Talk:heavy machinery
Latest comment: 6 years ago by Dan Polansky in topic RFD discussion: April–August 2017
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Isn't this just SOP? Kiwima (talk) 20:16, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
Keep, I think. Reference added. It doesn't necessarily mean static machinery, but can refer to heavy items such as bulldozers and earthmovers. The definition needs tweaking. DonnanZ (talk) 08:56, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- It can refer to static machinery as well. I have added a quote that illustrates this. And how would you change the definition - it is substantially similar to the def in the reference. Kiwima (talk) 02:56, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
Keep. But yes: rewrite definition. Kolmiel (talk) 04:25, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- The reference should be to the Cambridge Business English Dictionary, not the Cambridge English Dictionary.
- "Heavy" agricultural equipment seems to be frequently mentioned, and also mining equipment, rolling mills, printing presses, rotary kilns, etc. General-purpose transportation equipment, plans, ships, locomotives and railroad carts, and cars, buses, and trucks are almost always excluded. For example, a very common warning refers to "driving or operating heavy machinery", which I take to mean "driving (cars or other vehicles) or operating heavy machinery", NOT "driving (heavy machinery) or operating heavy machinery".
- No OneLook reference has an entry for the term. DCDuring (talk) 17:35, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
- RFD kept per above consensus, although an unpopulous one. --Dan Polansky (talk) 17:05, 6 August 2017 (UTC)