Talk:Togo/Archive 1

On the history section
The History section has been vandalized and needs to be rolled back to the previous edit (22:46, 7 Feb 2005 4.28.136.225). I'd be more than happy to do it but I have now idea how to go about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Broquaint (talk • contribs) 07:19, 8 February 2005 (UTC)


 * Hmmm...I couldn't find that version, but I reverted the article. Hopefully I got the right version. Let me know if you need more help. Thanks! &mdash; Knowledge Seeker &#2470; (talk) 07:59, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The history could be better. e.g. "The Togolese...didn't appreciate some of Germany's tighter reins on their lives" is an odd way to put it. A-giau 19:55, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Strange end to History
What's that thing after the and what's it doing there? Thanx 68.39.174.39 22:09, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Well previously a user changed the entire history section to his own version. Another user reverted this but kept both versions (the old one and the user's one). The section below the line was longer before but I'm slowly integrating it into the main history article. If you can, please help me in integrating it in one history section, and later, cutting it down and moving some bits and pieces to the history section. --Bash 03:54, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Discrepency in population
I've checked the World Factbook and the BBC country profile on Togo and we have an estimation of 5.1 million from the BBC and 5,681,519 from the factbook. I'm not sure where the 5.5 million figure placed in this article came from. The question is, which one do we use? --Bash 04:10, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

colonial map
I wonder if could be added to the page. The boundaries in the German period were different to what they are now, some areas going to Ghana after the allies took Togo in 1914. --  RND    T    C   19:36, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

President
Where's the entry for President Faure Gnassingbe? The article only lists the prime minister. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dofer49 (talk • contribs) 19:32, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I wonder if we could have a photo of him also. -- [[Image:Wikipedia-logo.png|25px]]  RND   T    C   22:18, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Religion
I added the religion section to this artice using data from the CIA Factbook. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BraveHeart 2006 (talk • contribs) 18:56, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, since the UN was only created after WWII, it could not possibly have happened after WWI. After WWI, The League of Nations was created.

language?
I know that this site notes that French is the official language of Togo, but couldn't the site list the most common languages of    the Republic? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcher Lord (talk • contribs) 17:14, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

President Spencer Franklin?
President Spencer Franklin???? Unless this is really his English name, which is probably unlikely.

Jsimmons4 19:24, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Religion/Cuture Analysis
Hello all. Not looking to engage in a fight here, but the Religion section of this article is far too short, especially relative to the lengths of other such sections.

Considering the amount of detail expressed in the article's Culture section, and its relation to the nation of Togo's religion, why can't the two sections be somehow merged?

Thank you, and try to make the above changes. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.91.94.228 (talk) 16:45, 31 March 2007 (UTC).

Satellite image
The satellite image doesn't really add anything to the article. Could it not be removed? Rrose Selavy —Preceding comment was added at 22:45, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

I love this page!
Good job to whoever made the yper realistic from-space style rendering of africa with togo highlighted in white! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.8.140.69 (talk) 23:28, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Economy Section Vandalism
The Economy section was vandalized. Someone placed a inappropriate and ultimately irrelevant paragraph at the bottom of the section. Removed it along with a random out of place statement in the Geography section. The vandalisms occurred at 23:30 and 23:32 respectively. I suggest that this article is locked to prevent further vandalisms of this sort. Theskink (talk) 00:07, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

This page is rampant with vandalism as of Nov 20th. Someone wrote togoville"<-ur mom's house" and is followed a few paragraphs later withthe following sentence: Moreover, up to 3 and a half people were killed in the political violence surrounding the presidential poll, according to the United Nations. Around 4 Togolese fled to neighbouring countries.

How can 3 and a half people be killed? Why would only 4 people flea to another country and be a subject of interest to the UN.

As a blantant mark of this vandalism the following was posted right after the UN statement above:

Interesting facts: -togoland legoland invented the aerosol can before the wheel (they were smelly people) -legoland has been sacrificing people for 20 years now, ever since the internet. -marijuana is a delicacy, smoked regularly from birth and grown higher than NZ's skytower.

131.202.11.233 (talk) 00:09, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Togo-Ghana border


I recently made an OMC map of Togo for the Geography of Togo article and noticed, while consulting other maps, including those already in the article, that there seems to be a disagreement over the alignment of the border between Togo and Ghana. The question is about the land inside an oxbow found at 9°38′N 0°18′E (see map).

OMC shows this as part of Togo, as do the relief map in the article and the CIA map in the main Togo article, but GoogleEarth says that it's part of Ghana, with the border cutting across the neck of that bit of territory. This is also what the satellite image shows. GoogleEarth also says that there is a village there called Butoe. Is it Ghanaian or Togolese?

Would anyone happen to know whether this represents an ongoing territorial dispute between Togo and Ghana, or perhaps a recent border change agreement? Or is it simply a mistake made by a mapmaker somewhere? I would appreciate any light that anyone could shed on this question, as I would like to adjust the OMC map accordingly. Also, if one of those political situations that I mentioned actually is the case, I think the Togo and Ghana articles should mention it.

Thanks. Kelisi 19:24, 25 July 2007 (UTC)


 * When rivers change course slowly and imperceptibly, the border changes to suit.
 * When rivers change course suddenly and even overnight (such as a meander being cut off at its narrow neck), the border remains on the old course, so that people and property now on the wrong side remain under their old jurisdictions. See Mississippi for examples.   Tabletop (talk) 04:33, 19 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Talk:Geography of Togo, answered there. --Martin H. (talk) 15:20, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Search for "Togo" matches "To Go"
A Google search for "Togo" matches "To Go" as in "Works ready to go."

Darn! Cannot speak for other search engines! Tabletop (talk) 04:22, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

== Neautrality?

This section doesn't seem entirely neutral to me, thought I'd bring it up:
 * Political unrest, including private and public sector strikes throughout 1992 and 1993, jeopardized the reform program, shrank the tax base, and disrupted vital economic activity. The 12 January 1994 devaluation of the currency by 50% provided an important impetus to renewed structural adjustment; these efforts were facilitated by the end of strife in 1994 and a return to overt political calm. Progress depends on increased openness in government financial operations (to accommodate increased social service outlays) and possible downsizing of the military, on which the regime has depended to stay in place. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.245.107.176 (talk) 01:03, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

We support Togo!
We support Togo here, don't we? J I P | Talk 04:47, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * No. Wikipedia neither supports nor opposes any nation.  It is neutral and unbiased.  Skinsmoke (talk) 01:52, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Official name
I am attempting to open discussions on the talk pages of several articles, concerning the style used to begin the article. The overwhelming majority of articles about nations begin with the country's most commonly used name, and then subsequently list the official name(s). WP:PLACE seems to state that this is the preferred style. A discussion I began at Wikipedia talk:MOS hasn't seemed to reach consensus. I feel that we should follow the style generally used unless there is a specific reason to make an exception. Is there any objection to changing the first sentence of this article to: "Togo, officially the Togolese Republic..."? Joefromrandb (talk) 03:36, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I have made this change, after receiving no objection. This edit, as well as the capitalization of "West Africa", appear in the page history as being made by an anonymous user. Please note that this was I. Apparently I had logged out without realizing it. It was also I who removed the inappropriate picture on this page, per previous notice. My apologies for any confusion. Joefromrandb (talk) 22:11, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

French Togoland becoming part of French Union in 1959
At least according to French_Union, the French Union ceased to exist before 1959, contrary to what is currently written under the history of Togo. I am not sure which source is mistaken, but I thought it was worth mentioning. Shemesh999 (talk) 14:20, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Football
In reading the section on Togolese football, much of the content seems repetitive or disjointed. I don't know how frequently edited this page is, but I'd like to give that section a bit of a fix. Would anyone mind? Medusalith Boltagon (talk) 07:41, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

I cleaned it up a bit. Remember, Be Bold, if you see a change to be made, go ahead and make it. Vettrock (talk) 10:00, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Tourism in Togo
Hi! It would be great if you could create this article: Tourism in Togo!

Perhaps you can draw some inspiration from Tourism in Brazil and Tourism in Germany. :) Use proper sources! Thanks & all the best, Horst-schlaemma (talk) 23:02, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks :-D →Enock 4 seth  (talk) 23:25, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Bad reference
The link for Togo is broken. kml (talk) 13:53, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

Plan to remove (January 2010) tag at head of article. (Announced: April 28, 2013)

 * This tag is dated January 2010. That is over three years ago. There have been hundreds of edits since then. I am assuming that the concerns expressed by this tag have been mostly resolved. Should the tag be removed? Your comments will help either way.

Submitted by: DonaldRichardSands (talk) 09:52, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I would agree with this. 2 more years have passed. There's nothing on this talk page about what the issues are. --fudoreaper (talk) 05:09, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Cultural Expansion
I’ve recently been researching the aspects of the Togo page in both English and French and wanted to suggest making some edits. I’ve found that the French page has a few more subtitles under culture that the English page lacks, such as the holidays that are celebrated and their food culture. While these are included in the French page, they are not done extensively which is why I would also suggest consolidating some more information on food culture found on the “Togolese Cuisine” Wikipedia page. In my opinion, these changes would make the page more rounded and provide viewers with more information without having to toggle between different pages.

Holidays: While they share Christmas, New Year’s and Labor Day, they also celebrate Martyrs’ Day on the 21st of June and their Independence Day on the 27th of April.

Food: While the French page mentions a few authentic drinks from the country, the cuisine page provides a detailed list of native dishes that are consistent with other travel sites. These dishes include: akume, pâté, fufu, riz sauce d’arachide, and others.

Goliath1010 (talk) 12:55, 22 February 2017 (UTC)Goliath1010 (February 22, 2017)

school
how is school? do you like it? I don't like it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.28.245.242 (talk) 23:46, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * Gnassingbé Eyadema, 1972.jpg

Yoruba
I see that Yoruba is listed as one of the recognized languages of Togo. Is that because of its proximity to Nigeria, or are their indigeinous Yoruba-speaking peoples in Togo? If the later, which ethnic groups in Togo speak Yoruba? --Criticalthinker (talk) 10:12, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

Merger proposal
Formal request has been received to merge the article Health in Togo into Togo, dated March 2019. Proposer's Rationale: Health in Togo is only stub length and the 'Health' section in Togo doesn't even have any text. Pinging proposer Discuss here. Richard3120 (talk) 18:01, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

I am fairly new to WP and I'm not sure how to merge pages, when one article could go in a section. Kay girl 97 (talk) 21:33, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Support. In this case merging just means copy-pasting the text into the relevant section (with something like "Merging from Health in Togo" in the edit summary) and then replacing everything in Health in Togo with  (see WP:MERGE for more). There actually seem to be a lot of these kind of short health forks which (unless there's a policy?) I might try and merge some of. ─ ReconditeRodent « talk · contribs » 18:13, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Suggestion for section on science and technology
Hi, just a suggestion, many country articles have sections or subsections for 'science and technology', this could be a section on this article as well. The UNESCO Science Report may be a good place to start and can copied from directly using these instructions.

Thanks John Cummings (talk) 14:30, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

EU and Togo
There is currently a sentence, " In 1993, the EU froze the partnership, describing Eyadema's re-election in 1993, 1998 and 2003, as a seizure of power.", which makes no sense. How could they make a declaration in 1993 about elections yet in the future? I'm unclear exactly what the actual situation is, but I think after some research, this should be separated into sentences, e.g. "In 1993, the EU froze the partnership, describing Eyadema's re-election as a seizure of power. This freeze continued with his subsequent re-elections in 1998 or 2003",but I'm too uncertain to actually make this change. Can someone more familiar with the history confirm this? --gejyspa (talk) 10:28, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
 * It can be removed as well. Segaton (talk) 18:25, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Africa's Longest Lasting Dynasty
In the article I read the following line: "Gnassingbé family has ruled Togo since 1967, meaning it is Africa's longest lasting dynasty."

I think this may need clarification as I assume they mean longest lasting presidential dynasty in Africa, since I am reasonably certain there are longer lasting monarchical dynasties 185.62.156.165 (talk) 08:38, 13 January 2023 (UTC)