Talk:Eiffel Tower
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Semi-protected edit request on 27 December 2023
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“There was multiple protests...” Should read “There were...” 2001:5B0:2711:7498:E454:44EF:2494:9F37 (talk) 18:17, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Steps
editThe official website has 1,665. 327 + 347 + (991) = 1,665.
It says 1,802 when opened. 360 + 380 + 1,062 = 1,802. Implies only one change: in 1983. https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/news/visit/take-stairs-and-discover-eiffel-tower-new-way
Many sites say it opened with 1,710.
No site (that I could find) reliably cites 1,792.
One with 1,792, has a typo (in a different spot: 564, should be 364). It says changes were made in 1900. https://www.wonders-of-the-world.net/Eiffel-Tower/Renovations-of-the-Eiffel-tower.php
No site (that I could find) could tell me when the third level stairs were closed to the public. But 1900 seems likely.
Note: there are 3 posts in Archives asking about Steps.
Semi-protected edit request on 13 July 2024
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The last paragraph in the history, origin section should be removed, it has its place in specific articles, but not in the history section of the article about the Eiffel Tower. The article that this section sources uses the Eiffel Tower as a symbol, but its link with colonisation in Haiti is far-fetched. Aurci (talk) 09:14, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. I think the paragraph provides valuable context, and this is not a minor change to the article. As such, consensus needs to be developed here first before using the edit request template. PianoDan (talk) 17:49, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- You and I know that that kind of opinion article from the New York Times is biased towards a certain view of things.. The context you are talking about is completely invented by the author to push a political narrative, that kind of opinion should not be in the history section of a Wikipedia page. It gives the impression that the Eiffel Tower was funded by Haiti which any historian would say is complete nonsense Aurci (talk) 18:00, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Rust and current condition
editI have one photograph of rust to contribute, and basing this on articles: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/04/eiffel-tower-riddled-with-rust-and-in-need-of-repair-leaked-reports-say tells the eiffel tower needs urgent repairs, citing a report of 884 faults. Unfortunately me, even being a member of the German wikipedia branch for more than 20 years with various (mostly small edits), cannot edit the article here. Matzee (talk) 13:44, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
Building chronological question
editHello, since I have not entered it, I don't know the origin. There are, amongst others, two photos of the building fase. The building dates of the first platform and onto the second seem to be reversed. As I read it as it is, they started with the second stage 5 days before they completed the first platform. Bastiaan van der Kraan (talk) 21:21, 28 July 2024 (UTC)