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Like all of its neighbors, Botswana has been controlled continuously by the same political party since independence/decolonization, and has been referred to as such in a number of sources.
Despite this, the appellation "Dominant Party" has not been made to this country in the infobox. I have added the appellation under WP:BOLD, and wished to post for discussion here.
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— Heighliner10191 ( talk)
This term should not be used on Wikipedia, even though it exists in some dictionaries, because it is not used in Botswana English. See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Africa/Archive_1#Botswanan if interested. John ( talk) 18:09, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
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Like all of its neighbors, Botswana has been controlled continuously by the same political party since independence/decolonization, and has been referred to as such in a number of sources.
Despite this, the appellation "Dominant Party" has not been made to this country in the infobox. I have added the appellation under WP:BOLD, and wished to post for discussion here.
Citations:
— Heighliner10191 ( talk)
This term should not be used on Wikipedia, even though it exists in some dictionaries, because it is not used in Botswana English. See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Africa/Archive_1#Botswanan if interested. John ( talk) 18:09, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
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The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:
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