Talk:History of Dubai

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OK I have completely rewritten this article in an effort to possible go for GA with it. I'm open to any comments on it, let me know! Dottydotdot (talk) 13:01, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

:15px Greatly improved and researched, but before it can be considered for GA, the ampersands (&) need to be replaced by the word "and". Using "&" in article text is a no-no per the Manual of Style. JGHowes ^talk 16:24, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

::{{Done}} Okey dokey no problems, have done that! Dottydotdot (talk) 19:04, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

This article, while a huge improvement over the older article, relies almost exclusively on unreliable sources. I have gone through the first 20 and maybe only 2 look okay. This article will need to be resourced almost entirely before it has a shot at GA. A brief check on Google Books finds several good sources, including {{ISBN|0231700342}}. Calliopejen1 (talk) 01:05, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

:Ah darn, didn't realise they werent reliable enough. Hmmm....OK, well, I might re-source it one day, but probably not for this GA nomination-quite busy at the moment. Thanks. Dotty••|☎ 07:27, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

{{replyto|Dottydotdot}} Is today the day? 62.64.152.154 (talk) 22:17, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Azdi?

The article states that the first residents of Dubai worshiped the god Bajir. The Wikipedia article on god Bajir states that he was mostly worshiped by the Azdi. Does it mean that the first residents of Dubai were Azdi? As far as I know Azdi only moved northwards from Yemen after the destruction of a great dam around 200 AD. Does anyone have views on the subject? —Preceding unsigned comment added by СЛУЖБА (talk • contribs) 12:37, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

:The source given is considered to be unreliable. However Yemen to Dubai travel isn't completely unreasonable. 62.64.152.154 (talk) 22:20, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

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[[Timeline of Dubai]]

What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 15:28, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Issues

I think there is some confusion over what exactly constitutes a 'settlement'. By definition, nomads could not have SETTLED the area. This also implies that a long-lasting community existed in Dubai, which is very unlikely as the whole of Arabia was sparsely settled during 3000 BC (and there are no signs that Dubai is an exception). The phrase 'human habitation' would be more appropriate in this context. I'm not exactly sure what a 'caravan station' is, but perhaps this could be the first sign of settlement.

Much of the sources are questionable - a lot are promotional tourist adverts with no factual basis. Many of them are dead links as well. Elspamo4 (talk) 02:39, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

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