Talk:Al Jazeera Arabic

Please don't rename this article. -- Zoe

Re Al Jazeera: As I understand it, you need to delete the page entry itself to allow it to be redirected to, not just delete its contents and leave it empty. There are some special-case exceptions to these rules as well, if I recall correctly, but I can't remember what they are. -- The Anome 20:24 Apr 6, 2003 (UTC)

Hello. Thanks for responding. The "move page" page says:

Note that the page will not be moved if there is already a page at the new title, unless it is empty or a redirect and has no past edit history.

Well, "Al Jazeera" was a redirect with no past history, and I couldn't re-name "Al-Jazeerah". It is now blank, with a little history (the history of me making it blank), and I still can't re-name "Al-Jazeerah".

I think I will give up and just move the content across.

GrahamN 20:34 Apr 6, 2003 (UTC)

Why are you moving the page? Please leave it where it is. This is the name the English-speaking world knows it by. -- Zoe

"Al-Jazeerah" is not the name the English-speaking world knows it by. All the British media spell it "Al Jazeera", or sometimes (erroneously) "Al-Jazeera". The reason is that Al Jazeera themselves spell the name of their organisation that way. If you don't believe me, take a look at their web site. It is no less absurd to spell Al Jazeera "Al-Jazeerah" as it would be to spell The Times "The-Timez". "Al Jazeera" is the correct spelling. Any other spelling is simply wrong. GrahamN 00:05 Apr 8, 2003 (UTC)