work on it, I even posted other sources!) I will leave it in place. I have seen sources pertaining to reuse of brick, and will add what I can. Seems most of the scholarly work has been related to brick stamps, of individual brick makers. As you can see from the number of sources used to compile just this small amount of information, this isn't exactly easy, any help would be greatly appreciated. I think the Google Scholar link above that I left has some good stuff. I will look later tonight. IvoShandor 00:28, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
I'm afraid I doubt if I will be able to contribute, but there are a number of excellent editors on architecture who may well have the reference works needed. Johnbod 02:21, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
It's okay, had to ask though. :) I will see what I can do in the next couple of days, I will ping you for your input when I finish some expansion, if that's okay? IvoShandor 02:23, 28 October 2007 (UTC)