Talk:Digital door lock

Comment on speedy deletion request: "Digital Door Lock" is a widely spread term in South Korea, and it is becoming a general term also in other countries as the concept of electronic locks for residential applications is growing. I think it is very important that there will be an article about it on Wikipedia to answer the questions raised by people who hear the term for the first time. I can understand if someone thinks that there is information missing, but in that case I would be very happy to have constructive feedback on how the article should be amended in order to provide the appropriate information.

If this is indeed a "general term", it shouldn't be a problem for you to provide citations from arm's-length, third-party experts (i.e., people who don't work for the manufacturer) who can corroborate your assertions of this term's notability in a verifiable way. Three or four such citations should be sufficient. Accounting4Taste:talk 15:14, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I believe I saw digital locks, perhaps of a mechanical rather than electronic nature, long before the 21st century. This article now says they were introduced in 2001. In fact, I seem to recall using them—the electronic kind—at MIT's athena labs when I first arrived there in 1999. Michael Hardy (talk) 18:27, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've changed the claim. When digital door locks were introduced is unclear. Obviously it was long before 2001. When I heard Persi Diaconis explain de Bruijn sequences in a public lecture, I think he may have mentioned using digital door locks in the 1970s. Michael Hardy (talk) 18:30, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There are already pages on Electronic lock, Keycard lock, etc... Redirect, merge content? — Miym (talk) 18:42, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think not all digital door locks are electronic. There were mechanical rather than electronic digital door locks before there were electronic locks. Michael Hardy (talk) 19:03, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keycard lock discusses mechanical keycard locks as well as electronic keycard locks. Combination lock is about mechanical combination locks. — Miym (talk) 20:40, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mechanical combination locks are usually analog rather than digital. Digital ones have a button to push for each digit. Analog ones are continuous rather than discrete. Michael Hardy (talk) 20:57, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]