Talk:Ranch-style house
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I have left up the existing criticism of ranch style homes, though this might seem like not being NPOV. Honestly though, this is a very common criticism and seems relevent. --W.marsh 09:40, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
Should this be merged with Ranch (house)?KXL 19:59, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, although I think Ranch (house) should be merged here. People don't typically say "I live in a ranch", they say "I live in ranch-style house". At least that's what I think. --W.marsh 20:01, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- I went ahead and merged (well, redirected, the other article was much shorter and didn't look to have anything new) --W.marsh 01:11, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Last summer, June 2006, I added quite a bit to the article, but was unsatisfied with it. Today I basically rewrote the entire thing. Added example pictures as well. -McHeath, March 21, 2007
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[edit] Do we really need this many images of ranch houses?
Sorry I should have placed my comments in here, the talk page of "ranch style house" rather than where I have in one of the images.
I hope nobody minds my saying this, but do we actually need this many images of Ranch houses? Surely only those with distinctive features need be included, I think this seems to be overkill to a certain extent. Dieter Simon 00:30, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Answer: A large number of pictures of the Ranch Style House gives a good impression of what exactly the style looks like. It's easy to read the characteristics of the style and be unclear on exactly what it looks like, and indeed the defining characteristics of California Bungalow houses and Prairie School houses in their Wikipedia articles sound a lot like a Ranch House. There also seems to be some confusion as to what a Ranch House looks like as this sample web site shows:
Their sample house is most clearly not a Ranch House, it is a neo-eclectic with strong colonial influence. Search the web for Ranch House plans and you will find many sites selling plans for houses that are neo-eclectics being called Ranch. Thus the need for a good sample of pictures of what a Ranch Style house really is. -Mcheath, June 18, 2007
[edit] Capitalization
Is the word "ranch" properly capitalized when referring to an architectural style? Robert K S (talk) 08:15, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] East coast/West coast?
I grew up in the west and never heard the term Ranch applied to a house. It was always Rambler. Moved to Missouri and heard "Ranch" for the first time. Moved to Jersey and it was "Rancher." Whether passage of time or passage of geography, all three terms probably belong in the intro. TheEditrix2 16:33, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Re mealy-mouthed approach to obvious vandalism, 22 January
Someone is far to kind in their approach to this. "Possible vandalism"? "False positive"? This is obvious vandalism by an anonymous editor, no doubt about it. Just revert it and say so, do it every time they do it. They'll soon pack it in. Dieter Simon (talk) 00:50, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
- The edit was done by an unattended bot... so occasionally it does make mistakes. Hence the wording. --W.marsh 00:54, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
- Yes I know it's a bot, but the bot should be changed somewhat, there is no harm in being a bit more positive about this, you know. I have seen this many times in relation to bots, we seem to be so fearful of calling a spade a spade. People who vandalise can be as rude and sometimes obscene as they like but we lean over backwards when we undo the damage. Dieter Simon (talk) 01:30, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
