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Needs more dates than just Dec 1935! --Jerzy(t) 18:06, 2004 Apr 16 (UTC)

I am reading right now and looking for some much needed references to support what is already said here ... and I fully agree about this article needing a few dates. It also needs some organization (sections, sub-sections, etc.). Mkpumphrey (talk) 16:34, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

English here is not just bad, but misleading, besides sources used are in different languages, how can it be neutral? E.g. Domenico Quirico. Lo Squadrons Bianco. p. 267. Italian :( Xobbitua (talk) 13:12, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If I don't get back to this article, let me mention here John H. Spencer's Ethiopia at Bay: A Personal Account of the Haile Selassie Years (Algonac: Reference Publications, 1984), which provides a lot of background information on the diplomatic maneuverings both before & after the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. Spencer's thesis is that England & France gave Ethiopia to Italy in hope this would keep Mussolini from getting too close to Hitler -- which we know failed. (Other countries either followed this calculation [e.g. Austria & other Balkan countries looking to Italy to help them against Germany], or simply thought Italy was cool [possibly Belgium]. FWIW, Germany actually provided some diplomatic support to Ethiopia, knowing no matter how things turned out, they'd benefit.) That approach reminds me of the contemporary strategy of government supporting local dictators (or "bad guys") to oppose terrorists (or "even worse guys") -- which promises about as much success. -- llywrch (talk) 01:21, 24 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Articles should have at least some kind of consistency in geographic names, we can't use different forms in adjacent paragraphs without any comment. Changed Ual Ual into Walwal. Maybe it should all be Welwel, as it is called in its own article, but I really don't know much about the current Ethiopian naming conventions, so I leave it to someone better versed in all things Ethiopian. --Oop (talk) 05:45, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have found a source for part of this article but there is warning against using.it as the website is a blog and may not be reliable. I suppose it might even be a page sing wikipedia as a source and therefore circular.. The advice is to seek agreement on this page before using it. Can other users support or oppose using it? The website of the source is https://abyssiniancrisis.wordpress.com/2015/11/06/historical-timeline-of-the-abyssinian-war/ Spinney Hill (talk) 13:29, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have found another source which I have inserted which covers most of the points marked "citation needed. It did not have the same warning about being a blog. However I notice that the website cites wikipedia as one of its sources and some of the page mirrors the wikipedia article. So on some points it may be a circular reference. It will do for the present but needs to be checked-possibly by an expert with more time than me as well as having some of the printed sources. Such a person may be a member of one of the four Wikiprojects listed.Spinney Hill (talk) 12:55, 13 August 2025 (UTC)Spinney Hill (talk) 12:59, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]