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hi—Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.227.40 (talk) 23:10, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is strange that the article says a Juliet balcony doesn't protrude from the building, and while this may be true, THE Juliet balcony in Padua does protrude from the building,Alternateroute (talk) 04:52, 20 September 2008 (UTC) AlternateRoute[reply]

Yes that is strange. And certainly sounds noteworthy enough to stick in the article so I'll do that. Dmcq (talk) 12:03, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clearly the "Juliet Balcony" was named so after Juliet's Balcony in Shakespeare's play, so why isn't a Juliet's Balcony a "Juliet Balcony" - this article is aching for a bit of history on why this is the case?

This word balcony has no other equivalent. Sometimes balconies on apartment buildings in USA are called Terraces or Patios. But there is no other word in any kind of English that can be used in place of balcony.

Supercool Dude (talk) 14:51, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"supported by columns or console brackets, and enclosed with a balustrade, usually above the ground floor."

As I understand it, neither of these are necessary. Is it not possible for balconies to be supported by their own structure, or for the rail to be absent or to lack balustrades? Is there a source for this information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Speedyblupi (talk • contribs) 22:43, 16 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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69.181.23.220 (talk) 06:19, 23 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Removed self-aggrandizing references to Julian Assange. He did not make balconies famous in comparison to say The Royal Family of the UK who regularly appear on their balcony to address and respond to the nation. This is one of several Wikipedia entries which appears to have been vandalized by pointless references to Assange.