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I have moved the article to Ngwane IV of Swaziland with redirects from Ngwane IV, Sobhuza I and Sobhuza I of Swaziland. I hope it is ok know. Please let me know if he is better known as Sobhuza I please let me know (I presume the "Nggwane" version is a mere misspelling?) Btw, the correct procedure is to go to the page in question and click the "move" button located above the article text. Then type the correct name and click "move page". After that, click the link suggested ("please check if this move has created any double redirects). Once there, click any links that have a "(redirect)" after them and update to the article's new name. The category pages update automatically whenever an article has been moved so no action is needed here. If you find this procedure confusing, feel free to contact me, and I will be glad to help. PS: You might wish to move your personal information to your actual user page. Most users use the user page to contain personal information and keep the talk with other users on the User Talk page. Welcome again and happy editing. Valentinian (talk) / (contribs) 08:10, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
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Hello there. Thanks for your interest in the above. Essentially I see the wikiproject as being something of a central meeting place for those interested in South (and maybe Southern) Africa's history. There really wouldn't be any onerous burdens or commitments. Essentially it would be a place where we could ask for help from those with expertise in different areas, collaborate in improving articles, liaise on organising current coverage in a more systematic way, gain some kind of peer review from those with a background in the subject, etc, etc. We have some excellent articles (one or two dealing with the history of Cape Colony have reached Featured Article status, the page on Lord Milner is quite good), but many important areas are neglected (eg. history of Transvaal/Natal/OFS, biographies of important figures such as Louis Botha/JBM Hertzog/JX Merriman). If we get enough interest then I think that it could be the catalyst for substantial improvements.
My personal interests include military history, but largely centre around the political. My chief interest is the evolution of Afrikaner nationalism. Up until now I've used my limited time expanding the Jan Smuts article/subarticles ( Jan Smuts's youth has just been through Peer Review and should be going up for Featured Article status soon). I've also kicked off one or two others, such as the (incomplete) article on the South Africa Act 1909 (the Union Constitution). I have a bit more time on my hands over the next month or two, so I might actually get some of these finished!
Anyway, there we are. Hopefully we'll be able to drum up some interest from a few others and get this started off. I think if four or so people expressed an interest then we could make this a go; so that means two/three more people. It's good to have you on board though; the African experience is rather neglected here as far as I can see (although so are most things SA - hence the project).
As far as your tilde problem goes, I'm not sure. Persumably you're using a PC in which case it's <shift> + #. If that isn't working, perhaps your keyboard is faulty? Can you get a tilde up in other programs? Clicking on the four tildes next to the 'Sign your name:' at the bottom of the edit box doesn't work? Which browser are you using?
Best wishes, Xdamr talk 23:50, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Someone has now moved Dinizulu to Dinuzulu. On the rest of this, if you need technical help, feel free to hit me up on my user talk page, but content-wise it sounds like you are way beyond me on this topic. If you really cannot type tildes on your browser, please do note the "Symbols" section below the edit box when you edit, which should have a place to click to insert a tilde. - Jmabel | Talk 19:50, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Your attempt to list a page at AFD hasn't been too successful - it appears to list a page for deletion that doesn't exist. What was the page you were try to list? Yomangani talk 01:22, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi Chris. In case you weren't aware, I have responded to your well-made points on Talk:Bantu. Also, judging from your userpage and contributions, I thought you might be interested in the Africa-related regional notice board ; and probably in WikiProject Countering Systemic Bias, too. Kind regards, — mark ✎ 08:43, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Excellent remarks at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ethnic groups#Concept page detached from project. I've done my best to respond (there) with some background on how things got to be as they are and some thoughts on what we might do about it. I don't know whether you have the page watchlisted, so I'm pinging you here; please do watchlist it, that seems the appropriate place to discuss this. - Jmabel | Talk 23:47, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi Ngwe, I haven't crossed paths with your colleague Doug Fix. If he is chatty (as I am, sometimes to my detriment) and likes to talk about Taiwanese aborigines, then send him my way. Thanks -- Ling.Nut 18:59, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
I've decided to use my usual name for my signature, in place of the former "Ngwe". Since I gather that multiple identities are sometimes used for questionable purposes in Wikipedia, I thought I should note the change. Chris Lowe 06:10, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Chris. I noticed some comments you made at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ethnic groups regarding some remarks I had written (either on the same page or at Talk:Bantu, I'm not sure). I'm sorry I missed the discussion earlier. Please know that I am not an expert on any African topic; I'm just a well-meaning amateur trying to fill some gaping holes in Wikipedia's coverage of African topics. If you see me say something that is false or you see an error in any of the articles I have written or edited, please don't hesitate to let me know or fix the error. It's great that someone with your background is willing to help out on Wikipedia, so please do keep an eye on us non-specialists. -- BrianSmithson 06:45, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Say me please, was Swaziland a protectorate of Transvaal from 1893 before the end of The Second Boer War in 1902 (according to www.worldstatesmen.org) or it was an integral part of Republic of Transvaal with effective control of Boer powers? -- User:212.98.173.133 20:49 01.08.2007 (UTC)
Thank You very much for Your answer on my question about Transvaal’s protectorate under Swaziland! 1. Now I interested in existence of Republican parties or movements in South African kingdoms Lesotho and Swaziland. What can You say about? 2. Can You to confirm (or to disprove) that Republican agitation prohibited by the law in these countries? (And what penalty for each country?) 3. Can You to confirm (or to disprove) that monarchical status of the province KwaZulu-Natal are legalize by South African Constitution? How about Republican movements and prohibition of Republican agitation in current kingdom of Zulu? Beforehand, Thank You! CrazyRepublican 13:16, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi there Cclowe, I just wanted to stop by and say good work on the copy editing you did on History of Namibia just now. Edits like yours are the type that make wikipedia almost credible. I notice that you have an interest in Swaziland? Well, I started a few articles on Swaziland which you may want to take a look at: Swaziland Progressive Party and John Nquku. Thanks for your efforts and keep up the good work!-- Thomas.macmillan ( talk) 07:30, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
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Greetings Cclowe.
I have moved the article to Ngwane IV of Swaziland with redirects from Ngwane IV, Sobhuza I and Sobhuza I of Swaziland. I hope it is ok know. Please let me know if he is better known as Sobhuza I please let me know (I presume the "Nggwane" version is a mere misspelling?) Btw, the correct procedure is to go to the page in question and click the "move" button located above the article text. Then type the correct name and click "move page". After that, click the link suggested ("please check if this move has created any double redirects). Once there, click any links that have a "(redirect)" after them and update to the article's new name. The category pages update automatically whenever an article has been moved so no action is needed here. If you find this procedure confusing, feel free to contact me, and I will be glad to help. PS: You might wish to move your personal information to your actual user page. Most users use the user page to contain personal information and keep the talk with other users on the User Talk page. Welcome again and happy editing. Valentinian (talk) / (contribs) 08:10, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
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#REDIRECT[[Frederick I of Denmark]]
Hello there. Thanks for your interest in the above. Essentially I see the wikiproject as being something of a central meeting place for those interested in South (and maybe Southern) Africa's history. There really wouldn't be any onerous burdens or commitments. Essentially it would be a place where we could ask for help from those with expertise in different areas, collaborate in improving articles, liaise on organising current coverage in a more systematic way, gain some kind of peer review from those with a background in the subject, etc, etc. We have some excellent articles (one or two dealing with the history of Cape Colony have reached Featured Article status, the page on Lord Milner is quite good), but many important areas are neglected (eg. history of Transvaal/Natal/OFS, biographies of important figures such as Louis Botha/JBM Hertzog/JX Merriman). If we get enough interest then I think that it could be the catalyst for substantial improvements.
My personal interests include military history, but largely centre around the political. My chief interest is the evolution of Afrikaner nationalism. Up until now I've used my limited time expanding the Jan Smuts article/subarticles ( Jan Smuts's youth has just been through Peer Review and should be going up for Featured Article status soon). I've also kicked off one or two others, such as the (incomplete) article on the South Africa Act 1909 (the Union Constitution). I have a bit more time on my hands over the next month or two, so I might actually get some of these finished!
Anyway, there we are. Hopefully we'll be able to drum up some interest from a few others and get this started off. I think if four or so people expressed an interest then we could make this a go; so that means two/three more people. It's good to have you on board though; the African experience is rather neglected here as far as I can see (although so are most things SA - hence the project).
As far as your tilde problem goes, I'm not sure. Persumably you're using a PC in which case it's <shift> + #. If that isn't working, perhaps your keyboard is faulty? Can you get a tilde up in other programs? Clicking on the four tildes next to the 'Sign your name:' at the bottom of the edit box doesn't work? Which browser are you using?
Best wishes, Xdamr talk 23:50, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Someone has now moved Dinizulu to Dinuzulu. On the rest of this, if you need technical help, feel free to hit me up on my user talk page, but content-wise it sounds like you are way beyond me on this topic. If you really cannot type tildes on your browser, please do note the "Symbols" section below the edit box when you edit, which should have a place to click to insert a tilde. - Jmabel | Talk 19:50, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Your attempt to list a page at AFD hasn't been too successful - it appears to list a page for deletion that doesn't exist. What was the page you were try to list? Yomangani talk 01:22, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi Chris. In case you weren't aware, I have responded to your well-made points on Talk:Bantu. Also, judging from your userpage and contributions, I thought you might be interested in the Africa-related regional notice board ; and probably in WikiProject Countering Systemic Bias, too. Kind regards, — mark ✎ 08:43, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Excellent remarks at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ethnic groups#Concept page detached from project. I've done my best to respond (there) with some background on how things got to be as they are and some thoughts on what we might do about it. I don't know whether you have the page watchlisted, so I'm pinging you here; please do watchlist it, that seems the appropriate place to discuss this. - Jmabel | Talk 23:47, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi Ngwe, I haven't crossed paths with your colleague Doug Fix. If he is chatty (as I am, sometimes to my detriment) and likes to talk about Taiwanese aborigines, then send him my way. Thanks -- Ling.Nut 18:59, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
I've decided to use my usual name for my signature, in place of the former "Ngwe". Since I gather that multiple identities are sometimes used for questionable purposes in Wikipedia, I thought I should note the change. Chris Lowe 06:10, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Chris. I noticed some comments you made at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ethnic groups regarding some remarks I had written (either on the same page or at Talk:Bantu, I'm not sure). I'm sorry I missed the discussion earlier. Please know that I am not an expert on any African topic; I'm just a well-meaning amateur trying to fill some gaping holes in Wikipedia's coverage of African topics. If you see me say something that is false or you see an error in any of the articles I have written or edited, please don't hesitate to let me know or fix the error. It's great that someone with your background is willing to help out on Wikipedia, so please do keep an eye on us non-specialists. -- BrianSmithson 06:45, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Say me please, was Swaziland a protectorate of Transvaal from 1893 before the end of The Second Boer War in 1902 (according to www.worldstatesmen.org) or it was an integral part of Republic of Transvaal with effective control of Boer powers? -- User:212.98.173.133 20:49 01.08.2007 (UTC)
Thank You very much for Your answer on my question about Transvaal’s protectorate under Swaziland! 1. Now I interested in existence of Republican parties or movements in South African kingdoms Lesotho and Swaziland. What can You say about? 2. Can You to confirm (or to disprove) that Republican agitation prohibited by the law in these countries? (And what penalty for each country?) 3. Can You to confirm (or to disprove) that monarchical status of the province KwaZulu-Natal are legalize by South African Constitution? How about Republican movements and prohibition of Republican agitation in current kingdom of Zulu? Beforehand, Thank You! CrazyRepublican 13:16, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi there Cclowe, I just wanted to stop by and say good work on the copy editing you did on History of Namibia just now. Edits like yours are the type that make wikipedia almost credible. I notice that you have an interest in Swaziland? Well, I started a few articles on Swaziland which you may want to take a look at: Swaziland Progressive Party and John Nquku. Thanks for your efforts and keep up the good work!-- Thomas.macmillan ( talk) 07:30, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
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User:Dr. Blofeld has created Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/Contests. The idea is to run a series of contests/editathons focusing on each region of Africa. He has spoken to Wikimedia about it and $1000-1500 is possible for prize money. As someone who has previously expressed interest in African topics, would you be interested in contributing to one or assisting draw up core article/missing article lists? He says he's thinking of North Africa for an inaugural one in October. If interested please sign up in the participants section of the Contest page, thanks.♦ -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 01:13, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
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