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65% Ibadhi

A quick google search shows that there are different percentages of Ibadhi muslims in Oman. Two pdfs say 45% and 65%, not the 75% that says so on the Oman page which has its citation from CIA factbook. I think the factual accuracy here may be disputed. --AquaFox (talk) 22:15, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Subdivisions

The subdivision map would appear to be missing Al B and "Sport" under the heading "Food"? 144.109.4.92 (talk) 18:54, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My guess is that "Food" should have been a sub-section of "Culture" (which would then make "Male National Dress" etc sub-sections of Culture instead of sub-sections of Food...) I've indented "Food". Cheers, and well spotted! I've been caught up with Dubai recently and haven't been keeping an eye on Oman as much as I could. This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 18:59, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Type of government

The info. box states it to be both a constitutional monarchy and an absolute monarchy. This is an oxymoron; a monarchy cannot be both absolute and constitutional. Would someone care to clarify? HLGallon (talk) 19:24, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It was an absolute monarchy until comparatively recently, however I don't believe that that's an accurate description now. I've removed it. Cheers, TFOWR^{This flag once was red} 22:24, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Needs significant substantive editing

This article is filled with redundancies -- for example, kahwa is explained three times in three consecutive paragraphs. Female style of dress is explained twice -- once in once under the first paragraph of "Culture" and again under a subsection of "Culture" called "Female national dress". Reading the article as a whole, as someone who previously knew nothing of the subject, it seems whoever is adding information isn't checking to see what's already been discussed.

Also (new person here) I'd add that it lacks balance - the part on food, for example, is clearly lifted from a tourist brochure or something. Omanis may be hospitable and their food may be fantastic but those are value and taste judgments so should not simply be presented as if indisputable fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.12.215.28 (talk) 09:30, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, unfortunately much of this article is pretty awful. I removed some of the passages that were obviously from a tourist brochure, but much more needs to be done. Several sections, such as the one on food, are far too long and lack citations while sections that should be long, such as the one dealing with the political situation, are too short. Unfortunately, I don't know all that much about this particular country so I can't really add much, I can only do some editing. Hopefully someone will come along and do some real work on this, though this seems to be a country that people are neglecting here on Widipedia... The Way (talk) 06:08, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Independence?

Why does it not say anything about Oman's independence from the United Kingdom in the infobox? Flosssock1 (talk) 21:39, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

?? Flosssock1 (talk) 16:33, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Was Oman part of the UK (or the British Empire)? I realise that Britain exercised considerable control (of the gunboat diplomacy type) over parts of Oman's African empire, but my understanding was that Oman-proper was never more than a British ally. (It doesn't prove much either way, but Oman is not a member of the Commonwealth despite retaining strong ties with the UK). My knowledge of Oman's history is pretty much limited to reciting the Sultans from the current dynasty, however... Cheers, TFOWR^{This flag once was red} 16:41, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Independence from United Kingdom

I have a lot of knowledge about Oman's history having read a lot of books about it and all. And as far as I know, Oman was never part of the British Empire even though it is many a times shown to be!

Oman very much maintained its own territories in Iran and Pakistan. Even though its African empire was crumbled down by the British.

British did pressure Oman time and again. And the fact remains that Oman was only to approach Britain in case of a diplomatic row according to the treaties that were forcibly signed. But unlike Aden,etc The British never maintained more than a consulate or something in Muscat forget military presence. However during the Dhofar crisis,the whole fate of the world rested on this small country (It controls one half of the Strait of Hormuz from where 40% of the worlds petrol is shipped out - Communist control of that would have totally changed the outcomes of the Cold War! - For further reading - Read "In The Service of the Sultan" by Ian Gardiner) and so British presence intensified!

I have removed "Received independence from United kingdom phrase" as of now.

It can be put back,but I hope only after discussing the ambiguity that whether Oman was independent or not! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.178.34.206 (talk) 07:10, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For what it's worth I agree with this. My understanding is that Oman was - and is - a close ally of Britain, but was never part of the British Empire. TFOWR^{idle vapourings of a mind diseased} 10:04, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The fact is the United Kingdom wielded sovereignty over Oman. Oman was a protectorate of the United Kingdom, as were many part of the British Empire, with the United Kingdom controlling its foreign affairs and defence. All maps of the British Empire depict Oman as part of the British Empire. Oman was as much as part of the British Empire as Yeman was or any othe part of the British Empire was. The Yeman article states the date Yemen received independence from the United Kingdom. Oman too has a date when it received independence from the United Kingdom and this should not be removed from the article simply because wp:IDONTLIKEIT. If you argue Oman was not part of the British Empire for whatever reasons then technically you could do the same for say India, in which case Wikipedia stops being factual and correct, instead becomes someone's personal opinion and wp:origininal reseach. 88.106.67.84 (talk) 22:54, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oman

Let's improve the article.

96.41.164.58 (talk) 11:19, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any suggestions? TFOWR^{is this too long?} 11:35, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Add references

96.41.164.58 (talk) 11:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]