Talk:Lost and found
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[edit]Either dicdef or not-encyclopedic. What else could possibly be added to it? ("porn stars who have found something at the lost & found?" perhaps? ;-) Terrapin 19:21, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Don't forget the Lost and Found Officer on the USS Enterprise, the Pokemon Lostafonder, and directions to the Dartmouth College Lost and Found. Delete. -FZ 22:54, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- What is wrong with having an article about lost and founds? This is exactly the kind of thing that should be in an encyclopedia. Keep.--Samuel J. Howard 00:36, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC)
- Delete: The problem is that it's self-explanatory. A lost & found is, well, a lost & found. All sorts of interesting trivia could go in, like the odd items in the Grand Central Station lost & found, the problems with airline lost & founds, etc., but all of that matter would simply be "didya know" stuff to add to a self-explanatory entry. Unless there is a history, legislation, activity in the modern world, controversy, in-the-news kind of thing, I don't see the usefulness of explaining something like this. Sorry for being argumentative, Samuel J. Howard, and I am open to reconsideration. Geogre 01:07, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Well, there's the Halacha of lost and found, Some Police websites such as this one suggest that there are local and/or state laws associated with lost and found stuff (not a laywer so don't really know how to research this beyond google), and I'm sure there is more to be said.--Samuel J. Howard 03:25, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC)
- I also wonder where the concept comes from, while it may be self-explanatory, I'm not sure that it's self evident.--Samuel J. Howard 03:28, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC)
- Well, there's the Halacha of lost and found, Some Police websites such as this one suggest that there are local and/or state laws associated with lost and found stuff (not a laywer so don't really know how to research this beyond google), and I'm sure there is more to be said.--Samuel J. Howard 03:25, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. -Sean Curtin 04:34, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC)
- keep. I agree with Samuel J. Howard. regards, High on a tree 11:20, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- As an anon I can't vote, but I thought it worth mentioning that I've added some of the didya know trivia mentioned above.
- Did you? I didn't see it. Please feel free to improve the article throughout the voting period. I, and most others, review my votes on the final day to see if I can change. Geogre 23:43, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Samuel J. Howard argues that this can be expanded past a definition and into a full ecncylopedia article. I'm sorry but I don't see it. Delete (but I will look at it at the article again near the end of the discussion period). Rossami 23:12, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. This has a strong potential to be one of those neat little articles tucked between good-but-kinda-boring articles like Los Angeles and Lottery. Denni☯ 23:08, 2004 Aug 26 (UTC)
- Keep. I came looking for historical information and found it mildly enlightening. Needs more references in history section. 67.171.229.131 (talk) 20:12, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
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Charges
[edit]The text should highlight a recent trend, certainly in the UK, whereby Lost Property offices typically charge the claimer to get his/her property back. This seems to have happened in recent years as places like railway stations have outsourced baggage storage and lost property to private companies. --ЗAНИA talk WB talk] 23:13, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
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