Talk:Pike Place Market

Notable buildings

I've worked a little on it. Most of the dates given are very sloppy: for buildings outside the Market proper, someone just copied the era designations from the NRHP listings, which are only accurate to the quarter-century at best. If we are going to give dates of construction, we should get them right. - Jmabel | Talk 07:28, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

• I've DONE the thing about fixing dates & citing for them. The section could still be expanded. - Jmabel | Talk 00:32, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
  • I think it's pretty solid now. - Jmabel | Talk 07:54, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

    I've created separate stubs for Corner Market, Economy Market, and Sanitary Market, since each have extensive histories and plenty of secondary coverage. Editors are invited to help trim/relocate content to these pages appropriately. Should any other buildings have entries? Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 14:13, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Frank Goodwin

Does anyone know why the Frank Goodwin page directs to this page? Pg1nux (talk) 14:07, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Presumably because a Frank Goodwin was involved in developing Pike Place Market. --Several Pending (talk) 14:40, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Also, the article claims that Frank Goodwin had a brother named Frank, can anyone verify this? Brvman 16:23, 22 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brvman (talk • contribs)

It appears he had a son named Frank https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60525&h=82628824&tid=&pid=&queryId=640a6485df85be147cbc6df22b865931&usePUB=true&_phsrc=jpZ34&_phstart=successSourceKerdooskis (talk) 17:33, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

Re: Category:Central Waterfront, Seattle

@SounderBruce: I saw you reverted my edit. The reason I had changed replaced Category:Downtown Seattle with Category:Central Waterfront is because Category:Pike Place Market is already under Category:Downtown Seattle and I figured Category:Central Waterfront also applied. See ongoing work / related discussion here. My question to editors: Is Pike Place Market part of the Central Waterfront district? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 03:17, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Tag

User:LibStar has added a tag which says, " This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Please consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings." Thoughts on how to address? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:18, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Perhaps fork out History of Pike Place Market? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:19, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Forks for the History section and the Buildings (to their respective articles) would be appropriate. I've had this article on my long-term list for improvement, but it's such a bloated mess that I don't even know where to start. SounderBruce 00:12, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Agreed. LibStar (talk) 00:27, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: Let's start with some of the easiest fixes! I am willing to fork out one or both articles, once a few more editors offer support or weigh in otherwise. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 00:43, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

I agree the history section is the natural one to split out. Valereee (talk) 13:39, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for forking out History of Pike Place Market. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:04, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

I literally just copied and pasted! I've trimmed the section here, feel free to add anything back that you think I've trimmed too closely! Valereee (talk) 15:09, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Yes, forking is easy, though I thought adding Template:Split article to both talk pages (or at least some other form of attribution for the record) is recommended. (?) ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:11, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Jeez, never even seen that one before. Valereee (talk) 15:13, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

@Valereee Do you intend to add these templates? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:57, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Does it do anything that is helpful to other editors that makes it worth learning how and where to use? I can't tell from the page or its talk. Valereee (talk) 17:14, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

ETA: Beyond what the edit summaries did? Valereee (talk) 17:17, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Do editors still think the tag is necessary? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:12, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

The too-long? It still is very long. as I was scrolling through, I was looking for another section that could maybe be split out? Valereee (talk) 15:14, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Maybe the operations section? It's long and detailed, probably only of interest to a certain number of readers (as most readers really just want info about this tourist attraction they'd like to visit)? Valereee (talk) 15:15, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

@Valereee Above, User:SounderBruce proposed forking out an article from the buildings section. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:31, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, that's a promising one, too. Valereee (talk) 15:42, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

I recommend splitting the buildings section as a single article with the articles on the individual buildings merged to it especially since there are also a few other buildings. That keeps related content together (but with space to expand) rather than spread across multiple articles that are known for being part of the market rather than individually notable. The Listed buildings near the Market section could be deleted if they're just nearby in the downtown neighborhood rather than part of the market. Reywas92^Talk 16:03, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Agree, the article(s) should be focused on the Market and buildings within, not buildings near the Market. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:26, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

"Nearby attractions"

Resolved

Do we need the "Nearby attractions" section? I say no but prefer others to weigh in before removing. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 01:13, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Meh. I say no. Valereee (talk) 15:17, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Maybe a link in See also to something like List of tourist attractions in downtown Seattle or whatever? Valereee (talk) 15:18, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Also no, irrevant to the market which is naturally near other things as a focal point of downtown. Reywas92^Talk 15:49, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

I've removed the section. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:51, 20 December 2022 (UTC)