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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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-Aren't "referendum" and "plebiscite" have similar meaning?  What does the author mean?
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-That section sounds like it has an agenda to argue that Bahrain shouldn't be its own country and I wondered the same about the two words.  They share one entry under "referendum," but that does say that "plebiscite" can be used to refer to votes carried out by an undemocratic regime for its own purposes.  The assumption that the two are different also appears in the following article listed amoung the external links. Is that where the author got this info?  It describes a process of a series of consultations rather than a big vote.
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-Mishmahig Islands (Bahrain), How it was separated from Iran?  http://www.iranchamber.com/geography/articles/mishmahig_islands_bahrain.php
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+== Map inset is incorrect ==
-Could someone write an article about position etc of the Amwaj Islands which were recently in the news but nowhere covered in wikipedia except an item about the filming of Big Brother in Bahrain.
+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)
-The article has been extensively rewritten and no longer has the pro-Iranian POV or hairsplitting on meaning of "plebescite" discussed above.
+== 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:
-Bahrain is an interesting country. I would like to know more about the portuguese era - when was it, and are there portuguese colonial monuments / buildings there? I hope someone who knows about this would update the history section - because the article is really lacking in this department. --[[User:SWA|SWA]] 16:03, 4 January 2006 (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]]."
+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)
-== Michael Jackson?! ==
+: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)
-Isn't it a bit absurd to mention Michael Jackson in this article? I mean, it's like adding the phrase "Meg Ryan went to China and brought a child home" in the [[China]] article. - [[User:Eagleamn|Eagle]]<sup>[[User_talk:Eagleamn|'''a''']]</sup><sup>[[User_talk:Eagleamn|'''m''']]</sup><sup>[[User_talk:Eagleamn|'''n''']]</sup> 20:19, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
+== Military - "Small but professional and well-0rganised" ==
-How can you say that?  MJ is the greatest singer in the whole world and he heals children with his touch!  You're just a hater [/sarcasm] Not much we can do.  Bahrain's stuck with him and we just have to bear the shame and the insults....
+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)
-== Places of interest in Bahrain ==
+== North Americans? And the whole continental grouping ==
-Hi There, I am a new traveller to Bahrain. I would like to enquire if you can tell me the places of interests in the city. Cheers and much thanks
-I can be reached at manhattan sterling@yahoo.com.sg
+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)
-== Two seas ==
-Since Bahrain previously referred to the entire area including what is currently Saud, wouldnt it make more sense that two seas refers to the red sea and the persian gulf, rather than the fact that both sweet water and salty water are present.
-== Spring of Culture ==
-I've put a link to the Spring of Culture festival that's running during March 2006. The link needs to be removed at the end of the month when the festival ends.
-[[User:82.194.62.22|82.194.62.22]] 08:22, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
-:I removed it because I thought it was broken, but actually it works fine in explorer (I'm using firefox). Yes, I'll try to remember. Thanks. [[User:El C|El_C]] 08:30, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
-== Mishmahig ==
-I see no reason to refer to the name [[Mishmahig]] at the start of this article. Since independence in 1973 Bahrain has had two names: State of Bahrain (1973-2002); Kingdom of Bahrain (2002-). The term Mishmahig has never been used to describe the sovereign state to which this article refers.
-It should be noted that in Bahrain's history it has been referred to with numerous names: [[Dilmun]], [[Tylos]], Awal and according to [[irredentism| irredentist]] Persians, Mishmahig. It is one former term among many.
-I would also advise removing the redirection from Mishmahig to Bahrain that currently operates as they do not refer to the same concept.
-[[User:Deep Blue Sea|Deep Blue Sea]] 12:31, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
-== copyright violation ==
-Please note: I have deleted the first 2 paragraphs from "Culture" after it sounded too much like a travaler-guide to me. I've Googled some sentences from it and found [http://www.zuji.com/dest/guide/0,1277,ZUJINZ%7C2961%7C227%7C1,00.html this], with a copyright note from Lonely Planet.The second paragraph wasn't all copied out from the LP, but the few words that were original weren't much (a bit from a sentence about spoken languages, which should be in Demographics if anywhere), so I've deleted them as well. [[User:Havelock|Havelock]] 18:34, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
-== Adding new islands to the coastline of Bahrain? ==
-I saw a TV program that referred to the creation of numerous islands along the coastline of Bahrain.  Some interesting shapes (like a palm tree, about a mile across, with hundreds of building sites) were being created by massive dredging and filling.
-I do not find anything about this project in the article, except for one vague sentence, ''Construction proceeds on several major industrial projects.''  It would be interesting to see a map (or better yet, aerial photos) of this new development, and a factual description of the huge project.
-I found some info ''... shares in the Amwaj Islands Project, northeast of Muharraq, have been sold to the public... The BD378 million ($1 billion) tourism project is being developed by Amwaj Property Development Company and promoted by Ossis Property Developers...''
-But that is a much, much smaller development project than the one presented in the TV show.