Talk:Military history of Uganda

message: Note that :Image:Amin takes oath.jpg has a fair use rationale for Idi Amin Dada only.  Unless a detailed rationale is provided for its usage on this article, it will be removed. - BanyanTree 10:38, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Also :Image:MuseveniInauguration.jpg, now that I take a look, as any other fair use images I have not glanced at. - BanyanTree 11:14, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I used the :Image:Amin takes oath.jpg because if you would read it is next to the subject about the 1972 Ugandan Coup which is how Amin came to power. I could not find any other image that is related to the coup and their is a real lack of pictures in this article. The same could be said about :Image:MuseveniInauguration.jpg. Besides I started this articel so I think I know what I'm doing. - RedNeckIQ55 1:53, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for starting the article! Note the fair use rationale at :Image:Amin takes oath.jpg#Rationale of fair use for Idi Amin. A similar section must be added for each article in which the image appears, per Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline. I don't feel that the two images I mention are particularly vital towards understanding the subject so will not write them myself, but you are welcome to. If not, I'll just remove the images from the article in a few days. - BanyanTree 22:13, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed them because: fair use images should be used sparingly, there are already quite a few free images in this article (so the common fair use rationale that the article needs a depicting illustration i null), and it is not really essential to illustrate every section of this article with a picture. RedNeckIQ55, thanks for starting this well written Uganda article. --Ezeu 20:34, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  fair use image 

message: I would prefer a section, or at least a consistent narrative in the main body, about the role of the Cold War in conflict formation.  The current citation is to an item entitled "Internet in post Cold War Africa", which basically states that the Cold War affected how people thought about things, which is true for basically everything everywhere.  Speaking off the top of my head, this sounds less true for Uganda than many other African countries.  Unlike the DRC or Somalia-Ethiopia there was no "Cold War conflict" in Uganda, in the sense of a war that wouldn't have happened in the absence of the Cold War.  I consider the colonialism argument to be so self-evident that it doesn't even need a citation.
Also, I've been writing the article on the format of History of Uganda, e.g. by era and presidency, which appears to be a logical way of going about it.  I will thus, unless someone has an argument on why not, be moving around existing sections.  For example, Hostilities with Israel basically details some oddities of Amin and should not be a top-level section. - BanyanTree 19:29, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cold War and sectioning 

message: This revert by RedNeckIQ55 has gotten rid of several hours worth of writing and re-introduced a fair use image without a rationale.  It has also given me an edit conflict after I spent another couple hours finishing off the section on Amin's years.  I'll wait about 30 minutes for an explanation before I revert and save the version on which I'm currently edit conflicted.  - BanyanTree 07:11, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I waited.  I reverted.  I expanded the article. - BanyanTree 07:46, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  revert 

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