Talk:Wind tower

Badgir is not an Arabic word. The article is factually incorrect.--Zereshk 22:32, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

I am also against merging. The architectural styles are quite different.--Zereshk 22:32, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Merge
The term "windcatcher" for the "other" type of wind tower is completely made-up. E.g. in the UAE, where this (here so-called "Iranian") type of wind tower is common, they are only called "wind tower", almost never "wind catcher". (Simply compare with .) Although the architectural styles may be different, they function the same way, they bear the very same name in English, and probably even in Arabic (both articles say "Badg(h)ir"). I strongly favour merging them into one single article and within this article you may distinguish between the Bahrain style and the "Iranian" style (btw. I doubt that "Iranian" fits here - they can be found all around the Gulf). Hence I re-added the merge tag. -- H005 14:57, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Unless anyone objects, I will merge the contents of this page into Windcatcher. We can work out a suitable name for the resulting page at any time. Tom Harrison Talk 20:20, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Description
There is no description of the specific design or physical structure of a wind tower.