Talk:Magic carpet (ski lift)

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This article should be entitled "surface conveyors", or "conveyor lift". Magic Carpet is a not a generic term, it is a brand name that is commonly, but not exclusively, used. In the uphill transportation industry, conveyor lift is a more accurate term.--Baoluo 07:31, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

I totally agree. Magic Carpet is a brand name from Magic Carpet Ski Lift, Inc.Colorado USA. I prefer the lift conveyor.--Loubeau 02:29, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

They are other manufacturers. The description of the lift conveyor with vinyl is one type. We could find platic belt instead.--Loubeau 02:32, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

But what do you call it? At our ski area, it's called The Magic Carpet. http://www.timberlinelodge.com/ski_ride/snowboard_ski_school_brunos.php] I'm not sure what manufacturer made it; it could be the workshop made it (they fabricate a lot of the terrain park features). —EncMstr 03:43, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Call it a Conveyor Belt Ski Lift, or merge it with the existing Conveyor Belt article. I move that this article be changed to cover the generic name as right now it could confuse readers into believing that a conveyor ski lift by any manufacturer should be referred to by the copyrighted trademarked name "Magic Carpet". Parcanman (talk) 19:21, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: Page moved. Ucucha 18:24, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Magic Carpet (ski lift) → — Relisted. --RegentsPark (talk) 23:34, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

It should not be given a trademarked name because a lot of ski lifts of this type might be called the same. ' Mikespedia is on Wikipedia! ' 11:15, 12 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Conditionally support: Move if consensus can be found for a non-trademarked name in common use. (What do companies other than the main one call them?) --Closeapple (talk) 09:22, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Support - usage such as at First Tracks and The Salt Lake Tribune (as well as about.com) indicates the name is more than a trademark. Cheers,    A rbitrarily 0    ( talk ) 14:43, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.