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This map and the whole article looks like Original research. It does not even reflect the fact that Azerbaijan is Shia and Iran is all Shia, not just the part shown here. What "Half Moon"??? ፈቃደ ( ውይይት) 14:52, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
How do I recommend this article for deletion? One person's categorization does not make this knowledge valuable of an encyclopedia. The categorization has not caught on with academia, and if it has, there is no evidence of that in this article.
Shia is a well-known translation for the arabic word شیعه and there's no doubt about it. You can not only trust only on Google, as this is not a wikipedia policy or guideline. I suggest to use Shia in the title instead of the nasty word shiite. -- Hossein.ir 16:42, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
The majority in Yemen is actually Sunni Muslim, and not Shia as the article suggests. Basically 55% are Sunni, and 45% are Shia. Here's the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Islam. —Preceding
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I have changed the map. -- Japan01 22:47, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Umm, there is no map 122.162.135.179 ( talk) 14:24, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
Is this map accurate? the image goes through just part of Iran, which I understand is almost entirely shia, then through northern/kurdish iraq, which is mostly sunni while southern iraq is the predominately shia area. Then it hits syria, which i understand is only like ~1/5 shia and lebanon which is 1/4-1/3 or so both with populations of shias more heavily concentrated in the south. Seems a bit misleading to me but I am certainly no expert on the topic. -- InspectorTiger ( talk) 14:38, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
I'd added "Shiite Crescent" as an alternative spelling to the lead because it has a significantly larger net presence than "Shia Crescent". Anyone searching for further info via Google will have a lot more luck using Shiite; specifically 499 News hits vs. 67 for Shia. Not so impressive searching on Web, with 48k vs.33k, but still it's ahead.
I've undone Pass a Method's recent edit to remove it. No problem if there's a WP policy/style/etc. that's at play here and if he or anyone else wants to remove it again. Bromley86 ( talk) 22:58, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
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This map and the whole article looks like Original research. It does not even reflect the fact that Azerbaijan is Shia and Iran is all Shia, not just the part shown here. What "Half Moon"??? ፈቃደ ( ውይይት) 14:52, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
How do I recommend this article for deletion? One person's categorization does not make this knowledge valuable of an encyclopedia. The categorization has not caught on with academia, and if it has, there is no evidence of that in this article.
Shia is a well-known translation for the arabic word شیعه and there's no doubt about it. You can not only trust only on Google, as this is not a wikipedia policy or guideline. I suggest to use Shia in the title instead of the nasty word shiite. -- Hossein.ir 16:42, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
The majority in Yemen is actually Sunni Muslim, and not Shia as the article suggests. Basically 55% are Sunni, and 45% are Shia. Here's the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Islam. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
M.efimov (
talk •
contribs) 16:50, August 30, 2007 (UTC)
I have changed the map. -- Japan01 22:47, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Umm, there is no map 122.162.135.179 ( talk) 14:24, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
Is this map accurate? the image goes through just part of Iran, which I understand is almost entirely shia, then through northern/kurdish iraq, which is mostly sunni while southern iraq is the predominately shia area. Then it hits syria, which i understand is only like ~1/5 shia and lebanon which is 1/4-1/3 or so both with populations of shias more heavily concentrated in the south. Seems a bit misleading to me but I am certainly no expert on the topic. -- InspectorTiger ( talk) 14:38, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
I'd added "Shiite Crescent" as an alternative spelling to the lead because it has a significantly larger net presence than "Shia Crescent". Anyone searching for further info via Google will have a lot more luck using Shiite; specifically 499 News hits vs. 67 for Shia. Not so impressive searching on Web, with 48k vs.33k, but still it's ahead.
I've undone Pass a Method's recent edit to remove it. No problem if there's a WP policy/style/etc. that's at play here and if he or anyone else wants to remove it again. Bromley86 ( talk) 22:58, 21 June 2013 (UTC)