Talk:Beaney House of Art and Knowledge

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Success? Reception?[edit]

The article quotes: Together with the associated project to redevelop the Marlowe Theatre site, the Beaney's 2009-2012 refurbishment was intended to "transform that part of the city centre into a vibrant cultural quarter" - well, I would be interested: Was this goal achieved? Is that part of the city centre now a "vibrant cultural quarter", or appears to be on the way there? How was the general reception of the refurbishment after completion? That's something currently missing here. There is a short sentence hinting at some controversy, "The project attracted some controversy" - however, this is sourced with a link from 2009 which is now dead. I visited the Beaney this June and personally found the museum part nice, but was less impressed with the library which seemed not very spacious and a bit confusing. Gestumblindi (talk) 12:49, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Writing a Wiki article is about relating what is in the sources, and not about inputting our own opinions. I remember the Beaney from the late 1960s when it was still just as originally designed. The two front rooms were mahogany (or oak?) -lined reading rooms - beautifully elegant, atmospheric and peaceful. All the daily and weekly papers and magazines were there, and anybody could just come in and sit quietly to read them. People could read book after book there and educate themselves, when the library had not yet been cleared out of "excessive", overly-serious and non-popular books, i.e. text books of all kinds. It was a paradise for those who could not attend college or university. But as I said, Wikipedia is no place for opinion, and sources don't always say what we agree with. Whoever put your quotation in there was only interpreting the source. The library has now been transformed into a place which is not worth spending much time in - useful for the superficiality of tourism, I guess. But WP must use official or authoritative sources, and such sources won't get nostalgic about serious self-education (the reason why the Beaney was built), will they. I agree with your cynicism, but that sort of source is all you're going to get for modern makeovers of UK libraries. --Storye book (talk) 19:18, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"Writing a Wiki article is about relating what is in the sources, and not about inputting our own opinions" - that's of course very true. So, I meant additions using reliable sources regarding the public reception of the refurbishment after completion. Surely there must be some, positive or negative? Yes, I'm skeptical (sadly, I didn't know the old Beaney - I'm from Switzerland and visited it for the first time this year on an educational trip visiting several libraries in the UK), but I would welcome any well-sourced additions to the article that make a bit more clear how the result is perceived by the public and e.g. newspapers. People living there are certainly more likely to find usable sources than me... Newspaper reports would be an option, certainly not the most authoritative sources, but generally accepted for recent events. Gestumblindi (talk) 23:08, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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