Talk:44-gallon drum

Why is the british unit of measure preferred? i suggest renaming this 55 gallon drum

Are there other nations that use the term '44 gallon' over '55 gallon'? Not to be blunt, but there are more internet users from the United States than Britain; I'd assume the more widely used term would be prefered. PolarisSLBM 03:39, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Folks, The only nation that refers to these drums as 55 gallon is the U S of A, all other countries that I know of (UK, Australia, NZ, Canada, etc,) refer to them as 44 Gallon Drums. I would suggest a change back to the original.

44 vs. 55 gallon

The first major contributor to this article used the British 44 gallon measurement, so I switched the wording around in the article to favor "44 gallon" over "55 gallon", as per Wikipedia policy.--Tabun1015 04:00, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And ironically, it appears that that is the wording that the article had before, and that it was only switched around by the penultimate editor to this page (before me).--Tabun1015 04:11, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've switched it back to 55 gallons based not on the random event associated with the article's creation but rather on commonality in usage. In many cases British/American spelling differences are similarily popular world-wide. In this case, however, the weighting is 20:1 in favor of 55 gallon drum[1] A case for "44 gallon drum" should be based on something other than a random event (to wit, whoever happened to create the article first). Rklawton 01:30, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually according to established Wikipedia policy that is EXACTLY the reason why this article should use 44 Gallon in the title. Another policy that gives precedence to SI units would prefer the title to be "200 Litre Drum" BTW, in spite of metricating decades ago the colloquial name in South Africa is 44 Gallon in common with other British influenced countries. Roger 20:18, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I concur with Roger. Furthermore, click on the link that Rklawtons provided, and you'll find 0 hits for both terms. What, did you think we weren't actually going to click on it and check? When you remove the dashes, so you're comparing "44 Gallon drum" to "55 Gallon drum", you get 55 gallon drum coming out on top with a margin of about 20%. All these hits are probably wikipedia mirrors though. I am now going to move it back to the original title, as per policy. THE KING 08:28, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects

I added some redirect pages for 200 litre drum and 200-litre drum. Alx xlA 21:36, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Contradiction

This article contradicts Drum (container) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.162.29.10 (talk) 00:40, 31 March 2007 (UTC). In Drum (container) it states that: "Drums such as these have a standard nominal volume of 55 US gallons (44 Imperial gallons) and are referred to properly as 55 gallon drums" which contradicts this article's title.[reply]

The Drum (container) article is incorrect. All three commonly used names should be stated in the introduction. Please keep in mind that Wikipedia is NOT a US centric website. Roger 18:32, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]