Talk:Mail carrier

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I don't have time right now, but this really needs expansion; historical development of job (parttime vs fulltime, tasks such as special delivery or postage due collection), social position, training needed for the job, relation to other postal workers, etc etc. A brief summary for each of 200 nations will be a rather lengthy article in fact! Stan 01:54, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)

HEY! What is this transwiki %$^&$#!! I made it clear that this should be a real article, didn't get into any edit war over it, and my reward was to be blown off. Stan 17:36, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

If I don't get any response in 24 hours, I'm going to unprotect this page and clear off all this transwiki crap, seeing as how none of this bot stuff pays attention to objections registered on talk pages. Stan 17:48, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I am brand new to the Wikipedia so I hope this is the place to point out some shortcomings with this page.

This article appears to be about the United States Postal Service mail carriers. First, it is the United States Postal Service not the Post Office this has been official since the 1970's. Second special delivery is ancient history third and most important to me you have included two kinds of mail carriers in this article. The National Rural Letter Carriers Association represents the Rural Carriers. The National Letter Carriers Association Represents City Carriers.

The Rural Carriers are the ones who use their own vehicles some times and usually deliver in the rural areas. However, things are not always this nice and tidy. In concept these crafts are very similar however, in practice they operate differently.

We also have highway contract carriers delivering mail. — User:Suprise48 12:37, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mail carrier

What is this awful neologism? Can't we move this to postman? Jooler 02:29, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Agreed - mail carrier may be in parlance in North America but nowhere else I know 60.234.141.243 (talk) 21:11, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Postman is already a redirect, so this is a redundant suggestion. If you had created Postman first than, the redirect would be from Mail carrier to Postman. If you look here you will see all the 12 redirect pages that cover most of the possible terms used for the people who deliver mail. ww2censor (talk) 21:23, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, actualy in america we use mailman(sometimes postman), unless specifically refering to a mail-lady. Ive never heard "mail carrier" used commonly. Sorry, no sources.--71.97.138.104 (talk) 18:34, 28 April 2008 (UTC)