Talk:Marib

Ma'rib/Marib

The spelling used in the article is inconsistent. I've seen both used; Marib seems more common, but perhaps Ma'rib is more correct. Probably either is fine, as long as it's consistent. Tapatio (talk) 19:22, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

"Current" population

No reference. Also, what year? Someone the Person (talk) 22:47, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Saba - Saudi Arabia

In the Notes it is said that Saba "survives today (Saba = Sa'abia = Saudi Arabia)." This is wrong. Saudi Arabia has got its name from the House of Saud, not from Saba 217.209.144.206 (talk) 09:23, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Better title picture

Seeing as this is a currently inhabited, populated settlement, wouldn't it be more appropriate to show a picture of the actual populated city? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.141.187.64 (talk) 03:05, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

I completely agree. I unfortunately took no photos in New Ma'rib (if I may call it that) and have not seen any on the web. The new town is not very old - I'm not sure when it began, but not before 1950 - and the old town was still sparsely inhabited as of 2006 and likely still is. I put the photo of Old Ma'rib in because it was interesting and historically relevant, not to represent the current town. Tapatio (talk) 21:59, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Recent attacks in 2021

There were recent attacks, or some news agencies reported this. Unfortunately wikipedia does not have any news in this regard; perhaps the article should be split eventually into a separate history page of Ma'rib as well. (Edit: Added one link to BBC but there are more articles about these recent events -> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56168943 ; second edit - perhaps it refers to the district rather than city, e. g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marib_District but eithe rway none of the articles currently mention the recent events from 2021 ) 2A02:8388:1602:6D80:C080:419D:679D:C9F8 (talk) 20:37, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 22 April 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved, based on a RMT request, and since that's legit, RM is just unnecessary. Speedy close ─ The Aafī ^(talk) 22:05, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

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Maʼrib → Marib – WP:COMMONNAME. 3.28 million results for Marib compared to 571,000 results for Ma'rib and 5,140 results for the current name, Maʼrib. Marib is used by Washington Post, France24, BBC, Reuters, and Al-Jazeera. Thepharoah17 (talk) 09:41, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

• Comment: WP:TSC seems to support this, recommending "Quran instead of Qur'an". — BarrelProof (talk) 23:08, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.