Talk:Beacon of Hope (sculpture)

Move?

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was no consensus to move the page, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 11:29, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

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Beacon of Hope (sculpture) → Beacon of Hope — Is this the dominant meaning of "Beacon of Hope"? —harej 20:52, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

• Beacon of Hope (sculpture) → Beacon of Hope — transferred (by Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:52, 27 May 2009 (UTC)) from db-move tagging at 20:32, 27 May 2009 by User:TenPoundHammer
• But is this the dominant meaning of "Beacon of Hope"? The current Beacon of Hope is a disambig page. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:52, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support The album was by a band currently at afd and unlikely to survive. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 21:04, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support. Based on pageviews (low for both but several times higher for this article) and incoming links the sculpture is primary between the two uses on WP (Google is not helpful here). A hatnote pointing to the album would need to go on this article though. Station1 (talk) 21:53, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose. Many things are beacons of hope, and the fame of this sculpture will fade with time as it gradually becomes part of the scenery. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:36, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose per Anthony Appleyard. This is not the primary meaning. --Bejnar (talk) 22:10, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Title

Is it actually known as the "Beacon of Hope"? Can't find sources to say so. Sculptor's website calls it "Thanksgiving Square Beacon". PamD 13:09, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Harmony of Belfast

I visited Belfast on 30 July and the sign says nothing about Beacon of Hope but calls it the Harmony of Belfast!!

That name is not on the wikipedia. What do you think? We should at least add this name or even change the title, but if everyone knows the sculpture as Beacon of Hope... Gradenkos (talk) 08:31, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

I added the name Harmony of Belfast as one of the known names. Gradenkos (talk) 08:45, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

But you needed a better source: you can't cite a Wikipedia talk page. I've found a better source for you and added it. The photo is not really clear enough: I can't read the text. PamD 10:58, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Don't really have time to look for other sources. I think a Belfast Information sign is a pretty good source.

You can zoom in if you want, first click the photo a couple of times, so you only zoom in on the photo.

You can then see that next to the sculpture on the right it says Harmony of Belfast and also in the first paragraph it reads: "... are now surveyed by the 19.5 metres high sculpture, Harmony of Belfast, which depicts the figure of a girl on a globe." Gradenkos (talk) 14:16, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

I've asked for advice from the local experts at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Belfast#Name that Belfast statue?. PamD 11:21, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

And also at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Northern Ireland. PamD 11:36, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! Gradenkos (talk) 14:17, 15 August 2024 (UTC)