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A fact from Army of the Ethiopian Empire appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 May 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Ethiopian army participated in the Korean War?

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I intend to concentrate on the 1935-41 period but this could be expanded forward to the end of the modern period and backward to the 19th century and beyond if anyone has the information. Asiaticus (talk) 23:35, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Military of Ethiopia article should cover the Army of the Ethiopian Empire. This page can be deleted. Asiaticus (talk) 10:32, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

{{sofixit}}. You can perform the merge and redirect yourself. WP:MERGE should help you out. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 11:45, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:29, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that during World War I Ethiopia offered to give 200,000 soldiers to the Entente Powers? "Abyssinia Offers Army To Allies". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. December 17, 1915. p. 2. Archived from the original on April 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ALT1:... that the Ethiopian army had a large mortar created, called the Sebastopol, but when it was used in battle it misfired and was unable to be used? Zewde, Bahru (March 17, 2002). Chapter Two Unification and Independence 1855-1896. A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855–1991. p. 0. ISBN 9780821445723 – via Google Books.
- ALT2:... that the Ethiopia army participated in the Korean War? Ayele, Fantahun (October 30, 2014). he Ethiopian Army: From Victory to Collapse, 1977-1991. Northwestern University Press. p. 6. ISBN 9780810168053 – via Google Books.

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5x expanded by Jon698 (talk). Self-nominated at 15:08, 14 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]

@Jon698: Looks good, except for one problem. epicgenius (talk) 19:29, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Epicgenius: Fixed the broken references. - Jon698 (talk) 22:30, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jon698, I realized Zuber 1975 and Barker 1968 are also missing. Can these be fixed? epicgenius (talk) 23:07, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Epicgenius: Problem fixed. - Jon698 (talk) 23:18, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Good to go. epicgenius (talk) 23:19, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - There are plenty of broken references for some reason, such as Perry 2005, Barker 1971, Othen 2017, Nicolle 1997, Zuber 1975, and Antonicelli 1975.
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

I prefer ALT0 or ALT1. epicgenius (talk) 19:29, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I would have preferred the tag "...that in the Korean War, the Ethiopian Army fought for the first time outside of Africa in almost 1500 years?" -- llywrch (talk) 15:07, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Ethiopian reenactors"[edit]

Unfortunately most of the sites with the photo have been taken down, but I get the strong feeling that the picture in the infobox isn't modern - from the few sources that are up, I've found that it's probably a 1931 autochrome photo by W. Robert Moore of National Geographic. One of the photos in the collection, from an official Nat Geo Tumblr.

The [link]. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Henryx6 (talk • contribs) 00:26, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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