Talk:Wadi Rum

I'm not going to post in the main page, but the "educatioanal" (sic) institute in Rum sure looks like a fun place to study: [1] (WT-en) Jpatokal 08:39, 2 Nov 2004 (EST)

Protection of article

This post is to note that, due to numerous abusive edits, I have blocked unregistered users from editing this article. I hope it wasn't out of line to take action without consultations, and I apologize if it was. I'm not sure how best to have discussed this in advance.

All the best,

(WT-en) Ikan Kekek 00:47, 23 June 2011 (EDT)

See Project:Protected pages. Permanent protection should generally not be done without discussion, so I've changed this page to a one-week protection and added a line to the "Temporary semi-protection" section of the protected pages policy. -- (WT-en) Ryan • (talk) • 01:19, 23 June 2011 (EDT)

Thanks, Ryan. But I believe this article will need much more than one week's protection. We've had lots of unexplained deletions and additions of entries for tours and desert "Sleep" listings. Where do I propose a much longer period of protection, such as at least 6 months? (WT-en) Ikan Kekek 14:07, 23 June 2011 (EDT)

The guidelines for longer protections are outlined on Project:Protected pages - basically, just leave a note on that page explaining why the protection has been applied. Six months might be a bit long for a first-time protection, so I'd suggest starting out with a shorter protection and increasing it as needed. -- (WT-en) Ryan • (talk) • 21:08, 23 June 2011 (EDT)

Street addresses

Are there street addresses in Wadi Rum? If there are, the tour agencies listed under "Do" should all include them in their listings. But are there? (WT-en) Ikan Kekek 01:59, 21 December 2011 (EST)

"Stay safe" section

Should we really be warning people not to fall in love with Bedouins? Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:41, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

It seems like odd advice - [2] mentions a similar "scam", but it seems sort of like common sense to be wary of romantic entanglements with people you barely know. -- Ryan • (talk) • 05:04, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

How should we edit the section? What should be removed and what should be kept? Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:08, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

I plunged forward - [3] - but feel free to further edit or even revert my changes if they aren't an improvement. -- Ryan • (talk) • 05:52, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

I like the tone better. Thanks, Ryan. Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:14, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Alternative banner for this article?

Banner currently used in this article

Suggested new alternative banner

I created a new alternative banner for this article (I initially created it first and foremost so that it would be used at the top of the parallel article in the Hebrew edition of Wikivoyage, yet I later decided to also suggest that the English Wikivoyage community would consider using it here as well). So, which banner do you prefer having at the top of this article? ויקיג'אנקי (talk) 04:33, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

The current banner is rather clear and the new banner is very hazy. I see the point of it, but I prefer the current banner. Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:59, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Keep original. Suggest you use original for Hebrew wikivoyage as well. --Andrewssi2 (talk) 13:23, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Keep. Danapit (talk) 18:57, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Current. The sun in the new is interesting but the whole is too hazy. Syced (talk) 10:32, 1 October 2015 (UTC)