Talk:Marine Gate

Congratulations on a DYK!
However, there's a matter of expression.

The following sentence conveys a huge amount of information.
 * The International/Modern-style building is situated in a prominent clifftop position at the eastern entrance to Brighton. Its proximity to a large gasworks resulted in it being damaged by bombs several times during World War II, to the extent that it was Brighton's most bombed building.

First complete sentence:
 * Style of building
 * Location in landscape
 * Location in town

semi-colon

and here is the second edition of a very long train:
 * Proximity to industry
 * Historic events
 * Analysis of events

I cannot make the point more forcefully that semi-colons are the most abused item of punctuation on Wikipedia. Their use almost always amounts to bad expression.
 * Here we have two complete sentences, each containing a considerable amount of detail. They are not closely related, regardless of the fact that they are both about the building. They do belong in the same paragraph, but they don't belong in the same sentence, strung together like a train.
 * In point of fact, the second sentence is one of the major points of the article. It doesn't belong as a tagline to anything.
 * As a general rule, if the semi-colon is not being used to convey a point, then it is best not used at all.
 * As a link, it works in short, pithy, balanced or contradictory statements:
 * "Some people praise the building's architecture; others find it ugly." carries more impact than "Some people consider this a fine piece of architecture while others find it ugly." or "While some people praise the building's architecture, others find it ugly."

Amandajm (talk) 03:28, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for making those changes. I have a habit of overusing semicolons, as you may have noticed!  It looks much better now.   Hassocks  5489 (Floreat Hova!)  09:00, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Marine Gate / Marine Court
Is this building the same as Marine Court? ref;. I'm confused. 86.138.69.64 (talk) 08:43, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
 * They are quite similar, and date from the same era, but they're not the same. Marine Court is in St Leonards-on-Sea, further along the coast.  I'll check if there is an article about it on WP.   Hassocks  5489 (Floreat Hova!)  08:56, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing that up. 86.138.69.64 (talk) 11:31, 4 November 2013 (UTC)