Talk:Acholi people

message: There are at least ten rebel Acholi armies that plague the Acholi.  Joseph Kony's is just the big one.  If he is taken by Tanzanian and Ugandan army forces, then eventually it is possible that another problem could develop.  
McDogm --152.163.100.9 08:24, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: The Joseph Kony Troubles

message: The article on Acholi language is currently nominated to be improved on Wikipedia:This week's improvement drive. If you can contribute or want it to be improved, you can vote for this article there.--Fenice 16:42, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Improvement Drive

message: For dedicated editors of this page: The "Related Groups" info was removed from all  infoboxes. Comments may be left on the Ethnic groups talk page. Ling.Nut 23:14, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "related groups" info removed from infobox 

message: Thanks for adding NYPL reference that gives publication data for the Alenyo book. Wikipedia prefers that cites from books (this and other ones) include page references, so that readers can learn more. Have been trying to improve the wording of this section - includes correcting spelling of Bwanika's article title - as "religious" seems referred to; will note it differently. The Bwanika article does not qualify as an RS, as it has not been published in a mainstream or peer-reviewed journal. Also, the expression is "by and large", not "by enlarge", so have changed that. Other changes were to improve the English - did not change the substance. All book references should have page cites for these assertions. As the Bruder book has a different conclusion, and is cited, it should also be included; will add it back.Parkwells (talk) 18:02, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The most important issue is whether the Alenyo book is a reliable source; that is, whether the author is some kind of expert (historian or scholar of religion). Anyone can publish a book and write anything in it. The author's name does not appear when I google it, apart from a few mentions of the book. The fact that the publishing house is named "Shalom books" does not inspire confidence; it can be that its publication is merely a vehicle for proselytism by a particular group of Ugandans embracing a Jewish identity.--Anonymous44 (talk) 19:34, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

text: To recapitulate, so far I haven't seen a demonstrably reliable source that says the Acholi or the Luo in general were adherents of Judaism before the missionaries came. In my opinion, there is no justification for the article's claiming this. A very strong claim such as this needs very strong sourcing, and so far it doesn't have such sourcing. --Anonymous44 (talk) 20:08, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Fundamentally, I agree. Have tried to follow up on other sources to see what they say, and also wanted to address recent issues related to religion and reconciliation that seemed more significant. I intend to restore the Bruder book - which does not mention Acholi at all as Black Hebrews, as I noted above - it's one source, but a recent one, which a review described as a "comprehensive" work. (Some other Luo may have traditions of being Hebrew; can't remember. The Bruder book can be previewed online - search for Acholi/Acholi yields 0.) Perhaps the two sources (Alenyo and Bwankai) should be taken to the RS board.Parkwells (talk) 02:57, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Religion

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message: first off, apologies that I misspoke in my edit summary, as I got this confused with another article. Please ignore the "no source that we can see" bit. However, it would seem to me that we should use the newer source, rather than a decade-old figure, unless you believe that the People Groups source is not reliable. I don't know enough about that site to say emphatically that it is reliable. If you think it's not, then fine with just using the 2014 numbers. -- Fyrael (talk) 04:31, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: People Groups is a Website run by a Baptist missionary organisation. There are various reasons that I think International Mission Board itself is sketchy. If you want to use a source use Ethnologue but the 2014 census is better until the results of the 2023 census of uganda is published in a year or so. Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 04:42, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population figures