Talk:Montreal Biosphere

message: Request for higher quality photos. Thanks. 69.236.110.131 18:26, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo request

message: you don't even mention the fact that the building was the U.S.A. Pavilion at Expo '67!128.59.226.37 (talk) 20:39, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Expo 67 pavilion?

message: Did they ever replace the acylic? I thought the frame is aluminum. Any word on those matters?--Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:57, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  acrylic bubble and material 

message: I notice that the title of the page (but nowhere else) has an accent grave on the (first) "e" in "Biosphere", but not an accent acute on the "e" in "Montreal".  This seems inconsistent.  The usual practice in the English-language Wikipedia is to use common English-language spellings.  This would suggest titling the page "Montreal Biosphere" (but also noting the French-language spelling "Montréal Biosphère" or "La Biosphère de Montréal" near the top of the body text).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rsfinlayson (talk • contribs) 03:48, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed this article should follow the common name guideline, and with that in mind, "Montreal Biosphere" is the correct spelling. Not only is that the name used in the English media and in print, but it's the official name listed on the government of Canada website. Its French name is "La Biosphère" (NOT 'Montreal Biosphère') so it's not even accurate in that sense. I would suggest adding a mention of its French name in the opening sentence though (e.g. "The Montreal Biosphere (French: La Biosphère) is a museum in Montreal dedicated to the environment."). There are several other Montreal related articles that should be corrected in the same manner (Montreal East, North and South for example), though I grew tired of the political outcries and nonsense that broke out for just trying to follow Wikipedia's own guidelines. At any rate, please feel free to move the article.--Apple2gs (talk) 05:16, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to "Montreal Biosphere"? 

message: The Pavilion section describes the dome as being a 32 frequency dome and even claims that it is a common mistake to describe it as a 16 frequency dome... unfortunately, it is a 16 frequency dome. Judging based off of numerous guides to calculating the frequency of domes including the description found in this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesic_polyhedron
Also the acclaimed geometer George Hart (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Hart) states here that it is a 16 frequency dome: https://www.georgehart.com/MathCamp-2008/dome-two-layer.html
I am not going to edit the page to delete such a large section unless either 1. Someone else recognizes the flaw and recommends fixing it or 2. More than a few days pass without any comment.
This same section also contains the claim that Class 1 domes are always icosahedral (which is false), Class 2 domes are dodecahedral (which is also false), and Class 3 domes are tetrahedral (which is... well, I think you can guess at this point). The shape of the inner layer is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geodesic_polyhedra_and_Goldberg_polyhedra#/media/File:Conway_dccccD.png
The outer layer is a Goldberg polyhedron, I believe this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geodesic_polyhedra_and_Goldberg_polyhedra#/media/File:Conway_polyhedron_dk6k5adk6k5adk6k5at5daD.png
Class 1, 2, and 3 domes are more about the path along the graph of the shape between two vertices with non-hexagonal connections, Class 1 is when that path is straight with no bends (just arcs on the sphere), Class 2 is when the bend is right in the middle of the path between the two non-hexagonal vertices and Class 3 is when there is a single bend somewhere other than the middle. I may need to go onto the geodesic polyhedra wikipedia page to clarify that a little, but not before this gets settled. Thank you very much for reading to the end, here is a smiley face C: PineTheTree (talk) 01:37, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  There appear to be some inaccuracies in the Pavilion section