Talk:Earth structure

Earth structure has been listed as one of the Engineering and technology good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: May 25, 2014. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Earth structure appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 May 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in 2005, about 1.5 billion people lived in earth structures (example pictured)?

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GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Earth structure/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Rosiestep (talk · contribs) 02:05, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review this one within the week. At first glance, it seems like you've done a nice job on it. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:05, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Notes

Fired bricks and concrete are derived from earth, but structures built from these materials are usually not considered earth structures. - please add a reference
- Done Aymatth2 (talk) 11:24, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Citations

Lindauer & Blitz 1997, pp. 169ff. - Lindauer & Blitz 1997, p. 169ff.
Snell 2004, p. 27-28. - Snell 2004, pp. 27-28.
Elleh 1998, p. 47. Harv error: link from #CITEREFElleh1998 doesn't point to any citation. (f you install this, HarvErrors are easy to notice.)
Porterfield 2004, p. 39. Harv error: link from #CITEREFPorterfield2004 doesn't point to any citation.

Sources

Elleh, Nnamdi (1997). African Architecture: Evolution and Transformation. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-021506-1. Harv error: There is no link pointing to this citation. The anchor is named CITEREFElleh1997.
Porterfield, Jason (2004-05). The Homestead Act of 1862: A Primary Source History of the Settlement of the American Heartland in the Late 19th Century. The Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4042-0178-1. Retrieved 2014-04-27. Harv error: There is no link pointing to this citation. The anchor is named CITEREFPorterfield.

@Dr. Blofeld: & @Aymatth2: Not much to do on this one but I'll put it on hold for the 7 days in case you're busy with other things. Please ping me when you'd like me to take another look. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:00, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Rosiestep: All addressed now I think except the first one which I'll ask Aymatth2 to add. Thanks for the review!♦ Dr. Blofeld 07:40, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

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Good job. Looks adequate for GA. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:53, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Some proposed changes[edit]

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

I just added a section called Structural Issues. I hope it's not too detailed... I have mostly referred to others' work, but I included one link to my own document because I do not know anyone else who has produced research like this. I am unpaid but have a non-profit called Build Simple and produced a needed field soil strength test- see reference 100. I did not add a link to the page although it's online. If someone else thinks that is merited, it's at https://buildsimple.org/soil-tests.php Thanks! EBResearcher (talk) 19:08, 6 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not against this at all, but next time, I recommend proposing your changes on the talk page instead of adding them yourself. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 16:00, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

#Toulous[edit]

Hi. This is the writing of for Tulou
--Visionhelp (talk) 21:12, 30 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Question: remarkable ´World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme´ ?[edit]

https://whc.unesco.org/en/earthen-architecture/
--Visionhelp (talk) 08:07, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

wondering about this title for soil buildings[edit]

Hi. I am very wondering about this title, this choice of word(ing), to this topic. But I will never be familiar with a none native language as english is for me. From this I cannot estimate the possibly more than one meaning of the word ´earth´, and how to use.
For example: for soil and earth in german is only word with the exact same meaning, but not really, because of the earth is one and the soil is an other meaning. But having only this one word for both, then it is so just.
From this - my base - I may be wondering about not using the word soil instead of earth. But perhaps I may be enlightened, sophisticated, illuminated, solved, clarified; sorry this (https://www.dict.cc/?s=aufgekl%C3%A4rt)
Thank You very much. --Visionhelp (talk) 13:41, 13 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

BBC article on building with mud[edit]

Saw this today:

Gerretsen, Isabelle (2022-07-05). "The sustainable cities made from mud". BBC Future. Retrieved 2022-07-12.

Peaceray (talk) 23:34, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Definition Problems[edit]

@WP:GAR coordinators:

Unfortunately, incorrect terminology is often used in connection with earth building and new terms are constantly being invented. For example, "mud", "earth" and "loam" are regularly and indiscriminately used to describe a building material. This can and regularly does lead to misunderstandings. Since people live in it, this can also be very dangerous. It is probably not Wikipedia's job to define and standardize terms, but this problem should be pointed out in the article, until its cleaned up.

AChatNoir (talk) 16:19, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]