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Little Ethiopia

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July 2021

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Please unblock me. I did nothing wrong.

How does this statement written below in any way violates Wikipedia’s rules. The original was definitely one-side and biased, especially as many in the talk page have been complaining about. Just read Talk:Ethiopian nationalism and you’ll see all the complaints about the original article being utterly biased and xenophobic. Here is a more balanced version of the article on Ethiopian nationalism:

Ethiopian nationalism, also referred to as Ethiopianism, Ethiopianness, Pan-Ethiopian nationalism, Ethiopian national identity, and Civic Nationalism in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Community, asserts that Ethiopians are a nation and promotes the equality of all component ethnic groups. Ethiopian people as a whole regardless of ethnicity constitute sovereignty as one polity. Ethiopian nationalism is a type of civic nationalism in that it is multi-ethnic in nature and promotes multiculturalism.[1] The view espoused by Ethiopian nationalists is that Ethiopian civic nationalism is in contrast to and in opposition against ethno-nationalist supremacism fueled by ethnic federalist policies introduced by the EPRDF in which Ethiopian nationalists claim that regional subdivisions of the state were segregated according to ethnicity brought about by the partitioning and dissolution of traditionally multi-ethnic regions causing the internal displacement of people through internal population transfers. However, there has been opposition to multi-ethnic Ethiopian civic nationalism from ethnic nationalist and separatists groups as seen in the surge of ethnic tensions between various Ethiopian ethnic groups and political parties most notably among the most populous ethnic groups in the country such as the Amhara, Oromo, Somali, and Tigray peoples, most of whom who have separatist movements among their ranks,[2] and conflict between Ethiopia and various ethnic groups that make up the Eritrean population with Eritrean Provincial Separatists vying for and later accomplishing the independence of Eritrea (who had already formed their own region specific Eritrean Nationalism and national identity of the Eritreans which has keen similarities to that of Ethiopian civic nationalism because of its multi-ethnic nature). In the aftermath of the Shewan Neftenya[3][4][5][6] period that occurred, as a result of feudal lords from Shewa settling in the southern regions, other ethnic groups assimilated into the royal court culture by adopting the Amharic language, Orthodox Christianity, and other aristocratic cultural traits. The Amhara culture-influenced royal court culture dominated throughout the eras of military and monarchic rule[7]. Both peasant Amhara culture and Ethiopian Empire royal court culture have heavily influenced each other; this Ethiopian royal court culture (that influenced and was influenced by Amhara culture) but is separate from traditional peasant Amhara culture, dominated throughout the eras of military and monarchic rule. The difference between the average Amhara people (generally those of the peasant class) and high status royal court class (which was multi-ethnic but adopted the Amharic language) are described by Siegfried Pausewang says that "the term Amhara relates in contemporary Ethiopia to two different and distinct social groups. The ethnic group of the Amhara, mostly a peasant population, is different from a mixed group of urban people coming from different ethnic background, who have adopted Amharic as a common language and identify themselves as Ethiopians".[8] Due to language and certain cultural similarities, the multi-ethnic ruling class of the military and monarchic era has erroneously been described as an Amhara ruling class, in addition to the questionable existence of an ethnic group known as the Amhara people during the time periods in question[9][10][11][12][13][14], has erroneously made the terms interchangeable (even within this article).[8] Aspects of Ethiopian nationalism have been described as a political principle centered at unification of Ethiopian identity. The ideology was promulgated throughout ancient history, from Ethiopian Empire and the Derg rule.[15][1][16][2] For more than a century, Amhara ruling elite used this ideology to pursue an assimilation policy and consolidate power.[17] The conflict started between Abyssinia, ruled by Amhara ethnic groups, and various subjugated ethnic groups such as Oromo, Sidama, and Tigray. In 1991 Eritrea achieved independence as the Derg collapsed and the TPLF assumed power and created an ethnic-federal state.[18] The Amhara culture dominated throughout the eras of military and monarchic rule. Both the Haile Selassie and Derg governments relocated numerous Amharas into southern Ethiopia including the present-day Oromia Region, where they served in government administration, courts, church and even in schools, where Oromo texts were eliminated and replaced by Amharic.[19][20][21] As a result of these steps, ethnic tensions surged against the Neftenya system where the Oromo, Somali, and Tigray peoples, each of whom had formed separatist movements such as the OLF, TPLF, ELF and ONLF struggled to leave the Ethiopian Empire, which led to the Ethiopian Civil War.[2] Oromo ethnic nationalists and Ethiopian civic nationalists continue to have conflicting narratives over the status of Addis Ababa. Oromo ethnic nationalist claim that Addis Ababa should be ceded to Oromia Region and/or lead by Oromo people, while Ethiopian civic nationalists believe that it should stay as an independent city with leadership open to all people regardless of component ethnicity.[22] The Abyssinian elites perceived the Oromo identity and languages as hindrances to Ethiopian national identity expansion.[23]

RiverNile1 (talk) 17:44, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

Checkuser verified abuser of multiple accounts. --jpgordon𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇 18:43, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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@Gyrofrog: is there anything specifically wrong with the content of RiverNile1's edit on 2021 Ethiopian general election, i.e. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2021_Ethiopian_general_election&type=revision&diff=1033097297&oldid=1033066798&diffmode=source? The refs seem to be OK to me, not sure what the issue is with what they wrote besides sockpuppetry. - Indefensible (talk) 18:57, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Indefensible: Hoaeter (the main account) is technically banned from editing Wikipedia as per WP:THREESTRIKES. I really have nothing to say beyond that. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 19:53, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Moved the discussion of the content on 2021 Ethiopian general election to the article's talk page. If there is no objection or problem noted, will re-add RiverNile1's edit. RiverNile1, do you have any credible evidence of the allegations you wrote? If there is valid content that you want to add that does not break any rules, post a draft and I can try to verify and add the content for you. - Indefensible (talk) 20:44, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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  2. ^ a b c Motyl 2001, pp. 150.
  3. ^ "Context and Updates on Current Issues in Ethiopia". Embassy of Ethiopia, London. 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  4. ^ Nicolas, Andrea (November 2007). "Founded in Memory of the 'Good Old Times': The Clan Assembly of Hiddii, in Eastern Shewa, Ethiopia". Journal of Eastern African Studies. 1 (3): 484–497. doi:10.1080/17531050701625490. ISSN 1753-1055.
  5. ^ +ECADF (2013-07-29). "Fiction and Facts on Oromos of Ethiopia". Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  6. ^ "How Ethiopia's ruling coalition created a playbook for disinformation · Global Voices Advox". Retrieved 2021-01-22.
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  8. ^ a b Pausewang, Siegfried (2005). "The two-faced Amhara identity". Scrinium. 1 (1): 273–286. doi:10.1163/18177565-90000138.
  9. ^ Cohen, Gideon P. E. (2000). "Language and Ethnic Boundaries: Perceptions of Identity Expressed through Attitudes towards the Use of Language Education in Southern Ethiopia". Northeast African Studies. 7 (3): 189–206. doi:10.1353/nas.2005.0004. JSTOR 41931261. S2CID 144103747.
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  11. ^ Yates, Brian J. (2017). "Ethnicity as a Hindrance for Understanding Ethiopian History: An Argument Against an Ethnic Late Nineteenth Century". History in Africa. 44: 101–131. doi:10.1017/hia.2016.13. S2CID 164336903.
  12. ^ Gashaw, Solomon (1993). "Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Ethiopia". In Young, Crawford (ed.). The Rising Tide of Cultural Pluralism: The Nation-State at Bay?. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 138–157. ISBN 9780299138844.
  13. ^ Teka, Tegegne (1998). "Amhara ethnicity in the making". In Salih, M.A. Mohamed; Markakis, John (eds.). Ethnicity and the State in Eastern Africa. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikaininstutet. pp. 116–126. ISBN 978-9171064189.
  14. ^ Taddese, Takkele (1994). "Do the Amhara Exist as a Distinct Ethnic Group?". In Marcus, Harold G. (ed.). New Trends in Ethiopian Studies: Papers of the 12th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies. II. Lawrenceville, NJ: Red Sea Press. pp. 168–186. ISBN 978-1569020159.
  15. ^ Ethiopia urgently needs inclusive national dialogue, March 30, 2021
  16. ^ Ethiopia: Defining Amhara nationalism for a better country, September 27, 2020
  17. ^ Ethnic Decentralization and the Challenges of Inclusive Governance in Multiethnic Cities: The Case of Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, retrieved December 20, 2014
  18. ^ Chronology for Amhara in Ethiopia, 2004
  19. ^ OROMO CONTINUE TO FLEE VIOLENCE, September 1981
  20. ^ Country Information Report ethiopia, August 12, 2020
  21. ^ Ethiopia. Status of Amharas, March 1, 1993
  22. ^ What is driving Ethiopia's ethnic conflicts? (PDF), retrieved November 28, 2019
  23. ^ The Politics of Linguistic Homogenization in Ethiopia and the Conflict over the Status of "Afaan Oromoo", July 1970
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