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Al-Sahwah

 * ... that in the late nineteenth century the residents of al-Sahwah, a Syrian village in the Hauran, paid a certain sum to the Druze chiefs of the area to gain access to a water canal south of the village?
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Created by Al Ameer son (talk), Huldra (talk). Nominated by Al Ameer son (talk) at 23:14, 6 April 2013 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg I am uncomfortable with this one, since I could not verify anything online. http://www.cbssyr.org has gone dead. I cannot find Al-Sahwah in Hütteroth and Abdulfattah - it could be there, but Google is not showing it. Schumacher is totally offline. Smith & Robinson is online, but the cited page does not mention it, and "sahwah" is not in the book. The Google map coordinates lead to "El Sahoah", where some fighting has been taking place recently. I can't find that spelling in the cited sources either. There are acceptable sources on recent events in El Sahoah that could be used. The information in this article seems entirely plausible, but it needs more accessible sources before going on the front page. Aymatth2 (talk) 01:12, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
 * For the CBS census, it must have just gone "dead" either today or yesterday. It's happened a few times before during the uprising, assuming it's related to the conflict. The state news agency (SANA) is also "dead". But I assure you the population figure as stated by the CBS is correct. If it's like last times, the site will most likely come back within a couple of days or a week at most. As for the rest of the sources, it's all a matter of spelling. For Hutteroth it's spelled Sahut al-Qamh, for Smith and Robinson it's spelled Sehwet Kamh, for Schumacher it's spelled sahwet el-kamh. And yes the map spells it El Sahoah. Hope this helps. All the web links are now provided in the article. --Al Ameer son (talk) 03:31, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg AGF that the different spellings refer to the same place. The population seems entirely plausible looking at the satellite view and comparing the nearby places. The hook and main content is backed up by Schumacher. GTG, Aymatth2 (talk) 12:47, 13 April 2013 (UTC)