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Wikimedia ZA Annual General Meeting 2017

This is just to let everyone know that the Wikimedia ZA AGM will be taking place in November 2017 in Cape Town. See below for more details.

• Time: Sunday, 26 November 2017, starts at 14:00 to 17:00
• Location: 6 Spin Street Restaurant (in the Tutu room at the back), ground floor, 6 Spin Street, in the Cape Town city bowl area.

If you would like to attend digitally we will be broadcasting the event over Google Hangouts, to join click on the link here.

The event page can be found on the Wikimedia ZA website here.

The AGM is open to all South African based Wikipedia and other Wikimeddia project editors. Membership is required to vote on resolutions but not required to attend. People are able to sign up as members at the AGM or they can signup before hand at the details on the Wikimedia ZA website.

5th Meetup

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Everyone is warmly invited to attend the 5th South African online discussion held on Zulip.

Date and time

• Date: Saturday, 26 September 2020
• Start time: 10:00 AM SAST
• End Time: 12:00 PM SAST
• Location: Online Meeting
  • Platform: Zulip (text chat)
    • Server: Wikimedia ZA (note: registration is necessary)

Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

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)

Ýou can opt-out of this annual reminder from The Afrocine Project by removing your username from this list

Wikimedia ZA Annual General Meeting 2021

This is just to let everyone know that the Wikimedia ZA AGM will be taking place on 25 September 2021. See below for more details.

• Time: Saturday, 25 September 2021, starts at 10:00 to 16:00. With intermission at 13:00
• Location: held digitally online this link

Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

Greetings!

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

South African RS / non-RS media sources

If anyone is familiar with the reliability of South African media sources their assistance would be very welcome here [1].

The ex-politician subject of a WP:BLP has requested the removal of some material via a WP:COI edit request. The material has two sources ('IOL News' and 'Sowetan', references 15 and 16 in the main article). According to Wikipedia info on 'Reliable South African Sources' [2] the former source is described as 'Usable but be cautious', the latter source is not mentioned.

I'm wary of removing sourced material unless the sources can be categorised as unreliable. Given the subject's status as an ex-politician there may also be some degree of bias in the coverage, but I'm unable to assess whether that is likely to be the case here.

Please note: the thread at the article talk page is rather long and there is probably no need to read it in its entirety. By the end it boils down to the simple question of whether the quality of the sourcing in refs 15 & 16 justifies the inclusion of the relevant material in the article. Any input would be most appreciated. Axad12 (talk) 12:15, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

RfC on Sources and Mahatma Gandhi's last hunger stike

Feedback on what the reliable sources allow us to say in an NPOV fashion about the goals and motivations of Mahatma Gandhi's last hunger strike is requested at: Talk:Mahatma Gandhi RfC on Mahatma Gandhi's last hunger strike Fowler&fowler«Talk» 14:41, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:2027 Cricket World Cup#Requested move 23 August 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:2027 Cricket World Cup#Requested move 23 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 14:46, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Women in Green's October 2024 edit-a-thon

Hello WikiProject South Africa:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2024!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2024, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there!

Grnrchst (talk) 12:47, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

RFC on the reliability of The South African

There is an RFC on the reliability of The South African on the reliable sources noticeboard. Anyone interested should see WP:RSN#RFC on The South African. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 14:13, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Romansbaai and Hydra Bay

Can someone check if Hydra Bay and ceb:Romansbaai are the same thing? Both list the opposite name as an alternative name, but their coordinates are listed as different places on Wikidata. If this is a single bay, what are the correct coordinates? Batrachoseps (talk) 15:19, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

It looks like the previous map on Hydra Bay was wrong, and the Wikidata coordinates have been corrected, and the two articles have been linked on Wikidata. Batrachoseps (talk) 18:34, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Nice to see that the correction was done. After I saw your message here, I went to check the Wikidata Item for both pages and found them the same. I guess somebody quickly made the correction after reading your message. Google Maps has indeed convinced me that they are the same place. GeographicAccountant (talk) 18:43, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Maintenance templates

Good Day I hope you're doing well. I'm currently working on improving the article (Thembu Kingdom) and noticed that a maintenance template has been added. I've reviewed the issues raised by the template and have made the necessary improvements. However, I’m unsure if the template can now be safely removed.

Would you be able to review the page and confirm whether the issues have been resolved, and if so, assist with removing the template?

Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.

Best regards, Getrude89 (talk) 23:47, 16 November 2024 (UTC)