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Hm, these maps are not used "often" to illustrate Morocco, and it is inherently biased to present them as equally valid.

Regardless of one's poition in the dispute, Western Sahara is today not formally part of Morocco. Check any UN map or other major international organization - every one I know of presents Western Sahara as a separate territory, although sometimes with the name in a different font, or with the text "Western Sahara (claimed by Morocco)" or "Western Sahara (occupied by Morocco)". Or, sometimes, with the border line dotted between two otherwise equal countries ("Morocco" and "Western Sahara"), to point out that that border is in dispute.

The map to the right is basically only used in Morocco. I don't mind if it stays here, since the maps all look good and are informative (good job again), but they should not be presented as three equally valid presentations of the situation today. This is because one is obviously chauvinist/nationalist, in pretending that the annexation is recognized, when in fact it is described by the whole world as a neighbouring non-decolonized territory.

And, just to be clear: the map to the left is not a "counterweight" or "equally unbalanced", as it does nothing but to present the actual situation: a separate territory. A correspondingly biased pro-Sahrawi map would say "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic" or "Western Sahara (sovereign state)" or something along those lines. See my point?

Arre 14:59, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Maybe you should edit the map description if you have any concerns about it. I thought it was best not to write the name of Western Sahara in the left map because it was showing Morocco as a separate country - and the map does not show the names of any other countries around it, since it is the article on Morocco. Astrokey44 12:30, 29 November 2005 (UTC) le sahara doit etre indépendantvive le sahara occidentale libre