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A fact from Khan al-Umdan appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 February 2009, and was viewed approximately 3,523 times (
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The following is a closed discussion of a
requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a
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Al-Umdan Caravansarai →
Inn of the Pillars –
WP:UE,
WP:COMMONNAME. The sources referenced in the article call this "Inn of the Pillars", although my wider search indicates that "the" seems optional. "Caravansarai" is an alternative spelling of "caravanserai" – the article uses both – but my gsearch turns up nothing using this term beyond dictionary definitions and (rather oddly) stock photo listings. The word translates as "khan", but if we prefer the Arabic we should title the article
Khan Al-Umdan and not mix languages.
85.238.91.38 (
talk) 19:38, 30 September 2020 (UTC) —Relisting.BegbertBiggs (
talk) 11:39, 9 October 2020 (UTC)reply
I'm not really seeing any particular English title being widespread, here are two tourist books that use
Khan al-Umdan and give Inn of the Pillars in parentheses
[1][2]. As far as I can see,
Khan al-Umdan is the widespread title in English sources
[3][4][5][6][7] so support that move. "Khan al-Umdan" is also the original title of this article until it was moved in an undiscussed mass move of related pages completely against the common name in English sources. – Thjarkur(talk) 22:48, 8 October 2020 (UTC)reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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A fact from Khan al-Umdan appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 February 2009, and was viewed approximately 3,523 times (
disclaimer) (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
The following is a closed discussion of a
requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a
move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Al-Umdan Caravansarai →
Inn of the Pillars –
WP:UE,
WP:COMMONNAME. The sources referenced in the article call this "Inn of the Pillars", although my wider search indicates that "the" seems optional. "Caravansarai" is an alternative spelling of "caravanserai" – the article uses both – but my gsearch turns up nothing using this term beyond dictionary definitions and (rather oddly) stock photo listings. The word translates as "khan", but if we prefer the Arabic we should title the article
Khan Al-Umdan and not mix languages.
85.238.91.38 (
talk) 19:38, 30 September 2020 (UTC) —Relisting.BegbertBiggs (
talk) 11:39, 9 October 2020 (UTC)reply
I'm not really seeing any particular English title being widespread, here are two tourist books that use
Khan al-Umdan and give Inn of the Pillars in parentheses
[1][2]. As far as I can see,
Khan al-Umdan is the widespread title in English sources
[3][4][5][6][7] so support that move. "Khan al-Umdan" is also the original title of this article until it was moved in an undiscussed mass move of related pages completely against the common name in English sources. – Thjarkur(talk) 22:48, 8 October 2020 (UTC)reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.