Talk:M Shed

Merge proposal
I strongly oppose the merger proposed by Ajuk with this edit. Obviously, the discussion at Talk:Bristol Industrial Museum completely escaped the attention of Ajuk. I note also that a merger banner has not beeen placed on the intended target page and no rationale for the merger has been proposed. Consequently, I shall remove the banner if this is not addressed in 24 hours. Jezhotwells (talk) 11:42, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

I also oppose the merger but without a reason for the merger given I can't say what it is that I actually object to. Without that all I can say is that these are two completely different institutions. The only thing they have in common is that they occupy/occupied some of the same premises. --Simple Boba.k.a. The Spaminator (Talk) 13:20, 25 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Oppose One was a museum, one's a web site stuck in an expensive shed. The only purpose I can see to this merge would be to erode the history of the Industrial Museum and pretend that the new M Shed is all that there ever was. This is not a view we should support. Andy Dingley (talk) 13:46, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
 * "a web site stuck in an expensive shed" - that's an interesting perspective, care to share? I haven't been down to the M Shed yet but visited the Industrial Museum a few times. --Simple Boba.k.a. The Spaminator (Talk) 17:00, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The BIM had things in it. At its best, which usually meant when the printers were working, you might have a hands-on experience with an industrial device that you couldn't see anywhere else, and in a way that was achievable by only a few museums anywhere. The new place is totally passive - slabs of canned infotainment pop up in front of you. That's your lot, that's all there is. In a world where the ability to deliver pictures to screens is now commonplace in our homes, there is still a place for museums (despite some calls to the contrary), but only if they deliver something that the Web can't do for us just as easily. With the M shed, you might just as well sit at home and download it. There's very little additional to the M shed that you couldn't just watch in this way.
 * On, and how long could this vast budget have funded Wildscreen for, or brought access to @Bristol down to an affordable price? Andy Dingley (talk) 02:35, 26 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I have invited Ajuk to post a rationale here. Jezhotwells (talk) 17:53, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

As no rationale has been forthcoming I have removed the merger tag from the article. --Simple Boba.k.a. The Spaminator (Talk) 08:45, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Link update
I just made a change to the URL for the 1st reference to the M-Shed page on the Council website as the existing one was broken - --Jukesie (talk) 19:36, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

'Championed'
'The dispute was championed by Labour socialist Tony Benn...' I bet it wasn't, though I am prepared to believe that he championed one of the parties in dispute. 86.185.216.32 (talk) 18:01, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

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