Talk:Algeria

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Why does the subheading refer to an article about ‘History of Jews in Algeria’, but the subsection itself doesn’t make any reference whatsoever, even codedly or ambiguously, to the history of Jewish demographics in Algeria? This article has existed for many years. Many people have edited it, but apparently not one has seen fit to explain the demographic change in the Jewish population of Algeria. That’s very odd. KronosAlight (talk) 23:23, 21 November 2024 (UTC) Hello You are free to participate in the improvement of the article on the points you deem necessary based on academic sources. Regards. Monsieur Patillo (talk) 22:13, 22 November 2024 (UTC) I made that comment to highlight the obvious problem of antisemitism among Wikipedia editors. The question was rhetorical. KronosAlight (talk) 20:34, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

The opening of the article is different from other Middle Eastern countries.

Hello. First of all, I am sorry I didn't mean to do disruptive edits or personal attack, you misunderstood me, I didn't insult anyone, my edits were sourced and i changed many parts of my edits so they were different edits not the same edit.

Skitash and MrOllie didn't explain why do they think my edit is not improvement? my edits were with sources I changed my edits several times and they still didn't explain why do they think these other new changes are not improvement? Skitash removed my talk section without replying to my point all he wrote in fact it makes no sense? what I mentioned is sourced historical facts, why does he think they don't make sense?

I wanted to add more information with sources about history of Algeria and dynasties and states centered in Algeria because the opening article just mentions ottomans and romans and byzantines....etc even though these empires dominated parts of West Asia and North Africa not just Algeria

The Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine), East Europe, Egypt and Iraq were occupied for centuries by the Greeks, Byzantines, Romans, Persians, Ottomans....etc In addition to these empires, other empires, The Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine) were occupied by the French crusaders for 200 years. Iraq was occupied by the Central Asians (Jalayirid Sultanate, Ilkhanate, Timurids) for 196 years.

however most opening pages of these countries don't mention these empires that occupied these countries or just mention a few of them.

for example, the opening page of Lebanon just mention few of empires who occupied Lebanon but not all of them, it doesn't mention in the opening page most empires that occupied Lebanon.

Same thing with Egypt, no mention of Greeks, Persians and Romans...etc

same thing with the opening page of syria it doesn't mention the empires of french crusaders, romans, byzantines, greeks..... dominating Syria etc.

Skitsh said my first edit is not improvement I thought maybe he thinks information about armies and one certain dynasty based in neighboring region originating from algeria is tangential so I removed information about armies because some people may see it as tangential, I didn't mean to attack him, I just mean that there are some people who makes politically motivated edits on Wikipedia history articles and as we know Wikipedia right now is moderated less than in the past because many Wikipedians left Wikipedia and it made it harder for few moderators to moderate thousands of articles.

I made this the latest edit and it was reverted again without a reason by Skitash

"Algeria has been inhabited since prehistory and was historically known as Numidia, like many other Mediterranean countries it has been at the crossroads of numerous cultures and civilizations, including the Phoenicians, Numidians, Romans, Vandals, and Byzantine Greeks. The territory of modern-day Algeria was the foundation of several states, such as Numidia, the Hammadids, the Zirids, the Regency of Algiers and other states"

I removed too the mentioned of a historical figure (Saint Augustine) because most opening of countries articles don't mention historical figures

I suggest removing "Turks" because regency of algiers was largely independent and because opening pages of Syria don't mention ottoman occupation

and I suggest removing vandals because vandal kingdom was in small part of algeria

I suggest this edit

""Algeria has been inhabited since prehistory and was historically known as Numidia, like many other Mediterranean countries it has been at the crossroads of numerous cultures and civilizations, including the Phoenicians, Romans, and Byzantine Greeks. The territory of modern-day Algeria was the foundation of several states, such as Numidia, the Hammadids, the Zirids, the Regency of Algiers and other states"

Thanks. POTDL (talk) 21:53, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Ethnic background

There are several inaccuracies in the article that should be addressed. It distinguishes between the indigenous Amazigh peoples of Algeria and the "Arabs," but most ethnographic and genetic studies suggest that the so-called "Arabs" of Algeria are, in fact, predominantly of Amazigh descent, having adopted the Arabic language over time. This distinction should be clarified, as the current framing can be misleading (see Genetic History of North Africa). It would be more accurate and appropriate to refer to Algerian "Arabs" as Arabic speakers rather than implying a separate ethnic identity. This use of arab makes as little sens as calling people from Ivory Coast french because they speak french...

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6532504/ https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/34/2/318/2680801?login=false Stoutstouta (talk) 20:03, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 9 February 2025

Remove (2024 est.) in the following parameters of the infobox:

  GDP_PPP =  $768.52 billion, 2024 est.)
  GDP_PPP_per_capita =  $16,483 (2024 est.)

==>

  GDP_PPP =  $768.52 billion
  GDP_PPP_per_capita =  $16,483

as this is redundant with the parameters GDP_PPP_year. Jtruc34 (talk) 23:59, 9 February 2025 (UTC)