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Censorship
I suggest that whoever is undoing updates on the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology page stop immediately. If you're afraid of the truth then find another corner of the internet to sulk in. We're trying to bring Saudi Arabia out of the stone age here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Waheywahey (talk • contribs) 04:51, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
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Dammam
Large parts of the article Dammam appear to have been machine translated, probably from Arab into English. This has made a lot of information incomprehensible. See for instance the sentence "That the blood could be considered as a way similar to the lighthouse marine although the adoption of the first sound and second light". Because I don't speak Arab, I don't know what the author wanted to say. Could anyone who speaks Arab have a look at this article? 94.212.31.237 (talk) 13:47, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
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I started List of lighthouses in Saudi Arabia mainly because of Jeddah Light (which could use a good photo). Maybe one day someone will continue this. Best regards. --Muhandes (talk) 18:26, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
I expanded the article as much as I can. Please visit the page and give me your opinion on the talk page.Abrnkak (talk) 10:42, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
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Asian Football Confederation WP:Saudi Arabia?
Just wondering how is this article is under WP:Saudi Arabia? Nothing about it is directly about Saudi Arabia. Banana Fingers (talk) 14:28, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
Criticism
I started adding some information in this part of the article about his son prince Saud Abdul Aziz bin Nasser Al-Saud and information that was given to the king about the mosques in saudia arabia but it was deleted it. I sited the information inside of the paragraphs. Was I supposed to put my references at the end of the wiki article? Does anybody know why they keep deleting my information?
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Wikileaks stuff on Saudi nightlife
Hi! I found:
- Lister, Tim. "WikiLeaks: Sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll -- Saudi style." CNN. December 8, 2010.
WhisperToMe (talk) 03:50, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
Saudi/Jordanian monarchy move request
Hello, I have started a move request for several Saudi and Jordanian monarchs without regnal numerals. The move would shift these articles from the "[Name] of [Country]" formulation to "[Name], King of [Country]" (like the recently moved
Saudi Airlines HQ stuff
Hi! I saw in some personal webpages that Zahyr Siddiqi was the guy who designed the Saudi Arabian Airlines headquarters
Where can I find a reliable source that says this? WhisperToMe 13:15, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
Bin Saud Pesidents of Al Nassr FC - can you help?
- Sultan bin Saud
- Prince Faisal Bin Abdulrahman Bin Saud
- Mamdoh bin Abdulrahman bin Saud
- Abdul-Rahman bin Saud bin Abdul-Aziz(no longer living but still unreferenced)
These biographies were all created by the same editor (no longer active) in 2008 and have remained unreferenced ever since. The claim to notability appears to be both the membership of the Saudi royal family and the Presidency of the Al-Nassr football club. I have tried (and failed) to find any
Sourcing for Abdul Majid Abdullah
Could someone find some reliable, independent sources for this article. I looked for them for the English-language name, but didn't find any about this person - only about other people with the same name (I tell a lie, I found a minor mention along the lines of "Singers include Abdul MNajid Adbullah who is famous and xyz who ..."). However, I do not read Arabic, so I cannot tell if any of the hits on GNews Archive, etc, are about this person, rather than another person with the same name.
- Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
- Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
I am leaving a message about this on relevant WikiProjects, but if no sources are found, I will take this article to
\ 16:20, 2 June 2011 (UTC)I've created the above article. How do I get it assessed under
) 22:15, 17 July 2011 (UTC)I've just finished some fairly major revisions of this template. First I merged the almost-unused
I think it's now considerably easier to survey the subject area. I didn't set out to make such large revisions (template article more than doubled in size); hopefully I didn't go out of bounds for editing without prior approval. I invite you to add anything I've overlooked and/or make other revisions as you see fit. Also, please add this template to all Saudi-related articles in which it would be proper to have it included.
Miscellaneous sources
I found some things from the Saudi Embassy in London and the Saudi tourism department
- http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.sauditourism.gov.sa = Website of the Saudi Department of Tourism
- Includes advice on how to dress: http://web.archive.org/web/20050306011914/http://www.sauditourism.gov.sa/sct/indexlist.php?catid=41&maincat=Travel_Tips
- http://web.archive.org/web/19991125035359/http://www.saudiembassy.org.uk/publications/questions-of-human-rights/questions-of-human-rights.htm = FAQ from the Saudi Embassy of the UK from foreigner questions - has Saudi justifications for what they do
Also an editorial from a Pakistani newspaper
- Saleem, Farrukh. "Challenges for the House of Saud." (Opinion) Jang (The News International, Pakistan). 23 November 2003 (27 Ramadan 1424 A.H.) ISSN 1563-9479
And State Dept stuff..
- http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_931.html = Guide on marriage in Saudi Arabia (Archive)
- http://web.archive.org/web/19991013015947/http://travel.state.gov/marriage_to_saudis.html = Old version of "Marriage to Saudis"
- http://web.archive.org/web/19980508012500/http://travel.state.gov/tips_mid-east&nafrica.html - Tourism tips
- General tips = http://web.archive.org/web/19990203015807/http://travel.state.gov/saudi.html
This could be useful on a section about relationships between Saudi men and western women WhisperToMe (talk) 23:35, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
Al-Harm being considered for deletion
The article
Hi,
There has been some discussion on the notability and/or verifiability of the actual existence of this party. The party seems to have a Jordan-based website at http://www.islamicommaparty.com/ and is widely being reported as being a newly formed party by various news outlets. However these reports seem to be almost exclusively based on a reports by AFP and AP. Some of the usual Arab outlets don't seem to report on it at all, while other regional sources quote AFP/AP also. There seems to be no locally originated reports on this party. Could members of the project perhaps assist with finding Arab original sources that are not based on western newswire reports ? At this point it has been suggested that this party's existence may be a news myth, with one news outlet simply copying the info from the last.
See discussion at Talk:Umma_Islamic_Party#urban_legend.3F for more info. Travelbird (talk) 22:28, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
- IMHO this discussion is obsolete now - Human Rights Watch reported the arrests of five of the founding members, and there are several other sources - see the article for details. Boud (talk) 01:35, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
WikiWomen's History Month
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Rebelling Saudi style
Please see:
- Davies, Catriona, Rima Maktabi, and Aroub Abdelhaq. "How to rebel, Saudi style." CNN. Friday 23 March, 2012.
WhisperToMe (talk) 17:15, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
China-Saudi Relations
I am university student who has been assigned the project of expanding the stub article about the relations between China and Saudi Arabai. I am currently focusing on China and Saudi Arabia's energy trade. If there are any sources, comments, advice, etc please post to the discussion section of my sandbox. Here is a link to my sandbox article: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Bparker-goos/sandbox&action=edit&redlink=1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bparker-goos (talk • contribs) 05:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Can I ask for your help at the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tarot island? We don't have enough info on what is the right English translation of the name of this island--Lenticel (talk) 00:43, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Sharoura to Sharurah
I have redirected a stub named
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Adult breastfeeding
Does anyone have anything to add to this discussion? Thanks in advance. Formerip (talk) 22:04, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
NPOV Review
Today I read the article about Abdullah, the current king of Saudi Arabia. It is anything but neutral. I added a comment to that effect on its talk page. I raise the same issue here, in hope that someone will work on it.Carmaskid (talk) 05:52, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Need Arabic-speaker help at Ogab bin Mohaia
I found an article, p. I did find the ar.wiki article about him which is pretty extensive. I searched his name in Arabic on gBooks and got a number of hits which (by mentions of time period and the Transjordan) do appear to cover this same person. This looks to be one of those cases where a person is well-covered in non-English books but not in English, so there could be real utility in using Arabic sources to build the English article and thus expose a whole new readership to this biography. MatthewVanitas (talk) 20:59, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
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Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud
I updated this biography based on new information provided by the subject and which could be adequetly referenced. It was made in Arabic and English. (with the Arabic being approved). The changes in English remained for a month at which point the entry was changed back to its exisiting form. I have contacted the editor to understand the reason but to no avail. Can someone help advise how I can work collaboratively so we can ensure the much needed updates are made on a permanent basis? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LimelightME (talk • contribs) 03:49, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
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