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Aswan High Dam was a Engineering and technology good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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March 4, 2012	Good article nominee	Not listed

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On 9 March 2026, it was proposed that this article be moved from Aswan Dam to Aswan High Dam. The result of the discussion was moved.

Requested move 9 March 2026

Latest comment: 4 months ago6 comments6 people in discussion

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. no objections, seems like consensus (closed by non-admin page mover) HundredVisionsAndRevisions (talk) 17:28, 16 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Aswan Dam → Aswan High Dam – There are two significant dams near Aswan, and this article is about the High Dam. Even in the article itself, "High Dam" appears more often than "Aswan Dam". Anywikiuser (talk) 15:07, 9 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Agree that "Aswan High Dam" is more common in the sources than "Aswan Dam". Plus "Aswan High Dam" avoids the ambiguity related to the other dam (Aswan Low Dam). Noleander (talk) 15:27, 9 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Support: appears to be the WP:COMMONNAME in reliable sources. Bait30 ^{Talk 2 me pls?} 18:55, 9 March 2026 (UTC)Reply
Neutral, but if moved then Aswan Dam should still redirect to this one, as it's very definitely the primary topic. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:47, 13 March 2026 (UTC)Reply
Support Rreagan007 (talk) 18:05, 13 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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