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Somaliland today controls its borders except for the city of Lascanood and the district of Buhodle; therefore, you must provide accurate information. SuugaanSafari1 (talk) 12:09, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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2603:6011:7B00:4000:A5D7:C45D:E5FD:79B9 (talk) 22:36, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Somaliland map showing wrong

 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. Cannolis (talk) 00:36, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, the map is wrong. It is not true that Somaliland doesn’t control the light colored areas. The correct map is the British Somaliland protectorate map. Please fix it 50.71.193.89 (talk) 05:29, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. CMD (talk) 05:50, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, Hope you're well.

I just saw that the map of somaliland includes now a disputed area, this isn't confirmed and the map of somaliland area has not changed for the past 100 years, correction is need on this part.

Thanks Larkin Larken-4 (talk) 16:09, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. CMD (talk) 16:16, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please let us all understand that Wikipedia ia not a fake source of information. It should be the fact and based on real scenarios. Please be advised that the state of Somaliland is a region of Somalia just like Puntland state, North eastern state, jubaland state, hirshabelle state, galmudug state, banadir state, shabelle state and it's borders have already changed, Norfh eastern state cut from it. People of the world assume Somaliland is Somalia and tend to think of all that land where Somalis live. So, please let us inform people of the correct sitiation. Dalahow (talk) 08:44, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

While what you say members of international community "assume" might be accurate. The situation on the ground is very different. Somaliland is a self-declared state and has been for decades now, some nations have even granted it a degree of recognition and so the current state of Somaliland is not de facto under the sovereignty of the Republic of Somalia. Unbiasedmeasurer (talk) 09:47, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I’d like to reopen discussion about including early and medieval Somali polities (such as Punt, Ifat, and Adal) in the Somaliland infobox. Currently, the infobox for Somalia includes historical states like the Ajuran, Geledi, and Mogadishu Sultanates many of which were regional or clan based, yet accepted as part of Somalia’s historical lineage. By that same logic, Somaliland’s historical predecessors particularly the Adal Sultanate (founded in Siyaaro, Its founders the Walashma dynasty were from Zeila in origin) and the Ifat Sultanate (Same argument as Adal except this was headquartered and had its capital in Zeila), along with the ancient Land of Punt (widely associated with modern day Somaliland) should also qualify for mention.

This request is based on Wikipedia’s principles of consistency (WP:NPOV) and verifiability (WP:V), not political advocacy. I can provide multiple reliable academic sources that identify these states as located in modern day Somaliland.

I suggest the following compromise wording for the infobox:

Historical entities: Land of Punt (ancient), Ifat and Adal Sultanates (medieval) This mirrors how other African country pages (e.g. Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt) represent their historical predecessors.

I welcome input and will be happy to cite sources here before adding anything further @Buufin@Chipmunkdavis Samyatilius (talk) 09:23, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV is not about consistency, and that states are in or partially in modern day Somaliland is not directly important. The infobox field is the type of sovereignty, in this case unrecognised independence, and the establishment events for the currently independent state. In Talk:Somaliland/Archive 4#Semi-protected edit request on 11 March 2021, someone provided a source that covered how British Somaliland had continuity with the Issaq Sultanate. We should probably trim the current entries slightly as well, Current constitution is not an establishment event, and neither is the war. CMD (talk) 09:35, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

when you click the map, it says the light green (not controlled) territory is inhabited by isaaq, warsangali, and dhulbahante. and it is true, this light green includes many isaaq territories and towns like galweyta, jiidali, goof, dararweyne, bohol, faraguul, qorilugud and many others, and all of these towns are fully under the control of somaliland armed forces. I can give you reliable sources on the precise territories controlled by somaliland Hashiyare55 (talk) 17:18, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest you go ahead and forward those sources to the discussion. Unbiasedmeasurer (talk) 09:49, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Unbiasedmeasurer Here are many towns that are inhabited by ethnic isaaq and are still under the control of Somaliland

Elafweyn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Afweyn?wprov=sfla1

Jidali:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jidali?wprov=sfla1

Dararweyne: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dararweyne?wprov=sfla1

Gelweita: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelweita?wprov=sfla1 Hashiyare55 (talk) 14:08, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This sentence is a bit hard to follow, and the chronology could be clearer. It's a bit long. I think it could be rewritten as two or three sentences:

"The union of the two states proved problematic early on, and in response to the harsh policies enacted by Somalia's Barre regime against the main clan family in Somaliland, the Isaaq, shortly after the conclusion of the disastrous Ogaden War, a 10-year war of independence concluded with the declaration of Somaliland's independence in 1991. The Government of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland."

Thanks! Cuniform Grocery List (talk) 18:31, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Claim regarding opposition to unification referendum is not cited. ~2025-42995-14 (talk) 14:46, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Have you checked Richards (2014), p. 84-85? It seems like this source supports all the preceding statements. Alaexis_¿question? 15:48, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The Republic of Somaliland has officially been recognised by Israeli with a full recognition as an independent country 26/12/2025 ~2025-43190-15 (talk) 19:20, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Already done Mentioned several times in the article. LizardJr8 (talk) 20:17, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

the orthographic projection map does not reflect the territories controlled by somaliland, it misses many territories like gelweita, jiidali, dararweyne, bohol and qorilugud which are all under the control of Somaliland. Hashiyare55 (talk) 15:58, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I want to mention Israel's recognition of Somaliland being a sovereign state. Jahnmo123 (talk) 08:33, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Already done Already in the lead and body. CMD (talk) 08:39, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Somaliland Is Self Declared State And It's Part Of Somalia ~2025-43716-02 (talk) 09:43, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Every state is a self-declared state regardless of the degree to which it is recognized by other states, so that seems redundant. At least the current statement 'a partially recognised state' tells readers something useful. Sean.hoyland (talk) 10:35, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 10:42, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

{{edit extended- Somaliland 1884-1960 map of Original on the screen protected|Somaliland|answered=no}}

~2025-43578-00 (talk) 01:32, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Somali federal government’s perspective and under international law, Somaliland is considered part of Somalia. No country officially recognizes Somaliland as an independent state, and it is still treated as a federal region of Somalia by the UN, African Union, and the rest of the world except for Israel. ~2026-38238 (talk) 22:47, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Skitash (talk) 22:52, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]