Talk:Botswana

Dominant Party system in infobox

Like all of its neighbors, Botswana has been controlled continuously by the same political party since independence/decolonization, and has been referred to as such in a number of sources.

Despite this, the appellation "Dominant Party" has not been made to this country in the infobox. I have added the appellation under WP:BOLD, and wished to post for discussion here.

Citations:

• Seabo, Batlang; Kesaobaka, Molebatsi. "BOTSWANA'S DOMINANT PARTY SYSTEM" (PDF). Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

• Benza, Brian (24 October 2019). "Botswana's Masisi retains presidency as BDP wins election". Reuters. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

• Selolwane, Onalenna (2002). "Monopoly Politikos: How Botswana's Opposition Parties Have Helped Sustain One-Party Dominance". African Sociological Review. 6 (1): 68–90. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

—Heighliner10191 (talk)

Botswanan

This term should not be used on Wikipedia, even though it exists in some dictionaries, because it is not used in Botswana English. See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Africa/Archive_1#Botswanan if interested. John (talk) 18:09, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

@John: This has been puzzling me for the longest time. Should we then rather use the term "Motswana" as in "Motswana politician" to describe a politician in Botswana? Let me know.  Lefcentreright  Discuss  18:49, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Yes, Motswana would be the correct Botswana English demonym, with Batswana for the plural. Tswana might also have been an option at one time. For titles, you would use the adjective "Botswana", as in "Botswana President Sir Seretse Khama was a Motswana." So to answer your question, I think we could say either "Motswana politician" or "Botswana politician", depending on whether we were emphasising the person's ethnicity or their nationality. In practice, I think either would be fine. John (talk) 19:35, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, John, for your quick response.  Lefcentreright  Discuss  21:40, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

What about for a thing from Botswana, such as a product like some type of clothing. Would you say this is a "Motswana dress"? Or is Motswana only used for a person? Wkpdsrnm2023 (talk) 08:25, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

@Wkpdsrnm2023 only for a person- however do not say Botswanan dress, instead say Botswana dress. 48JCL (talk) 22:56, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

"Botswanan" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Botswanan has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 June 18 § Botswanan until a consensus is reached. 48JCL 01:54, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

GA Review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Botswana/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: 48JCL (talk · contribs) 20:48, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: 750h+ (talk · contribs) 11:46, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Will review. 750h+ 11:46, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

@750h+, thank you. Not sure how I just saw this. 48JCL 20:30, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Apologies I forgot about this. Starting. 750h+ 02:01, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

prose

Feel free to refuse any suggestions, with proper justification. 750h+ 02:38, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

lede

• flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being "percent" == "per cent" (WP:BrEng)

Y Removed all instances.

• essentially the nation state of the Tswana people "nation state" ==> "nation-state"

Y Done.

• who make up 70% of the population. ==> "who constitute 70 per cent of the population." this is for consistency (70 per cent, as it's the same for above, and conciseness).

Y Done.

• Being a country of slightly over 2.4 million people, and roughly the size of France remove the comma

Y Done.

• declared a protectorate under the name of Bechuanaland ==> "declared a protectorate named Bechuanaland"

Y Done.

• As of 2024, Botswana is the third least corrupt country in the continent of Africa. remove "the continent of"

Y Done.

• Since then, it has been a parliamentary republic, with a consistent remove the comma

Y Done.

• world's biggest diamond producing country. "diamond producing" ==> "diamond-producing"

Y Done.

history

prehistory

• Stone tools and fauna remains have shown that all areas of the country were inhabited at least 400,000 years ago ==> "Stone tools and animal remains indicate that all areas of the country was inhabited at least 400,000 years ago."

Y Done.

• Botswana was reported to be the birthplace of all modern humans about 200,000 years ago. why "was reported"

Y Fixed.

• a major feature of the economy, since the remove the comma

Y Done.

• heritage site in Botswana originally occupied towards "originally" ==> "initially"

Y Done.

• states in Zimbabwe as well as to the Mapungubwe state and the notable of these was ==> "states in Zimbabwe as well as to the Mapungubwe state, and the notable of these was"

Y Done.

• The site is a respected place for the people living in the region and it is believed add a comma after "region"

Y Done.

• top of the hill together with his helpers or assistants remove "together"

Y Done.

• this settlement range from 7th to late 19th ==> "this settlement range from the 7th to late 19th"

Y Done.

• with cattle keeping as major source of ==> "with cattle keeping as a major source of"

Y Done.

• Toutswe settlement include house-floors, large heaps of vitrified cow-dung ==> "Toutswe settlement includes house-floors, large heaps of vitrified cow dung"

Y Done.

• settlements in South, Central Africa. ==> "settlements in South and Central Africa."

Y Done.

• What is "centaurs ciliaris"?

Y Removed. Not sure either, doesn't seem to be relevant to the history of Botswana.

• of the Tswana-speakers who remove the hyphen

Y Done.

• Also, before I continue with the review, every book will require its page numbers. 750h+ 04:38, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
  • Damn that took way longer than expected. — 48JCL 21:47, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

    A tag was added in the lead. Can you address that? 750h+ 06:39, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

    Also the pp. 26-143 is too far a page range, a smaller page range would be better, and they’d need to verify exactly what is on the page. 750h+ 06:42, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

    48JCL, I think that with this page range, I'm going to fail this nom. The content is not bad but the history section may benefit from cleanup. @Thebiguglyalien: may be able to help. Once these issues have been addressed i'd be happy to review, but this that some informal peer review for sourcing might help. 750h+ 07:25, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

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SilkPyjamas (talk) 18:23, 26 September 2024 (UTC)