wikiproject Africa

 

Vanderwaalforces (talk) 23:26, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

 

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Western Saharan clashes (2020–present)#Requested move 6 February 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Lolekek (talk) 05:03, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

 

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Baie-du-Tombeau#Requested move 16 February 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 13:40, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

 

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:EUCLID (university)#Requested move 8 February 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 16:54, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

 

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Afrophobia#Requested move 4 March 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 15:07, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Members of this WikiProject may be interested in participating in the discussion at Wiki: Articles for deletion/Karo people (East Africa). ATDT (talk) 18:47, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Bonjour! Members of this WikiProject may be interested in participating in an online edit-a-thon running from 16 to 31 March.

The WikiWomen's User Group is supporting the work of French project Les sans pagEs to celebrate women★ Francophone writers. The aim of this fortnight-long edit-a-thon is to showcase the diversity of French-speaking women and non-binary writers from all over the world.

More information, including how to sign up and participate, is available at Francophone Women Writers Fortnight 2024. The page includes suggested lists of articles to work on, including many African women. You can contribute as much as you like. You do not have to have level of editing experience or be any gender or French-speaking. All are welcome, and please let me know if you have any questions :)

Merci beaucoup! Chocmilk03 (talk) 22:55, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello everyone! I've been preparing for a re-write of the Mfecane article and would really appreciate some feedback at the talk page. Thanks in advance! Pliny the Elderberry (talk) 18:54, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

 

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:2024 Mozambique boat disaster#Requested move 13 April 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. RodRabelo7 (talk) 00:08, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Fellow Wikimedians,

I hope this meets you well.

After a quiet period since the 2022 launch of AfroCreatives WikiProject (ACWP), The Africa Narrative (TAN) is gearing up for a busy 2024 with the roll-out of a series of initiatives as well as a robust buildout of the ACWP activities.  First up on the calendar of 2024 Edit-a-thons is a pan-African campaign in partnership with The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (French: Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou, FESPACO), the continent’s largest film festival, and the African Federation of Film Critics (AFFC, French: Fédération africaine de la critique cinématographique, FACC), a panafricanist federation of African and diaspora film critics.

These partnerships are aimed at mobilizing African film and television industry stakeholders to learn how the Wiki space works and how they can help bridge the content gap that exists on the digital space about African film and television through Wiki projects. Industry stakeholders include the gamut of creatives and professionals—actors, screenwriters,cinematographers,directors,producers, executives, film critics, among many others—who can bring their industry knowledge to improving Wikipedia articles.

In addition, given the vital role of images in enhancing Wikipedia, ACWP+film  is launching a special effort timed to the FESPACO edit-a-thon to encourage industry figures to contribute images such as posters, film stills, behind-the-scenes, film festivals, awards, etc) to Wiki Commons. An early test effort made to some award-winning African filmmakers in 2022 reflected strong support and ACWP expects the launch of this concerted effort to bring notable additions to African film and television imagery.

All these contributions helpfully complement the work of the African Wiki communities who are contributing in the same or adjoining space.

One of the ideas birthed in 2022 on the heels of the first ACWP+film campaign, was the  creation of  African film and television portals, thoughtfully curated and tailored for English, French and Arabic Wiki English.

The goals are broadly two-fold:

1. To generate greater visibility and awareness for African film and television among a global audience as well as further engagement on Wikipedia, and
2. To generate further enthusiasm, pride, and ultimately, more engagement among the African community contributors in the area of African film.  The Content on these portals is manually curated twice a month.

The Portals were launched on the 18th of April 2024, with manually curated content posted every two weeks.

The 2024 ACWP+film campaign will officially launch on 18th May 2024 and run through 1st June 2024. However, the series of film specific training sessions on Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wiki Commons will start on 3rd May.

In addition to general editing guidelines, the training modules include film-and-television specific insights on how to document film on Wikipedia with important elements that are frequently lacking. These include film and television specific infoboxes, filmography tables, linking to external film databases, how to document film subjects on Wikidata, among others.

All of this points to what we expect to be an immensely productive and rewarding campaign. So, sit back, relax, and look out for the communications about the campaign launch in due time! Ceslause (talk) 09:45, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

About 2 months ago, I made an RFC at Talk:Somalia#Somalia showed as controlling Somaliland. After a slow RFC after which the opinion remained split, nothing happened. Owing to a recent edit war regarding the image, I am posting this here for further input so this issue can be put to bed. Fantastic Mr. Fox (talk) 20:51, 26 April 2024 (UTC)