Hello, Harbs1! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 15:31, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your article on The Dome, Edinburgh. Its a fantastic building and worthy of a detailed article, but I think its let down by focussing too much on the social aspect of architectural theory. I am slightly confused by your reading of Glendinning et al. "capitalist-led social and economic transformation" as "socialism", I don't think this is what is intended by the authors. The Commercial Bank HQ would not have served "the community as a whole", which in the Victorian era was deeply divided economically. Although not just for the traditional landed elite, the bank served the new middle-class elite. This building was not designed for those living ten to a room in the dilapidated Old Town, for example. Your claim that the building "captures the most important elements comprising Scottish Society" is also a bit off the mark in my opinion, for the same reasons. I wonder if you have any further sources for this reading of the architecture? Please dont take my carping the wrong way - I am only trying to improve content, not scare off contributors. It's very refreshing to find someone engaging with more theoretical matters, rather than just "The Dome is a nightclub, some celebrity once visited there..." type articles! Thanks, Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 15:31, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
