Talk:West Bank

The history section is messy
I'm trying to make sense from the history section, as it seems messy. Lots of things are repeated, and it has a huge section about economy, while the historical situation is absent or repeated in all the subheadings. I'm not competent enough in this topic to summarize or to move the economy data to another section, but I think it should be done. Theklan (talk) 09:17, 7 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I am trying to find out what life was like before the Jordanian annexation. Things such as "who lived in what is now the West Bank?"  "Were there Jews there in the recent (post 1800) past?"  "Has it always been farmland?"
 * There is little about this SPECIFIC area, with almost all of it dealing with the post British Mandate period. It's actually very odd - lots of information about everywhere else, even the "east bank". Therealex (talk) 18:17, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

"Considered illegal under international law"
"Under Israeli occupation, which is considered illegal under international law"

The source for this line in the infobox is from 1990, which cannot account for 30+ years of development. A more contemporary source is needed to confirm this status as of 2024. –Zfish118⋉talk 12:15, 23 January 2024 (UTC) –Zfish118⋉talk 12:15, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

This has been on my todo list for a while, please allow some time and I will update (and slightly correct) this. Unless someone wants to do it first. Selfstudier (talk) 12:24, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Minor edir request
Hello - would someone with editing access change the opening sentenc to the history section. This from 'From 1517 through 1917, the area now known ..' to 'From 1517 to 1917, the area now known ..' The reason is 'through' in this context is minor use, which is just one country. The use of 'to' in this context is near universal. The article does not require the use of a niche English language. Thank you. 93.216.106.183 (talk) 17:49, 18 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Done. Selfstudier (talk) 18:14, 18 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Danke. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.216.106.183 (talk) 19:55, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 22 April 2024
While the West Bank territory did not first emerge in the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the name "West Bank" did emerge as a term in the wake of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, as being on the West Bank of the Jordain River. The West Bank Territory is the historical and biblical name for the central region of Israel, bordered by Judea to the south and Galilee to the north.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Yaffalandis (talk) 13:29, 22 April 2024 (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. M.Bitton (talk) 15:23, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Change request - Demographics \ Religion
Change from: The remainder are Christian (mostly Greek Orthodox) and others.

To: The remainder are 1–2.5% Christian (mostly Greek Orthodox), and others.

It's mentioned in the existing ref there. galenIgh 21:43, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting question.svg Question: don't you think that the readers are capable of working it out all by themselves? M.Bitton (talk) 18:46, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
 * No.
 * I was looking for that info, searching on and reading Wikipedia. Took a while to find it by general web searching which lead me to that external site. Then I realized it's a linked reference in this Wikipedia article.
 * In theory people don't need any text in articles, and each Wikipedia page can be just a set of external links. But it's customary to have some prose and to summarize relevant information. galenIgh  22:59, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅: This is a helpful clarification to make because if readers are left to their own devices, they may conclude from the data originally presented in the article that it is up to 8% Christian which vastly differs from what is stated in the source. Left guide (talk) 05:51, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 27 June 2024
The text suggests that Basque is a Romance language. It is not. Luisperezcamacho (talk) 12:54, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Not done: I don't believe that it does. The text refers to Romance languages, including x,y,and z, and some others, including a, b, and c. To me, that reads as "others" means "other languages that are not Romance languages. PianoDan (talk) 20:38, 27 June 2024 (UTC)