Talk:Crematorium/Archive 1
Latest comment: 13 years ago by 68.175.83.133 in topic Rewrite
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Defintion
A crematory is a building housing one or more retorts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.173.137.115 (talk) 07:32, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
- There seems to be some confusion over the terms used. In the usual British dictonaries (i.e. Collins, Oxford) a crematory is another name for a crematorium. A crematorium is a building which contains one or more furnaces (sometimes called cremators or retorts, when built for the purpose of cremation). After incineration the remains are usually milled in a purpose built machine called a cremulator (or crembola). What is left is referred to as ashes or cremains. JHvW (talk) 14:20, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
- What I also find interesting is the linkage of Wikipedia. Crematorium is linked to this article. Crematoriums is linked to cremation. --JHvW (talk) 10:02, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Rewrite
This article is too enthusiastic about the process. It should be modified to a more neutral tone. It also looks commercial, especially starting with a technology section which starts by citing one specific person and company as the main thing. Setreset (talk) 08:35, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
- I would agree, there should be an article about crematoriums and their history. The proces of cremation is adequately explained in a separate article. --JHvW (talk) 09:42, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
The language of the article is sub-standard. It should be copy-edited by an educated speaker of English. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.175.83.133 (talk) 05:17, 8 March 2011 (UTC)