Talk:Bristol Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol
This is the offical name, and wiki policy is to use the offical name.--Jirate 21:26, 2005 Mar 6 (UTC)


 * No, the policy is to use the common name. See Naming conventions (common names). This should be at Bristol Cathedral. --rbrwr&plusmn; 21:35, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Absolutely agreed with Rbrwr, Wikipedia policy is most certainly to use the generally used name of an object - in this case "Bristol Cathedral". Can someone return the talk page and article title to its proper name? - Adrian Pingstone 22:44, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Thank you, Adrian. I certainly intend to move this back (and it's the article, not just the talk page) if no-one else does, but I'm diplomatically waiting for things to develop at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Irate and Requests for comment/Curps at the moment. --rbrwr&plusmn;
 * I've moved the said back to Bristol Cathedral as per policy and consensus here. I have lived near Bristol over a decade and I have never heard the Cathedral called by anything longer than St Augustine's Abbey and then rarely Thryduulf 23:03, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Good. However,I am going to restore the formal-name-first order in the first paragraph. That fits with the convention in articles aobut people, where, for instance, Tony Blair starts, "The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair..." --rbrwr&plusmn; 23:10, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Organ
Shouldnt there be mention of the organ somewhere? its supposed to be the largest working one in the world I think - Agaib


 * It is in fact the 1245th largest in the world, according to this website: http://www.die-orgelseite.de/orgelliste120_e.htm which is a very useful resource for sizes of organs. Clavecin 23:42, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

p.s. sign using ~ rather than writing your name

Added architectural description
have done some rearranging of facts, but haven't lost any of your work!

Hope you like it! --Amandajm 14:38, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Galleries
I removed the gallery from this article as per WP:IUP, article space should not contain image galleries unless there is a good reason to. The two images here can easily be put inline, and don't add anything to the article that isn't already shown in other images. Galleries should be created on commons - that's sort of what it's there for. -mattbuck (Talk) 19:10, 29 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Understood. I still think galleries are nice for readers (I'd love to ask them) but in this case I accept your argument - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 21:20, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Coordinate error
The following coordinate fixes are needed for Bristol Cathedral: Coordinates are wrong. Building is misplaced. Right coordinates are: +51° 27' 6.26", -2° 36' 2.61" (51.451740, -2.600724)

—93.194.219.97 (talk) 18:31, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ Yes, that was a typo of mine when I emended the coordinates earlier this month (I typed 51.4617 when I meant to type 51.4517). Thanks for noticing and pointing it out. Deor (talk) 07:40, 25 February 2013 (UTC)


 * So is it possible for us to agree that the current setup, which was last changed here and appears in the code as:

latd = 51.4517 longd = -2.6007
 * is correct, and should need no further fixing unless the shape of the planet changes too much or anything? I'm always a bit baffled by coordinate shifts (typos apart!) and I worry that due to some system weirdness people are seeing things differently or something - (yup sounds unlikely ...) but certainly to me the current set appear absolutely spot on! It would be nice to think that it needed no further change and that if changes were thought to be needed they could be proposed on this page first. Cheers DBaK (talk) 08:26, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Bristol Wiki Meetup
You are invited to the Bristol Wiki Meetup which will take place at The Commercial Rooms, 43-45 Corn Street, Bristol BS1 1HT on Sunday 28 July 2013 from 1.00 pm. If you have never been to one, this is an opportunity to meet other Wikipedians in an informal atmosphere for Wiki and non-Wiki related chat and for beer or food if you like. Experienced and new contributors are all welcome. This event is definitely not restricted just to discussion of Bristol topics. Bring your laptop if you like and use the free Wifi or just bring yourself. Even better, bring a friend! Click the link for full details. Looking forward to seeing you. Philafrenzy (talk) 11:38, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

What else is needed before a GA nomination?
I've been doing some editing on this article and hope to nominate it for GA status before long. I know there are still a few citation needed tags but what else do people think would be needed to get it to meet the Good article criteria?&mdash; Rod talk 15:49, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

As requested, I'e had a quick look through it, I've never seen the building and know nothing about it, but from a cursory glance:


 * "This facade is probably more Spanish than English in its overall composition, being somewhat like that of Burgos Cathedral, but without its spires." No, it's not! What's Spanish about it?


 * "It is rather wide for its height" In who's opinion? It's proportions look OK to me.


 * "During the 16th century, the space for cathedral services must have been very cramped.[citation needed] This necessitated a rearrangement of the cathedral's furnishings." Did cathedrals have furnishings (beyond an altar and misericords etc) and if they did what were they? I don't see why they woudl have made the cathedral cramped - pews etc weren't around at that time.


 * "The tympanum of the arch is an empty niche." Is it an entirely empty niche or does the tympanum contain a niche?


 * "The second remarkable feature of Bristol Cathedral..." Are we qualified to grade architectural elements by importance/remarkableness? Giano    (talk) 21:53, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks - these were generally statements & claims I was worried about as well. I have removed or reworded therm to try to remove the extravagant claims.&mdash; Rod talk 08:13, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

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XIX century
It is said that Giles Gilbert Scott was consulted in 1860 but he was born only in 1880. Some mistake feel I here. Elrond1 2eleven (talk) 09:49, 30 October 2020 (UTC)