Talk:List of tallest buildings in Myanmar

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Did you know... that most of the tallest buildings in Myanmar are located in Yangon, where skyscrapers are not allowed?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by DannyS712 (talk) 23:34, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that most of the tallest buildings in Myanmar are located in Yangon where skyscrapers are not allowed? Sources: See (Oxford Business Group 2013) and (Lau 2017) for the height limits in Yangon. See Emporis for the tallest buildings in Myanmar; all of the completed and planned buildings are classified under high rise; the only one classified as skyscraper on the list is 555 Merchant St, which was cancelled.
- ALT1:... that all but one of the twenty tallest buildings in Myanmar were completed in the 2010s? Source: Emporis and citations given per building

Reviewed: St Augustine's Church, Wrangthorn

Created by Hybernator (talk). Self-nominated at 19:00, 19 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]

The main hook is interesting, the article is well-sourced, QPQ is done, no copyvios, and other formal requirements are met. — MarkH₂₁^talk 14:07, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Unreliable sources tag[edit]

Hi @SounderBruce:, could you point out which sources you consider unreliable? FWIW, this article went through the DYK review process. If you are concerned about the height estimates, that's another issue altogether. The article does highlight the fact that it uses Emporis' estimates, and that the estimates may quite well be off. Nonetheless, Emporis itself is a reputable source. So is SkyscraperPage; it uses CTBUH data. Anyway, please identity the specific sources you find unreliable. Thanks. Hybernator (talk) 01:15, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

SkyscraperPage has user-generated content (mainly "correcting" CTBUH data). It is better to link directly to CTBUH's own database (Skyscraper Center), but the practice is generally deprecated in favor of secondary sources. Sounder Bruce 02:35, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feedback. I've added additional sources on the three items where Skyscraper Page is used as reinforcement: CQHP (a government agency); Emporis; and Skyscraper Center. Let me know if you see any other unreliable sources. As for using secondary sources, yes, I agree. The article does reference a number of news articles on the buildings; unfortunately, most articles only talk about the number of stories, and not the exact height. And the quality of the reporting is suspect at times. (E.g., the number of stories is often reported one less than the actual floor count. Some reporters (and CQHP the government agency) simply use the top floor as the number of stories even though the floor number starts from 0 (ground floor) in Myanmar.) Anyway, thanks for your input. Hybernator (talk) 18:43, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]