![]() | This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||
|
I will be uploading an image tonight of a single place setting, please feel free to critique and make suggestions. KillerChihuahua ?!? 14:32, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
Didn't come out as well as I'd hoped, here 'tis:
. KillerChihuahua ?!? 15:15, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
Different table setting based on different times of the day. Also different if the meal is served or placed on the table by the host/hostess. I'll start with the most formal (served dinner) and then the most common (informal dinner). FloNight talk 15:22, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
I removed the unsourced opinion and insult. The way the article is written now, the reference I added appears to support text introduce by other editors. -- FloNight 13:23, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
If anyone knows, please add information about the placement of a knife rest. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.100.139.207 ( talk) 19:08, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Why does the article begin with a neutral tone but actually is TOTALLY western culture biased? I don't mind if the article only focuses on western culture's table settings but that needs to be made known. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.146.10.166 ( talk) 21:05, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
Here is a great explanation of a / formal table setting —Preceding unsigned comment added by Forkman2 ( talk • contribs) 00:18, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for the addition of multiple images Hopefulromntic. I have rolled back to the gallery format rather than having the images line the right side of the article - as the image clutter is beyond the WP:MOS for images - especially since at this point the article is a stub article and the images overwhelm the article. Please don't rollback the image gallery Hopefulromntic prior to a discussion on this issue on this talk page.
I have enlarged the images in the gallery as this may be a concern and have titled the gallery section Formal dining. This will allow for images for informal dining to be used. If the other images on the page should be in the gallery, feel free to move them, especially the "Victorian image at the top of the page." I would suggest a more colorful image for the first image of the article in the future when one becomes available.
For image guidelines see: Wikipedia:Image use policy. Multiple images are discouraged as this is the purpose of Wikipedia Commons. However, since the images illustrate the article, I believe the use of a gallery is appropriate - see WP:Galleries. Gmcbjames ( talk) 16:59, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
The common English/British term is "Laying a Table", which I am adding to help searchers. The Article should certainly be largely divided into sections for different cultures; for example, if I recall aright, American practice differs from that found in Europe. 94.30.84.71 ( talk) 07:23, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
In the first image lobster picks and formal dinners are coupled. At a formal dinner a lobster pick would never be used. The lobster would either be served with the meat ready scooped, or as a mousse. It's doubtful at a formal dinner that a lobster in its shell would ever be served anyway as it would be far too filling for a fish course and never be served as the entree. Giano (talk) 11:32, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
![]() | This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||
|
I will be uploading an image tonight of a single place setting, please feel free to critique and make suggestions. KillerChihuahua ?!? 14:32, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
Didn't come out as well as I'd hoped, here 'tis:
. KillerChihuahua ?!? 15:15, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
Different table setting based on different times of the day. Also different if the meal is served or placed on the table by the host/hostess. I'll start with the most formal (served dinner) and then the most common (informal dinner). FloNight talk 15:22, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
I removed the unsourced opinion and insult. The way the article is written now, the reference I added appears to support text introduce by other editors. -- FloNight 13:23, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
If anyone knows, please add information about the placement of a knife rest. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.100.139.207 ( talk) 19:08, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Why does the article begin with a neutral tone but actually is TOTALLY western culture biased? I don't mind if the article only focuses on western culture's table settings but that needs to be made known. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.146.10.166 ( talk) 21:05, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
Here is a great explanation of a / formal table setting —Preceding unsigned comment added by Forkman2 ( talk • contribs) 00:18, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for the addition of multiple images Hopefulromntic. I have rolled back to the gallery format rather than having the images line the right side of the article - as the image clutter is beyond the WP:MOS for images - especially since at this point the article is a stub article and the images overwhelm the article. Please don't rollback the image gallery Hopefulromntic prior to a discussion on this issue on this talk page.
I have enlarged the images in the gallery as this may be a concern and have titled the gallery section Formal dining. This will allow for images for informal dining to be used. If the other images on the page should be in the gallery, feel free to move them, especially the "Victorian image at the top of the page." I would suggest a more colorful image for the first image of the article in the future when one becomes available.
For image guidelines see: Wikipedia:Image use policy. Multiple images are discouraged as this is the purpose of Wikipedia Commons. However, since the images illustrate the article, I believe the use of a gallery is appropriate - see WP:Galleries. Gmcbjames ( talk) 16:59, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
The common English/British term is "Laying a Table", which I am adding to help searchers. The Article should certainly be largely divided into sections for different cultures; for example, if I recall aright, American practice differs from that found in Europe. 94.30.84.71 ( talk) 07:23, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
In the first image lobster picks and formal dinners are coupled. At a formal dinner a lobster pick would never be used. The lobster would either be served with the meat ready scooped, or as a mousse. It's doubtful at a formal dinner that a lobster in its shell would ever be served anyway as it would be far too filling for a fish course and never be served as the entree. Giano (talk) 11:32, 13 October 2016 (UTC)