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Column order

The two most important columns are the name and height. Overall the column order could be rearranged as:

• (rank)
• Name
• Height m/ft
• Floors / B
• City
• Country
• Year
• Coordinates (if kept at all, takes up lots of space for little value)
• (note)

A map already shows where the very tallest buildings are, and each building's article has them as well. Wizmut (talk) 02:32, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

I removed the coordinates, so the table is about as squished as it's going to be. Please comment on how it looks so far.

Still need to move the number columns over and fix some alignment problems. Wizmut (talk) 13:14, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Alright, I think that does it with all the table re-arranging. Hope y'all like it.

• Before:
• After:

Wizmut (talk) 05:40, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

@Tgbsww Can you say why you think this version is an improvement over this version. Seems like the column order should prioritize height, and the row size should prioritize comparisons rather than thumbnails of fairly similar buildings. Wizmut (talk) 21:08, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

@Tgbsww Wizmut (talk) 15:23, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Hong Kong and Macau

@ScottishFinnishRadish: Are Nikkei and the Economist not considered reliable sources? 2403:4A00:4000:0:0:0:1:2A (talk) 07:40, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Change the definition in the intro

The intro to that page says: "(…) and a height of at least 340 metres (1,120 ft)."

But according to Skyscraper (and its sources) "Modern sources define skyscrapers as being at least 100 meters (330 ft) or 150 meters (490 ft) in height".

Can we change it? Qubkon (talk) 12:03, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

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Egypt is building a 1000m skyscraper, Obelisco Capitale. It should be added to the list of tallest buildings under construction: https://en.wikipedia.org/Oblisco_Capitale Ecaml (talk) 08:35, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: I cannot find any sources stating that the building is actually under construction – it looks like it's so far just a proposal. If it is indeed under construction, please provide a source indicating that and I will be happy to add it to the list. Tollens (talk) 09:30, 22 March 2024 (UTC)bruhhfhfjjsks

It is not yet approved, or even formally proposed, but rather a vision newspapers covering the topic refer to as a concept . The vast majority of vision/concepts are never built, however if does ever become a formal proposal with a developer that is seriously interested in executing the project as evidenced in reliable secondary sources then it may be worth adding. 71.62.176.24 (talk) 21:35, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

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In List of tallest buildings, please remove The Illinois listed on the article section "buildings under construction" because it is not under construction with reliable sources in line with WP:OP state that there are no intentions to build it, and it is the reason why the protection is put in place to begin with. Bearnard55 (talk) 06:29, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

The building's height rank is listed as 1 on the list. Bearnard55 (talk) 06:32, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Charliehdb (talk) 12:20, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

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Please update the lead sentence from 340 to 350. At some point recently the cutoff was moved up a bit in the main table, but whoever did so neglected to update the lead sentence to match. Thank you. 71.62.176.24 (talk) 21:25, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

 Done Jamedeus (talk) 21:42, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

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