Talk:Polytechnic

Institutes of technology versus polytechnics
The two are certainly related, and are often used interchangeably. Please read the article Institute of technology; it is a blanket article that deals with both institutes of technology and polytechnics. As you will see from the article, the two terms are, depending on the context, sometimes distinct and sometimes interchangeable, and their meanings are so malleable as to make it difficult to make a firm distinction. That is why both are treated in the same main article, which incorporates information from all the education-related articles listed on the disambiguation page. I was hoping that, when I finished disambiguating all the incoming links, I could get Polytechnic moved to Polytechnic (disambiguation), and then redirect Polytechnic to Institute of technology, as that seems clearly to be the primary topic for the term.-- Shelf Skewed  Talk  23:05, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Polytechnical vs. polytechnic
Could someone please clarify if the former writing is acceptable? I've seen both and it's obvious that the latter is more correct, but my university just keeps on writing 'polytechnical' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.70.213.171 (talk) 07:33, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

What's the connection between Polytechnic Magazine and Polytechnic Boxing Club?
Under Sports and entertainment, "Polytechnic Magazine" (supposedly "a sports magazine from the early 1900s") actually redirects to a boxing club. What's up with that? – ὁ οἶστρος (talk) 12:25, 14 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Just sought to address this question in this edit. It seems to me that both the boxing club, and the magazine were connected with the same educational institution (which over time essentially became the University of Westminster). SuchAndSuchWork (talk) 04:15, 19 November 2020 (UTC)