Talk:Chandelier

translation?

"History" section of this article is used as an category text in this website: http://www.hepsiburada.com/avizeler-c-13003223 And by used, i mean "translated by Google". Is this allowed? The quality of the translation is awful, and the website is the biggest online retailer in Turkey. Can something be done?

edit: read Wikipedia:Standard_license_violation_letter, I am sending the first mail now. Highly recommend the owner of the article does the same. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.248.136.146 (talk) 09:50, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

query

A query for any wikiexperts who happen by.

I think image of the illustration of a medieval chandelier really helps this article. It's nice that the image shows people below it, givin an indication of how high the chandelier is hung. However, this does make the thumbnail a bit on the small side.

Is it possible to provide a manually trimmed image for use as a thumbnail, with the full, untrimmed image shown when it is clicked on ?

Cheers.

TB 10:48, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)

weapon

In Chap 3, Sect II of David McCullough’s 1776, he discusses “chandeliers” being used as a weapon. Can anyone add insight to this?

THANX!!!

A good description (with illustration) of this type of "chandelier" as a defense mechanism can be found at: Engineers of Independence - A Documentary History of the Army Engineers in the American Revolution, 1775-1783, Chapter 3, BUNKER HILL AND THE SIEGE OF BOSTON 1775-1776

Hankthecowdog 14:46, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Relevant?

Nikita Khrushchev famously used Chandeliers to illustrate a problem in Soviet economic planning (I can provide a Time magazine article as a source for his comments) - would such a thing be worth including to add a bit of colour to this frankly fairly bland article? Damburger (talk) 08:41, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Etymology?

This article says nothing about where the word chandelier comes from. Would anyone like to shed some light on that? 207.210.147.201 (talk) 11:11, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

The article says it was borrowed from Old Spanish in the 14th century. The Old Spanish word came from a 10th century French word, which was derived from Latin. What more is there to say? InedibleHulk (talk) 18:37, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

The Latin "candelabrum" is misspelled.174.75.98.176 (talk) 00:20, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Fixed. InedibleHulk (talk) 18:34, 13 November 2012 (UTC)