Talk:List of tallest buildings in Dubai

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[edit] Problems

It looks like the convert template has broken some way down this page. How do we fix it? Astronaut 13:07, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dancing Towers → Signature Towers

I believe that the name of the Dancing Towers development has changed. It is now Signature Towers. This is what it says on the Signature Towers page, but there is no source. I do not want to change the name of the buildings on this page (under the Proposed section) until a source is found. I just thought I should say this. --Leitmanp 07:09, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, I decided to change it anyways. --Leitmanp (talk|contributions) 21:26, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourcable Buildings

The Jumeirah Beach Residence buildings listed in the "Tallest buildings" section do not have a source. On Emporis, the height is not listed. Because this height is not there, does that mean that they must be removed? I do not know how tall they are, or where we can find that information. --Leitmanp 02:36, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

I have commented those out until a height and source are found. Hydrogen Iodide (HI!) 02:23, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
I think I have found a source for these buildings. On this page they list all the buildings and their heights. The Jumeirah Beach Residence buildings are also listed there with their heights in metres. But, if you select one of the buildings, the height is not listed on its page. It seems that we will have to use the full list as a source for the individual buildings. Does this sound okay? --Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 21:28, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Yup. Cheers. Trance addict 03:10, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Incomplete List?

I am not sure about what to do for buildings which are clearly among the tallest in the city but do not have heights. SkyscraperPage lists 42 buildings under construction that will rise over 150 m, but this list only includes the 36 with height sources. I am worried that because some buildings are left out, the list will not satisfy the completion requirement for FLs. Comments? Rai-me 21:22, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References list

I think that the references list is too long. Since we cannot just delete sources, can we put it in its own scroll box (I do not know if that is the right name for it)? I have seen it being used on other pages, but I cannot remember which pages those were. This scroll box is like having a page within a page. The references section does not take up a lot of space on the article's page, but it has a scroll bar. This allows people who care to look at the sources the opportunity by scrolling through them. Does this sound like a good idea? If I did not make any sense, please let me know and I will try to say it differently. --Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 03:26, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Scrolling lists are strongly discouraged due to accessibility issues; see Wikipedia:Citing sources#Scrolling lists. So I don't think that this is a good idea, and also think that we should leave the references as is. Cheers, Rai-me 03:43, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fact Discrepancy

What should be done if Emporis and SkyscraperPage differ. If you look at the pages on each website for a specific building, there might be different heights, amounts of floors, completion dates, and status. A few days ago, when I added some buildings, I used both sources for "Al Bateen Tower," "Providence Tower," "El Matador Tower," "The Prime Tower" and "The Forum." There are also several other buildings that I want to add, but they do not agree with each other. Which source should be followed, Emporis or SkyscraperPage? --Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 02:09, 6 December 2007 (UTC) --[Update by Leitmanp (talk | contributions) at 03:56, 7 December 2007 (UTC)]

I want to add several more buildings to the list, but like I said above, the information is different. Buildings that have different names are Al Manara Tower / Kharbash Investment Co Tower and the Dubai Gate 1 / Dubai Gate Tower. The building that conflicts on year of completion is the Al Sahab Tower 1 (2004[1] versus 2005[2]). The buildings that conflict on the status are Silver Star (approved[3] vs. under construction[4][5]), and Dubai Star (proposed[6] vs. under construction[7]). For the amount of floors, the Angsana Hotel & Suites 1 (49[8] vs. 50[9]) has conflicting information. Two buildings differs on two things. The first one differs on the name and on the number of floors: Damas Tower 2 (with 49 floors)[10] vs. Angsana Hotel & Suites 2 (with 50 floors)[11]. The second one (Al Hekma Tower) differs on the year of completion and on the current status: approved (completion in 2009)[12] vs. under construction (completion in 2008)[13]. The four towers that comprise Dubai Towers Dubai have several conflicting pieces of data. Emporis says that the towers are approved while SkyscraperPage says they are under construction. Emporis also says that Tower 1 has 57 floors, Tower 4 has 94 floors, and Towers 2 and 3 are unknown. SkyscraperPage says that Tower 1 has 94 floors, Tower 4 has 57 floors, Tower 2 has 78 floors, and Tower 3 has 73. So, what should be done? --Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 05:12, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
We usually go with the information listed by Emporis over that of SkyscraperPage if the two conflict. However, if more than one source gives information that contradicts that given by Emporis, use that info. So, by this logic, use Al Manara Tower, Dubai Gate (Tower) 1, 2004 for the Al Sahab Tower, Silver Star as U/C, Dunai Star as proposed, Angsana Hotel & Suites 1 as 49, Damas Tower 2 with 49 floors, 2009 and approved for the Al Hekma Tower, and all of the Emporis information for Dubai Towers Dubai. In general, use Emporis over SkyscraperPage, unless a third source agrees with SkyscraperPage. However, if the reports conflict, only use the one that you used (Emporis) as an actual reference on the list. Cheers, Rai-me 17:12, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
Emporis is definitely better. On skyscraperpage an estimate for the height is sometimes given even when it's not known precisely. This is so the tower doesn't appear at the end of the list Rahmalec (talk) 00:36, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Main Page

Any chance this article could make it as a Today's featured article on the Main Page?--OOODDD (talk) 07:10, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I do not think that is possible. First of all, this article is a list. There is no "Featured lists" section on the main page. But, if it was an article, you could request it at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests. For a "List of the day" you can go to Wikipedia:LOTD. --Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 01:53, 19 January 2008 (UTC)