Talk:Meat market

Merge discussion
I turned Meat market into an article in [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meat_market&diff=prev&oldid=588006624 December 2013], since the disambiguation related content there included a strange mixture of article-like and DAB-like content. At the time User:BD2412 suggested that there might not be enough content to create an article. I think BD was right; I can't find content to justify this as more than a subsection of Butcher. Cnilep (talk) 07:46, 1 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I would Oppose this, since meat markets and butchers are two different things. I think the current article is a mess partly because the term is so often used as a metaphor, or as a general commercial concept rather than a specific institution, but nonetheless there seem to be lots of sources out there among all the false positives. Smithfield meat market alone is good for a dozen theses. bobrayner (talk) 10:32, 1 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I too would Oppose. I deem this article to need more information. It is currently a stub. It needs more information that would have little to do with butchers, such as the history and development of meta markets, tracing not only their roots but to include also how it evolved over time. Health and sanitation issues would need to be addressed, as well as meat markets in the context of pre- and post-refrigeration times. Fish market could serve as a template, guide, or idea. Mercy11 (talk) 21:23, 1 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Agreed, oppose: Very different concepts.  Not all butchers have meat markets, not all meat markets have butchers. (Though true, often the two are combined) The article can sit as is, but someone who is interested could do a little research and expand it. There is also the concept of a "butcher shop" - which is both, but usually on a smaller scale.  Montanabw (talk) 19:14, 2 February 2014 (UTC)