Talk:Djamaa el Djazaïr

Tallest building in Africa?
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)

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third largest mosque?
" 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)


 * 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)


 * 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)

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)

Translation Effort for Djamaa El Djazair
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)


 * 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)


 * @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)

May 2024
the French wikipedia is not an example to follow. Most of their articles contain random "stuff" (usually, as a result of the silly games between the neighbours' kiddies) that would never make it into ours. M.Bitton (talk) 15:45, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I thought we are supposed to expand this article section-by-section from the French counterpart article to improve its chances of getting Good Article (or even Featured Article) status. It is clear that your continued removal of that section, especially after the same two sources from that French version were added, is only going to undermine those efforts. I've already asked Riad Salih and Sizito to assist me in this effort, but neither of them have been willing to do it so far. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to get that kind of assistance for these expansion-translation jobs? Jim856796 (talk) 04:58, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I have no idea why you thought that, but as far as I'm concerned, that's a bad idea (per the reasons that I cited above as well as the fact that we have enough sources to cover what we want without resorting to another wiki project). For instance, since you're interested in the structure of the Mosque and its ability to withstand an earthquake, then you're much better off reading reliable sources such as these, than some cheap gossip that is reported by a journalist. M.Bitton (talk) 22:17, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Expansion-translation efforts are not that bad of an idea. If you're active at the French Wikipedia as well, then why not alert their editors about that "nonsense"/"gossip" in the French counterpart article, and ask them why it's even accepted without problems on such foreign-language counterparts? If you're not going to aid me in this expansion-translation effort, you're better off leaving this article alone. Why do you keep removing that section as quickly as you did? I might as well insert a "Please do not revert this again" warning at this point, and/or seek a third opinion. This isn't the first time I ran into problems with an expansion-translation effort from the French Wikipedia (a similar effort for the article for Grand Palais in Paris has been stalled for literally years right now).Jim856796 (talk) 04:16, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * you're better off leaving this article alone I'm done wasting my time with you. M.Bitton (talk) 22:37, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * this edit was reverted for a reason: as I explained in the edit summary, it's unsourced and badly written. Frankly, it's bordering on unintelligible. Reinstating it (while mentioning something else) and edit warring over it is very disruptive. When added to what you said above, the I'm not going to ask you again threats in you edit summaries and the fact that you're now also edit warring on someone's talk page, the whole thing amounts to what is way beyond what's acceptable. Please stop. M.Bitton (talk) 19:34, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I have reviewed the French language article and agree it has some significant weight issues, particularly with the extended justification on the seismic design that reads like a PR piece meant to reassure the reader the structure is sound. A section-by-section transfer from the French article to here should not be performed. Please bear in mind that English language sources are preferred per WP:NONENG, as well. VQuakr (talk) 17:09, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I guess this means this article will just never attain GA status (or anything beyond B class status. Also, WP:NONENG means exclusively English-language sources are going to be used in any expansion-translation efforts. For example, if a verifiable fact has several foreign-language sources but no English ones, that fact is going to be removed in a heartbeat, and could potentially be edit-warred over. If you're right, then I may have to stop this expansion-translation effort for good.:( Jim856796 (talk) 18:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * An article modeled on its French-language cousin would not be of GA quality in this case, and obviously most GAs are not translations. That's not what WP:NONENG says nor is it what I said. This is a collaborative encyclopedia; resorting to melodramatic mischaracterizations isn't helpful. Just because something is a "verifiable fact" does not mean it belongs in the article; see WP:VNOT. VQuakr (talk) 19:24, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * "Collaborative" means finding some other editors who are willing to clean up and improve instead of deleting outright instead of fighting with other editors who only want to delete outright.Jim856796 (talk) 19:23, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
 * That sounds an awful lot like canvassing. Current consensus appears to be that there is very little to be gained from any translation effort from that particular source to this particular target. Collaborative means respecting that consensus. VQuakr (talk) 15:59, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Should This Expansion-Translation Effort Stop Altogether?
To any Wikipedia users not named M.Bitton and Skitash: Should we just cease this expansion-translation effort at this point? I feel like I should just give up and concede defeat because of the behavior of M.Bitton and Skitash indicated that their reversions of translated sections will continue, even if those sections come with sources. I really don't want to give up, but I'm just not going to deal with and be overpowered by users who engage with that kind of behavior.

I think the only fair solution at this point would be to just seek a third opinion from somebody else, especially one who'll get around to actually assisting me in this expansion translation effort, unlike you two. I'm not sure where to request such a third opinion, but I'm just deadlocked at this point. Jim856796 (talk) 03:56, 14 June 2024 (UTC)


 * There is something called WP:Third opinion, however that is only applicable when there are exactly two editors involved in a content dispute, and a third is needed. Once there are already three editors involved, as is the case here, WP:3O is no longer an option. You could try enlisting the aid of members of one of the three WikiProjects listed at the top of this page, by means of a neutrally-worded feedback request at those projects' Talk pages. Finally, remember that French Wikipedia (and others) have their own rules, and their standards may not be up to ours (and their articles are often non-compliant even to those weaker standards). Translating from French Wikipedia is translating from a self-published source, therefore does not meet the definition of a reliable source. All translated content must meet the verifiability policy and other content guidelines of English Wikipedia. Put another way: just because something is perfectly acceptable at fr-wiki and follows all the rules there, does not guarantee acceptance of the translated equivalent at en-wiki, and often their articles don't follow their own rules anyway. HTH, Mathglot (talk) 11:34, 19 June 2024 (UTC)


 * So this means you're not willing to do this expansion/translation effort at all, either, even though I clearly saw your name on the "translators Available" page? If yes, how come?


 * How about we actually start this effort by listing on this talk page the sections on the French Wikipedia that the English article does not have (aside from the two earthquake-related sections whose translation got me in trouble in the first place)? Jim856796 (talk) 02:56, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * It sounds to me like you are focusing on who is willing to help translate the French Wikipedia article, or portions of it, and that for you, that is the main question, with the corollary that failure to do so is problematic in some way. I would say that expanding en-wiki is what we are all here for, so that is a noble goal, as far as those translations adhere to the requirements of English Wikipedia. There is no special get-out-of-jail-free card that protects content from removal, just because it comes from French Wikipedia, and if other editors whose work I know and respect continually remove translated work, that is a yellow flag for me, and before I spend my time translating anything, I would want to understand why that is happening.
 * As a translator, I have translated from French Wikipedia before (even from articles about Algeria) so I am quite familiar with that. As a volunteer, I get to choose where and how I spend my time, and how much of that involves translation, or template writing, or article expansion, or welcoming and guiding new users, or myriad other tasks I enjoy contributing to. I think you might be hurting your case a bit through a tone that comes across as a bit confrontational; I wonder if you are aware of that? Everybody here is a volunteer, and a more collegial approach is more likely to get you the goal you want, although no guarantees of course.
 * To answer your question directly: no, I am not willing to spend my volunteer effort right now translating this article; that may change in the future. There are plenty of other translators from French, have you tried reaching out to anyone else, or posting a request at WP:WikiProject France? As far as making a list of sections available in the original and not here, I think that could be helpful as a worksheet; I sometimes create those as a Talk page subpage. For example, this page is a worksheet containing a translated copy of the sections from the French Wikipedia article about the War guilt question, translated into English (there is no content, just section headings). Maybe that will give you an idea of one way to approach that, although simply listing the sections here on the Talk page as you proposed to do may be just as good. Mathglot (talk) 03:54, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * It seems like expansion and translation are being treated as synonyms in this section and header. They are, of course, not synonyms. There is discussion in the previous thread about why the French language article may not be a great source for material in this article, but as of this writing, the English language article is less than 800 words of readable prose. I highly doubt anyone would claim it is too long by any stretch of the imagination. I think following examples of existing featured articles at WP:WikiProject Architecture is much more likely to trigger workable ideas for expansion. Alternatively, discussion could be about what sources are unused or underused and what topics those sources cover. VQuakr (talk) 05:19, 28 June 2024 (UTC)