Talk:Myanmar civil war (2021–present)/Archive 1

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I have assessed this article as a "List" because of the way the article is currently laid out as a timeline list, as well as the clean-up tag advising that the list may be better written as prose. If this article is rewritten as prose then this assessment needs to be reviewed accordingly. Generally, any editor can reassess an article up to B Class status, while two editors must reach agreement for A Class status articles. Usually an article reaches a state where it can be nominated as a Good Article by the time it achieves A Class status. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 22:56, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

• Reassessed to C Class for WP:MYANMAR. A lot of editing still needs to be done to perhaps reorganize the content or provide analysis and context citing appropriate analysis sources. I invite people from the other projects listed to re-evaluate EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 23:10, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

  I came to the talk page to notice the raw nature of the piece. The premise of this article is excellent. Together, we'll remove the "list" elements and clean it up. Good work, people!

  I wish we had a bot to go through and delete "it has been said" etc. Interesting to see what ChatGPT would do with wikipedia articles, especially those that probably originate in other languages. Billyshiverstick (talk) 03:40, 14 April 2023 (UTC) cheers

Moving this Article to 'Myanmarese Civil War (2021 - present)'

More and more news sites are beginning to call the conflict a civil war, e.g. the BBC. This conflict certainly fulfils all the criteria of one and I do not see why we should wait to move this article to a new title mentioning a civil war. Lucius Cornelius Balbus (talk) 21:35, 2 February 2022 (UTC)Lucius Cornelius Balbus

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Requested move 12 February 2022

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The result of the move request was: Moved by Anthony Appleyard, as an uncontested technical request. (non-admin closure) BilledMammal (talk) 15:45, 12 February 2022 (UTC) BilledMammal (talk) 15:45, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

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2021–2022 Myanmar insurgency → Myanmar Civil War – Rebels controlling half of the country? Death toll ranging in the thousands? Most articles calling this a civil war/war? Conflict meeting every aspect of a civil war (such as the territorial control possessed by rebel groups, full-scale offensives by sides in the war, etc), i think it’s time we stop unnecessarily rejecting the idea of changing the name of this article to what it should be called as it ruins the credibility of wikipedia. These following articles call it a civil war: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/1/world-accused-of-sitting-and-watching-as-myanmar-slides-to-war, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60144957/, https://amp.dw.com/en/civil-war-in-myanmar-a-year-after-military-coup/av-60624529, https://www.voanews.com/a/myanmar-army-defector-recounts-heavy-losses-inflicted-by-chin-rebels-/6437671.html+Nastyasholr927 (talk) 12:14, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Nastyasholr927 (talk) 12:14, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

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Premature move

I think the move to "Myanmar Civil War" was a bit premature. The only reason why it was uncontested was because whoever made the request did not do the process properly and so no other editor was notified on this talk page. The actual requested move notification discussion was opened today and the page was moved a few hours later. If the requested move process was done properly, someone would have pointed out early on that "Myanmar Civil War" is not a good title for an article specifically about the violence of specific groups after 2021, when a more wide ranging article like Internal conflict in Myanmar exists. The move should have been proposed there, not here. CentreLeftRight ✉ 18:48, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

I was going to ping Nastyasholr927 for comment and ask them to redo their requested move, but this user is not even registered. What is going on? CentreLeftRight ✉ 18:53, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Wikiman92783 was the actual user who requested an uncontested technical move. Even if the use of the term "civil war" is uncontested, what it should be appropriately titled should still be discussed by editors, especially given this article's scope. I do not know why they signed with a name that is not theirs, and Anthony Appleyard should have dug a little deeper before moving the article at the request of a recently made account whose only edits are pushing for this particular move (aside from this one edit to Battle of al-Hasakah (2022)). CentreLeftRight ✉ 19:00, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Worth noting that the wider conflict (covered at Internal conflict in Myanmar) has been described as a "civil war" before 2021. CentreLeftRight ✉ 19:25, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

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Are you saying we as a bunch of people on wikipedia should go against what the massive organization of UN and massive news articles said? Myanmar has been in a civil war since 2021 and all news articles and the UN envoy said so. Wikiman92783 (talk) 21:32, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

@Wikiman92783: No, I'm saying that you should have started the requested move process properly, that it was extremely odd of you to use the name of an unregistered user in your proposal, that your only edits to Wikipedia have been efforts to move this article to the ambiguous "Myanmar Civil War", that the user who moved this article should have realised that this was not an uncontroversial move because of alternative naming suggestions, and that "Myanmar Civil War" is not a good title for an article that is about a specific period of a conflict that has been labeled a "civil war" in the past before said period. CentreLeftRight ✉ 04:40, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Also, invoking the authority of the UN doesn't matter, it is not Wikipedia policy to be a mouthpiece of government and governmental organisations. Having a plethora of reliable sources is important as you mentioned, and if it wasn't clear before, again, my objection is not to the use of "civil war" in the title, but that "Myanmar Civil War" is a bad title for a specific period of a wider conflict. CentreLeftRight ✉ 04:44, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

"Internal conflict in Myanmar" appears to be an article about several different conflicts that have taken place in Myanmar since 1948.--Fontaine347 (talk) 23:30, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Why should we trust what the UN says? Jimmy Jimbo Johnson the V (talk) 04:20, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

this is a old discussion that is no longer relevant EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 13:09, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 13 February 2022

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Result:
No consensus. Closure requested <permalink>. Commend editors for coming to a "near consensus" to keep the present title, because opposition rationales are stronger than supportive arguments. As is usual with no-consensus outcomes, editors can strengthen their arguments, discover new ones and try again in a few months to garner consensus for a title change. Thanks and kudos to all editors for your input, and Happy, Healthy Editing! (nac by page mover) P.I. Ellsworth - ed. ^put'r there 07:16, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

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2021–2022 Myanmar insurgency → Myanmar Civil War (2021–present) – (Reopened request with the date added to the name to provide clarity) Rebels controlling half of the country? Death toll ranging in the thousands? Most articles calling this a civil war/war? Conflict meeting every aspect of a civil war (such as the territorial control possessed by rebel groups, full-scale offensives by sides in the war, etc), i think it’s time we stop unnecessarily rejecting the idea of changing the name of this article to what it should be called as it ruins the credibility of wikipedia. These following articles call it a civil war: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/1/world-accused-of-sitting-and-watching-as-myanmar-slides-to-war, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60144957/, https://amp.dw.com/en/civil-war-in-myanmar-a-year-after-military-coup/av-60624529, https://www.voanews.com/a/myanmar-army-defector-recounts-heavy-losses-inflicted-by-chin-rebels-/6437671.html+Wikiman92783 (talk) 08:54, 13 February 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 22:22, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Wikiman92783 (talk) 08:54, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose. No evidence that the term "civil war" has been widely accepted yet, even if a few outlets are using it. Would need to see some indication that it's the WP:COMMONAME. Also, it should be "Myanmar civil war", not "Myanmar Civil War" as it's not a proper name and does not satisfy the criteria for title case at MOS:CAPS.  — Amakuru (talk) 9:06, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

No evidence? So you’re saying there’s no evidence as i provided a few sources, am i supposed to provide every single source since 2021? Using your logic we should change Syrian civil war to “Syrian war” or “Syrian conflict” as most sources use the latter in naming the civil armed conflict. This conflict is a massive civil war as you can see on the territorial map and most articles and the UN call it so. Wikiman92783 (talk) 09:22, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

And regarding the “civil war” lower letters naming, every civil war on wikipedia is capitalized. Second Libyan Civil War Iraqi Civil War (2006–2008) American Civil War Wikiman92783 (talk) 09:23, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

• Support — I do not think 2021–2022 Myanmar insurgency is necessarily the common name either, as news articles rarely refer to these conflicts by a proper name. I think this suggestion is appropriate given the increased usage of "civil war" by reliable sources. However, it is worth noting that not every article about a civil war has the words capitalised, most notably the article Syrian civil war. There was a discussion a while back about the capitalisation of that article, and the final decision made by consensus was that it should not be capitalised, because, unlike the other examples given by Wikiman92783, sources do not consistently refer to this particular conflict as the "Myanmar Civil War" with that stylisation of capital letters. CentreLeftRight ✉ 07:27, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Oppose — Changing my vote, per Colin M's argument below. I have thought about my previous argument for some time, and I do not think that, just because insurgents a large amount of territory in Myanmar, that the article should be moved to "Myanmar Civil War". The problem with this argument is that insurgent groups have controlled large chunks of the country for years, and the PDF adding a single digit percentile does not drastically change the situation. We should wait for common usage of the term itself (i.e. Myanmar Civil War or Myanmar civil war). CentreLeftRight ✉ 21:40, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

• Support — This is a civil war, it is literally the old government and its military + allied militias vs the new government and its military. Before Tatmadaw took power, it was just a random collection of armed groups that often fought amongst each other while now it's a united front fighting for a common goal. it's not just rebellion or small insurrection it's two governments claiming to be the Legitement government fighting for control of the country.--Garmin21 (talk) 16:35, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

• Support — Honestly, it should have been this from the beginning. There was some resistance to calling it a war, but it's getting harder to act like it's just series of skirmishes especially with outlets like the BBC saying the protests have "turned into essentially a civil war across Myanmar". 51.37.46.229 (talk) 06:08, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Probably a logged-out user, but this anonymous IP editor has not made any edits prior to this article or topics related to it. CentreLeftRight ✉ 06:25, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

• Weak support – By now it's pretty clear that a lot of sources do use the term "Myanmar Civil War". Cheers, The man from Gianyar (talk) 09:49, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

• Support — per Garmin21 and sources. --Fontaine347 (talk) 19:49, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

• Support — I think the reasons have been adequately explained above. Lucius Cornelius Balbus (talk) 16:53, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose. I've looked at recent coverage in major RS like The Guardian, Reuters, the BBC, Al Jazeera, etc. and most do not use the term "civil war". Those sources which do invoke the term often do so in a tentative way, attributing it rather than stating it in their own voice. e.g. Reuters: Some analysts now call the conflict a civil war. Al Jazeera: “When we started Myanmar Witness, we were documenting violence against protesters,” Strick said. “Fast forward now and we’re very much watching what looks like a civil war environment,” he said. Even the BBC article linked in the nom as evidence for the move is a bit circumspect in its application of the label: The intensity and extent of the violence - and the co-ordination of the opposition attacks - point to a change in the conflict from an uprising to a civil war. Seems like this may be a case of too soon. Colin M (talk) 18:37, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
• Strong oppose — This request was only made after the nominator significantly altered the tone of numerous articles related to it. Painting17 (talk) 01:14, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose per Colin M's sources. It's pretty clear "civil war" has not been widely adopted by sources. ― Tartan357 ^Talk 22:54, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose - Although this is a "civil war" in general terms, according to many other reliable sources mentioned above still say "insurgency" not "civil war", I put my conclusion as "oppose". -- Wendylove (talk) 01:02, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose please revert to original name 2021-2022 Myanmar resistance. Sgnpkd (talk) 21:02, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

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Requested move February 15 2022

I think we should move this pages as People's Defensive War (Myanmar), which is more used by the people of Myanmar.

Editor in Myanmar (talk) 10:37, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

• Are there sources in English that use "People's Defensive War" that you can link? Sorry if I keep reverting you, but English Wikipedia generally keeps to terms used in English - for example, a literal translation of Guerra de las Comunidades de Castilla from Spanish is "War of the Communities of Castile", but the English article is at Revolt of the Comuneros, the usual term in English. (I do think that it's fair to bring up the Burmese term and highlight it, of course.) [[]] (talk) 16:37, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

@SnowFire_SnowFire

Here bro. In this news, it is used https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt_Lpi88LFw Editor in Myanmar (talk) 03:30, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

This is evidence for a term used by TRT World, but I don't think that's a very reliable source for general English usage, or even Burmese usage. I'm talking about, like, the New York Times or the like. SnowFire (talk) 18:35, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

@SnowFire_SnowFire

Ok. bro. I'll keep searching. :) Editor in Myanmar (talk) 15:00, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

@SnowFire_SnowFire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB3a9WWIRpw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpS4XL45oIQ

how about these, bro? Do they seem English Enough to you?

Editor in Myanmar (talk) 16:05, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

@Editor in Myanmar: You should probably bring this up to the above RM; two at once is going to be confusing. Just make a post in there detailing everything you've come up with, and start it off with something along the lines of Move to People's Defensive War (Myanmar) (explanation here). I've relisted it, as I don't see a consensus yet. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 22:22, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Map

What is the source of the map being made? It doesn't show AA and the Chinland control seems to be different from the previous iteration- not aware of any major losses in Chin since June. While you can make the argument that UWSA is only indirectly involved, AA is a significant player in this.

Might be better for the map to show contestation and definitely should not imply that the SAC controls territory by default. The map should be more akin to the maps on Page 11 and 13 of this report. For contestation the external link the ISSS Report] If we want to show control/resistance the map that was put up here doesn't seem to reflect too much on other maps. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 12:46, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

This map is derived from Template:Internal conflict in Myanmar detailed map so said changes should also be made there.

@Narwhal 19 12:26, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Yes the lack of major combatants is something to be fixed on the Template, but issues about accuracy still stand. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 01:31, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Template:Internal conflict in Myanmar detailed map has no sources, so this is a problem of WP:CIRCULAR citation. 25stargeneral (talk) 01:32, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Broken redirect

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%E2%80%932022_Myanmar_protests#See_also The redirect to this page goes to an intermediate page. I am unable to fix this. 2603:3023:180:4800:D967:A66B:8A71:47DC (talk) 21:42, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Splitting proposal

I propose that the contents of the timeline-like sections "2021 dry season campaigns", "Early 2022", "2022 monsoon season campaigns" and "2022-2023 dry season campaign" be split off into an article titled "Timeline of the 2021–2023 Myanmar civil war", and their contents described in summary style on this page. The timeline on this page goes into extreme detail in a very unorganized fashion and takes up a ton of the article, and I think that stuff would make sense as its own article timeline. HappyWith (talk) 15:40, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

You mean the existing Timeline of 2021–2023 Myanmar civil war? I agree that this article is cluttered and needs cleanup and copywriting. I invite editors to clean up instead of just putting it all in the timeline article. Particularly, the 2021-2022 dry season is a bit bloated.

In my opinion, a chronological list is not as helpful to a reader/researcher as a more cohesive narrative. For example, it's easier to read through the events of battles in Chin State during the dry season rather than the chronological list which will skip around the country 5 times in the same week. The problem I had while writing those section was that there are not enough articles with analysis of many of the theatres/campaigns with specificity, so it's more list-of-events than I'd like due to WP:OR. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 15:59, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Whoa, I didn’t realize that timeline existed. Oops. I should have searched a little harder.

But yeah, I agree with everything you’re saying. Consider my original proposal withdrawn. If there’s already a timeline, then this just needs cleanup of clutter. HappyWith (talk) 17:16, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 16 February 2023

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) The Night Watch (talk) 19:05, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

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2021–2023 Myanmar civil war → Myanmar civil war (2021–present) – This kind of title is more used on Wikipedia articles on conflicts, and looks cleaner. See Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) and Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014) for examples. --- Tbf69 P • T 18:04, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

• Minor correction included above, assuming the dash should be an en-dash as in the other examples and per MOS:DATERANGE. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 21:00, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Support - as per the listed examples. Statskvinde (talk) 21:40, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Support - 2021–2023 seems to imply that it ended earlier this year, or that it will certainly end this year. Chaotic Enby (talk) 19:19, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

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Why is there a date range in the title as if there's an end date?

This recent update to 2023 broke redirects as a result. I've fixed at least some of them after realizing the issue, but I don't understand why this is titled in such a way. Why isn't it 2021 or a (2021) at the end for disambiguation? Could someone link to examples of articles for other ongoing events that are titled this way? lukini (talk | contribs) 22:20, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

It's a good point you bring up. The disambiguation is a bit tricky since most sources don't actually name the conflict (i.e. "the civil war in Myanmar" vs. "The Myanmar Civil War"). I'm personally looking at the ongoing discussion in Talk:2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine#Requested_move_31_December_2022 as a reference if we want to update the title here. I don't think the current name is the best option, but haven't seen a better one. As I see it, the current name is better than Myanmar civil war (2021) because

• The current name is a result of attempt to follow WP:NATURAL as a phrase you could use in a sentence
• Just using 2021 implies the war has ended or that the war was most significant in 2021.
• The war itself is a part of Internal conflict in Myanmar which is what Myanmar civil war redirects (rightly) to.

EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 02:08, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

I'd support a request similar to the closed one above using "2021–present" as that seems to be the least ambiguous title that would also not require changing redirects. It seems most of the opposition was against the term "civil war" rather than the years being used. Now maybe fixing redirects isn't a huge deal, but it seems a bit silly to update every year, especially given the length of the internal conflict this is a part of. lukini (talk | contribs) 03:23, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Upon looking at more of the Russian invasion discussion, it seems most other war articles are disambiguated like Myanmar civil war (2021-present). I would agree with you then, but going to wait for some more input here. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 03:48, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Territorial control

Would it be feasible to create an article for the internal conflict in Myanmar akin to Territorial control during the Russo-Ukrainian War? I’m wondering if there’s enough sources and coverage to make that possible. HappyWith (talk) 15:40, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Not really, there's very little mapping attempts because of the sporadic and guerilla nature of many of the fronts. Here are the two main (reliable) maps of the 2021 war (iiss and SAC-M paper) Potentially have more that you could piece together from other sources like news sources, but there's a big danger of WP:SYNTH and assuming that fighting = control.

I'd love to be wrong, but it's been difficult enough to get an image for the article. I feel like we could have an article discussing territorial control in Myanmar generally in the context of the 1945-present full war but nothing concrete for situation today. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 16:34, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice, makes sense. HappyWith (talk) 18:38, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

@EmeraldRange: The IISS map shows incidents rather than control, but the SAC-M map is good. It was just republished by the Council on Foreign Relations, which also adds to its credibility. I agree we cannot piece something more recent together from news reports due to SYNTH issues, but we can use the SAC-M report. I created a map based on that one reduced to control only, without the extra information they provide about the stability of the control. 25stargeneral (talk) 21:58, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

This is amazing. I was going to make a township map for commons at some point but was always too lazy. I'm going to go ahead and add it as the image for the article (being WP:BOLD). Thanks for your work! EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 22:22, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

I have also nominated the dynamic map for deletion since it is unable to meet verifiability standards with the level of sourcing available. 25stargeneral (talk) 04:22, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

I thing we should update this

We really should update the information on this page, after all, it is important to recent myanmar events

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SAPNA, we cover South Asian events 2601:600:8D00:D230:7928:5DFD:760E:3D4 (talk) 05:00, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Agreed, it's a shame less people (who edit wikipedia) care. 85.147.66.47 (talk) 01:12, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Foreign support

Adding foreign support for factions, like Russia for SAC (https://elevenmyanmar.com/news/vice-chairman-of-sac-vice-senior-general-soe-win-meet-russias-deputy-defence-minister) (https://thediplomat.com/2022/07/russia-is-gaining-an-indo-pacific-foothold-through-myanmar/), USA, EU for NUG (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/15/the-us-is-exploring-additional-steps-against-myanmars-military-leaders-blinken-says.html) (https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-says-there-can-be-no-more-business-usual-with-myanmars-junta-2022-07-25/) (https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/eu-condemns-executions-in-myanmar/2645606) Contiball (talk) 15:00, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 November 2023

Please remove the following statements:

remaining under Tatmadaw control
On the morning of 1 February 2021, the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, successfully

and replace them with these:

remaining under control of the Tatmadaw, the Myanmar military
On the morning of 1 February 2021, the Tatmadaw successfully

The introduction uses "Tatmadaw" three times without explaining what it is, and then explains it in the first sentence of the body. If it needs to be explained at all, the explanation should come in its first appearance. 123.51.107.94 (talk) 02:46, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

 Done Thank you for your edit request. Awhellnawr123214 (talk) 07:20, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Date format

Hello - in the section '2023 dry season campaigns Operation 1027' a few dates use MM/DD format rather than DD/MM. Would someone with editing access change these to DD/MM. Thank you. 93.204.186.108 (talk) 20:15, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

 Done Thank you for your edit request. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 21:02, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.204.186.108 (talk) 18:04, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Mantong

The link for Mantong currently redirects to the page on the sci-fi writer Richard Sharpe Shaver. This can't be the right link, right? I can't tell from the source if this is meant to be Mantong Township and Namhsan Township instead of just Mantong and Namhsan. HappyWith (talk) 14:32, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

lol, I just made a new article for Mantong, Myanmar before this and still messed it up. Fixed now- thanks for catching it EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 14:47, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

I'll create a disambig article at Mantong - I doubt the fictional language is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. HappyWith (talk) 14:50, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

A key for the map?

Could someone please add a key for the map? Other than the Tatmadaw it is not clear who's who Genabab (talk) 16:37, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Done EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 01:37, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

War crime committed by the junta of the Myanmar civil war

I think there should be a section on the war crimes committed by the junta Monochromemelo1 (talk) 16:26, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Sure why not? Put it somewhere near the Humanitarian conditions section, Be WP:BOLD and also remember to keep a neutral point of view. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 17:45, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Okay I'll start working on it later! Monochromemelo1 (talk) 21:34, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Greatly agree lets put it under the humanitarian condition section Scarlet Strange (talk) 06:12, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Note: I've created an independent article for this topic at War crimes during the Myanmar civil war (2021–present) that can be more thorough than the section in this article. HappyWith (talk) 11:28, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Proposed Rename: Myanmar civil war (2021–present) -> Myanmar civil war

Is there any basis for the additional clarification of (2021-present)? We do not have any articles for other Myanmar civil wars. Dazzling4 (talk) 20:39, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Internal conflict in Myanmar, of which this is only a renewed stage of conflict- especially true given that half of the fighting is with EAOs EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 22:35, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Infobox bloat

The "combatants" sections of the infobox are ludicrously bloated. Can we cut this down? An infobox is only supposed to cover the key facts, not every single detail and unit involved. I would do it myself, but I don't know enough about the conflict to confidently choose what to trim and what to leave in. If other editors can contribute thoughts, that'd be super useful.

Also, trimming aside, a lot of the specific units belong in the "units" parameter that exists for this purpose. HappyWith (talk) 22:41, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

I've cut out as many of them as I could- mostly using the metric of if they are mentioned in the body + my judgement. In my opinion; the rest are all relevant- the different groups rarely share any chain of command and are largely autonomous units who happen to be in this large grand coalition for now- they aren't really units as much as independent armies. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 00:57, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! I still think it could be trimmed more, but this is a big improvement. HappyWith (talk) 21:52, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Early sections

I'm not sure what the divides between the sections "New conflicts", "Onset of formal resistance", "Declaration of war", and "2021–2022 dry season campaigns" are supposed to be. I think a lot of this could be re-organized and sections combined to make it a bit clearer of a read. I think a lot of the earlier ones could be combined into a section called "early fighting" or something like that, with subsections to break it up.

It might also be useful for the reader to include an explanation of when the dry and moonsoon seasons begin and end, since that terminology is used so much in the article. HappyWith (talk) 22:18, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

@HappyWithWhatYouHaveToBeHappyWith Yeah truthfully, most of these section were things I made when cleaning it up from the timeline-listicle it was back in 2021: essentially, New conflicts is really about the emergence of Chin and Karenni as new ethnic fronts, the formal resistance is the emergence of new Bamar majority fights and the war stuff is the formal declaration and increased fighting afterwards.

Essentially, the pattern with the seasons is that you see more fighting in the dry season and I don't think I've been able to find much good analysis on that idea broadly, so didn't put much explanation so as not to engage in WP:OR. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 22:50, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Makes sense. I think reorganization will get much easier to do if the article is trimmed down a bit, which is what I'll work for now when I have time. There might also be analyses and retrospectives out there that have their own dividing-up of the timeline we could use. HappyWith (talk) 22:55, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Wa State

There's a bunch of references to "Wa State" in the article without explanations of what exactly its status is. I had to do research by reading other articles to find out how it's essentially a self-governing state independent from Myanmar, which is important to know. It would be useful to have an explanation of what its status is in the context of this war after the first mention of Wa State. HappyWith (talk) 22:04, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Not sure if you are the one who added this but currently there's the following description on Wa State that seems to address your concern:

2022 monsoon season campaigns

"The KIA and the Wa State, a neutral de facto independent region of Myanmar, consolidated expanded territories." HollerithPunchCard (talk) 00:46, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Keep the new map

Yes it is from twitter, but hes generally a reliable source considering many news platforms like the Sudan War Monitor have used him in the past, and he does research, also making it a far more reliable map.

ISSUES - Its not in SVG format, if someone would make a more easy to read version it would be nicer. Lukt64 (talk) 21:09, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much @Ecrusized Lukt64 (talk) 21:05, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

No problem. 🙂 Ecrusized (talk) 21:10, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Also, can you fix Template:Guyana Detailed Map if you know how to? Lukt64 (talk) 21:12, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't know how template maps work. But if you have any svg map requests I'd be happy to help. Ecrusized (talk) 21:17, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Well, me neither. Theres a reason I asked you, so thanks!

and id like an svg map of the 2023 Las Anod conflict, thank you! Lukt64 (talk) 21:20, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Laukkai and Hopang

Both places have been seized by the MNDAA as confirmed by many sources. Claudio87 (talk) 09:09, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes, please add Hopang to the article, I don't believe the article is protected. Laukkai is already there in the Operation 1027 section. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 13:55, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Infobox standards

I wanted to be a bit more transparent and open discussion about how I've been monitor/editing the infobox recently.

As I understand it, the purpose of the infobox is to summarize the content of the article. Organisations that aren't even mentioned in the article should not be included. We also shouldn't supplant information with infobox content - if a fact is important enough to be added to the infobox, it should be added to the article. Of course, the map includes smaller noncombatant groups that are not really in the scope of the article (e.g. Mon National Liberation Army). Right now, those groups are summarized in an footnote so I think that's fine.

The last is something that I don't know has been discussed- I don't believe knowing the organizational counterpart of the EAOs is key information (e.g. KIO vs. KIA) and we should keep it as just combatants to reduce bloat. If any other editors have thoughts or don't agree with me, please let me know so we can get a better consensus and I don't keep reverting good edits unilaterally. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 18:47, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Should non-combatant EAOs and the UWSA be shown on the map? Or should their areas of control be the same color as the junta?

If they aren’t fighting against the junta, then they aren’t really a separate faction in the war, so why are they labeled as separate parties in the map? LordOfWalruses (talk) 19:30, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

While not combatants, the junta lacks de facto control over their territory. Clyde H. Mapping (talk) 19:33, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes, and they were combatants / have arrangeds with the junta to keep de facto control from prior part of the Internal conflict in Myanmar EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 19:52, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Sub-topic of the article

Declaration of war 2021 dry season campaigns Early 2022 2022 monsoon season campaigns 2022-2023 dry season campaign I propose that these all sub-topics should be merged into one single topic : THE CIVIL WAR. K.a.c.e.a.c (talk) 04:56, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

The sections are already really long. I think you can add Early 2022 into 2021 dry for sure. The reason they are split like this right now is because you see more fighting during the dry seasons. Also the civil war isn't based on the NUG declaration only. There are sources that talk about it starting in May or earlier of 2021. I intend to do some editing later today to try and cut down the size of the article. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 15:06, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Support: I believe that being more detailed could greatly improve the article Scarlet Strange (talk) 06:12, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Map

Does anyone have any good sources on mapping for the conflict? I can't find anything River10000 (talk) 15:58, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Unfortunately there are no easy mapping answers- it's kind of hard given the daily changes in control and lack of coverage. There's a few options: IISS heat map, a recently updated version of an unreliable 2022 map from twitter or this outdated 2022 township level map. Really the only feasible wikipedia option is for a wikipedian to map it but it's a lot of work and hard to verify given it is contested and controversial, requiring a lot of region-specific WP:RS to back up without engaging in WP:OR. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 17:18, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Yeah. What a shame it's not mapped out by something fully like live-map; just goes to show that the civil war has really just gotten no coverage in western media despite how many lives it's affecting River10000 (talk) 15:21, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

https://myanmar.iiss.org/ Doyna Yar (talk) 14:38, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

I don’t think that site has a live map, it’s mostly data on there 2405:9800:B650:10C4:C32:5EAF:CB0C:5546 (talk) 00:54, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

I believe that we could find some better sources from more reliable sources or research papers Scarlet Strange (talk) 06:13, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

On the new map

It seems to be sourced from twitter, I genuinely dont know, possibly could be remade in svg format and a more easily readable map. Lukt64 (talk) 23:08, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

I'd say that we include it, as it seems like the best information we have. All other high-quality maps I can find are from October 2022 at the latest, so an updated map which includes at least semi-accurate information seems like a godsend for a map that hasn't been updated for more than 1.5 years and includes no major specifics on territorial control. IdioticAnarchist (talk) 19:42, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Agreed about readability - the colors are really awful and inaccessible. Why are they all so desaturated and similar? I can barely read it. HappyWith (talk) 06:18, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/charting-the-shifting-power-balance-on-myanmars-battlefields.html

There's conflict maps, is it possible to make a wiki version without the copy right? Kennet.mattfolk (talk) 21:51, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

I made a Google MyMap of the current situation in the war showing control of cities with the status of every captured and contested city backed up by a source. English-language sources on the control of cities are very limited, and as a result most of my sources are articles from the same news organization, The Irrawaddy. Between the limited sources and the Irrawaddy being very biased in favor of the rebels/against the Junta, it's possible much of the information on the map should be taken carefully. This is the map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1oPItdEuHM_xbMcCyjWD4IRRLJC4F4xU&usp=sharing Thelvadumee (talk) 04:24, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Let's include it as it is the only map we have and until we find one we could replace it Scarlet Strange (talk) 06:14, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Acronyms

Is it really necessary to have all of the 30 armed groups in the infobox be represented by acronyms? People who aren’t super informed about the war will have no idea what they each are and will have to click on each one to find out the actual names. HappyWith (talk) 06:24, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Yes lets replace them with their full names so that they are able to understand which are the parties Scarlet Strange (talk) 06:14, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Rohingya Resistance

Where do the Rohingya Resistance Groups fit into this page despite the migrant crisis in Bangladesh because there are small Rohingya groups that are fighting the Junta. Koreanidentity10000 (talk) 22:11, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Yes, like you said there are small Rohingya groups, like there are small Myaungmya groups or small [insert ethnic-minority] groups. Overall, not particularly mentioned in reliable sources. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 01:41, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

So should the Rohingya resistance groups such as the ARSA and the RSO be included into the Allied ethnic armed organisations sections and the infobox? Koreanidentity10000 (talk) 01:41, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

I don't see why they would not be included in the Allied ethnic armed section so long as we can source reliable sources to backup the existance of the groups and their alliances. Jurisdicta (talk) 03:48, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

I agree that it should be added as they have been a primary force in the civil war Scarlet Strange (talk) 06:13, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

No they have not been a primary force by any metric- and we seem to have an unspoken consensus on standards for inclusion that developed later in 2023 (see the section Infobox bloat and Infobox standards). Please let me us if you think those standards should be different EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 06:58, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Unconfirmed claims, organization

A lot of the bulk of this article is made up of claims about incidents and engagements from rebel groups. A lot of this should be cut out and replaced with more concrete reporting if possible. The minor and unconfirmed stuff belongs at Timeline of the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), not here.

This could bring down the extremely long length of all the sections and allow for more broad, big-picture chronology coverage that's more digestible to the reader. I think the current organization with all the subsections for each region is pretty hard to parse for an average reader, and reworking things would improve the quality of the article. HappyWith (talk) 22:35, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, one thing I've been meaning to do is to transfer a lot of 2022 stuff into the Timeline- hopefully will get to it later this week. As I kind of mentioned above- there's no real reason the article has to be organized chronologically by season. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 22:55, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Great - this is pretty much what I had in mind too. HappyWith (talk) 23:22, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

It will be great if you can take the lead on this. I've had the same thoughts for awhile, but wasn't sure how best to tackle this beast. HollerithPunchCard (talk) 00:47, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

I've done some copyediting up to 1 Jan 2023- reducing the lengths; removing minor battles/details/etc and checking that they are already on the timeline. I did some subsection reorganizing within those sections; but I've also reorganized the entire article. The overall format is basically the same, I've just renamed sections and moved subsections out so that the table of contents can provide a summary of major trends rather than just calling them dry and wet season campaigns. Let me know your thoughts- I'll get to 2023 later the biggest thing left is trying to parse down the 1027 section appropriately. Anyone else is welcome to ce as well. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 16:59, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your improvements, the article is much better now. There’s still a lot to be done, and ideally these improvements can culminate in all the reduced sections being subordinated to a "Timeline" section akin to those in the similar articles Russian invasion of Ukraine and War in Sudan (2023–present). Among other methods, splitting might be useful to get the section sizes down and summarize. HappyWith (talk) 13:21, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Wilson center source

I've found an incredibly useful source: this document by a DC-based think tank has a 90-page summary of the war that helpfully divides the conflict into theatres and phases. I think we can finally start organizing our coverage of the war based on a reliable source by using this and hopefully other sources we find later (this one is from 2022). HappyWith (talk) 20:25, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

The document's "theater" groupings especially seem very useful to me. I've already converted the "Clashes in Chin State" article into Chin theater, and I might also create some of the other "theater" articles based off of this document's groupings if I have time. HappyWith (talk) 21:07, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, I think there's still a ways to go with copyediting- I think your recent War crimes page is a helpful start to split. I'm a bit busy IRL but I can see how some of the larger sections can be split/reduced. Besides the Wilson center source I'd also add the IISS's warscapes since they are a lot more connected to day-to-day sources and are updated past 2022. My own opinion is that: Wilson's theatres are a good breakdown but crucially some changes I'd make is:

• Arakan theatre has become significant in 2022 and 2024
• Northern Shan and Kachin is really one combined theatre
• Karenni and the rest of southeast Myanmar is a combined theatre

These end up alligning with IISS's warscapes (with the exception that I tend to agree with Wilson's splitting of Chin-Northern Sagaing-Kachin. IISS splits it the way they do because they are ethnic areas that used to be more peaceful but Northern Sagaing and groups that operate there end up alligning with Kachin)

I've done some editing to the first part of the article and will trim some more next week but having separate articles that focus on each region/warscape/theatre is definitely a good direction. I've put any other good analysis sources past 2022 that I can find here in the meantime. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 21:31, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Change the color of the Arakan Army

The Arakan Army-controlled territory currently has a color that makes it quite difficult to differentiate at first glance from Tatmadaw-controlled territory. It would probably be a net benefit to modify its contrast or its luminosity slightly. Larrayal (talk) 01:52, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Inclusion of Zomi Revolutionary Army and outdated map.

I believe that the Zomi Revolutionary Army should not be included on the map, nor should they even be included as a Tatmadaw ally. What evidence is there that the ZRA control any territory in Myanmar, or that they are allied with the Tatmadaw? Allies to the ZRA (NSCN) are even "opponents" to the Tatmadaw, so why would the ZRA be allied to their allies enemy?

Alongside this, the map hasn't been updated for several weeks. Paletwa Township and Pauktaw have been captured by the Arakan Army, Pekon is contested Karenni-Tatmadaw, the Pa-O National Liberation Army captured Hsi Hseng, and the Wa have control over Hopang and Panlong. I don't know how to update the map, nor do I know how hard it is (so I could just be sounding whiny), but it would be nice if someone update the map to reflect these changes. IdioticAnarchist (talk) 04:31, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Do you have a secondary, reliable source about ZRA inclusion as a Tatmadaw alligned? As recently as 14 September 2023, secondary source Myanmar NOW reported on a ZRA raid on CDF camps. Alliances and allignment and war aren't inherently transitive.

Their control on the map is sourced from Thomas van Linge and I unfortunately cannot find good sources for mapping. Right now it's mostly based on Thomas van Linge, one article about NDAA/Wa borders, @Clyde H. Mapping's work on 1027 and some of my own tweaks based on reported secondary sources about clashes and captures. I'll update from 11 Jan at some point this week but there is a dynamic version linking to Template:Myanmar Civil War detailed map EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 14:10, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

More updates needed to map.

- Wa State captured Hopang and Panlong.

- AA captured Paletwa township, Pauktwa, Kyauktaw township, Minbya township, Mrauk U township, and have not yet capture Ramree (Which the map wrongly shows it has).

- PNLA captured Hsi Hseng (Which I feel should be included as a new colour on the map, as the PNLA are a separate group from other anti-junta forces).

- Karenni forces captured Shadaw township and fighting is ongoing in Pekon.

- Junta captured Kawlin.

Like I said originally, I dont know how hard it is to edit the map, so I might just sound annoying by saying this. IdioticAnarchist (talk) 20:54, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

@IdioticAnarchist @Larrayal @Ecrusized Map updated- please let me know if you have any minor edits you'd like; I used Thomas van linge's new February 1 map but tried to verify as much as I could- things that differ from his are cited on commons' discussion page. Of this list, the only thing I can't find is Hsihseng; best I found is fighting in the township. Let me know if you have another source for it. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 02:42, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Looks good. :) Ecrusized (talk) 10:13, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Map looks amazing! Just one issue, territory of the Arakan Army. The Institute for Strategy and Policy - Myanmar published a map showing a lists of bases captured by the Arakan Army, and changes needed to the map include eastern expansion of territory in Paletwa Township, and the control of territory near Kyaukphyu. And of course the Arakan Army captured Myebon.

https://ispmyanmar.com/mp-38/ IdioticAnarchist (talk) 14:50, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Updated- Paletwa was fine before I expanded slightly but the outposts don't represent real fronts due to the nature of this 21st century war EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 15:14, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

With Hsi Hseng, multiple sources state that the town has been captured. Also, this may be a reach on my part, but I'd show the line of control in Hsi Hseng extending to the northern part of Kerenni State, as Hsi Hseng was captured by both the PNLA and Karenni groups. https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/pa-o-karenni-forces-seize-control-of-town-in-southern-shan-state/

And, according to multiple sources, the PNLA has a presence in Hopong Township. The best location I can find for this is "15 miles east of Taunggyi", which would also put the area of control east of Hopong. The PNLA also has a presence south-east of Hopong, in the Sam Hpu area. Not sure if this is important enough to include on the map, but I'd consider it so. https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-army-soldiers-killed-as-fighting-continues-near-shan-state-capital/ https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/ethnic-pa-o-group-exits-myanmar-peace-talks-formally-joins-war-against-dictatorship.html

In Kachin State, according to The Irrawaddy, fighting is ongoing in Waingmaw (east of Myitkyina). https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/facing-a-military-crisis-what-will-the-myanmar-juntas-next-step-be.html

Also with Kachin State, the KIA captured Maw Luu, Sagaing Region last December, which isn't shown on the map.

Also, how come Shan State Special Region 4 isn't shown in its entirety on the map? To my knowledge, the NDAA controls the entirety of SSSR4?IdioticAnarchist (talk) 14:58, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for these sources- do you mind adding them to the article or the Timeline appropriately? I will get to updating the map but for Maw Luu it might be worth waiting a few days to see where this offensive goes.

Re: SSSR4, I used this Crisis Group source to update the Wa-south control with area BGFs and NDAA; the article also talks about how the NDAA does not in fact control all of SSSR4 EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 19:55, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Draft:Battle of Mindat

It's been noted that there are a lot of battle pages that are needed, but have yet to be made- I've started one for the Battle of Mindat. If anyone would like to help with it, that'd be appreciated. Presidentofyes12 (talk) 20:53, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

I’m sorry if I’m not meant to put it here but the talk page for your article Doesn’t seem to work. but Should Mindat Township be merged with mindat Maestrofin (talk) 00:53, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

No seperate admin divisisons EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 03:50, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Ok Maestrofin (talk) 02:04, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

Thai-Cambodia Border Missing

I'm pretty sure the border between Thailand and Cambodia should be barely visible on the eastern edge of the map, but it isn't there. Kianaa04 (talk) 15:20, 27 February 2024 (UTC)