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In a day or two I will photograph my metal-dial 500 set and upload the picture. Jeff Anonymous 05:45, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
This article has too many pictures, as I said before, Wikipedia is NOT a telephone collector's article library, it is an encyclopedia. [| Retro00064 | ( talk/ contribs) |] 03:14, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
How many pictures are too many? Are there guidelines on this? It's not like they are taking up space as they would in a paper encyclopedia. -mcheath —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.133.196.14 ( talk) 22:55, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
Conclusion: Why not just create a category (i.e. gallery) at Wikimedia Commons (maybe call it "Category:Western Electric telephones" or something else?), modify the pictures on the article from Commons to be placed in the new category, and link to it from this article. It's a widely used way on Wikipedia of linking to more pictures on an article without actually displaying them in the article. We could then have an even bigger variety of pictures of these phones. If wanted, there could even be sub-categories for different models. [| Retro00064| ☎talk| ✍contribs|] 09:17, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Jim.henderson ( talk) 03:35, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
It seems recently that some telephone geek(s) created the Western Electric model 1500 telephone and Western Electric model 2500 telephone articles. Listen guys, the Model 1500 and the Model 2500 telephones are technically members of the Model 500 series, the only difference being they have touch-tone dials. I want these articles merged, to reduce unneccesary clutter on Wikipedia: Wikipedia is NOT a telephone collector article library, it is a generic encyclopedia. Thus, merging the articles would be better in the end, as it would be one article with information on all the major members of the Model 500 series. --[| Retro00064 | ( talk/ contribs) |] 09:34, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
ok, its two months later. the options are:
where are we at on this? i want to take the tags off. badmachine ( talk) 14:26, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
Alright, I haven't even looked at this page for months, but my final opinion would be:
Merge all articles as Western Electric telephones
We have to consider the notability of these articles: if the article's subject is not major in notability to the public and therefore will have a smaller audiance (telephone collectors, telephone geeks, Bell System geeks, and the like), there is no need to have a lot of fragmented articles about objects that are related enough to be discussed in one article. Take Polaroid cameras for example. Although most of the camera models are very different, there is no single article talking about one camera model, instead they are discussed in two articles: List of Polaroid instant cameras (which only provides a list and doesn't really provide descriptions) and Land camera (provides descriptions on such types of Polaroid camera).
So there. The new article will contain what the original seperate articles contained, with some cleanup to remove redundant information. It will be easier to look at and read too.
--[| Retro00064| ☎talk| ✍contribs|] 05:48, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
OK, it appears as though it has been already decided to merge the 1500/2500 pages into the 500 page (fine with me, at least it is a decision made). Therefore I am marking this disscusion closed. [| Retro00064| ☎talk| ✍contribs|] 08:49, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
The article states: "Because there was no switch to turn it off, preventing the phone from ringing required disconnecting the line wire or taking the phone off the hook."
This requires some amplification (no pun). The disk on the bottom of the phone actually DID have a position which silenced the ringer. But, when the phone was manufactured there was a strip of metal that prevented turning the disk to this position. A telco installer (or a knowledgeable subscriber) could open the phone up and gently bend this strip out of the way. The disk could then be turned to the additional position and the ringer could be turned on and off without the drastic action of disconnecting the phone or keeping the handset off-hook.
A.A. Friedrich 24.40.140.13 ( talk) 04:09, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
http://www.phonetique.com/phonetique.com_model_500.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.212.105.216 ( talk) 18:13, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Sorry I don't have more information about this. I offered a pink one to girlfriend. Nice, but poor construction. It came out order, I had to open it to fix the dialer. Poor construction but interesting design thats works with masking LED. —Preceding
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62.212.105.216 (
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18:15, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
How many amps were used by these phone during ringing? (at 75V (US) or 60V (Germany))
How many amps and what voltage was used while speaking?
Seemingly obvious questions to wonder about these devices which I haven't seen readily documented. 207.172.210.101 ( talk) 07:25, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
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In a day or two I will photograph my metal-dial 500 set and upload the picture. Jeff Anonymous 05:45, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
This article has too many pictures, as I said before, Wikipedia is NOT a telephone collector's article library, it is an encyclopedia. [| Retro00064 | ( talk/ contribs) |] 03:14, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
How many pictures are too many? Are there guidelines on this? It's not like they are taking up space as they would in a paper encyclopedia. -mcheath —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.133.196.14 ( talk) 22:55, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
Conclusion: Why not just create a category (i.e. gallery) at Wikimedia Commons (maybe call it "Category:Western Electric telephones" or something else?), modify the pictures on the article from Commons to be placed in the new category, and link to it from this article. It's a widely used way on Wikipedia of linking to more pictures on an article without actually displaying them in the article. We could then have an even bigger variety of pictures of these phones. If wanted, there could even be sub-categories for different models. [| Retro00064| ☎talk| ✍contribs|] 09:17, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Jim.henderson ( talk) 03:35, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
It seems recently that some telephone geek(s) created the Western Electric model 1500 telephone and Western Electric model 2500 telephone articles. Listen guys, the Model 1500 and the Model 2500 telephones are technically members of the Model 500 series, the only difference being they have touch-tone dials. I want these articles merged, to reduce unneccesary clutter on Wikipedia: Wikipedia is NOT a telephone collector article library, it is a generic encyclopedia. Thus, merging the articles would be better in the end, as it would be one article with information on all the major members of the Model 500 series. --[| Retro00064 | ( talk/ contribs) |] 09:34, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
ok, its two months later. the options are:
where are we at on this? i want to take the tags off. badmachine ( talk) 14:26, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
Alright, I haven't even looked at this page for months, but my final opinion would be:
Merge all articles as Western Electric telephones
We have to consider the notability of these articles: if the article's subject is not major in notability to the public and therefore will have a smaller audiance (telephone collectors, telephone geeks, Bell System geeks, and the like), there is no need to have a lot of fragmented articles about objects that are related enough to be discussed in one article. Take Polaroid cameras for example. Although most of the camera models are very different, there is no single article talking about one camera model, instead they are discussed in two articles: List of Polaroid instant cameras (which only provides a list and doesn't really provide descriptions) and Land camera (provides descriptions on such types of Polaroid camera).
So there. The new article will contain what the original seperate articles contained, with some cleanup to remove redundant information. It will be easier to look at and read too.
--[| Retro00064| ☎talk| ✍contribs|] 05:48, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
OK, it appears as though it has been already decided to merge the 1500/2500 pages into the 500 page (fine with me, at least it is a decision made). Therefore I am marking this disscusion closed. [| Retro00064| ☎talk| ✍contribs|] 08:49, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
The article states: "Because there was no switch to turn it off, preventing the phone from ringing required disconnecting the line wire or taking the phone off the hook."
This requires some amplification (no pun). The disk on the bottom of the phone actually DID have a position which silenced the ringer. But, when the phone was manufactured there was a strip of metal that prevented turning the disk to this position. A telco installer (or a knowledgeable subscriber) could open the phone up and gently bend this strip out of the way. The disk could then be turned to the additional position and the ringer could be turned on and off without the drastic action of disconnecting the phone or keeping the handset off-hook.
A.A. Friedrich 24.40.140.13 ( talk) 04:09, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
http://www.phonetique.com/phonetique.com_model_500.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.212.105.216 ( talk) 18:13, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Sorry I don't have more information about this. I offered a pink one to girlfriend. Nice, but poor construction. It came out order, I had to open it to fix the dialer. Poor construction but interesting design thats works with masking LED. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
62.212.105.216 (
talk)
18:15, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
How many amps were used by these phone during ringing? (at 75V (US) or 60V (Germany))
How many amps and what voltage was used while speaking?
Seemingly obvious questions to wonder about these devices which I haven't seen readily documented. 207.172.210.101 ( talk) 07:25, 14 March 2017 (UTC)