Talk:The Arabic Encyclopedia

Notability

I've included in the text the historic development and events that lead to the publication of the 'Arab Encyclopedia'. Please note that the citations are limited to those written in English so as to ease verification. I argue that this entry is indeed notable based on the relation the encyclopedia has to the dynamics of the Arab League and Pan-Arab movements during the fifties up to their remnants in the present time. Moreover, references to this encyclopedia might be available in sources inaccessible to me at the present time. If references actually existed, then this entry would help to distinguish the 'Arab Encyclopedia' from other encyclopedias written in Arabic فيصل العدناني (talk) 23:01, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

The official title

Hi @Munfarid1 I just noticed that you moved the title from Arab Encyclopedia to the Arabic Encyclopedia, saying

Corrected, giving full title of the encyclopedia, as in its own web page

But the title in the web page is Arab Encyclopedia, isn't it? --Karim talk to me :)..! 07:20, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

@كريم رائد Hi, just checken the Arab Encyclopedia 's website as in Ref. 1. You are right it says in English: Arab Encyclopedia, but in Arabic there's al- before the rest of the title, and IMHO this is the official title. Munfarid1 (talk) 07:49, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

@Munfarid1 thanks for your response. I agree with you that the literal translation should be the Arabic Encyclopedia, but the title the encyclopedia uses is Arab Encyclopedia, so the current title -in my point of view- is original research. --Karim talk to me :)..! 11:38, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi again, looking closely for this at the sources, the only mention of "Arabic Encyclopedia" without the article before it is the English translation on the project's logo. The original wording is always preceded by the article al-, so I see no convincing argument to the contrary. BTW, I have referred to this before as an indication for the correct title, so there is no point of mentioning OR, and we users should rather AGF. Munfarid1 (talk) 09:28, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi @FuzzyMagma: and @فيصل العدناني:, as experienced users and speakers of Arabic, - could you have a look at this debate? I am sure you can add a helpful third opinion.Munfarid1 (talk) 09:32, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi thanks for the tag. I think The Arabic Encyclopedia is more accurate as "al" in this context is similar to "The" in English, which can be included depending on the context, like The Guardian or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (proper nouns). but maybe this is not a proper noun \o/ FuzzyMagma (talk) 12:53, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

@Munfarid1 thanks for bringing attention to the sources. The only one I can verify is the third cite, which mentions Arab Encyclopaedia (p. 367). Perhaps the an archive web helps us to verify the fifth. --Karim talk to me :)..! 10:34, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

However, I think the third cite isn't related to the topic. Is it? --Karim talk to me :)..! 10:40, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi, I just added two more references in Arabic, both calling this "The Arabic Encyclopedia". - As they are mentioned on the Arabic version of this article, you could have found and added them before bringing up this question. Munfarid1 (talk) 11:26, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

@Munfarid1 thanks for archiving the source. Now, the official title in Arabic is "الموسوعة العربية" (literally: the Arabic Encyclopaedia), but in English, as you see in the official site, it is "Arab Encyclopedia". Is there any source calling this encyclopaedia "the Arabic Encyclopedia"? Maybe they prefer to use the term "Arab" rather than "the Arabic" to indicate that this encyclopaedia is of or pertaining to Arabs, not merely that it is in the Arabic language. --Karim talk to me :)..! 13:46, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, but I see no reason to link it to Arabs, but only to Arabic language and culture. Munfarid1 (talk) 13:55, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Maybe the Arab culture. Anyway the encyclopedia uses this English title. --Karim talk to me :)..! 14:05, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

The article should be called Arab Encyclopedia Mayouhm (talk) 11:32, 25 July 2026 (UTC)