Talk:Wendy house

Northeners?
What's this stuff about Northerners using Wendy Houses as shelters on the moors? I've removed this before and someone anonymous has added it back in. Can anyone provide a reference for this or is it just anti-Northern vandalism? Adxm (talk) 20:36, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Maybe they're thinking of a bothy - a kind of permanent shepherds hut. They're a lot bigger than a typical wendy house (since they're built for adults and typically intended as actual accommodation, at least for a night) but I guess the design is similar. 86.54.181.194 (talk) 14:14, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Article Title
The current title is far too UK-centric. I suggest that we rename as "Child's play house" and work from there. Albatross2147 (talk) 23:14, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Not all play houses are wendy houses. A treehouse would never be called a wendy house, for example. 81.158.1.233 (talk) 02:38, 8 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Should there be a link to the article on cubby houses, which is what we call them in Australia? I just heard the term for the first time on a British TV show, so I would agree that it's a UK-centric term, and this should maybe link back to a more general article on playhouses, or be a sub-heading of that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.253.160.229 (talk) 11:54, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestion, I added a see also link to Cubby-hole. Siawase (talk) 21:34, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

South African usage
The section on South Africa is rife with fictions so transparent that they must be attempts at humor: "In South Africa, a Wendy house is much like a shed. In 1874, a General in the US Army had a daughter called Wendy, and built her a little house out of wood. Later on in 1919 with the 1st World War, they used the same Wendy house in concentration camps.[citation needed]" The First World War ended on November 11, 1918; concentration camps belong with the Second World War. The entire section needs reworking: none of the supposed facts relates to the ones above or below it, and there's no sense in any of it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.180.51.124 (talk) 17:10, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Is this a UK term?
Is this a UK term? If it is, the article should say so. Adpete (talk) 11:59, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

More typical image
I think it would be a helpful to have a picture illustrating a 'typical' UK Wendy house which, at least in my experience is basically a small shed made of wood or plastic. Apart from the illustration of the original Wendy house all the ones pictured are very large and ornate (even the wooden cubby house at the bottom is typical of the upper end of the price range available in most garden centres) and not at all representative of what most children will encounter. 86.54.181.194 (talk) 14:20, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

South African usage
In South Africa, Wendy houses are a form of accommodation for live-in domestic workers and is a wooden structure on the employer's property.

There is no foundation for this. Servants quarters in South Africa have never been referred to as Wendy houses - that term is reserved for children's play houses Breinjeuk (talk) 00:49, 18 November 2023 (UTC)