Talk:Sydney Opera House

message: Peter Rice was THE engineer on site at the Opera House for most of the trouble-shooting period. He has his own well documented[ Wikipedia Page] .
It is strange that he gets absolutely no mention on this page.
I have refrained from inserting any such edit given the level of dispute that is evident...but it still seems unfair/incomplete.
Artied (talk) 16:56, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: While he may have an article, his involvement with the Sydney Opera House is limited to one, completely unreferenced paragraph. None of that can be used unless references can be provided. --AussieLegend (✉) 17:15, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Omission of the role of Peter Rice of Ove Arup 

message: The intro is written in the style of a 12-year old.  It has eleven sentences and seven start with "it."  It seems like a list of unrelated facts.  It is unaided by a sentence structure that could actually like facts together.  It could use help. :) 842U (talk) 13:51, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I have just restructured the lead para, including moving some of the information into the Performance Venues section heading. Feel free to revert if its not an improvement I hate thinking of names (talk) 09:45, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  It 

message: Guardian Utzon Comment Any good? -- Clem Rutter (talk) 09:35, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Not just a comment—as stated at the end, "this is an edited extract from the book Utzon and the Sydney Opera House by Daryl Dellora, published by Penguin Specials." As an eyewitness and newspaper worker of the day in Sydney, I can confirm that this account is spot-on. It was common knowledge that the ABC (Moses) kyboshed the opera theatre to serve the interests of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and its subscription concerts. The massive and intricate revolving stage was thus mindlessly scrapped, dooming the building to become at best a third-order purveyor of grand operatic productions. The state politics and corruption of those days was a minefield for anyone with any sort of principles. It was a woeful tragedy for Utzon, as well as for grand opera and for the people of New South Wales. Bjenks (talk) 13:31, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference 

message: Is there any reason this fairly 'notable' incident on 18 March 2003 isn't mentioned? Too trivial? image, , . 220 of Borg 12:12, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:NOTNEWS would seem to apply. --AussieLegend (✉) 14:13, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

text: I think it should be included.--Jack Upland (talk) 08:16, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  'No War' protest 

message: The entire section is based on only two sources, of which one ("ABC, The Opera House Project, online") would appear to be nonexistent. Given the contentious nature of the subject this does not seem appropriate.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.248.189.133 (talk) 16:03, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The Opera House Project is at http://theoperahouseproject.com. --AussieLegend (✉) 20:54, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Architectural design role of Peter Hall 

message: Can anything be said about its performance as an opera house? I have heard that the acoustics are totally dreadful. Does anybody  know about this aspect?  Seadowns (talk) 17:02, 8 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Suitability for Opera

message: Is it worth mentioning the inclusion of the Opera House as one of 116 images featured on the Voyager Golden Record??? I'd argue this is worth including. SecretName101 (talk) 03:54, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Voyager 

message: Sadly, this article is limited in readability because of the usage of several rare words or uncommon forms of words. For instance talking about 'the surrounds of the structure' instead of allowing it to be changed to 'the surroundings' inhibits flow and causes most readers to stop and try to understand what they just read. If this is the goal of the article, that is an issue. If not, why not allow the editing of the article for grammatical flow instead of reverting back to difficult or improper grammar and punctuation? I am simply posting this here as a reference and a challenge to make Wikipedia better and not a wall to 'leave your mark on'. I will not be monitoring this page as the article will either be improved by this challenge or it won't be and the article will remain flawed. The choice is up to you, CrowdSource World. 
DoulosBen (talk) 19:49, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Surrounds is actually quite commonly used. It is generally taken to mean (in the context used here) the building and its immediate surroundings. i.e. only the land very close to the building. "The White House and surrounds" would generally mean the White House and any grounds within the fences surrounding it. Here there are no fences so it means anything up to the water on three sides and, on the fourth, the ground immediately behind the Opera House. You changed the text to "The building and the areas around it" but that is rather ambiguous as it could include water outside the surrounds as well as parts of Bennelong Point toward Circular Quay. --AussieLegend (✉) 21:00, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usage of the Word 'Surrounds' and Several other Rare Words 

message: What type of windows did the opera house have.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.250.26.164 (talk) 20:05, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite big ones. They had to make special windows as they couldn't find any suitable off-the-shelf-items. --Merbabu (talk) 04:38, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Windows 

message: This article outlines some interesting details about the car park structure that explains how unique it is. This youtube video (which is unlikely to be a reliable source) claims it is the world's deepest basement. I don't know where in the article this information fits due to the section headings. - Shiftchange (talk) 05:27, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, i think it should be mentioned. --Merbabu (talk) 04:39, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should the car park be mentioned? 

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message: This reference , seems to be referring to the same thing as this, under Attribution: This Wikipedia article contains material from http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=5054880 Sydney Opera House, listed on the "New South Wales State Heritage Register" published by the Government of New South Wales under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 3 September 2017). Davidships (talk) 03:05, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: CC-BY 3.0 or 4.0?