Talk:Ethiopia in the Middle Ages

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For topics with strong ties to Commonwealth of Nations countries and other former British territories, use Commonwealth English orthography, largely indistinguishable from British English in encyclopedic writing (excepting Canada, which uses a different orthography). --05h24, 26 August 2021 (UTC) BushelCandle

Promotion to "B" class on the quality scale
I believe that this article's promotion to "B" class on the quality scale for WikiProject Ethiopia is justified - not least because, at the time of promotion, there were no criteria defined to assess "C" class at WikiProject_Ethiopia/Assessments ! --06:14, 29 August 2021 (UTC) BushelCandle