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Brooke Street Pier
- ... that the Brooke Street Pier (pictured) weighs 5300 tonnes, making it Australia's largest floating building?
Created by Chuq (talk). Self nominated at 07:58, 17 January 2015 (UTC).
Interesting building! The article is new and long enough. The image is free. I have a few thoughts on the source though. Is another one available?
- The line is referenced with source #1. It does not mention that it is the largest.
- The line in the article states that it is one of the largest
- It is published in a secondary source but the source is straight from the architect.
- Does tonnes need a conversion? (I don;t know if that matters for DYK.
- Cptnono (talk) 23:11, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for the feedback! I was a bit uncertain about the "Australia's largest floating building" claim - and as you see switched back and forth from "the largest" to "one of the largest" a couple of times; I've added another reference to that line, but I've also tried to verify it independently. I can't find anything on Wikipedia (or Google for that matter) about ANY other floating building in Australia. I've posted some requests on the SkyscraperCity forums too. If I can't find any other information, I guess that would make this one the de facto largest? I'll see if I can find any more sources over the next day or two. -- Chuq (talk) 11:40, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
- That source says it is the biggest. I see no problem with using some editorial discretion to follow logic and th sources that say it is the largest. All good.Cptnono (talk) 20:53, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
- Sounds good. Additional discussion at Wikipedia:Australian_Wikipedians'_notice_board#Brooke_Street_Pier confirms this view :) -- Chuq (talk) 00:07, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
- That source says it is the biggest. I see no problem with using some editorial discretion to follow logic and th sources that say it is the largest. All good.Cptnono (talk) 20:53, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for the feedback! I was a bit uncertain about the "Australia's largest floating building" claim - and as you see switched back and forth from "the largest" to "one of the largest" a couple of times; I've added another reference to that line, but I've also tried to verify it independently. I can't find anything on Wikipedia (or Google for that matter) about ANY other floating building in Australia. I've posted some requests on the SkyscraperCity forums too. If I can't find any other information, I guess that would make this one the de facto largest? I'll see if I can find any more sources over the next day or two. -- Chuq (talk) 11:40, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
- The references describe it as "largest". (In actual fact it appears to be the *only* one anywhere close to this sort of scale, but that's OR) -- Chuq (talk) 11:54, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
- Well, I think the reader will be puzzled by "largest" being measured by tonnes. How about removing the cause-effect this way:
- The references describe it as "largest". (In actual fact it appears to be the *only* one anywhere close to this sort of scale, but that's OR) -- Chuq (talk) 11:54, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
- ALT1 ... that the 5300-tonne (12 million pound) Brooke Street Pier (pictured) is Australia's largest floating building?
(Check me on the conversion). EEng (talk) 21:44, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
- ALT2 ... that the 5300-tonne (5216-long ton) Brooke Street Pier (pictured) is Australia's largest floating building?