Talk:Djamaa el Djazaïr

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Did you know... that the new Djamaa el Djazaïr mosque (pictured) is the tallest building in Africa?

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Tallest building in Africa?[edit]

While this 2015 CTBUH article states that the new mosque would become the tallest building in Africa, currently it is listed as a minaret under construction (at 264 metre high) and is not included on their list of the tallest buildings in Africa. Although the entire mosque complex is over 50% usable space, there is no indication that the minaret is an occupied tower. As the CTBUH does not include minarets in its criteria for tallest buildings, this article should not list it as such either. Loopy30 (talk) 14:38, 5 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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The Great Mosque of Algiers

... that the newly constructed Djamaa el Djazaïr (pictured) is the tallest building in Africa? Source: here

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Chevauchée of Edward III (1346)

5x expanded by Jupitus Smart (talk). Self-nominated at 18:52, 30 May 2019 (UTC).[reply]

CGTN is RS for non-controversial assertions and the claim is inline cited. Five-times expanded and QPQ done. Image released as own work. NPOV and no obvious copyvio. Looks good. Chetsford (talk) 02:20, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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third largest mosque?[edit]

" third-largest mosque in the world after the Great Mosque of Mecca and Al-Masjid an-Nabawi of Medina in Saudi Arabia."

However, according to List of largest mosques, it is tenth by capacity and sixth by area. The mentioned Saudi Arabian mosques are #1 and #2 by capacity, and #4 and #3 by area. Largest by area and third by capacity is Imam Reza shrine (constructed nearly 1300 years ago), and is at least 5 times bigger in every aspect but the minaret. 193.210.201.116 (talk) 18:26, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Quite right, the minaret part is true, but the third largest part was bogus. It is fixed + linked. Iskandar323 (talk) 20:01, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The list you're referring to in full of nonsense. In case, you're wondering: this mosque covers an area of almost 28 hectares. M.Bitton (talk) 20:50, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That list has square meters and that equals 280 000 m², which would get this already on spot #5. And, that list at least has most of it sourced. (There are two figures marked with [citation needed], and two sources marked with [better source needed]) 193.210.204.125 (talk) 12:53, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Translation Effort for Djamaa El Djazair[edit]

I'm trying to make this English version match up with the French counterpart article, which has more details on the "Architecture", "Geology", and "Management and Administration" sections. Jim856796 (talk) 21:14, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Jim856796

I have contributed to the French version, and I will take the time to expand the article here. It may take about a week for me to complete it. Best regards. Riad Salih (talk) 22:08, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Riad Salih Good to see somebody answering my call, because I hate seeing article-translation requests go unanswered for years. Is there anything you can see in this mosque's Arabic counterpart article that you can't see in the French counterpart? I translated the "Access" section of that French counterpart today, although I was not able to bring some icons for the Algiers Tramway and Metro that were being used on that French version onto the English version. Jim856796 (talk) 05:48, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]