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Map inset is incorrect

The map used in the sidebar has a strange inset. The world map has a rectangle that covers an area from Egypt to India. But the larger map is only a fraction of this. Not accurate or helpful. I realize it's difficult for a country this small. 2401:7000:DB0D:3900:58C:C232:8442:549F (talk) 03:08, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Missing text?

This paragraph under Post-Arab Spring years seems to have had text cut from it, between the words "committee to" and the word "paying". As is, it doesn't make much sense: "On 9 April 2020, Bahrain launched a committee to paying private-sector employees for a three-month period in order to ease the financial pain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic."

What to do? Will-o-the-west (talk) 20:48, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It was added all in one go by an IP here, so probably just a grammar issue trying to say that the government supported private-sector employment. CMD (talk) 01:42, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Military - "Small but professional and well-0rganised"

Could someone more experienced in editing than me explain if this is a good choice of words? It seems overly subjective to me. I would assume a military is professional unless there is evidence to the contrary. Robhold2000 (talk) 06:42, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

North Americans? And the whole continental grouping

Thats not really an Ethnicity is it? I get the whole continental thing but its kinda weird. Continents are a really bad grouping of ethnicities anyways. Asians could be chinese or indian, completely unrelated, as could Africa be north african arabs or sub saharans. This metric is inefficient in providing info, and kinda useless DirkjanenBert (talk) 15:12, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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+The [[:File:Map of Bahrain.svg|map used in the sidebar]] has a strange inset. The world map has a rectangle that covers an area from Egypt to India. But the larger map is only a fraction of this. Not accurate or helpful. I realize it's difficult for a country this small. [[Special:Contributions/2401:7000:DB0D:3900:58C:C232:8442:549F|2401:7000:DB0D:3900:58C:C232:8442:549F]] ([[User talk:2401:7000:DB0D:3900:58C:C232:8442:549F|talk]]) 03:08, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
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-Participate in the deletion discussion at the [[commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Dave-landry-datawheel|nomination page]]. —[[User:Community Tech bot|Community Tech bot]] ([[User talk:Community Tech bot|talk]]) 14:42, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
-== So many men ==
+== Missing text? ==
+This paragraph under Post-Arab Spring years seems to have had text cut from it, between the words "committee to" and the word "paying". As is, it doesn't make much sense:
-This article and the main article on demography show the huge excess of adult men in Bahrain, but say nothing about this in words. Are the non-citizens, the temporary residents all male? In the ages below 20, the gender split is as one might expect, more less evenly split. Then above 20, there is an excess of men. I do not know the nation, and cannot find any commentary on this imbalance. - - [[User:Prairieplant|Prairieplant]] ([[User talk:Prairieplant|talk]]) 16:24, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
+"On 9 April 2020, Bahrain launched a committee to paying private-sector employees for a three-month period in order to ease the financial pain caused by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]."
-:{{yo|Prairieplant}} The main reason appears to be [[Migrant workers in Bahrain|foreign workers]]. Page 7 of [https://gulfmigration.grc.net/media/pubs/exno/GLMM_EN_2019_01.pdf this demographic report] provides detail. Feel free to include this source in the relevant articles and add further context for readers about the gender disparity. Hope this helps. Best, [[User:Left guide|Left guide]] ([[User talk:Left guide|talk]]) 12:13, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
+What to do? [[User:Will-o-the-west|Will-o-the-west]] ([[User talk:Will-o-the-west|talk]]) 20:48, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
-== Semi-protected edit request (31/8/23) ==
+:It was added all in one go by an IP [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bahrain&diff=prev&oldid=1152600428 here], so probably just a grammar issue trying to say that the government supported private-sector employment. [[User:Chipmunkdavis|CMD]] ([[User talk:Chipmunkdavis|talk]]) 01:42, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
-I request that the page could be semi-protected due to vandalism. [[User:Ebraali444|Ebraali444]] ([[User talk:Ebraali444|talk]]) 07:04, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
+== Military - "Small but professional and well-0rganised" ==
-== Breakdown of Sunni/Shia ==
+Could someone more experienced in editing than me explain if this is a good choice of words? It seems overly subjective to me. I would assume a military is professional unless there is evidence to the contrary. [[User:Robhold2000|Robhold2000]] ([[User talk:Robhold2000|talk]]) 06:42, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
-Seems to be a highly contested topic as to what % is Sunni vs Shia. The State Department says "Most estimates from NGOs and the Shia community state Shia Muslims represent a majority (55 to 70 percent) of the citizen population.", but the infobox seems to say 51% Sunni/49% Shia, and they don't publish official stats on the breakdown in their census. Is there any way to indicate that this % is uncertain or contested? [[Special:Contributions/205.175.106.234|205.175.106.234]] ([[User talk:205.175.106.234|talk]]) 20:07, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
+== North Americans? And the whole continental grouping ==
-== Jewish Population  ==
+Thats not really an Ethnicity is it? I get the whole continental thing but its kinda weird. Continents are a really bad grouping of ethnicities anyways. Asians could be chinese or indian, completely unrelated, as could Africa be north african arabs or sub saharans. This metric is inefficient in providing info, and kinda useless [[User:DirkjanenBert|DirkjanenBert]] ([[User talk:DirkjanenBert|talk]]) 15:12, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
-In the article, Jewish population is shown as 0.002% of the total population of 1.5 million. That means 30 Jews live in Bahrain. Is it correct data? I think we should remove this data from Article as the Jewish population is not substantial. [[Special:Contributions/103.61.109.73|103.61.109.73]] ([[User talk:103.61.109.73|talk]]) 06:09, 9 April 2024 (UTC)