Talk:Burning of Parliament

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Reword for clarity?

"The account of this historic event in 1834 is due to the English novelist Charles Dickens, as described in a book by Tobias Dantzig. "

At first glance, I read this as saying the event itself, rather than the following account of the event was due to Charles Dickens. I cannot think of a more clear way to write the sentence, however.

[edit] Split request

What’s the point of this page? It deals with totally unrelated events. A “burning of parliament” is not a topic and I doubt there’s any source dealing with “parliament burning” as a general notion through history. I think each burning should be dealt with in the related parliament’s article, unless there’s enough content to make a dedicated page like Reichstag fire or a possible Palace of Westminster 1834 burning. 83.199.17.199 11:59, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Sounds sensible to me, although a List of... page could be useful. I suspect the phrase "Burning of Parliament" would be most associated with the UK parliament in 1834, though perhaps the WWII damage should remain in the same article. The Reichstag fire already has its own article. Where should the information on Canada and Denmark go? -- Perey 09:33, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I’d say in Parliament Hill (but #Great fire and rebuilding is already there) and Christiansborg Palace. See also Palace of Westminster#History : there’s as much about the 1834 fire than here apart from the Dickens quotation, and the paragraph about the 1941 fire could be added there. 83.199.19.70 06:56, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Possibly the page could be better titled - "Governmental buildings destroyed by fire" or similar - and could include eg the Burning of Washington: and develop as a list (for those looking for obscure connections, quiz-setters etc). Jackiespeel (talk) 17:20, 31 March 2008 (UTC)