Talk:The New Yankee Workshop

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I created this article so that there would be a wiki-link for the Norm Abram article as there was for the This Old House article also cited in the Norm article.

I am regarded in woodworking circles as somewhat of a Norm authority, having taped all of the (New Yankee Workshop) shows, chronicled all the tools used, and posted them on a website.

The second link is my Norm site, but I did not create this article for the purposes of promoting the site. It is simply the most thorough compilation of episode information and tool use available. My site is non-commercial and I gain nothing by having it listed here. LRod 216.76.216.78 20:46, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I don't think it's bad if someone links to their site as long as the article is kosher.--Gbleem 02:51, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

I the use of the terms "neanderthals" and "galoots" common among all woodworkers or just those using a particular Internet mailing list? --Gbleem 02:51, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

I had the honor of meeting Norm at a show in Chicago a few years ago. According to him, the show is usually filmed in one 9 hour take (unless more time is necessary for drying or other reasons, of course). He usually works alone, and he makes the example piece the day before the shoot. He also claims that the show's biggest demographic is young children. --66.134.227.18 07:13, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

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Episode List

I went ahead and put together the start of an episode list.

Since I don't have a Wikipedia account I can't create new pages. It may make sense to split this list out into a new page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.91.104.251 (talk) 01:37, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

The links have changed : http://www.newyankee.com/index.php?id=53#!/~/category/id=1855063&offset=0&sort=normal — Preceding unsigned comment added by 154.5.200.44 (talk) 04:20, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Additional Criticism?

I recall hearing stories about how Norm Abram used to use Japanese power tools, only to be ripped on about it considering it was called the New YANKEE Workshop. Anyone know anything about it? Can it be added into the criticism section? - 66.92.0.62 (talk) 23:43, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

The whole "criticism" section is unsourced and dodgy at best. It needs to be sourced or removed. Proxy User (talk) 09:55, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

The links to each of the projects are now 404. Some other outfit has purchased the rights to newyankeeworkshop.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.71.1.1 (talk) 00:49, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Project page links no longer appear to work...

...based on sample of some (Season 18, Router 101, etc.).

2012-09-29: same experience, sampled several seasons. The website seems to have been reorganised.
99.120.130.167 (talk) 23:09, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

I clicked on the link for the New Yankee web site and the drawings/episodes for the projects can be found there. 63.87.61.54 (talk) 02:50, 15 February 2013 (UTC)chefantwon

A recommendation on the project links.

I got curious and looked at the site. The project links could be updated, but they would be rather unappealing for such a long list. Not to mention that there are 250+ URLs one would have to collect/crawl. An example of the link to Project 101 before and after the site was changed.

• http://www.newyankee.com/getproduct.php?101
• http://www.newyankee.com/index.php?id=53#!/~/product/id=7916460
  

Search still works, so I recommend the removal of all "Project Page" columns from all those tables. Just don't know how to, and I consider that a major edit. Xannon (talk) 13:53, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

They should probably be removed since their primary purpose is to hawk recordings of the show. We could use them as sources for episode summaries, however, in which case they'd be preferably stuck in footnotes. It just makes me uncomfortable to be using these links at all, though, given their commercial nature. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 05:49, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Split ep list

I'm proposing that we split the Episodes section off into a new article called List of The New Yankee Workshop episodes. This is a fairly common practice among Wikipedia articles on TV series, especially ones lasting more than a dozen episodes. Relevant guidelines include MOS:TV#"List of ..." structure and WP:SAL. While I'm not certain that the content of the section is enough to merit a list at this point, it is extensive enough to make this article rather excessively long. Plus it should be easy enough to flesh out, given the project links we have included. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 05:46, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

The article is not so long that a split is required at this time. Generally, articles work better if they are not split. Given the length of time the tag has been up, I am removing it. Op47 (talk) 00:21, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Episode listing error corrected

I found this page while trying to find out in which episode Norm described his original router table (the one whose revised version was shown later in S15E01). After more research I found that it belonged as episode 813 (season 8, ep 13), which the article had listed as "Tap Table" which is actually a 20th season episode 0813 (2008, episode 13). The official production numbering schemes changed several times over the run of the show so I guess the confusion was understandable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.80.214.118 (talk) 11:38, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Low Quality Edits from Unregistered Users, Privacy Concerns, Reversions

Greetings, I have a few concerns with recent edits to the NYW page but am a relatively new editor and am unsure how to proceeed. First there seem to have been several edits from unregistered users that, to me, appear to be low quality. For instance there has been the addition of irrelevant details such as the state of Norm's beard or the changes in the toll free number throughout the television show. In addition, the location of the workshop has been listed on the page. During the show's airing on television, the producer was very keen on not revealing the location as it was at his personal residence in a residential neighbourhood. Even though the producer has recently passed, I would assume that the remaining family would want their privacy respected. I would revert those changes but am unsure of which Wikipedia policies to site. I was able to find a deprecated privacy page, and the article isnt technically a biography of a living person, so I need some guidance. User:Rift has edited the Norm Abram page in the past. Maybe you can assist or offer some guidance? Thanks.@Rift WKatastrof (talk) 18:37, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Removed production location and geographic coordinates

I removed the production location and geographic coordinates for the New Yankee Workshop. Throughout the show's run, Russell Morash went to great lengths to obscure the workshop location as it was located at his private residence. For instance, episodes would advertise postal addresses in other states for correspondence. Second, in Season 25 Episode 4 of This Old House at timestamp 09:00 after Richard Trethewey takes Kevin O'Connor to the New Yankee Workshop to see its HVAC setup, Norm Abram jokingly tells Kevin: "You better never tell anyone where this place is." In a 2005 Popular Woodworking magazine piece titled "Two days on the set of 'The New Yankee Workshop' reveal surprising truths about the way Norm Abram works," the writer states "I can't tell you the exact location of The New Yankee Workshop for two reasons. One, even with directions, I don't know if I could find it again. Two, I promised to keep mum." These are just three examples of many that express this kind of sentiment through Morash's shows. In addition, no reputable source to my knowledge has published the location.

With the Internet this information is more accessible and some might say with Morash's passing secrecy of the location is irrelevant. However, since the location is still the private residence of the Morash family, I believe it shouldn't be published on Wikipedia to respect their privacy in line with historical precedent of the presentation of this information. WKatastrof (talk) 14:45, 13 October 2024 (UTC)