Talk:Damascus

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damscus can be the best place ever to — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.67.212.200 (talk) 01:01, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 21:22, 20 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

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—178.52.220.93 (talk) 05:19, 1 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

You haven't said what you think is wrong with the coordinates in the article, and they appear to be correct. If you still think that there is an error, you'll need to supply a clear explanation of what it is. Deor (talk) 14:37, 1 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

At last the Assad family have left Syria. Wonder who has welcomed in the criminal Al-Assad. Let us hope that no righteous Syrian will be injured or held "in prison". Rstonhold (talk) 16:17, 8 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

@You can't cite another Wikipedia article, that's clearly WP:CIRCULAR. Please post on the talk page to explain and gain consensus for what changes you want to make, and cite actual reliable sources justifying them, instead of continuing to remove actually sourced information because you seemingly don't like it. Remsense 🌈 论 16:36, 28 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Syrian91 Remsense 🌈 论 16:37, 28 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Do whatever you want i spent hours to get all the Information and correcting the article and you deleted it in a second. Syrian91 (talk) 16:46, 28 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Wouldn't've done our readers any good at all given you gave them absolutely nothing to verify what you wrote. Are they just supposed to take your word as an internet stranger for it? Remsense 🌈 论 16:49, 28 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

"...is the capital and largest city of Syria"

The capital yes, apparently, and the article suggests that the Damascus urban area as a whole contains 5 million people – but the Aleppo article suggests that it is a larger city than Damascus proper. Harfarhs (talk) 21:11, 31 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

I think information about how the administration of the city works should be added. Who's the mayor, how is he elected (according to the german article he's named by ministor of interior but thats probably before fall of assad, etc. Oliklixer (talk) 19:49, 9 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

The redirect Al Shami (singer) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 May 15 § Al Shami (singer) until a consensus is reached. OussDB (talk) 16:59, 15 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Why does the Syria border with Jordan have a bunch of squiggly lines? It shouldn’t exist. As far as I know, it’s always been straight. We may have to ditch the interactive map; maybe entirely if nobody in OSM doesn’t address the problem.~2026-43770-07 (talk) 00:17, 9 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

Why largest instead of most populous? ~2026-43770-07 (talk) 01:30, 10 August 2026 (UTC)Reply