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This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.
Discussions:
There is more than one name for this country. Strong arguments exist for the use of both names as an article title; however, the most recent requested move discussion found that the article title should be at Myanmar. Burma redirects there.
RM, Burma → Myanmar, No consensus, 12 October 2011, discussion
RM, Burma → Myanmar, Not moved, 8 August 2012, discussion
MRV, Burma → Myanmar, Endorsed, 26 August 2012, discussion
RM, Burma → Myanmar, Moved, 7 August 2015, discussion
Older discussions:
RM, Myanmar → Myanmar (Burma), Not moved, 14 March 2006, discussion
RM, Myanmar → Burma, Moved, 26 September 2007, discussion
RM, Burma → Myanmar, Not moved, 21 January 2008, discussion
The lead section currently has four paragraphs, none of which are short. However, approximately one-third to one-half of the material in those four paragraphs is detailed explanations of relatively distant history.
I propose to modify the lead section in the following way:
1. Keep the current first paragraph as is.
2. Move the current fourth paragraph to be directly after the first one.
3. Transfer the current second paragraph, along with approximately the first half of the current third paragraph, into the History section.
4. ... which leaves the second half of the current third paragraph as the ending of the lead section.
It's not ideal, but I think it would be an improvement. In my opinion, the current amount of detail about old history doesn't belong in the lead section. TooManyFingers (talk) 15:26, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
The history is certainly excessive and should be collapsed into one shorter paragraph, and the lead in general is a bit lengthy. Generally history is the second paragraph, and the last paragraph contains the details on the foreign relations. Perhaps the fourth paragraph can be split rather than being completely shifted. CMD (talk) 01:53, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
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