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Former good article nomineeUnited Arab Emirates was a Geography and places good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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Languages

I changed the languages section to reflect the major languages spoken by the UAE's expatriate population and to then refer to the wide range of other languages rather than have people enumerating each of the minority languages spoken, after someone added 'Albanian'. Taken to its logical conclusion, the list would be huge as there are over 160 nationalities represented in the UAE's expatriate population. Hope this is an elegant solution. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 10:15, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yup go for it. Same as with other countries in the world, there are dozens of languages spoken here and it is okay to include the most common ones only.

Semi-protected edit request on 12 March 2015

Please change: temperatures reaching 40–50 degrees Celsius in the cities

to: temperatures reaching 40–50 degrees Celsius (104-122 degrees Fahrenheit) in the cities

for clarity to US readers. 54.240.196.185 (talk) 19:15, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I support this, but don't have time to do it right now. Should probably make use of {{Convert}}. — {{U|Technical 13}} (e • t • c) 19:29, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Thanks, NiciVampireHeart 19:38, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 April 2015

2.50.149.196 (talk) 05:18, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 07:52, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oil reserves ranking

The article states that the "UAE's oil reserves are the fourth-largest in the world", but both the citation link and the Wikipedia article of List of countries by proven oil reserves rank UAE as the 7th. It's an easy fix I would do myself, but I don't seem to have editing priviledges. Thanks.

Done. Cheers. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 09:07, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 15 June 2015

Grammatical correction: "The UAE's economy is the most diversified in the Gulf Cooperation Council, with its most populous city of Dubai emerging into an* center for international trade and transport.[10][11]" *should be 'a'. No big deal, but I thought I'd throw this out there. Wpursell (talk) 19:44, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done Cannolis (talk) 21:37, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Joournalism2k16 (talk) *although an is correct.

Layout needs attention

Could someone please check the sections on religion and education. Something is wrong with the layout and it is beyone me to fix it. kritikos99 (talk) 16:35, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Done -- [?] Looks good to me now; how about to you? -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 15:11, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]


History

Under the section 'Saudi Rule (1744-1891) there is a reference to Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa, "Sheikh Zayed was a strong leader and all tribes along his Emirates treated him with respect." which appears to confuse him with Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan, his grandson. In the time of ZBK Abu Dhabi had no influence over the Northern emirates which were dominated by the Qawasim. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 04:31, 3 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This whole section is way too large a part of the article for what was a temporary occupation of a small southern oasis town (Buraimi) - in fact, the heading 'Saudi Rule' is highly questionable as the emirates of the coast were never formally ruled by Saudi Arabia. Most of the text under the heading does not relate to any period of Saudi Rule.

The emirates currently forming the UAE were at one time - up until 1891 - part of the second Saudi State? This is an extraordinary claim made on the basis of no citation and which is clearly disproved by a large bulk of well known and documented history. The rulers of what became known as the 'Trucial Coast' - Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah, Ajman, Umm Al Qawain and Fujeirah were regarded as sovereign by the British, the dominant power in the region at the time, and were signatories to treaties (ie: recognised as being in a position of authority to make treaties rather than as being Saudi vassals) with the British in 1820, 1843, 1853 and in 1892. In fact, Saudi invaders were driven from Buraimi in 1870 by the then ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 05:10, 3 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I HAVE EDITED the history section to remove the spurious and wholly uncited sections referring to Saudi rule over the UAE and have replaced these with a cited and (I hope!) well structured history that accurately reflects the various influences over the formation of the UAE, from Christianity and Islam through the Portugese to the British. There's more to do, but this is at least an accurate reflection of documented history. Cheers. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 06:53, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]


Edit request

Several proposed changes:

  1. In the lead, second paragraph, please change "and chooses one of its members to be the president of the federation of the seven emirates" to "one of whom is selected as the president of the federation".
  2. In the same paragraph, please change "which is also the state's center of commercial and cultural activities" to "which is one of the two centers of commercial and cultural activities, together with Dubai".
  3. In the independence section (1.5), second paragraph, please change "then call the rulers of the other five emirates" to "then call the rulers of the other seven emirates" because their intention was to invite the rulers of Bahrain and Qatar too.
  4. In the independece section, second paragraph, please change "The emirates of Bahrain and Qatar were also invited to join the Union, but they declined the invitation." to "Bahrain and Qatar declined their invitations to join the union" to simplify the sentence.
  5. In the independence section, third paragraph, please change "It was a founding member of the Gulf Cooperation Council in May 1981 and its first summit was held in Abu Dhabi." to "It was a founding member of the Gulf Cooperation Council in May 1981, with Abu Dhabi hosting the first summit." in order to clarify the sentence.
  6. In the law section (3.1), second paragraph, please change "However, Dubai and Ras al-Khaimah do not belong to the national judiciary." with "However, Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah are not part of the federal judicial system." based on a virtually duplicate but slightly clearer sentence from the third paragraph of the law section.
  7. In the law section, third paragraph, please remove the duplicate sentence "Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah are not part of the federal judicial system."
  8. In the sports section (6.2), please remove "The great rivalries keep the UAE energized as people fill the streets when their favorite team wins" because this appears to be commentary.

Thanks in advance. 92.40.248.224 (talk) 02:08, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done all, except for #3, which I don't understand at a glance. Materialscientist (talk) 05:10, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Population

The population in the infobox is outdated/incorrect. The CIA World Factbook source listed does not specify July 2013 as the date for the population estimate and rather has an NA in place of the estimation date. Google currently relies on the World Bank for its population estimate, so I think it would make sense to replace the current estimate with that one. Arjun G. Menon (talk · mail) 10:31, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

 Done -- Looks good (World Bank is ref.) What does "(93rd)" mean? (in the box after the 9.2million population number.) -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 15:26, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"(93rd)" is an active link, so I answered my own question (and find UAE has moved up to (91st). -- FYI, Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 15:32, 5 July 2014 (UTC) -- PS: Does it need to be explained to the reader?[reply]

Tourism in the United Arab Emirates

Hi! It would be great if you could create this article: Tourism in the United Arab Emirates!

Perhaps you can draw some inspiration from Tourism in Brazil and Tourism in Germany. :) Use proper sources! Thanks & all the best, Horst-schlaemma (talk) 21:00, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Map Update

The map does not include South Sudan, it needs to be updated. --WhyHellWhy (talk) 04:58, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not a Monarchy, Not a Republic, but a Federation

I'm not very knowledgeable on the subject, so forgive me. However, I see that a recent edit changed the government type in the info box from "republic," to "monarchy." As far as I understand, U.A.E. is neither. If it's a monarchy, then who is the monarch...? i.e., who is the king of U.A.E.? There isn't one. The U.A.E. is a "union" or "federation" of states, each of which may be a monarchy. The problem with infoboxes and classification is that they lead to shorthands and poor assumptions, such as that U.A.E. should be regarded as a state rather than a union of states.zadignose (talk) 04:22, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It can be considered a monarchy because article 4 of the constitution stipulates that the Emir of Abu Dhabi is the President of UAE, who is also the president of the Federal Supreme Council, the body of the seven emirs. The head of state comes from the monarchs of the emirates. If the federal government was a republic, the head of state of the UAE as a whole would be elected by a non-royal citizenry independent of the emirs.
And calling UAE a state is accurate since a federation is supposed to be a union (of "states") that itself functions as a country through a federal government. Abstractematics (talk) 07:06, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I accept the definitions above as relating to U.A.E., as I'm not sufficiently knowledgeable on the topic. However, in a more general case, it's worth mentioning here in talk that neither "federation" nor "union" necessarily implies the creation of a "state." E.g., the European Union is certainly not a state, and neither the Union of African States nor the Federation of Arab Republics was a state historically. zadignose (talk) 06:41, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Removals

Could the person who keeps logging in and deleting sections relevant to the early tribal history and Islamisation of the UAE please stop just deleting stuff and perhaps have a talk about it first? Just because you don't like something doesn't mean you can just remove it.

The UAE was tribal and, in fact, still is.

The arrival of Islam in North Eastern Arabia (Previously Oman, Trucial Oman, The Trucial Coast and now the UAE) is part of the UAE's history, the reason it is an Islamic nation today.

Thanks. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 08:03, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Dubai drowning in debt

An IP user swung by a while ago and added:

Dubai suffered from a significant economic crisis in 2007-2010 and was bailed out by Abu Dhabi's oil wealth. Dubai's current prosperity has been attributed to Abu Dhabi's petrodollars.[15] Dubai is currently in extreme debt.[16]

to the header of this article. While there's no doubt that Abu Dhabi did help Dubai out during the GFC, I'm not sure it a) amounted to a bailout b) it needs to go in the summary section of the UAE article or c) that Dubai suffered any less than the rest of the Emirates - or indeed world - from the GFC. Does the UK article lead with the details of bank bailouts by the government during the GFC? Then why apply a different standard here? Also Dubai's prosperity has been attributed sure, but by one voice in a marginal citation that is in any case opinion and not borne by fact. Dubai's prosperity is clearly due to a huge number of factors, and very few of these are linked to Abu Dhabi's petrodollars. And Dubai's debt is by no means extreme - just because a blogger has written that does not make a level of indebtedness that is, for instance, far less than that of the US extreme. I'd call $17,963,753,617,957.26 extreme.

Any objections to removing these statements? Alexandermcnabb (talk) 15:33, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If these statements are going to be removed, it will make it sound like as if everything is rosy in Dubai, which is exactly what the Dubai Government wants. The objective of Wikipedia is, however, to prevent biased reporting, and hence those statements should not be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.26.123.208 (talk) 09:23, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What the Dubai government does or doesn't want doesn't matter. The statements are sweeping and too strong, placed with undue prominence in the header of an article about the UAE (not Dubai) and backed by shaky citations. Which is surely not the objective of Wikipedia. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 15:00, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fine, then remove the statements from the header of the article and put it somewhere in between. Also, summarise the bunch of statements in a few words instead. We dont want it to be completely deleted nor do we want to beat around the bush.


British era/discovery of oil

I don't think this reads well as one subsection, and it is not chronological as such. Therefore, I have restored "Discovery of oil" as a separate subsection. Plus the fact that, although the company behind the oil discoveries (IPC) was British led, it was a multinational consortium and doesn't fit well into the "British era" section, Bearing in mind that oil is the foundation of most of the UAE's wealth, it surely deserves a separate subsection.3ig3asy (talk) 20:02, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There are too many sub-sections in the history section. Look at good articles like Australia (history section), good articles don't normally have numerous sub-sections in the history section. The United Arab Emirates (Trucial States) was a British protectorate, so there was a "British era" in the UAE's history. The UAE was still a British protectorate when oil was discovered. The UAE gained independence in 1971, oil was discovered before 1971 when the UAE was still a British protectorate. It's not necessary to have numerous sub-sections in the history section. The UAE has a relatively brief history, look at good articles, countries with a long history (like Azerbaijan, Turkey, Switzerland, Malaysia, Philippines) don't have so many sub-sections in their history section. 103.251.65.101 (talk) 20:47, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps this is not the right place to debate the exact status of the Trucial States, since their rulers had autonomy over their internal affairs, and "protectorate" had a specific meaning to the British, ie: the Aden Protectorate, and the Trucial states did not fall into this category. But I never disputed that there was a British era in the UAE's history, so let's leave it at that. I accept your reasoning about the number of subsections, and so agree with the one title, but the chronology is still awry. Thanks for your advice.3ig3asy (talk) 21:34, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is it true that Jebel Jais has only experienced snow twice since records began?

The article currently says, “The Jebel Jais mountain cluster in Ras al-Khaimah has experienced snow only twice since records began,” citing a Gulf News article that says no such thing. This was added by the IP User talk:192.43.227.18, which has a history of adding claims of dubious accuracy to many articles. Is it actually true? I don’t want to delete it unless it’s actually false. Kragen Javier Sitaker (talk) 19:03, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's snowed on Jebel Jais before. The peak has been 'completely covered' by snow only twice according to media reports although it has long been so remote that nobody would have seen snow on it: there's now a road to the peak. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 05:19, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure how to use the infobox country template to get it to link the text under the flag (that reads "Flag") to the page about the flag: Flag of the United Arab Emirates. Anybody able to figure that one out? Also, in the media viewer, at least on my end, if you click on the flag it appears with the caption "Flag of the United kingdom" which seems odd to me. However, this did not happen when I disabled media viewer, or when I viewed the same image in the media viewer coming from any other page. Helixer (hábleme) 05:15, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Original research

I deleted the part talking about rape. Quotes such as Rape victims are sometimes criminalized in the UAE are original research, because they are not rape victims, but people that were allegedly raped, and their version was considered a lie from authorities. So, this is clearly POV and not admissible. I deleted examples concerning particular cases such as those of Marte Dalelv, because they are not relevant on a very general page such this one. --Lenore (talk) 22:06, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Western media identifies those women as rape victims. There is no evidence that they are lying about the rape. Marte Dalelv's case received international attention and outcry from many governments around the world.
I removed the part about rape victims sometimes criminalized. Several women reported being raped and were jailed. Human Rights Watch and other organizations have criticized the UAE government for jailing women who report rape. This article doesn't cherry-pick information.---Humanrightsuae 22:06, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The opinion of western media is irrilevant. The only thing to consider is the opinion of local judiciary. Please stop to insert this. Thank you. Lenore (talk) 13:13, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Lenore and Humanrightsuae:It looks like the information already exists on both Human rights in the United Arab Emirates and Sharia in the United Arab Emirates. In fact, I would say that the sections "Sharia law" and "Human rights" could probably be trimmed to the main points of the respective linked articles. Deunanknute (talk) 13:28, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Also, the "Sharia law" section of Human rights in the United Arab Emirates should be similarly shortened with a link to Sharia in the United Arab Emirates. Deunanknute (talk) 13:32, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Humanrightsuae:By shortened, I mean that any information on single occurrences should be removed from the main article, and moved to the appropriate sub-article. The main article should have an overview of the information. Deunanknute (talk) 13:51, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Humanrightsuae and Deunanknute, like I've stated elsewhere, Lenore misunderstands the WP:Original research and WP:POV policies. Flyer22 (talk) 23:48, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]


human rights mention in lede

In the intro I propose editng the line "The UAE has been criticized **in the West** for its human rights record, including the role of Sharia law in its legal system". There is a lot of back and forth in the archives on the due weight to accord to the human rights record. My guess is to many users of english wikipedia, UAE is noteworthy primarily because of its human rights record, so maybe its mention merits this kind of prominence. On the other hand, that is still the pov of a particular demographic. In situations like this, where one group characterizes another group in a controversial way (eg Sharia law==human rights violation), why not be explicit about exactly WHO is saying WHAT. Instead of a bare passive like "UAE has been criticized". The links provided are to the US dept of state, with which UAE has a rather complicated relationship, and human rights watch, a western advocacy org. So unless there are noteworthy non-western sources, why not be clear about it.Snarfblaat (talk) 19:59, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]


inappropriate slur

The following remark occurs at the end of the "Economy" section of the article titled "United Arab Emirates": "...even though they show scant regard for work and learning on the job." Here "they" refers to Emiratis. This is a sweeping generalization that is insulting and unsupported. The reference [224] that is given does not support this. Rather, that reference is a commentary on student attitudes in the UAE that says something that one often hears about U.S. students as well. In any case, reference [224] says nothing about attitudes toward work or learning on the job. If someone who's experienced in editing (which I am not) agrees with me, perhaps you should delete that comment. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:602:8900:EF1A:60E0:B6B5:7CD0:659A (talk) 21:58, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note! I'll take a look at that for you.Jusadi (talk) 15:45, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
 Done I believe I've fixed the issue, and I hope you find it satisfactory. If not, complain again here. Alternatively, feel free to make edits in the futures. Be bold! Jusadi (talk) 16:30, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Addition of "Old Sections" to talk page

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Semi-protected edit request on 30 October 2015

please change doing business ranking- Currently it shows 2011 Ranking, please make it to 31st ranking as per 2016 Index Maitreyeepurohit (talk) 06:03, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 12:51, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

need to be UPDATED !! ~

United Arab Emirates Contents 1 History 1.1 Antiquity 1.2 Islam 1.3 Ottoman and Portuguese era 1.4 British era, discovery of oil 1.5 Independence (1971) 1.6 After independence 2 Geography 2.1 Flora and fauna 2.2 Climate 3 Politics 3.1 Foreign relations 3.2 Military 3.3 Political divisions 4 Law 4.1 Human rights 4.2 Dress code 5 Media 6 Economy 7 Transport 7.1 Expo 2020 8 Demographics 8.1 Religion 8.2 Largest cities 8.3 Languages 9 Culture 9.1 Food 10 Sports 11 Education 12 Health 13 See also 14 Notes 15 References 16 External links

the information or the article is very old it must be updated cues it has fault information about the UAE that will give a bad influence about the UAE

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Fujairah - 1942 or 1952

The infobox on this page shows 1942 as the year of "Establishment from the United Kingdom" for Fujairah. On the Fujairah page, under the history heading, the statement reads: "In 1952, Fujairah entered into treaty relations with Britain". This is also the year listed in the Trucial States wiki article. Should the infobox on this page be corrected? On the Trucial States and Fujairah page the link to the Fujairah establishment is supported by Bey, Frauke (1996). From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates. UK: Longman. pp. 296–7.ISBN 0582277280. Rwos (talk) 13:22, 25 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well spotted - and yes, you're right. I changed this, also the date of Dubai and Sharjah's recognition, which came with the 1820 treaty. It's arguable the other emirates should also be dated 1820... Alexandermcnabb (talk) 08:39, 26 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Romanization of Arabic

Should "dawlat" be in the Romanization? It does not seem to be included in the Arabic script. Nicole Sharp (talk) 19:05, 3 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

homosexuality put in the same context as sodomy

Is it really necessary to put homsexuality into the same paragraph with sodomy? That puts it into the same context and follows the prejudice that homosexuals had to fight all around the world to not be seen as a sexual abnormity. I am very much convinced that wikipedia can do better here. Gerfried Fuchs (talk) 07:21, 12 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's okay the way it is. It's not really prejudice just the way that homosexuality/sodomy is seen there. 09:16, 12 October 2016 (UTC) Update by Emir of Wikipedia (talk)
I assumed that it's because it is put into the same category there - but that shouldn't be something taken over uncommented. Adding something along the lines of that they are seen in the same category over there would be sufficient to make it clear that it's not the view of Wikipedia to put it together but of UAE.
And frankly spoken, did you leave your name out of the comment intentional? "Emir of Wikipedia" sounds a bit like you might share that view/mindset and rather want to spread spread. This really feels like an agenda issue in that respect.
Gerfried Fuchs (talk) 12:25, 12 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The leaving amount of my name is accidental. It happens when you type ~~~~~ instead of ~~~~. If you can think of an appropriate way to comment the UAE view compared to the Wikipedia view then be bold and edit it, but be prepared to explain why you've changed it if it is challenged. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 13:03, 12 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Arabic translation of country's name is wrong

The Arabic text under the English name (United Arab Emirates) on the right just translates to United Arab Emirates, whereas the Arabic transliteration translates to State of the United Arab Emirates. You need to figure out which one you want to use and unify the two. If you want it to be just "United Arab Emirates", you need to delete "Dawlat-" from the transliteration. If you want it to say "State of the United Arab Emirates," you need to add دولة to the front end of the Arabic text - i.e., the full Arabic text would be: دولة الأمارات العربي المتحدة - Watch out for the wraparound of the text.

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Law section pictures

Hello, it seems the pictures used for police cars in the law section are not what the captions say. I have a hard time believing without a source that the 6 or so Bugattis / Ferraris are "at work" in this picture, or even that they are used for anything else than for show. Should we put more realistic pictures? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.16.108.185 (talk) 02:28, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

They're fine. The supercars are used for displays, school events etc but they also go on patrol and are frequently to be seen on the roads here. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 09:21, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Socotra

Maybe add something about the UAE military in Yemeni Socotra? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JustOneGuyWithALama (talk • contribs) 16:20, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Driving

In the UAE, people drive on the right side of the road, not left as stated in upper right table — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.2.244.212 (talk) 12:58, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 14 November 2018

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