Talk:Mecca

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Former good article nomineeMecca 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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Please add new talk threads at the bottom of this page. mecca is a province. Mecca is not a city a capital and a province.

Semi-protected edit request on 3 September 2023[edit]

Correct name is Makkah not Mecca 185.12.164.3 (talk) 08:19, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. Paper9oll (🔔📝) 11:05, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
This question has been raised before and the answer is still the same. The name used in English is "Mecca", so per policy WP:Common name, that is what we use in the English language Wikipedia. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 21:51, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Misleading research - Recent research suggests that Mecca was a small town and its population at the time of Muhammad has been estimated to be around 550.[edit]

Having read the abstract, this claim seems misleading given it is a statistics based study - not an archeological one. PolyCreator (talk) 18:33, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There are quite a few potential balance issues in the History section of this article, with a lot of weighting towards hagarist historians.
regarding the specific claim, I think we should report it as something a scholar has said, but not necessarily (as it currently is) like it reflects consensus in the sources. Yr Enw (talk) 19:26, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request[edit]

It should be semi-protected. holiest sight of the second largest religion, Islam Nurusa101 (talk) 01:24, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing to do, since no edit requested to this already semi-protected article. —C.Fred (talk) 02:55, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
{{Edit semi-protected}}, it is not semi-protected Nurusa101 (talk) 21:44, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nevermind it is, then why is the lock icon not showing up on the homepage of the article? Nurusa101 (talk) 21:45, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Added appropriate Icon Nurusa101 (talk) 21:48, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2024[edit]

I am requesting to add the Arabic name for Makkah in the Arabic script along with the Romanized translation. CPT78999 (talk) 21:33, 27 February 2024 (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 and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Please note the name already appears in Arabic script above the infobox. Jamedeus (talk) 21:40, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]