Talk:Magic Castle

message: the most famous magic club in the world
Not only is this NPOV, it isn't even remotely true. Has no-one heard of [The Magic Circle?]
* Also, "fame" is not empirically provable. Claiming something is "the most famous" anything is purely ridiculous and clichéd hype. BorisAnthony (talk) 22:47, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Inaccuracies

message: As a member of the AMA, I thought I'd see what Wikipedia had to say about the Castle. I was brought up short by the first of two statements marked "dubious - discuss". So I thought I'd offer my thoughts...
"It hosts nightly performances by the world's finest magicians and it is considered an honor to perform there" -- There are two parts to this statement. I would argue that it is true that the "world's finest magician's" do perform there (by whatever measure you care to decide what "world's finest" is. At the same time, I would concede that not everyone who performs there can be classified as being among "the world's finest".
As for whether it is an honor, I would argue that it is. It's not as if anyone with a deck of cards can make the claim to have performed there (at least not honestly). It's certainly not the highest honor one might achieve, by any means but it is something that one might put on their resume or CV (or advertising). Now, that said, I'm not sure that this part of the statement adds that much to the article. So if this part is considered to be a dubious statement, perhaps it would be enough to say "It hosts nightly performances by the world's finest magicians" and leave it at that.
"The atmosphere is reminiscent of classic night club days" -- I have to agree that this is dubious. I've spent many an evening there but I would not say that brings to mind a classic night club.
Anyway, that's my tuppence -- Jdthayer (talk) 06:20, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious statements for discussion 

message: Okay, this last edit removed the last of the Peacock terms as I see it.  So I removed the Peacock template from the discussion page.  That should put the most aggriegious problems to bed.  If anyone sees anything else that can assist in NPOV, please edit accordingly.
I also want to just put out there that although I am a member of the Magic Castle, I'm a wikipedian first when editing here.  I don't want this to be a promotional page for the Castle.  I just don't want the page to be embarrassingly written.  Siamang (talk) 18:02, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed Peacock Template 

message: I propose merging the page on the AMA to this page, since the AMA and the Magic Castle are the same organization, and the Magic Castle is the name that is more familiar.  Siamang (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 22:57, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge page on Academy of Magical Arts 

message: Restored the word "authentic" in History section since the building was in fact designed and built in the Chateau or Chateauesque style, as opposed to being a modern structure to which the design was later or superficially added. Not a big deal but the word is appropriate.  Does not require being built in France many centuries ago.  It's just an architectural style.
Rollin's Ghost (talk) 08:53, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Authentic 

message: Why no mention of Neil Patrick Harris being the President or any of the board members of the Magic Castle? http://www.magiccastle.com/ama/boards.cfm  TacfuJecan (talk) 08:59, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: This post has been here since 2012! OMG people. I've added a section for past presidents to the rewrite and hopefully will find other citations so it Harris isn't the only one mentioned. Sgerbic (talk) 22:47, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neil Patrick Harris