Talk:Ryugyong Hotel

105 Building?
We say that it is also called the 105 Building, but the sources for this don't appear to be strong, and some of them might be circular sourcing. The sources note that it is also called the 105 Building, but they call it the Ryugyong Hotel. Who actually calls it the 105 Building?--Jack Upland (talk) 09:13, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * This was brought up in the 1st talk page archive in 2008, and removed for a while. It also doesn't actually have 105 floors or even 100. B137 (talk) 05:35, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I've removed "105 Building" again.--Jack Upland (talk) 01:08, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

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Tallest building unoccupied Guinness World Record
The claim of "The building is currently listed by Guinness World Records as being the tallest unoccupied building in the world" in the Summary should be removed because it is incorrect, as the linked source itself says the World's tallest unoccupied building is the GOLDIN FINANCE 117 in Tianjin, China.

75.100.44.14 (talk) 23:18, 7 January 2022 (UTC)


 * I have removed this claim.--Jack Upland (talk) 07:43, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Does not have 105 consecutive floors
In any of the pre glass facade concrete photos, it's obvious that it only have 80 or 90 floors, not 100 or more. It's a very wide low angle pyramid and there may be some staggered levels, or basement floors as one photo shows a sloped grade at the bottom. B137 (talk) 21:22, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

It has 80 floors
The under construction photos of it's shell before glass facade show it has about 80 floors plus the 3 basement levels. The 105 number (+3b) is a simple extrapolation of it's 1,080 ft height divided by a generic 10ft/floor standard that mostly mid rise buildings loosely adhere to, giving it a marketing storey of 105 plus 3b. B137 (talk) 05:31, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Any sources on this?--Jack Upland (talk) 01:14, 6 July 2023 (UTC)


 * It be have 80 count layers of holes in the 2005 era pics of the concrete shell with no facade. Simple is as simple be, the identity property of addition. WP:Math not WP:Synth as pics and vids are commonly used as sources these days. The duck may swim on the lake. B137 (talk) 01:59, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

excessive photo gallery
hello - in review of the photo gallery section, it feels like there is an excessive amount of photos in this gallery. sometimes photos from within a day are provided, which is unnecessary in my opinion. suggest selecting key photos that are either 1) especially nice photos or 2) depict construction progress and dropping ones that do not add as much value to the article. Pdubs.94 (talk) 21:48, 8 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Feel free to cull away. There are some photos there that are practically worthless.--Jack Upland (talk) 02:49, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I have added all the photos to commons:Category:Ryugyong Hotel, and agree removal of some from this article makes sense. CMD (talk) 03:03, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ i trimmed down to 5 photos. Pdubs.94 (talk) 01:39, 11 January 2024 (UTC)