Talk:Boilermaker

Narrow in scope?
Just a comment in passing. This article is rather focussed on US practices, and mainly those currently in use. What about a more worldwide view, and more historical practices, eg when boilers were riveted together? (Boilers for heritage transport applications still are, in most cases.) -- EdJogg (talk) 16:26, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Different scope. Boilers are past their heyday, so most US boilermakers are ironworkers who are working on other sorts of steel fabrication, other than boilers or indeed iron.
 * If we want an article on "the making of boilers", then that could be international, but it should be quite separate from this article. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:17, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Ten years passed (well, short of a few days ;) - nothing changed. I'd recommend to acknowledge the fact - that the word and the specific trade behind it are, indeed, a North American specialty - and remove the tag. Elsewhere the same trade may or may not have a distinct name, or may not exist as a trade at all, being split between different established trades (I myself come from a latter-type culture). That's perfectly normal - each culture finds its own ways of shaping and organizing its labor force; it just happens differently. Retired electrician (talk) 10:07, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Statue authenticity?
Are you sure that's a statue of a boilermaker? To me, it looks like George C. Scott portraying George S. Patton in the epic 1970 film Patton. If I had more power here, I'd check that out. Alas, I am but a lowly lay WP contributor and lack the political torque to affect real change, photo-authenticity-wise. I have also—and this is no coincidence, I assure you—just consumed a boilermaker of the mixological variety, which has not helped my judgment regarding Discussion posts, but which does seem to have enhanced my powers of photo suspicion. – AndyFielding (talk) 09:47, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Patton had trousers. I'd agree though that it conveys nothing to this article. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:39, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

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