Talk:Bakassi conflict

Article improvement suggestions
Hi. I have copy edited as promised. Could you review it and let me know if I have managed to change the meaning of anything or contradict a source. Thanks.

Also:


 * In the first sentence of "Prelude" you have an attack in 2001 being blamed on something which happened in 2002. I assume that you have typo'ed one, or both, of the dates.
 * Good point but sadly VOA says it. I'll search for another source who can clarify this issue.


 * Under Aftermath, I am not sure what "nearly stateless" means. Is there such a status?
 * The problem here is the Nigerian Senate still kinda recognise it as Nigeria's territory at the time. While it is recognised by the international community as Cameroonian territory. The people were still brutalised and harassed by the Cameroonians. The people are afraid to register their children to the Cameroonian government after their birth due to discriminations against them and their loyalty to Nigeria. For the rest, the sources do not tell us why they are "near stateless" look at Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion page 3 this is what I found to answer your question - what I can tell the ICJ made a terrible decision in this case, in my opinion, they could have decided a referendum instead of a group of people having a look to the colonial past as judgement. But good point I've added some more information.


 * For Amoah you have used the "Cite journal" template when you should have used "Cite book".
 * Done.


 * "For Beckly you should use "Cite thesis".
 * May I ask you what the difference is? But done it anyways.

A fine piece of work. The referencing is especially impressive. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:56, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you Gog. It took me two full days to accomplish this one. It's awhile when I wrote another article and this article struck my eyes and let me though how hidden the world is in conflicts. Last year I promised myself to make my first GAN in 2019 and I think this one is ready especially with your grammatical help thanks. You owe me something in the future. I'm also working in the Pool War's article I think I can make it a B before the weekend if you want then you can have a look over there too? Anyway, I made some changes if it doesn't match with the grammar then please correct me. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 17:50, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Anything else mate? If not then I'll nominate it for GA-class. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 09:46, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Hmm.
 * Maybe include a map of Africa, or West Africa, showing where Bakassi is?
 * Well, I can give you this image "Datei:Cross_River_Estuary̞_OSM.png" from the German Wikipedia's Bakassi's article or this one "File:Nigeria_sm02.gif"? You see Bakassi is only 665 km² (256 sq mi) which is ten times bigger than San Marino (61 km²; 23 sq mi). So if I'll use Africa or West Africa then it would be a dot.
 * That's the point. Most people have no idea where Cameroon or Nigeria are. I have added a location map for the benefit of such readers. If you don't like it, feel free to revert it.


 * References: the titles of works, when in English, should be in title case.
 * What do you mean they are matched into a title right? Or I am wrong?
 * It's about how you use initial capitals. "The English-language titles of compositions (books and other print works, songs and other audio works, films and other visual media works, paintings and other artworks, etc.) are given in title case, in which every word is given an initial capital except for certain less important words (as detailed at WP:Manual of Style/Capital letters § Composition titles). The first and last words in an English-language title are always capitalized." So cites 19 and 39, and Lukong are in title case; cites 1 and 4 and Udioji are not.
 * Crikey! Now I see the issue - thanks for the tip and the help, I've never known this before. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 19:35, 6 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Cite 28: you should indicate that a subscription is required to access this source.
 * Done.

Otherwise it looks good to go. Gog the Mild (talk) 10:08, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
 * How about this, Gog? Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 17:02, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Split?
I am wondering if this article is really covering three separate conflicts. While the post-handover insurgency (from 2006) eventually died out, the BNL launched a full-on campaign in 2021. I propose that we either split this article into two or three separate articles, or we make three distinct sections with separate conflict infoboxes. Mikrobølgeovn (talk) 11:12, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I just saw your change to the page, and I agree with it. Generally speaking, I don't think that the article should be completely split, as the reasons for all three conflicts appear to overlap. However, as you pointed out, the conflict cannot be accurately covered in just one infobox or treated as one ongoing war/insurgency/border conflict. Thus, a version with three phases -so to speak- seems a good way to structure the article. Applodion (talk) 20:42, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I updated the lede to better reflect the new structure and added content based on a recent(ish) interview by a Bakassi militant who expressed support for Ambazonia and stated that some pro-Bakassi factions still fight. Applodion (talk) 21:19, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Reliable source?
i just want to know if this is a reliable source. If no one answers in the next week I may add it here's the source https://trackingterrorism.org/chatter/biafran-navy-claim-bomb-french-oil-vessel-bakassi-cameroon-trac/ Brek1234567 (talk) 19:27, 17 February 2024 (UTC)