Talk:List of tallest twin buildings and structures

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Changes in the article.[edit]

This article, Rehman, is fantastic! I just thought I would change the tables so that they match most other tables in Wikipedia, and omitted the continent column and instead added a height section. Having the towers ranked by height makes it so much easier to read. I didn't delete any of the information or any of the buildings you had in the article, just rearranged them. timsdad 12:10, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Timsdad, you are the first person on the entire wikipedia who actually appreciate my work! But i have to tell you; PLEASE DONT TAKE IT AN OFFENSE, i have reverted some of your edits for the following reasons:
1. Since this is an international [related] article, placing flags is quite recommended.
2. The table is a wikitable sortable, which means the table can be sorted (height/alphabetic/etc) according to the user`s preference; so arranging the table according to height just gives way for other editors to unintentionally place new links anywhere (ignoring any existing format).

I have added the continent section as well as retained the height section. Please understand, as i do not want to have any negative thoughts from anyone on wikipedia. Please share your thoughts here or here. Thanks. Have a good day. Rehman (talk) 13:53, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Title of this page[edit]

I feel that this page should be called 'List of twin structures', without the 'in the world' bit. I've seen the comment that it should match titled like List of tallest structures in the world, but I don't think this is a valid comparison. The idea of 'the tallest in the world' has a specific comparative/superlative connotation, but 'twin' is not a comparative or superlative word. It's just a description. And so because you're not making a superlative claim, saying that all these structures are 'in the world' is utterly redundant.

That said, I think this page has promise. AlexTiefling (talk) 18:28, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Responded after your message here. Rehman (talk) 02:50, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Remit[edit]

Is this article only for buildings currently notable for their height, or would matched buildings which are architecturally notable, or which were once notable for height, be included? I am thinking of certain cathedral west fronts, the Twin Towers of Central Park West (five different pairs), the twin towers at Sedan Castle, and various others. AlexTiefling (talk) 13:27, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings Alextiefling,
I dont seem to understand what you said in the above note. Do you mean you want to include structures with more that two individual identical buildings? If so, do feel free to add them here... Hope that solves the confusion. Have a good day. Rehman (talk) 16:01, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No, I mean: are we only looking for structures that are taller than a certain height, or all all notable multiple buildings eligible? AlexTiefling (talk) 16:02, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
To be honest, you have raised a good point. :-) Because, if we go on listing all multiple building/structures in existence, the page would never end. So i think the best thing to do is to limit the list to buildings with 20+ floors, and structures with 100m+. Thanks for pointing this out. Have a good day. Rehman (talk) 10:03, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reformatting of tables (again)[edit]

I still feel that the tables need to be very similar to, or the same as, the ones in List of tallest buildings in the world. The main list there is a 'wikitable sortable' and is listed by height, for ease of editing. The height sorting in this table does not even work anyway! It is standard in building and structure articles to list them by height. There should be no continent column, as this really is not necessary (the country is enough). IMO, the table would look much better like this (showing the first two rows):

Building City Country Height (max) Floor Count (t1/t2) Built
Petronas Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia 452 m (1,483 ft) 88/88 1998
Bahrain Financial Harbour Manama  Bahrain 260 m (853 ft) 53/53 2007

Please consider this. Thanks, timsdad (talk) 01:44, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good point regarding the continent column, removal seems to be a smart move. But regarding the entry of the Built column; i think those kind of facts should go into the relevant article rather than lists like these; purely due to the facts that, the more the table gets wider, the more it is difficult to read on non-widescreen displays (just found out when i edited from another computer). Regarding the height column, i think it is quite useful for an article like this, also i dont see why it doesnt work...? Kind regards. Rehman (talk) 01:21, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry if I was a bit confusing there, I never meant that the height column should be removed. So do you think the above is fine, apart from the 'Built' column? --timsdad (talk) 09:35, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thats ok :). Currently, the article is based on the exact structure of the above table, except for the position of Building title and Country, of which Country is in the first column; arranged by default in alphabetic order for the ease of navigation without the sort function. Because moving the building column to the first would show no navigational advantage. Do you recommend any changes, or do you think this is fine? Kind regards. Rehman (talk) 03:53, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well I feel it should be changed to the table above and ranked by height (tallest to shortest), as this is how lists of long or tall things should be displayed. As I said, this is how List of tallest buildings in the world and every other tallest buildings lists on Wikipedia is ordered. --timsdad (talk) 04:27, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
...you mean no edits to the current version except to reorder? Rehman (talk) 01:31, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No, to change to exactly what is above. With the Building name or Building column on the very left, then City, then Country, then the maximum height and floor count columns on the right. --timsdad (talk) 02:01, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies for the delayed response. Yes, i think your suggestion would do just fine. But i think the Built column shouldnt be included (based on the above discussion). Kind regards. Rehman (talk) 03:14, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Update[edit]

List has way too many proposal buildings and is missing completed twins like Cullinan Towers in Hong Kong, China —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.65.20.46 (talk) 06:05, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I will try and see into this. In the mean time, try helping out. Thats what Wikipedia is all about. Regards. Rehman(+) 16:55, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I decided to try and add it to the table and have done so.. Could you or someone trusted please go over teh list and make sure the ones listed are actually complete or topped? Should proposals be listed? Many proposals don't ever get built. What say you folks? 76.65.20.46 (talk) 06:16, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have done some cleanups and checked the status of the buildings. Hope this is better. Regards. Rehman(+) 12:11, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are da bomb. Respect to you. If possible can you add a year complete column. Quite useful and I think its on every other building list page. peaceh 76.65.20.46 (talk) 14:18, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. But i have removed the completed column because the table is already too wide. And unlike a general list of buildings, this page is just to list "twin" or other "multi-column" structures. Hence the "year completed" column would not be that of an advantage. Regards. Rehman(+) 03:43, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
If you think its not necessary its okay then. thanks anyway 76.65.20.46 (talk) 05:51, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome. Regards. Rehman(+) 07:34, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The San Remo[edit]

I just found out about this one from the reference desk. Does it qualify? It has been around for nearly a century.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 19:34, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This seems to be one building with two towers about halfway to top. Most of buildings in this list are separate buildings, don't know if there are any similar to this on the list. Though I didn't see any height in The San Remo article, so would be quite hard to find the right place. 85.217.36.223 (talk) 02:19, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well, apparently Cologne Cathedral is at least that kind. 85.217.36.223 (talk) 02:22, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cologne_Cathedral[edit]

Cologne_Cathedral should indeed be added to the list, or the definition of the article be changed. Furthermore, many twin tower share a common multi-storey "basement".Meerwind7 (talk) 21:06, 24 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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WTC[edit]

WTC in New York was once the tallest, as noted in a side-bar: was briefly the tallest twin tower complex in the world, until the World Trade Center was completed." But no-where else is it mentioned. If we are only including still-standing buildings, then this should be made clear and probably a note added on no-longer standing examples. Kdammers (talk) 11:47, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please disregard this comment. I wrote it because using the search function on my computer did not bring me to the section on proposed, destroyed etc., which I only noticed by other means. The morale: Don't trust your search function to be perfect. Kdammers (talk) 11:52, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Date completed[edit]

I think a column for "Date completed" would be useful. Kdammers (talk) 05:03, 30 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Change country section of Hong Kong buildings to Hong Kong instead of China[edit]

Hong Kong is a semi-autonomous region of China. Due to historical reasons, many organisations and governments treat Hong Kong separately instead of China. This includes Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. Data of Hong Kong is also separate from China like GDP, Gini, HDI, and even count of coronavirus cases. Hong Kong has its own internet TLD, country code, passport, currency, official language and Olympic team which is so different from China. It is therefore not suitable to use the Chinese flag in Hong Kong buildings data as this is a common practice internationally. Changing the "country" column into "county/territory" or "country/region" can also suitable in this case.

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