Talk:History of the Comoros

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Isn't the OAU now defunct, replaced with the African Union? -- April

Yes

Bias suggested

This article is biased, really in how it is written more than in what has been written. The history-- for example of the period immediately after independence-- seems to be demonstrate a lack of consideration of the events, a lack of thoughtfulness in its style. Rather than explaining France's involvement in the coups d'etat, for example, it simply states that France was behind them. We need facts, not assertions. -ALC

• I have added some words in the text about France's involvement. I don't think that "lack of consideration of the events, a lack of thoughtfulness in its style." makes an article NPOV. Also, the writer ALC does not tell what events should be considered, nor does he tell how the style should/can be changed. Furthermore, it is extremely difficult to proof France's involvement in the coups, but it is more then likely that they were involved, giving there interests in the region (businesses, French settlers, the strategic location), the involvement of French mercenaries, their status as former colonizer of the Comoros and their political/military involvement in other regions in the same time.

- PL

Perhaps there is bias, I can't really tell, but it's written in a spirited way 'playing musical sultans' that while perhaps not being entirely proffessional is quite endearing and enjoyable to read. Personally, I like the article. Phileosophian 22:16, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

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Requested move 2 July 2024

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Bensci54 (talk) 16:57, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

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• History of the Comoros → History of the Comoro Islands
• List of sultans on the Comoros → List of sultans on the Comoro Islands

– To differentiate between Comoros and the Comoro Islands/archipelago, which is made up of the country of Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte. The history of Mayotte does appear to be within the scope of this article Kowal2701 (talk) 15:43, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose The first move would leave the Comoros—a sovereign state for almost 50 years—without a dedicated "History of" article. Are there any other sovereign states without an equivalent article? And no, the history of post-1974 Mayotte does not appear in this article, nor should it; I don't think it would make sense to cover, say, both the 2008 invasion of Anjouan and Operation Wuambushu in the same article.

The second move also seems unnecessary since the Comoro Islands are also called "the Comoros"; the Comoro Islands article is titled that due to natural disambiguation, which isn't necessary for the sub-article. Similarly, Comoros forests doesn't need to be moved to Comoro Islands forests; Geography of Samoa doesn't need to be moved to Geography of the Samoan Islands, despite the existence of American Samoa; and Japanese occupation of the Solomon Islands doesn't need to be moved to Japanese occupation of the Solomon Islands (archipelago), despite the existence of Bougainville—they're just less WP:CONCISE. The scope of the article is clear from the context. Malerisch (talk) 04:08, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Agreed that that’s problematic. I suppose Comoros does refer to the archipelago sometimes, and it does talk about Mayotte’s split Kowal2701 (talk) 06:41, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Oppose per above 48JCL 01:56, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

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