Talk:Kitchen sink syndrome

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Are you aware of the fact that the only real hit on Google is this "article"? --KF 11:28, 15 Sep 2003 (UTC)

When I searched i found lots of hits. BL 11:32, 15 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Then you're better at using search engines than I am. Below is one of the examples I found, but, honestly, I don't quite understand it:

Avoid the kitchen sink syndrome.

A building can't be all things to all people, especially when it's on scarce lakefront land. Pier Wisconsin has crammed so much into this building, from aquariums, multiple exhibits and offices to a high-tech auditorium, a cafe, a partial replica of the group's replica schooner - and now, Discovery World - that the new, lower-profile version could be as big as 120,000 square feet. Sponsors need to zero in on their core mission and jettison unnecessary add-ons that inflate the project beyond the carrying capacity of its site. [1]

KF 11:39, 15 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Prevalence and age

By doing a Google search for the phrase "kitchen sink syndrome", I found hundreds of search results. By adding the expression "1990" separately, I found the phrase in the last paragraph at http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2DF163EF93BA35754C0A966958260&sec=&pagewanted=2. The publication date is shown as July 8, 1990. Therefore, I conclude that the phrase is neither non-notable nor a neologism. Wavelength 06:55, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I agree I read a few of the links and the way the term is used implies welknown use in certain circles. --Mike 20:16, 26 October 2006 (UTC)