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1 A Priz
2 Moved uncited material from article page; please replace with sources
3 Steam tunnels
4 MGU clearly the "tallest"
5 References
6 Tour of the Commons

[edit] A Priz

A Winner of the September 2005 West Dakota Prize

This entry, one of an unprecedented 52, has won the September 2005 West Dakota Prize, awarded for successfully employing the expression "legend states" in a complete sentence. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wetman (talk • contribs) 19:45, 9 September 2005.

[edit] Moved uncited material from article page; please replace with sources

I have moved two paragraphs here from the article. These paragraphs make anecdotal statements, using phrasing which obscures their lack of sources ("Local legend states" and "It is thought by some"). I was not able to find citations for these sources in any of the References that I had access to. These pieces of information should definitely be in the article if reliable sources exist. I hope that they will be replaced, with explicit references to each of them. Proper citation is most important in statements such as these, which can often be anecdotal, or based on urban legend. I'd be happy to discuss this issue on my talk page. -- Creidieki 02:13, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Local legend states that to counteract this resistance Bowman ordered that the construction of the walls would start at the top floor and work their way down, so the project could not be canceled. Actually, this was practical, as the exterior walls are not load bearing in skyscrapers. This means that they do not hold weight, so the walls can be built at any time. Building the top walls first allows for ease of movement of materials and equipment during the construction.

It is thought by some that the Cathedral of Learning was dubbed "The Learning Tower of Pisaburgh" which is a reference to the famed Leaning Tower of Pisa in Pisa, Italy

I brought back and expanded the first quote - my source is the Mark Brown text listed in the references section here. The entire article needs to in-text citate better... but for now that's the source until that kind of thing is fixed. Lyellin 18:21, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

In my opinion, a better way to address uncited material would be to use ^{[citation needed]} . This will alert anyone reading the article that the information is unreferenced and may not be true. However, it will also encourage other users to add the citation (whereas moving the info to the talk page limits who sees it). Guermantes 21:43, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Steam tunnels

Does anyone have information about the steam tunnels that run under Pitt's campus? Can anyone point me to information on this? --Chris Griswold(☏) 08:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MGU clearly the "tallest"

This article says the Cathedral is arguably the tallest, when you adjust for the spire on top of Moscow State's main building. However, the MGU building is 240m tall, of which the spire is 57m, so discounting that, it's still 20m taller than the Cathedral. Does anyone have different information that refutes this? --Lenin1991 14:44, 15 September 2006 (UTC)