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Talk:Bahrain

For future reference the Project:CIA World Factbook 2002 import can be found at Talk:Bahrain/CIA World Factbook 2002 import.

Stay Safe
The stay safe section needs to be edited. I mean it says demonstrations can occur at any time that can happen any where the US switzerland I mean anywhere why should Bahrain be singled out

Regions
Who thought regionalising Bahrain was a good idea? The country is 30 miles long, most of it bare rock and sand. We have two city articles (one empty), that's it. This needs a big re-think and the minor content that is in the five regional articles can mostly be merged back into the main country article. To make it worse, the existing Manama region article is actually the Manama city article. --(WT-en) Burmesedays 01:22, 10 January 2010 (EST)

 * Agreed. Merge & redirect to Bahrain looks to be the appropriate course. --(WT-en) Peter Talk 03:07, 10 January 2010 (EST)

Currency, time and spelling conventions
Below is a proposed infobox to let readers know which formatting conventions to use in Wikivoyage articles. Do you agree with these proposals? If you have direct knowledge of what is most commonly used in the country, please let us know. Ground Zero (talk) 22:50, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Moved to the top of this page. Ground Zero (talk) 04:07, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Under 'Respect'
"People of the opposite sex have been arrested for kissing in public and it is just not socially accepted." What sex would that be? —The preceding comment was added by 77.124.123.105 (talk • contribs)

 * I think it means "Opposite-sex couples" - in other words, a man and a woman arrested for kissing each other in public. I'll try to rephrase it more clearly. —Granger (talk · contribs) 13:05, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Alternative banner for this article?
I have previously created an alternative banner for this article (which was initially created for the parallel article at the Hebrew Wikivoyage, but I decided to suggest we'll use it here at the English Wikivoyage article as well). Which banner do you prefer that we'll use on the top of this article? ויקיג'אנקי (talk) 13:31, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Prefer the current banner, which is more visually distinctive. Vaticidalprophet (talk) 14:51, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

 * I also prefer the current banner. Ground Zero (talk) 18:39, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Current banner. New one is too hazy. --Nelson Ricardo (talk) 02:33, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Current banner per above. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:30, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Current banner which is clearer and unique. Gizza ( roam ) 03:59, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Alternative banner since the current banner is somewhat misleading on what Bahrain is known more for - definitely not the fort. Leaderboard (talk) 12:10, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Alt banner per Leaderboard. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 12:30, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

 * Do you guys want to discourage people from traveling to Bahrain? The fort isn't "misleading" if people can visit it. If a smoggy city is the only thing I can visit on an island, do you think I'll rush over there? Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:22, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Smoggy perhaps isn't, but I think the fort isn't the reason someone is going to visit Bahrain. Leaderboard (talk) 19:35, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Entering fake details for free wifi
, is this legal? Since if it isn't legal, then unfortunately it has to be removed per the Illegal activities policy, but if it is, then I'll uncover the invisible text. If it is legal, then I'll uncover the text. (also even if it is unethical, it's allowed.) SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 03:10, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

 * I mean, it's just as entering a generic phone number and name... Leaderboard (talk) 06:00, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Since it's not illegal, I'll uncover it. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 06:09, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Spelling
See User talk:Leaderboard. Leaderboard has confirmed that British spelling is used in Bahrain, and even Bahrain articles all use British spelling here, not American. So I'm proposing to change it to British from American. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 09:45, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
 * If has personal experience with Bahrain, I'd want to go with that. I checked a few websites, and have found that there isn't consistency.  Gulf Daily News Online and Gulf News use UK spelling, while the Government of Bahrain website uses US spelling (-ize, labor, license as a noun). Ground Zero (talk) 11:19, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 11:45, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Some websites also seem to use Canadian spelling. Including the main Bahrain page (-our, not -or, but -ize, not -ise). SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 11:46, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I am quite sure that's not intentional. There is no particular connection between Bahrain and Canada. We shouldn't be surprised that people who are writing English as a second language don't use consistent spelling. Ground Zero (talk) 12:03, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Very true. I often don't think that because when writing in French, I only write in French French, and the next two major dialects (CA, BL) are nowhere near popular internationally. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 12:17, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

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Talk:Baie-James

I am planning a trip to James Bay region, and would like to set up the cities for a future entry.

This is the first time I am trying this so it would be appreciated if someone checks and edits as needed.

Some of the cities I have listed are part of the Cree nation. I do not understand Canadian government enough to know if this is a separate nation outside of Canada, part of Canada but outside of Quebec, or part of Canada and Quebec but with special self government rights. I have placed the cities in Quebec and Canada and hope that this is the proper location.

The area is technically one large municipality, however, the cities listed appear to be separate villages. I will call them cities.

I added content to Baie-James today, I hope to organize it soon.

I wonder if the title of this page should be James Bay, rather than the French Baie-James.

 * Did a rough edit and organisation, and added a bit of into to aid with a correct lay-out - Really nice work! The Get Around section doesn't really fit our standards, but it is a rather unique location, so I think it's fine. Actually not sure about the name, but we usually go for the English name when there is one, made a redirect for now, but we can always change it later. And yeah, Quebec is where it should be. --(WT-en) Stefan (sertmann) Talk 22:02, 9 July 2009 (EDT)

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Talk:Baikal-Amur Mainline

Vfd Discussion

 * Baikal-Amur Mainline. There is nothing in this article to say what it is, but a search on Google shows that it is a railway.  Not an article topic according to Project:What is an article?.  -- (WT-en) Wrh2 13:08, 27 Aug 2005 (EDT)
 * Delete. (WT-en) repayne 1842, 29 Aug 2005 (EDT)
 * Keep — the BAM is nearly as large as the Trans-Siberian Railway and even has a guidebook written just about it, so I think it is an article (or at least a potential one). (WT-en) Jpatokal 12:23, 30 Aug 2005 (EDT)

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Talk:Baikonur

Write about possibilities to visit Baikonur cosmodrome!

 * The cosmodrome would be a great attraction to research further, but don't limit yourself to just that, see if you can find information about the town and it's features! Also, it'd be great if you created a username for yourself so we could pass on a little more information.  Please be sure to check out the Manual of style, especially the article templates, can give you a good idea of how we like articles formatted.  Thanks! -- (WT-en) Ilkirk 12:29, 26 Aug 2005 (EDT)

Spelling
Wikipedia knows this town as Baikonur and the spelling with a "y" seems to be a misunderstanding of the Cyrillic alphabet. I will fix the spellings as I encounter them and then move the article. If you have any objections, please voice them here. Hobbitschuster (talk) 13:16, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

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Talk:Baja California

This is pretty cool, although I kind of worry how easy it is to just go in and change things. I corrected the spelling of Bahia Concepcion on the main page and I'm not even registered. Debra

 * If it wasn't that easy, would you have made the change? Probly not. So now we have a better guide, because we trust you to do the right thing. Thanks! --(WT-en) Evan 15:33, 25 Sep 2004 (EDT)

Split
Project:Geographical hierarchy refers to Baja California as an example of when not to split a region just because government bureaucrats do. But here it is, split (somewhat inconsistently) into two regions. So my first question is: Should it be? If not, maybe we should remove/replace that example. If it should, my second quesition is whether disambiguating the northern state as Baja California (state) is more confusing than helpful. Yes, it's technically correct, but wouldn't Baja California Norte (disambiguating it from Baja California Sur) be clearer to the casual traveler? - (WT-en) Todd VerBeek 13:59, 18 May 2007 (EDT)

 * Yep, I'd agree with that – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 16:02, 18 May 2007 (EDT)

 * That sounds like a good idea to me. It's been ten years now, and there are no objections. I'll go ahead and move the page. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 01:32, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

 * Is there any objection? Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:38, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Status?
What besides a simple change in the last line keeps this from getting usable status? Hobbitschuster (talk) 15:21, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

 * It seems eminently usable with genuine content throughout and no glaring gaps of missing sections. I reset the tag to usable (as I wish you had done 7 years ago when you first noticed it...nudge, nudge.) If somebody disagrees, please add a reply to this discussion to enlighten us as to what's missing (or more usefully, add content to make it stronger). Mrkstvns (talk) 17:34, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

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Talk:Baker (California)

Disambiguation
Maybe this needs to be a disambiguation page? Wikipedia:Baker_(disambiguation)

 * Done. In the future feel free to plunge forward.  Project:Article naming conventions has details that may help. -- (WT-en) Ryan 14:45, 7 March 2006 (EST)

isin
A user changed isin to Mojave Desert. I believe it should be reverted back to Desert (California) as that is the hierarchial region of California it's in. Will revert.--(WT-en) justfred 19:21, 5 October 2006 (EDT)

Seems to track back okay; Mojave Desert is a "subregion" of Desert (California). Not sure which is better to use. If you asked people they'd say it's in the Mojave Desert, not the California Desert region.--(WT-en) justfred 19:22, 5 October 2006 (EDT)

 * In general, make an isin to the smallest enclosing region. The reason is that the smallest enclosing region contains the stuff to do and see that is most easily accessed from this enclosed location. -- (WT-en) Colin 00:18, 6 October 2006 (EDT)

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Talk:Baker Island

IsIn/isPartOf inconsistency
Most other U.S. Pacific islands were already marked "IsIn|Oceania", except Jarvis (which is more specifically marked as being in the Line Islands), but the previous version of this article suggested that Baker Island is a part of the Federated States of Micronesia, which is just completely false.(WT-en) Skysmurf 21:46, 27 January 2010 (EST)

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Talk:Bakersfield

The "Eat" section should mention the Basque food.

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Talk:Bakhchysarai

Hmmm... another naming quandary. Looks like the initial page author transposed the "kh" to "hk" -- transliterating the Russian letter "x". Bachchisaraj (from Russian Бахчисарай) would be the correct ISO transliteration; I would generally transliterate it Bakhchisaraj. BUT in English it is generally written as "Bakhchisarai" or "Bakhchisaray" (the latter being more archaic but also apparently more prevalent, as a google search returned twice as many results for the "y" as the "i". I leave it to you to decide whether to move the page.  It's not confusing as it is, unless someone was going to try to transliterate back to the Russian. (WT-en) Rachelfleet 17:14, 7 Jan 2006 (EST)

 * It will only become really confusing if two (or more) articles get written about the same place. What you could do is Project:plunge forward and write the alternative spellings into the article itself, together with the Russian original. That way a search on the alternative names finds the article. Would saying:

 * Bahkchisaraj : (Russian: Бахчисарай) (also transliterated as Bakhchisaraj or ISO:Bachchisaraj, generally written Bakhchisaray or (less common but more modern) Bakhchisarai

-- (WT-en) Huttite 18:28, 7 Jan 2006 (EST)

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Talk:Bakkhali

Also see
''I moved the below from the main text as our Project:External links policy says to integrate links into the guide. I don't think the photo gallery fits in, but everything else should''' (WT-en) Maj 21:53, 12 August 2006 (EDT)

 * Government site

 * See My India site

 * The Telegraph

 * Kolkata Cafe

 * Bakkhali photo gallery

 * Tourist Lodges in West Bengal

Photos
A few (or several) too many photos for an article this size, no? Can someone who's been here get selective? (WT-en) Gorilla Jones 12:14, 25 June 2007 (EDT)
 * Done - The article still seems crowded, but as it grows the images will be more in proportion to the overall content. (WT-en) WindHorse 12:28, 25 June 2007 (EDT)

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Talk:Baku

I took this out of the Do section, as I don't think it should go there, but I can't think where else to put it in the guide - possibly because it probably shouldn't be in a travel guide... -- (WT-en) Tim (writeme!) 04:01, 29 May 2007 (EDT) ===Conference Centers=== *Baku Business Center (Baku Biznes Mərkəzi, Denizkenari Milli Park (bulvar)) tel: 994 012 4-97-3240; fax: 994 012 4-97-3180; e-mail: bbc@bbc-az.com. This building has been in use since 2 February 2004 with exhibition halls equaling nearly 1,100 square meters. This building has conference rooms equipped with projectors and a speaker system and a meeting hall with a 80 person capacity and conference hall with a 130 person capacity.

Pictures in the Japanese Version
Guys, can you try to shift the pictures to wikivoyage Shared? The Japanese version needs the pictures from the English version. (WT-en) Cupcakecommander 01:57, 23 July 2007 (EDT)

Update
This is a Guide and will eventually be a good dotm. However, this article clearly needs updating, as for example there is a summer train schedule from 2010. I've started copy editing, but we need to do more than just copy edit this article to prepare it for a dotm nomination. I haven't read through the whole article yet. What else does it need? Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:02, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Get in
All ! Can you please check data of vessels arriving to Baku ? I am sure that vessels from/to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan serve by Port Alat. -Ismail Khatai-13:02, 10.09.2016

The vessles to KAZ are still elaving from Alat, which is a huge pain to get into. -willthewanderer

Map
All ! Map of Baku and Absheron need to be developed ! Can anyone join the project ? I will provide all necessary information for the map

Descriptions
Could someone add any descriptions of the bars in the city, just having a list and a phone number isn't particularly usefull. google could do that for you and we arn't the yellow pages, are any of these recomended?

also the Old city is just a wall of text, the maiden tower section is writen like war and peace; yet many other listing lack and description at all.

smells likea well meaning but half finished job from a tourism professional.

 * Hi, willthewanderer. Remember this is a free travel guide that anyone can edit, including you. You are very welcome to make changes to this article as you see fit. Probably best if you create an account, though that is not compulsory. Hope to see you implementing your suggestions soon. Best wishes, ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 18:34, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

 * Lol, that was funny - the War and Peace reference. I think those descriptions for the listings in the 'See' section were taken word-for-word from their respective Wikipedia entries, where they were evidently written by an expert în her field known as Ladytimide, or maybe another. They really are something, like having to decipher an archeology lexicon. Lazarus1255 (talk) 12:30, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

 * Anyway, I will take the liberty of editing these expansive entries a bit by editing out some of the commentary for each and putting it here:

The Palace of the Shirvan Shahs: The big lancet portal directly leads from the courtyard to the second floor, into a high octahedral lodging covered with a cupola. A small, also an octagonal vestibule, located behind it, connects it with the rest of the lodgings in the palace. - Divankhana is a small stone pavilion. It is situated inside a small courtyard surrounded by a gallery-arcade on three sides. The Divankhana pavilion consists of an octahedral hall covered with a stone cupola both inside and outside. The well-proportioned high portal of the main entrance is decorated with an ornament and Arabic inscription. The ornament pictures the interlacing fig and vine leaves. The portal is also decorated with two medallions inside of which there are inscriptions in Kufic Arabic. - The Mausoleum of the Shirvanshahs is of a rectangular shape and crowned with a hexahedral cupola which is decorated from outside with multi-radial stars. The inscription on the entrance doorway indicates the purpose of the building, "Khalilullah I, the greatest Soltan, Great Shirvanshah, the namesake of the divine prophet, the defender of the religion ordered to construct this light burial-vault for his mother and son in 839" (1435–1436). On two drop-shaped medallions in the flannel parts of the portal there are inscriptions with the architect's name - Memar Ali (architect Ali). - The Palace Mosque (1430s) is situated in the lower court of the complex. The laconicism of its prismatic volumes, completed with two slightly pointed cupolas, is shaded by a well-proportioned vertical line of the minaret rising above in the north-eastern corner of the building. There are 2 chapels for prayers in the mosque: a hall of a large size for men and a hall of a small size for women, also a couple of small subsidiary rooms. There is an inscription laid under the stalactite belt of the minaret which reads, "The greatest Soltan Khalilullah I ordered to build this minaret. May Allah exalt the days of his governing and reign. The year of 845" (1441–1442). - Seyid Yahya Bakuvi's Mausoleum is situated in the southern part of the complex. Seyid Yahya Bakuvi was a royal scholar in the court of Shirvanshah Khalilullah. The Mausoleum is of an octahedral shape and covered with an octahedral marquee. It consists of ground and underground parts. The upper part of the Mausoleum served to perform the cult rites, and the lower one housed the sepulchral vault. There are three small lancet windows with a stone bar - shabaka on the southern, eastern and western verges of the Mausoleum. - The Shirvanshahs' Palace complex also includes the portal of Eastern Gates, the so-called "Sultan Murad's Gate" (1585). It was built within the walls of the citadel rather later than all the other constructions of the complex during Ottoman occupation of 1585-1603. The gates were named by them in honor of Sultan Murad III. - The Palace Bath-house is situated on the lowest terrace of the complex. It was discovered in 1939 and dates to 17th century. The archaeological excavations exposed a big bath-house consisting of 26 rooms. On the basis of the surviving remains of the walls of the bath-house one can say that its rooms used to be covered with cupolas and the light penetrated through the openings in the cupolas. The bath-house was semi-underground for keeping the heat in winter and the cool in summer. Maiden's Tower: Each floor of the tower has a shallow vaulted roof, "a stone cupola" that has a central opening. The thickness of the walls varies from 5 m at the base tapering cylindrically to 3.2–4.2 m at the top floors. All floors are connected by staircase which abuts the circular wall and are lighted by narrow windows or niches which flare inward. The structure built in stone masonry exhibits varying finished surfaces, which is inlaid with local grey limestone. The alternate courses of stone laid in gypsum plaster gives a black and white banded effect. The northwestern part of the tower retains the original surface finish. There is also a beak-like projection, a buttress, curved in shape, made in masonry. The earliest stonework has square corners. A detailed examination of the construction features of the tower by archaeologists suggests that the stone masonry, both on its interior and exterior surfaces, is diamond shaped and is seen at the top as well as at the bottom of the tower wall. The diamond shaped cut seen as a decorative feature, particularly on the outer face of the west side wall, is ornate at the top and plain at the bottom of the wall; a subtle feature noted throughout the tower suggests that it was built as one monolith unit at one period. However, the renovations are crude. Water Well: Another notable structure seen in the tower is a water well of 0.7 m diameter, which is 21 m deep (its depth is up to the aquifer) that has been discovered at the second floor of the tower. It has an entrance also at the ground level which was discovered by archaeologist Abbas Islamov during a study of the tower. This well has been interpreted as rainwater harvesting structure and the water is said to be clean and fresh (though close to the sea). The ceramic pipe (30 cm in diameter) plumbing seen running down from the niches of the tower into the well was meant as a supply source. Since the ancient plumbing system is said to be in its original form, it needs to be cleaned and its layout ascertained by further studies to describe the drainage network that was built as part of the tower. The ceramics of the plumbing system and the silt deposited in them could also help to fix the age of the tower by using thermo-luminescence technique Also seen in the tower, between the 2nd floor and the 7th floor, is a gutter of semicircular shape at every floor. It is made of ceramic pipes fitted one above another and joined by lime mortar. The pipes are presumably produced with the potter's wheel technique. They are 20–25 cm in diameter with 2.2 cm thick walls and each segment is 40–45 cm long. Similar gutters are seen from the ground floor up to the foundation level but with the four cornered ceramic pipes of 22 cm × 18 cm size, which run outside through the wall. Bibi-Heybat Mosque: The top of the thread and stalactites, raised by a small pillar, surmounted by a semicircular dome of Rebrov. Railing minarets were patterned with stone grill. Graphic studies showed that the height of the minaret was about 22 m. The rich interior of the complex has been decorated with ornaments. The inside of mosque included an oblong rectangular room with a lancet arch. Under the dome, there were chandelier-candlestick (shamdan), and a hook on which it hung was surrounded by stained glass. - On the north side of the minaret and the mosque immediately adjoining the tomb, there was an inscription which was discovered by Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn. From the inscription it was clear that this mausoleum was built in 1619 and interred here by Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Bin Abid, who died the next day after work. The modern restored mosque is a classic example of the Shirvan architectural school. The mosque has three domes, which have kept the traditional corrugated galvanised iron shape of the old mosque and two minarets. The domes are decorated with the green and turquoise mirrors, which are bordered with gilded inscriptions from Qur'an. Men's praying room is located on the south side of the complex, while women - on the north side. Between them is the mausoleum. The builders used local varieties of limestone such as Gulbaht. On the inside the walls of marble carvings with calligraphic inscriptions such as muhaggah, Suls, Jami-Suls, Kufic, kufi-shatrandzh, musalsag, sofa and tugra. Also widely used such ornamental compositions as islimi, shukyufa, Bandy-Rumi, zendzhiri Selcuk (Seljuk chain), Shamsi, Jafari and Achma-yumma.

Alternative banner for this article?

I created a new alternative banner for this article (I initially created it first and foremost so that it would be used at the top of the parallel article in the Hebrew edition of Wikivoyage, yet I later decided to also suggest that the English Wikivoyage community would consider using it here as well). So, which banner do you prefer having at the top of this article? ויקיג'אנקי (talk) 08:28, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * The current one with the blue sky. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:51, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Top one is better to me. It's a bit clearer. ChubbyWimbus (talk) 12:01, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

* Current banner. --Comment by Selfie City  (talk about my contributions ) 14:35, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Also prefers the top. OhanaUnitedTalk page 22:28, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

 * These banners (both) are awful to represent Baku. They are old and look like any other large city and not like Baku.
 * I added an additional proposal that also includes some landmark buildings.
 * How about it? Cheers Ceever (talk) 11:14, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

 * See how Ceever's banner looks in situ here: User:ThunderingTyphoons!/sandbox/Banners. It looks a bit empty to me, possibly because the city name obscures two of the landmarks, but if you think it represents Baku better, I can support it over a generic skyline shot.--ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 14:11, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

 * The first two are, I agree, generic. Ceever's banner, despite its faults is distinctive. That would be my choice, followed by the current one. Ground Zero (talk) 14:20, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * My favorite is now #3. --Comment by Selfie City  ( talk  |  contributions ) 14:28, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I have changed to the new banner per the current consensus. --Comment by Selfie City  ( talk  |  contributions ) 17:07, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion: Participate in the deletion discussion at the. —Community Tech bot (talk) 05:36, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Baku Olympic Stadium, in Azerbaijan.jpg

 * Seems to be a clear case: freedom of panorama on architecture is restricted to non-commercial use and when the work (building) is not the main feature of the image. We should decide whether we want it uploaded locally as fair use, preferably before it gets deleted. --LPfi (talk) 18:34, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

 * There may be the same or similar problems with a few other images used in the article – including the new banner. --LPfi (talk) 18:37, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Destination of the Month?
We have featured few articles from the Caucasus. Would this article do as Dotm? Which improvements are needed? /Yvwv (talk) 18:41, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion
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 * The opening ceremony of the first European games 7.jpg
 * Freedom of panorama issue; will probably be deleted. I assume there are better images of the stadium (this image is not primarily about the opening, but the stadium building in the night, with a bus passing in the foreground), but knowing which one to ask to be restored for copying is difficult. Now checking, it seems the image isn't used on this page. The page could use some more images, though, and having a Commons admin (is there any at Wikivoyage?) go through images mentioned in the Commons:Category:Azerbaijani FOP cases/deleted pages could get us some nice ones. One could also go through Commons:Category:Baku for images without copyright issues. –LPfi (talk) 08:54, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

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Talk:Balaklava

I'm a Spammer? I tried to edit Balaklava, I live there.
Cool Project! I tried to edit Balaklava in Ukraine and it gave me Spam Filter denial., I made an account, and tried to edit again, maybe some admin can see that? I updated prices to reflect the UAH from 5 to to 8 to one exchange rate, removed a restaurant that hasn't worked in a 1.5 years, added the local favorite, cheburecki, and explained the pirate thing, which is nolonger where the article say it is. it moves every year and is the locals bar for that year.

I live there and work in media for 10 years, and know all these places. How do I actually get unlisted as a spammer? I didn't use any URLs or make any money from these places or anything.

Best, David

 * Hi David and welcome. Really sorry about that. This will be because there is some spam-filtered content on the page - possibly completely unrelated to your edits. For example, sometimes a dodgy site is blacklisted, but the url remains in some articles. Then when someone else tries to edit that article, the spam filter does its stuff. I will have a look at Balaklava and see if I can find the problem. --(WT-en) Burmesedays 09:43, 19 July 2011 (EDT)

 * OK got it. Problem was the presence of hostel ukraine dot com. You should now be edit that article without issue.--(WT-en) Burmesedays 09:46, 19 July 2011 (EDT)

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