What in the help center defines this as on-topic?

(Sorry, the question, not this answer) : "Is a stranded wire connection, properly twisted and taped, objectively any worse/better than wire-nuts?"

The discussion seems to have quickly dissolved into bickering about why you can't get wire nuts in some places, as opposed to where (code?) and why (code.) you have to use them. This question is not about Home Improvement.

Also, the title is not a question, which bugs me to no end.

@Mazura not everyone can simply punt to an electrical code

as there exist places on this planet which have not adopted one.

@Shalvenay - Then there's no "objective" question to ask here. There's only "No, you shouldn't do that."

@Mazura remember that Wagos were unknown in the US until oh the past decade and UK folk looked with horror at wirenuts for several decades

The real question, IMO, is: "Why do you guys use wire nuts and terminal blocks?" Because code. Why is that? Well... IDK. I didn't write them. However, that question is answerable if you can find it.

@Shalvenay That's because a real linesman's splice is still superior.

@Mazura I personally am of the opinion that a proper crimp can beat just about anything, even a linesman's splice -- although I'm not quite to the point where I can make a proper crimp yet.

the WU splice is very strong under tension, which is great for overhead lines, but not needed in a J-box or other well-supported app

@Shalvenay Therein lies the problem: ain't no one can do crimping right ;)

I suspect it's electrically not quite as good though -- you don't get the near-guarantee of cold welds you do with a decent crimp

I disagree. I don't think there's a better (in all aspects) splice than a LM's. It's just way too much work.

NASA agrees ;)

aeroelectric.com/articles/CrimpTools/crimptools.html re: crimping properly -- with some practice, just about any ratchet crimp tool can achieve this level of results I bet

the other bad thing about a LM splice is it can only go wire-to-wire

well, more accurately a limitation

also, the linesman's splice is a solid-wire thing -- not so hot on stranded.

That's why you pre-tin them.

Also, stranded sucks ;p

It may be easy to pull but I don't like having to make any type of connection with them.

@Mazura feel free to flag it for a mod followup, last time I looked it was a mess that should probably be migrated into a chat.

Looking to cleanup some more tags and the following are on my current hit list, any objections to a purge of these in the not so distant future: danfoss hiring error-tolerance guide building clearance

@BMitch I've seen meta posts on other sites announcing big tag clean-ups and soliciting editing help. None of the tags you mentioned are high-use though so you could probably sneak in all the edits without messing up the front page; up to you if you want to do it.

@NiallC. I specifically started at the end of the tag list, the stuff that's hardly used. Some things down there may be able to be merged with other tags. Just a matter of finding the time right now, which I won't have today. Getting ready to run off to another meeting that's going to kill my entire afternoon.

I helped: old is no more!

antenna is now a synonym for tv-antenna

@NiallC. \o/

I should really pay more attention to diy.stackexchange.com/tools?tab=stats. Using it just now, I cleaned up several tags, nuked a spammer, found and reported a scraper site and merged two identical questions from the same user.

angle and grinder when used together should be angle-grinder. ETA: and now they are.

I don't get to use that close reason very often.