Talk:Piston valve

message: Piston valves are also used in most steam locomotives.
Not quite sure how to handle this. The valves used in a steam locomotive are very similar in principle to those used in :brass instruments, so there's something to be said for dealing with both in a single article. Andrewa 00:39, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

message: oppose: I agree with Andrewa.  The piston valve in a brass instrument is but an example of a piston valve.  Although the author of this article clearly had this specific application in mind, I propose that a more reasonable resolution is that the article be broadened to discuss piston valves in general.  Notice that this article is appropriately marked as a stub.  The external links have good information about the nature and function of a piston valve.  Someone should endeavor to bring that information into this article.--Jcoman 21:22, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed the merge notice. There seems no support for the proposal, and its basis has been removed by the latest edits. Andrewa 17:21, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal (2 January 2006 NetherlandishYankee)

message: As well as providing some information on steam engines, I've also made some additions and corrections to the information on brass instruments. Andrewa 01:04, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Update to the brass instrument data

message: This section was seriously inaccurate, so I have re-written it.  I have left the bit about James Watt but I think that is inaccurate too.  I think James Watt used plug-cock valves in his engines but I don't know a lot about such early engines so I will leave that to someone else.  82.21.65.109 16:33, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Steam engines

message: Perhaps I'm prejudiced, but do we really want spud guns as the first item?  I'd put it last.  82.21.65.109 16:55, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No objections received, so I have made the change. Biscuittin 14:40, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Spud guns

message: I don't think this template is appropriate for this article. Most of the machines listed don't use piston valves. Biscuittin 14:44, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Machine configurations template 

message: We have two articles, piston valve and piston valves.  Should they be merged? Biscuittin (talk) 12:10, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a mess. Something needs doing. Globbet (talk) 00:52, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've renamed piston valves to piston valve, so at least the disambiguatioon is clearer. Article's still a mess - no introduction, drops straight into lap & lead. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:50, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two articles 

message: I don't want to mess with the article, so I add my image suggestion here, use it if you think it's valuable. --Eusebius (talk) 21:14, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Just an image 

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Trompette - premier piston - montage perspective.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on October 18, 2010. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2010-10-18. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! howcheng  {chat} 19:16, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:Trompette - premier piston - montage perspective.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon