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The following sentence needs to be written by someone with more knowledge of this nation's history than myself:
"The MESAN was founded as a genuinely democratic and nationalist party; however, it was later hijacked by Boganda's nephew, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, and converted into an instrument of repression during the existence of the "Central African Empire."" -- Thomas.macmillan 02:26, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
The repeated use of the phrase "territorial autonomy" is a bit awkward. That phrase is typically used (see territorial autonomy) to refer to a political status in the abstract rather than to the status of a particular region (a la "the territory" or "the commonwealth"). I believe that "autonomous territory" might be a more idiomatic term and note that it is used in the Central African Republic article. Newyorkbrad ( talk) 02:59, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm not entirely sure, but the lead may prove to be a little bit longer than is required. In case my suspicion is right, I suggest dropping the tidbits about where he studied and how many children he had (the former is mentioned in the body of text; the latter is usually mentioned in the lead only when the children are themselves notable, and could be easily moved in the text somewhere in or after the paragraph about his marriage). Dahn ( talk) 19:26, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
I typed Boganda's name into the search field completely expecting a stub, or nothing...and found a featured article. What a pleasant surprise! My thanks to all the editors involved. - Banyan Tree 07:35, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
It's just about time to decide what the Main Page blurb should say, as copying the full lead from the article here would result in a massive block of text on the Main Page. See Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 2009 for a sense of the general size of TFA blurbs. I have made an initial attempt below to craft a condensed blurb hitting essential points for review and modification. Note that fair use images are not allowed on the Main Page, so the blurb will not have an image unless a free image is found before the date. Once there is a consensus here, esp from Biruitorul, it can be moved to Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests. - Banyan Tree 01:47, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
I made a few changes, but this looks good to me. Thank you! - Biruitorul Talk 02:42, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
The References and External links are doubled. Is there a reason for this? Since this is today's featured article I figure there must be but I can't fathom why. Them From Space 17:52, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
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Boganda leads toward this page but it should not as it is also the name of a sous-préfecture. -- Grullab ( talk) 17:01, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
Although the article is in much better shape than many FAs of its era, I think there are issues with comprehensiveness/well-researched requirements in the FA criteria. A quick search on Google Scholar revealed that there are several academic papers [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] as well as a 1995 full length biography [6] not cited at all. Currently, the article relies too much on tertiary sources IMO. ( t · c) buidhe 01:46, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
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The following sentence needs to be written by someone with more knowledge of this nation's history than myself:
"The MESAN was founded as a genuinely democratic and nationalist party; however, it was later hijacked by Boganda's nephew, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, and converted into an instrument of repression during the existence of the "Central African Empire."" -- Thomas.macmillan 02:26, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
The repeated use of the phrase "territorial autonomy" is a bit awkward. That phrase is typically used (see territorial autonomy) to refer to a political status in the abstract rather than to the status of a particular region (a la "the territory" or "the commonwealth"). I believe that "autonomous territory" might be a more idiomatic term and note that it is used in the Central African Republic article. Newyorkbrad ( talk) 02:59, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm not entirely sure, but the lead may prove to be a little bit longer than is required. In case my suspicion is right, I suggest dropping the tidbits about where he studied and how many children he had (the former is mentioned in the body of text; the latter is usually mentioned in the lead only when the children are themselves notable, and could be easily moved in the text somewhere in or after the paragraph about his marriage). Dahn ( talk) 19:26, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
I typed Boganda's name into the search field completely expecting a stub, or nothing...and found a featured article. What a pleasant surprise! My thanks to all the editors involved. - Banyan Tree 07:35, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
It's just about time to decide what the Main Page blurb should say, as copying the full lead from the article here would result in a massive block of text on the Main Page. See Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 2009 for a sense of the general size of TFA blurbs. I have made an initial attempt below to craft a condensed blurb hitting essential points for review and modification. Note that fair use images are not allowed on the Main Page, so the blurb will not have an image unless a free image is found before the date. Once there is a consensus here, esp from Biruitorul, it can be moved to Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests. - Banyan Tree 01:47, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
I made a few changes, but this looks good to me. Thank you! - Biruitorul Talk 02:42, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
The References and External links are doubled. Is there a reason for this? Since this is today's featured article I figure there must be but I can't fathom why. Them From Space 17:52, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
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Boganda leads toward this page but it should not as it is also the name of a sous-préfecture. -- Grullab ( talk) 17:01, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
Although the article is in much better shape than many FAs of its era, I think there are issues with comprehensiveness/well-researched requirements in the FA criteria. A quick search on Google Scholar revealed that there are several academic papers [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] as well as a 1995 full length biography [6] not cited at all. Currently, the article relies too much on tertiary sources IMO. ( t · c) buidhe 01:46, 28 November 2021 (UTC)