Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of buildings with the most floors by country


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  08:23, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

List of buildings with the most floors by country

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Direct copy of List of tallest buildings by country. Apparently created after content dispute at that article. It is the same article, and that article includes the number of floors each structure has. It is unclear whether there are any differences in reality (ie is there a building that has more floors but is shorter), and I can guarantee the author of this article has not cross-checked that data. This is just a forked list that serves no proper purpose and has not been verified. Again, it's identical (no proper credit given, either, but that's tangential). ‡ El cid, el campeador talk  18:25, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions.  ‡ El cid, el campeador  talk  18:26, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  ‡ El cid, el campeador  talk  18:26, 16 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Clarify - there are apparently some changes (presumably what led to conflict at the former article), but the articles are still substantially identical, and each entry has not been verified. ‡ El cid, el campeador  talk  18:30, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete per A10. –LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄ ) 21:48, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non notable cross categorisation. Plethora of self published sources. Clearly original research. Ajf773 (talk) 09:03, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect to List of tallest buildings by country. We don't need two identical copies of the same article. J I P  &#124; Talk 17:38, 17 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete duplicate list. Aman Kumar Goel (Talk) 11:53, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep with reservations - I was one of the users that was involved in the content dispute on the List of tallest buildings by country article that El Cid mentioned. Basically, there were disagreements over what criteria should have been used to determine the heights of the tallest buildings in each country. Traditionally, Wikipedia has used architectural height for this purpose, which correlates to what reliable skyscraper agencies such as the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat utilize (as explained on Page III of the attached document). However, other users disagreed and believed the total number of floors should dictate the buildings included on the tallest buildings list by country. I am assuming this article arose as a resolution to the dispute at hand.
 * I would like to emphasize that the content of this article is different than the information provided at the List of tallest buildings by country article. This article sorts building heights by floor count, whereas the latter does so by height above a specified entrance (a completely different measurement). Moreover, I believe that this article does not have to be deleted. After all, Wikipedia already has a list of buildings with 100 or more stories. Also, just like how List of tallest buildings by country expands upon information provided at List of tallest buildings, this article could elaborate on the information provided in the 100+ floors list. However, in addition to the sourcing issues that El Cid mentioned, I have a couple of content concerns that will need to be addressed if this article is not deleted.


 * Finally, I will invite the other users involved in the aforementioned content dispute to provide their opinions on this discussion:, , , , and . Hurricane Andrew (444) 00:06, 19 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete I think. Although I agree that the content is slightly different (e.g. Willis Tower has more floors than One WTC), I do not believe it is notable enough to warrant its own article. I also want to clarify that only one single user disagreed in the aforementioned content dispute, did not participate at all in discussion, and the same created this article. I would leave it to that user to deliver a compelling argument to save this article. In the absence of such, I see no reason to keep it. Bartzyx (talk) 00:13, 19 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete Under the premise that it is a direct copy of the list by tallest, it seems obvious to delete, but that is not true. (ex. Federation tower in Russia has more floors than the Lakhta center, but is shorter) I feel like the main point of measuring by floors is to get rid of the 'advantage' that buildings with tall spires or uninhabitable architectural features have like One WTC or Merdeka 118, but to minimise the effect of different heights per floor, in my opinion 'inhabitable' height should be measured by "highest usable floor" instead. Most sources measure by architectural height so it technically counts as original research too? And the title doesn't make sense. This section has been unhelpful enough already, TLDR I feel like floor count is not a very useful measurement, and one that most sources don't list, because it differs between buildings so this article won't be of much use.  henrysz ▪ 💬 ▪ 📜  03:36, 19 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Neutral The scope of the list is a bit different from List of tallest buildings by country. However, while the lists based on height by country are compiled by external sources (see here or here), I am not aware of any external list listing the tallest building by country by the number of floors. --Jklamo (talk) 13:46, 19 June 2021 (UTC)


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