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Post by Andrew G. on Mar 29, 2013 19:43:23 GMT -5
Here's a question.. when are the images going to be properly organized? I've been seeing a lot of pictures of fans where they don't exactly belong.
Example: The 'Dayton' gallery...
For everyone's information, this gallery is NOT FOR INDUSTRIAL FANS. I designated this gallery for antique Daytons that were actually manufactured by the company itself, nothing vintage or current. Dayton has been outsourcing their fans (and motors) for decades; therefore, vintage/current fans re-labeled as "Dayton" need to be placed in their respective OEM (original equipment manufacturer) galleries (Lasko, Leading Edge, Marley, etc.). I've provided a few examples of what belongs to use as a reference.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Mar 29, 2013 22:32:02 GMT -5
Here's a question.. when are the images going to be properly organized? I've been seeing a lot of pictures of fans where they don't exactly belong. Example: The 'Dayton' gallery... For everyone's information, this gallery is NOT FOR INDUSTRIAL FANS. I designated this gallery for antique Daytons that were actually manufactured by the company itself, nothing vintage or current. Dayton has been outsourcing their fans (and motors) for decades; therefore, vintage/current fans re-labeled as "Dayton" need to be placed in their respective OEM (original equipment manufacturer) galleries (Lasko, Leading Edge, Marley, etc.). I've provided a few examples of what belongs to use as a reference. [/rant] I don't know much about Dayton but it depends if these newer fans which most seems to be spinners, if it's the same company branding them as the old Dayton or if it's just two different companies that happened to have to same name. If it's two different companies that coincidentally have the same name, then it's wrong for these newer fans to be placed in that gallery but if it's the same commercial brand name, they are exactly where they belong. Thing is the most interesting part of the galleries is to see different type of fans of different ages from the same company all mixed in the same sub gallery. It give a better idea of what they did over the decades. There is one case where it's really two companies that coincidentally have the same name it's Supreme. The Supreme you originally created is for the Taiwanese 1980's Supreme. Tais placed in this gallery some Indian fans that are clearly not from the same ''Supreme'' in terms of commercial branding. |
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Post by Andrew G. on Mar 29, 2013 23:35:08 GMT -5
What I mean by mentioning Dayton is that it was originally a manufacturer of its own products. However, they began to outsource their fans and motors from other manufacturers possibly beginning sometime around 1930. In other words, Dayton is no longer a manufacturer, but merely just a marketing name that re-labels other manufacturer's fans and motors.
Ceiling fans didn't appear with the "Dayton" name again until the late 70s, when they began outsourcing their fans from Lasko. After Lasko moved production to the U.S. and stopped making industrial fans, Marley became the OEM, then it was Leading Edge and now possibly Envirofan.
In other words.. if you definitely know a fan labeled as one thing is/was definitely made by another manufacturer (not a specific factory like, say, Union), it should be placed in that manufacturer's gallery and the image title should reflect the fact that it's re-labeled.
Another example: Around 1970, Westinghouse began to outsource their fans. You'll occasionally see Hunter portable fans with Westinghouse labels....but you don't call them Westinghouse because you know that Hunter sold the same exact fans under their own name.
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Post by Adam D. on Mar 31, 2013 13:54:42 GMT -5
I will leave all this between you all, it's your galleries and it's up to you all on how things should be sorted.. If you don't want genuine Dayton antiques mixed up with imported ones, perhaps create two separate Dayton galleries.. Then move and sort out the pictures..
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2013 20:02:39 GMT -5
i usally get dayton exhaust fans
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Post by Tais on Apr 4, 2013 5:04:32 GMT -5
... I dont know what to say but i don't really see a big issue here.. if it needs a separation, i would suggest making sub categories in the parent category
for some fans, they are manufactured in by different manufacturers but labeled that label, many people will identify the fan as its label, not manufacturer.. for example: Team Jay Engineering company manufactures USHA fans, everyone knows the fan as USHA not as team jay eng.
as jean said, some fans have the same name but they are completely different..
list of some different companies with same brand names:
orient (india and US)
Relite (UK and singaporean)
airflow
National (japan, india, pakistan)
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