Talk:Topping out

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The merge tag has been on this article since April 2008. I am in favor of merging this article into the Topping out article. While both terms are commonly used, "Topping out" is the term more commonly used on the Internet. Here's the comparison in number of pages:

• Topping out (432,000)
• Topping off (364,000)

Please indicate your support or lack of support below: I will tally this in one week's time (midnight August 5, 2008 (UTC).

• Support - Since "topping out" is more used, I favor merging this article into "Topping out. Sunray (talk) 05:47, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Support - I studied architecture and work in construction support services in the UK. I've only ever heard it refered to as "topping out". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.44.32.134 (talk) 14:45, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The History section says it originated in Scandinavia and is now common in European countries and the English-speaking West. But among the photos there is a topped-out building in China. Is this from Western influence or do they have a local tradition? 27.32.62.224 (talk) 05:24, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

More thoughts:

Surely it is a natural human impulse to have some sort of recognition when a building reaches a stage of completion. But this need have no relation to what was originally a quasi-religious ceremony with the tree. Is only the latter "Topping Out", and the other could be "Completion Ceremony"? But I am only arguing from common sense and have no sources, so this makes it Original Research. But I think that not making some distinction amounts to misleading the reader by omission. So what is the resolution? 27.32.62.224 (talk) 06:14, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]