Talk:Dutch gable

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I've removed "Dubble gables is old asian tile design." an edit by anon. here.

It's too poorly written for me to be able to assess it. Double gables are and old asian tile design? maybe, if so, nothing to do with Dutch gables..... Who knows, perhpas we'll get to the bottom of it or junk it in time.--Joopercoopers (talk) 15:50, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Split?

At present this article (now called Dutch gable) covers two different roof types, united only by the same name being used in different areas – in effect it combines a disambiguation page and two articles. In general (see WP:DAB) one WP article ought to cover one thing: should we not have one article for each?

I suggest three pages: Flemish gable and gablet roof would be the articles, and Dutch gable would become a dab with a link to each of those. Each article would of course refer to the other, and explain its use of the Dutch gable term. Any views? Richard New Forest (talk) 11:53, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

I think it is easier and clearer if they all direct here, but with three distinct sections. I only ever understood "Dutch gable" to mean this [1] having arrived in England during the Renaissance from Flanders - obviously there is more than one meaning, but it does seem it is ambiguous. Giano (talk) 12:09, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

I can't see how we could justify going against WP:DAB, and this means we must have more than one page – though my suggested arrangement may well not be the best one. We could perhaps have two pages: Dutch gable (with the UK meaning), and gablet roof, each with hatnotes linking to the other. This would avoid a separate dab page, but might seem Anglocentric to Australasians and Americans – it would mean that a search for "Dutch gable" would go to the wrong article for them, rather than to a dab. On the other hand, if "Flemish gable" is a minor usage, it ought not be the article name anyway. What do Americans and Australasians call the parapet type? Richard New Forest (talk) 12:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

No further comments, so I've done the split. I've also made the existing gablet page into a dab, as there is another architectural meaning for the word. Richard New Forest (talk) 18:13, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

I originally split the page into the two different types as it looked confusing. The changes look good. I think the Americans simply refer to the Dutch gable as a gable. There are a few houses in the Coral Gables area of Miami with Dutch Gables. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobs107 (talk • contribs) 12:51, 9 October 2008 (UTC)