Talk:Lock snapping
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Is this advertising?
[edit]This article reads somewhat like a "teaser" advertisement for the one and only Web site linked - is it really Notable? --Gronk Oz (talk) 12:35, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
Trade groups as source
[edit]I admit, The Master Locksmiths Association's aggressive past attempts at spamming Wikipedia may have tainted my view of them as a reliable source, but the two sources previously used in the article didn't appear to be very high quality. Both sources were apparently written by Steffan George, who describes himself as the "director of business development" for the MLA. That's not really an expert opinion, and there's very little meat to the articles. They're mostly specific recommendations for purchase optionss. Any info that is only supported by sources like that should probably just be left out of the article.
It's also peculiar that this article is only supported by UK sources. Is this term only used there? Is it because of relatively lax locksmithing regulations? A rash of poor-quality locks being sold at DIY stores? I guess it doesn't matter, but it's odd for such a basic, simple concept to only be talked about in one region. Grayfell (talk) 01:12, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
- I'm guessing the large amount of UK sources are due to their lock style, though with the "euro profile cylinder" locks being vulnerable, I would have guessed that this would be a problem across Europe. Maybe those articles are in a different language and not easily searchable? Kage Acheron (talk) 03:39, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
- From what I could find online: http://www.lockwiki.com/index.php/Euro_Profile, euro profile cylinders are vulnerable since they have the cam in the middle of the cylinder, and the whole thing is held to the door by one screw. Kage Acheron (talk) 03:50, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
- Interesting. It seems odd that the MLA is advocating specific brands of euro-lock without even mentioning that other types of lock would be safer, unless they really are completely ubiquitous.
- The language barrier seems very likely, and very difficult to address, unfortunately. Even in English it could be called dozens of other things, (lock, tumbler, latch, door, knob, bolt) X (break, snap, pop, bust, twist) etc.. Figuring out what it's called in undetermined other languages would be an interesting challenge, but way beyond my skill set. Grayfell (talk) 04:15, 28 May 2015 (UTC)