Talk:Tower of Babel

Semi-protected edit request on 05/1/2025 (Remove "myth" and "parable" everywhere.)

A few people have already stated and I'm continuing the thread. I would suggest you please remove "myth" and "parable" everywhere and replace it with a different word because this whole article makes it seem like a fairytale and I came here to research about the Tower of Babel and learn more about its biblical connection, not to act as a full-time editor because some random writer decided to view this event as a myth and a parable. [1]https://www.icr.org/article/what-happened-at-tower-babel/ XAmDianaX (talk) 01:16, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No. Please see above: The consensus achieved in this discussion favors describing the topic of this article as a myth. If you've come here to decry its use or suggest it be changed, you should read the discussion first. Pyrrho the Skipper (talk) 02:51, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Genesis is a book of origins that was generally accepted by western civilisations for over 2000 years. Modern scholarship has a bias that does not reflect the view held by many, of Genesis being an inspired and sacred text that describes what really occurred in an accurate and concise manner. Please show respect to this widely held view. Geoffrob (talk) 15:10, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"accepted by western civilisations for over 2000 years" See, idiots can make mistakes for 2 millennia and still be corrected by the findings of archaeology, history, and common sense. The Book of Genesis is not an "inspired" text, it is "primarily mythological". Dimadick (talk) 14:41, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Also by the findings of linguistics. We don't know exactly how all the world's different languages developed, but we do know there was not an original language that was confused. (And it's not for want of trying, back in the day!) --bonadea contributions talk 16:02, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You are being disrespectful. Furthermore, if a committee determined that the appropriate term was myth, then it seems the committee was also being disrespectful. It is entirely possible to present the information without asserting it to be verified truth and without the use of such words. For example, it could be described as a Bible story, not corroborated by archeological evidence. The continuing references could be to "story" rather than myth.
It is VERY difficult to prove a negative. I don't think you can prove that it didn't happen.
Besides inclusion in the Christian Bible, Genesis is included in the Jewish Torah, but under the name "In the Beginning." There are many people who place their religious faith in the content of the Bible or Torah. Calling that content "myth" insults these faith beliefs. MissMartha8 (talk) 04:47, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia articles follow what reliable sources say about a topic. See WP:RS. I doubt you will agree to our criteria. Doug Weller talk 06:35, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia COULD choose to find different words other than myth and parable to indicate that this is a matter found in religious texts and not well supported from other sources, thus not reported as history. However, Wikipedia IS choosing the insensitive route of decrying the matter as a myth or parable.
It is this choice to be insensitive while being factual, rather than applying tact that has caused me to choose to stop financially supporting Wikipedia. I was never a big giver, but how many people can you shout down and still keep a broad base of support. MissMartha8 (talk) 21:36, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Pop Culture additional video game.

If anyone is interested in adding it the Tower of Babel also appears in the game Serious Sam the Second Encounter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serious_Sam:_The_Second_Encounter#Plot https://serioussam.fandom.com/wiki/Tower_of_Babel 2600:1700:3F00:BD0:1458:B0D9:C7C8:CBBD (talk) 00:46, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Tower of Babel is also referenced in the song "Alone Infection" within Guilty Gear Strive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilty_Gear_Strive https://guiltygear.fandom.com/wiki/Alone_Infection — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1010:A120:C4BC:6720:51CD:862C:87D2 (talk) 21:46, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

'Tower of Babel' is also the title of a JLA comic book storyline published by DC Comics in 2000, written by Mark Waid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JLA:_Tower_of_Babel https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/JLA:_Tower_of_Babel — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-21489-88 (talk) 19:56, 7 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

EU Tower Of Babel Poster

Greetings.

First off, I do not agree or disagree with the position shown in the articles I will link. They are merely for reference as images (I have no idea how to link to images themselves). With that, should this page in any way mention the infamous (I myself do not know if it was fabricated or real) EU Tower Of Babel poster?

https://www.capitalandconflict.com/geopolitics/the-blockheads-of-babylon/

Once more, I am not speaking of the conspiracy theories, merely of the poster shown on the page.

Thank you, have a nice day. ~2025-39171-67 (talk) 06:56, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 12 February 2026

Remove mythical. Brittbeth (talk) 09:38, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Have you read the discussion first? See above. In any case that's not going to happen. The consensus is that it is a myth. Doug Weller talk 10:25, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 26 May 2026

Please check the conversion from paces to miles in "A typical medieval account is given by Giovanni Villani (1300): he relates that "it measured eighty miles [130 km] round, and it was already 4,000 paces high [5.92 km; 3.68 mi] and 1,000 paces thick, and each pace is three of our feet."[21]

Is 4000 paces = 3.68 miles?

Since a mile is 5280 ft and a pace is 3 ft, 12000[ft]/5280[ft/mile] = 2.27 mile

Also, 2.27 mile = 3.65 km.

Now if a pace is 2.5 ft or 30 inches and not 3 ft then we have 4000 paces x 2.5 ft = 10000 ft, 10000ft/5280ft/mile = 1.89 mile

which is still less than indicated. Since your source [21] says the conversion is 1 pace = 3 ft, the latter is correct.

Thanks! ~2026-31310-25 (talk) 13:35, 26 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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