Talk:Wheelie bin

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The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. See more images of Wheelie Bins at http://www.flickr.com/groups/wheelie/ Goon of fortune I was browsing Goon of fortune, and it occoured to me that someone ought to mention wheelie bin racing. De-Brit the page? Though I love the UK, and also appreciate the extensive information about the mobile garbage units presented here, can we "de-Brit" the page? A search of "Wheelie Bin" and "America" on Google turned up only 78,000 pages, "Wheelie Bin" and "Canada" resulted in only 28,000 pages, and "Wheelie Bin" and "Deutschland" only gave around 1000 pages. Yet "Wheelie Bin" and "UK" resulted in over 400,000 pages. "Wheelie Bin" is clearly a UK derived and used term, and the title of the article should be genericized to either "Mobile trash can", "Mobile refuse bin", or "Mobile waste receptacle", whichever sounds least colloquial. Also, the words "dustcart", "dustbin", "dustmen", and "rubbish" are primarily UK words, and should be replaced with "waste collection vehicle", "waste container", "sanitation worker", and "garbage" (or "trash") respectively. Let's keep the statement about the use of the term "Wheelie Bin" in the UK, but as "shag" and "screw" are both localized terms for sex (UK and US respectively), "Wheelie Bin" and "Dumpster" are both local terms for "Mobile refuse bin" (depending on size of course). I have nothing against British words, and reference to British colloquialisms should be given in an article when a difference arises between British naming, and the naming of the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or other English speaking nations. But unless a subject is distinctly British (Dr. Who, Inigo Jones, or fish and chips), let's make sure the article in question is culturally generic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.203.251.157 (talk) 08:56, 9 May 2008 (UTC) I would definitely agree to that. "Wheelie bin" sounds too goofy to be the official page name for anything anyway. Anybody else have any input on this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.182.42.62 (talk) 10:29, 15 August 2008 (UTC) This conversation seems to have died out, but I (British) would point out that "trash can" is a very American term: it is no more generic than "wheelie bin". Just for once, can we leave things as they are rather than changing them just so Americans don't complain? 86.154.8.126 (talk) 23:00, 22 January 2010 (UTC) That is just as unreasonable as naming the article "trash can". I had no idea what a wheelie bin even was before I came to this page, and I still am surprised by how much of this article does not make sense in US English. A bin is not something that contains trash in US English. A (trash) can is. I agree wholeheartedly with the neutral renaming. -74.82.64.16 (talk) 15:22, 7 October 2010 (UTC) The "Homocide" section I think that the "Homocide" section was made up. No reference online about a "Badminton murderer", raping his victims and a shuttlecock in their mouths. I think it should be deleted. Wydarr (talk) 13:58, 30 September 2009 (UTC) apparently, not the thing to do It seems it is not at all appropriate for a grown man to put a lad in a wheelie bin, just because he's getting a bit out of hand and annoying him —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.41.208.250 (talk) 15:02, 31 August 2010 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.