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May 22, 2007	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
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Section size for Saudi Arabia (45 sections)
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Etymology	3,458	3,458
History	80	54,571
Prehistory	8,652	8,652
Pre-Islamic	8,260	8,260
Middle Ages and rise of Islam	9,470	9,470
Ottoman Hejaz	1,359	1,359
Saud dynasty and unification	8,429	8,429
20th century	9,930	9,930
21st century	8,391	8,391
Geography	7,126	14,920
Biodiversity	7,794	7,794
Government and politics	10,540	87,604
Monarchy and royal family	9,590	9,590
Al ash-Sheikh and role of the ulema	5,856	5,856
Legal system	4,747	4,747
Administrative divisions	1,129	1,129
Foreign relations	14,346	27,609
Allegations of sponsoring global terrorism	13,263	13,263
Military	11,400	11,400
Human rights	16,733	16,733
Economy	16,520	29,843
Agriculture	4,400	4,400
Water supply and sanitation	5,332	5,332
Tourism	3,591	3,591
Demographics	12,519	49,016
Language	2,593	2,593
Religion	7,822	7,822
Education	9,395	9,395
Health care	7,969	7,969
Foreigners	8,718	8,718
Culture	1,453	45,212
Religion in society	8,149	8,149
Women in society	7,386	7,386
Heritage sites	8,753	8,753
Dress	1,632	1,632
Arts and entertainment	5,533	5,533
TV and media	4,123	4,123
Cuisine	1,164	1,164
Sport	7,019	7,019
See also	149	149
Notes	26	26
References	30	30
Bibliography	3,545	3,545
External links	1,990	1,990
Total	314,198	314,198

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In the intro, where it mentions Saudi Arabia is a country in “West Asia in the Middle East”, please change this to “a country in West Asia in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.” 2600:100C:A216:3864:88D3:5C19:3185:B825 (talk) 22:16, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: no reason given for the proposed change. M.Bitton (talk) 22:38, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Köppen-Geiger climate classification map and layout

@Nikkimaria What layout issues are you referring to from my edit? BurqueMesa (talk) 06:31, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It causes sandwiching, as the section already has too many images. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:29, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Thank you for the explanation! BurqueMesa (talk) 19:22, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The water percentage of "0.7" was added with no source by an account from with only 3 contributions which all seem to be misguided. After research, I could not find a single source which claims the same number. There is no official number for the water area of Saudi Arabia. 99.64.160.215 (talk) 01:35, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Geardona (talk to me?) 01:41, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Context

While context is always a good thing, providing due weight to all the inter-connected events that shape history, it cannot be used as an excuse for editorialising and original synthesis. If the article is to say that one thing affected the other, then a reliable source is needed that actually says this, connecting the events and issues. It is not acceptable to cite the two separately and say, or suggest, that one influenced the other, unless a source does.

Wikipedia also doesn't tell the reader what's important to remember or consider. It lays out the facts, given appropriate weight and cited, and lets the reader determine what's important. Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 15:46, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]