Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Burkina Faso/Archive 1

List of missing articles
I have just created the following list: List of missing Burkina Faso topics. Please add any Burkina Faso-related articles you have noticed not yet covered. -- Beloved Freak  17:04, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

2011 uprising
News reports tend to be very unclear but there is some sore sort of protests/uprising/revolt/revolution going on in Burkina Faso right now, including a curfew on Ouagadougou and some reports that Blaise Compaore has fled. How about an article, 2011 Burkina Faso uprising, based on the French version or its translation here? This is somewhat urgent as it is an ongoing event. Metaknowledge (talk) 14:42, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Goals
I've just added a "Goals" section to the Project page. I think that the most important one (feel free to disagree obviously) is to get Burkina Faso to FA standard. I also think it would be a good idea to create a portal for the country, in line with other Africa portals. Any thoughts about possible goals appreciated.-- Beloved Freak  11:16, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

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African cinema task force
An African cinema task force has been proposed at WikiProject Films, which would include the cinema of Burkina Faso. Interested editors are encouraged to sign up - if there is enough interest, then the task force will be created! Many thanks, Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 03:22, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

1139 Burkina Faso-related articles needing geographical coordinates
Based on a search of Wikipedia's articles related to Burkina Faso, I've found some articles that I believe are about places in Burkina Faso, and could usefully have geographical coordinates added.

The articles in question are listed in Category:Burkina Faso articles missing geocoordinate data. At the time of writing, some examples included:
 * 1) Bisraaga
 * 2) Boulgou, Ganzourgou
 * 3) Dimibo
 * 4) Djibasso Department
 * 5) Gongontiano
 * 6) Ramatoulaye
 * 7) Saré de Guirgo

...and there are many more, as well. At the time of posting this notice, there were 1139 articles in this category needing geographical coordinates.

Why add coordinates?
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How can I do it?
The articles are all marked with coord missing tags, which need to be replaced with coord tags that contain the location's latitude/longitude coordinates; or you might be able to add coordinates to an existing infobox. You can find out how to do this at the Geocoding how-to for WikiProject members. Please let me know if this is useful, or if you have any questions! -- The Anome (talk) 09:49, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

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Proposal for a 200-WikiProject contest
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Badinogo
Someone needs to sort out a mess here. There are two villages, but both links on the disambiguation page now direct to Badinogo (village). The villages are listed as number 1 (pop 800) and number 2 (pop 297) here. There are two different coordinates, and they show up on the maps as north and west of Kongoussi, if you search here. But I don't see how to work out which coordinates go with which number/population. Over to you, as the experts! PamD (talk) 22:17, 3 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I think I've sorted them out now, but anyone familiar with the area might like to check them! PamD (talk) 22:49, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

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Comment from Semperlibre
The most urgent item, I note, after casting my very experienced African eye over all the muted self-praise and self-importance is to find someone to cut all the self-congratulatory "weasel" words, public relations nonsense and, pardon my French please, allied bullshit.

To seek praise by pointing out in the "Did you know" feature that, as of 2008, "over 95% of urban Burkina Faso has access to improved water sources" as not only hypocritical but actually refers to the period in which this census was taken and is in no way a consequence of any efforts by the Burkina Faso government.

You also cleverly fail to point out that 77% of our population is non-urban so your impressive 95% is reduced to actually 21% - 22% of the total population having "improved" water sources which has been the case for the past 20 years to my certain documented knowledge.

The 77% live in a state of uncertainty and perpetual thirst and hunger [and the urban poor are also not much better off] which has not changed, again, for the past 20 years to my again certain well documented knowledge.

Kindly do not use this forum to create a false scenario which suits your political agenda and disregards the true nature of events in Burkina Faso. You are showing the international community just how stupidly foolish and venal you can be! Semperlibre (talk) 11:09, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Burkina Faso articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release
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WikiProject cleanup listing
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Photo request
Hi! I have submitted a new photo request for Ouagadougou Thank you, WhisperToMe (talk) 07:50, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Air Burkina head office - Air Burkina Storey Building/Immueble Air Burkina - 29 Av. de la Nation 01 BP 1459 Ouagadougou 01 Burkina Faso

Question about native languages
What is the native language of Dourtenga, Burkina Faso? WhisperToMe (talk) 21:41, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Question about native languages
What is the native language of Dourtenga, Burkina Faso? WhisperToMe (talk) 21:41, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

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Languages in censuses and Race and ethnicity in censuses
Pleas add information about this country to this articles--Kaiyr (talk) 20:56, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Yennenga
The article on Yennenga needs a picture, and I have found some photographs of various statues of her. However, I have been unable to locate copyright information about them. If anyone can locate a picture and upload it under a free or fair use license it would greatly improve the article. I'm trying to improve visibility for women of color on the Wiki and images would really help. Thank you. Asarelah (talk) 14:09, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

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Expert attention
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Page move: Burkinabé → Burkinabè
Please participate in a page move discussion (Burkinabé → Burkinabè) at Talk:Burkinabé if you care. —  AjaxSmack  02:02, 5 August 2015 (UTC)


 * I was updating several related pages about the recent coup (2015 Burkinabe coup d'état) when I came upon the move discussion. There may be other pages that 'need' moving if that consensus is carried through, such as 2014 Burkinabé uprising, and 2011 Burkinabé protests. also may need editing to 'comply'. 220  of  Borg 11:15, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Contests
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Coups d'état
Has anyone noticed that we have articles for every coup d'état in the history of Burkina Faso except the one that brought Thomas Sankara to power in 1983 and the one that brought Blaise Compaoré to power in 1987? Are those the most important coups in Burkinabé history? Charles Essie (talk) 16:23, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

A-Class review for Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo needs attention
A few more editors are needed to complete the A-Class review for Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo; please stop by and help review the article! Thanks! AustralianRupert (talk) 10:29, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

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Here too...??? Bokoharamwatch (talk) 21:26, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

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Category:Burkina Faso articles needing expert attention has been nominated for discussion
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Tagging this one too. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 17:30, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

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Women in Green's 5th Edit-a-thon
 Hello WikiProject Burkina Faso:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a  month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2023!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2023, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there! Grnrchst (talk) 12:47, 21 September 2023 (UTC)