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::::::I also understand that there are a lot of émigrés and exiles from the [[Horn of Africa]] in the greater Toronto region and that a particular pattern of spelling mistakes and timings are just as likely explained by that common heritage and current interest than by anything more nefarious.
::::::I also understand that there are a lot of émigrés and exiles from the [[Horn of Africa]] in the greater Toronto region and that a particular pattern of spelling mistakes and timings are just as likely explained by that common heritage and current interest than by anything more nefarious.
::::::Enjoy the coming spring! [[User:BushelCandle|BushelCandle]] ([[User talk:BushelCandle|talk]]) 06:29, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
::::::Enjoy the coming spring! [[User:BushelCandle|BushelCandle]] ([[User talk:BushelCandle|talk]]) 06:29, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
::::::: I'm not from Canada but [[Horn of Africa|Horn Africans]], specifically the Ethiopian and Eritrean communities in the United States and Canada are very tight-nit with each other (especially though social media) so we're bound to share a lot of commonalities in our views. [[User:HOA101|HOA101]] ([[User talk:HOA101|talk]]) 14:44, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

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New Map?

@Mo20m0: No way this is a map from January 2021. The Ethiopian government is still in control of Mek'ele and a lot of Tigray's main roads and cities. The guy even says "This map does not show the extent of military control of Tigray’s TPLF, Amhara’s militia or the armies of Ethiopia (ENDF) and Eritrea (EDF)." As he said the best approximation for the current front lines is made by Ethiopia map, so I guess you could make a map from that. Wowzers122 (talk) 21:16, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Eritrea’s presence in Tigray "unconfirmed" ?

I am writing this because there has been too much evidence of a lack of actual Eritrean soldiers presence in Tigray. There has been video documentary of captured TPLF soldiers and militia in Eritrean style uniforms some carrying identity cards stolen from Eritrean refugees disappeared in Tigray refugee camps. Anything at this point written about the EDF being in Tigray is based on TPlf and donation sponsors propaganda. Wikipedia shouldn’t promote this or allow one sidedness!Facttell (talk) 05:36, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Abiy Ahmed publicly confirmed the involvement of Eritrean forces when he said they were in the process of withdrawing from Tigray. BushelCandle (talk) 12:20, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Article for deletion: Yemane Niguse

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yemane Niguse: Please add Support or Oppose or Merge with ... (in bold) or a comment, with arguments, at this AfD on Yemane Niguse. Boud (talk) 19:15, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DMY dates and non-US English

Just because this article consistently uses non-US date formats says nothing about the flavour of English spelling it should use.

However, this article was started on 4 November 2020 and the first edit that introduced a varietal English spelling on that date used the non-US English flavour of fuelled (in US English, the verb fuel is inflected to fueled and fueling — with one l. In all other main varieties of English, it becomes fuelled and fuelling — with two l's.)

Since this article is not on a topic that has strong ties to a particular English-speaking nation,
(the Commonwealth military occupation after they booted out the Italians was very ephemeral)
we should now consistently use the variety found in the first post-stub revision that introduced an identifiable variety.

Consequently, I shall now place the appropriate Varieties of English template on this page. BushelCandle (talk) 23:37, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:HOA101 would you explain why you think it a good idea to have TWO conflicting variety of English templates on this article ? BushelCandle (talk) 06:37, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I did that to show the varieties of English that has naturally developed in this article, which is a combination of Commonwealth English and American English in which dates are written in D-M-Y while most other things are written in the American variant. Or we can go the other way and either remove the the requirement for a specific variety of English which is not a big of a deal or switch it to Canadian English which is another compromise. HOA101 (talk) 14:36, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting interview on Al Jazeera English

In an interview with Al Jazeera English’s UpFront, spokesperson for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), Getachew Reda, claims that Eritrean armed forces have not left the Tigray region since Ethiopia's prime minister Abiy Ahmed announced last week that Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki had agreed to withdraw forces “out of the Ethiopian border”.

“No, they haven't left,” Reda told UpFront host Marc Lamont Hill. “In fact, since the announcement...Eritrea has been increasing the influx of its forces into Tigray by leaps and bounds.” BushelCandle (talk) 09:32, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, who could ever have imagined that the Tigray People's Liberation Front would contradict the Abiy government? Fascinating... KZebegna (talk) 10:27, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it is truly amazing news. I never realised that a central government would ever tell less than the whole truth and nothing but the truth to its citizenry. Good heavens, is there nobody you can trust now? (Please excuse me a moment while I restore the symmetry of my cheeks - my tongue seems to be stuck in an unusual position...) BushelCandle (talk) 09:42, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it is truly amazing news. I never realized that words of the Propaganda Minister of Ethiopia during Tigray People's Liberation Front regime and current spokesperson of the same Tigray People's Liberation Front that's turned into a an ethnic nationalist terrorist group after loosing power during the democratization proses of the country would ever tell less than the whole truth and nothing but the truth to its citizenry or the rest of the world, just take a look at the really beautifully track recorded of the Ethiopian Government under TPLF regime from the 1990s-2018. My goodness, I can trust the words of a heavily armed ethnic nationalist[1][2][3][4] paramilitary insurgency,[5] terrorist organization,[6] political party,[7] and former ruling authoritarian regime[8] of Ethiopia. This is me being sarcastic, following along with everybody else. HOA101 (talk) 21:15, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
In the interests of transparency, it would be best to declare any different account names that you are using simultaneously for the English Wikipedia on your user talk page. BushelCandle (talk) 22:12, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
What alternative accounts are you talking about? I don't have any others, this is it. HOA101 (talk) 23:03, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for that clarification that you are not deliberately logging off and making edits anonymously (as an "IP editor") and neither are you making edits to the same articles using different user accounts.
Personally I tend to focus on the edits themselves, rather then who is making them, but some Wikipedians are not as tolerant as I in this regard.
I also understand that there are a lot of émigrés and exiles from the Horn of Africa in the greater Toronto region and that a particular pattern of spelling mistakes and timings are just as likely explained by that common heritage and current interest than by anything more nefarious.
Enjoy the coming spring! BushelCandle (talk) 06:29, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not from Canada but Horn Africans, specifically the Ethiopian and Eritrean communities in the United States and Canada are very tight-nit with each other (especially though social media) so we're bound to share a lot of commonalities in our views. HOA101 (talk) 14:44, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Diaspora Protesters in US, Canada Back Ethiopian Government's Handling of Tigray Conflict | Voice of America - English". www.voanews.com. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  8. ^ "Rise and fall of Ethiopia's TPLF – from rebels to rulers and back". the Guardian. 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
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