I just looked at the page for the city of Jijiga and was surprised how much the description cited by Nega Mezlekia differs from my own personal observations of the city. While he is quotes as saying "on a vast, unmitigated plain, with no greenery in sight except for the occasional cactus bush…”, I can assure anyone that the region surrounding the town is actually quite green and full of farm land. In fact when we landed our helicopters there we had to be careful of the corn fields and mud pits. It is one of several very productive agricultural regions between Dire Dawa and the Somali boarder. I know that we should not cite our ourselves when attempting to make an article accurate, but having been there I can’t help wishing to correct this one. As it is already an article with unsourced statements, would it be prudent of me to add my own observations? Does anyone have any suggestions? Quintman 02:07, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Just noticed that the uncapitalization of the "P" in project actually redlinks Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethiopia, but that typing that into the search bar takes you directly here. I would just move the page, but I don't really feel like moving all of the sub-pages & talks and I'm not sure if that's really that much of a problem. — ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk 06:43, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Good idea. Badagnani 09:08, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
If anyone could find a free image (e.g. a blank map w/o political borders or a full one with place names) of N. Ethiopia & Eritrea and Southern Arabia (i.e. Yemen and s. Saudi Arabia), it would be greatly appreciated. I need it to top off
GDRT, which I've basically just finished adding to. Of course, if you could find a free image of an inscription as well, that'd be even better, but I'm not expecting that much.
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Take a look at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Work via Wikiprojects, & consider how our existing articles should be graded according to what is already there. (I know I've mentioned elsewhere my pick of 5 key articles, but it'd be nice to sort out 20-30 key or vital Ethiopia-related articles & grade them accordingly.) -- llywrch 03:24, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Just a note to everyone that I've hacked out an example of my personal campaign to create an article for every notable administrative unit & city/town in Ethiopia. I'm limited by what the material available to me, but you can review my efforts at the woredas & (indirectly) towns linked to at List of woredas in the Benishangul-Gumaz Region. Feedback welcomed. -- llywrch 01:30, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
I have never entered anything into Wikipedia before. However, I was responsible for surveying Sof Omar as part of the British Expedition to Ethiopia in 1972. I have an extensive collection of photographs of the cave and notes relating to the history of its exploration as well as survey notes. The expedition explored other karst areas in Bale, Dira Dawa and Tigre. The only other cave of significance was Nur Mohammed. I can start the process of adding this to the site, but I need help in negotiating the editing process and of course time! -- Dave Catlin 14:00, 22 July 2006 (UTC)Dave Catlin
Like I said above, don't let my words above scare you off. I eagerly hope to see some of your contributions here on Wikipedia, & if there is anything I can help with, please let me -- or anyone else in this Wikiproject -- know. -- llywrch 00:54, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your kind offer of help. Someone also kindly helped organise the references I added relating to the history of the exploration. I found a typo, but cannot find how to get the reference text back. Also I have other reference to add. Please explain how I can find the text for the references. Dave Catlin
Help Please: I have loaded a Sof Omar image into the system (Safari_Straight.JPG) but it comes out far too big. How can I reduce the size.-- Dave Catlin 04:34, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
We need to create an article about people of Ethiopia, just like Armenians or Georgians. I propose to the article Ethiopian People. Please make your suggestions. Thanks Ldingley 20:50, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
Ldingley, I support your idea to provide articles for peoples of Ethiopia. Immediately, though, Yomo thought of it unfair to provide articles to small and big ethnic groups Etiopia equally. But, the world deserves to know all about Ethiopia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.156.22.157 ( talk) 00:29, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, i just started the article People of Ethiopia. I will start adding more information, mainly from books and other available sources. I think we should have separate article for People of Ethiopia and include all ethnic groups there. Please advice and make your suggestions. Thanks. Ldingley 22:11, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Here's a list of almost all ethnic groups and numbers for speakers and self-identified members of the ethnic group as according to the 1994 Ethiopian census (I've made links for all so we know which ones - almost all - need articles):
Source (by Grover Hudson, a well-known linguist of Ethiopian languages)
Table 2. Mother-Tongue Speakers of Ethiopian Speech Varieties and Members of Ethnic Groups , Ordered by Number of Mother-tongue Speakers (1994 Census) C=Cushitic, N=Nilosaharan, O=Omotic, and S=Semitic
--------------------- --------------------- -------------------- Ethnolinguistic group Mothertongue speakers Ethnic group members Amara S 17,372,913 16,010,894 Oromo C 16,777,975 17,088,136 Tigraway S 3,224,875 3,284,443 Somali C 3,187,053 3,139,421 Gurage S 1,881,574 2,290,332 Sidama C 1,876,329 1,842,444 Welayta O 1,231,674 1,268,445 - note Welayta language Afar C 965,462 972,766 Hadiyya C 923,957 927,747 Gamo O 690,069 719,862 Gedeo C 637,082 639,879 Kafa O 569,626 599,146 - note Kingdom of Kaffa Kambaata C 487,654 499,631 - note Kambaata (language) Awi C 356,980 397,494 - note Awngi language Kulo O 313,228 331,477 Goffa O 233,340 241,818 Bench O 173,586 173,149 - note Bench language Ari O 158,857 155,065 - note Aari language Konso C 149,508 153,407 - note Konso language Kamir C 143,369 158,225 - Kamir people or Khamir/Hamir/Xamir Alaba C 126,257 125,894 Gumuz N 120,424 121,481 Berta N 116,084 118,670 - note Berta language Koyra O 103,879 107,586 Timbaro C 82,803 86,499 Yemsa O 81,614 165,770 Nuer N 64,907 64,527 Basketo O 57,805 51,089 Mocha O 54,894 53,846 Male O 53,779 46,458 Me’en N 52,015 52,808 - note Me'en (language) Gidole C 50,328 54,339 Konta O 48,987 49,625 Anywak N 45,646 45,656 Hamer O 42,838 42,448 Maraqo C 36,612 38,093 - another name for the Libido people Qabena C 35,783 35,065 Burji C 35,731 46,552 (watch out for Burji dynasty) Gawada C 32,698 33,945 Dasenech C 32,064 32,014 (properly Daasanach or Ðáasanač) Sheko O 24,106 23,772 Saho C 22,759 23,258 (i.e. Irob) Harari S 21,283 22,884 - note Harari language Dizi O 21,075 21,888 Dorze O 20,782 28,969 Mello O 20,151 20,181 Shinasha O 19,734 32,660 (also called Boro, neighbors of the Gumuz and Berta) Suri N 19,622 19,616 Oyda O 16,597 14,059 Majangir N 15,152 15,329 - note Majang language Nyangatom N 14,177 14,201 Mao O 13,657 16,226 She O 13,116 13,164 Argobba S 10,860 62,912 - note Argobba language Zayse O 10,172 10,842 Fadashi N 8,715 7,323 Tsamay C 8,621 9,699 Zergula O 7,625 390 Chara O 6,932 6,976 Mossiya C 6,624 9,205 Dime O 6,501 6,189 Bodi N 4,570 4,685 Arbore C 4,441 6,622 Nao O 3,656 4,004 Mursi N 3,278 3,254 Kachama O 2,682 2,735 Kunama N 1,883 2,003 Kemant C 1,650 172,324 - at Qemant (properly Kemant or Kimant people) Koma N 1,435 1,522 Ganjule O 1,390 1,142 Mer O 989 1,195 Shita N 301 290 Gamili N 144 184 Guagu N 103 165 Kwama N 99 140 Gebato N 78 67 Mabaan N 25 21 Other langs 139,047 110,555
Kind of funny how there's a "She people," "Male people," "Mer people," and "Dime people." Also, does anyone know why Hamer is at Hammer? The Encyclopaedia Aethiopica has it at Hamär (by our translit, Hamer). — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 21:46, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
I attempted to do a similar project on the German wikipedia, listing all Ethiopian ethnicities together with their language, religion and region. Maybe it is of any help to you. Have a look at: de:Liste der Ethnien in Äthiopien. If you have any information about the smaller groups, I'd be interested to learn about it. Could for instance the Mabaan with only 21 members be considered a seperate ethnicity, or are there maybe more of them in other countries? -- Bamse 02:29, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
According to this press release from the Walta Information Center, an official study has determined that there are 56 nationalities who speak 45 different languages in the SNNPR. -- llywrch 00:18, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
I have a comment on Awngi. This is the name of a language, not of an ethnic entity. The people speaking that language call themselves Awi (these are the Agaw of Gojjam). This little misnomer I have seen in other places, too, like Bamse's list on the German site. If I find time, I might start an entry for the Awi people (well, I just did). Any links pointing to the Awngi people should be redirected to the Awi people. There is now an entry for the Awngi language. I have now changed the name to Awi in the above list, with a note pointing to the Awngi language. Landroving Linguist 18:02, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Another issue: What does it mean that the Shinasha are associated with Gumuz and Berta? Except that these peoples live in the same political region, they have nothing in common. The Shinasha speak an Omotic language, while Gumuz and Berta belong to the Nilo-Saharan family. Also the cultural difference is considerable. I would suggest to strike that comment. -- Landroving Linguist 21:59, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Can some one tell me if Ineco Spt of Spain makes sense in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Ethiopia makes sense. Its on the 2006 paragraph. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by MiniKing ( talk • contribs) 18:11, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
Please take a look at Controversy over the race of Ethiopians and the AfD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Controversy over the race of Ethiopians. -- Ezeu 10:42, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
I just stumbled across Damotra, a novel in Amharic which has been tagged with a PROD notice (basically, someone intends to do a speedy delete unless someone else objects). Does anyone here have any knowledge of this book or its author -- either so we can argue to keep it or agree to delete it? (I'll admit my ignorance, but I also know that the average printing of a book in Amharic would not be very large in size.) -- llywrch 20:14, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Stumbled across another stub, Queen eyleuka of Ethopia, wife of an "antediluvian" king Borsa. Never heard of either of them; a quick look thru the online version of the Kebra Nagast also fails to mention them. (This is the only contribution of this one editor.) Is this a likely hoax. & subject to speedy delete? -- llywrch 20:26, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
I guess someone is sifting thru the biography stubs, because I've found that several articles about Ethiopian mucicians have been prodded. These include: Aragaw Bedaso, Dawit Yifru, Tamrat Desta, & Zelalem Mekuria. I know next to nothing about contemporary music in Ethiopia; is there some objective rule of thumb that can be used to say which are notable performers & avoid this in the future? -- llywrch 07:47, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
I dont thick gambela is a city first. Gambela region came about first... and the major city was named gambela... gambela is first and foremost a region. The capital is then named after the region.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nolawip ( talk • contribs) 03:08, 13 September 2006
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Okay, I know this seems bizarre, because I've written a fair share of the articles on Ethiopia, I admit that I have no ability in the local languages. But I've encountered some pairs of geographical terms that I need help with as I work on the woreda articles. What do the following words mean:
I suspect that these correspond to the English "Upper" & "Lower" (as in, for example, "Upper Silesia"), but if so I have no clue which would be which. (And if I guessed, I know I would get it backwards; I still confuse my left & my right sometimes.)
One more word is "Zuria", as in "Bahir Dar Zuria"; I'd assume that "Zuria" means "Great" or "Greater" (as in "Greater London Area/Region"). Thanks in advance. -- llywrch 23:20, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello all, Since I know that everyone loves dealing with Somali clan issues, I thought I'd let you know that 172.159.143.107 ( talk · contribs) has been making some recent modifications I'm not qualified to judge, such as changing the most populous clan in various woredas in the Somali Region from Darod to Hawiye. - Banyan Tree 13:23, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
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Hi again. I noticed that you all are keeping track of your new articles. In order to share the Ethiopia-specific contributions with the more general page over at Wikipedia:Africa-related regional notice board/New articles, I wonder if anyone would mind if I created a subpage at Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethiopia/New articles that could be transcluded both to the main project page here and to the AFR subpage? Cheers, Banyan Tree 17:35, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I wonder if it's OK for me to add articles from Category:Ethnic groups in Ethiopia to the WikiProject Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethnic groups? I'd also be adding that category to Category:Ethnic groups categories. I'll watch this page for about a week for a response; if I don't hear anything I'll go ahead and do it... Thanks! -- Ling.Nut 02:09, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Environmental issues in Ethiopia need to add all environmental issues, like missing lions, and ethiopian wolf issue, etc.-- Halaqah 23:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 19:59, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
The article Abune Tewophilos contains no references and as been tagged as such since December 2005! I tried to find information on google but it is hard to find anything beyond the bare bones. If someone from this project has reference material, can you please add it to the article. If nothing has happened within a reasonable time frame I will remove all the material I can't find a reference for, which won't leave much! So please help if you can. -- Qarnos 08:30, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Is there an Ethiopian language request template, similar to {{ Burmese}}? Chris 07:51, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Just dropping a note that I added some material from the Futuh to Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi which suggest that he might not be Somali. (I don't consider this original research; I'm just reporting what the book says.) I thought people might want to know about it ahead of time before the fireworks start. -- llywrch 00:01, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
I would like to invite you all to participate in a discussion at this thread regarding bilateral relations between two countries. All articles related to foreign relations between countries are now under the scope of WikiProject Foreign relations, a newly created project. We hope that the discussion will result in a more clean and organized way of explaining such relationships. Thank you. Ed ¿Cómo estás? 18:00, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
I just stumbled across this article, & while it seems to be plausible (I know that Iyasu V had issue, some of whom were used as figureheads during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia), is this person legit? By this, I'm asking whether anyone inside or outside of Ethiopia has even heard of him. If he's an otherwise well-known kook (or can actually trace his ancestory back to Lij Iyasu), I'd consider him notable; if we have an entry on Emperor Norton, then Girma deserves his entry in Wikipedia. I can't reach one of the sites in the External links section & the other goes to Angelfire (not the most reliable source to begin with) -- where I'm immediately redirected to another page. Sadly, I can foresee all sorts of people desparate for attention creating their own fictional web pages to claim that they are the "rightful heir of" (insert your choice of country here), & then claiming that they deserve an entry in Wikipedia. -- llywrch 22:37, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Im new at Wiki so i guess i will just create an extra heading Here (under Image), you can move it if need be. Anyway, i just got back from Ethiopia for the second time and have about 4000 to 5000 pictures. Many of those pictures include stuff from the Museum of Ethiopia that may be helpful. I basically took a picture of Everything in the museum. 5000 Pictures = Roads, buildings, Lakes, birds, landscapes, Monuments, People...A little bit of everything. Unfourtunalty none of it is from the historical route. I was only in Addis/Ziway/Awassa/Langano/Debre Zeit/Meta Abo. About 4000 of these pictures are of my friends and family but im sure you could use the rest of them. Contact me via email and i can upload them to a select site. asten@astenb.com Beyoku 06:11, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Can someone who speaks Tigrinya render "National Scout Association of Eritrea" and "Be Prepared", (the Scout Motto), into Tigrinya? Thanks! Chris 14:36, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
I have used the text at am:Wikipedia:Can't see the font? to create the local Help:Multilingual support (Ethiopic). Please change any links appropriately. Thanks, Banyan Tree 21:35, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Ugh. I just found someone cited this book as it were a reliable source in an article & replaced that with a far more acceptible one. Then again, quotingany one of Mengistu's speeches would be a far more reliable source than Hancock's popycock. Should we, as a WikiProject, consider an appropriate punishment for those misguided fools who insist on citing his book? ;-) -- llywrch 00:45, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
Greetings,
The Amharic interface is mostly available for this Wikipedia (and all Wikimedia projects) now, by going to 'my preferences' and selecting 'am - አማርኛ' from the drop-down 'language' menu. Most of the few remaining messages should also become available in Amharic in the near future. ፈቃደ ( ውይይት) 15:11, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
On the history of Ethiopia page there is a section called Judaic Ehtiopia directly before the Axum period.
Presumably this is referring to the Myth that the Ethiopian Kings were descendants of the Queen of Sheba and David. There is absolutely no historical evidence for this. I propose that the early history of ehtiopia be reexamined. Particularly with refrance to Tadesse Tamrats "Church and State in Ethiopia". The origin of the falasha Jews in Ethiopia is uncertain but is misleading to suggest in the article that there is a Judaic history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bean42 ( talk • contribs) 11:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Please be advised that User:Strothra, who claims there are POV issues with the article Ethiopia, has just created a Wikipedia:Peer review/Ethiopia/archive1 page you may wish to know about. Til Eulenspiegel 17:50, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
There were several articles on Ethiopia that pointed to the non-existent article Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, which was deleted a while back for a copyright violation, I believe. I changed those pages to point to the non-existent Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Ethiopia) and added a link to that page from the general Ministry of Agriculture page (which lists ministries of agriculture for many goverments). There are a lot of reference to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in various Ethiopia articles, so please create at least a stub there if you know something about the ministry. Thanks! RainbowCrane | Talk 20:54, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
I just discovered this page, & my reaction is...WTF? Does anyone have an objection if I nominate this page for deletion? -- llywrch ( talk) 04:36, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I found this: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64680823.html
It gives names of two of the hijackers, but the third only has his given name. I want to know his surname too.
So, does someone with a subscription to Highbeam work here? WhisperToMe ( talk) 11:18, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Did Ethiopian Airlines ever release a conclusive victim and survivor list of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961? I have never seen one?
If the list has country info for each passenger that would be good. WhisperToMe ( talk) 01:40, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
We have a new user who has edited the introduction to the article "Ethiopia" pushing the POV that there was no Ethiopia at the time of Adwa and that it was only "invented" later. He claims this is the "academic consensus" therefore he writes as if this POV were indisputable, citing a few fringe historians who assert this view, like a book called "The Invention of Ethiopia". Now is the time to find what the real majority of reputable scholars say about this. So far today, nobody but myself has challenged him on this, is everyone offline today? Til Eulenspiegel ( talk) 00:12, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Would someone mind taking a look at this article, it has no sources and is very vague, for someone who doens't know about the topic (like myself) it's impossible to tell if it's about a real event or it is just completely made up. Clarification would be appreciated. Guest9999 ( talk) 17:44, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
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Within WikiProject Companies I am trying to establish guidelines for all Lists of companies by country, the implementation of which would hopefully ensure a minimum quality standard and level of consistency across all of these related but currently disparate articles. The ultimate goal is the improvement of these articles to Featured List status. As a WikiProject that currently has one of these lists within your scope, I would really appreciate your feedback! You can find the draft guidelines here. Thanks for your help as we look to build consensus and improve Wikipedia! - Richc80 ( talk) 21:22, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
There is an ongoing problem at the article Africa with an editor who wants to blank out all mention of the Ethiopian famine in 1984, in which almost a million Africans perished, for obviously political reasons because the facts are inconvenient and make Marxism-Leninism look bad. This cannot be tolerated and the continuous edit warring needs to stop. Til Eulenspiegel ( talk) 12:49, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
The image accompanying the article on Asfa Wosen or Amha Selassie is incorrect. That photograph is of Prince Makonnen, taken in 1936 in Jerusalem as the royal family fled Ethiopia and journeyed to England. If this photograph was actually taken in 1923, Prince Makonnen was just an infant and Asfa Wosen was just 7 years old.
I would make the edit myself, but I'm pretty computer-illiterate and can't figure out how to do it. I have several images of Asfa Wosen, including one that was taken at the same time and is in the archives at the Library of Congress (within the public domain) if someone else would like to make the edit.
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The official name of the woreda is Silt'i and not Silt'e, while the name of the zone is Silt'e. I know that from government documents. Sigbatree ( talk) 11:44, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
Can someone who speaks Amharic render " Ethiopia Scout Association" and "Be Prepared", (the Scout Motto), into Ge'ez? Thanks! Chris (クリス • フィッチ) ( talk) 11:46, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
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An African cinema task force has been proposed at WikiProject Films, which would include the cinema of Ethiopia. Interested editors are encouraged to sign up - if there is enough interest, then the task force will be created! Many thanks, Girolamo Savonarola ( talk) 03:34, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
Based on a search of Wikipedia's articles, I've found some Ethiopia-related articles that I believe are about places, and could usefully have geographical coordinates added.
The articles in question are listed in Category:Ethiopia articles missing geocoordinate data. At the time of writing, some examples included:
...and there are many more. At the time of posting this notice, there were 376 articles in this category left to tag with geographical coordinates.
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I just noticed the new (2007) census data from the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia which can be downloaded as pdf from here. The filename has "prelimineray" [sic!] in its name. Are these numbers final or should I expect major changes. I am trying to update the de:Liste der Ethnien in Äthiopien on the German wikipedia. After a first glance at the new data in table 5, I am missing the Dorze, Qemant, Melo, Me'en (same as Me'enite?), Kachama, Mer (same as Mere?), Ganjule (part of Gedicho?), Shita (same as Upo?), Gamila and Mabaan in the new list. I was also looking at alternative names of these peoples and different spellings but no success so far. Who can help? bamse ( talk) 21:57, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
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I've noticed that the first sentence of articles for individual emperors of Ethiopia typically begin "so-and-so was nəgusä nägäst of Ethiopia" rather than "Emperor of Ethiopia." Because the Ethiopian term might not be enlightened to non-specialists (like me) who visit the article, I think it would be better to use both terms (with one in parentheses) or simply Emperor in the first sentence. Just using the Ethiopian term may leave the average reader confused (though I recognize there's a link). It seems other monarchs' pages typically mention the words king or emperor in the lede sentence. In fact, articles on Russian monarchs typically use the word "emperor" despite the fact that "czar" is much more commonly used by English speakers than "nəgusä nägäst." -- JamesAM ( talk) 17:52, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I'm writing an article on truce terms and would like to know what Ethiopian children use. Truce terms are words used by children, usually under the age of about 11, to call a temporary halt or respite to the game to do something like tie a shoelace or discuss the rules or take off a jacket. I really need a source as well. They're often mentioned in etymological or regional dictionaries. Fainites barley scribs 19:58, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
I posted this at Talk:Mengistu Haile Mariam, and I'm reposting it here and at the WikiProject:Africa talk page: After this complaint was posted at the "Administrators' Noticeboard/Incidents" page, I removed two unsourced, potentially libelous paragraphs about Mengistu's family members from the article [1] and a sentence about Mengistu's childhood. [2] The complaint appeared to focus on information that the article sources to the Paul B. Henze and Bahru Zewde sources. Someone with an interest in the subject may want to review that information for accuracy. Someone may also want to find sourcing for the passages that I removed, but also think about whether they violate WP:BLP whether or not they can be accurately sourced (I don't have an opinion about it). -- Noroton ( talk) 18:08, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
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There's an article about "Kulibi" which is mostly a subset of the article on Kulubi. The correct pronunciation is Kulubi (I visited there in December 1966), and Google Maps agrees on the spelling, so the "Kulibi" article should be removed. I'm new to Wikipedia editing, and I don't know how to remove an article (or whether that would be appropriate).
By the way, there's a novel entitled Kulubi by Edmund P. Murray. I haven't read it since shortly after it was published in 1973, but I seem to recall enjoying it.
Backarogdy ( talk) 03:25, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
I was recently [3] involved dealing with an article someone had created in Somali on the English wiki on Buur Ukur. While researching this town, I came across a list of place-names containing both the common spellings without diacritics and the full version with diacritics and the Ge'ez spelling of Ethiopian place names. Since most articles seem to lack both the diacritised and Ge'ez spellings I'm just letting you know it exists at the Amharic NLP project; drawn from the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's Geographic Names Server and the 1990 Ethiopian census records. Apologies if everyone already knows of it. Akerbeltz ( talk) 16:10, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Someone added a link to Ethiopian Institute for Nonviolence Education and Peace Studies to the article nonviolence, and I'm removing it now because instead of such links I'm using categories. Since the article Ethiopian Institute for Nonviolence Education and Peace Studies doesn't exist yet, I can't add that category. If anyone wants to start that article, please include it in that category. If you would like me to help you with that, please leave a message on my talk page as I won't be watching this page. — Sebastian 18:07, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
I was updating Berhanu Nega this morning, and I realized, even after reading the article for Ethiopian name, that I still don't know whether the name should be sorted by B or by N. If someone has enough time and knowledge to do so, an expansion of Ethiopian name would be appreciated, as well as (if the sorting is not to be done by father's name) an explanatory template akin to Template:Chinese name. Thanks. -- Nlu ( talk) 15:43, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
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Earlier this month, I was in Ethiopia, where I spent time in Nazareth ( Adama), Shashemene, Wondo Genet and Awasa (but mainly in Nazareth). I made quite a few photos, and I have started uploading them to Wikimedia Commons. I have a lot more to go (as of this writing), but you may browse what I have at my Commons gallery page (where I will continue to upload). Feel free to use any of these, or not, as you see fit. Thanks, -- Gyrofrog (talk) 16:35, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Would someone mind posting a photograph of the Ethiopian Airlines headquarters at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa? The article needs a picture of the ET headquarters. Thank you WhisperToMe ( talk) 04:49, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi! Would someone state what the Amharic and Tigrigna names of "Seattle Public Schools" are? They are posted at http://www.seattleschools.org/area/bfc/amharic/Amharic%20Services.xml http://www.seattleschools.org/area/bfc/tigrigna/Tigrigna%20Services.xml
Thanks WhisperToMe ( talk) 10:50, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
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There are many references, on the web, to something called ONEG, but surprisingly I could not find a clear definition on a trustworthy site: I only found " ONEG – Oromo army as referred to by the Amhara", " The Ethiopian regime ... invented what they called “selamawii Oneg” roughly translate as “peaceful OLF” in order to fabricate an imaginary faction (“Ethiopianist faction”) within OLF meant for their divisive agenda" and "" ONEG ([or] « Oromo Liberation Front » [in English]""So perhaps this should be explained in the Oromo Liberation Front article? Apokrif ( talk) 11:24, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
Greetings! Gigi (the singer) has gone on record as saying "I grew up singing in the Ethiopian Church, which is actually not allowed for women, but there was a priest at my home who taught me how to sing the songs." However, women do sing in church (see image). Gigi's old webpage ( archive link) is one source of this quote, but it has been mirrored around the internet, including both of Gigi's Myspace pages. From time to time, this claim has made its way into the Gigi (singer) article, and I have questioned her assertion that women can't sing in the Ethiopian Church at Talk:Gigi (singer)#Controversy?, beginning in June 2005. More recently, Tigist Shibabaw, about Gigi's late sister, has included a reference to Gigi's statement (although Gigi doesn't mention any of her siblings by name). Again, this seems to come up now and again over the past few years, so is there a reliable source that can help settle this matter one way or the other? If anyone cares to comment, please do so at Talk:Gigi (singer)#Controversy? (so as to keep the discussion in one place). -- Gyrofrog (talk) 18:40, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
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The following two categories seem like duplicates.
Category:Ethiopian prisoners and detainees
Category:Prisoners and detainees of Ethiopia
Should I combine them? If they are to be merged what should the residual category be?
( Baryaw ( talk) 19:33, 27 June 2011 (UTC))
Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ĕthiopia Tĕwahĕdo Krĕstyan Orthodox and Judaism. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 20:57, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Ethiopian coffee dress. Gyrofrog (talk) 21:47, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
I think it's important to mention the potential reality of Ge'ez being restored as Ethiopia's official national language.
References can be made to the general sentiment of the people (even amongst the Amhara) who wish to have a non-discriminative official language that unifies the people without giving a lingual advantage to a particular group (in today's case, the advantaged group is the Amhara)
Here is a link that illustrates the general sentiment of the people in Ethiopia wanting a non-discriminative national language but at the same time African/Ethiopian made using it's own indigenous script:
http://www.waltainfo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21385&Itemid=82
References should also be made to prominent individuals & groups working to actually make it happen such as Dessie Keleb who reportedly has been creating whole communities of Ge'ez first tongue speakers in Ethiopia since the early 1990s & has published 2 books, here is a link to one of them:
http://www.mereb.com.et/rs/?prodet=true&pid=39484858&vid=19
With all this said, I believe it's time we recognize this growing movement both inside and outside Ethiopia to revive Ge'ez as the lingua franca of Ethiopia rather than Amharic, Oromo, English or even Tigrinya — Preceding
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I've come across Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi today and noticed that it has been heavily edited by someone likely employed as a "reputation manager" of the subject. I've left some thoughts at Talk:Mohammed_Hussein_Al_Amoudi#Conflict_of_interest but it would be useful if some of you with more knowledge of Ethiopia could find some better sources for the article. SmartSE ( talk) 15:28, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Ethiopia will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Ethiopia's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch ( talk) 22:16, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Please participate in this discussion and express your opinion on the matter. TheCuriousGnome ( talk) 19:54, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
Someone might like to check/correct my Amharic ሐበሻ ቀሚሽ at Talk:Ethiopian coffee dress, my knowledge of Amharic is extremely limited. In ictu oculi ( talk) 09:20, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
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The other day I moved Abuna Merkorios to Abune Merkorios, because I noticed some other articles about patriarchs use the "Abune" spelling. What I didn't notice is that the article about that office is Abuna, not "Abune" and it turns out there are a few patriarch articles using "Abuna": Abuna Theophilos, Abuna Basilios, Abuna Takla Haymanot etc. while others (as I had seen) use "Abune." Presumably, we want to consistently use one spelling or the other (and then move articles as needed), but which one? I'm thinking "Abuna," as "Abune" might suggest it rhymes with "tune"; however a quick check at Google News suggests that "Abune" is more common (at least in English). -- Gyrofrog (talk) 18:35, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
I was wondering if any one can tell me if the Hurso Camp is still in operation, current date 8/1/2013. I'm talking to a Captain Reeves, and he claims to be stationed there. I need to know if he is real, or just a scammer? I think I already know, just need to verify. Someone with info on the camp please write me and tell me what you know about the camp, and if any one knows how I can find out if this Reeves guy is really in the Military. If you could provide any phone numbers for either the camp or where I can call to see if Reeves is real and not a scammer. Thank you so much for reading.
Sincerely Needing Answers,
Hursocamp66 Hursocamp66 ( talk) 17:06, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
WikiProject Ethiopia members are invited to join the discussion at WANI. It concerns a content dispute on the wiki page on Matthew Bryden, the former UN Coordinator for the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG) and Horn of Africa political analyst. Project members are also encouraged to edit the page, as it could certainly benefit from knowledgeable contributors. Middayexpress ( talk) 13:30, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
I've proposed that the file for the flag listed as "1996 to 2009" be changed to 1996 only to relflect its usage. Please comment at commons:File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg. SFB 23:24, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
Someone has proposed moving the page Haile Selassie I to strip the 'I' from the page title, see Talk:Haile Selassie I. Til Eulenspiegel / talk/ 22:13, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
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Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 23:28, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Does anyone actually watch or follow this page any more? Articles important to Ethiopia are being proposed for deletion, nobody is responding, they are getting relisted and relisted and the only ones to vote are deletionists who see the word "Ethiopia" in the Title and figure they don't need any better reason than that to vote Delete. Til Eulenspiegel / talk/ 12:14, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Is anyone knowledgeable on Ethiopian history? Draft:Ato Mersha Nahusenay. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN ( talk) 18:53, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
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Pleas add information about this country to this articles-- Kaiyr ( talk) 20:56, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
All of the longstanding and easily verified facts mentioning the significance of Rastafari were summarily removed from Ethiopia today by an insistent pair of editors who were also quite concerned that I not bring this issue up here, and leave it to their judgement. However, after due deliberation, I have decided to mention this thing that is happening here as worthy of your attention. It seems that the article on Rastafari cannot be linked to or alluded to from Ethiopia. Not that it is a totally orphaned article, but it deserves a mention and a link from Ethiopia as significant to the topic at the least. Binghi Dad ( talk) 02:44, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
struck comments by sockpuppet, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Til Eulenspiegel. Dougweller ( talk) 13:51, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
Why is Rastafarianism being discussed in a forum about Ethiopia? Haile Selassie was an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian and stated publicly he was "fully human" (i.e. not a deity). Wikipedia should not be legitimizing any/all fanciful claims just to humor certain groups at the expense of REAL and legitimate history. Trinacrialucente ( talk) 02:47, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
I've recently come across some articles about a settlement of "Korah" near Addis Ababa, its apparently the site of a leper colony and also a city dump and it house 130,000 people. There are several web pages about it [4], [5] and a short documentary [6] and a current facebook campaign [7]. None of the source I've found give any idea as to its exact location and I can't find it on any maps. The closest I've found is a recent guardian article on the koche rubbish tip [8]. Not sure if this is the same place with a different spelling and I can't find that on a a map either. Can anyone shed light on this place? -- Salix alba ( talk): 23:08, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
I'm reading African Ark ( ISBN 0810919028), which is mostly a pictorial book but it does have text by Graham Hancock. The chapter about Sheikh Hussein and Sof Omar mentions a group called Gariba, or "gypsies" [sic]. A caption to two photographs reads thusly: "Groups of gypsies, known as Gariba, make their base at the site of two entwined fig trees, said to be the place where Sheikh Hussein prayed and taught children. The Gariba come largely from animist cultures and are now practicing a crude form of Islam. They are looked down upon by orthodox Muslims because not all their beliefs are in accord with the Koran and because their appearance is wild and unkempt" (p. 192). Presumably, "gypsy" in this context refers to their way of life, rather than their ethnicity, though I could be wrong. So far I haven't found anything else about them though I haven't looked very hard, either. Might anyone know more about this group? The existing article Gariba is about a place in Kenya. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 22:56, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
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Dear Ethiopia experts: This AfC draft has an anthem for Ethiopia, but it does not agree with the information in the Ethiopia article. Should the draft be kept and improved? — Anne Delong ( talk) 00:10, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Ethiopian Orthodox Tehadeso Church is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
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Harej ( talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
I'm looking for an image of Kaliti Prison. Can anyone help? Do we have an article at Ethiopian Wikipedia? I can't find that Wikipedia here: https://www.wikipedia.org/
Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 10:24, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
This is the only (what looks like a) prison I see in Akaky Kaliti. Is this it? Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 10:36, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
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Hello, hello,
over there, in the German-speaking Wikipedia, I'm writing an article about the Dutch Embassy in Addis Ababa. It's known for its modern architecture mixing Dutch and Ethiopian influences. However, what would be a good article without any photos. So, do you know anybody living in Addis or visiting the city soon who could take a photo? Thanks, best regards, --
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You are invited to join the discussion at Template talk:Patronymic name. This continues a discussion that began at Talk:Mare Dibaba#Abesha name thing; the issue was also raised at Talk:Habesha name#Abesha name. Thanks. Gyrofrog (talk) 20:25, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Patronymic#Merger proposal. Thanks. Gyrofrog (talk) 15:32, 9 September 2015 (UTC)Hello,
I suggest a subsection on landgrabbing for the section on the economy of the
Ethiopia article.
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We have a new article Cannabis in Ethiopia, but it could really use improvement and expansion, especially from anyone who can read Amharic sources. With a little polishing, it'd also be really useful to make a translated version for Amharic Wikipedia since it's a topic of increasing interesting these days. Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney ( talk) 03:01, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
Can your please upload photos of new Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway? Also for new railway stations. -- Holapaco77 ( talk) 06:30, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
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Maybe someone is interested to know that a lot of (aerial) pictures of Ethiopia from 1934 were uploaded on Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:ETH-BIB_Mittelholzer-Abyssinia_flight_1934 The aviation pioneer Walter Mittelholzer made them during a flight from Switzerland to Ethiopia via Egypt. Unfortunately in many cases a description is missing. If you have questions about the information written in German you can ask me. -- Hadi ( talk) 17:28, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
PS about the purpose of this flight:
The photographer, aviation pioneer and Swissair co-founder Walter Mittelholzer (1894-1937) and his crew flew over the Alps - Athens - Jerusalem - Tel Aviv - Cairo - Aswan from 2 to 23 February 1934 with an excursion to Petra to Addis Ababa. Mittelholzer flew 7'118 km in 46.28h flying hours. The aim of the Abyssinia flight was to transport the aircraft to the court of the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie. Mittelholzer thus delivered the 3-engine Fokker (CH 192) by flight to the government to Ethiopia. In addition to documenting the outward flight with many aerial photographs, Mittelholzer photographed the Emperor Haile Selassie, the court and the military, and visited various tribes in southern Ethiopia.
Text taken from youtube, where a movie (!) of this flight is available (spoken in German):
-- Hadi ( talk) 16:31, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
Hello from italian Wikipedia! The article about Zerai Deres have been under major edit recently. Since I'm not a mother-tongue speaker, could you help me to check out the article and correct my broken english? Feel free also to improve the article with other info and sources, if you have any more. Thank you so much in advance! -- Holapaco77 ( talk) 13:07, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
The article Ethiopian historiography, which I created back in July and brought to Good Article status in August, is now a featured article! It was just promoted today after my successful FAC (you can see the archive here). I'm just letting you guys know this so you can add it to the list of featured articles on your project page, which seems to only include the article on the giraffe. Let's hope we can all work together to bring more Ethiopian history articles up to featured status! It's an area of Wikipedia that still needs a lot of attention. -- Pericles of Athens Talk 23:30, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
This user's uploads include various images with Amharic text. It would be very useful if someone could transcribe and translate it. DS ( talk) 21:59, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, I have found a CC-licensed video that we could use to take a screenshot to illustrate the Eskinder Nega page. However I’m unable to read the logo that appears in the lower left of the screen. I just want to make sure that it’s from EthioInfo rather than from a different news company that may not have actually CC-licensed their footage (a common copyright issue). Is there someone with better language skills who has a moment to look at it and tell me what the logo says? Thank you so much. Innisfree987 ( talk) 15:40, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
@ Yitbe, Daddywa, and Yorubaja: There's a proposal Talk:Ethnic discrimination in Ethiopia#Requested move 19 March 2021 to change the name of the article from Ethnic discrimination ... to Racism .... Please add Support or Oppose (in bold) or a comment, with arguments. Boud ( talk) 20:36, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
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I just looked at the page for the city of Jijiga and was surprised how much the description cited by Nega Mezlekia differs from my own personal observations of the city. While he is quotes as saying "on a vast, unmitigated plain, with no greenery in sight except for the occasional cactus bush…”, I can assure anyone that the region surrounding the town is actually quite green and full of farm land. In fact when we landed our helicopters there we had to be careful of the corn fields and mud pits. It is one of several very productive agricultural regions between Dire Dawa and the Somali boarder. I know that we should not cite our ourselves when attempting to make an article accurate, but having been there I can’t help wishing to correct this one. As it is already an article with unsourced statements, would it be prudent of me to add my own observations? Does anyone have any suggestions? Quintman 02:07, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Just noticed that the uncapitalization of the "P" in project actually redlinks Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethiopia, but that typing that into the search bar takes you directly here. I would just move the page, but I don't really feel like moving all of the sub-pages & talks and I'm not sure if that's really that much of a problem. — ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk 06:43, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Good idea. Badagnani 09:08, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
If anyone could find a free image (e.g. a blank map w/o political borders or a full one with place names) of N. Ethiopia & Eritrea and Southern Arabia (i.e. Yemen and s. Saudi Arabia), it would be greatly appreciated. I need it to top off
GDRT, which I've basically just finished adding to. Of course, if you could find a free image of an inscription as well, that'd be even better, but I'm not expecting that much.
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Take a look at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Work via Wikiprojects, & consider how our existing articles should be graded according to what is already there. (I know I've mentioned elsewhere my pick of 5 key articles, but it'd be nice to sort out 20-30 key or vital Ethiopia-related articles & grade them accordingly.) -- llywrch 03:24, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Just a note to everyone that I've hacked out an example of my personal campaign to create an article for every notable administrative unit & city/town in Ethiopia. I'm limited by what the material available to me, but you can review my efforts at the woredas & (indirectly) towns linked to at List of woredas in the Benishangul-Gumaz Region. Feedback welcomed. -- llywrch 01:30, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
I have never entered anything into Wikipedia before. However, I was responsible for surveying Sof Omar as part of the British Expedition to Ethiopia in 1972. I have an extensive collection of photographs of the cave and notes relating to the history of its exploration as well as survey notes. The expedition explored other karst areas in Bale, Dira Dawa and Tigre. The only other cave of significance was Nur Mohammed. I can start the process of adding this to the site, but I need help in negotiating the editing process and of course time! -- Dave Catlin 14:00, 22 July 2006 (UTC)Dave Catlin
Like I said above, don't let my words above scare you off. I eagerly hope to see some of your contributions here on Wikipedia, & if there is anything I can help with, please let me -- or anyone else in this Wikiproject -- know. -- llywrch 00:54, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your kind offer of help. Someone also kindly helped organise the references I added relating to the history of the exploration. I found a typo, but cannot find how to get the reference text back. Also I have other reference to add. Please explain how I can find the text for the references. Dave Catlin
Help Please: I have loaded a Sof Omar image into the system (Safari_Straight.JPG) but it comes out far too big. How can I reduce the size.-- Dave Catlin 04:34, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
We need to create an article about people of Ethiopia, just like Armenians or Georgians. I propose to the article Ethiopian People. Please make your suggestions. Thanks Ldingley 20:50, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
Ldingley, I support your idea to provide articles for peoples of Ethiopia. Immediately, though, Yomo thought of it unfair to provide articles to small and big ethnic groups Etiopia equally. But, the world deserves to know all about Ethiopia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.156.22.157 ( talk) 00:29, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi, i just started the article People of Ethiopia. I will start adding more information, mainly from books and other available sources. I think we should have separate article for People of Ethiopia and include all ethnic groups there. Please advice and make your suggestions. Thanks. Ldingley 22:11, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Here's a list of almost all ethnic groups and numbers for speakers and self-identified members of the ethnic group as according to the 1994 Ethiopian census (I've made links for all so we know which ones - almost all - need articles):
Source (by Grover Hudson, a well-known linguist of Ethiopian languages)
Table 2. Mother-Tongue Speakers of Ethiopian Speech Varieties and Members of Ethnic Groups , Ordered by Number of Mother-tongue Speakers (1994 Census) C=Cushitic, N=Nilosaharan, O=Omotic, and S=Semitic
--------------------- --------------------- -------------------- Ethnolinguistic group Mothertongue speakers Ethnic group members Amara S 17,372,913 16,010,894 Oromo C 16,777,975 17,088,136 Tigraway S 3,224,875 3,284,443 Somali C 3,187,053 3,139,421 Gurage S 1,881,574 2,290,332 Sidama C 1,876,329 1,842,444 Welayta O 1,231,674 1,268,445 - note Welayta language Afar C 965,462 972,766 Hadiyya C 923,957 927,747 Gamo O 690,069 719,862 Gedeo C 637,082 639,879 Kafa O 569,626 599,146 - note Kingdom of Kaffa Kambaata C 487,654 499,631 - note Kambaata (language) Awi C 356,980 397,494 - note Awngi language Kulo O 313,228 331,477 Goffa O 233,340 241,818 Bench O 173,586 173,149 - note Bench language Ari O 158,857 155,065 - note Aari language Konso C 149,508 153,407 - note Konso language Kamir C 143,369 158,225 - Kamir people or Khamir/Hamir/Xamir Alaba C 126,257 125,894 Gumuz N 120,424 121,481 Berta N 116,084 118,670 - note Berta language Koyra O 103,879 107,586 Timbaro C 82,803 86,499 Yemsa O 81,614 165,770 Nuer N 64,907 64,527 Basketo O 57,805 51,089 Mocha O 54,894 53,846 Male O 53,779 46,458 Me’en N 52,015 52,808 - note Me'en (language) Gidole C 50,328 54,339 Konta O 48,987 49,625 Anywak N 45,646 45,656 Hamer O 42,838 42,448 Maraqo C 36,612 38,093 - another name for the Libido people Qabena C 35,783 35,065 Burji C 35,731 46,552 (watch out for Burji dynasty) Gawada C 32,698 33,945 Dasenech C 32,064 32,014 (properly Daasanach or Ðáasanač) Sheko O 24,106 23,772 Saho C 22,759 23,258 (i.e. Irob) Harari S 21,283 22,884 - note Harari language Dizi O 21,075 21,888 Dorze O 20,782 28,969 Mello O 20,151 20,181 Shinasha O 19,734 32,660 (also called Boro, neighbors of the Gumuz and Berta) Suri N 19,622 19,616 Oyda O 16,597 14,059 Majangir N 15,152 15,329 - note Majang language Nyangatom N 14,177 14,201 Mao O 13,657 16,226 She O 13,116 13,164 Argobba S 10,860 62,912 - note Argobba language Zayse O 10,172 10,842 Fadashi N 8,715 7,323 Tsamay C 8,621 9,699 Zergula O 7,625 390 Chara O 6,932 6,976 Mossiya C 6,624 9,205 Dime O 6,501 6,189 Bodi N 4,570 4,685 Arbore C 4,441 6,622 Nao O 3,656 4,004 Mursi N 3,278 3,254 Kachama O 2,682 2,735 Kunama N 1,883 2,003 Kemant C 1,650 172,324 - at Qemant (properly Kemant or Kimant people) Koma N 1,435 1,522 Ganjule O 1,390 1,142 Mer O 989 1,195 Shita N 301 290 Gamili N 144 184 Guagu N 103 165 Kwama N 99 140 Gebato N 78 67 Mabaan N 25 21 Other langs 139,047 110,555
Kind of funny how there's a "She people," "Male people," "Mer people," and "Dime people." Also, does anyone know why Hamer is at Hammer? The Encyclopaedia Aethiopica has it at Hamär (by our translit, Hamer). — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 21:46, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
I attempted to do a similar project on the German wikipedia, listing all Ethiopian ethnicities together with their language, religion and region. Maybe it is of any help to you. Have a look at: de:Liste der Ethnien in Äthiopien. If you have any information about the smaller groups, I'd be interested to learn about it. Could for instance the Mabaan with only 21 members be considered a seperate ethnicity, or are there maybe more of them in other countries? -- Bamse 02:29, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
According to this press release from the Walta Information Center, an official study has determined that there are 56 nationalities who speak 45 different languages in the SNNPR. -- llywrch 00:18, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
I have a comment on Awngi. This is the name of a language, not of an ethnic entity. The people speaking that language call themselves Awi (these are the Agaw of Gojjam). This little misnomer I have seen in other places, too, like Bamse's list on the German site. If I find time, I might start an entry for the Awi people (well, I just did). Any links pointing to the Awngi people should be redirected to the Awi people. There is now an entry for the Awngi language. I have now changed the name to Awi in the above list, with a note pointing to the Awngi language. Landroving Linguist 18:02, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Another issue: What does it mean that the Shinasha are associated with Gumuz and Berta? Except that these peoples live in the same political region, they have nothing in common. The Shinasha speak an Omotic language, while Gumuz and Berta belong to the Nilo-Saharan family. Also the cultural difference is considerable. I would suggest to strike that comment. -- Landroving Linguist 21:59, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Can some one tell me if Ineco Spt of Spain makes sense in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Ethiopia makes sense. Its on the 2006 paragraph. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by MiniKing ( talk • contribs) 18:11, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
Please take a look at Controversy over the race of Ethiopians and the AfD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Controversy over the race of Ethiopians. -- Ezeu 10:42, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
I just stumbled across Damotra, a novel in Amharic which has been tagged with a PROD notice (basically, someone intends to do a speedy delete unless someone else objects). Does anyone here have any knowledge of this book or its author -- either so we can argue to keep it or agree to delete it? (I'll admit my ignorance, but I also know that the average printing of a book in Amharic would not be very large in size.) -- llywrch 20:14, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Stumbled across another stub, Queen eyleuka of Ethopia, wife of an "antediluvian" king Borsa. Never heard of either of them; a quick look thru the online version of the Kebra Nagast also fails to mention them. (This is the only contribution of this one editor.) Is this a likely hoax. & subject to speedy delete? -- llywrch 20:26, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
I guess someone is sifting thru the biography stubs, because I've found that several articles about Ethiopian mucicians have been prodded. These include: Aragaw Bedaso, Dawit Yifru, Tamrat Desta, & Zelalem Mekuria. I know next to nothing about contemporary music in Ethiopia; is there some objective rule of thumb that can be used to say which are notable performers & avoid this in the future? -- llywrch 07:47, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
I dont thick gambela is a city first. Gambela region came about first... and the major city was named gambela... gambela is first and foremost a region. The capital is then named after the region.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nolawip ( talk • contribs) 03:08, 13 September 2006
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Okay, I know this seems bizarre, because I've written a fair share of the articles on Ethiopia, I admit that I have no ability in the local languages. But I've encountered some pairs of geographical terms that I need help with as I work on the woreda articles. What do the following words mean:
I suspect that these correspond to the English "Upper" & "Lower" (as in, for example, "Upper Silesia"), but if so I have no clue which would be which. (And if I guessed, I know I would get it backwards; I still confuse my left & my right sometimes.)
One more word is "Zuria", as in "Bahir Dar Zuria"; I'd assume that "Zuria" means "Great" or "Greater" (as in "Greater London Area/Region"). Thanks in advance. -- llywrch 23:20, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello all, Since I know that everyone loves dealing with Somali clan issues, I thought I'd let you know that 172.159.143.107 ( talk · contribs) has been making some recent modifications I'm not qualified to judge, such as changing the most populous clan in various woredas in the Somali Region from Darod to Hawiye. - Banyan Tree 13:23, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
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Hi again. I noticed that you all are keeping track of your new articles. In order to share the Ethiopia-specific contributions with the more general page over at Wikipedia:Africa-related regional notice board/New articles, I wonder if anyone would mind if I created a subpage at Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethiopia/New articles that could be transcluded both to the main project page here and to the AFR subpage? Cheers, Banyan Tree 17:35, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I wonder if it's OK for me to add articles from Category:Ethnic groups in Ethiopia to the WikiProject Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethnic groups? I'd also be adding that category to Category:Ethnic groups categories. I'll watch this page for about a week for a response; if I don't hear anything I'll go ahead and do it... Thanks! -- Ling.Nut 02:09, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Environmental issues in Ethiopia need to add all environmental issues, like missing lions, and ethiopian wolf issue, etc.-- Halaqah 23:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
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The article Abune Tewophilos contains no references and as been tagged as such since December 2005! I tried to find information on google but it is hard to find anything beyond the bare bones. If someone from this project has reference material, can you please add it to the article. If nothing has happened within a reasonable time frame I will remove all the material I can't find a reference for, which won't leave much! So please help if you can. -- Qarnos 08:30, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Is there an Ethiopian language request template, similar to {{ Burmese}}? Chris 07:51, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Just dropping a note that I added some material from the Futuh to Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi which suggest that he might not be Somali. (I don't consider this original research; I'm just reporting what the book says.) I thought people might want to know about it ahead of time before the fireworks start. -- llywrch 00:01, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
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I just stumbled across this article, & while it seems to be plausible (I know that Iyasu V had issue, some of whom were used as figureheads during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia), is this person legit? By this, I'm asking whether anyone inside or outside of Ethiopia has even heard of him. If he's an otherwise well-known kook (or can actually trace his ancestory back to Lij Iyasu), I'd consider him notable; if we have an entry on Emperor Norton, then Girma deserves his entry in Wikipedia. I can't reach one of the sites in the External links section & the other goes to Angelfire (not the most reliable source to begin with) -- where I'm immediately redirected to another page. Sadly, I can foresee all sorts of people desparate for attention creating their own fictional web pages to claim that they are the "rightful heir of" (insert your choice of country here), & then claiming that they deserve an entry in Wikipedia. -- llywrch 22:37, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Im new at Wiki so i guess i will just create an extra heading Here (under Image), you can move it if need be. Anyway, i just got back from Ethiopia for the second time and have about 4000 to 5000 pictures. Many of those pictures include stuff from the Museum of Ethiopia that may be helpful. I basically took a picture of Everything in the museum. 5000 Pictures = Roads, buildings, Lakes, birds, landscapes, Monuments, People...A little bit of everything. Unfourtunalty none of it is from the historical route. I was only in Addis/Ziway/Awassa/Langano/Debre Zeit/Meta Abo. About 4000 of these pictures are of my friends and family but im sure you could use the rest of them. Contact me via email and i can upload them to a select site. asten@astenb.com Beyoku 06:11, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Can someone who speaks Tigrinya render "National Scout Association of Eritrea" and "Be Prepared", (the Scout Motto), into Tigrinya? Thanks! Chris 14:36, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
I have used the text at am:Wikipedia:Can't see the font? to create the local Help:Multilingual support (Ethiopic). Please change any links appropriately. Thanks, Banyan Tree 21:35, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Ugh. I just found someone cited this book as it were a reliable source in an article & replaced that with a far more acceptible one. Then again, quotingany one of Mengistu's speeches would be a far more reliable source than Hancock's popycock. Should we, as a WikiProject, consider an appropriate punishment for those misguided fools who insist on citing his book? ;-) -- llywrch 00:45, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
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The Amharic interface is mostly available for this Wikipedia (and all Wikimedia projects) now, by going to 'my preferences' and selecting 'am - አማርኛ' from the drop-down 'language' menu. Most of the few remaining messages should also become available in Amharic in the near future. ፈቃደ ( ውይይት) 15:11, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
On the history of Ethiopia page there is a section called Judaic Ehtiopia directly before the Axum period.
Presumably this is referring to the Myth that the Ethiopian Kings were descendants of the Queen of Sheba and David. There is absolutely no historical evidence for this. I propose that the early history of ehtiopia be reexamined. Particularly with refrance to Tadesse Tamrats "Church and State in Ethiopia". The origin of the falasha Jews in Ethiopia is uncertain but is misleading to suggest in the article that there is a Judaic history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bean42 ( talk • contribs) 11:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Please be advised that User:Strothra, who claims there are POV issues with the article Ethiopia, has just created a Wikipedia:Peer review/Ethiopia/archive1 page you may wish to know about. Til Eulenspiegel 17:50, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
There were several articles on Ethiopia that pointed to the non-existent article Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, which was deleted a while back for a copyright violation, I believe. I changed those pages to point to the non-existent Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Ethiopia) and added a link to that page from the general Ministry of Agriculture page (which lists ministries of agriculture for many goverments). There are a lot of reference to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in various Ethiopia articles, so please create at least a stub there if you know something about the ministry. Thanks! RainbowCrane | Talk 20:54, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
I just discovered this page, & my reaction is...WTF? Does anyone have an objection if I nominate this page for deletion? -- llywrch ( talk) 04:36, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I found this: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64680823.html
It gives names of two of the hijackers, but the third only has his given name. I want to know his surname too.
So, does someone with a subscription to Highbeam work here? WhisperToMe ( talk) 11:18, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Did Ethiopian Airlines ever release a conclusive victim and survivor list of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961? I have never seen one?
If the list has country info for each passenger that would be good. WhisperToMe ( talk) 01:40, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
We have a new user who has edited the introduction to the article "Ethiopia" pushing the POV that there was no Ethiopia at the time of Adwa and that it was only "invented" later. He claims this is the "academic consensus" therefore he writes as if this POV were indisputable, citing a few fringe historians who assert this view, like a book called "The Invention of Ethiopia". Now is the time to find what the real majority of reputable scholars say about this. So far today, nobody but myself has challenged him on this, is everyone offline today? Til Eulenspiegel ( talk) 00:12, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Would someone mind taking a look at this article, it has no sources and is very vague, for someone who doens't know about the topic (like myself) it's impossible to tell if it's about a real event or it is just completely made up. Clarification would be appreciated. Guest9999 ( talk) 17:44, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
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Within WikiProject Companies I am trying to establish guidelines for all Lists of companies by country, the implementation of which would hopefully ensure a minimum quality standard and level of consistency across all of these related but currently disparate articles. The ultimate goal is the improvement of these articles to Featured List status. As a WikiProject that currently has one of these lists within your scope, I would really appreciate your feedback! You can find the draft guidelines here. Thanks for your help as we look to build consensus and improve Wikipedia! - Richc80 ( talk) 21:22, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
There is an ongoing problem at the article Africa with an editor who wants to blank out all mention of the Ethiopian famine in 1984, in which almost a million Africans perished, for obviously political reasons because the facts are inconvenient and make Marxism-Leninism look bad. This cannot be tolerated and the continuous edit warring needs to stop. Til Eulenspiegel ( talk) 12:49, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
The image accompanying the article on Asfa Wosen or Amha Selassie is incorrect. That photograph is of Prince Makonnen, taken in 1936 in Jerusalem as the royal family fled Ethiopia and journeyed to England. If this photograph was actually taken in 1923, Prince Makonnen was just an infant and Asfa Wosen was just 7 years old.
I would make the edit myself, but I'm pretty computer-illiterate and can't figure out how to do it. I have several images of Asfa Wosen, including one that was taken at the same time and is in the archives at the Library of Congress (within the public domain) if someone else would like to make the edit.
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The official name of the woreda is Silt'i and not Silt'e, while the name of the zone is Silt'e. I know that from government documents. Sigbatree ( talk) 11:44, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
Can someone who speaks Amharic render " Ethiopia Scout Association" and "Be Prepared", (the Scout Motto), into Ge'ez? Thanks! Chris (クリス • フィッチ) ( talk) 11:46, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
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I just noticed the new (2007) census data from the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia which can be downloaded as pdf from here. The filename has "prelimineray" [sic!] in its name. Are these numbers final or should I expect major changes. I am trying to update the de:Liste der Ethnien in Äthiopien on the German wikipedia. After a first glance at the new data in table 5, I am missing the Dorze, Qemant, Melo, Me'en (same as Me'enite?), Kachama, Mer (same as Mere?), Ganjule (part of Gedicho?), Shita (same as Upo?), Gamila and Mabaan in the new list. I was also looking at alternative names of these peoples and different spellings but no success so far. Who can help? bamse ( talk) 21:57, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
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Is it proper to call Captain Leul Abate by "Abate" or by "Leul"? WhisperToMe ( talk) 13:33, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
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I've noticed that the first sentence of articles for individual emperors of Ethiopia typically begin "so-and-so was nəgusä nägäst of Ethiopia" rather than "Emperor of Ethiopia." Because the Ethiopian term might not be enlightened to non-specialists (like me) who visit the article, I think it would be better to use both terms (with one in parentheses) or simply Emperor in the first sentence. Just using the Ethiopian term may leave the average reader confused (though I recognize there's a link). It seems other monarchs' pages typically mention the words king or emperor in the lede sentence. In fact, articles on Russian monarchs typically use the word "emperor" despite the fact that "czar" is much more commonly used by English speakers than "nəgusä nägäst." -- JamesAM ( talk) 17:52, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I'm writing an article on truce terms and would like to know what Ethiopian children use. Truce terms are words used by children, usually under the age of about 11, to call a temporary halt or respite to the game to do something like tie a shoelace or discuss the rules or take off a jacket. I really need a source as well. They're often mentioned in etymological or regional dictionaries. Fainites barley scribs 19:58, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
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There's an article about "Kulibi" which is mostly a subset of the article on Kulubi. The correct pronunciation is Kulubi (I visited there in December 1966), and Google Maps agrees on the spelling, so the "Kulibi" article should be removed. I'm new to Wikipedia editing, and I don't know how to remove an article (or whether that would be appropriate).
By the way, there's a novel entitled Kulubi by Edmund P. Murray. I haven't read it since shortly after it was published in 1973, but I seem to recall enjoying it.
Backarogdy ( talk) 03:25, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
I was recently [3] involved dealing with an article someone had created in Somali on the English wiki on Buur Ukur. While researching this town, I came across a list of place-names containing both the common spellings without diacritics and the full version with diacritics and the Ge'ez spelling of Ethiopian place names. Since most articles seem to lack both the diacritised and Ge'ez spellings I'm just letting you know it exists at the Amharic NLP project; drawn from the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's Geographic Names Server and the 1990 Ethiopian census records. Apologies if everyone already knows of it. Akerbeltz ( talk) 16:10, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Someone added a link to Ethiopian Institute for Nonviolence Education and Peace Studies to the article nonviolence, and I'm removing it now because instead of such links I'm using categories. Since the article Ethiopian Institute for Nonviolence Education and Peace Studies doesn't exist yet, I can't add that category. If anyone wants to start that article, please include it in that category. If you would like me to help you with that, please leave a message on my talk page as I won't be watching this page. — Sebastian 18:07, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
I was updating Berhanu Nega this morning, and I realized, even after reading the article for Ethiopian name, that I still don't know whether the name should be sorted by B or by N. If someone has enough time and knowledge to do so, an expansion of Ethiopian name would be appreciated, as well as (if the sorting is not to be done by father's name) an explanatory template akin to Template:Chinese name. Thanks. -- Nlu ( talk) 15:43, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
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Earlier this month, I was in Ethiopia, where I spent time in Nazareth ( Adama), Shashemene, Wondo Genet and Awasa (but mainly in Nazareth). I made quite a few photos, and I have started uploading them to Wikimedia Commons. I have a lot more to go (as of this writing), but you may browse what I have at my Commons gallery page (where I will continue to upload). Feel free to use any of these, or not, as you see fit. Thanks, -- Gyrofrog (talk) 16:35, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Would someone mind posting a photograph of the Ethiopian Airlines headquarters at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa? The article needs a picture of the ET headquarters. Thank you WhisperToMe ( talk) 04:49, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi! Would someone state what the Amharic and Tigrigna names of "Seattle Public Schools" are? They are posted at http://www.seattleschools.org/area/bfc/amharic/Amharic%20Services.xml http://www.seattleschools.org/area/bfc/tigrigna/Tigrigna%20Services.xml
Thanks WhisperToMe ( talk) 10:50, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
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There are many references, on the web, to something called ONEG, but surprisingly I could not find a clear definition on a trustworthy site: I only found " ONEG – Oromo army as referred to by the Amhara", " The Ethiopian regime ... invented what they called “selamawii Oneg” roughly translate as “peaceful OLF” in order to fabricate an imaginary faction (“Ethiopianist faction”) within OLF meant for their divisive agenda" and "" ONEG ([or] « Oromo Liberation Front » [in English]""So perhaps this should be explained in the Oromo Liberation Front article? Apokrif ( talk) 11:24, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
Greetings! Gigi (the singer) has gone on record as saying "I grew up singing in the Ethiopian Church, which is actually not allowed for women, but there was a priest at my home who taught me how to sing the songs." However, women do sing in church (see image). Gigi's old webpage ( archive link) is one source of this quote, but it has been mirrored around the internet, including both of Gigi's Myspace pages. From time to time, this claim has made its way into the Gigi (singer) article, and I have questioned her assertion that women can't sing in the Ethiopian Church at Talk:Gigi (singer)#Controversy?, beginning in June 2005. More recently, Tigist Shibabaw, about Gigi's late sister, has included a reference to Gigi's statement (although Gigi doesn't mention any of her siblings by name). Again, this seems to come up now and again over the past few years, so is there a reliable source that can help settle this matter one way or the other? If anyone cares to comment, please do so at Talk:Gigi (singer)#Controversy? (so as to keep the discussion in one place). -- Gyrofrog (talk) 18:40, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
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The following two categories seem like duplicates.
Category:Ethiopian prisoners and detainees
Category:Prisoners and detainees of Ethiopia
Should I combine them? If they are to be merged what should the residual category be?
( Baryaw ( talk) 19:33, 27 June 2011 (UTC))
Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ĕthiopia Tĕwahĕdo Krĕstyan Orthodox and Judaism. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 20:57, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Ethiopian coffee dress. Gyrofrog (talk) 21:47, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
I think it's important to mention the potential reality of Ge'ez being restored as Ethiopia's official national language.
References can be made to the general sentiment of the people (even amongst the Amhara) who wish to have a non-discriminative official language that unifies the people without giving a lingual advantage to a particular group (in today's case, the advantaged group is the Amhara)
Here is a link that illustrates the general sentiment of the people in Ethiopia wanting a non-discriminative national language but at the same time African/Ethiopian made using it's own indigenous script:
http://www.waltainfo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21385&Itemid=82
References should also be made to prominent individuals & groups working to actually make it happen such as Dessie Keleb who reportedly has been creating whole communities of Ge'ez first tongue speakers in Ethiopia since the early 1990s & has published 2 books, here is a link to one of them:
http://www.mereb.com.et/rs/?prodet=true&pid=39484858&vid=19
With all this said, I believe it's time we recognize this growing movement both inside and outside Ethiopia to revive Ge'ez as the lingua franca of Ethiopia rather than Amharic, Oromo, English or even Tigrinya — Preceding
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I've come across Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi today and noticed that it has been heavily edited by someone likely employed as a "reputation manager" of the subject. I've left some thoughts at Talk:Mohammed_Hussein_Al_Amoudi#Conflict_of_interest but it would be useful if some of you with more knowledge of Ethiopia could find some better sources for the article. SmartSE ( talk) 15:28, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Ethiopia will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Ethiopia's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch ( talk) 22:16, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Please participate in this discussion and express your opinion on the matter. TheCuriousGnome ( talk) 19:54, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
Someone might like to check/correct my Amharic ሐበሻ ቀሚሽ at Talk:Ethiopian coffee dress, my knowledge of Amharic is extremely limited. In ictu oculi ( talk) 09:20, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi! The WikiAfrica and Share Your Knowledge teams are glad to announce that many "African" pictures are being published on Commons, either donated by international institutions or by single photographers. You can help: please see the list of categories here, then you can either add relevant categories to the pictures or place them in relevant articles in your favourite Wikipedia. Contents are mainly about, but not limited to, Senegal, Ethiopia, Mali, Tanzania. Thanks a lot! -- Elitre ( talk) 13:48, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
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There are a lot of articles that need to be tagged and assessed. I would like to submit a request to have DodoBot automatically assess currently unassessed articles for our WikiProject, as explained here. If the process works well, I will also use the Bot to add the 'new department tags,' find articles related to this project that don't have a banner and maybe even reassess stub articles in the future. Feel free to raise any questions or concerns regarding this suggestion. I will assume there is consensus for the task if there are no objections in a week. አቤል ዳዊት (Janweh) ( talk) 08:57, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
Ethiopian Airlines, an article that your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. AIRcorn (talk) 12:41, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
The other day I moved Abuna Merkorios to Abune Merkorios, because I noticed some other articles about patriarchs use the "Abune" spelling. What I didn't notice is that the article about that office is Abuna, not "Abune" and it turns out there are a few patriarch articles using "Abuna": Abuna Theophilos, Abuna Basilios, Abuna Takla Haymanot etc. while others (as I had seen) use "Abune." Presumably, we want to consistently use one spelling or the other (and then move articles as needed), but which one? I'm thinking "Abuna," as "Abune" might suggest it rhymes with "tune"; however a quick check at Google News suggests that "Abune" is more common (at least in English). -- Gyrofrog (talk) 18:35, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
I was wondering if any one can tell me if the Hurso Camp is still in operation, current date 8/1/2013. I'm talking to a Captain Reeves, and he claims to be stationed there. I need to know if he is real, or just a scammer? I think I already know, just need to verify. Someone with info on the camp please write me and tell me what you know about the camp, and if any one knows how I can find out if this Reeves guy is really in the Military. If you could provide any phone numbers for either the camp or where I can call to see if Reeves is real and not a scammer. Thank you so much for reading.
Sincerely Needing Answers,
Hursocamp66 Hursocamp66 ( talk) 17:06, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
WikiProject Ethiopia members are invited to join the discussion at WANI. It concerns a content dispute on the wiki page on Matthew Bryden, the former UN Coordinator for the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG) and Horn of Africa political analyst. Project members are also encouraged to edit the page, as it could certainly benefit from knowledgeable contributors. Middayexpress ( talk) 13:30, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
I've proposed that the file for the flag listed as "1996 to 2009" be changed to 1996 only to relflect its usage. Please comment at commons:File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg. SFB 23:24, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
Someone has proposed moving the page Haile Selassie I to strip the 'I' from the page title, see Talk:Haile Selassie I. Til Eulenspiegel / talk/ 22:13, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
Please be aware of Abdi Mohamoud Omar created by User:Abdi Mohamud Omar.
Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 23:28, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Does anyone actually watch or follow this page any more? Articles important to Ethiopia are being proposed for deletion, nobody is responding, they are getting relisted and relisted and the only ones to vote are deletionists who see the word "Ethiopia" in the Title and figure they don't need any better reason than that to vote Delete. Til Eulenspiegel / talk/ 12:14, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Is anyone knowledgeable on Ethiopian history? Draft:Ato Mersha Nahusenay. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN ( talk) 18:53, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a campaign to create and improve LGBT-related content at Wikipedia and its sister projects. The campaign will take place throughout the month of June, culminating with a multinational edit-a-thon on June 21. Meetups are being held in some cities, or you can participate remotely. All constructive edits are welcome in order to contribute to Wikipedia's mission of providing quality, accurate information. Articles within Category:LGBT in Africa may be of particular interest. You can also upload LGBT-related images by participating in Wikimedia Commons' LGBT-related photo challenge. You are encouraged to share the results of your work here. Happy editing! -- Another Believer ( Talk) 01:55, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
The WikiIndaba 2014 sessions are now online at YouTube! This includes a presentation, Challenges and Successes in Africa - Ethiopia. Very informative and highly recommended. -- Djembayz ( talk) 15:53, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
Pleas add information about this country to this articles-- Kaiyr ( talk) 20:56, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
All of the longstanding and easily verified facts mentioning the significance of Rastafari were summarily removed from Ethiopia today by an insistent pair of editors who were also quite concerned that I not bring this issue up here, and leave it to their judgement. However, after due deliberation, I have decided to mention this thing that is happening here as worthy of your attention. It seems that the article on Rastafari cannot be linked to or alluded to from Ethiopia. Not that it is a totally orphaned article, but it deserves a mention and a link from Ethiopia as significant to the topic at the least. Binghi Dad ( talk) 02:44, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
struck comments by sockpuppet, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Til Eulenspiegel. Dougweller ( talk) 13:51, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
Why is Rastafarianism being discussed in a forum about Ethiopia? Haile Selassie was an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian and stated publicly he was "fully human" (i.e. not a deity). Wikipedia should not be legitimizing any/all fanciful claims just to humor certain groups at the expense of REAL and legitimate history. Trinacrialucente ( talk) 02:47, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
I've recently come across some articles about a settlement of "Korah" near Addis Ababa, its apparently the site of a leper colony and also a city dump and it house 130,000 people. There are several web pages about it [4], [5] and a short documentary [6] and a current facebook campaign [7]. None of the source I've found give any idea as to its exact location and I can't find it on any maps. The closest I've found is a recent guardian article on the koche rubbish tip [8]. Not sure if this is the same place with a different spelling and I can't find that on a a map either. Can anyone shed light on this place? -- Salix alba ( talk): 23:08, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
I'm reading African Ark ( ISBN 0810919028), which is mostly a pictorial book but it does have text by Graham Hancock. The chapter about Sheikh Hussein and Sof Omar mentions a group called Gariba, or "gypsies" [sic]. A caption to two photographs reads thusly: "Groups of gypsies, known as Gariba, make their base at the site of two entwined fig trees, said to be the place where Sheikh Hussein prayed and taught children. The Gariba come largely from animist cultures and are now practicing a crude form of Islam. They are looked down upon by orthodox Muslims because not all their beliefs are in accord with the Koran and because their appearance is wild and unkempt" (p. 192). Presumably, "gypsy" in this context refers to their way of life, rather than their ethnicity, though I could be wrong. So far I haven't found anything else about them though I haven't looked very hard, either. Might anyone know more about this group? The existing article Gariba is about a place in Kenya. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 22:56, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
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Dear Ethiopia experts: This AfC draft has an anthem for Ethiopia, but it does not agree with the information in the Ethiopia article. Should the draft be kept and improved? — Anne Delong ( talk) 00:10, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Ethiopian Orthodox Tehadeso Church is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ethiopian Orthodox Tehadeso Church until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 20:49, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Ethiopianorthodox.org. Thanks. Gyrofrog (talk) 18:51, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
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Harej ( talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
I'm looking for an image of Kaliti Prison. Can anyone help? Do we have an article at Ethiopian Wikipedia? I can't find that Wikipedia here: https://www.wikipedia.org/
Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 10:24, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
This is the only (what looks like a) prison I see in Akaky Kaliti. Is this it? Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 10:36, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
This is a notice about Category:Ethiopia articles needing expert attention, which might be of interest to your WikiProject. It will take a while before the category is populated. Iceblock ( talk) 18:17, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello, hello,
over there, in the German-speaking Wikipedia, I'm writing an article about the Dutch Embassy in Addis Ababa. It's known for its modern architecture mixing Dutch and Ethiopian influences. However, what would be a good article without any photos. So, do you know anybody living in Addis or visiting the city soon who could take a photo? Thanks, best regards, --
Jcornelius (
talk)
13:01, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Template talk:Patronymic name. This continues a discussion that began at Talk:Mare Dibaba#Abesha name thing; the issue was also raised at Talk:Habesha name#Abesha name. Thanks. Gyrofrog (talk) 20:25, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Patronymic#Merger proposal. Thanks. Gyrofrog (talk) 15:32, 9 September 2015 (UTC)Hello,
I suggest a subsection on landgrabbing for the section on the economy of the
Ethiopia article.
Kind regards,
Sarcelles (
talk)
07:10, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
User:Dr. Blofeld has created Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/Contests. The idea is to run a series of contests/editathons focusing on each region of Africa. He has spoken to Wikimedia about it and $1000-1500 is possible for prize money. Would anybody here be interested in contributing to one or assisting draw up core article/missing article lists? He says he's thinking of North Africa for an inaugural one in October. If interested please sign up in the participants section of the Contest page, thanks.♦ -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 20:02, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
We have a new article Cannabis in Ethiopia, but it could really use improvement and expansion, especially from anyone who can read Amharic sources. With a little polishing, it'd also be really useful to make a translated version for Amharic Wikipedia since it's a topic of increasing interesting these days. Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney ( talk) 03:01, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
Can your please upload photos of new Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway? Also for new railway stations. -- Holapaco77 ( talk) 06:30, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
You are invited to participate in the upcoming which is being held from Saturday, April 15 to Sunday, April 30, and especially on April 20, 2017!The purpose of the collaboration, which is being organized by WikiProject Cannabis, is to create and improve cannabis-related content at Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects in a variety of fields, including: culture, health, hemp, history, medicine, politics, and religion. WikiProject Ethiopia participants may be particularly interested in the following: Cannabis in Ethiopia. For more information about this campaign, and to learn how you can help improve Wikipedia, please visit the "420 collaboration" page. |
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--- Another Believer ( Talk) 21:49, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
Maybe someone is interested to know that a lot of (aerial) pictures of Ethiopia from 1934 were uploaded on Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:ETH-BIB_Mittelholzer-Abyssinia_flight_1934 The aviation pioneer Walter Mittelholzer made them during a flight from Switzerland to Ethiopia via Egypt. Unfortunately in many cases a description is missing. If you have questions about the information written in German you can ask me. -- Hadi ( talk) 17:28, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
PS about the purpose of this flight:
The photographer, aviation pioneer and Swissair co-founder Walter Mittelholzer (1894-1937) and his crew flew over the Alps - Athens - Jerusalem - Tel Aviv - Cairo - Aswan from 2 to 23 February 1934 with an excursion to Petra to Addis Ababa. Mittelholzer flew 7'118 km in 46.28h flying hours. The aim of the Abyssinia flight was to transport the aircraft to the court of the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie. Mittelholzer thus delivered the 3-engine Fokker (CH 192) by flight to the government to Ethiopia. In addition to documenting the outward flight with many aerial photographs, Mittelholzer photographed the Emperor Haile Selassie, the court and the military, and visited various tribes in southern Ethiopia.
Text taken from youtube, where a movie (!) of this flight is available (spoken in German):
-- Hadi ( talk) 16:31, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
Hello from italian Wikipedia! The article about Zerai Deres have been under major edit recently. Since I'm not a mother-tongue speaker, could you help me to check out the article and correct my broken english? Feel free also to improve the article with other info and sources, if you have any more. Thank you so much in advance! -- Holapaco77 ( talk) 13:07, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
The article Ethiopian historiography, which I created back in July and brought to Good Article status in August, is now a featured article! It was just promoted today after my successful FAC (you can see the archive here). I'm just letting you guys know this so you can add it to the list of featured articles on your project page, which seems to only include the article on the giraffe. Let's hope we can all work together to bring more Ethiopian history articles up to featured status! It's an area of Wikipedia that still needs a lot of attention. -- Pericles of Athens Talk 23:30, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
This user's uploads include various images with Amharic text. It would be very useful if someone could transcribe and translate it. DS ( talk) 21:59, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
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There seems to be some recent edits that violate Wp:NPOV on the article about Ethiopia's current prime minister Abiy Ahmed, where certain part of his career are emphasized and other aspects have been removed. Inter&anthro ( talk) 22:13, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
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Here's another one, here's another one, ..... - tagged. Bokoharamwatch ( talk) 17:27, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
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The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.
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I have proposed the deletion of Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church of North and South America. The article is not about (nor should it be confused with) the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in North and South America. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 19:03, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Habesha peoples/Archives/2020/June#Synthesis, POV. Gyrofrog (talk) 16:20, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
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You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Saint Maurice#Coptic and Oriental Orthodoxy, which is about an article that is within the scope of this WikiProject. Gyrofrog (talk) 00:36, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
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The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.
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Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.
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Hi, I have found a CC-licensed video that we could use to take a screenshot to illustrate the Eskinder Nega page. However I’m unable to read the logo that appears in the lower left of the screen. I just want to make sure that it’s from EthioInfo rather than from a different news company that may not have actually CC-licensed their footage (a common copyright issue). Is there someone with better language skills who has a moment to look at it and tell me what the logo says? Thank you so much. Innisfree987 ( talk) 15:40, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
@ Yitbe, Daddywa, and Yorubaja: There's a proposal Talk:Ethnic discrimination in Ethiopia#Requested move 19 March 2021 to change the name of the article from Ethnic discrimination ... to Racism .... Please add Support or Oppose (in bold) or a comment, with arguments. Boud ( talk) 20:36, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
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There was a spinoff article recently created concerning the Tigurats people but the title is undecided. Also if this is a content fork or original research and needs to be merged or combined to Tigray Region, please voice your opinions there as well at Talk:Tigurats. AngusWOOF ( bark • sniff) 19:30, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
This draft is mostly incomprehensible, but may be on a notable subject and has a number of good references. Can anyone assist? Calliopejen1 ( talk) 20:25, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
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