Talk:Mali
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French Sudan originally a department of France? Was French Sudan originally a "Department" of France (like Algeria was)? I added this but I'm not sure this is true. Badagnani 00:48, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Economy section: NPOV
I have reviewed the "Economy" section in all country articles on Wikipedia; unfortunately, many of them have NPOV issues, and by my reading, this article is one of them.
Common issues with this section include:
- verbatim quotes from the CIA world factbook
- describing a country's economic policy as "sound", "unsound", "imprudent", etc.
- assuming a link between economic health and low inflation
- using expressions like "the GDP improved" (should be increased), "beneficial levels of inflation" (should be low levels of inflation), etc.
- postulating cause-effect relationships that seem controversial.
Issues in this specific article are:
- pro-IMF POV (this is also unsourced)
- "an IMF-recommended structural adjustment program that is helping the economy grow, diversify, and attract foreign investment."
- unsourced and unexplained statement of causation as fact
- "Mali's adherence to economic reform, and the 50% devaluation of the African franc in January 1994, has pushed up economic growth."
This note will stay up for a week before I'll make any further changes. Please feel free to be bold and fix the article yourself, though! I'll also be monitoring this discussion page, and will try answering any concerns.
If you want to discuss the entire project, you can do so on my talk page or at the talk page for this specific prject.
(Note: this is only the second country page I'm trying this on, and I haven't gotten any comments so far, so please let me know what you think about the idea.)
RandomP 16:43, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
Changed the daylight savings time information -- Mali does not use DST. Chris 11:43, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Percentage of Christians?
On the main page it says 5%. On the demografic page it says about 1%. Any one an idea which figure is correct?HichamVanborm 15:08, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] history
how does the Bambara Empire fit in the history section? It is not currently mentioned. I don't know enough about the subject to merge it in. phoebe 04:00, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Amazigh language?
I do not believe the Amazigh name for Mali is required for the top of the article. The lingua franca of Mali is Bambara, not Amazigh -- I think English and French are the only two necessary. Any thoughts as to whether or not I should remove it?
reply: don't remove it. a person who is Amazigh might read.
from: Fver
