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[edit] Mozambique

I answered you on the talk page - first, you can research wikiproject countries, and second - the later administrative levels are described and referenced within articles and references like the politics templates, not on the first page. Please do not change this. Thank you. Rarelibra 12:49, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

In other words, you wish to go against the work that those of us (such as WikiProject Countries) are doing to standardize articles on Wikipedia. ALL countries have "administrative divisions" - but the wikiproject has the individual countries titled after the first and/or second (or third, in some cases - if the information is available) divisions - any further (fourth, fifth, and even sixth) are explained and titled elsewhere in the subdivision articles, not the main article. Please realize this. You don't have to disagree - but do your research first. Thank you. Rarelibra 14:55, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Democratic elections in Moçambique

(In answer to your comment on my page)

I'm afraid I don't have any reference or citation however my recollection is that during the transition period there were multiple parties. Did any elections happened then?

Under Frelimo there were single party elections. People voted therefore they were (by some peoples definitions) democratic. Were these contested between multiple Frelimo canditates? Were candidates selected in open meeting with public participation?

Even under Portugal I believe they had elections. I think they may even have had some sort of faked up multi-party arrangement.

My personal belief is that the 1994 elections were more democratic than those that went before however neutral point of view requires that we describe the previous elections and the restrictions that applied so our readers know more about them and can decide for themselves if they want to label those elections 'democratic' or not. We can't just label them as not "democratic" when there isn't even a general accepted NPOV definition of what is or is not a "democratic" election.

Now where can we get hold of info on elections during the portugese period, the transition period and the Machel period?Filceolaire 09:48, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mozambique

In case you haven't noticed mozambique is indeed one of the crappiest covered countries on wikipedia. Instead of moaning about it -do something about it!!!! Join Wikipedia:WikiProject Mozambique and help things improve!! ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 12:54, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nelinho article

Hello. I've noticed an edit war between you and User:Maracana on this article over the countyofbirth field. I don't agree with Maracana's approach to mass editing of these types of articles (without any discussion) but his view is that the infobox should identify the name of the country at the time of the person's birth. There has been a great deal of discussion about this (especially for former Soviet republics), and I believe the concensus is to use the name of the country at the time of the person's birth. In short, I don't think it's worth arguing with him about it (I've given up). Best regards. Jogurney (talk) 13:29, 8 May 2008 (UTC)