Talk:Screw anchor

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I'd love to help but can't right now except for tell you to please link it to the german wikipedia.de page article "dübel". i had to look for a while to find out it was the right translation because the german "dübel" page links to the english "dowel" page which correctly links back to "holzdübel" which obviously is a completely different tool. someone please fix it. cause i cant.

Thx.

  • This is fixed: The German Dübel article, which nicely handles many different types of screw anchors and wall plugs in one article, is correctly linked to this article. Dowels, however, are correctly (imo) handled sepearetly in Holzdübel. Methylene Blue 17:39, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merge screw anchor with wall plug

As far as I can tell, these two articles are the same topic, though perhaps with some subtle difference in scope. The wall plug article is illustrated with a photo of a bunch of expansion anchors, for example. It would be easier to characterize the types and their evolution in one article. Please support or oppose here. Dicklyon 21:17, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Support since I proposed it. Dicklyon 21:17, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Caution. If I understand the text of the articles correctly, a wall plug is just one type of screw anchor among several. They would be the same as what this article calls expansion anchors (or lead anchors or plastic anchors if made of plastic), other types being toggle bolts (I think I know what these are) and molly bolts (?). Having said that, I'm all in favour of a consolidated article handling different types of fasteners with closely related uses, replacing a plethora of stubs on the individual types with redirects to a proper article.  --Lambiam 02:08, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
    • That's right. The wall plugs would be either expansion anchors or a separate section; I'm not sure which. Dicklyon 02:17, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Caution. I am not sure if this helps the discussion, but the terms wall plug and rawl plug are the only ones in general parlance in the UK. If someone mentioned a screw anchor, the majority of people would not know what they are talking about. Arseyg (talk) 20:51, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Support I am very much in favor of handling screw anchors and wall plugs as one article, as the German Dübel article does! Let's do it! Methylene Blue 17:39, 7 June 2008 (UTC)