Talk:United States of Africa

message: Text removed as copyright violation from this BBC article: United States of Africa?. However, it's a good reference for the basic story. unitedstatesafrica.50megs.com has some good material and links, as long as it's not quoted verbatim. African Union and Pan-Africanism are relevant. Tearlach 19:10, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: BBC source

message: There is this from Al-Jazeera on the status of the recent AU discussion if anyone wishes to expand:
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CEAF3067-245F-46A0-80E0-DB7D3C2E82DD.htm
Mikebloke 08:36, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: July summit

message: :Any additional comments:
While a number of the article's cited sources use "United States of Africa" as a rhetorical device, this one gives both historical and contemporary usage of the term by proponents of such a union. —  AjaxSmack  06:24, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: I've read different answers: the AU page says there are 53, exluding Morocco, however the Africa page (including Morroco) says it comprises 53 also. Both seem to include Madagascar. YeshuaDavid (talk) 20:46, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I worked out that that's because the AU counts Western Sahara among its membership. However, Western Sahara is not a sovereign state, so 53 countries in Africa stands. YeshuaDavid (talk) 22:00, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  How many countries in Africa? 

message: The BBC article titled "The United States of Africa?" is not actually referencing the US of Africa, it's referencing the creation of the African Union.  The BBC used the US of Africa in the title because it's exciting and sensational.  But, years later, it's now inaccurate.
As a result, the regional conference in 2000, should be removed, as it's creating the African Union, not the US of Africa.
ARSchmitz (talk) 15:50, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Clarified it a bit, but it could still be improved. YeshuaDavid • Talk • 22:37, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  BBC Article misleading - Does not belong here 

message: I added a paragraph within the 'Differing Views' section.  Unfortunately, it's from a (well-cited) paper I wrote myself.  Therefore I've already marked it as  and am blatantly pointing it out here for discussion.
The added content discusses why there's opposition to the United States of Africa, instead of just listing which nations are for/against.  I feel this adds a lot to the article, and is definitely a positive addition.  If someone else added the content, it probably wouldn't be an issue, but it's self-published material, and is subject to the Verifiability pillar of Wikipedia.  I would prefer the reference stays, because (in my opinion) it improves the article with a well-cited, neutrally-written, secondary source.  And lets face it, there's not much out there...  If there was, I wouldn't even dream of adding my own work.  But, that's why I'm making this obvious to everybody who cares.  And, of course, no hard feelings if you all decide it needs to go.
ARSchmitz (talk) 20:15, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I see nothing wrong in using a self published source as a reference.  It was good of you thought to make it obvious that you, as a Wiki editor responsible for adding the reference here, have made that explicit though. --Discott (talk) 07:34, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Self-published article 

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