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Correct total? Riyadh compound bombings

The death toll states 35, but the Riyadh_compound_bombings#Casualties states 36. Which is correct. Please forgive me for asking this question. Thank, Marasama (talk) 04:30, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Personal Projects

Hi, I've been interested on arabian subjects for some time now, though translating more english content to german than actually editing english articles. I visited Riyadh and the east province some years ago and became quit addicted to the atmosphere of Diriyah. At that time being a student of architecture and very interested in vernacular architecture, I was thrilled with the opportunity to scramble all over the empty buildings and study them in detail. Thus during my stay in the "Magic Kingdom" this time I hope to be able to study even more of arabian architecture and architecture in Arabia. As part of the latter I have started to gather material about Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil and his buildings. I have also begun to visit his works in Jeddah and hopefully will have time to write about these subjects. Any help, such as photos of the inside of his mosques would be appreciated. I have also written about the Red Sea Mall, as I happened to have come along material about it I could use. I used the template I found at the Mall of America for it but couldn't find all the information it suggested to provide. Using these guidlines would be a great way to improve the existing shopping mall stubbs of Saudia Arabia or if they dont seem fit, draft some new ones adjusted to available local information and general local interest. The subjects I plan, spare time provided, to focus on though are older buildings and basic history. Tayma has generated some interst in Germany lately (I started the german article with a translation of the english content some time ago), so I guess I will try to add stuff there as well as look into Khaybar and Al-Ula, as the three seem somewhat related. However my main aim during this visit is old buildings in Jeddah and Diriyah. I bought a copy of the February 2008 issue of the architectural magazine "albenaa" which among others features an article on the future plans for Diriyah, converting it into a major touristic attraction. I surely do hope not too much of its authentic material gets destroyed. Does anyone have access to architectural plans of some of it's original structures? Same for Jeddah, any detailed scaled plans around? Same with forts. I know there was some general survey of forts related to the Hadj done recently or still underway. Anything known one could make scetches from that may be used in wp? Maybe a general article on the history of fortifications in Saudi-Arabia might be usefull and could connect and put in a general time frame articles like those in the Category:Forts in Saudi Arabia and Mard Castle and future ones such as about the forts in Hofuf or Jifan near Kharj and Muwayh al Qadim east of Harrat Kishb, or the Hajj qaal'ats such as those at Hisn Joffah, Khulays, Usfan and Dukhan around Jeddah or along the Hejaz Railway, not to mention all the old city gates or city walls that may have survived or not. --T.woelk (talk) 21:36, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Healthcare in Saudi Arabia

An editor has put a proposed deletion tag on this article with the text:

This article is unreferenced, so it fails wikipedia's most fundamental policy, of verifiability. The edit screen for creation of a new article clearly warns editors that unreferenced material may be deleted, and this article has been tagged as unreferenced since June 2006, which is quite long enough for references to be have been added. However, they haven't been added, and now it's time for this article to be deleted as unverified. A new article on the subject may of course be written in future, if it is referenced to met WP:V and to establish N|notability.

This is pretty obviously a notable subject which should have an article, so could anyone with knowledge of the subject please add some references so it doesn't get deleted? Phil Bridger (talk) 11:43, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Draft Guidelines for Lists of companies by country - Feedback Requested

Within WikiProject Companies I am trying to establish guidelines for all Lists of companies by country, the implementation of which would hopefully ensure a minimum quality standard and level of consistency across all of these related but currently disparate articles. The ultimate goal is the improvement of these articles to Featured List status. As a WikiProject that currently has one of these lists within your scope, I would really appreciate your feedback! You can find the draft guidelines here. Thanks for your help as we look to build consensus and improve Wikipedia! - Richc80 (talk) 14:01, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

The family/ children in saudi arabia

Living in saudi one thing that rises above the oil and the money that is there is that the children are the dominant factor in many of the decissions made.It is not about schools or money but if the children are happy. Saudi`s put their children first.It is something we should do more in the west. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.17.33.84 (talk) 21:31, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

!!!  A M M A R  21:54, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

1987 Mecca riot

The article is pretty one-sided and some particular users persist to change the name of the article to an inappropriate name. --Kaaveh (talk) 20:26, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

I think 1987 Hajj riot is better name but i prefer using Hijra-calender date rather thank Gregorian, since Hajj seasons are counted by Hijra years.  A M M A R  02:45, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

The title of the article was "1987 massacre of Iranian pilgrims" which was original research and POV. --Kaaveh (talk) 22:12, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Changes to the WP:1.0 assessment scheme

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Articles flagged for cleanup

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Wikipedia 0.7 articles have been selected for Saudi Arabia

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I'm having trouble removing a </ref> tag at Salem bin Laden

I'm having trouble removing a </ref> tag at Salem bin Laden. When I begin to remove it the text reverses and something strange happens. The tag is next to Arabic text, but I can't find how to get around this... WhisperToMe (talk) 20:47, 19 November 2008 (UTC)