Talk:Birnbeck Pier

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I have kept this article short for its first draft. However, there is a huge amount of information on the referenced websites that could be transferred to the article if desired. --Cheesy Mike 15:07, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes but nearly all the references are web based, however much of this information is also in books. Book references are needed in this is to maintain B-class. I'm adding a flag.Pyrotec 19:02, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

The pier was not used for the bouncing bomb, nearby Brean Down Fort was, the pier was used for storage in the wartime era. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.144.149.189 (talk) 01:12, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I can't see any point in having separate articles for the pier and the island and therefore propose merging them.&mdash; Rod talk 21:49, 13 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I agree. Unless someone is proposing to do a significant expansion of Birnbeck Island! (Hint: its use before the pier was built...)Geof Sheppard (talk) 14:04, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Support: Even though I am confused why Birnbeck Island should have its own article because it is a seperate island, I am supporting this because the article does not have enough information or importance. Also, it makes more sense because the island is named after the pier (or the pier is named after the island!). Jaguar (talk) 17:34, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I've now completed the merge.&mdash; Rod talk 18:50, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * i found about birn beck pier about two years ago I've been trying get on the website the last month with out any luck I'm going to be in Weston over the weekend 82.34.131.37 (talk) 17:14, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Working towards nominating this article for Good Article status
I have recently obtained a copy of the Terrell book and have been editing the article. I am thinking of nominating it for "Good Article" status soon. Apart from the "page needed" tag on the van der Bijl reference, which I'm working on, is there anything else that other editors feel is needed before it can be nominated?&mdash; Rod talk 21:54, 5 January 2013 (UTC)


 * The second paragraph in the lead section is incomplete: During the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries the pier was popular both with tourists to the town. I'm not sure that the article tells us what the other of "both" is. Geof Sheppard (talk) 13:29, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks - added locals and...&mdash; Rod talk 13:41, 22 January 2013 (UTC)


 * We should clarify why (when?) the pier is stated to have two different lengths in the 'Construction' section. Geof Sheppard (talk) 13:40, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I've reworded this and added an explanation about the 1903 storm affecting the low water jetty. Does that make more sense?&mdash; Rod talk 21:06, 22 January 2013 (UTC)


 * That's got it. Geof Sheppard (talk) 13:55, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

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Pier or Bridge?
It would be helpful if there was an explanation of why this structure is called a 'pier'. Elsewhere in the world it would be called a 'bridge'. Indeed, it seems that the pier has replaced what was going to be called a bridge.147.147.24.37 (talk) 11:58, 15 July 2020 (UTC)