Talk:Scheherazade

message: Question for anyone: when was this all written, what kind of timeframes are involved here - 100 years, 200 years, 500 years, 1000 years? The references to origins is also lacking any sort of time context. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.63.55.180 (talk) 05:13, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The article neglects to mention that "a thousand and one nights" does not refer to a specific time interval, but means "infinite" or "unending". WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 14:39, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Or even just "a very big number". "A hundred and one" - as in "a hundred and one uses for a boy scout's pocket knife" is a very similar idiom. It also remains a literal number too, of course, and in fact in this particular context it is usually taken this way. Do we need (or even want to) incorporate a mention of all this - either here or in the "1001 nights" article itself? The extreme "nothing without specific verification" mob would doubtless whine about getting a WP:RS. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 00:43, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: "a thousand and one"

message: In the section under NAME, I find the pronunciations a little difficult as an english speaker.  I don't read or understand arabic and so I see that the name is spelled with accents or pronunciation guide symbols - or am I misled?  If I follow those guides, it seems as if I am pronouncing the names all wrong.  I feel I need more clarity here in order to include this article as a reference.
1RockyPerez (talk) 13:28, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciations and Phonetics 

message: Scheherezade isn't Arabic, she's Persian. This is very basic and it is really kind of embarrassing for the introductory part to be written as it is but I can't find the edit option for this section.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robin Jayne Goldsmith (talk • contribs) 17:15, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: All you has to do is provide a verifiable WP:RS to support this assertion. If it is so basic then this should be an easy task to perform. MarnetteD|Talk 18:00, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Almost any version of the original text of 1001 nights would do - add one yourself if you think it's necessary. For a person with a plainly Persian name the first assumption is not normally that they are something else. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 23:49, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Although - actually, her "nationality" is a thoroughly "fairy-tale" one rather than being based on modern nationalist sensitivities. The whole thing is a bit like arguing about if Hansel and Gretel are Bavarian or Prussian. I would be perfectly happy just leaving out her "nationality" altogether - since the text of the story is so vague. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 23:53, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: As to your first post per WP:BURDEN if is up to the editor adding or changing information to provide the sourcing. Your second post is very cogent and the H&G example is a good one and brings a smile as well. I agree with your suggestion about removing the nationality and would say that you should do the honors as you are the one who thought of it. MarnetteD|Talk 00:02, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah I missed that you had already done so a couple minutes before my post above. Good work and cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 00:29, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not Arabic, Persian 

message: Not Arab but PERSIAN🇮🇷 89.8.102.206 (talk) 21:10, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: She's a fictional character from a book preserved in Arabic.--Ermenrich (talk) 21:21, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  She was Persian 

message: When was Scheherazade born 49.96.230.15 (talk) 22:35, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: She wasn't, she's a fictional character.--Ermenrich (talk) 23:38, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  When was Scheherazade born