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I believe that the pre-colonial history goes into far too much depth about D'mt and that instead it should be more brief because if someone wants information on it they should just go to the page about that subject. Merhawie 20:55, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
For this article to become featured or indeed become a "Good Article", it needs to have a longer and more interesting lead. The Canada article has a lovely lead. See if it can be applied in some way to Eritrea. -- Jaw101ie 21:40, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
You all say that Eritrea has no official language, but the quoted source [7] says that "Arabic, English, and Tigrinya are the three official languages in Eritrea". Ehudzel 16:21, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Is anyone able to provide a reference for the motto Never kneel down? Though I've seen it mentioned in several places, I couldn't find an official source. Pruneau talk 23:58, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
I think that we have too many images in the History section and it should be pruned. We have three images in one section, at least one, maybe two need to be removed. Merhawie 17:07, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
You have reverted what seems to be referenced fact. I have no problem with you working on the Eritrea page but you have reverted what has been documented (mind you I haven't checked it out for sure, I don't have the time right now) and also reverted changes to the structure of the document. Also you have also reverted without letting us know which version your reverted to. Just put the discussion up on the talk page. -- Merhawie 17:47, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
I have not removed any referenced material this time (the Damot stuff which if I can recall even you commented on how it is superfluous). On the other hand you did remove referenced material when you removed the "prehistory" part of Eritrea. So I ask for a little balance. Reading the previous Eritrea page, especially the history part, it read something like :Eritrea in relation to Ethiopia, and Ethiopia too and especially Ethiopia and including Ethiopia...This is obviously because the chief contributor to the Eritrea page is an Ethiopian and as such has a political interest to over-emphasize Eritrea's historical "Ethiopianness" and downplay the existence of any pre-colonial separate identity that contradicts the concept of any sort of an "Ethiopian" Empire. It is not a NPOV and as an Eritrean I find it the most distasteful form of weaseldom. It would be in the interest of Eritreans as well as those interested in Eritrea to be able to unpeel the labels "Eritrea" (and "Ethiopia" if you must) to understand what lies at the bottom of it all. I do not feel emphasizing Ethiopia to the extent as was done so far is constructive. It should be noted that most of the material in the history section (written by Yom and other Ethiopian conributors) article is not referenced material. Referenced material also does not always spell relevance.
Also: the history section is what needs to be summarized most of all. I also don't see a problem with NOT starting with the history section, especially if it is going to be this long. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zeragito ( talk • contribs) 20:34, 2 October 2006
This discussion is interesting. I am NOT Ethiopian or Eritrean, but it was my understanding that Eritrea had formed as a result of Italian intervention against the Kingdom of Aksum (Ethiopia). To come here and see so much discussion of Eritrea as a nation with thousands of years of independent history blows me away. History books, teachers, professors, all referred to Eritrea as a nation state formed by the remnants of Italian colonialism in Ethiopia. Anyway, the point is I am utterly confused about who or what to believe in this situation. Thanks for the good reading though. Rafajs77 ( talk) 22:29, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Is it e-RIT-tree-ah or e-rit-TRAY-ah? I've heard both, this article should clarify this. EamonnPKeane 17:52, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
What is the current border situation? We need to add a "current events flag" there as info is changing --or we hope the situation is changing.-- Halaqah 21:27, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
The article references the town of Badme as a source of ongoing conflict yet it is not on the map provided. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.144.29.208 ( talk • contribs) 15:35, 26 December 2006
it doesn't appear to be on this otherwise decent looking map either EdwardLane ( talk) 22:17, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
I see there is nothing about their supposed support of the civil war in Somalia, there have got to be news reports supporting this? Mathmo Talk 06:31, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
There appears to be numerous POV violations, although cited properly within the history section in a lengthy paragraph at the end of the Independence section. This area needs to be looked into and cleaned up and the language written in a more neutral stance. -- 207.114.206.48 ( talk) 10:15, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Does the Eritrean government have an official website? Is there an Eritrean central bureau of statistics or some equivalent agency? If so, does it have a website? Itayb 10:48, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
The italian language in not just a minority language left by colonial times. There is a big school "scuola italiana di asmara" under the direct control of italian governament with more than 1500 students ( http://81.174.35.51/lombardinelmondo/portal/nazioni/AsiaAfrica/articoli/storiaemigrazione/eritrea/document_view).
There is also the "italian house" and there are a lot of misionaries.
Italian language is spoken much —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.11.58.71 ( talk) 01:57, 2 March 2007 (UTC).
I just can say that i have spend a month in Asmara a couple of years ago, and i have only speak italian with local population.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.6.25.96 ( talk • contribs) 00:34, March 5, 2007 (UTC).
John Foster Dulles was not the Secretary of State in 1952, a year when Harry Truman was still president, and Dean Acheson was his Secretary of State. He was the foreign policy advisor of Eisenhower, I guess, but not yet Secretary of State. So was the statement made when he was secretary of state (in which case not 1952), or was it made before he became secretary of state? john k 14:27, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi guys. This article feels a little lopsided. There is some mention, but actually very little about human rights abuses and acts of state terrorism. Check Amnesty's Eritrea News page for some quick information http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/eritrea/news.do
Compulsory national service for all men between 18 and 40 for an indefinite time ought to be mentioned, since their labour constitutes a major factor in the Eritrean economy now.
Also, an article about the Eritrean Diaspora feels necessary, again because that is where a lot of Eritrean's cashflow originates.
Secret prisons, detention of relatives to people who fled national service, imprisonment of church leaders, etc. I saw in the history of this article that external links to Non-Governmental groups was deleted. Any particular reason for that? I didn't check the links, but some grassroots backup would do this article some good. It's Wikipedia, supposed to be grassroots, innit. Thanks A—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Anansie ( talk • contribs) 09:38, 11 March 2007 (UTC).
Article is very well written, and close to GA status. However, it does not pass due to lack of citations. Most notably, there are quite a few 'citation needed' tags at various places in the article. These should be resolved prior to GA status. There are also several sections that are unreferenced: 'administrative divisions', 'politics and government' (only has one citation, to the quote), 'geography', 'languages', 'culture'.
I would recommend combining 'administrative regions' with the 'politics and government' section, since these are related to the government. The 'geography' section should be promoted in the article, probably should fall just after 'history'. There's also no information on the climate in this section, either.
The 'history' section looks very complete and well-written, though is missing citations in several key areas.
Editors might want to review some articles on countries that are already good articles; Egypt might be a good example of another African nation. Cheers! Dr. Cash 01:13, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Can someone who speaks Tigrinya render "National Scout Association of Eritrea" and "Be Prepared", the Scout Motto, into Tigrinya? Thanks! Chris 14:34, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
BBC says it is:
Wikipedia uses Eritrea as an example of a single-party state (q.v.), so if we decide here that it is not (by virtue of its charter?), then shouldn't we remove Eritrea from that list of examples, to be consistent? -- Uncle Ed 13:53, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
I've just added a main article section on Environment. This was mainly to to add the stuff on Eritrean elephants. In doing so I also moved the sentences on the coastal environment zone from the Geography section into this section, as it seemed approprirate to the sub-heading. -- Iacobus 04:10, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
I've just expanded the history section with details about the colonial regimes and subtitles. I hope this is good and clear for all.
Michael Palomino, 9th October 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.74.58.240 ( talk) 09:51, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
Could someone explain to me why it seems that this page is trying to make it look like Eritrea is somehow More Muslim than Christian. There are many istances of this and i have tried to fix it due to the image being produced by the western media to make Eritrea somehow a Muslim State and further by the US to be state sponsor of Terrorism it is imparitive that this remain an equal media to represent the truth rather than a perception of what the reality is! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.128.239.40 ( talk) 01:57, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
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all of the information in medieval, demograpich and language origin is if not wrong according to most scholars in the various area of expertise it at least debateable —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.224.200.118 ( talk) 06:16, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
the united kindom goverment is refusing the real eritrea and giving permission leave to remain to ethiopian.becouse their pentecostl faith believers. thatt's not true. the real Eritrean is getting refuse couse the lack of inforamtion. but the Ethiopian they studied their case since they start their journey to united kindom. and also alotof Eritrean Muslim get refuse. if u compare with christian. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.82.139.5 ( talk) 13:19, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
corrected Menelik II statement's date from 1989 to 1889 189.102.0.197 ( talk) 16:56, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Someone please correct the grammatical errors, they make the whole article look highschoolish.
I did just that--I agree that it was needed. Hope you like it. Markjoseph125 ( talk) 16:31, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
While media censorship is undoubtedly strong in Eritrea, this is obvious hyperbole. Any ideas for a more neutral statement? 121.209.1.24 ( talk) 13:46, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Currently, 3 out of 4 GDP numbers in top-right box are way wrong. Correct numbers according to the cited source ( http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2008/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2004&ey=2008&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=643&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=&pr.x=45&pr.y=15) are: GDP (PPP) total - $3.622 billion; GDP (PPP) per capita - $747; GDP (nominal) total - $1.316 billion; GDP (nominal) per capita - $271 (all are 2007 estimates) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.190.134.134 ( talk) 08:57, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Moved from the main article:
In 2008 Reporters Without Borders ranked Eritrea last at number 169, [10] [11] unseating the previous record holder North Korea which had been last every other year of the survey. Reporters Without Borders claims that in Eritrea, private newspapers have been shut down and generally exorcised from the country by the President Isaias Afewerki. Also, any journalists who criticize the president or his regime are immediately put into prison; among the many reporters and writers who have been jailed, four may have died in detention. [10]
The reason I moved it is because most country articles don't have a "criticism" section. Secondly, the criticism is of the government and its policies, not of the country, hence doesn't belong here. Bless sins ( talk) 22:54, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
I heard crime is low, but this article has no crime section to reflect this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.11.85.246 ( talk) 01:49, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
As an Eritrean i can second that claim, but i think crime is on the rise now 2009 given the economic situation in the country. It can even get worse as the world is brewing new sanctions on the government, which by the way is the only life line left for the people as there are no aid organizations allowed to operate in the country. Its really tragic to see a relatively good spirited and friendly people (that live with religious harmony) subjected into mass poverty and desperation, just to remove some political wrinkles Westerners believe the Horn African region may have. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Streightmind ( talk • contribs) 10:31, 1 December 2009
Can't speak to street crime, but VOIP fraud is so rampant in Eritrea many digital voice providers blockcalls to this country completley (mine does) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.36.16.12 ( talk) 17:54, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
I, personally, have had to revert the addition of Italian at least four times since Nov 2009; which is unfortunate as it is definitely not an official language of Eritrea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Eritrea&diff=prev&oldid=323450295 http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Eritrea&diff=prev&oldid=351827291 http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Eritrea&diff=prev&oldid=357823995 http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Eritrea&diff=prev&oldid=370409060
So everyone should keep a constant watch for this type of vandalism as it will happen again. These changes are always made by an anonymous editor; there are not usually given edit summaries; and other ethnic groups are often edited out during these changes. Mesfin ( talk) 13:37, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
Five times now: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Eritrea&diff=next&oldid=372801093 Mesfin ( talk) 23:05, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
Six: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Eritrea&diff=next&oldid=372876318 Mesfin ( talk) 12:48, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
Seven: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Eritrea&diff=prev&oldid=427894280 Mesfin ( talk) 11:21, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
Eight: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Eritrea&diff=prev&oldid=508765131 Mesfin ( talk) 11:42, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
The second paragraph of the Geography section begins by stating
"The country is virtually bisected by one of the world's longest mountain ranges..."
Which mountain range is this referring to? Is it really one of the world's longest ranges? Presumably it is not among the top five longest listed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mountain_ranges#By_length
This sentence could use some clarification by specifying the mountain range and perhaps dropping use of the phrase "one of the world's longest." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.189.100.26 ( talk) 07:58, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
I propose selective merging the content of the recently created article Ethnic groups of Eritrea to Eritrea#Demographics, with a redirect. The table at Ethnic groups... would be a useful addition to the Eritrea article. The rest of Ethnic groups... is largely duplicated in the main articles for each specific group. Yunshui 雲 水 06:59, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Once the debate about whether the head of state should be listed as President or President of State is resolved, the result should also be applied to the Politics of Eritrea page. The CIA world fact book lists President: [2]. The Eritrean UN Mission uses President: [3] [4]. The US State Department uses President of the State of Eritrea and Chairman of the Executive Council of the PFDJ: [5] This seems analogous to President of the United States, which we do not abbreviate President of United. What is the case for President of State ? Fanyavizuri ( talk) 22:34, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
I disagree we should use it if it is uncommon and potentially confusing. Chipmunkdavis ( talk) 00:16, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
This article is highly regarded by many WikiProjects, well-written, good refs, and useful pictures. I think it could certainly pass as a Good Article, but please, questions, comments, support or concern? Oakley77 ( talk) 03:19, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
I personally think pre-colonial dates/states (including Habesh Eyalet) should be listed. Mesfin ( talk) 16:40, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Most of what is known today as Eritrea existed as Medri Bahri, its a fact and that is why. Eritreans existed as a nation prior to Italian rule under Medri Bahri and were known as a distinct nation and readers need to know that rather than as the stereotypical view of Africans as being savage and anarchist prior to being "civilized" by the Italians. By mentioning this in the timeline it will provide a sense of understanding of the fact that the majority of Eritrea existed as a separate entity under a different name. I am fine with adding the habesh province of Ottomans but believed it might undermine the fact that Habesh did not include the Medri Bahri although they tried to. This is the same with Ethiopia and Abyssinia, both mean the same. Italians called it Eritrea, locals called it Medri Bahri. User:Cluckbang ( talk) 16:58, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Recently Kantouchthis ( talk · contribs) removed some content, as seen in this diff. Someone with more knowledge of this page's subject may want to verify that it isn't vandalism. — JmaJeremy TALK CONTRIBS 03:30, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Is it possible to have this article semi or completely locked/protected to avoid vandalism. Cluckbang ( talk) 01:25, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
There seems to be a desire to link Eritrean sovereignty to much older kingdoms. However, Eritrea has no political lineage from these. What is now Eritrea was what was taken by the Italians from Ethiopia. It was set up as a state only in 1991 (despite the infobox noting multiple moments of independence), with all state institutions being created from scratch. CMD ( talk) 07:14, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
I have changed few things that i am sure Ethiopians are trying to add to mislead readers. First of all the capital of D'mt was Matara not yeha, yeha was an independent sabean outpost and spoke sabeans. D'mt was also known as Meder Agaz'yan and spoke geez. Matara was the capital of d'mt this information can be found at official eritrean websites.
Secondly i removed the term "Tigray-Tigrigna" with its link. There is no such thing as tigray tigrigna in eritrean ethnic classification Nor Tigray is recognised as a Tribe nor an ethnic group In eritrean constitution.
Lastly i will be adjusting the Muslim-Christian percentage to the 50/50 Official Government numbers. 36% Muslims in Eritrea??? seriously people you need to keep an eye on trolls who are destroying the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.243.48.54 ( talk) 02:52, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
Another editor added Italian as an official language to the Infobox ( diff), and cited the existing reference to "Multilingualism and Nation Building: Language and Education in Eritrea". That source only says that Italian has had a lasting influence, but is not an official language (not since the British Mandate, anyway). Actually, the same source says "no official status is offered to any one language in order not to marginalise the speakers of other languages," yet the article cites this same source for the official status of Tigrinya, Arabic and English. Meanwhile, the CIA Factbook does specify Tigrinya, Arabic and English (but not Italian) as official languages. I do not know which of these sources is correct, but I don't think that we should cite both of them since they contradict each other. In either case, though, we can safely say that neither source says Italian is (currently or recently) an official language. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 14:23, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
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I believe that the pre-colonial history goes into far too much depth about D'mt and that instead it should be more brief because if someone wants information on it they should just go to the page about that subject. Merhawie 20:55, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
For this article to become featured or indeed become a "Good Article", it needs to have a longer and more interesting lead. The Canada article has a lovely lead. See if it can be applied in some way to Eritrea. -- Jaw101ie 21:40, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
You all say that Eritrea has no official language, but the quoted source [7] says that "Arabic, English, and Tigrinya are the three official languages in Eritrea". Ehudzel 16:21, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Is anyone able to provide a reference for the motto Never kneel down? Though I've seen it mentioned in several places, I couldn't find an official source. Pruneau talk 23:58, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
I think that we have too many images in the History section and it should be pruned. We have three images in one section, at least one, maybe two need to be removed. Merhawie 17:07, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
You have reverted what seems to be referenced fact. I have no problem with you working on the Eritrea page but you have reverted what has been documented (mind you I haven't checked it out for sure, I don't have the time right now) and also reverted changes to the structure of the document. Also you have also reverted without letting us know which version your reverted to. Just put the discussion up on the talk page. -- Merhawie 17:47, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
I have not removed any referenced material this time (the Damot stuff which if I can recall even you commented on how it is superfluous). On the other hand you did remove referenced material when you removed the "prehistory" part of Eritrea. So I ask for a little balance. Reading the previous Eritrea page, especially the history part, it read something like :Eritrea in relation to Ethiopia, and Ethiopia too and especially Ethiopia and including Ethiopia...This is obviously because the chief contributor to the Eritrea page is an Ethiopian and as such has a political interest to over-emphasize Eritrea's historical "Ethiopianness" and downplay the existence of any pre-colonial separate identity that contradicts the concept of any sort of an "Ethiopian" Empire. It is not a NPOV and as an Eritrean I find it the most distasteful form of weaseldom. It would be in the interest of Eritreans as well as those interested in Eritrea to be able to unpeel the labels "Eritrea" (and "Ethiopia" if you must) to understand what lies at the bottom of it all. I do not feel emphasizing Ethiopia to the extent as was done so far is constructive. It should be noted that most of the material in the history section (written by Yom and other Ethiopian conributors) article is not referenced material. Referenced material also does not always spell relevance.
Also: the history section is what needs to be summarized most of all. I also don't see a problem with NOT starting with the history section, especially if it is going to be this long. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zeragito ( talk • contribs) 20:34, 2 October 2006
This discussion is interesting. I am NOT Ethiopian or Eritrean, but it was my understanding that Eritrea had formed as a result of Italian intervention against the Kingdom of Aksum (Ethiopia). To come here and see so much discussion of Eritrea as a nation with thousands of years of independent history blows me away. History books, teachers, professors, all referred to Eritrea as a nation state formed by the remnants of Italian colonialism in Ethiopia. Anyway, the point is I am utterly confused about who or what to believe in this situation. Thanks for the good reading though. Rafajs77 ( talk) 22:29, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Is it e-RIT-tree-ah or e-rit-TRAY-ah? I've heard both, this article should clarify this. EamonnPKeane 17:52, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
What is the current border situation? We need to add a "current events flag" there as info is changing --or we hope the situation is changing.-- Halaqah 21:27, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
The article references the town of Badme as a source of ongoing conflict yet it is not on the map provided. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.144.29.208 ( talk • contribs) 15:35, 26 December 2006
it doesn't appear to be on this otherwise decent looking map either EdwardLane ( talk) 22:17, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
I see there is nothing about their supposed support of the civil war in Somalia, there have got to be news reports supporting this? Mathmo Talk 06:31, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
There appears to be numerous POV violations, although cited properly within the history section in a lengthy paragraph at the end of the Independence section. This area needs to be looked into and cleaned up and the language written in a more neutral stance. -- 207.114.206.48 ( talk) 10:15, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Does the Eritrean government have an official website? Is there an Eritrean central bureau of statistics or some equivalent agency? If so, does it have a website? Itayb 10:48, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
The italian language in not just a minority language left by colonial times. There is a big school "scuola italiana di asmara" under the direct control of italian governament with more than 1500 students ( http://81.174.35.51/lombardinelmondo/portal/nazioni/AsiaAfrica/articoli/storiaemigrazione/eritrea/document_view).
There is also the "italian house" and there are a lot of misionaries.
Italian language is spoken much —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.11.58.71 ( talk) 01:57, 2 March 2007 (UTC).
I just can say that i have spend a month in Asmara a couple of years ago, and i have only speak italian with local population.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.6.25.96 ( talk • contribs) 00:34, March 5, 2007 (UTC).
John Foster Dulles was not the Secretary of State in 1952, a year when Harry Truman was still president, and Dean Acheson was his Secretary of State. He was the foreign policy advisor of Eisenhower, I guess, but not yet Secretary of State. So was the statement made when he was secretary of state (in which case not 1952), or was it made before he became secretary of state? john k 14:27, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi guys. This article feels a little lopsided. There is some mention, but actually very little about human rights abuses and acts of state terrorism. Check Amnesty's Eritrea News page for some quick information http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/eritrea/news.do
Compulsory national service for all men between 18 and 40 for an indefinite time ought to be mentioned, since their labour constitutes a major factor in the Eritrean economy now.
Also, an article about the Eritrean Diaspora feels necessary, again because that is where a lot of Eritrean's cashflow originates.
Secret prisons, detention of relatives to people who fled national service, imprisonment of church leaders, etc. I saw in the history of this article that external links to Non-Governmental groups was deleted. Any particular reason for that? I didn't check the links, but some grassroots backup would do this article some good. It's Wikipedia, supposed to be grassroots, innit. Thanks A—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Anansie ( talk • contribs) 09:38, 11 March 2007 (UTC).
Article is very well written, and close to GA status. However, it does not pass due to lack of citations. Most notably, there are quite a few 'citation needed' tags at various places in the article. These should be resolved prior to GA status. There are also several sections that are unreferenced: 'administrative divisions', 'politics and government' (only has one citation, to the quote), 'geography', 'languages', 'culture'.
I would recommend combining 'administrative regions' with the 'politics and government' section, since these are related to the government. The 'geography' section should be promoted in the article, probably should fall just after 'history'. There's also no information on the climate in this section, either.
The 'history' section looks very complete and well-written, though is missing citations in several key areas.
Editors might want to review some articles on countries that are already good articles; Egypt might be a good example of another African nation. Cheers! Dr. Cash 01:13, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Can someone who speaks Tigrinya render "National Scout Association of Eritrea" and "Be Prepared", the Scout Motto, into Tigrinya? Thanks! Chris 14:34, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
BBC says it is:
Wikipedia uses Eritrea as an example of a single-party state (q.v.), so if we decide here that it is not (by virtue of its charter?), then shouldn't we remove Eritrea from that list of examples, to be consistent? -- Uncle Ed 13:53, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
I've just added a main article section on Environment. This was mainly to to add the stuff on Eritrean elephants. In doing so I also moved the sentences on the coastal environment zone from the Geography section into this section, as it seemed approprirate to the sub-heading. -- Iacobus 04:10, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
I've just expanded the history section with details about the colonial regimes and subtitles. I hope this is good and clear for all.
Michael Palomino, 9th October 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.74.58.240 ( talk) 09:51, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
Could someone explain to me why it seems that this page is trying to make it look like Eritrea is somehow More Muslim than Christian. There are many istances of this and i have tried to fix it due to the image being produced by the western media to make Eritrea somehow a Muslim State and further by the US to be state sponsor of Terrorism it is imparitive that this remain an equal media to represent the truth rather than a perception of what the reality is! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.128.239.40 ( talk) 01:57, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 07:04, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
all of the information in medieval, demograpich and language origin is if not wrong according to most scholars in the various area of expertise it at least debateable —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.224.200.118 ( talk) 06:16, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
the united kindom goverment is refusing the real eritrea and giving permission leave to remain to ethiopian.becouse their pentecostl faith believers. thatt's not true. the real Eritrean is getting refuse couse the lack of inforamtion. but the Ethiopian they studied their case since they start their journey to united kindom. and also alotof Eritrean Muslim get refuse. if u compare with christian. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.82.139.5 ( talk) 13:19, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
corrected Menelik II statement's date from 1989 to 1889 189.102.0.197 ( talk) 16:56, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Someone please correct the grammatical errors, they make the whole article look highschoolish.
I did just that--I agree that it was needed. Hope you like it. Markjoseph125 ( talk) 16:31, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
While media censorship is undoubtedly strong in Eritrea, this is obvious hyperbole. Any ideas for a more neutral statement? 121.209.1.24 ( talk) 13:46, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Currently, 3 out of 4 GDP numbers in top-right box are way wrong. Correct numbers according to the cited source ( http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2008/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2004&ey=2008&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=643&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=&pr.x=45&pr.y=15) are: GDP (PPP) total - $3.622 billion; GDP (PPP) per capita - $747; GDP (nominal) total - $1.316 billion; GDP (nominal) per capita - $271 (all are 2007 estimates) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.190.134.134 ( talk) 08:57, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Moved from the main article:
In 2008 Reporters Without Borders ranked Eritrea last at number 169, [10] [11] unseating the previous record holder North Korea which had been last every other year of the survey. Reporters Without Borders claims that in Eritrea, private newspapers have been shut down and generally exorcised from the country by the President Isaias Afewerki. Also, any journalists who criticize the president or his regime are immediately put into prison; among the many reporters and writers who have been jailed, four may have died in detention. [10]
The reason I moved it is because most country articles don't have a "criticism" section. Secondly, the criticism is of the government and its policies, not of the country, hence doesn't belong here. Bless sins ( talk) 22:54, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
I heard crime is low, but this article has no crime section to reflect this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.11.85.246 ( talk) 01:49, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
As an Eritrean i can second that claim, but i think crime is on the rise now 2009 given the economic situation in the country. It can even get worse as the world is brewing new sanctions on the government, which by the way is the only life line left for the people as there are no aid organizations allowed to operate in the country. Its really tragic to see a relatively good spirited and friendly people (that live with religious harmony) subjected into mass poverty and desperation, just to remove some political wrinkles Westerners believe the Horn African region may have. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Streightmind ( talk • contribs) 10:31, 1 December 2009
Can't speak to street crime, but VOIP fraud is so rampant in Eritrea many digital voice providers blockcalls to this country completley (mine does) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.36.16.12 ( talk) 17:54, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
I, personally, have had to revert the addition of Italian at least four times since Nov 2009; which is unfortunate as it is definitely not an official language of Eritrea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Eritrea&diff=prev&oldid=323450295 http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Eritrea&diff=prev&oldid=351827291 http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Eritrea&diff=prev&oldid=357823995 http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Eritrea&diff=prev&oldid=370409060
So everyone should keep a constant watch for this type of vandalism as it will happen again. These changes are always made by an anonymous editor; there are not usually given edit summaries; and other ethnic groups are often edited out during these changes. Mesfin ( talk) 13:37, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
Five times now: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Eritrea&diff=next&oldid=372801093 Mesfin ( talk) 23:05, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
Six: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Eritrea&diff=next&oldid=372876318 Mesfin ( talk) 12:48, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
Seven: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Eritrea&diff=prev&oldid=427894280 Mesfin ( talk) 11:21, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
Eight: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Eritrea&diff=prev&oldid=508765131 Mesfin ( talk) 11:42, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
The second paragraph of the Geography section begins by stating
"The country is virtually bisected by one of the world's longest mountain ranges..."
Which mountain range is this referring to? Is it really one of the world's longest ranges? Presumably it is not among the top five longest listed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mountain_ranges#By_length
This sentence could use some clarification by specifying the mountain range and perhaps dropping use of the phrase "one of the world's longest." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.189.100.26 ( talk) 07:58, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
I propose selective merging the content of the recently created article Ethnic groups of Eritrea to Eritrea#Demographics, with a redirect. The table at Ethnic groups... would be a useful addition to the Eritrea article. The rest of Ethnic groups... is largely duplicated in the main articles for each specific group. Yunshui 雲 水 06:59, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Once the debate about whether the head of state should be listed as President or President of State is resolved, the result should also be applied to the Politics of Eritrea page. The CIA world fact book lists President: [2]. The Eritrean UN Mission uses President: [3] [4]. The US State Department uses President of the State of Eritrea and Chairman of the Executive Council of the PFDJ: [5] This seems analogous to President of the United States, which we do not abbreviate President of United. What is the case for President of State ? Fanyavizuri ( talk) 22:34, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
I disagree we should use it if it is uncommon and potentially confusing. Chipmunkdavis ( talk) 00:16, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
This article is highly regarded by many WikiProjects, well-written, good refs, and useful pictures. I think it could certainly pass as a Good Article, but please, questions, comments, support or concern? Oakley77 ( talk) 03:19, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
I personally think pre-colonial dates/states (including Habesh Eyalet) should be listed. Mesfin ( talk) 16:40, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Most of what is known today as Eritrea existed as Medri Bahri, its a fact and that is why. Eritreans existed as a nation prior to Italian rule under Medri Bahri and were known as a distinct nation and readers need to know that rather than as the stereotypical view of Africans as being savage and anarchist prior to being "civilized" by the Italians. By mentioning this in the timeline it will provide a sense of understanding of the fact that the majority of Eritrea existed as a separate entity under a different name. I am fine with adding the habesh province of Ottomans but believed it might undermine the fact that Habesh did not include the Medri Bahri although they tried to. This is the same with Ethiopia and Abyssinia, both mean the same. Italians called it Eritrea, locals called it Medri Bahri. User:Cluckbang ( talk) 16:58, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Recently Kantouchthis ( talk · contribs) removed some content, as seen in this diff. Someone with more knowledge of this page's subject may want to verify that it isn't vandalism. — JmaJeremy TALK CONTRIBS 03:30, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Is it possible to have this article semi or completely locked/protected to avoid vandalism. Cluckbang ( talk) 01:25, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
There seems to be a desire to link Eritrean sovereignty to much older kingdoms. However, Eritrea has no political lineage from these. What is now Eritrea was what was taken by the Italians from Ethiopia. It was set up as a state only in 1991 (despite the infobox noting multiple moments of independence), with all state institutions being created from scratch. CMD ( talk) 07:14, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
I have changed few things that i am sure Ethiopians are trying to add to mislead readers. First of all the capital of D'mt was Matara not yeha, yeha was an independent sabean outpost and spoke sabeans. D'mt was also known as Meder Agaz'yan and spoke geez. Matara was the capital of d'mt this information can be found at official eritrean websites.
Secondly i removed the term "Tigray-Tigrigna" with its link. There is no such thing as tigray tigrigna in eritrean ethnic classification Nor Tigray is recognised as a Tribe nor an ethnic group In eritrean constitution.
Lastly i will be adjusting the Muslim-Christian percentage to the 50/50 Official Government numbers. 36% Muslims in Eritrea??? seriously people you need to keep an eye on trolls who are destroying the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.243.48.54 ( talk) 02:52, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
Another editor added Italian as an official language to the Infobox ( diff), and cited the existing reference to "Multilingualism and Nation Building: Language and Education in Eritrea". That source only says that Italian has had a lasting influence, but is not an official language (not since the British Mandate, anyway). Actually, the same source says "no official status is offered to any one language in order not to marginalise the speakers of other languages," yet the article cites this same source for the official status of Tigrinya, Arabic and English. Meanwhile, the CIA Factbook does specify Tigrinya, Arabic and English (but not Italian) as official languages. I do not know which of these sources is correct, but I don't think that we should cite both of them since they contradict each other. In either case, though, we can safely say that neither source says Italian is (currently or recently) an official language. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 14:23, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
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