Talk:Moderne architecture: Difference between revisions

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I just restored this article, which had been redirected incorrectly to [[Streamline Moderne architecture]] in 2014 and 2015, along with incorrect redirection in 2015 of [[:Category:Moderne architecture]] and [[:Category:Moderne architecture in the United States]] and all their subcategories to [[:Category:Streamline Moderne architecture]] and [[:Category:Streamline Moderne architecture in the United States]], etc. Unfortunately a large number of articles have had their categories changed incorrectly by bot or by manual edits, to put into Streamline Moderne, when the buildings are not of that subtype. Streamline modern involves curves for ship-like streamlining or aerodynamic shape, is the main obvious differentiating factor from my view.

Persons asserting that Streamline Moderne is just another term, or the preferred term, for Moderne are not completely without sources seeming to equate them. For example [http://circaoldhouses.com/art-deco-art-moderne/ http://circaoldhouses.com/art-deco-art-moderne/] equates Art Moderne with Streamline Moderne, and just differentiates them vs. Art Deco. Please note that source include 'rounded edges', 'curved canopies', ' Occasional circular porthole, oculus, round windows on main or secondary elevations' and 'References to the sea/the ocean: curves, horizontal vectors and lines, and light blue finishes like aquamarine, azure, baby blue, cyan, teal, and turquoise' as identifying features. Note also that source does not mention or differentiate PWA Modern or Stripped classicism or similar terms.

However, two huge points to be recognized are:

1. *PWA Moderne is very clearly different, and does not involve curves and streamlining.

2. *that there are many buildings identified as Moderne in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, a good number identified as PWA Moderne, and relatively few specifically identified as Streamline Moderne. All of those identified as Moderne and probably many PWA Moderne ones have been swept (incorrectly) into Streamline categories.

Pinging [[User:Carptrash|Carptrash]], [[User:Lockley|Lockley]], [[User:BoringHistoryGuy|BoringHistoryGuy]]: I noticed you all collaborating very well in developing [[Pedimental sculptures in the United States]], and I wonder if you could possibly please comment here, towards helping to fix the situation here. The only exception right now is [[Juneau County Courthouse]], a brand new article just created by me, which is currently the sole member of [[:Category:Moderne architecture in the United States]]. I don't know if a bot will arrive and sweep it away too, or whether my just reestablishing the category (replacing a category redirect) will deactivate the bot which would have swept it. Please comment! --[[User:doncram|<font color="maroon">do</font>]][[User talk:Doncram|<font color="green">ncr</font>]][[Special:Contributions/doncram|<font color="maroon">am</font>]] 22:29, 20 October 2017 (UTC)