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There is no such thing. A state exists, or it doesn't exist. This one did. It is irrelevant whether (for example) a corrupt talking shop such as the UN happened to dislike it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.2.228.197 ( talk) 22:35, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
Not entirely comfortable with this approach:
I'm far from convinced that this pruning is the right approach, but would rather discuss than revert. Babakathy ( talk) 14:27, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
The map in the sidebar showing Zimbabwe's location in Africa versus its location in the African Union has got to be one of the stupidest Wikipedifications that I've seen in a looong time. Did some turkey go off and do this to every African country? ... off to investigate, shaking head sadly. 68.173.49.156 ( talk) 18:55, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
The Zimbabwean Bond Coins are now in circulation, therefore, this should be listed in the currency information - ( 202.89.141.109 ( talk) 02:26, 15 January 2015 (UTC))
Bond coins saved the challenge of change as rand coins where in short supply Zimbudzi ( talk) 18:09, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
Under the demographics section on the Zimbabwe article, it says
"According to the United Nations World Health Organisation, the life expectancy for men was 37 years and the life expectancy for women was 34 years of age, the lowest in the world in 2006."
I am not disputing that this was true in 2006, but now it is 2015 and many new life expectancy estimates have been made, but the 2006 figure still remains. On the List of countries by life expectancy article, there are 4 different life expectancy estimates from the years 2009-2012; the figures on this page are updated but life expectancy figure on the main page on Zimbabwe remains the same. All of the four estimates have a higher life expectancy and some are a considerable increase from 2006; is this not enough to at least update the life expectancy figure?
In 2012 the WHO's life expectancy estimate for Zimbabweans from birth was 56 years for males and 60 years for females. [1]
In 2012 the World Bank had a life expectancy estimate of 58 years [2] (it didn't specify whether it was male or female so it can be assumed to be an average for males and females).
I don't know who will, but someone does need to update the life expectancy figure on the Zimbabwe page as it is outdated.
Thanks
Jesus is King of Kings ( talk) 14:42, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
References
Isn't it strange that Canaan Banana (the first president of Zimbabwe, 1980-1987) is not mentioned anywhere in this article? Does anyone know what's up with this? Michellecornelison ( talk) 03:51, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
I have tagged the infobox claim that 5% of the population of Zimbabwe is white as it is not consistent with information elsewhere on Wikipedia, see especially Whites in Zimbabwe. Viewfinder ( talk) 10:54, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
According to news reports, [1] elements of the Zimbabwean army have put Robert Mugabe under house arrest. It's unclear at this point whether Mugabe will be forced to resign as president. Keeping in mind WP:NOTNEWS, at what point should something be said about this in the article? Strawberry4Ever ( talk) 14:22, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
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Changes have already been made at Robert Mugabe & List of Presidents of Zimbabwe, that Mugabe is no longer Prez. GoodDay ( talk) 22:25, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
The Hash Smoking Stoner ( talk) 23:11, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
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I've started a thread at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Mnangagwa on this source. power~enwiki ( π, ν) 23:12, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
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It is clear that nobody disputes Mugabe's role as President of Zimbabwe. This is especially clear now as generals of the army stood by his side when he made the speech yesterday about refusing to resign, as well as Zanu-PF's decision to open constitutional proceedings of impeachment. Cipika ( talk) 22:47, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
I must be missing something, but in the history section the 1964-1979/80 ends with a vote to revert back to colonial status and the next section begins with a President in 1980.
How did independence come about? The vote for return to colonial status seems to come after some positive steps toward independence & thus makes no sense. Ileanadu ( talk) 18:34, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
The article contains maintenance banners that are still valid in numerous sections, for over an year. Section Colonial era and Rhodesia (1888–1964) is tagged as needing additional references, with inline {{cn}} tags identifying the issues as early as 2015. The same goes for section UDI and civil war (1965–1980), although it does not have individual tags, it clearly needs additional references, as there are entire paragraphs unreferenced. Sections Geography and environment and the Flora and fauna sub-section are tagged as having no references for over a year and still lack them. Section Human rights, Armed forces, and Tourism are also tagged as in need of further referencing for over a year, and also with individual tags indicating that an update is needed in some aspects. Finally, the article itself is tagged as documenting a current event, and given the recent edit history, it's no longer stable. For these reasons I believe the article does not meet GA criteria anymore. I haven't made major contributions to the article nor am I very familiar with the subject to fix everything that has to be fixed myself, so I ask for input from the other editors if the GA status should be revoked or if the problems can be fixed. Saturnalia0 ( talk) 23:50, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
@ Aircorn: Abandoned. Saturnalia0 ( talk) 00:35, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
The probably-about-to-be-president's article could do with more eyes on it.
In particular, people keep adding to his infobox that he is "President (designate)", with no source. The WP:3RR means I can't keep removing this (which is why it's there right now), but I see it's been consistently removed from here, so I wonder if some of the same editors could keep an eye on that article too? TSP ( talk) 13:35, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
According to this article, it says that the presidency is vacant, however many of the other articles relating to the topic of the Zimbabwean presidency mark Phelekezela Mphoko as the current President (albeit in an acting capacity) [1]. Therefore should the role of President not say Phelekezela Mphoko (Acting)? GippoHippo ( talk) 12:06, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
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Why Quora link is at top and redirecting to slate? Please edit if required. Manupriy Ahluwalia ( talk) 07:56, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
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In any articles relating to Zimbabwe, removal of colour associated wording needs to be removed in line with United Nations convention on Human Rights. People are not colours, they are human beings. Identity is by ethnicity rather than a range of colours. Green beings come from Mars but yellow, white, brown, black are not identifiers of the human species. There is one human race and in that enlightened perspective, use of ethnic European identifies heritage but white does not. There are many African Frenchmen as there are many Caribbean British people. Oddly, there are "black and white" texts on racial segregation and perpetuating the continued epidermal discrimination is not what is enshrined in international law on human rights nor should it appear in encyclopaedic articles as a form of historical bias.
As for my personal statement of ethnicity, I am human. I don't care what melanin content is in your skin as that does not feature in textual conversation, ever. #EndApartheid Ashattock ( talk) 23:41, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
Under ethnic groups, it says
Are the two latter the portion of the total population, or just of the black? If it's the latter, it would imply that either Shona or Ndebele isn't a subset of Black African.__ Gamren ( talk) 17:36, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
The RTGS dollar is no longer in use, according to Wikipedia itself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.140.145.216 ( talk) 16:40, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
what is the bond dollar?-- 142.163.195.80 ( talk) 02:47, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Zimbabwe&diff=prev&oldid=1008102469
I recently attempted to shorten the lead section of this article as I find that it is too excessively detailed and suffers from significant unbalanced WP:Recentism, particularly the details of the coup which replaced Robert Mugabe with Emmerson Mnangagwa. I find that details such as "On 21 November 2017, Mugabe tendered his resignation prior to impeachment proceedings being completed", " Nelson Chamisa who was leading the main opposition party MDC Alliance contested the election results and filed a petition to the Constitution Court of Zimbabwe" and "The court confirmed Mnangagwa's victory, making him the newly elected president after Mugabe" are not significant enough to be in the lead section under MOS:LEAD. It should just say that Mugabe resigned following a coup d'etat in 2017 and that Mnangagwa has since served as Zimbabwe's president. DeathTrain ( talk) 16:37, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
DeathTrain - Agreed that what you edited in your revision should be reinstated and that the current text be moved into the History section. Further, that section needs some attention since the title of the final sub-section doesn't accurately reflect the contents. I can't do so at this moment, but will attempt to do some cleanup in that sub-section when I can. Frankaustx ( talk) 17:55, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
@ Chipmunkdavis: The statement that "The country has been in economic decline since the 1990s" is not true. From the "Economy" section: "After the formation of the Unity Government and the adoption of several currencies instead of the Zimbabwe dollar in 2009, the Zimbabwean economy rebounded. GDP grew by 8–9% a year between 2009 and 2012. In November 2010, the IMF described the Zimbabwean economy as "completing its second year of buoyant economic growth". By 2014, Zimbabwe had recovered to levels seen in the 1990s but between 2012 and 2016 growth faltered."
Someone has done some racist editing on this page, needs immediate attention 121.200.5.191 ( talk) 04:08, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
What is Zimbabwe? It’s clearly Rhodesia 174.197.69.9 ( talk) 10:50, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
The following is not a good source for this information nor is the mini overview about the documentary appropriate for this summary article about a country. WP:Summary.
Camilla Nielsson, a Danish filmmaker followed up making the 2014 documentary film Democrats with the 2022 film President which explores the controversial 2018 presidential election in Zimbabwe; opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says there was voting fraud and claims he won the presidency. The government in the country has banned President from being shown. The movie won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
Moxy- 00:24, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
Some germane points... 1. Nielsson is not even anywhere near the average filmmaker; she is top notch. 2. President won an award from the jury. 3. If the only or one of the only source materials is a movie then we (the site) would use it; same for books. 4. You are not right about sources or types of them. 5. You're not reading the information presented accurately. 6. This is a key part of the story or facts about the situation. 7. The election is not only of general interest but it also should have the POV expressed by the two docs (documentaries). There are more reasons too. Extraordinary2 ( talk) 01:13, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
Both of you are manifestly wrong. We don't seem to be able to find other people who can back up what I am saying. Why the pair of you can't seem to understand that how something is covered has nothing to do with promotions is a mystery. Extraordinary2 ( talk) 07:45, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
This sentence is a bit misleading and gives Mugabe more credit than he deserves in my opinion. What do others think? El dude brother2 ( talk) 18:29, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
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Zimbabwe as of now has two capitals because the parliament is being seated in Mount Hampden at New Zimbabwe Parliament Building while the judiciary and executive is in Harare both at Sam.Nujoma Street, so I think we should update the information surrounding the Capitals Mindthem ( talk) 12:14, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
Please add the IPA for the pronunciation of Zimbabwe in the Shona language. Thank you. 1.126.111.140 ( talk) 15:39, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
There's virtually no information about Zimbabwe's judicial system. I see that there is (or at one time was) a Constitution Court, and there's a passing reference to a "supreme court" -- are these the same? How are judges chosen? Does Zimbabwe, like Nigeria (another former British colony), retain some elements of English common law in its legal system? Someone knowledgeable about Zimbabwe could improve the article by adding material along these lines. 108.35.161.251 ( talk) 14:43, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
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There is no such thing. A state exists, or it doesn't exist. This one did. It is irrelevant whether (for example) a corrupt talking shop such as the UN happened to dislike it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.2.228.197 ( talk) 22:35, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
Not entirely comfortable with this approach:
I'm far from convinced that this pruning is the right approach, but would rather discuss than revert. Babakathy ( talk) 14:27, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
The map in the sidebar showing Zimbabwe's location in Africa versus its location in the African Union has got to be one of the stupidest Wikipedifications that I've seen in a looong time. Did some turkey go off and do this to every African country? ... off to investigate, shaking head sadly. 68.173.49.156 ( talk) 18:55, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
The Zimbabwean Bond Coins are now in circulation, therefore, this should be listed in the currency information - ( 202.89.141.109 ( talk) 02:26, 15 January 2015 (UTC))
Bond coins saved the challenge of change as rand coins where in short supply Zimbudzi ( talk) 18:09, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
Under the demographics section on the Zimbabwe article, it says
"According to the United Nations World Health Organisation, the life expectancy for men was 37 years and the life expectancy for women was 34 years of age, the lowest in the world in 2006."
I am not disputing that this was true in 2006, but now it is 2015 and many new life expectancy estimates have been made, but the 2006 figure still remains. On the List of countries by life expectancy article, there are 4 different life expectancy estimates from the years 2009-2012; the figures on this page are updated but life expectancy figure on the main page on Zimbabwe remains the same. All of the four estimates have a higher life expectancy and some are a considerable increase from 2006; is this not enough to at least update the life expectancy figure?
In 2012 the WHO's life expectancy estimate for Zimbabweans from birth was 56 years for males and 60 years for females. [1]
In 2012 the World Bank had a life expectancy estimate of 58 years [2] (it didn't specify whether it was male or female so it can be assumed to be an average for males and females).
I don't know who will, but someone does need to update the life expectancy figure on the Zimbabwe page as it is outdated.
Thanks
Jesus is King of Kings ( talk) 14:42, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
References
Isn't it strange that Canaan Banana (the first president of Zimbabwe, 1980-1987) is not mentioned anywhere in this article? Does anyone know what's up with this? Michellecornelison ( talk) 03:51, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
I have tagged the infobox claim that 5% of the population of Zimbabwe is white as it is not consistent with information elsewhere on Wikipedia, see especially Whites in Zimbabwe. Viewfinder ( talk) 10:54, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
According to news reports, [1] elements of the Zimbabwean army have put Robert Mugabe under house arrest. It's unclear at this point whether Mugabe will be forced to resign as president. Keeping in mind WP:NOTNEWS, at what point should something be said about this in the article? Strawberry4Ever ( talk) 14:22, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
References
Changes have already been made at Robert Mugabe & List of Presidents of Zimbabwe, that Mugabe is no longer Prez. GoodDay ( talk) 22:25, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
The Hash Smoking Stoner ( talk) 23:11, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
References
I've started a thread at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Mnangagwa on this source. power~enwiki ( π, ν) 23:12, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
References
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It is clear that nobody disputes Mugabe's role as President of Zimbabwe. This is especially clear now as generals of the army stood by his side when he made the speech yesterday about refusing to resign, as well as Zanu-PF's decision to open constitutional proceedings of impeachment. Cipika ( talk) 22:47, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
I must be missing something, but in the history section the 1964-1979/80 ends with a vote to revert back to colonial status and the next section begins with a President in 1980.
How did independence come about? The vote for return to colonial status seems to come after some positive steps toward independence & thus makes no sense. Ileanadu ( talk) 18:34, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
The article contains maintenance banners that are still valid in numerous sections, for over an year. Section Colonial era and Rhodesia (1888–1964) is tagged as needing additional references, with inline {{cn}} tags identifying the issues as early as 2015. The same goes for section UDI and civil war (1965–1980), although it does not have individual tags, it clearly needs additional references, as there are entire paragraphs unreferenced. Sections Geography and environment and the Flora and fauna sub-section are tagged as having no references for over a year and still lack them. Section Human rights, Armed forces, and Tourism are also tagged as in need of further referencing for over a year, and also with individual tags indicating that an update is needed in some aspects. Finally, the article itself is tagged as documenting a current event, and given the recent edit history, it's no longer stable. For these reasons I believe the article does not meet GA criteria anymore. I haven't made major contributions to the article nor am I very familiar with the subject to fix everything that has to be fixed myself, so I ask for input from the other editors if the GA status should be revoked or if the problems can be fixed. Saturnalia0 ( talk) 23:50, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
@ Aircorn: Abandoned. Saturnalia0 ( talk) 00:35, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
The probably-about-to-be-president's article could do with more eyes on it.
In particular, people keep adding to his infobox that he is "President (designate)", with no source. The WP:3RR means I can't keep removing this (which is why it's there right now), but I see it's been consistently removed from here, so I wonder if some of the same editors could keep an eye on that article too? TSP ( talk) 13:35, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
According to this article, it says that the presidency is vacant, however many of the other articles relating to the topic of the Zimbabwean presidency mark Phelekezela Mphoko as the current President (albeit in an acting capacity) [1]. Therefore should the role of President not say Phelekezela Mphoko (Acting)? GippoHippo ( talk) 12:06, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
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Why Quora link is at top and redirecting to slate? Please edit if required. Manupriy Ahluwalia ( talk) 07:56, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
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Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America 1000 07:44, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
In any articles relating to Zimbabwe, removal of colour associated wording needs to be removed in line with United Nations convention on Human Rights. People are not colours, they are human beings. Identity is by ethnicity rather than a range of colours. Green beings come from Mars but yellow, white, brown, black are not identifiers of the human species. There is one human race and in that enlightened perspective, use of ethnic European identifies heritage but white does not. There are many African Frenchmen as there are many Caribbean British people. Oddly, there are "black and white" texts on racial segregation and perpetuating the continued epidermal discrimination is not what is enshrined in international law on human rights nor should it appear in encyclopaedic articles as a form of historical bias.
As for my personal statement of ethnicity, I am human. I don't care what melanin content is in your skin as that does not feature in textual conversation, ever. #EndApartheid Ashattock ( talk) 23:41, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
Under ethnic groups, it says
Are the two latter the portion of the total population, or just of the black? If it's the latter, it would imply that either Shona or Ndebele isn't a subset of Black African.__ Gamren ( talk) 17:36, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
The RTGS dollar is no longer in use, according to Wikipedia itself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.140.145.216 ( talk) 16:40, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
what is the bond dollar?-- 142.163.195.80 ( talk) 02:47, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Zimbabwe&diff=prev&oldid=1008102469
I recently attempted to shorten the lead section of this article as I find that it is too excessively detailed and suffers from significant unbalanced WP:Recentism, particularly the details of the coup which replaced Robert Mugabe with Emmerson Mnangagwa. I find that details such as "On 21 November 2017, Mugabe tendered his resignation prior to impeachment proceedings being completed", " Nelson Chamisa who was leading the main opposition party MDC Alliance contested the election results and filed a petition to the Constitution Court of Zimbabwe" and "The court confirmed Mnangagwa's victory, making him the newly elected president after Mugabe" are not significant enough to be in the lead section under MOS:LEAD. It should just say that Mugabe resigned following a coup d'etat in 2017 and that Mnangagwa has since served as Zimbabwe's president. DeathTrain ( talk) 16:37, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
DeathTrain - Agreed that what you edited in your revision should be reinstated and that the current text be moved into the History section. Further, that section needs some attention since the title of the final sub-section doesn't accurately reflect the contents. I can't do so at this moment, but will attempt to do some cleanup in that sub-section when I can. Frankaustx ( talk) 17:55, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
@ Chipmunkdavis: The statement that "The country has been in economic decline since the 1990s" is not true. From the "Economy" section: "After the formation of the Unity Government and the adoption of several currencies instead of the Zimbabwe dollar in 2009, the Zimbabwean economy rebounded. GDP grew by 8–9% a year between 2009 and 2012. In November 2010, the IMF described the Zimbabwean economy as "completing its second year of buoyant economic growth". By 2014, Zimbabwe had recovered to levels seen in the 1990s but between 2012 and 2016 growth faltered."
Someone has done some racist editing on this page, needs immediate attention 121.200.5.191 ( talk) 04:08, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
What is Zimbabwe? It’s clearly Rhodesia 174.197.69.9 ( talk) 10:50, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
The following is not a good source for this information nor is the mini overview about the documentary appropriate for this summary article about a country. WP:Summary.
Camilla Nielsson, a Danish filmmaker followed up making the 2014 documentary film Democrats with the 2022 film President which explores the controversial 2018 presidential election in Zimbabwe; opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says there was voting fraud and claims he won the presidency. The government in the country has banned President from being shown. The movie won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
Moxy- 00:24, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
Some germane points... 1. Nielsson is not even anywhere near the average filmmaker; she is top notch. 2. President won an award from the jury. 3. If the only or one of the only source materials is a movie then we (the site) would use it; same for books. 4. You are not right about sources or types of them. 5. You're not reading the information presented accurately. 6. This is a key part of the story or facts about the situation. 7. The election is not only of general interest but it also should have the POV expressed by the two docs (documentaries). There are more reasons too. Extraordinary2 ( talk) 01:13, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
Both of you are manifestly wrong. We don't seem to be able to find other people who can back up what I am saying. Why the pair of you can't seem to understand that how something is covered has nothing to do with promotions is a mystery. Extraordinary2 ( talk) 07:45, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
This sentence is a bit misleading and gives Mugabe more credit than he deserves in my opinion. What do others think? El dude brother2 ( talk) 18:29, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Zimbabzwe and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 November 29#Zimbabzwe until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. - CHAMPION ( talk) ( contributions) ( logs) 01:24, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
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Zimbabwe as of now has two capitals because the parliament is being seated in Mount Hampden at New Zimbabwe Parliament Building while the judiciary and executive is in Harare both at Sam.Nujoma Street, so I think we should update the information surrounding the Capitals Mindthem ( talk) 12:14, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
Please add the IPA for the pronunciation of Zimbabwe in the Shona language. Thank you. 1.126.111.140 ( talk) 15:39, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
There's virtually no information about Zimbabwe's judicial system. I see that there is (or at one time was) a Constitution Court, and there's a passing reference to a "supreme court" -- are these the same? How are judges chosen? Does Zimbabwe, like Nigeria (another former British colony), retain some elements of English common law in its legal system? Someone knowledgeable about Zimbabwe could improve the article by adding material along these lines. 108.35.161.251 ( talk) 14:43, 11 June 2024 (UTC)