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Keep an eye on changing the article to a coup should there be some changes. Its RAPIDLY evolving now and Campaore is out of the country.Lihaas (talk) 18:56, 30 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I saw some news articles earlier today describing it as a coup, it appears not that it may infact be an auto-coup as there are articles stating that the president will remain the head of the transitional government.XavierGreen (talk) 02:47, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
He went off his own volition, it appears. no military forced him out. (albeit I haven't read the news in about 10 hours or so)Lihaas (talk) 12:05, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Riots
It seems that this page's creator, Lihaas, would like to not only categorize the protests as an uprising but categorize the people who are protesting as "rioters". This appears to be racist since we all know that sterotypes about wild and savage African go back a long way. More importantly, there simply aren't sources backing this up and the vast majority of new coverage is not jumping to sensationalize these protests and neither should Wikipedia editors. Revert Racism.Monopoly31121993 (talk) 23:49, 30 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
1. No need for NPA
2. How is it racist to assert that RS SOURCED additions (with pictorial evidence) is not a riot? There are pictures of the violence in many sources.
Also NPA is grounds for action...don't accuse other editors. But im not one to complain, I am engaging you in discussion. and please don't revert till consensus. If you prefer you can alSO ask for WP:30.Lihaas (talk) 00:47, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
There needs more of the initial porotests as right now we have nothing beyond it...and there were protests beyond the capital.Lihaas (talk) 02:25, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Start date
Sources are asserting 3 days old = 28 start date. Per AGF [1][2]
The Guardian source in my edit summary states since the 21st, when the constitutional change was announced (that's the one with refname "guard2"). Given that the Guardian was used as the source for a 28th start date, there is simply no justification in using the Guardian as an RS for that detail at this point. It is an otherwise reliable source, but cannot be considered authoritative on this specific point given the internal inconsistency - it may very well be a mistake one way or the other, but on something that is not cut-and-dry a mistake is enough to look elsewhere. —WFC— FL wishlist03:17, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
2014 Burkinabé uprising as the Burkina Faso page had multiple demonyms that are all excepted (and the election pages use this one), kindly discuss moves. In the interim, stay with the original, as is standard dispute practice.
I've moved it back to "Burkinabé" in line with most other Burkina Faso-related articles. I suggest if anyone disagrees with the original title, an RM is needed. Cheers, Number5709:55, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
