Talk:Qatar

Numbeo claim on safety ranking

Added under the heading of Crime and Safety, the following excerpt has been added, citing an article published on Issuu, written by the Marhaba Information Guide, that is based in Doha, Qatar .

"Qatar has been ranked the "world's safest country" by a Numbeo crime index of 142 world countries.

Numbeo has continued issues over verifiability or veracity of data sourced, since it is entirely user reported and open to easy manipulation.

As excerpted from the article linked above

"Data on Numbeo is not peer-reviewed, and could be inserted or altered by anyone accessing the website. It has been criticized for its inaccuracy due to its ease of statistics misuse and general disinformation."

Therefore since Numbeo is considered unreliable, any news articles, etc that cite Numbeo itself should be taken with a pinch of salt — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harbin91 (talk • contribs) 22:15, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

References

needs "use ___ english"

This article still uses {{EngvarB}}, since 2014. What template should be used instead? Myrealnamm (💬Let's talk · 📜My work) 21:45, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

"Not there (yet), so shouldn't be here"

@Datawikiperson:, refer to WP:WHATABOUT. The removal of properly sourced content is not justified merely because comparable information is absent from infoboxes of unrelated articles. Each article should be assessed on its own merits and relevance, rather than on perceived inconsistencies elsewhere. Aleain (talk) 01:50, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Qatar is a monarchy, so it is natural to be authoritarian. Datawikiperson (talk) 12:50, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Monarchies can indeed be authoritarian, even totalitarian in some cases. Qatar, for instance, is not a modern constitutional monarchy because power remains heavily concentrated in the hands of the ruling Emir. There are no meaningful checks and balances, political parties are banned and the legislative body is largely advisory (literally called "Consultative") with limited authority. These characteristics are inconsistent with the principles of a constitutional monarchy, where the monarch's powers are typically restrained by a constitution and accountable institutions. And yes, this is not exclusive to Qatar, but all of the Gulf monarchies. You're welcome to add such information for them if you want some balance. Aleain (talk) 16:20, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

I think they should put something like “semi-constitutional monarchy under a royal dictatorship” or something. Datawikiperson (talk) 18:36, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

I did it and balanced out the rest. Datawikiperson (talk) 10:20, 27 June 2025 (UTC)