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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Anonymous Reviewer (talk | contribs) at 08:27, 26 January 2007 (→Domotics merger). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

i'm thinking that photo is a bad example of home automation. And dangerous too. How about we find a more appropriate photo.

I agree - I have some photos of an automated home. Where/how can I upload them.

Also, I think it's important to create a section called "History of home automation". It's been around a while and would be useful and interesting. I can supply some history.

Domotics merger

This article and Domotics have enough overlap that they should be discussed in one article, even if there is a slight difference between the two --Dtcdthingy 23:40, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that Home Automation, Room automation and Domotics should be merged. My understanding of the term domotics is that it's a combination of domicile and robotics. A few people from Europe have used the term in their discussions on home automation. I feel that the term Domotics better covers what Home Automation should cover. Home Automation doesn't say entertainment systems, security or 'managing home resources and information'. It just says automating your appliances in your home. On the recomendation of merging with Intelligent building I am uncertain, on Building automation I think that's more a reference to commercial building automation. Building automation and home automation seldom use the same products though the general principles are the same. You most likely won't find entertainment systems in commercial buildings. :-) Smart Environments sounds like it is a subject that is shared with both Home Automation and Building automation. --linuxha 21:20, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I also agree on merging Home automation and Domotics, as they refer to nearly the same thing. Domotics is a more popular term im Europe. Building automation might well be kept separate, since there is a difference in scale, and in the technologies used (e.g. BACnet vs. X10). Building and home automation should have links to one another. I think that smart environments should not be merged with these topics. It could, instead, be merged into pervasive/ubiquitous computing. Smart environments are more of an application term, whereas home automation is more technical. --Anonymous Reviewer 08:27, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This section has been trimmed from commercial companies in the field. I also removed the magazine link which contained mainly ads. Please review the external links policy before reverting these changes. Links to corporate entities should only be used where they are the subject of the article. Wikipedia is, after all, not an advertisment. --Usrnme h8er 20:47, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would agree with merging. Also, I have never seen the "Dometic" term used outside of this article. --MountainLogic 17:03, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree.

Delisting of companies

I was curious as to what the rules are that govern the listing of companies here. I had previously listed the company I used for my house automation only to find it gone at a later date. I had then assumed this meant you were not allowed to list a company (as it could be seen as advertising) yet I found other companies remained in the list.... so it confused me. From the stand point of a source of knowledge I would have assumed it would be beneficial to list the companies that provide this kind of service as anyone wanting to find out more information about what it is could then use the links to reach companies that actually do it.... in this sense, how is it any different to companies being listed on wikipedia in the first place? There are already many entries for companies... some of which are obscure. Enigmatical 22:31, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please see my above posting, I havn't had time to review all the extrnal links currenty in the article in detail, please feel free to do this and if you feel that they are purely commercial entities - feel free to remove them. Generally, commercial entities should only be linked to from their own wiki articles, such as IBM.com from IBM rather than linking IBM.com from computer, personal computer, company (law) etc... If the companies are considered notable enough, they will have their own wiki pages, subject to wikipedia:notability requirements, which in turn can be linked to from a related page (for example apple computers being linked from personal computer). --Usrnme h8er 07:39, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

History

This article really needs a history section. I've always been intrigued by the speculative way in which home automation was being marketed in the 1980s... little of it came to fruition. I came to read about this aspect and found nothing. -Rolypolyman 20:34, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-Protect

I have added semi-protect status to this page because about half of the last 50 edits have been either adding or removing commercial links. Time to changes things. Eptin 21:01, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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