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Help re-evaluate/re-assess the Efik mythology page

Hi everyone, i recently contributed over 4,000 words (maybe more) on the Efik mythology page. I would really appreciate if the page could be re-evaluated.

Assessment/Evaluation on 'Music of West Africa'

Hi everyone, I've recently added 1000 words or so to Music of West Africa, could I enlist my fellow WikiProject Africa members to please assess it/provide some feedback if time permits - now that it's not a stub and has more citations? I am planning on adding around another 1000 words, and a big focus throughout this process will be expanding the scope and balance of the page. Thanks! Coop253 (talk) 13:29, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Most-viewed start article within this Wikiproject

Mansa Musa 145,039 4,834 Start--Coin945 (talk) 16:17, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Are these articles about different things?

Hello, my geography is terrible. I suspect, but I'm not sure, that these articles refer to the same place/concept - can anyone confirm?

Thanks. Popcornfud (talk) 17:13, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

They are different things – one is a parliamentary constituency and another is a local government district. The two are often contiguous, particularly in countries that use proportional representation, but are not the same things. Number 57 18:05, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Number 57, thanks. Added to the Jomoro disambiguation page. Popcornfud (talk) 20:29, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The 10 most-viewed, worst-quality articles according to this Wikiproject

  • 142 Senhit (singer) 86,181 2,780 Stub Low
  • 327 Thieboudienne 41,355 1,334 Stub Unknown
  • 371 Assimi Goïta 36,590 1,180 Stub High
  • 398 Joseph Elanga 34,242 1,104 Stub Unknown
  • 470 .bf 30,187 973 Stub Low
  • 486 Marc Guéhi 29,256 943 Stub Low
  • 26 Francis Ngannou 180,564 5,824 Start Low
  • 35 Tusse 166,450 5,369 Start Low
  • 36 Edi Gathegi 166,254 5,363 Start Unknown
  • 46 Mount Nyiragongo 151,204 4,877 Start High

Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/Popular pages--Coin945 (talk) 06:56, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to Episode 3 of WikiAfrica Hour

Hello everyone!

This year, elections will be held for the Wikimedia Foundation. Have you ever wondered what being a board member involves? Have you thought of putting your name forward? Episode 3 of WikiAfrica Hour will demystify the WMF Board. We will be in discussion with Maria Sefidari (Former WMF Board Chair), Reda Kerbouche (WMF board election candidate), Eliane Dominique Yao (WMF board election candidate), Zita Zage (WMF Board election Facilitation for Sub-Saharan Africa region), Mahuton Possoupe (WMF Board election Facilitation for French language), Mohammed Bachounda (WMF Board election Facilitation for French language and MENA region), and Florence Devouard (Former WMF Board Chair). Join us on 25th June 2021 at 4pm UTC! Details: WikiAfrica Hour.

Cheers!

Ceslause Ogbonnaya

Major revision at History of architecture

Hello, there is a major revision going on on the page History of architecture and we need your help, the main contributor is very knowledgeable on the topic, but seems to lack a background in the African front and that is starting to be reflected on the African section which, for me, sounds a bit condescending. Do you mind checking the page and giving your feedback so that we can cover all bases? @Heesxiisolehh: @إيان: @Dhtwiki: Herrikez (talk) 17:53, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Community Notification: Free Knowledge Africa/Movement Strategy Implementation Plan

Dear all,

I wish to inform Wikiproject Africa of the proposed Free Knowledge Africa/Movement Strategy Implementation Plan; the project seeks to research and document in relation to content initiatives in underrepresented communities. There exists a huge gap about African destinations and travel information on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage without any significant attempt at carrying out a complete overhaul and improvement. The proposal seeks to develop an implementation plan. See the details of the project by using the link to the grant: [1] If you would love to join and participate, please feel free to leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Timmylegend (talk) 22:55, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Loves Women #SheSaid rapid grants requests in 2021

The Focus Group members initiative is skills transfer and also to raise awareness of and action to counter the lack of representation of women generally, and more specifically on online platforms such as Wikipedia (or Wikiquote).It is aimed at transferring vital skills towards women and men – digital, technical, researching, writing and leadership – that allow them to access information in order to make up their own minds within their cultural specificity. The group will operate through training, mentoring, online learning, peer-to-peer support.The group membership is made of 12 women, the majority of which from Africa.Please kindly endorse the following grants proposals to support the #SheSaid initiative. Shoodho (talk) 12:44, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Terrorist attack redirects

Hello, I have noticed that User:TompaDompa has redirected numerous terrorist attack articles this month, August 2021. Many of the articles are about attacks by Boko Haram. Most of the attacks killed dozens of people or more. If these attacks occurred in Western countries, they certainly would have independent articles. Redirecting the articles furthers a bias towards the West which is rampant on Wikipedia. Thriley (talk) 18:55, 12 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I actually rather agree with you on the WP:Systemic bias issue (though I don't know if that's on Wikipedia or the sources – i.e. the news media). The reason I redirected these particular attacks is that the articles were stubs and the attacks were covered in other articles in about as much detail (or rather with more or less the same amount of quality content), making the stubs unnecessary WP:Content forks. If the articles can be expanded and reach a higher level of quality, I would of course be in favour of doing so rather than redirecting them, but having a large number of articles that could be summarized in a paragraph on a larger article is not in my opinion helpful – it just makes it more difficult to maintain the content. TompaDompa (talk) 19:08, 12 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes and no, I feel like. Where reliable sources are lacking we can't just create more material because "countering systemic bias". If these attacks occurred in Western countries, they certainly would have independent articles is true, but part of that is because a Boko Haram attack would be way more unusual in a Western country than, say, Nigeria. Stuff out of the norm tends to make larger news. -Indy beetle (talk) 02:39, 13 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:The Gambia#Requested move 20 August 2021

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:The Gambia#Requested move 20 August 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject.  — Shibbolethink (♔ ♕) 16:13, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Northern Chad offensive#Requested move 14 August 2021

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Northern Chad offensive#Requested move 14 August 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — Shibbolethink (♔ ♕) 14:37, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]



Invitation to join or volunteer at AfroCuration Mozambique

The Moleskine Foundation is partnering with Ethale Publishing and others across Africa to implement its WikiAfrica Education initiative and increase the visibility of Africa on Wikipedia with the aim of creating an Emakhuwa Wikipedia. With support from the Wikimedia Foundation, There would be five AfroCuration (edit a thon) events to train young Africans to edit Wikipedia. All events will be united by the theme ‘Who We Are’.

The first AfroCuration event in this series will take place on 1st and 2nd September in Mozambique, when Ethale Publishing will train a group of 60 volunteer Emakhuwa-language creators to pioneer the use of the Emakhuwa language on Wikipedia.

Dear African Wikipedian, would you like to join us in creating more articles about Africa on Wikipedia?

You can add your articles or volunteer to train new editors. 

To enable us to track edits, add #AfroC and #AfroCMoz to your edit summary.

Read more here:WikiAfrica Education Page

Visit to sign up as a volunteer: Wiki Africa Education Volunteer Page

Or reach out to me via my talk page.

--Tochiprecious (talk) 16:21, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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