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World's Tallest Bedroom

Took out reference to worlds highest bedroom as this reference suggests Q1's apartments are the highest in the world, which is incorrect.

"Eureka Tower will have the the second highest apartments in the world, the highest being the penthouse on level 87 which will be 278.5 meters above ground level. Only the John Hancock Center in Chicago has apartments higher than this." http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=131515 -- Shumway 01:09, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

clean-up

Sorry guys, I had to cut a bunch of stuff out. It really isn't relevant in an encyclopedia whether or not a building has a Kids Club or 184 two bedroom apartments. Also, since this is the Internet and all, links to other pages are nice. --qviri 05:45, 27 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

world's tallest residential

Why is it going to be the second tallest in the world? Emporis uses spire heights, and especially when the Worlds tallest buildings page uses them as well, I think it should be the same for Q1. Iorek85 04:18, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

source

All my most recent entries are from a 11 Jan 2005 Gold Coast Bulletin feature. --WikiCats 12:56, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"tallest skyscraper in the Southern Hemisphere, as measured to the tip of its spire."

Can someone explain how this can be when the Sky Tower in Auckland is 328m tall vs. Q1's 323? Feel free to revert but I am removing the reference until explained - Gl e n ^T_C (Stollery) 08:38, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Q1 is the tallest skyscraper in the southern hemisphere because it is a skyscraper, unlike sky tower which is a tower.

Well, why is the Q1 measured to the tip of the spire in the article, but "in comparison" the Eiffel tower is 300m *excluding* the antenna? The way I see it, either you include the spire/antenna or you do not. As it stands, it seems a bit like flag waving, not objective information.

Q1 is a tower but to my knowledge Sky Tower is the highest building in the southern hemisphere where you can climb to the top. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.7.67.115 (talk) 23:07, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Uploaded Image

I have uploaded an image of Q1 but dont know if it is any use, if anyone wants to add it or whatever, its here http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Image:Q1_LC.JPG.

What was the supposed fib?

The "controversy" section makes no sense. It says that a big fib was told, but doesn't say what the fib (supposedly) was. This section should be made clearer, or removed. Rocksong 02:13, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking of fibs, I don't really care if the Q1 is the tallest anything but the link in Google Earth says that the position of the building is S 28º 00' 22" E 153º 25' 46" which will get you get there but the point of measurement is the top of the building in what is obviously an oblique aerial picture (OK - satellite). The building has a good lean on it and casts a good shadow - hence the "oblique" suggestion. No point in giving precision positions for a point which lies somewhere in the block next door. Does someone out there have a more precise measurement. Using Google Earth and other references suggest an error of maybe several hundred feet and I won't argue about what directions. Does someone out there have a precise position as this is an aerial marker used by both flyers and mariners. 200806280512Z Woof88

Song Name

Wanted to purchase the song off the "Birth of Paradise" DVD sold in the store, however it wasnt listed anywhere, ended up asking Pete Crossley of PBC Design Studios, the name of the company who made the video for the Sunland Group. "Seven Mile" is the name of the song, the artist is "Grooveyard". First published on Ministry of Sound: Chillout Sessions 8. Writing this because none of the staff knew, nor did the DVD state it. Allstar.cohen 15:59, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sky Tower "a skyscraper"!?

I think I should remove the part of article saying that Sky Tower is skyscraper, because Sky Tower is not skyscraper. It's just an observation tower.

Q1 ties with the Auckland Sky Tower as the tallest skyscraper in the Southern Hemisphere when measured to the spire.

Lead photo

Image:Q1 Gold Coast March 2006.jpg I'd like to replace the lead photo with this one, better quality in my biased opinion. If there are no objections in a weeks time I'll go ahead and swap it. XLerate 03:43, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 05:24, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ib

A contributor made changes to the article with the summary (ib). What is the meaning of "ib". --WikiCats (talk) 12:55, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

infobox. Chensiyuan (talk) 13:01, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Residential Capacity

What is the maximum amount of residents that this building can hold? -- Azemocram (talk) 06:03, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relevance of images of what can be seen from the observation deck

Someone has suggested that:

"If you read the image gallery policy you might notice that galleries are best only if they illustrate aspects of a subject that can't be described. Photos of the view do not add to an understanding of the bulding - they don't add any knowledge of the subject. Besides all photos are found on the commons which is linked below."

The argument is misconceived and unrelated to the original premise as posited: the illustrative and descriptive values of the images are clear; what the person was trying to argue was probably relevance. In this respect, the Q1 is a tall skyscraper (relative to its surrounding buildings), and has an observation deck that specially offers aerial views like very few other places of the GC coastline: what then, exactly, is wrong with having images that tells the readers what can be seen? Moreover, I don't see how a few pictures of what the areas surrounding the Q1 -- bearing in mind the point that the Q1 is positioned as something that offers special views, and not just a run-of-mill tall building -- diminishes the quality of the article. The point about commons is irrelevant because it only goes to excess -- if the image is relevant, why should it be relegated to a link?

Finally, just some examples of Good Articles and Featured Articles of buildings that use such "views" images:

Actually only one article from the list above has a gallery and that contains only one image of a view. The point of Wikipedia is not to provide images of views from a building, that is for Wikicommons. The point of Wikipedia is to present facts and knowledge about the building. - Shiftchange (talk) 11:28, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Citation:Fireworks launched

I cant find any evidence for when fireworks were launched from the q1 on new years eve. SquishyWikii (talk) 21:31, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]