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I'm listing here, for future reference, some stylistic decisions and their basis.
There is no consistency across articles for this presently on English Wikipedia. However, as discussed at Talk:Hajj#Capitalisation, multiple style guides specifically for professionals writing about Islam in English recommend lower-case.
No, because "hajj" and "hajji" are loanwords in English, [1] not to be treated as foreign words. Words relating to other pillars of Islam have not achieved the status of loanwords and may need to be italicised.
There is right now no consistency, even in article titles, in whether English Wikipedia uses "of the hajj" or just "of hajj". When talking about the trip made by an individual pilgrim, it's natural to use the indefinite article "a pilgrim's hajj". So this question is about when talking about the hajj in general. There is variation among the article's sources. At present I'm just aiming for within-article consistency so I've used the definite article rather than hajj on its own. MartinPoulter ( talk) 15:07, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
"It was the world's first major exhibition telling the story, visually and textually, of the hajj" - really?? Is there some heavy lifting being done by "major" or would something like "It was the world's first featured exhibition in a top world museum telling the story, visually and textually, of the hajj" be more accurate? Lovingboth ( talk) 15:05, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
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Did you know?" column on
December 31, 2022. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the
British Museum's 2012 exhibition
Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam included textiles from the
Kaaba (example pictured) that were described as bringing "a visceral artistic buzz to the display"? |
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I'm listing here, for future reference, some stylistic decisions and their basis.
There is no consistency across articles for this presently on English Wikipedia. However, as discussed at Talk:Hajj#Capitalisation, multiple style guides specifically for professionals writing about Islam in English recommend lower-case.
No, because "hajj" and "hajji" are loanwords in English, [1] not to be treated as foreign words. Words relating to other pillars of Islam have not achieved the status of loanwords and may need to be italicised.
There is right now no consistency, even in article titles, in whether English Wikipedia uses "of the hajj" or just "of hajj". When talking about the trip made by an individual pilgrim, it's natural to use the indefinite article "a pilgrim's hajj". So this question is about when talking about the hajj in general. There is variation among the article's sources. At present I'm just aiming for within-article consistency so I've used the definite article rather than hajj on its own. MartinPoulter ( talk) 15:07, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
"It was the world's first major exhibition telling the story, visually and textually, of the hajj" - really?? Is there some heavy lifting being done by "major" or would something like "It was the world's first featured exhibition in a top world museum telling the story, visually and textually, of the hajj" be more accurate? Lovingboth ( talk) 15:05, 17 May 2023 (UTC)