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It was called British administration of Ethiopia 102.68.16.109 (talk) 16:31, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (Ethiopia) → British military administration in East Africa – This article overlaps significantly with the Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement page. It would be more effective if the content were combined repurposed into a single and cohesive article that covers all the territories involved in this situation:

• Military Administration in Eritrea
• Military Administration in Somaliland ( has main page)
• Military Administration in Ethiopia ( has main page, special case )
• Military Administration in Ogaden

There are too short to be articles and are currently scattered across multiple pages. These should be merged into a single article covering British military administration in East Africa. For each of these, a country box can be used for the predecessor and successor links to reflect the actual transitions of governance (See Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement#British Ogaden as an example). For the Ethiopian Empire, the main article can remain the Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement and this page could have a small summary section discussing their occupation while pointing to the main article.

Suggested Actions:

• Move the article to British military administration in East Africa
• Consolidate relevant sections from other pages
• Correct predecessor and successor state links

Thank you for considering this request. Historyhiker (talk) 19:37, 28 March 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. TarnishedPath^talk 00:07, 5 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. TarnishedPath^talk 10:09, 12 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Valorrr ^{(lets chat)} 05:29, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Ethiopia and WikiProject Military history have been notified of this discussion. TarnishedPath^talk 00:07, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support British military administration in the Horn of Africa, the proposed title could conceivably include the Tanganyika Territory which began as a military administration. Otherwise, I think it’s a good idea.

Kowal2701 (talk) 16:22, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• I am not convinced a merge would provide much cohesiveness. This 1948 document suggests that it was intended from the start that Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somaliland would be governed differently. "His Majesty's Government would welcome the reappearance of an independent Ethiopian State...the fate of Eritrea and Italian Somaliland must be reserved for determination at the Peace Conference after the war...it is important to realise that there are these two sides, viz. ( i ) the Italian Colonies and (ii) ETHIOPIA". It does suggest there was some overlap, for example the administrator of British Somaliland also administered Ogaden, but not that there was a single administration for East Africa. A smaller merge of the Ethiopia related articles might be effective however. Ethiopia in World War II collects a few articles that might mesh together within this topic. CMD (talk) 08:14, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• CMD Noted and agreed, I think its up to WikiProject Ethiopia to decide if a section about the Ethiopian Empire and Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement should be included in this article. I think a compromise would be that the other sub-topics should be consolidated into this page after this page has been renamed, but Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement should remain a separate article. This would make it easy to follow the sequence of states, colonies, and occupations related to Italy (we can add an Infobox for Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement for that case). That is to say, at least for Eritrea, Ogaden, and Somaliland, it would provide a bridge between Italian colonies and their fate after the war. Right now the successor links either skip or loop around this era. Historyhiker (talk) 19:56, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I'm a bit confused as to the successor links points. Surely they work better with separate pages? CMD (talk) 07:16, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  CMD That is another solution that might work better also. I thought the articles would be too short for each topic, but I guess editors interested in the post-World War occupations could fill in the details. I can look into getting more sources for Eritrea and Somaliland to get them kick-started. So if we go the route of making pages for each, here are my suggested actions:

  • Merge this page with Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement by having this page forward to Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement.
    • We can add an Infobox in Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement.
  • Create a new article for each of the following occupations (following the style of British Military Administration (Somaliland)):
    • British Military Administration (Ogaden)
    • British Military Administration (Eritrea)

  Now that I wrote this out, I think this might be a better way to do it. I can create those pages if this move is approved, what do you think?

  Historyhiker (talk) 17:50, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  The articles are currently short, but a merge needs to ensure that information is not more confusing to readers. A merge of the Ethiopian articles seems like it would not be confusing, perhaps it would need a rename but the idea seems good. At a quick look, both the Eritrea and Ogaden administrations seem to have quite a few possible sources so would theoretically work as standalone pages. If you want help I'd be happy to try looking at creating an Eritrea page that is not too short in June. CMD (talk) 00:46, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]