Would it be better to reword this one sentence? (Sorry if the formatting is at all off, I don't do non-user talk pages often and I'm not sure about the formatting)- To give context right away, I am a Persian fan of Cookie Run. So, reading the page and seeing it word the Golden Cheese Kingdom's inspiration as including "Arab Gulf states" was a bit concerning. I'd like to give the benefit of the doubt and assume the intended meaning of this wording was "Arab states around the (Persian) Gulf" but the way it's worded makes it sound like it's calling it the "Arab Gulf." There's a lot of history behind this but basically: the name "Persian Gulf" had been used universally and the idea of renaming it to things like the "Arabian Gulf" only came about in the 1960s as a part of Arab nationalism and it's part of a widespread problem of the reattributing of Persian history to Arabs (something which is done by both Arab nationalists and ignorant westerners). The name's widespread popularization came from the British trying to attack Iran after losing control of Iran's oil industry. To my knowledge the name "Arab Gulf" hasn't even been accepted officially, however, so its usage on this wiki feels off to me unless it was either a wording fumbling... or a wholly intentional decision. And I would hope that it wasn't the latter. Can the wording be changed to just state "Arab states of the Persian Gulf" like the Wikipedia page it links to says?MML!opinions!Fun!Chocolate! (talk) 21:52, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
- Hi, it's been changed, thank you for bringing this up! The next time you see something like this, please feel free to edit the page yourself :) PeculiarFairies (talk) 22:11, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
Thank you so much! I absolutely willMML!opinions!Fun!Chocolate! (talk) 22:20, 26 October 2023 (UTC)