Talk:Burundi

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At least some of the text in Burundi comes from this web page: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/bgn/index.cfm?docid=2821 (Burundi/Transnational issues) Is it confirmed that the original is public domain? Even if it is, maybe the source should be mentioned?

The Burundi text does come from that page and from a page of the CIA World Factbook; both of them are indeed in the public domain. My opinion of the matter is that the information was compiled on tax dollars, which means it's a work for hire for the United States public; I don't see acknowledgement of the source as especially pressing. But that is just my opinion and I have been known to have radical opinions. With I think two exceptions, all of the Countries of the world are from these two sources. --Koyaanis Qatsi

It doesn't hurt to acknowledge the source; it would give the text more credibility, and would give the reader an opportunity to find more information.

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[edit] Republic of Burundi VS. Republika y'u Burundi

Why do we not use English in the intro? Isn't having the native forms on infobox enough? --Menchi 04:57, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Not sure why; I just followed the example of other countries' leads, but I have been far from consistent on that front (as the various leads are not, for that matter). I posted a comment on the Forum for Encyclopedic Standards wrt the standardization of country leads. I invite you to comment there on the items I brought up — or raise new ones. El_C 05:38, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Landlocked

How many times is the word landlocked going to be in the opening paragraph before someone figured out another place to highlight the fact that they are landlocked.

[edit] Vandalism

What's with the recent little vandalism edits? -- Christian Edward Gruber 01:34, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Religion

http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/province.cfm?ID=B2 claims at least 650,000 members, which does not correspond to the figures stated in the Demographics section. Oneeye 12:44, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed WikiProject

In my ongoing efforts to try to include every country on the planet included in the scope of a WikiProject, I have proposed a new project on Eastern Africa at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#Eastern Africa whose scope would include Burundi. Any interested parties are more than welcome to add their names there, so we can see if there is enough interest to start such a project. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 16:23, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Former name

I've removed the sentences "The former name was Urundi-Ubrundi-Bruwanda. Urundi is the shortened form of "Urundi Rwanda" ("The other Rwanda"), as the Belgian colonial powers formerly referred to the territory." I can see no evidence or citation for this statement. The former name of this territory, including present-day Rwanda and Burundi, was Ruanda-Urundi, as the "History" section of this article makes clear. Kahuzi 21:28, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Poorly written

It seems to me that much of this whole article is poorly written and needs to be reworded. I do not mean to offend the author and am glad he worked on it, but many of the body paragraphs are grammatically incorrect or extremely simplistic, (i.e. it sounds like a second-grader wrote it). Please change the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.47.150.161 (talk) 01:57, 9 March 2007 (UTC).

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