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Semi-protected edit request on 15 February 2024
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Remove public execution, it's a myth and has no data backing it up. Don't like seeing myths and accusations on a site that's supposed to be a reliable and true source of information there are no public executions because they are no public ones, all just private in a room JohnGalt245 (talk) 17:18, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
- There certainly have been, and I've added a citation to Amnesty International to back it up. I've modified the wording somewhat,since it doesn't necessarily reflect current practice, but it is not a myth. Acroterion (talk) 17:44, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 3 March 2024
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Under "Politics --> Human Rights", there is an error where a reference isn't completed.
"The justice system regularly engages in capital punishment, which has included public executions by beheading.[276]ref>"Rights group condemns Saudi beheadings". Associated Press. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2008.</ref>"
An extra "<" is missing at the beginning of the 'ref' I think. 128.255.234.11 (talk) 20:00, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
Wiki standards
English Wikipedia generally applies the transliteration and spelling standards developed by English-language scholars and academics. This is certainly the case with historical terms, while current terms may be spelled according to official policy in the respective country. The scholarly norms have evolved over time and are well founded.
The common academic name spelling in English requires the
- Omar ibn al-Khattab, not Omar Ibn Al Khattab
- Dumat al-Jandal, not Dumat Al Jandal
I know some perceive it as irreverential, but it's not meant to be and it is the common practice. If administrative units (national governments, regional or municipal authorities) decree a different English spelling as normative, this concerns only the individual names to which the decrees apply, and the modern administrative units, not the historical or archaeological sites.
Thank you. Arminden (talk) 13:56, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
Spelling
The banner used to be in British spelling but I changed it to British Oxford spelling since the majority of words with the ending ize/ise (izing/ising and ization/isation too) were already using the American/Oxford spelling, and I think enforcing the other variant would just lead to an inconsistent article, it also appears that the first version that's not a stub used the spellings "flavour" and "recognized" for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saudi_Arabia&oldid=1637856 Terbofast (talk) 07:26, 5 April 2024 (UTC)