Talk:Burj Al Alam

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[edit] Correct height

in the Emporis website the Tower is 501 meters —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.110.163.86 (talk) 21:23, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was Move. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:35, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Burj al Alam → Burj Al Alam — The second word "al" should be written as "Al." The official name of this building is written as "Burj Al Alam." The official website, the developer's website and third-party sources [1][2] all use "Burj Al Alam." This consistency shows that "Burj al Alam" is incorrect. —Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 02:30, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Survey

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[edit] Discussion

Any additional comments:
  • Do we treat this name alone or folllwing the example of transcribing Arabic names? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 07:42, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
    • Of course we would treat this name alone. It is clearly officially known as "Burj Al Alam." I should add (although not directly related to the name of this article) that the Wikipedia naming conventions for Arabic words is not always true. In Dubai, where English and Arabic are spoken widely, I have noticed that most words that have "al" in them are usually capitalized and do not contain hyphens (ex. Burj Al Alam, Burj Al Arab, Al Maktoum). The name of this tower (Burj Al Alam) has always been written that way since the beginning by the developer and local media. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 06:24, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.