Template talk:Prophets in the Qur'an
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[edit] Biblical Names
I think there's no need to include names in Bible since it's not a christian encyclopedia --Mido 04:41, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
I think that the links aren't necessary to the biblical names of the prophets but it helps if the names are included. --a.n.o.n.y.m t 17:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
- I have removed the links to the biblical names, but have kept them in the template. I believe that they will be help for those learning about the Prophets of Islam. I have also created a few new articles specifically pertaining to the Islamic prophets (like Ibrahim). I got a complaint on the Abraham article about the template (in the edit summary) since Abraham is not just a prophet in Islam. I didn't think the rationale for removing the template was reasonable, but the section on Ibrahim in Islam was getting too long anyway. Feel free to help out on the Prophets of Islam page; I think it's pretty obvious what I'm doing. I'm doing section editing, one prophet at a time so others can easily help out. I'll usually delete the index of verses for the prophet I'm working on. joturner 23:21, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
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- Good. This is a very nice template. --a.n.o.n.y.m t 00:35, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
I added the links back to the English names of the prophets. This is not a Christian encyclopedia, I am not a Christian, but this is an English encyclopedia. Because English has been impacted by Christianity so much, the English names of the prophets are the Christian names for the prophets. Since Islam considers the prophets to be the same people regardless of name, I don't see how this matters at all.--metta, The Sunborn 14:45, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
- It should be considered as harmless as it would be to have Greek and Roman names on a template for information's sake. That isn't done, but both have near equal recognition in the English speaking world. Perhaps the Biblical names should be in italics though. William Quill 11:21, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Size
This is a good looking template, but it is large for some pages. I wonder if a second, compact version could be used for pages where this one might look too big. Or maybe one with a vertical format would be useful. These would be in addition, not instead of. Thoughts? Tom Harrison Talk 14:28, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
