Talk:Somali Democratic Republic

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Somaliland

Seeing as a large portion of this former state is now part of the de facto sovereign state of Somaliland, I have reinstated the other editor's version with de facto clarification. Kzl55 (talk) 11:30, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Assassination & Bloodless coup?

The LEDE for this article first says there was a bloodless coup in 1969 when the Marxist-Lenninist dictatorship took over. Then the next sentence says that the President of Somalia was assassinated in 1969.

How can a coup be bloodless when the head of state is shot and killed as part of a takeover? This seems contradictory.

It is probably just not well worded, the coup was apparently set in motion the day after the assassination. I dont think I have seen any source linking the coup to the assassination. Regards--Kzl55 (talk) 09:11, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Colour of Somalia on map

Why is Somalia coloured blue? Aren't countries usually coloured green on Wikipedia? Scaramouche33 (talk) 14:37, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted details

I think we should keep the government infobox details previously had and also why is the map deleted? ErickTheMerrick (talk) 14:19, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, why is military dictatorship also not mentioned? These are all important details that didn't need to be deleted here. ErickTheMerrick (talk) 15:51, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Details should be discussed in the article body, rather than in the lead. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:44, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

These details are on every communist country’s government infobox. It should be the same here and your obstructionism is frankly, boring and wasting both of our time. ErickTheMerrick (talk) 16:22, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What is on other countries doesn't matter (see WP:OTHERCONTENT. What does matter is what is in this article. The lead and infobox are meant to summarize the article, not the other way around; the article should remain complete with the infobox ignored (see MOS:IBP). Details belong in the article body, not in the lead (see WP:DETAIL). On top of that, sandwiching links together creates accessibility issues (see MOS:SOB).

This isn't the first time you've been told these things, nor am I the only one to point out that you are regularly "stuffing as much detail as possible into the infobox until it becomes totally useless to readers". If you find it boring to continue to hear this, the best solution is to stop making edits like that. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:50, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The best solution would be for you to stop making these edits. It does nothing but degrade the article. Simply have “socialist state” is overly simplistic and too broad. There is no mention of unitary state or one party system or even military dictatorship. I honestly just consider this vandalism at this point and I suggest you stop making this kinds of stupid and useless edits that you always make. ErickTheMerrick (talk) 15:04, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

While I appreciate you don't like those changes, that does not make them vandalism, stupid, or useless. Across the various pages I and others have explained what the relevant policies and guidelines are, and I'd ask you to review those and follow them.

At present this article's Government section consists only of a list of leaders. If you feel passionately that the article should include all the details you propose and you have the sourcing to back that up, I encourage you to invest your time in building up that section. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:18, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Don’t tell me what to do buddy ErickTheMerrick (talk) 16:01, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]