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Security guard
editEspecially the British media have been in love with his past as an Argos security guard, but it is after all a trivial detail (essentially just a temporary job to save up for his education + possibly student job) with no relevance for either his involvement in politics or business career. I think its given undue weight in such a short article and that as a minimum the name of the branch he worked in should be deleted.--Batmacumba (talk) 21:28, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Name of the coalition
editThere seems to be some struggle here over calling the coalition "Coalition 2016" or "Independent Coalition of Parties". I have not found any reliable source that uses either term. Someone just changed it to "Coalition 2016" and added a citation, but I cannot find "Coalition 2016" in that cited source. I will try "Coalition of opposition parties", with lowercase to indication that it is not a proper noun. —BarrelProof (talk) 17:26, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
- Oh, although "Coalition 2016" is not in the article, it is on the poster and in the caption of the poster shown in the cited article. So I self-reverted my change. I don't know whether that is a term that has been used consistently or not. If it is not used very much, it might be better to use a descriptive term such as "Coalition of opposition parties". —BarrelProof (talk) 17:38, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
- Coalition 2016 was originally used in the article, and has for some reason repeatedly been replaced with various mixes of independent, parties and coalition by two different posters, most likely taken this from the British press, though neither have provided sources. As I have pointed out earlier these names are descriptions of what the coalition was, not its name. Its fairly easy to see that "Coalition 2016" was used in the campaign, sometimes with the word Gambia thrown in, but mostly not, and it is also the name used by the Gambian press. For visual documentation see: https://gambiavoices.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/file_000-4.jpeg, https://i0.wp.com/jollofnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/FB_IMG_1478621600768.jpg?resize=323%2C258&ssl=1,
- I thought the article I linked to said "and his Coalition 2016" after mentioning Barrow, but apparently that was another JollofNews article. But this isn't an issue where there is any real doubt. The only possible doubt is whether "Coalition Gambia 2016" was its official name and "Coalition 2016" an abbreviation, but I doubt that. At some point I will write an article about the coalition, but it will likely be after Christmas. Though I suppose I could write a stub to prevent further confusion.--Batmacumba (talk) 18:07, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
Party affiliation
editAnother related matter is that Barrow actually left UDP in order to be a candidate for the coalition, so its incorrect to state UDP as his party. See: https://jollofnews.com/2016/11/08/gambia-2016-udps-adama-barrow-leaves-udp-to-head-opposition-coalition. But I will not remove it before others have had a chance to comment (if no one does I will change it after a week).--Batmacumba (talk) 18:13, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
Autobiography
editI am puzzled why someone has put the autobiography label on this article. Its based on African and international news sources, and there is no particular bias in it. It would be helpful if the person that inserted this would make hiss/her case on the talk page.--Batmacumba (talk) 12:17, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
- I agree, the article is sourced well enough and there is a good mix of editors so I don't see why that label is there. VG31 13:48, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
- I have removed the label. The user who added provided no explanation and added 'disputed' to Barrow's status as President even after Jammeh had stood down. VG31 13:52, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
First democratically elected President?
editIs Barrow the first democratically elected President of the Gambia? I am unaware of any challenges to any of Dawda Jawara's elections as President, and only one or two of Jammeh's elections were outwardly questioned. Is it therefore right to say in the lead that he is the first democratically elected President? --Andrewdwilliams (talk) 00:06, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
Education
editDoes anyone have any detail about which institution he studied at while in London? Or even confirmation he was a student at all - student fees and London rents would have made it more expensive than working in Argos could pay for. MultipleTom (talk) 22:55, 4 July 2017 (UTC)