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Eric Gairy, PM of Grenada. Can we confirm that he was overthrown in 1979 while he was out of the country to address the UN about UFOs? He was so bothered by UFOs in the East Caribbean that he wanted the UN to do something about this. I have seen this is cited in some book on UFOs where they refer to him as "President", typical of UFO fans lack of of facts. But I think Hugh O'Shaunassey wrote a book on the Grenada revolution refers to this.

Nigerian Civil War: there is reference to tanks destroyed when the Federal Army tried to cross the River Niger. I don't think that the Nigerian Army had any tanks, and a lack of armed vehicles altogether, which prolonged the war. Essentially it was an infantry war. Is anybody able to confirm that there were tanks to be destroyed?
Also there is reference to Lynn Garrison a foreign mercenary. Where was he from? Source?
09:25, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Decolonisation
factual error: Eritrea was transferred to Ethiopia 1962
But I have to say that the whole page is full of nonsense: how do you define what is a colony?
For example the French overseas territories have been represented in the French Parliament since 1848, but they are still considered "colonies".
The status of the Ottoman Empire presents a dilema: if a territory is under Turkish rule how do you decide what is part of Turkey and what is "a colony"?
If Egypt is under the rule of Mehmet Ali, an ethnic Albanian how is that different if it is ruled by a Turkish official?
how do you define who is "indigenous" or a colonial ruler?
If Singapore is ruled by an ethnic Chinese is that colonialism?
Rhodesia declared it independence in 1965 under white settler control. They defied the British Government, yet from a black African perspective Rhodesia still represents colonial rule.
Similarly South Africa: are the Boer states decolonisation or an entrenchment of white rule?
In 1934 the Union of South Africa incorporated the 1931 Statute of Westminster so that they were no longer under British rule
yet from a black African perspective that is an entrenchment of white settler rule.
Noel Ellis (talk) 08:16, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
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:It is not so much that you "removed one or more external links" as deleted my entire entry. If you want move the links then that is fine. I am trying to add something to the Wikipedia article. Noel Ellis 07:04, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

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:So a link to the Catholic Dioceses in Wikipedia is not a reliable source? What about an external link to Cruzeiro do Sul (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] and Rio Branco (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]? Noel Ellis 05:33, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

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:Since Maps in Google Chrome and https://www.bing.com/ are not reliable sources, shall I remove all the Wikipedia entries referring to roads and places where there is no reliable source that they exist? Noel Ellis 08:03, 21 March 2026 (UTC)