Talk:Sanaa/Archive 1

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And the external link is broken ...

Sana'a is a magnificent place. Volunteers welcome. --DLL 17:31, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Slavery
One of the most popular attractions is Suq al-Milh (Salt Market), where it is possible to buy not only salt but also bread, spices, raisins, cotton, copper, pottery, silverware, antiques and slaves.

How about "...and, formerly, slaves"? Flapdragon (talk) 13:04, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

I've tried to add this back in multiple times, but Camw continues to remove it. I know slaves are sold in Old Sana'a-- and this is one of the few places where the truth can be set free. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.124.188.243 (talk) 10:39, 3 March 2009 (UTC)


 * It kept getting reverted because you refuse to provide independent, reliable sources for the statement. "I know" is not an appropriate reference per WP:OR Camw (talk) 10:45, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

I've provided sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.211.197.95 (talk) 18:45, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

No sources provided, so I've deleted the slavery reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.124.237.142 (talk) 17:06, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Source provided, re-added the slavery component. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.124.237.155 (talk) 14:02, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

San‘a’ vs Sana'a
The current name of the article seems rather hypercorrect. The town is commonly known as Sana'a in English, and WP:NAME not only recommends common names, but advises against "Separate accent-like and/or quote-like characters" other than the simple apostrophe '. Jpatokal (talk) 05:34, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

New Sana'a
I removed this section because it read more or less like a travellog rather than a legitimate entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.124.188.243 (talk) 11:07, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Requested Move
Move Parsecboy (talk) 03:17, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

I'd like to move this article to Sana'a on the basis of English usage. Multiple reliable sources prefer this spelling; although some prefer other alternates, San‘a’ seems to practically nonexistant:

Sana'a
 * US Embassy
 * UNESCO
 * Encarta
 * Yemen into the 21st Century. 2007.
 * Geo Year Book 2004/5. United Nations Environment Programme
 * Washington Post

Sanaa
 * Britannica
 * BBC
 * CNN

Sana
 * New York Times

I think Sana'a fulfills the attributes of "Primary Transcription" laid out in the Manual of Style for Arabic and follows the spirit of WP:Use English. Erudy (talk) 06:46, 21 September 2008 (UTC)


 * The name as spelt does look rather complicated. On a technical note, the two apostrophes represent different letters in Arabic. The first apostrophe (‘) represents ayn (ع), the second (’) is hamza (ء). The former is generally considered to represent the stronger sound. So, if one of these is written, it should be the ayn. However, our article on Qur'an does use an apostrophe in the title to represent the hamza (here a madda). The word-final hamza does affect the pronunciation in Classical Arabic, but I couldn't say if or how the local pronunciation might differ from this. — Gareth Hughes (talk) 17:59, 21 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Support. The current title is a mix of a full transcription (Ṣan‘ā’) and common variants used in English sources.  Although Sana'a is a bit ugly, it seems to be used widely enough.  If not that then Sanaa is still preferable to the current title. —   AjaxSmack   16:12, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

No more water?
--Pawyilee (talk) 07:46, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Amanat Al Asimah
What is Amanat Al Asimah?. (see Category:Amanat Al Asimah Governorate and Template:Amanat Al Asimah Governorate) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.84.132.44 (talk) 13:20, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Tahrir Square
There is also a Tahrir Square in Sanaa. --147.84.132.44 (talk) 14:43, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Presidential Palace
Put more info about the Sanaa presidential palace, also called Sanaa presidential house( دار الرئاسة )= location, building, features... It is in the heart of the protests. More info: in 60 Meters Rd, Saná, Yemen  --147.84.132.44 (talk) 14:59, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Timeline of Sana'a
What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 15:07, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:2012 Sanaʽa bombing which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 18:50, 27 November 2019 (UTC)