The result was Keep closing early as nominator seem to have accepted the keep argument and no-one else is making a delete case. Those contending for keep seem to know what they are talking about.--Scott Mac (Doc) 21:11, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable subject that seems to mostly made up of unsourced
original research. ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:23, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There are numerous publications which refer to polite architecture. The article is not largely constituted by unsourced material/ Pease see the Brunskill extract. If you give me more time I wil source statments to spport the paragraph whch details the historical developlment of polite architecture. --His1ojd (talk) 23:45, 22 January 2009 (UTC)—Preceding unsigned comment added by His1ojd (talk • contribs) 01:27, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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(help) pp. 31-50 . It may be an overwhelmingly difficult reading; hey, language history was never easy. This article itself can be a base for rewriting of Politeness (if Truthiness is FA, why not?). Which, irony aside, is another merge option. NVO (talk) 17:51, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]'Vernacular' rather than 'impolite' is the term ordinarily used to define buildings which are created for functional purposes, based on local building practices and materials, and pay little to no regard to national or international architectural styles and fashions. However, as the polite architecture page stipulates the difference between the polite and vernacular is often a matter of degree, with many examples of building illustrating elements of both traits. Before the advent of the social and economic factors, which Childofmidnight highlights, buildings were likely to be vernacular (please refer to vernacular architecture page), because the necessary social and economic structures were not in place to enable the realisation of particular architectural styles. Hence there are relatively few buildings today which could be regarded as 'polite' in larges areas of rural sub-Saharan Africa. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.85.171.15 (talk) 08:07, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep No reason not to have a page on this subject - it exists. However, the page does need a lot of work to meet Wikipedia standards, and is a little confusing. Polite architecture is a mostly 19th century product. The buildings are unique in design, often public or municipal buildings. The reason they are unique is because their architectural concepts and traditions are national or global, but they are built of local stone and materials - an exagerated and fictitious example would be a church in the style of St Paul's Cathedral, with no resemblence to the local provincial architecture, built in Norwich from local flintstone rather than the more sophisticated pale dressed stone that one would expect. Giano (talk) 07:58, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The sourcing does need some development, particularly with regards to the paragraph addressing polite architecture's historical development. Reference to the use of polite definitions of architecture for building conservation purposes would also be beneficial. If someone could help, it would be greatly appreciated. --His1ojd (talk) 23:45, 22 January 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by His1ojd (talk • contribs) 10:58, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Childofmidnight you clearly know little to nothing about architectural theory. Whilst polite architecture is a terms which began to be commonly used in the 19th century, it can encompass the high architecture but also examples of 'low' archiecture, provided it meets the characterisitc elements previously described. Your note that, 'Polite architecture describes a style of mostly 19th century Western European, especially British, buildings constructed for wealthy clients' is compltely unfounded and quite clearly contradicts the rest of the article and the quoted academic theory. If you're going to rely on a quick search of google books with no prior knowledge of the subject (which seems to still be the case)as your basis for drastically altering an article, you should not make the alterations - whatever the shortcomings of the original piece were. PLEASE NOTE, polite architecture does not refer to a particular architectural style, it is a term used to encompass all aesthetically led architectural styles and fashions. On this basis examples of high architecture, as diverse as Bleinheim Palace and the Eiffel Tower can be catergorised as polite, just as a humble new build residential property, which may make incorporate aesthetic design features into its exterior appearance, also contains elements of the polite. Rant over