Talk:Major appliance/Archives/2012

"Major" appliance
This is a rediculous title. Who ever says major appliance. Have a page on appliances maybe. This is like having a page on Big Trees. The term white good is a perfect term as it is COMMONLY used and highlights the nature of manufacture and possible uses. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.68.111 (talk) 14:06, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Are brown goods "major appliances"?
I agree with the inclusion of the white goods in this article, but I struggle to believe that a telephone or an answering machine counts as a "major appliance". Surely these should be moved to the article small appliances? DWaterson (talk) 23:28, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

See reference:.

Brown goods are not white goods. Ref: http://www.allwords.com/word-brown+goods.html Digitalsabre (talk) 20:48, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Rework needed
Clearly this set of articles (home appliance/domestic appliance, major appliance, small appliance, appliance) are in a mess, and poorly referenced.

Firstly, are the terms 'major appliance' and 'small appliance' in common use in US English? If not, they should not be the article names. And then are they respectively equivalent to 'white goods' and 'brown goods', the terms I'm familiar with (from a British background, though I've found them common in other English-speaking countries)?

Then we might take a look at durable goods, where 'hard goods' and 'soft goods' get a mention. Supposedly an economics term, it has no references either. Earthlyreason (talk) 14:47, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

How about Philips as a brand of DA? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.177.249.242 (talk) 16:09, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

"Whiteware"?
Whiteware is a kind of pottery. I can't find anything in Google Books about it being white goods. 86.153.8.180 (talk) 12:29, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Why is "Circuit City's major appliances mistake" Included
The section on "Circuit City's major appliances mistake" doesn't seem to fit in with the rest of the article. Any thoughts?--203.97.52.178 (talk) 02:32, 26 January 2010 (UTC)