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Wrong official language order[edit]

The extended confirmed protection was caused by somalia somaliland dispute. The arabic language should be placed at the very top of foreign language official name list ahead of french language. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2404:8000:1027:85F6:869:A8D8:24B0:CEC1 (talk) 05:55, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 21 March 2023[edit]

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My request is to edit the orgin of the name Djibouti the French documented that the name "Djibouti" come from the indigenous people of Southern side of the country

Here is my source: https://books.google.ca/books?id=uN8jAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA203&dq=Djibouti+nom+plateau&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiCr_ik5-39AhWJFjQIHTVqAtcQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q=Djibouti%20nom%20plateau&f=false Jean753 (talk) 23:14, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: All the visible part of the old source says is « invented » Djibouti." M.Bitton (talk) 00:35, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Language order?[edit]

supposedly, it is arabic language that has the top of the level in terms of official language. Who someone puts french kanguage as top level in official language in djibouti? 2404:8000:1027:85F6:153D:916C:236C:BC4A (talk) 21:55, 1 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 2 May 2023[edit]

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Remove the extra “m” after “1990s”

The country emerged from a decade-long civil war at the end of the 1990smwith the waxwing slain (talk) 10:27, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done MadGuy7023 (talk) 11:37, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Islam in Djibouti Edit Request[edit]

In the religion section, it should display Islam (Official) as Article 1 of the Constitution of Djibouti specifies an official state religion. SOURCE: https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Djibouti_2010.pdf?lang=en }} Crisiswolf115 (talk) 02:37, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Arabic vs french[edit]

Which official language to be ranked first? 2404:8000:1027:85F6:4931:7800:F749:B0B0 (talk) 08:03, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

We don't rank the official languages. CMD (talk) 10:02, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Afar[edit]

Djibouti Afar 670,000 196.189.182.19 (talk) 22:38, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 6 November 2023[edit]

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Somebody added some false information like how the issa clan made a deal with the french to kick out certain other clans like issaq and gadabursi no evidence to prove this.The person who added that information had the intention to slander the issa clan of djibouti Jean753 (talk) 12:30, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 15:44, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]