Talk:Goldsmith

message: Trying to get this topic in shape - I'm a goldsmith of many years.  I expect it will be revised, but any suggestions or desired sections from any would be welcome, too. Jjdon (talk) 22:36, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure what you mean; I can't find any such link. Can you be more specific? There is a link to wikiproject woodworking on the metalworking project page, but the links above should take you directly to the metalworking project. --Eyrian 19:56, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The link (project page) is working now for me, though at the time of my first post, it wasn't. Kyle Thomas 07:37, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

text: This article covers a whole, if vaguely defined, historical period. Goldsmithing included silversmithing (as well as jewellery) in most places during the middle ages & even after. But yes the article is pretty crap & if you can please improve it - if you are mainly covering current practises then just stick a section in called "modern goldsmithing" or something.  Johnbod 16:48, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Old

message: The section on "The Modern Goldsmith" is factually incorrect throughout, does not have a NPOV, and does not belong in a wiki article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.12.133.123 (talk) 03:10, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, unless more cogent reasoning is added the tag should be removed - was the editors first contribution (of 4 to date) Johnbod (talk) 22:35, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: I'm really adding this as another user previously noted in an edit summary at goldwork that it should be merged with this page. So I did the legwork and added the merge temps. I don't know much about the topic, but it does seem like a logical merge. Wizard191 (talk) 18:08, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ideally there would be 2 articles, but the other is so pathetic it should just be redirected here, with template & cats added. Johnbod (talk) 18:15, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge from [[goldwork]] 

message: Since somebody added a sentence about jewelers being essentially salesmen, I'll put this here on the discussion page.  The statement is sort of true but not really.  I was a union goldsmith at one time, and the classification on my union card was "jeweler".  All of us in the department were referred to as jewelers.  Within the trade it is common to refer to goldsmiths as jewelers - "workers who do jewel-ing".  I don't feel any need to alter the main text as it's near enough, but I do want to clarify the point. Jjdon (talk) 18:41, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jeweler 

message: Why was this considered vandalism?
I removed original research, uncited material, peacock words, impertinent and irrelevant material, essay style discourse, off-topic rhetoric, confusing & ambiguous language and contradictory material.205.206.8.197 (talk) 08:20, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Generally, if you find something as vague/uncited you're encouraged to elaborate or reference it, not remove it. It was removed as vandalism because you provided no rationale for deleting the content, and when someone is monitoring Huggle and finds large removals of content from a page they don't have time to read through all of it and judge the intricate merits of the content removal, as there's a good 100 edits a minute they have to sift through. In future, provide a detailed edit summary and the edit is far less likely to be reverted. SellymeTalk 08:27, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Awesome, Thanks.205.206.8.197 (talk) 23:50, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last Change (Revert)