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October 1, 2015 Good article nomineeListed
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Did You Know
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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Amman, the capital of Jordan, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world?
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It is a tourist destination.

Can someone expand this sentence? I tried to check the source but I don't access to it. So however does can they say something like 'it's a major tourist hub' or just any descriptor instead of this dry, weird proclamation. Julia Domna Ba'al ( talk) 10:14, 11 August 2020 (UTC) reply

I just removed it, as it seems so trivial that a national capital would attract tourists that it doesn't rise to the level of significance that would call for it to be mentioned in the lead. (Unless it's to note that it's one of the world's major tourist destinations, I suppose, but I don't think Amman is one of those.) Largoplazo ( talk) 11:25, 11 August 2020 (UTC) reply

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Result: No consensus to delist. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 ( talk) 13:41, 26 January 2023 (UTC) reply

GA from 2015. Main problem is some unsourced material here and there. Though I do feel that if someone puts their time and energy into this article then they could easily fix it. Onegreatjoke ( talk) 04:43, 7 January 2023 (UTC) reply

@ Onegreatjoke: Removed chunks of information, some unsourced and unfounded, others coming mainly from primary source. Added a few citations and moved few others. It needs a rewrite and update, but for now I think the GA status can be retained. Makeandtoss ( talk) 10:32, 7 January 2023 (UTC) reply

Problems that I have spotted:

  • A few sentences needing citations still.
  • There were eight registered radio stations broadcasting from Amman by 2007. Most English language stations play pop music targeted towards young audiences. This needs to be updated. I am also left wondering what proportion of radio stations are English language and which proportion are Arabic.
  • although the mountainous terrain of the area has prevented the connection of some main roads, which are instead connected by bridges and tunnels. What does that mean? Are the bridges and tunnels not roads?
  • There are eight circles, or roundabouts, that span and connect west Amman. What does this mean? I get the feeling they are not talking about actual roundabouts.
  • The municipality began construction on a bus rapid transit (BRT) system as a solution in 2015. This needs to be updated. It also contradicts with the following paragraph, which states: Construction work on the BRT system started in 2010.
  • The images in the gallery at the bottom should be better integrated with the article as per WP:GALLERY.

Steelkamp ( talk) 16:15, 20 January 2023 (UTC) reply

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Rabbath Amman or Rabbath Ammon?

This source, which seems to be reliable, claims it was initially Rabbath Amman, with Amm denoting ancestry from an -an; and that Ammon was only used in Hebrew, which would explain why it was still called Amman by the Umayyads. Any other sources that support this claim, considering that the overwhelming majority of sources I recall reading claim Rabbath Ammon, and that it meant king's quarter?

On the Skirts of Canaan in the Iron Age: Historical and Topographical by Lipiński, Edward (2006). Makeandtoss ( talk) 11:50, 6 October 2023 (UTC) reply

Any idea? @ Arminden: @ Al Ameer son: @ Oncenawhile: @ Iskandar323: Makeandtoss ( talk) 09:53, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Thank you for your trust, but no idea. I would check on the author's credentials (Lipinsky?). If he's reliable, I would add his etymology to the other one. Amm- as equivalent to banu, ibn, ben, so AM synonymous to BN but lost with time? New to me. Can anyone think of any other ancient Semitic name starting with Amm-? I can't, but I'm not a scholar either. Arminden ( talk) 10:28, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Edward Lipiński (orientalist). So yes, reliable. Doesn't mean he's right, it means he's citable. Arminden ( talk) 10:37, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Seems both reliable and citable to me, and his analysis is more detailed than I have seen in any other RS. Bet Amman sounds plausible but he doesn't elaborate on what Rabbat means. My doubts come from the fact that "Bani 'Amman'" sounds very... Arabic. Makeandtoss ( talk) 10:59, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Pls. see what I wrote: if reliable, add to current interpretation, for instance with the intro "Another interpretation, presented by Edward Lipiński,...".
As to rabbat as Semitic common noun: I have spent ages to figure that out. A less than reliable source claims that it's an ancient Semitic word for, I believe to remember, major fortified city, maybe capital, smth. along those lines. It's truly ancient, see also Rabbath Moab. It might be the ancestor of Arabic ribat, but I'm not a phylologist and I'm afraid of falling into the trap of popular etymologies. I've spent too much time trying to figure it out, with no result. For developments that came after the emergence of the Islamic Arabic term ribat, see that article, plus rabat (disambiguation) and robat (disambiguation). I'd be happy to see what comes out of this, but I doubt anyone on Wiki will figure it out. Cheers, Arminden ( talk) 16:39, 22 October 2023 (UTC) reply
Fair enough but I am still surprised at how understudied this is in the literature. There has to be at least one more reliable source, which I unfortunately have not found yet. Also surprised that there's no source that details at least most of these discussions or interpretations. Makeandtoss ( talk) 12:46, 23 October 2023 (UTC) reply

I knew I had come across the name Lipinski before! See here, p. 292; rbt meaning 10,000 and with an extended meaning, "multitudes". Not of immediate help, but maybe related. Still: ribat as a fort might be closer to what we need. Maybe. Or are ri- and ra- unrelated? Here is where I stop. Arminden ( talk) 17:34, 22 October 2023 (UTC) reply

Seil Amman

Requires a dedicated section and holistic mention in the lede. Makeandtoss ( talk) 12:40, 6 October 2023 (UTC) reply

Winter blossom

@ Uness232 living really close to the border with Jordan, believe me this is a winter blossom in this picture. We don’t have spring here in the Middle East. In April things are already starting to get dry and die. דולב חולב ( talk) 02:56, 1 March 2024 (UTC) reply

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