Talk:Plank house

Hey,

Love the history bits about Capt. Cook and his observations. Great info, pronunciation, in depth research and descriptions. They help to discern the differences between our image of the "long house" and what is actually a plank house. Thank you. And, 4000 BC do you mean? Great info, and well writing in the Wikipedia style.

Warmcassoulet 03:50, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi,

Thank you for the comments. I added a link to explain BP.

proposed deletion

Seems like a school essay to me. original title, " Architecture of the Pacific Northwest Native Americans" And the comment above does not seem quite genuine. Was this deleted before?DGG 21:50, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

School essay? I wrote the article in response to a class assignment to contribute a positive article for the Wikipedia community, not to write an essay. An essay assignment would have a different style of notation and would probably contain many personal observations. The goal was to add something that is not already documented to any great extent, and to write at a level that would be comprehensible. Thank you for the read and assessment, an analytical statement with recommendations from you would be appreciated. UrbanRez 22:09, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Deletion should be based on whether the subject itself is a notable subject. Google returns 23,000 hits and most of the first few pages are directly on this topic. Wikipedia already has Native American long house of which it appears plank house is a special house. If you must delete, at least redirect to Native American long house. I would prefer that we keep the article and flag it for cleanup. Samw 22:20, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Plank house and Longhouse are two entities. The construction and materials are similar in much the same way that a Victorian House and a Craftsman Bungalow are similar; housing with a kitchen. It is unfortunate that the language/vocabulary is not that of the original inhabitants. The link to Longhouse, historic houses, architecture, native housing, or many other related subjects within Wikipedia has not been completed. Learning the Wikipedia format, the appropriate material to include, and awaiting commentary were all factors in the deliberate delay. It would not be appropriate to link this page to these other pages that have already been deemed acceptable until this page was satisfactory. Comment with regard to the title; the title should accurately reflect the subject, title change recommendation? I am willing to have my writing critiqued, I am receptive to constructive criticism. Broad statements without suggestions are questioned further, by me. Thank you for contributing to the refining process. UrbanRez 06:15, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

OK, you've convinced me. Then this article should focus on the plank house: it's construction, design, usage. Commentary about the Europeans and Native American society should be moved to other articles or at most a separate section at the end of the article. I've taken a stab a re-writing the opening paragraphs; feel free to improve/revert. Once we've made some headway, I think we're entitled to remove the "proposed deletion" tag. Samw 13:58, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Other types of plank houses

Hello;

I study historic carpentry and I am working on filling in some missing articles about carpentry methods some of which are also called plank houses. The other types are plank-frame, plank wall, Post-and-plank, and Slab hut which is one form of Bush carpentry. There is a similar building method called box construction or single-wall construction which uses vertical boards rather than planks but I think should be mentioned in a disambiguation page. Confusingly some horizontal log buildings are also called plank houses if the timbers are rectangular in shape. In the long run, I am wondering about having a disambiguation page titled Plank House and possibly renaming this article such as Plank House (Native American). Just a thought for now. Thanks for the interesting article on these plank houses. Jim Derby (talk) 13:21, 6 February 2013 (UTC)