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Section sizes

Section size for World Trade Center (1973–2001) (35 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	14,573	14,573
Before the World Trade Center	339	9,655
Site	2,536	2,536
Establishment of the World Trade Center	6,780	6,780
Development	134	23,079
Design	2,818	15,503
Design features	12,685	12,685
Construction	7,442	7,442
Complex	2,814	38,546
North and South Towers	6,442	11,273
Floor plan	4,831	4,831
Austin J. Tobin Plaza	6,667	6,667
Top of the World observation deck	6,919	6,919
Windows on the World Restaurant	6,717	6,717
Other buildings	4,156	4,156
Major events	18	19,091
February 13, 1975 fire	2,625	2,625
February 26, 1993 bombing	8,235	8,235
January 14, 1998 robbery	714	714
Other events	3,118	3,118
Proposed lease	4,381	4,381
Destruction	15,685	15,685
New World Trade Center	8,122	8,122
Impact and legacy	80	23,734
Reception	6,831	6,831
On the surrounding community	5,035	5,035
As popular culture icon	6,238	11,788
After the September 11 attacks	5,550	5,550
Logo	1,071	1,071
See also	175	175
References	15	4,353
Notes	26	26
Citations	29	29
Sources	4,283	4,283
External links	3,373	3,373
Total	161,457	161,457

The WTC did not 'open' in 1973!

The WTC began accepting tenants into the first tower upon its completion in 1970. The WTC was open. The second tower was completed in 1972 - and becoming tenanted. The official ribbon cutting opening ceremony was in 1973. This is not made clear at the beginning of the article.

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How many Lifts/elevators in the twin towers

The twin towers 184.63.212.33 (talk) 22:56, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Change Its rooftop observation deck was 1,362 ft (415 m) high to Its rooftop observation deck was 1,377 ft (420 m) high

^[1] TomTheHistoryGuy (talk) 23:59, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done:Request introduces reality-bending errors. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 06:35, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ https://www.911memorial.org/learn/resources/digital-exhibitions/world-trade-center-history/world-trade-center-facts-and-figures#:~:text=The%20South%20Tower%20Observation%20Deck,it%20opened%20in%20December%201975.

History merge

So this page was obviously already in existence in 2004: https://web.archive.org/web/20040203051832/http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center

Where is the history of that page until 2015? I haven't been able to locate it. Can we do a history merge? PhotographyEdits (talk) 13:45, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@PhotographyEdits, the history of this page is at Talk:World Trade Center/old, which is linked at the top of this talk page.

If I recall correctly, the history cannot be merged for these reasons:

Both this page and World Trade Center (2001–present) can reasonably be construed as "successors" to the original page. The original article talked about both the old complex and the current complex. This was discussed at length at Talk:World Trade Center/Archive 4#History merge, where there was discussion about which page the original article's history should be merged with.
The original page had 6,300 revisions, so it was not possible to histmerge the pages at the time of the above discussion (in 2015).
The history of Talk:World Trade Center/old is linked at the top of both this talk page and Talk:World Trade Center (2001–present). As such, I don't think any attribution of previous revisions is being lost here.

– Epicgenius (talk) 14:27, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm confused. Am I correctly understanding that the history of the article page is now inaccessible, but the talk page history is preserved in /old? The 2001-current building article history also goes back to 2015.

Maybe it wasn't clear, but I was looking for the *article* history before 2015 about the original WTC building, not the talk page. PhotographyEdits (talk) 15:24, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@PhotographyEdits, it's my fault for being unclear; I should've said the article history is at Talk:World Trade Center/old. Sorry if I was unclear. (The talk page history is at Talk:World Trade Center.) – Epicgenius (talk) 15:38, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Right. Thanks for clearing that up! PhotographyEdits (talk) 18:09, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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+The twin towers [[Special:Contributions/184.63.212.33|184.63.212.33]] ([[User talk:184.63.212.33|talk]]) 22:56, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
-{{edit semi-protected|World Trade Center (1973–2001)|answered=yes}}
-In the Construction section append the following info....
+== Semi-protected edit request on 23 August 2024 ==
-In several episodes of the McCloud detective TV Series you can see the towers under construction especially Series 02 Episode 03 where you can see both towers half built. The opening aerial credits show the bottom of one tower being constructed. [[Special:Contributions/87.75.140.92|87.75.140.92]] ([[User talk:87.75.140.92|talk]]) 17:00, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
-:[[File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done:''' please provide [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable sources]] that support the change you want to be made.<!-- Template:ESp --> <span class="nowrap">—[[User:TechnoSquirrel69|TechnoSquirrel69]]</span> ([[User talk:TechnoSquirrel69|sigh]]) 22:37, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
+{{edit semi-protected|World Trade Center (1973–2001)|answered=yes}}
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+Change Its rooftop observation deck was {{convert|1362|ft|m|abbr=on}} high to Its rooftop observation deck was {{convert|1377|ft|m|abbr=on}} high
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-The result of the move request was: '''Procedural close''' of a stated test edit.  [[User:Station1|Station1]] ([[User talk:Station1|talk]]) 05:56, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
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-* [[:7 World Trade Center (1987–2001)]] → {{no redirect|7 World Trade Center (1987–1999)}}
-* [[:Lists of tenants in the World Trade Center (1973–2001)]] → {{no redirect|Lists of tenants in the World Trade Center (1973–1999)}}
-* [[:11′09″01 September 11]] → {{no redirect|11′09″99 September 11}}
-– Correct date is September 11, 1999. For test purposes [[User:GabrielPenn4223|GabrielPenn4223]] ([[User talk:GabrielPenn4223|talk]]) 05:07, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
+<ref>https://www.911memorial.org/learn/resources/digital-exhibitions/world-trade-center-history/world-trade-center-facts-and-figures#:~:text=The%20South%20Tower%20Observation%20Deck,it%20opened%20in%20December%201975.</ref> [[User:TomTheHistoryGuy|TomTheHistoryGuy]] ([[User talk:TomTheHistoryGuy|talk]]) 23:59, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
-*'''Comment''' —&nbsp;...What? (Can you clarify what you mean?) <small>[[User:Paintspot|Paintspot Infez]] ([[User talk:Paintspot|talk]])</small> 05:48, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
+:[[File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done:'''<!-- Template:ESp -->Request introduces reality-bending errors. [[User:AlphaBetaGamma|ABG]] <small> ([[User talk:AlphaBetaGamma|Talk/Report any mistakes here]]) </small> 06:35, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
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+{{reflist-talk}}
-== Semi-protected edit request on 23 January 2024 ==
+== History merge ==
-{{edit semi-protected|World Trade Center (1973–2001)|answered=Yes}}
-There is a spelling error for facade in the section 'Destruction'. It has been written as façade instead of facade. [[User:Adrij2011|Adrij2011]] ([[User talk:Adrij2011|talk]]) 09:29, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
-:Not a spelling error, the [[cedilla]] can be used in this context in English, at least optionally. '''<span style="font-family: Arial;">[[User:Acroterion|<span style="color: black;">Acroterion</span>]] <small>[[User talk:Acroterion|<span style="color: gray;">(talk)</span>]]</small></span>''' 12:11, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
-:I already changed it for consistency (two other instances of "facade" already in article). [[User:Hyphenation Expert|Hyphenation Expert]] ([[User talk:Hyphenation Expert|talk]]) 12:13, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
+So this page was obviously already in existence in 2004: https://web.archive.org/web/20040203051832/http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center
-== Plane crash fatalities ==
+Where is the history of that page until 2015? I haven't been able to locate it. Can we do a history merge? [[User:PhotographyEdits|PhotographyEdits]] ([[User talk:PhotographyEdits|talk]]) 13:45, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
-It should be noted that 147 people died from the two planes crashing into the Twin Towers. The 157 given in this article includes the ten terrorists on both planes. I've repeatedly seen the total fatality count at the World Trade Center as being 2,753 and I believe this should be consistent throughout. [[User:Butterscotch5|Butterscotch5]] ([[User talk:Butterscotch5|talk]]) 13:19, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
+:@[[User:PhotographyEdits|PhotographyEdits]], the history of this page is at [[Talk:World Trade Center/old]], which is linked at the top of this talk page.{{pb}}If I recall correctly, the history cannot be merged for these reasons:
+:# Both this page and [[World Trade Center (2001–present)]] can reasonably be construed as "successors" to the original page. The original article talked about both the old complex and the current complex. This was discussed at length at [[Talk:World Trade Center/Archive 4#History merge]], where there was discussion about which page the original article's history should be merged with.
+:# The original page had 6,300 revisions, so it was not possible to histmerge the pages at the time of the above discussion (in 2015).
+:# The history of [[Talk:World Trade Center/old]] is linked at the top of both this talk page and [[Talk:World Trade Center (2001–present)]]. As such, I don't think any attribution of previous revisions is being lost here.
+: &ndash; [[User:Epicgenius|Epicgenius]] ([[User talk:Epicgenius|talk]]) 14:27, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
+::I'm confused. Am I correctly understanding that the history of the article page is now inaccessible, but the talk page history is preserved in /old? The 2001-current building article history also goes back to 2015.
+::Maybe it wasn't clear, but I was looking for the *article* history before 2015 about the original WTC building, not the talk page. [[User:PhotographyEdits|PhotographyEdits]] ([[User talk:PhotographyEdits|talk]]) 15:24, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
+:::@[[User:PhotographyEdits|PhotographyEdits]], it's my fault for being unclear; I should've said the ''article'' history is at [[Talk:World Trade Center/old]]. Sorry if I was unclear. (The talk page history is at [[Talk:World Trade Center]].) &ndash; [[User:Epicgenius|Epicgenius]] ([[User talk:Epicgenius|talk]]) 15:38, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
+::::Right. Thanks for clearing that up! [[User:PhotographyEdits|PhotographyEdits]] ([[User talk:PhotographyEdits|talk]]) 18:09, 27 September 2024 (UTC)