Talk:Salute (pyrotechnics)
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[edit] Banter
By the way, this information is CRAP! Someone needs to site some sources, this is all total bullshit.
There are some factual things that have been taken out of this page. Like the SILVER SALUTES! That dates back to old American History just like the classic M-80 and some "know it all" went ahead and erased it. Are you the one who has been taken it down?
I'm going to re-insert all the information that has been erased and I'm going to provide them with sources to prove that Silver Salutes ins't just a bunch of crap as you say.
The pictures that were taken down by I don't know who were put there to help others get a visual idea of what they are!
A lot of the other labels such as M-100 A.K.A. M-1000 A.K.A. Block Buster do exist and are being sold on the black market present day!
Let's dispute this like grown adults and not with temper tantrums!
- While you're at it, you should probably poke around and find out about the Guidelines of Style. Just for future reference. (I've cleaned it up already.) Fifth Rider 23:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- I cleaned it up a bit more, and silver salutes are real... Teque5 05:36, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merger proposal
If you look at all these pages together, they clearly belong in this one place with some proper redirects. Discuss. I assume there are some other pages that can be placed here as well. Teque5 05:31, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
There's a problem there. If we were to merge these, we'd have to find a common formatting for all types of salutes that could include more info beyond mere specifications. The term "cherry bomb" has a lot of cultural resonance, and it would be hard to do that justice in the current format. However, we don't have enough material here to divide it into Technical and Social articles. I would suggest instead that a simple "See Also" section in both articles would suffice. I'll do that now. Fifth Rider 15:27, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] German Salute
("Cubical Cannonstrike")
Are there simular products in the US?
I wish you all a Happy New Year.--Nemissimo (talk) 11:21, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
There are such things. String wound salutes - not necessarily cubical - in addition to other pyrotechnic devices designed to create an exceptionally loud report, are known as maroons in the pyrotechnic trade. Maroons may be fired with either timed fuses (spoolette) or electrically, as are many theatrical devices. -- NReitzel (talk) 19:53, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
http://www.fireworks.co.uk/abt/glossary.html
[edit] Reorganization
This page spends most of it's space discussing amateur-built pyrotechnics that are illegal in the United States and many other countries. I think it would serve better to group the discussion of "bootleg" salutes and then include information about professional salutes, currently made and sold legally. An aside: silver salutes were commercial items, made up until circa 1966. -- NReitzel (talk) 20:37, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
