Talk:List of world's fairs

message: This is a very nice list of international fairs. However it includes many things that were not World's Fairs of any sort. It also misses several exhibition listed on the BIE website. I propose moving this list to List of international exhibitions and replacing this one with the list from the BIE website with the addition of unsanctioned fairs that billed themselves as World's fairs. On the present list you cannot tell which ones the realy big fairs were. Rmhermen 20:11 21 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Of course, feel free to add any BIE fairs.  But, just because the BIE endorsed/didn't endorse it, doesn't make it more or less worldly.  Granted, in an effort towards completeness, this is too long and should be separated into major and minor fairs, or BIE and non-BIE fairs.  But the BIE should be on the List of international exhibitions, since that is consistent with the BIE, while world's fair is colloquial.  There were world's fairs of a sort before the BIE existed. dml
:The BIE website lists the pre-BIE fairs. What I think we need is a list of the major world-changing fairs. Of course the BIE fairs should stay on this list whereever it ends up. But I doubt most of the fairs on this list were considered "World's fairs". Rmhermen 04:21 22 Jul 2003 (UTC)
I added the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago to this list. Actually, I was surprised it wasn't on the list, as it was one of the most famous world's fairs in history, at least in my opinion. Gujuguy 19:06, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It was, until someone went and hacked the list. I restored the previous version. dml 21:19, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: List

message: On this webpage and others I can find references to a "Lausanne" fair held in 1964 or 1965;  from which the Blackpool Pleasure Beach monorail was apparently purchased.  Does anyone have any information, I've failed to dig up much.  —Sladen (talk) 01:05, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Sladen, This website: http://www.expo-archive.ch/eng/html/index.html@sitesect=1000.htm has information. It's interesting, but it seems to be more of a national fair, than a world's fair Icarusgeek (talk) 17:13, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lausanne.CH 1964/65 

message: International Exposition of Electricity, Paris seems to be notable and should possibly be on this list. --Wtshymanski (talk) 15:14, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Paris 1881 

message: The Universal Scientific and Philanthropic Exposition has been added, with a flagicon of Palestine; but that flag was only in use since 1964 (Palestine Flag). I think it was in the Ottoman Empire in 1898 (from British Mandate for Palestine / WW1/Ottoman Empire / Timeline of the Ottoman Empire) so flag should be 
Does anyone know for sure?
In the absence of wiser words I'll change it in a week or so to Ottoman Empire
(and I hope for a non-red link version, a quick surf makes it look an intesting expo)
: Icarusgeek (talk) 16:13, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  1898 Jerusalem 

message: Ok - this will sound rather random, but which listed fair that doesn't currently have a page would readers most want, or be most ready to expand? I'm not saying that I'd be able to get much info (especially if hosted in a country where the main language is one unfamiliar one to me). And it could be very stubby. But I'll give the most popular one a bash sometime in March '12 
Icarusgeek (talk) 13:45, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most wanted page? 

message: As I read this list, the US hasn't had one in 30 years.  Is there any explanation for that?  Terry Thorgaard (talk) 22:18, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Possibly because of Orlando Expo '82-and-Ever-After? 73.194.9.155 (talk) 15:32, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are World Fairs obsolete in the US?