Talk:Lebanon/Archive 11

President
Lebanon has officially elected Michel Aoun as President on October 31st, 2016, ending more than 2 years of political stalemate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.214.241.227 (talk) 16:52, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

New 7 Wonders
Lebanon has entered the N7W competition for Jeita Grotto and few months ago the Lebanese Cedars were also competing. Can u plz mention them in the article and talk more about Jeita Grotto? Thank you very much — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.187.113.202 (talk) 09:40, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Quick to-do list
I noticed this article is being nominated for GA status. However, there are a number of items standing in the way before GA could be achieved. This is just a list I whipped up after a quick look at the article. Although the following are just basic suggestions without much detail, I think it could help to improve this article tremendously. Also, just as a point of reference, editors of this article ought to take a look at other country articles that are GAs: United States, Azerbaijan and Switzerland among others. Comment: I didn't see any mention of it in any other Lebanese articles. Maybe just once in one. I also didn't find it lots of sources. I don't know if its that important. Ramaksoud2000 (talk) 00:25, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The "Geology and archaeology" section should be merged with the Geography section.
 * The History section needs to be much better organized and even revamped.
 * There's way too much emphasis on the conflicts of Lebanon's independence and post-independence era especially the events of the past decade: The French Mandate and independence, The 1948 War, the Civil Wars (1958, 1970s-1990), and the 20th-century Israeli invasion/occupation, and everything that happened before Israel's withdrawal in 2000 could fit into several paragraphs under the title "Independence and civil wars." The Cedar revolution, UN investigation, the Nahr al-Bared conflict, the 2008 civil strife, and the government collapse and re-formation could all fit into a several paragraphs in another section called "Contemporary era" if we just include the brief and most important aspects of each event. We could relegate the removed text to History of Lebanon.
 * There's very little information, if any, about Lebanon's history under the Phoenicians, Romans/Byzantines, various Arab Caliphates, Crusaders, Mamluks, and the Ottomans.
 * I didn't see any mention of the Ottoman era Druze-Maronite alliance that many say provided the roots of Lebanon's modern statehood.
 * It might have been a rivalry/war (as FunkMonk has noted below) and not an alliance, but it's certainly worth mention. I'll post some sources about it on this page a little later. --Al Ameer son (talk) 04:12, 10 January 2012 (UTC)


 * The "Foreign relations" section should be expanded especially since Lebanese politics is heavily influenced by foreign countries.
 * The "Military" section should also be expanded a bit if possible and perhaps a few sentences about Hezbollah's superior strength to the Lebanese Army should be mentioned if it's not already covered somewhere in the History section.
 * Comment: I don't know if they are "superior" to the Lebansese Army. They certainely are strong but not superior. Ramaksoud2000 (talk) 02:58, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment: Expanded section. Ramaksoud2000 (talk) 05:05, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Of course, the Lebanese Army is the only officially legitimate fighting force in the country, but I think it's notable to point out that Hezbollah is stronger. Again, this could be mentioned in the History section instead. I'm not sure which section is more appropriate. --Al Ameer son (talk) 04:49, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment: I'm saying that I don't think they are stronger. They are certainly notable but not stronger. The Lebanese Army has four times as many men and UNIFL and the U.S. on their side. Hezbollah has war-torn Syria and Iran on their side. Ramaksoud2000 (talk to me) 00:50, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I was talking more about military capabilities and not alliance networks. But in any case, Hezbollah's strength should be mentioned somewhere. Whether they're stronger, more advanced, or more equipped will be information provided to us by reliable sources. --Al Ameer son (talk) 22:01, 13 January 2012 (UTC)


 * The "Population projection" section should be better organized and perhaps just renamed to "Population." The points should be converted into a chart/table.
 * Comment: I left it at Population projection because that's what it is. The current population is in the above paragraph. Ramaksoud2000 (talk) 04:36, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I just took a quick look and guess I missed that. However, I fail to see the point of having a table about the projected population every decade until 2100. If anything, the table should be replaced with the past and current populations if possible (I know there hasn't been an official census for a while). Also, on another note, it might be a good idea to have a chart of the current populations of the 5 or 10 largest Lebanese localities. --Al Ameer son (talk) 04:49, 7 January 2012 (UTC)


 * The Culture and Media sections should be merged, rewritten, and fully referenced.
 * Tourism subsection needs to be referenced.

--Al Ameer son (talk) 21:14, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm striking through the things that are done. Ramaksoud2000 (talk) 01:57, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for getting at this promptly. You should notify WikiProject Lebanon that you're working towards GA. Hopefully, you could get some helping hands ;) Cheers! --Al Ameer son (talk) 04:49, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The history section is pretty lacking, no mention of the 1860s war, the 1958 American intervention and so on. The Ottoman period was even described with "medieval" as the header! FunkMonk (talk) 08:42, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi all, I will tend to the geography / geology section, I disagree that the geology and archaeology sections should be merged. I will expand the archaeology section with the resources i have, i may also add some info about the flora somewhere in the article. as for the history section it really reflects the putrefying common history we have about Lebanon due to our heavily biased education system; It's a mess that intimidates the most experienced of editors :S Now there's also another issue, some sources are quoted out of context, we're in for a challenge guys, i used to dread the day when i would have to do this :S   Eli  +  19:31, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yea the article is in bad shape in its present form, but it could be turned around with time and effort. Of course, that's easier said than done. I didn't even think about sources quoted out of context :( Honestly, I don't know too much about Lebanon's pre-Mandate history, but I'll look for some google book sources and post them on this page in a different section. Also, the History of Lebanon article has some info that could be transferred here in reduced form. The idea, of course, isn't to have an extensive History section. The problem is there's virtually nothing about Lebanon's historic past, yet we have a ridiculous amount of info on recent events. Luckily for us, the Lebanese education ministry doesn't edit wikipedia (unless I'm being naive) so I think interested editors shouldn't have to worry too much while working on this aspect of the article. Besides some clean up, I don't if I'll be doing much editing myself but I'll try to contribute what I can. Anyway, good luck everyone! --Al Ameer son (talk) 04:12, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Guys why is there a GDP table in the history section? Eli  +  18:06, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

How appropriate and necessary is it, to put the French name of Lebanon "Liban" in the introduction of the article?
How appropriate and necessary is it, to put the French name of Lebanon "Liban" in the introduction (and info box) of the article? Although Lebanon (as well as Syria, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco) was ruled as a French mandate and French is widespread as second or third language, Arabic is the only "official national" language of Lebanon according to the (latest) Lebanese constitution, and French is not the official language of Lebanon, and the Lebanese constitution stipulates "A law determines the cases in which the French language is to be used". This is also the case of the other Arab countries which were ruled by France and are much more thoroughly Francophone than Lebanon (except Syria which is even less Francophone than Lebanon), where French is not an official language of these countries and does not have any official status at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.224.7.220 (talk) 01:36, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

mis-cited for claimed hezbollah military infrastructure in southern Beirut
The citation (CNN) does not claim any hezb military infrastructure in southern Beirut. No evidence of rockets ever being fired from southern suburbs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.80.123.44 (talk) 22:48, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Religion
Why are there two pie charts in this section? One is more recent. There are slight differences in the display. Both charts display identical information--same named categories w/same percentages. RaqiwasSushi (talk) 04:02, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Needs map showing at least Lebanon, Syria, Israel
Needs map showing at least Lebanon, Syria, Israel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ocdnctx (talk • contribs) 00:34, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

"The Lebanon"?
I have recently come across several instances of someone using "The Lebanon" as the country name and was wondering if that was a common usage. I have been unable to find anything on this page about it. Is this common? If so, where? Is it an ENGVAR issue? --Khajidha (talk) 18:08, 24 October 2012 (UTC)


 * It is an older locution. In the fifties, it was perhaps the dominant form.  Since then it has become less common, being replaced by plain "Lebanon."  You might try a Google ngram search to track the change (Google ngram doesn't work on my computer, I guess because of the verison of ME it has, so I can't run the numbers myself).  Yemen, Gambia and Ukraine have all gone through a similar change. 211.225.34.164 (talk) 13:47, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * This article: http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.kr/2007/04/gambia-lebanon-etc.html indicates that it is partly a BE/AE difference. 211.225.34.164 (talk) 13:51, 19 February 2015 (UTC)


 * as two concrete examples, (the) human league (british) had a song entitled "the lebanon" in 1984 -- mentioned in that article -- and christopher lee (british) used it when hosting saturday night live (american) in 1978. the subtitles/transcipts (likely done by americans) just have it as "lebanon", but it's pretty clear he adds "the".
 * some mention of the issue should be made in the article, IMHO. neither the "history" section nor its linked "main article" give any hint a "the" was ever included.  209.172.23.79 (talk) 01:53, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Phoenician Timeline
I have already brought this up on the user's talk page,, but the dates added here are not consistent with most sources. Also the user used another Wikipedia article as a reason to add the content here, which goes against Wikipedia guidelines. ProfessionalScholar (talk) 21:21, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Democratic State
Perhaps the lead of this article could include that Lebanon is a democratic state? Silvertrail (talk) 22:37, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I see it's noted that Lebanon is a Republic but is it not also Democratic? this should be noted, I received no responses in about almost a year, let me know if anyone disagrees that it should be labeled as that. Silvertrail (talk) 21:33, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

TAMMAM SALAM
TAMMAM SALAM DOESN'T HOLD ANY OFFICIAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE UNTIL HE RECEIVES CONFIDENCE FROM THE LEBANESE PARLIAMENT. SO HIS NAME SHOULDN'T BE ADDED TO THE INFOBOX.  A.h. king  • Talk to me!  21:23, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

French language use
"A law determines in which cases the French language is to be used" (not may be used like someone here tried to insinuate...)95.90.118.201 (talk) 20:01, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

This needs to be fixed. The comment above is correct. It's not may, it's shall (as in it must be used). Rik Spoutnik (talk) 13:24, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Ethnicity (religion) in basic fact chart
Why are ethnic breakdowns not included in the fact chart at the top, like it is in the Israel page, for example. Also, do we go off of CIA factbook's religious breakdown or Lebanon official numbers, which are controversial because it is said that the government wants to keep the perception of having more Christians? --Cody.berdinis (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 20:17, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

Does the first sentence make sense?
Maybe I'm missing something, but this is what I am seeing among all those parenthetical phrases: "Lebanon, spoken languages. officially the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia." It seems like the phrase "spoken languages ( Arabic, French and English)." either needs to be parenthesized differently, or placed somewhere else. I'm sure there shouldn't be a period before "officially," at the very least. I didn't want to mess with it in case I'm just looking at it incorrectly. -Michellecornelison (talk) 13:26, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 3 November 2014
Please change the Religion of Lebanon, it is not Islam nor Christianity, Lebanon has no official state religion. Thank you.

RoyHa (talk) 00:27, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Already done, thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 03:32, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Ethnic groups
ethnic groups might be : 95% lebanese, 4% Armenian and 1% other (includes Palestinian and Syrian refugees) Thanks for reading !

Why the use of french in showing the name of Lebanon ?
Why do we indicate that Lebanon is "Liban" in French ? What does French have to do with Lebanon ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by GoulGoul1 (talk • contribs) 15:28, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

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Aramaic name
A minor point, but I noticed that the Aramaic name is misspelled. It should be לבנן, not לבנאן. And if someone is real serious you can also add the name in Syriac script: ܠܒܢܢ.--Zofthej (talk) 22:35, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

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Lebanon
This edit I made will help people understand how people drive in Lebanon... Hope it helps 2602:306:83BE:4E20:2CDE:4B61:1A7B:8D00 (talk) 17:27, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 April 2017
Change Jean Kahwaji to Joseph Aoun 178.135.88.128 (talk) 23:18, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 5 June 2017
Please change "and Israel to the south" to "and occupied Palestine to the south" Makhaskon (talk) 13:05, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
 * ❌. There is no consensus established for that point of view.  Deli nk (talk) 13:36, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

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The music section of the article should not be an ode to Lydia Canaan the first rock star of the middle east.
Fairuz, Wadih al Safi, Sabah or other mainstream artists are much more eligible to be mentionned in this section instead of Lydia Canaan. Half of the section is actually about her and there is no mention of Fairuz or the Rahbanis for instance, who have been much more influential to the music of Lebanon and the arab world. 3awil (talk) 18:24, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

lebanon
lebanon is th largest country in the world — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.187.48.146 (talk) 19:30, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

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Turkish or Ottoman Lebanon

 * it is much more common in english and turkish for it to be called Turkish Lebanon. No, it isn't. The Google search "Ottoman Lebanon" -wikipedia gives 239 hits, while the search "Turkish Lebanon" -wikipedia gives 160 hits. Moreover: Many, perhaps most of the results from the first search actually do contain the combination "Ottoman Lebanon" describing that period of time, while it is difficult to find similar examples of "Turkish Lebanon" from the second search. The results are often of the type "Turkish, Lebanon, or maybe Armenian", "#turkish, #lebanon", "Turkish, Lebanon, Moroccan". "Spanish- greek- Turkish- Lebanon" etc. --T*U (talk) 19:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Question about their law
The section about the law in Lebanon says "Capital punishment s still de facto used to sanction certain crimes, but no longer enforced." Shouldn't that be de jure, as it's still a part of their law, rather than de facto, which suggests that it's used, but without legal sanction? I'd change it myself, but I don't know enough about the situation or the terminology to know if my understanding is correct. JDZeff (talk) 21:22, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 6 January 2018
I need authorization to carry out the following changes on the page "Lebanon":
 * Update map and text in paragraph "Governorates and districts" with the 8 (and not 6) governorates and its relevant districts as per their correct listing in page "Districts of Lebanon".
 * in "Further reading": add:
 * Georges Corm, Le Liban contemporain. Histoire et société (La découverte, 2003 et 2005)
 * "See also": Add:
 * List of museums in Lebanon

Change some page links:

from
 * Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate
 * Korkmaz
 * Sanjakbey
 * Palmyra
 * Murad IV
 * Lebanon has four ski resorts

to
 * Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate
 * Korkmaz
 * Sanjakbey
 * Palmyra
 * Murad IV
 * Lebanon has six ski resorts

Clemens Schmillen (talk) 17:57, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: Governorates increased in number from 6 to 8. List reorganized with Beirut Governorate listed first, and the other 7 Governorates following in English alphabetical order. Reference updated.   Spintendo  ᔦᔭ   18:44, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Green check.svg Done:. Everything except for the map, which I'm not sure how to change. Outdated map remove, updated map added. AdA&D  18:56, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 26 January 2018
Requesting that the following be added, in parentheses, following the Egyptian translit. of 'Rmnn: 𓂋𓏠𓈖𓈖𓈉, as that is the Egyptian term. 72.89.182.55 (talk) 16:20, 26 January 2018 (UTC) 72.89.182.55 (talk) 16:20, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg 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. For multiple reasons: It's not clear what text you would like changed, it's not clear what you want added since the text isn't displayed, and it's not clear why the Egyptian term for (presumably) Lebanon needs to be added. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 19:23, 27 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Since every other translation is provided with it's original text, I propose the following:


 * "The name is recorded in Ancient Egyptian as Rmnn, where R stood for Canaanite L"


 * Simply be changed to:


 * "The name is recorded in Ancient Egyptian as Rmnn (𓂋𓏠𓈖𓈖𓈉), where R stood for Canaanite L."


 * In the "Etymology" section. 72.89.182.55 (talk) 20:41, 1 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Hello? 72.89.182.55 (talk) 22:53, 8 February 2018 (UTC)


 * ✅ Nehme1499 (talk) 21:47, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 4 February 2018
Under Civil war and Syrian occupation, it states that '...during which a number of massacres were committed, such as in Damour,[48] in Sabra and Shatila,[49] and in several refugee camps' The massacre in Damour did not occur during this period. It occurred in January 1976. However some of the survivors participated in the subsequent massacres in 1982 mentioned above as revenge killings. Please remove Damour from the quoted sentence as it is seriously misleading and implies that the massacre happened at the same time as Sabra and Chatila. Ljabry (talk) 14:06, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done The inclusion of Damour in this paragraph is indeed anachronistic and has been removed. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 18:14, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 25 February 2018
Fernando kaadou (talk) 22:02, 25 February 2018 (UTC) Lebanon does not have 54% muslim and 41% Christians. Christians are majority
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. —   IVORK  Discuss 22:30, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

"Lebanese pronunciation" of the Arabic name
Why is it written [lɪbˈnæːn] at the beginning of the article? One of the most distinctive features of the Lebanese dialect is the raising of Standard Arabic /a(ː)/ to [e̞(ː)~ɛ(ː)]. There are a few places up north (like Baalbek, I think?) that don't exhibit this raising, but it is absolutely predominant in the rest of Lebanon; as a speaker from the south myself I don't know anyone who doesn't say it [lɪbˈne̞ːn]. Does the current pronunciation have a reliable citation that would justify its not reflecting the common pronunciation?

73.169.192.71 (talk) 05:44, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 23 March 2018
I suggest changing the link directing the office of the presidency in the infobox. If you click on the "Prime Minister", it will land you on the Prime Minister page. If you click on the "President", it will land you on the "List of Presidents" page. Rik Spoutnik (talk) 16:00, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. Since there is a President of Lebanon article, it's unclear why the link was to the list, and I have changed it. I note for the record that there's also a List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon, so the Prime Minister link could be changed instead. In any event, consistency seems like a good thing here. Rivertorch FIREWATER  16:29, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! Rik Spoutnik (talk) 19:47, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 9 May 2018
Rbill (talk) 16:37, 9 May 2018 (UTC) official languages are Arabic, French and English
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 17:01, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Not true. (Lebanese) Arabic has official status, French has a semi-official status, and English is not an official language. Article 11: "The Arabic language is the official national language. The conditions under which the French language is to be used are determined by law." https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Lebanon_2004.pdf?lang=en Rik Spoutnik (talk) 13:28, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 20 May 2018
replace Israel with Palestine 144.41.148.133 (talk) 17:24, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. And based on many, many previous discussions and the relevant Arbitration Committee decision, that's not happening.  Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 17:45, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

Typo in Health section?
It states: "This raised the illues public awareness."

I looked up "illues", which means specifically an obstruction of the intestine. So that sentence seems awkward at best or most likely a typo. My best guess is that it was meant to say something like this:

"These illnesses raised public awareness."

or this: "These issues raised public awareness."

AE status review
I've asked for a review of this article's AE status at: Administrators%27_noticeboard. All are invited to participate. TBallioni (talk) 18:30, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Edit Request, Languages in Lebanon
The wiki page states: "The use of Arabic by Lebanon's educated youth is declining, as they usually prefer to speak in French and, to a lesser extent, English, which are seen as more fashionable.[189][190]"

I fully checked and read both articles [189][190] cited as sources, one is from the french official international news agency France24 the other from the BBC the equivalent news agency for the UK, in any case, nowhere says that educated youth usually prefer to "speak french and to a lesser extent, english", these articles only refer to a supposed lack of proper use and comprehension of the arabic language by young students, mainly because of the writing systems, and the habit to mix "foreign words" in their conversations. There´s no real study to support the statement that educated youth "prefer to speak french", on the contrary it refers to the problem of arabic countries and that literally "Most of the Arab countries submit to the hegemony of English".

It would be correct if a moderator please removes or corrects this sentence in the wiki page unless another source, preferibly a more credible and unbiased source is added — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pgros (talk • contribs) 04:56, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 May 2019
x It is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, y It is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Palestine to the south, Joumana Mahmoud (talk) 07:20, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 14:00, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Pervasive
"The music of Lebanon is pervasive in Lebanese society" is a little strange as "pervasive" usually has negative connotation.
 * I agree. Since the whole sentence is essentially meaningless, I have simply removed it.  Deli nk (talk) 14:09, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 November 2019
Please change the line that says Lebanon is the smallest recognized soveregin state on the Asian continent. This is not true; that title belongs to Bahrain, which is THOUSANDS of square miles smaller. 2601:182:200:C1C0:61D6:94FA:17B7:3969 (talk) 22:03, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: See footnote "nb 4" linked at the end of that sentence. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 22:26, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 March 2019
97.121.156.95 (talk) 17:28, 19 March 2019 (UTC) recognized language is NOT FRENCH, it is ARABIC.
 * Arabic is listed as the national language, while French is listed second as a recognized language and English the third. If this is factually inaccurate, please cite reliable sources to support your request. &#8209;&#8209; El Hef  ( Meep? ) 20:13, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

That is correct. LogastellusPerson (talk) 14:58, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Holland / The Netherlands
"The contract was jointly signed with Howa International which has offices in Holland and Germany." What or where is this "Holland" you speak of? 80.127.228.46 (talk) 05:35, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 May 2020
Lebanon has witnessed a series of migration waves: over 1,800,000 people emigrated from the country in the 1975–2011 period.[214] Millions of people of Lebanese descent are spread throughout the world, mostly Christians,[215] especially in Latin America.[216] Brazil has the largest expatriate population.[citation needed] (See Lebanese Brazilians). 83.61.148.172 (talk) 21:12, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Please add: and Argentina has around 1,500,000 million and Lebanese Argentines.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Argentines — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.61.148.172 (talk) 21:12, 19 May 2020 (UTC)


 * ❌. Wikipedia is not a reliable source. The statement you want to add is unclear as well. It also doesn't seem clear why we need to give the figure for just one country.  –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 23:13, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 June 2020
change the rank of Université Libanaise from (#3826 worldwide) to (#701-750 worldwide) in Education, and this is according to the following reference https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/lebanese-university/undergrad Hadi zuofham (talk) 10:44, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. You’ll need to discuss which university ranking metric should be used with editors to gain a consensus, as neither ranking is inherently correct. —  Tartan357   ( Talk ) 15:21, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Lebanon forest fires
"According to press reports on Tuesday (15 October), fire has decreased in different places due to the rains,[146] after churches and mosques called on citizens to perform raining prayers.[147][148]"

This sentence implies a causal relationship between the call for "raining prayers" and the fire decreasing due to rain. Is the call to prayer remotely relevant to a section about forest fires, especially considering it was not apparently deemed relevant to give even a mention of the cause(s) or suspected cause(s) of the fires? 2600:1700:A350:3F20:3444:824D:476:4E89 (talk) 15:52, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 July 2020
Lebanon is in the middle-east not Western Asia. Lebanon is next to Cyprus? This is not classified as Western Asia. Please change this. 2A00:23C6:9800:F300:893A:BD94:E137:7484 (talk) 19:19, 11 July 2020 (UTC)


 * ❌. It's not clear what changes you want to make. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 23:50, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

Deacon - Seems the original edit request is pretty straightforward. Not sure how this is not clear to you. Lebanon is not in Western Asia and the first sentence of the page is incorrect. Suggest using Eastern Mediterranean, as with Cyprus, and as implied by the other poster. Current language has intrinsic bias. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Szi-ii-iii (talk • contribs) 14:42, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
 * The articles Syria, Turkey, Turkey and Israel also say Western Asia. The article on Western Asia seems to include all of them, so this description seems accurate. This article previously just said "is a country in Asia". (Will note that these sources right next to "Western Asia" don't seem to mention Western Asia) – Thjarkur (talk) 21:18, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Foreign military aid
Under the section 'Military' it is stated that: "Lebanon is a major recipient of foreign military aid. With more than $400 million since 2005, it is the second largest per capita recipient of American military aid behind Israel." This paragraph sources 170 and 171, which are now 12 and 11 years old respectively. Please a) rephrase this paragraph in a way where it becomes clear that this is from very old sources, at least -- if it's still historically relevant, or b) update the data and provide more recent sources or c) remove this paragraph entirely if no more recent sources can be found and any historic mention is irrelevant. 80.127.228.46 (talk) 00:57, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Confusing dates
In the opening section this appears at the end of a paragraph: “The war partially led to military occupations by Syria (1975 to 2005) and Israel (1985 to 2000).“ The dates overlap and don’t make sense to a casual reading. Were different parts of the country occupied by Israel and Syria? Was there an agreement on co-rule between Israel and Syria? (Unlikely?) Whoever wrote this should perhaps clarify this. IDW acolyte (talk) 09:33, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Expired citation for "Economy" section
I was viewing the "economy" section of the Lebanon page, and found the claim the Lebanese government follows a "laissez faire" system. The citation for this claim is expired/cannot be found. I've never made an edit before and am not familiar with Wikipedia editing, etc. But wanted to bring this to someones attention who actually knows that they're doing. Cheers! Jollygoodmate (talk) 06:30, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 August 2020
In Ancient Lebanon subsection, please change "descendantsm the Phoenicians" to "descendants, the Phoenicians" because I think author used "m" key instead of "," key. 74.69.139.115 (talk) 18:36, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Done, thanks.DeCausa (talk) 21:26, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Need of updates
Hello Folks, the article needs some updates: see 2020 Beirut explosions and the resignation of the cabinet. Additionally COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon touches the situation. At least some hints should be in the article. More detailed infos will be seen in future. Greets --80.187.98.82 (talk) 06:56, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 August 2020
The article states that homosexual intercourse is still illegal in Lebanon. It has actually de-criminalized by the supreme court in 2014

Change: "Male homosexuality is illegal in Lebanon." into: "Homosexual intercourse is no longer illegal in Lebanon since 2014 as Article 534 of the criminal code was invalidated by the judiciary". 178.7.138.48 (talk) 10:17, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * That's a user-generated source. Here is one source from the Human Rights Watch but I don't know enough about the Lebanese legal system to know what the effect of this ruling is. The article LGBT rights in Lebanon says "status unclear" (previously "unspecified") – Thjarkur (talk) 10:34, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Not done for now: declining this edit request for now, due to the possibly not-so-reliable sourcing - I suggest IP goes to the reference desk for help finding references for this.  Seagull123  Φ  13:06, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

GDP and per capita
Lebanon’s per capita now is around 2700$ Nlivataye (talk) 06:48, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

kaboom
Remember when Lebanon generated a kaboom? LMgamer36 (talk) 10:28, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 November 2020
can I pls write in the lebanese article 80.83.22.102 (talk) 11:14, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * You can request specific changes here on this talk page on the form "Please change X to Y", citing reliable sources. – Thjarkur (talk) 11:28, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

2020 Beirut explosions in header?
I feel like the 2020 Beirut explosions are significant enough in the scope of Lebanese history that they should be listed at the end of the third paragraph in the header. Would this be a good idea? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nekomancerjade (talk • contribs) 23:12, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 December 2020
Driving side is on the left not on the right. Thank you. Regards. 77.42.217.18 (talk) 13:10, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ◢  Ganbaruby!   (Say hi!) 14:09, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Religion statistics
The figures keep changing; 61% Muslim 33% Christians then 54% Muslim 40% Christians. Which is which and what are the sources and are Palestinian refugees included or Nlivataye (talk) 11:03, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Baalbek-Hermel and Beqaa
In the administrative divisions section the governates of Baalbek-Hermel and Beqaa are properly named but are shown as one governate. A bold line should be added to show that these are in fact two separate governates. Thanks 70.92.27.127 (talk) 23:34, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Smallest recognized sovereign state in Asia???
At 10,452 sq km Lebanon is not the smallest recognized state in Asia. Leaving whatever is left of the Palestinian Territories that aren’t universally recognized by many; there is Singapore at around 700 sq km the same as Bahrain around 700 sq km. There is also Cyprus around 9,000 sq km and Brunei around 5,000 sq km all smaller than Lebanon. So Lebanon is at least fifth or sixth smallest sovereign nation state in Asia. Nlivataye (talk) 07:29, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 March 2021
The population density is mathematically not correct according to population and area and should be fixed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:908:1069:A6E0:4C7B:C968:5F48:E76C (talk) 13:12, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

2019–2021 crisis - inaccuracies
The section doesn't clarify why the economic crisis occurred and is written in a manner that the crisis occurred after the protests broke out - however the linked page "2019–2021 Lebanese protests" and several other sources shows that the Lebanese Gov Foreign Reserves were depleted (or getting there) as early as July/August and that smaller protests/worker strikes were happening in August & September. wanab (talk) 17:56, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 May 2021
Link 229 ("Lira Rate - Dollar to Lebanese Lira". lirarate.com. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.) links to a website that is serving dozens of Ads. It appears to be a for-profit website linking to Wikipedia to generate Ad-clicks. This link should be deleted as it violates Wikipedia's no Ads rule. 146.185.34.52 (talk) 10:00, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done I actually removed the whole sentence as it was WP:SYNTH. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:23, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 July 2021
change israel to occupied Palestine. This is a truth, not an ongoing debate, and respect the culture of the country you are talking about. shame 94.187.3.238 (talk) 20:40, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:53, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of "Template:Largest cities of Lebanon"
Template:Largest cities of Lebanon has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 10:56, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Changing the description of changes around Taif Agreement
The current description of the Taif Agreement's changes to the National Pact is centered around the de-confessionalization of Lebanese politics, which is misleading. I propose a more precise look at the structural changes of the Taif agreement. See my sandbox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nwgalloway/sandbox The Taif Agreement (National Reconciliation Accord) institutionalized the former system of government of the National Pact, with some alterations. The Taif Agreement altered the parliamentary representation of sects to a 1:1 ratio of Christians to Muslims, curtailed presidential power, disarmed former militias, and reduced the term of the Speaker of Parliament among other things (see the Wikipedia page Taif Agreement). The Taif Agreement codified the former National Pact's sectarian confessional system.[1]

^ https://peacemaker.un.org/lebanon-taifaccords89 Nwgalloway (talk) 01:01, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Official name
The official name is Lebanese Republic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.146.169.31 (talk) 20:42, 27 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Republic of Lebanon is the most common phrase used by Lebanese government agencies. The phrase Lebanese Republic is a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names, no longer in use. Please see this link that clarifies this. JJNito197 (talk) 20:47, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Official name
Yes, i agree, the literal translation is Lebanese Republic, but the Lebanese Government uses mostly Republic of Lebanon. But in the case of other countries such as Portuguese Republic, Hellenic Republic, Gabonese Republic, French Republic. Just also the Lebanese government uses République libanaise in French and not République du Liban. Just a suggestion you can put both Lebanese Republic and Republic of Lebanon for clarification. Thank you. 82.146.169.31 (talk) 21:05, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Done. Thanks for coming to talk. JJNito197 (talk) 21:13, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 7 September 2020 and 18 December 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Hiba Dakik, Carltamerian.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 02:22, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 February 2022
80.187.106.199 (talk) 13:57, 15 February 2022 (UTC) I want to change few things that aren’t up dated like religious demographics and other numbers
 * What exactly do you want updated and I will add it in. JJNito197 (talk) 14:21, 15 February 2022 (UTC)