Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/February 20, 2008

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A tower is an intrinsic part of the structure of a building. It is not merely part of the facade. Maybe ... dominating the building's appearance?

Shop in UK English invariably means a place for purchases: a store in US parlance. Would workshop bridge the divide?

A building was damaged by fire: fact. That fire was disastrous is a value statement (unless there were deaths: otherwise some people might have considered the building a "monstorous carbuncle").

The TFA segment does not allow for citations, therefore I do not believe that quotations are appropriate; could we finish with simply benefactor Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans." ? Kevin McE (talk) 09:34, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

I beloieve that all of the comments that I have made here to be valid criticisms of the article summary, of the kind that would be expaected in a peer review or FA discussion. Why is it deemed suitable to simply ignore editor's constructive criticisms in attempts to improve the main page of Wikipedia with neither counter-argument, acknowledgement or rebuttal? Kevin McE (talk) 07:24, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm equally puzzled. MaxVeers (talk) 07:37, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Great to see this article will be on the main page. I have a few comments regarding terminology that I've seen used on the Georgia Tech campus and in relevant publications.

• The building is always referred to as "Tech Tower" (no "the") rather than "the Tech Tower" on Georgia Tech's campus. Cf. Big Ben.
• Regarding the above comment: "shop" refers to "the Old Shop (Building)". This seems to be the official, or at least most common, name for the building (e.g. [1]).

MaxVeers (talk) 22:53, 13 February 2008 (UTC)