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errors in your pages on Otuke District, Uganda
There are multiple errors in the Wikipedia page on Otuke District, including antiquated colonial-era place-names which have not been used for many decades, and the page (and all mention of) 'Otuke Town'- which does not exist. These pages do not permit any edits to the first section of each, which contain the spurious references to 'Otuke Town'. If I am posting this message in the wrong place, please advise. Thanks ````
Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!
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Eritrean/Ethiopian Ethnicities - Tigrinyas vs Tigrayans
Howdy folks. Is anybody knowledgeable enough about Eritrea to double check this diff? I am a pending changes reviewer and I reverted it once before because of 1) talk page controversy and 2) the edit damages the Tigrayan script that was on the page (ብሄረ ትግራይ). But I am not really knowledgeable in this area so I hesitate to revert again. Thanks. –Novem Linguae (talk) 18:00, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
Nigerian women's football / soccer initiative (WP:WOSO-NG)
Hello! We recently started an initiative WP:WOSO-NG to improve articles related to Women's football / soccer in Nigeria. Please consider joining! Any contributions are appreciated. We could also use extra eyes on articles nominated for deletion within this topic. Thank you!
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Thank you for your contributions to women's football/soccer articles. I thought I'd let you know about the Women's Football/Soccer Task Force (WP:WOSO), a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of women's football/soccer. If you would like to participate, join by visiting the Members page. Thanks! |
Hmlarson (talk) 16:09, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
Batalaunda
Could we please have an expert review and fix this article? Bearian (talk) 21:05, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
Hospitals
The Wikipedia:WikiProject Hospitals has just completed the List of hospitals in .... for each of the African countries on the English Wikipedia. These lists contain notable hospitals and links to existing hospital articles in WikiPedia. This is the last of the continents to be completed for the Hospitals Project. We have used existing articles on other language Wikipedias and Wiki Commons images to complete this work. There are still some shortcomings in completeness and images of hospitals in some countries. We look forward to any feedback and assistance that the WikiProject Africa participants might give.
WP:HOS -- Talk to G Moore 01:25, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
Edward Thaddeus Barleycorn Barber
I just removed an entire section of this biography because it had no sources at all and I was unable to confirm any of the facts in it online. Specifically, it concerned his career as a doctor in Aba, Nigeria after receiving a medical degree in Edinburgh. If anyone could source any of it, I would be very pleased to see it restored. (There is apparently a 2010 book of African biographies that includes a chapter on him, but since it appears to consist of reprints of Wikipedia articles, that's not a source.) Brianyoumans (talk) 16:00, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
Question: I just stumbled on this article. On WP, I would expect him to be referred to as "Ahmed" throughout the article, but it's "Sheikh Sharif" all the time. Is there a WP-good reason for this? Discussion at Talk:Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:32, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
Maps of the departments of the Sédhiou Region in Senegal
Hello, I recently started a discussion at WikiProject Senegal (see here) on 30th January, but I've had no reply to it since then. Maybe somebody here could help? Monster Iestyn (talk) 18:31, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
Re: Abdulhamid Dbeibeh
Hello, I recently created an article on Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, Libya's new Prime Minister. However, the way his name is written in his official Twitter account is 'Abdulhamid Dabaiba'. Is there someone how could tell me which option is preferred? Thank you! --Bespin (talk) 13:56, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
- Bespin, I moved the article to its correct place - please be more accurate next time when creating an article. Thanks. CommanderWaterford (talk) 23:16, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
- CommanderWaterford, with all due respect, I find it rude that you question the accuracy of my work. The name I chose was the one contained in the UNSMIL official list of candidates for the Prime Minister position, whereas his Twitter account was created two weeks later, when I had already written the Wikipedia article. --Bespin (talk) 12:34, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
- Certainly there is no real consensus on how to transliterate his name. Looking at the first 5 results on Google news which gave his name gave 5 different name forms: Abdulhamid Dabaiba, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, Abdelhamid Debaiba, Abdul Hamid Dabaiba, Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah. I am not sure where you found 'Abdul Hamid Al-Dabaib' as the page's "correct place", CommanderWaterford, as googling for that string gets no hits independent of WP. Dsp13 (talk) 13:46, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
- Dsp13, I do not always use Google in first Place especially in African related topics, I have access to some newspapers DB via Wikimedia and there both names were listed and as the creator requested a move I moved it to the name he thought is correct. In general I would expect that an article creator does know the name of its subject of course :) Not knowing much about Lybias naming conventions but I would expect that there is one single name which is correct. CommanderWaterford (talk) 18:51, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
- Well Bespin, you requested the move by yourself if I remember correctly. CommanderWaterford (talk) 18:46, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
- You're absolutely right that Google doesn't index everything! However, I still don't know where you got the name you gave the page. It isn't one of those suggested by User:Bespin, and it isn't one used in the references in the page. Dsp13 (talk) 20:57, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
- Certainly there is no real consensus on how to transliterate his name. Looking at the first 5 results on Google news which gave his name gave 5 different name forms: Abdulhamid Dabaiba, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, Abdelhamid Debaiba, Abdul Hamid Dabaiba, Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah. I am not sure where you found 'Abdul Hamid Al-Dabaib' as the page's "correct place", CommanderWaterford, as googling for that string gets no hits independent of WP. Dsp13 (talk) 13:46, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
- CommanderWaterford, with all due respect, I find it rude that you question the accuracy of my work. The name I chose was the one contained in the UNSMIL official list of candidates for the Prime Minister position, whereas his Twitter account was created two weeks later, when I had already written the Wikipedia article. --Bespin (talk) 12:34, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
Unreferenced BLP Link does point to in 2013 deactivated Bot
Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/Unreferenced BLPs does reference to a page generated by DASHBot who was deactivated in 2013 (!) - please correct. CommanderWaterford (talk) 21:12, 10 February 2021 (UTC)