Talk:Bill Gates's house

message: :The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the debate was don't move. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nightstallion (talk • contribs) 07:00, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: *The ventilation system also conditions the air for health and comfort.
Wow, Gates even has air conditioning! -Will Beback 05:13, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ventilation 

message: *Is it really necessary to publish his address?  Publish celebrity addresses seems a bit creepy and unethical to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronstock (talk • contribs) 18:30, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Address 

message: How rich is this guy? Can't he give the rest of us some money — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.178.61.46 (talk) 16:29, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No. -69.47.186.226 18:41, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Heh, if that sucker gave me a few hundred grand I'd be happy for a couple years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doctor Hexagon (talk • contribs) 07:47, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  ! 

message: Does anybody know WHY the house is equipped with $2000 CNC-machined doorhandles?  Do they serve some special purpose?  Do they have some unusual design to them?  Does each room have a different doorhandle style?  Are they just made to be the perfect size to fit Bill's hand?  It's the sort of fact that seems very bizarre out of context.  JDS2005 09:28, 7 January, 2007 (UTC)
:I suspect that increasing wealth tends to expose those pecularities we tend to hide (because when you're richer than everyone else, who cares what they think, eh?). In my own experience, the year I crossed the $36,000 per annum line, I became pretty much addicted to Cross pens because they write so well. As to why Bill's home has $2,000 doorknobs ... if you were building a $100MUS home, would you want common old door knobs from Home Depot like everyone elses? I think not. I wonder what they look like? Maybe that will be "Believe It Or Not!" topic some time. :-)
:Seriously, it is really a beautiful home (at least from BCJ's pics). A really cool garage and a great reception (?) room with the "broken" wall. I like all the wood and open space. I have always thought that building a home into the environment was a lot more efficient; glad to see that Bill agreed. ;-)  Over that the USNews site there is a description of a really cool library. I have always wanted a library to put out all the books and documents I've collected over 40+ years ... fat chance now ... sigh. JimScott 00:27, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you kinda missed the point of my question here...You use Cross pens because they work so well.  I wear a Breitling Aerospace watch because it keeps perfect time and has more functions than I can count.  What's special about Bill's $2000 doorhandles? JDS2005 04:16, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

text: I assume the reason for the handles is because this cnc machine makes the "best" handles in the world. He could have paid the same for antique handles taken from the Titanic wreckage, but instead he went for function. And it seems that the worlds best most functional door handle cost 2000 dollars each to make, or the same as my pride and joy car that took me years to save up for. JayKeaton 11:03, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  CNC-machined Doorhandles 

message: The opening header says the nickname refers to "the Xanadu Houses", without a citation.  I think it more refers to the mansion in Citizen Kane, which was called Xanadu, which in turn, was modeled after the Hearst Castle.  Anyway, there needs to be a citation here, or it needs to be removed.  --rogerd 01:29, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Xanadu 2.0?? 

message: "An existing cedar tree was determined by Gates to be in the wrong location and moved six inches." This doesn't have citation, and it seems petty and not notable. I suggest that it be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.227.106.41 (talk) 00:03, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Six Inch Tree Move 

message: I came to the article expecting to learn all about the amazing technology and futuristic features. Oh well, I now know it has showers next to the (not particularly big) pool. :0) EdX20 (talk) 21:42, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I dunno, that pool looks plenty big enough to swim laps in -- assuming Bill is a swimmer. I think you would need regular loosening up after perching on those very uncomfortable-looking bar stools. Nice bathroom, though. --Michael K SmithTalk  00:08, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs Help

message: I have restored this alleged nickname, with a citation needed tag. If a source is not found in good time and the text is removed, please note that you also need to delete the redirect and remove the Xanadu 2.0 entry from Xanadu (disambiguation) MickMacNee (talk) 23:50, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Done with thanks.  MickMacNee (talk) 20:11, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Xanadu 2.0 again

message: The figure in the article is tax paid in 2008.  The amount paid in 2009 was $1,003,801.95.  This is available on the King County website, which lets you look up property tax for any address. Iglew (talk) 22:55, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Property Tax

message: Has no one noticed that the text on this page, especially in the "Details" section, was lifted almost word-for-word from the Sunsurfer website, a link to which appears on the page? This needs a rewrite -- preferably with information gathered from more than a single source. (Seattle newspaper articles? Architecture magazines?) --Michael K SmithTalk  00:02, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stolen text 

message: Imagine that two people, one who likes chilly climate and heavy metal and the other guy who loves classical music and warmth enter the same room. What's gonna happen?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.58.139.176 (talk) 13:32, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two or more people with different tastes in the same room? 

message: The following coordinate fixes are needed for Bill Gates' house. Shouldn't this article be called Xanadu 2.0? Anyway the marker should be at 47°37'39.32"N 122°14'32.30"W
—RThompson82 (talk) 07:56, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: . On a Google map, the coordinates you've given indicate a point about 10 feet to the north of the coordinates given in the article, and both points appear to be on the Gates property. Nevertheless, I've tweaked the coordinates a bit to center on the portion of the house shown in the image in the article, to which the flight of stairs leads from the waterside. Deor (talk) 11:31, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinate error 

message: The following coordinate fixes are needed for
The GEO URI in decimals doesn't match the coordinates (in/of) the degree/minutes/seconds value.  Ends up being in the middle of a lake at the wrong address.    
—99.196.100.186 (talk) 11:32, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Could you clarify what you're seeing. It appears to me that both the decimal coordinates in the infobox (47.62774, -122.24195) and the converted d/m/s coordinates in the displayed article (47°37′40″N, 122°14′31″W) indicate the same spot, and it's not in the middle of a lake. Deor (talk) 13:12, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Closing as , since my request for clarification remains unanswered after more than two days. Deor (talk) 13:26, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinate error 

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message: Variety Has a small list of other major real estate holdings by the family. These include an "equestrian estate in Rancho Santa Fe," "an equestrian estate in Wellington, Fla." and "a mini-mansion in Hobe Sound, Fla." It also mentions their daughter Jennifer has an equestrian property in New Jersey and a condo in New York. Ought any of this be included here?
https://variety.com/2020/dirt/moguls/bill-and-melinda-gates-pick-up-del-mar-oceanfront-mansion-1234590980/
Paul, in Saudi (talk) 11:27, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other real estate holdings 

message: I'm removing this. It was last discussed here 12 years ago, and no one has ever come up with justification for keeping it. You actually will find references to Xanadu 2.0, but I think it stems from this Wikipedia article! I don't see a high-quality source. Fnordware (talk) 19:26, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It's back. Pretty confident this it citogenesis. Should we say so in the article? Fnordware (talk) 20:16, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not quite citogenesis, but it is a case of Wikipedia vastly misinterpreting a source- https://money.usnews.com/money/business-economy/articles/1997/11/23/xanadu-20 the 1997 article is called "Xanadu 2.0" but somebody decided that the author of a random magazine article also got to name the home.  Elevating a single obscure article's title as the home's title is not really correct, but it caused some source pollution afterward, since WP had it prominently bolded as an alternate name for more than a decade.  SnowFire (talk) 20:40, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The article just has a clever title and never mentions Xanadu 2.0 in the body; certainly does not claim that the house is formally or informally named that as our sourced claim. But Wikipedia once made that claim and now sources repeat it. Fnordware (talk) 06:50, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Xanadu 2.0