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al quds

please add an ", also known as Al-Quds" after jerusalem in the first words of the article. this is the arabic name for the city and considering the city is half claimed by the 1967 palestinian borders and fully claimed by other previous borders, this is a name to be included. MerluchWK (talk) 06:08, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

:This information is in the footnote at the very beginning of the article, right after the word Jerusalem. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 06:17, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

::According to WP:PLACE, it is common to have the title followed by a list of alternative names in local languages in parentheses on the first line of the article.

::This format is followed for most articles about Israeli cities such as Tel Aviv, Haifa, orAshkelon where the the common Arabic name is provided within the article itself. For an example of a city where the common Arabic and Hebrew names are markedly different due to political reasons, see Lod which still follows this format.

::The parentheses format would be more informative to the reader than the "note 2" footnote and follow the general trend set by other Wikipedia articles Vinidapoo (talk) 22:04, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

City flag?

Does Jerusalem have a city flag that we can put in the infobox? 170.249.138.242 (talk) 15:35, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

:I guess there are two questions. The answer to the first question 'Does Jerusalem have a city flag' is yes. The answer to the second question 'that we can put in the infobox' is probably no without violating WP:NPOV. See the last sentence in the lead section. Sean.hoyland (talk) 15:57, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

:Yes, the city has an official flag used by its municipal government. That's the WP:NPOV. Like any famous city, Jerusalem has a flag. But most countries dispute Israeli control of the city and therefore Wikipedia editors won't allow it to be posted on the city's page. To see the flag, visit List of flags of Israel Queens Historian (talk) 17:20, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Expand last paragraph of History section

The History section is well-detailed for all periods of time except for the last paragraph, which covers too much ground too briefly (starts with the crusades and ends with the present time). I suggest splitting it into multiple paragraphs and expanding on each historical stage to give them equal weight and maintain consistency with the earlier parts of the section. William (User page • Contributions • Talk) 13:00, 30 May 2025 (UTC)