Template:Did you know nominations/Upper Ivory Coast
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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen talk 15:03, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
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Upper Ivory Coast
- ... that most of present-day Burkina Faso was part of the Upper Ivory Coast administrative region from 1938 to 1947?
Soman (talk) 14:37, 14 July 2024 (UTC).
- Is there a reliable source for this assertion? simongraham (talk) 12:30, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yes. See [1] (p. 135), "Devenue la Haute - Côte - d'Ivoire , plus de la moitié du territoire burkinabè , où résident plus des deux tiers de sa population , est rattachée à la colonie ivoirienne ." --Soman (talk) 23:47, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you. The page cited also notes the years. Earwig gives 0% chance of copyright violation, which is very impressive. QPQ is confirmed. I do not feel that the hook is as compelling as could be. Is there an interesting reason why Burkina Faso did not exist between 1938 and 1947 and was rather absorbed into Upper Ivory Coast? simongraham (talk) 14:40, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- First of all, the name Burkina Faso was not in use until 1984 (thus the wording 'present-day Burkina Faso'). There was a French colony called Upper Volta, which later became the Republic of Upper Volta which later was renamed Burkina Faso. Upper Volta was, as indicated in the article, abolished in 1932 and most of its territory merged into Ivory Coast. These parts merged with Ivory Coast became the region of Upper Ivory Coast in 1938. Essentially, which is implied in the article, the French used Upper Volta/Upper Ivory Coast as a pool for recruitment of labour for their plantations in (lower) Ivory Coast. Upper Volta was reconstituted in 1947 due to the pressure of Mossi elites. --Soman (talk) 11:55, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- That is interesting. Do you think there is anything we can add to or change in the hook to make it more compelling? simongraham (talk) 07:07, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that the Upper Ivory Coast was created from the former French Upper Volta to facilitate the provision of forced plantation labour? CMD (talk) 13:11, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
- That is interesting. Do you think there is anything we can add to or change in the hook to make it more compelling? simongraham (talk) 07:07, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- First of all, the name Burkina Faso was not in use until 1984 (thus the wording 'present-day Burkina Faso'). There was a French colony called Upper Volta, which later became the Republic of Upper Volta which later was renamed Burkina Faso. Upper Volta was, as indicated in the article, abolished in 1932 and most of its territory merged into Ivory Coast. These parts merged with Ivory Coast became the region of Upper Ivory Coast in 1938. Essentially, which is implied in the article, the French used Upper Volta/Upper Ivory Coast as a pool for recruitment of labour for their plantations in (lower) Ivory Coast. Upper Volta was reconstituted in 1947 due to the pressure of Mossi elites. --Soman (talk) 11:55, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you. The page cited also notes the years. Earwig gives 0% chance of copyright violation, which is very impressive. QPQ is confirmed. I do not feel that the hook is as compelling as could be. Is there an interesting reason why Burkina Faso did not exist between 1938 and 1947 and was rather absorbed into Upper Ivory Coast? simongraham (talk) 14:40, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yes. See [1] (p. 135), "Devenue la Haute - Côte - d'Ivoire , plus de la moitié du territoire burkinabè , où résident plus des deux tiers de sa population , est rattachée à la colonie ivoirienne ." --Soman (talk) 23:47, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
Length, history and reference verified (latter by using the search function, which showed enough source text although as an e-book it didn't tell me exactly where it was). ALT 1 is definitely better. Daniel Case (talk) 03:34, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
