Talk:Warehouse

message: Earlier today I removed the line that said
:"Vacant warehouses were an often used location in the late 1980s and early to mid 1990's for illegal raves."
I got reverted quite harshly.  Sorry if I offended anyone.
My reasons to remove the line:
# Vacant warehouses have been used for illegal activities of all sorts, as have vacant buildings of all types.  I don't see that this is a particularly notable aspect of warehouses in particular.
# The sentence seemed vague to me, and didn't come with a reference, which would have allowed the topic to be expanded.
I won't take it out again, since Alkivar seems quite determined to keep it in.  --Dbenbenn 02:41, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Removal

message: To Whom It May Concern,
My name is Dave and I will be hosting an inventory training session for people in our inventory group.  I am planning on discussion the origination of warehousing and sedgeway into warehousing today.  I am having a difficult time finding info on where warehousing first originated.  My guess would be Babylonions, Egyptians and the like... any details or facts would be appreciated.
Dave00155 23:07, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origination of Warehousing 

message: The page defines a warehouse as "a commercial building for the storage of goods. I would argue that a warehouse is any point where materials are stored, changed forms (bulk-breaking), or reconfigured for distribution. Examples of not so traditional warehouses could be a field that stores hay bales as well as the hayloft of a barn that stores hay. While the barn may be a commercial building, the field is definitely not, but it still serves as a warehouse. An empty lot serves as a warehouse for a junkyard, a pantry serves as a warehouse for a household kitchen, and a vehicle trunk can serve as a warehouse for travelers on a road trip.
"A commercial building for the storage of goods" is a static definition that is fast becoming outdated. I argue that we should work to develop a more dynamic definition of a warehouse to more fully encompass the many examples of a warehouse.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrew John MacDonald (talk • contribs) 02:41, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition of a Warehouse 

message: please put some important information on wharehouse.
like history, meaning and types...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.74.126.103 (talk) 03:52, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  wharehouse 

message: Most people using the term storehouse will be looking for Storehouse PLC, yet it is a redirect to 'Warehouse', storehouse in this contect is terminology I have never heard of, I shall change the redirect to a disambag' page. Mtaylor848 (talk) 18:06, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: storehouse redirect

message: What is diffence between warehouse and stores?
Where the warehouse applicable and where the stores applicable?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.97.63.120 (talk) 07:20, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a discussion about the article and not about the topic. I suggest you ask this at the reference desk Robin 15:38, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Warehouse and Stores 

message: This large edit was obviously copied from somewhere else. While it was cleaned up significantly, it could use some further review in case there are copyright problems and to determine which of the external links were meant to be references. --Ronz (talk) 16:26, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Cold storage info needs further review

message: Apologies for leaving the text so Manchester specific- but it is a good example of all types. I was just passing through looking for a link and saw the sad state of the article I needed. So I did a 5 min edit. Ideally, there would be a history section, and a discussion of historic function-- yes still a lot of work.--ClemRutter (talk) 19:07, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Warehouse functions

message: In the last year I haven't seen any added reference or removal of un-cited material. Many unreferenced sections are US specific. images are still present that are pretty but don't illustrate any of the points in the text. What is a sust- because we have a picture of one? Shall I help out by deleting all this material or would someone like to add the references per MOS.-- Clem Rutter (talk) 13:40, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The photo-fest has continued- and now we have added material about manufacturing facilities- totally off focus- if anyone wants to defend the material I am about to remove please comment here and give notable references. -- Clem Rutter (talk) 11:53, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unreferenced and US specific 

message: I've expanded the history section quite significantly. In my view, it still doesn't cover anything close to what it needs to. I've expanded a little on Roman and medieval warehouses, but I imagine the most important developments took place in the 19th and 20th centuries. That's outside my area of expertise, but I'm sure visitors would appreciate anyone having a go at filling it in. Curzmg (talk) 04:39, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  History Expansion Needed 

message: As someone who only recently arrived at this article, the structure and choice of sections seems wholly illogical to me.
I don't mean to be cynical, but it actually seems as though some sections have been added with the intention of providing backlinks to commercial organisations. To me the following make sense:
History | Warehouse function | Storage and shipping systems | Modern trends
It also looks like 'Cool warehouses and cold storage' should be moved into 'Warehouse function', and 'Automation and optimization' into 'Modern trends' to better fit the current structure. The 'Warehousing education' section seems out of place. You could include an education sector in almost any article on this site, but I've rarely seen it before. It also focuses on and links to particular organisations, failing to discuss the broader issues of warehouse education.
On the links front, I included one semi-commercial link myself:  "A History of the Warehouse", Action Storage. The page looks like it could be genuinely useful to readers, as well as including solid academic references. I also relied on the source to help write the history section. However, I'm doubting the value of a few references. Why are there two links to 'Pallet Racking Systems Ltd'? Especially when the linked pages provide very little additional information and there's already a complete Wiki page on mezzanines. "Automated Warehouses". Boss Fulfillment. and  "Installation Guide for Warehouse Rack Systems" also seem very dubious to me - neither serves as an especially illuminating source on the topics they're cited for.
I'm not going to change anything for the moment, as it's probably best to discuss these issues first. However, it seems like this could be quite an important article for some, but the quality of material and references is currently relatively low. Curzmg (talk) 05:08, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Structure and Links Review Needed? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Fulfilment Logistics. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so.  Steel1943 (talk) 21:38, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Fulfilment Logistics" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: The whole third paragraph here needs a rewrite, I think. It looks like someone has just pulled directly from the linked article without editing it for Wikipedia. 217.113.162.175 (talk) 04:44, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overseas warehouses