Talk:Tech Tower

message: A rather impressive article, to say the least! One question, though: Is Tech Tower listed on List of Registered Historic Places in Georgia, E-G#Fulton as the "Georgia Institute of Technology Historic District" or is that something else? —Disavian (talk/contribs) 19:57, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Good question. I got the info stating Tech Tower was an historic place from a driving tour document; not exactly reliable. What would be ideal is if somebody could get us a picture of the historical marker -- both for the article, and to clarify exactly what is historic. MaxVeers 20:06, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Good idea. I added it to the WPGT image requests page. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 20:09, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This seems like a useful link. I wonder if it's the actual text of the plaque. If not, looks like it's still public domain (from the National Park Service). MaxVeers 20:29, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: List of Historic Places

message: How should we handle the appearance of Tech Tower? I haven't actually described it in the article. Something should be said about the red brick, Victorian architecture, number of rooms and floors, the recent renovation, the TECH sign, etc. Should this get its own section or what? MaxVeers 20:26, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll think about it. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 20:54, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I still think this section is needed. In addition, it should mention important elements in the surrounding area, such as the named walkways (including the Tower Walk), the nearby memorials for WWI deceased and Paul Howes Norcross, the Class of 1903 fountain (first such class memorial on campus), Sideways' headstone, etc. I will get working on this ASAP. MaxVeers 20:58, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good. I think it's already GA-class, but I'm waiting until Georgia Institute of Technology passes before I nominate other Tech-related articles. History of Georgia Tech is next on my list to nominate, btw. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 21:14, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

text: An impressive addition. I'll nominate it now. I mentioned this on Talk:Georgia Tech traditions, but I found a 'Nique article with some good T history: Presidential opinions change over time —Disavian (talk/contribs) 00:54, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Great link. I've done my best to integrate it. MaxVeers 03:04, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow, that's looking great. Perhaps it should be copied over to the traditions article? —Disavian (talk/contribs) 03:23, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

text: I think either this article or the traditions article should have a more concise version. Not sure which place is more appropriate for the detailed one. Maybe traditions...? MaxVeers 03:36, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I would think that the traditions article would have the shorter version and have a "main article..." link to the t-stealing section on Tech Tower. I'm tempted to have an article entirely for The T, if only to spite that one guy from this AfD discussion. :) —Disavian (talk/contribs) 04:15, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Appearance 

message: :I'm removing the category  from this article's main page. My rationale is that the Tech Tower is part of the Georgia Institute of Technology Historic District, but not listed individually at the National Register.
:Simply looking at other universities with NRHP listings, there are other historic districts with individual buildings listed in them. An example is the University of Florida Campus Historic District. It has several historic buildings within its confines listed on the NRHP, yet not all are. Like, Library East is, but Library West isn't. The University Memorial Auditorium was built in the 1920s, and it doesn't have its own entry either. So there you go. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.  :)  -Ebyabe 16:04, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Makes sense to me. Thanks. MaxVeers 16:44, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: NRHP category removal

message: This is amazing: . Just... wow. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 15:25, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See also:  and . —Disavian (talk/contribs) 02:24, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sweet link 

message: "A high point of the celebration came when Tech students unveiled and present..." Is this the actual wording from the source? (I couldn't look it up since it's a book.) Using "present" instead of "presented" sounds akward to me. →Wordbuilder 03:02, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's probably just a typo. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 06:08, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

text: I looked it up in the source, and it was a typo. Good catch. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 22:50, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Quote regarding Stealing the 'T'

message: The following unsourced but probably correct content was added to the article:
I think we have an image around here somewhere, but I'd like a source for that before we add it to a featured article. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 20:58, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I found the picture. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 21:01, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice! I restored the text and image to the article. That's a great addition. MaxVeers 22:43, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd still like a source, but I suppose the image will do for now. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 01:30, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Well, I did find this, but it's a blog entry... —Disavian (talk/contribs) 02:28, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems unlikely that a more authoritative source will discuss the issue. We may want to tone down the "widely assumed" part and note that it's unclear what really happened. MaxVeers 04:38, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced addition 

message: I believe that is the right way to write it. Not "...a historic place". Can any grammar experts back me up on this? Wrad (talk) 06:06, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It doesn't matter according to this. I prefer "a historic" though. "An" is usually used for words that start with a vowel sound. BlueAg09 (Talk) 06:32, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: From Dr. Grammar: "Writers on usage formerly disputed whether the correct article is a or an with historian, historic, and a few other words. The traditional rule is that if the h- is sounded, a is the proper form. Most people following that rule would say a historian and a historic...Even H.W. Fowler, in the England of 1926, advocated a before historic(al) and humble....The theory behind using an in such a context, however, is that the h- is very weak when the accent is on the second rather than the first syllable....Thus no authority countenances an history, though a few older ones prefer an historian and an historical. Today, however...an historical [is] likely to strike readers and listeners as [an affectation]. As Mark Twain once wrote, referring to humble, heroic, and historical: 'Correct writers of the American language do not put an before those words' (The Stolen White Elephant,1882). Anyone who sounds the h- in such words should avoid pretense and use a." And as for my own two cents on the matter, I was taught that placing "an" before "historic" or similar is only done in speech if one tends not to aspirate the letter H, and never in writing (at least not in American English). LaMenta3 (talk) 06:35, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: "An historic" is an acceptable construction, but "a historic" seems to be the norm these days, at least in American English. (That may be overgeneralized -- I'm sure we can find some dialect of American English where "an historic" is the preferred usage, perhaps because the "h" is silent.) There's a discussion of it here: A and an#Discrimination between a and an. • WarpFlyght (talk • contribs) 06:39, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right, some northeastern American dialects have an non-aspirated H in historical and similar words and place 'an' before it in speech. (Just listen to a Kennedy talk.) However, it is still a bit of a linguistic anomaly in the States. LaMenta3 (talk) 06:55, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  ...an historic place 

message: The second incident concludes saying the T remains at an undisclosed location, but the next paragraph says "the same 'T'...". I know what it means, but could it be made clearer that it wasn't that specific material 'T', it was the replacement? (It also doesn't indicate when the T was replaced.) This is a very trivial thing, and the answer is probably no, but that sentence made me look twice. ALTON .ıl 09:04, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point. I tried to make it a bit clearer. MaxVeers (talk) 15:17, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Theft section 

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message: I just wanted to mention that Tech Tower is one of the landmarks in the 2012 Google Maps April Fool. Ref:  Disavian (talk) 06:00, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
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message: I'm reviewing this older featured article promotion as part of WP:URFA/2020, a process to conduct a quality sweeps of featured articles promoted in 2015 or before. Some comments below:
*  - is sourced to a student editorial from 1996; better source needed
* It's unclear if most of the first paragraph of the Modern Use section is actually supported by the references; there's a map, a set of directions, and a forever-dead .swf file; the former two sources certainly don't support most of the content in that paragraph
*  - sourced to the GoFoundMe page itself; better sourcing is needed for material in a featured article
* " "Who stole a T out of NC STATE". Wreck Ramblin. November 6, 2006. Archived from the original on April 17, 2008. Retrieved January 21, 2009." - not a reliable source
* "Tech Tower is considered an iconic representation of Georgia Tech and of higher education in Atlanta." - needs a better source than a student newspaper
* "In this case, the thief admitted guilt after detectives approached him at his residence that afternoon, and was suspended through the following summer, while also having to pay a restitution fee and tuition to retake his nearly completed Spring 2014 classe" - not in source?
In general, this article has issues with dubious sources, text that is poorly supported to its references, and other concerns.  A comparison to Wikipedia:Featured article review/ANAK Society/archive1 is probably in order, as both this FA and that one rely very heavy on institutionally-affiliated sources. Hog Farm  Talk 02:27, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
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