Talk:Bridges Hall of Music

Latest comment: 4 years ago by Cwmhiraeth in topic Height

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk06:49, 1 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

 
Bridges Hall of Music, completed in 1915
  • ... that the pipe organ of the Bridges Hall of Music at Pomona College (pictured) consists of 3,519 pipes and weighs 20 short tons (40,000 lb)? Source: [1] "The organ was replaced [in 2001] too, with the new one boasting 3,519 pipes and a weight of 20 tons."
  • Reviewed: I'm under 5 nominations for now, but I left a comment at Yangnyeom chicken
  • Comment: I'm not sure what the best unit is for presenting the weight of the organ. I know "ton" can have different meanings in different regions, so I tried using {{Convert}}, but it came out a little clunky.

Created by Sdkb (talk). Self-nominated at 09:06, 8 August 2020 (UTC).Reply

  • Comment: I'd suggest having one metric measurement and one US standard measurement: ...and weights 40,000lb (18,000 KG)
    @Pi: Sounds good. So that would be {{convert|40000|lb}}, producing 40,000 pounds (18,000 kg). {{u|Sdkb}}talk 03:31, 10 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
  •   New enough and long enough. No QPQ was required. Hook is interesting and mentioned in source, which is properly cited in the right spot. No textual problems. Image is freely licensed (apparently the college uploaded it years ago?). I have added an explicit use of the kilogram measurement to the article as well, and I support it with the unit change proposed by Pi to improve accessibility. Support with the following text: Raymie (tc) 03:45, 18 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
ALT0a: ... that the pipe organ of the Bridges Hall of Music at Pomona College (pictured) consists of 3,519 pipes and weighs 40,000 pounds (18,000 kg)?
 
Bridges Hall of Music, completed in 1915
I've added a crop, for the promoter's consideration. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:11, 31 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Height

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@Cwmhiraeth: I noticed you commented out the height, since it lacked a reliable source. I added it, along with the CN tag, since I found it listed on OpenStreetMap, which is obviously not a RS, but also not something I'd have any reason to believe would be wrong. Do you know of anywhere we might be able to find more reliable sourcing? Would it be a net positive to leave it in with the tag? {{u|Sdkb}}talk 20:58, 5 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

DYKs are not supposed to have any dispute tags so I did not want to leave the tag in place. My inclination was to remove the tag as unnecessary, as the height seems unimportant to me. Sometimes people add tags to articles which remain in place for years. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:02, 6 September 2020 (UTC)Reply