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Article milestones Date Process Result May 22, 2007 Featured article candidate Not promoted May 23, 2007 Peer review Reviewed May 29, 2009 Peer review Reviewed A news item involving this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "In the news" column on October 21, 2018. Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on September 23, 2004, September 23, 2005, September 23, 2006, September 23, 2008, September 23, 2009, September 23, 2010, September 23, 2011, September 23, 2012, September 23, 2013, September 23, 2014, September 23, 2016, September 23, 2017, September 23, 2018, and September 23, 2019. Current status: Former featured article candidate

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Change the reference about to the flats being "larger than US state of Missouri" in the geography section to "about as large as Cambodia" (see the wiki page on country sizes for verification). Referring to individual US states for size comparison is not as universal as countries, and choosing Missouri in this context is odd in any case (it not being a well-known state). 85.76.74.191 (talk) 06:55, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Note: The source that is cited in the article compares it to Missouri. M.Bitton (talk) 23:55, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Partly done Agree with M. Bitton that the Missouri comparison is mentioned in the source. However, given that Aramco World's target audience is American oil workers, there's apparent Americentrism in the way its content is written (see where the magazine's WP article says …albeit with significant biases towards the interests of US audiences. cited to this), and hence the Missouri comparison on this article seems undue and/or out-of-context for much (most?) of the global general readership on en.wiki. From a policy standpoint, adding Cambodia would constitute original research/synthesis since it's not mentioned in the source. In any case, I think a fair solution for all involved would be to simply remove the comparison altogether, which is now being done. Left guide (talk) 06:46, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Change Saudi Arabia is a member of BRICS. 2001:9E8:533A:8600:29FD:128C:468E:795C (talk) 08:35, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: Looks like they haven't joined yet - see Reuters report 18 Jan. DeCausa (talk) 09:27, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Remove public execution, it's a myth and has no data backing it up. Don't like seeing myths and accusations on a site that's supposed to be a reliable and true source of information there are no public executions because they are no public ones, all just private in a room JohnGalt245 (talk) 17:18, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There certainly have been, and I've added a citation to Amnesty International to back it up. I've modified the wording somewhat,since it doesn't necessarily reflect current practice, but it is not a myth. Acroterion (talk) 17:44, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Under "Politics --> Human Rights", there is an error where a reference isn't completed.

"The justice system regularly engages in capital punishment, which has included public executions by beheading.[276]ref>"Rights group condemns Saudi beheadings". Associated Press. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2008.</ref>"

An extra "<" is missing at the beginning of the 'ref' I think. 128.255.234.11 (talk) 20:00, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Thank you! --TheImaCow (talk) 21:29, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]