Talk:Amman

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Amman

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Result: No consensus to delist. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:41, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

GA from 2015. Main problem is some unsourced material here and there. Though I do feel that if someone puts their time and energy into this article then they could easily fix it. Onegreatjoke (talk) 04:43, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke: Removed chunks of information, some unsourced and unfounded, others coming mainly from primary source. Added a few citations and moved few others. It needs a rewrite and update, but for now I think the GA status can be retained. Makeandtoss (talk) 10:32, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Problems that I have spotted:

• A few sentences needing citations still.
• There were eight registered radio stations broadcasting from Amman by 2007. Most English language stations play pop music targeted towards young audiences. This needs to be updated. I am also left wondering what proportion of radio stations are English language and which proportion are Arabic.
• although the mountainous terrain of the area has prevented the connection of some main roads, which are instead connected by bridges and tunnels. What does that mean? Are the bridges and tunnels not roads?
• There are eight circles, or roundabouts, that span and connect west Amman. What does this mean? I get the feeling they are not talking about actual roundabouts.
• The municipality began construction on a bus rapid transit (BRT) system as a solution in 2015. This needs to be updated. It also contradicts with the following paragraph, which states: Construction work on the BRT system started in 2010.
• The images in the gallery at the bottom should be better integrated with the article as per WP:GALLERY.

Steelkamp (talk) 16:15, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

• Steelkamp, I have fixed most of these. The circles do refer to actual roundabouts, but the sentence has been clarified. WP:GALLERY is not a part of the good article criteria. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 19:38, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

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Climate

@Ramzik1999: Pleases stop re-expanding the climate section. Sections in this article serve as summary and they cannot be expected to discuss everything about Amman's climate. Makeandtoss (talk) 17:16, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Suggestions

Good article but you should put more of the universities in prose with some info. The cityscape section tells me very little about actual individual buildings, can you add mention and link more buildings and add some basic facts? Museums is also listy and would read better with some interesting facts about half a dozen of them, when some were opened, what do they house etc. "But the food here isn't just the sum of its calories. In this politically, religiously and ethnically fraught corner of the world, it is a symbol of bloodlines and identity."[136] However, the city's street food scene makes the Ammani cuisine distinctive." Avoid " but" and "however"! :-)♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:19, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Temple not to be called "of Hercules". Why not?

Pls. contribute if you can to the discussion at Talk:Philadelphia (Amman)#Temple not to be called "of Hercules". Why? Arminden (talk) 18:21, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

"ٰĀmmān" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect ٰĀmmān has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 May 4 § Arabic diacritics + anything else until a consensus is reached. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 23:52, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

website link

The link to the city website in the info box leads to a 404 page. I don't know what the correct link is, or I would fix it myself. Benthatsme (talk) 16:42, 23 June 2026 (UTC)