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Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!
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Greetings!
The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.
Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.
We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:
- Overall winner
- 1st - $500
- 2nd - $200
- 3rd - $100
- Diversity winner - $100
- Gender-gap fillers - $100
- Language Winners - up to $100*
We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)
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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!
editGreetings!
The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!
Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.
The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:
- Overall winner
- 1st - $500
- 2nd - $200
- 3rd - $100
- Diversity winner - $100
- Gender-gap fillers - $100
- Language Winners - up to $100*
Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)
Ýou can opt-out of this annual reminder from The Afrocine Project by removing your username from this list
Community Notification: Kwara State University Photowalk
editDear all,I wish to notify the WikiProject Nigeria of the proposed Kwara State University Photowalk a project aim to enhance and improve library and other Wikimedia projects and campaign in Kwara State. See details of this project via this link https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Omolarabasirat/Kwara_State_University_Photowalk If you would love to participate, please kindly reach out to me via my talk page Omolarabasirat (talk) 12:26, 11 October, 2021. (UTC)
Starting this July, we will see a new contest on the scene - the Developing Countries WikiContest (WP:DCWC)! Think of it as a WikiCup but only for articles and media on developing countries.
Competitors may submit GAs, GTs, FAs, FTs, FLs, FPs, and DYK and ITN entries from/on developing countries to gain points and proceed to further rounds. Points are also awarded to those who review GAs, FAs and FLs.
Nigeria is listed as a developing country for the purposes of this contest, so articles related to it are eligible to be submitted for points. I encourage everyone here to sign up and compete with editors from around the world to create high-quality content!
Append your name to the DCWC signup page today!
Best wishes, Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI (talk to me!/my edits) 11:05, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
This is an article created by a contributor who was indefinitely blocked shortly afterwards. The sources cited are all blogs, and wouldn't support the text if they were WP:RS. Furthermore, I can't find anything in English which actually supports the central claim of the article: that 'Obe' is a specific type of Yoruba cuisine, rather than a Yoruba word for soups and/or sauces. And while I can absolutely see the merits of an article on e.g. Yoruba cuisine if valid sources could be found describing specific attributes that distinguish it, this article clearly doesn't do that. Before I nominate it for deletion, does anyone from this project have any comments? AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:00, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
- @AndyTheGrump: I understand Yoruba language quite well, and Obe actually means soup in general. It is just like the Yoruba word for soup, while Obe ata means stew in general. Honestly, without looking at any sources, I am not convinced on the merit of such an article. it is just like the Spanish word for soup having a Wikipedia article. Sounds like something for the dictionary or the soup article in Yoruba Wikipedia. Wonder what any other person thinks? HandsomeBoy (talk) 21:21, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks. That seems to confirm my earlier thoughts. AndyTheGrump (talk) 21:37, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Tyap language#Requested move 5 June 2024
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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Tyap language#Requested move 5 June 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 16:27, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you!!HandsomeBoy (talk) 19:16, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
Would love to see more editors participating in this challenge and seeing more entries coming in from Nigeria on a diversity of topics ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:37, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for your work on Wikipedia. I'd add one or two vital articles before it closes. 2016 is a long time. HandsomeBoy (talk) 20:30, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
Would people be interested in joining a wikiproject on improving and creating articles about oral tradition? Wikipedia's coverage on this appears to be very poor Kowal2701 (talk) 19:09, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hi. You should have provided links to know what it is about. My first time hearing about the term, and I am pretty sure I am not alone. HandsomeBoy (talk) 20:48, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry, on most of my other notifications I've linked to oral tradition. It'd be taskforce of WP:Anthropology, so far I've got around 12 definites plus 5 busy but interested Kowal2701 (talk) 20:52, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- Interesting. I know there was something done by the Wikimedia Nigeria (off-wiki community) regarding documenting oral culture in Nigeria, and there were many persons involved in the project. I wonder if some of them might be interested or link you to persons interested. This is a valuable topic area that have the potential to transcend English wiki to other wiki platforms. If you can send them an email to them or reachout to Kaizenify or Olaniyan Olushola, they might let you know persons that will be interested. Personally, I will be following the activities of the WikiProject if it comes to life, but not sure if I will be actively involved. That being said, other on-wiki members might be. HandsomeBoy (talk) 21:07, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry, on most of my other notifications I've linked to oral tradition. It'd be taskforce of WP:Anthropology, so far I've got around 12 definites plus 5 busy but interested Kowal2701 (talk) 20:52, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
Discussion at RSN involving Nigeria sources
editThere is a discussion on the Reliable Sources Noticeboard regarding some Nigeria sources that could be of interest. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 20:45, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- Direct link for convenience WP:RSN#Nigerian News Sources. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 21:16, 26 July 2024 (UTC)