Talk:Flagstone

Pictures

Pictures?Zigzig20s 04:34, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

It is odd, the pictures that are there now aren't the traditional used I expeced to find. I was flooring for a good floor example. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.181.253.68 (talk) 16:26, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Removed dubious origin of word flagstone

I added a reference to a dictionary definition of the words flag and flagstone and removed text that attributed the name flagstone to the town of Flagstaff in Arizona and a company (still in operation) that has supplied flagstone since about 1900. The name flag stone predates this by centuries and the text read like an attempt to introduce an American company name into an article about a generic, naturally occurring product that has been used in many countries for hundreds of years. Ross Fraser (talk) 09:12, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Anglo-Saxons

What is meant by the reference to Anglo-Saxons? There were no Anglo-Saxons building castles or any other type of building in the 13th century. I suspect it is an inaccurate shorthand for English and Scots, which will not please the Celtic population of the latter, in particular. Should be clarified or removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.193.240.11 (talk) 17:10, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Product promotion

I've remove a "product infobox" from the article. This is about flagstones in general and not the place for promotion of a specific commercial product. Vsmith (talk) 23:52, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Sir, all "flagstone in general" is a "product". The infobox does not say "commercial product" it simply says "product". If the infobox as you claim is inappropriate would you provide a wikipedia source to back that statement up. The information you are blocking is relevant information anyone interested in flagstone would find useful. Please be more specific regarding your assertion.Stevenvieczorek (talk) 01:33, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

First, we are not all "Sir" here, even if we have an interest in stonework. Second, your info box content has a website link to a WordPress blog. Blogs are not authoritative sources, no matter how informative. David notMD (talk) 13:31, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

...and all flagstones are not a product. A flagstone is a flat rock that may be useful for paths and landscaping. Stones that are quarried and cut commercially are dimension stone. I gather flat rocks (flagstones) from the streambed on my property to use as flagstone pathways and landscape retaining walls around my homestead. The infobox you added was promoting a specific commercially quarried and cut dimension stone. Vsmith (talk) 13:57, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

Nice point, and dimension stone itself a lengthy article. David notMD (talk) 19:28, 23 January 2019 (UTC)