Talk:2025 Tai Po apartment fire: Difference between revisions

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@Bloxzge 025 and Kencf0618: Per image description, that picture was taken on 1 Nov, which is far from “the day before” (or “a day before” as in earlier revisions) the fire. Is the caption wrong, or have I interpreted English wrongly? 1F616EMO (talk) 16:01, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Btw, @Kencf0618: You seem to have reverted a lot of edits (1324262249, 1324262291, 1324262314 and 1324262359) in revision 1324262573 due to an edit conflict. Please review the reverted edits and cherry-pick those that should be kept. Also inviting @Robertsky and WikiCleanerMan for this matter. 1F616EMO (talk) 16:07, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I was a rush, and usually that’s not an issue. Shall be more discerning. kencf0618 (talk) 16:27, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I WP:BOLD‘ly removed “the day” from the caption to minimize the risk of spreading misinformation into other languages. Also, I have notified the Vietnamese community on this matter. 1F616EMO (talk) 16:28, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I’m no expert on Hong Kong building codes and practices… Why were the buildings being renovated? What were the other two plans? Is is the usual practice to completely encase the buildings of such a densely packed complex in scaffolding? Etc. kencf0618 (talk) 16:23, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

From my own experience: Yes, bamboo scaffolding is very common in renovations in Hong Kong. It might be worth it to discuss on renovation conventions in the article as background information. Note that what I said in the first sentence is original research, but I believe there do exist abundant sources. 1F616EMO (talk) 16:31, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]