Talk:Steam tractor

Proposed merge: Traction Engine and Steam Tractor
As summarised below, the conclusion was to NOT merge the two articles.

Please see Talk:Traction engine/Merge discussions for the complete discussion, which has now been archived.

See Talk:Traction_engine for the merge discussion thus far... Bookgrrl 01:32, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Article NOT to be Merged - Reasoning

 * For some months during 2005-6 it had been suggested that the steam tractor article should be merged with traction engine, although this suggestion was disputed (see Talk:Traction engine for full discussion).


 * The merge suggestion was made because certain Wikipedians considered that steam tractors were just a variant of traction engines, and could be covered by the same article. Further research has revealed that the term  'steam tractor'  meant different things to different people, and that the vehicles themselves had followed wildly different development paths.  A US steam tractor is a very different creature from a British one!


 * The clinching evidence was the provision of a picture of the Best steam tractor by Gwernol. Compare this to any traction engine and it is clear that beyond being steam-powered wheeled vehicles designed for pulling, the two machines are very different indeed.


 * So, I believe that the request for a merge was brought about because:
 * (i) Wikipedia has woefully inadequate coverage of traction engines and the like;
 * (ii) There was little information in either article
 * (iii) because of (i) and (ii), the distinction was not clear to most users.


 * The discussion appears to have come to a grinding halt, and I feel that since the articles have now been expanded somewhat (with scope for plenty of future growth), now is the right time to close the matter.


 * Merge banner removed. EdJogg 12:33, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Merge discussion reopenend
I dissgree and think there should be just one article: see discussion on: Talk:Traction_engine --Sigmundg (talk) 05:01, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

List of Manufacturers - North America - Merge from Traction engine?
There is considerable duplication between the US manufacturer list on this page and that on Traction engine, probably because most of the US firms would have produced steam tractors at some time.

Are there any objections to the list (of US manufacturers only) from traction engine being merged to here? An appropriate link and summary would be left on that page, of course. (Similarly, the GB manufacturers section on this page would be provided with a link back to Traction engine.)

Please leave any comments at Talk:Traction engine to keep the discussion thread in one place. Thanks.

EdJogg 21:34, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Portable engine and Steam tractor merge?
Please comment at Talk:Portable engine, thanks --pfctdayelise (talk) 16:52, 2 August 2008 (UTC)


 * The answer is "definitely not", but I have given my reasoning at Talk:Portable engine, as requested.
 * EdJogg (talk) 18:35, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Suffolk Punch tractors
we have a whole category of images of them commons:Category:Suffolk Punch steam tractors.©Geni (talk) 17:40, 4 November 2022 (UTC)