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Improve this previous CotW article to featured-standard so that it can be nominated and featured. Reasonable History section, but Sights and monuments, Business, Geography, Culture and Demographics are too short both miles and kilometers are used to describe distances in the article, it would make more sense to use just one
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Contents 1 Pre bahdad 2 sorely incomplete/biased article 3 Etymology 4 Pronunciation 5 FYI 6 Possible resource? 7 Main image 8 the mayor is ryan seacrest? 9 Distance 10 Gas? 11 A lot of... 12 ¡ ¿ ~~~~ 13 an nil; An Nil; cbs,... 14 Population 15 British bombing of Iraq 16 Opening paragraphs

[edit] Pre bahdad

Can anyone add information, if it is known somewhere, about the cities exiting where Baghdad now is before it became Baghdad?

[edit] sorely incomplete/biased article

2000+ years of history and culture, and half the article is about the last few years?! There's more about recent gallop polls than about the civilization that called Baghdad home for more than a millenia. Ugh, this is why Wikipedia is laughed at... Spookfish 06:26, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree, this article is pitiful. We must have some pictures of Baghdad where the city isn't on fire... Coffee 07:57, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Etymology

I think I can add a good etymology section to the article (about the name Baghdad and its origins). I'll try to get it done this weekend.--Zereshk 21:11, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm confused as to how bagh means god...i can think of many owrds in persian, but bagh is not one of them. if anything, bagh means garden, but with the alef. Kızılderili 22:43, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation

The word Baghdad is frequently used throughout the American media, however it is ALWAYS mispronounced as "bag-dad". Can Wikipedia help (even more) by adding a sound-bite with the proper pronunciation on the main page? -- 192.231.106.2 00:53, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FYI

Uncyclopedia:Baghmom

[edit] Possible resource?

I didn't want to add any images or links from this page, but there is some good video taken in Baghadad at www.american-interrupted.com (this is not a spam attempt). There is a video of the Martyrs' Monument in the video index, but I don't see an Martyrs' Monument listing here. Can someone add one?

[edit] Main image

The main image at the top of the page (Image:Baghdad.jpg) was a copyright violation from www.robinhocker.com, and has been deleted. You may want to find another suitable image. Proto||type 14:54, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Is it OK if I add an image?Bless sins 21:05, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] the mayor is ryan seacrest?

and who does it say is "mayor's bitch?" omg —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.29.211.22 (talk • contribs) .

[edit] Distance

Rather than using just miles or kilometres (as the 'to do' list suggests), it would be useful to use both but in a structured way throughout. For example, X is 13 km (8 miles) from Y. Excluding on measurement would alienate some of the readership.

EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 14:02, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gas?

Is there a source for the British using gas attacks to pacify the Iraqis in the 20s? Cos I saw a TV programme which mentioned this once, and it was lambasting the British for hypocrisy because of this, but it said they only PLANNED to use gas, before cancelling because it was too expensive... Indigenius 13:32, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Uum.. since when was baghdad called "penis heads" and nicknamed the "garden of poop"?

Attempting to change..

[edit] A lot of...

Sillyness on this page.

Wait, do you mean it being edited to say fadge? -Guy Person-

[edit] ¡ ¿ ~~~~

I do not comprehend that comment; but, it is not signed.

[[ hopiakuta | [[ [[%c2%a1]] [[%c2%bf]] [[ %7e%7e%7e%7e ]] -]] 00:23, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] an nil; An Nil; cbs,...

Cbs claims peace in this neighborhood: Christian; Sunni; Shiite.

[[ hopiakuta | [[ [[%c2%a1]] [[%c2%bf]] [[ %7e%7e%7e%7e ]] -]] 00:23, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Population

First, why is the population of the city given at 7 million, when the note seems to say nothing over 6.5 million. Secondly, why is the Metro population listed at 4.9 million? If anything, that should be the number given to the city. Someone really needs to correct this. I will if no one else is interested. --Criticalthinker 10:45, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] British bombing of Iraq

The account of the British occupation of Iraq in the twenties/thirties is very one-sided! I have changed one patent inaccuracy - the Gernam bombing of London and other British and French targets during the First World War - not to mention retalitory bombing by the allies - was targetted essentially at civilian morale, so that the British (for all their sins) cannot be justly accused of introducing "terror" bombing to the world (at least not in Iraq). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 144.139.79.82 (talk) 00:33, 16 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Opening paragraphs

The third opening paragraph seems to have been partially deleted, but I can't find a version of the article with the full paragraph...can anyone else figure this out? Super Jedi Droid 20:56, 20 January 2007 (UTC)