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Merge 2 articles into this one?

I propose merging List of cities with over one million inhabitants and the population chart in Megacity (which could then be transculded) into this list and using the more recent statistics in those articles. The reason I want to merge them is because they overlap a lot. The reason I propose merging into this one is because it has a lot more readership. OrdinaryGiraffe (talk) 01:06, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Megacity there isn't any need to simply merge "per larger viewership" when the distinction of other articles is well defined. Respublik (talk) 10:16, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't mean the whole article, I mean this section of the page. OrdinaryGiraffe (talk) 15:51, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not entirely clear what you propose. Reasons to oppose are:
- The List article is already rather long.
- It would not be possible to merge the two tables, as the result would be much too unwieldy.---Ehrenkater (talk) 10:24, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Can you explain? The main chart in List of cities with over one million inhabitants has 456 entries. Because the other charts effectively use 5 million and 10 million, it would amount to moving the 456 entries here and then reformating to incorprate the other charts. I don't think it'd be much bigger than the cities with over one million chart right now. OrdinaryGiraffe (talk) 15:50, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To clarify what I mean: here's a demostration (with some work still needed) of what I propose.

I might as well add my reasons for this merge: The tables overlap (one is 1 million +, which inculdes the other two, one is 5 million +, and one is 10 million +), this particular list could use some more up-to-date data (not in my demo because it's really annoying to merge), and, as can be seen below and above the current criteria in this list (not fixed in demo) is confusing. OrdinaryGiraffe (talk) 20:19, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that it is not possible to merge both lists because they are too different in style and substance. My idea would be to change the title of the List section with city proper, urban area and metro population into "Overview" and add the list of the million-plus cities below it with some explanation.--Afus199620 (talk) 20:17, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can we delete this request? It's nonsensical and will make things unweildy. 2401:7000:CB35:8900:349B:5597:48E7:70D3 (talk) 10:42, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Closing, with no merge, given that the specific proposal has no support, there are objections, and the discussion is stale. Klbrain (talk) 17:02, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OPPOSE Per above. 58.152.51.59 (talk) 00:54, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 8 July 2024

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I request to edit adding Lagos,Nigeria to one of the most largest cities by population.There’s over 22million people living in that city. 67.225.26.102 (talk) 20:43, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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.

It is already on the list RudolfRed (talk) 21:30, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pune might be wrong.

Pune is #59 and is between Suzhou and Harbin. It shows those two cities as having over 6 million people but it shows Pune as having over 7 million people. This might be a mistake as someone might have accidentally put 7 instead of 6. If it were to be changed to six it would be make sense because it would be between the other two. Or it might be in the wrong place. If it were to be moved it would be at #52. 69.62.224.183 (talk) 18:38, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Good catch, the figures in that column are from the referenced UN 2018 PDF. Declangi (talk)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 October 2024

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Gallery of largest cities Sobhit Chakma (talk) 16:23, 14 October 2024 (UTC) Please change Gallery of largest cities[reply]

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. Cannolis (talk) 17:59, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The UN source is misleading, why using it?

Why is the population ranking in this article using the UN source as the main source? The UN source is very wrong and outdated (still using the 2018 figures), the so-called "City of Tokyo" in the UN source is actually a metropolitan area (the Greater Tokyo Area) rather than a proper city. It contains Yokohama (the second-largest city in Japan) and numerous nearby satellite cities. The real Tokyo City (consisting of the 23 special wards) only has approx. 9.7 million people. As a matter of fact, Tokyo is not the largest city in the world, not even close of being one.

This article spends a lot of energy explaining that there are mainly three different types of cities: city proper, urban area, and metropolitan area. If we study the UN source carefully, we would notice that it has mixed up these different types of cities and used all three in their population ranking. That's just misleading information for the readers. Although it was published by the UN, I reckon we should cast it away and use a better source as the main source instead. 2001:8003:9100:2C01:F5EF:C921:7B13:49DD (talk) 23:29, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]