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WikiProject EthiopiaWelcome to the Ethiopia WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to Ethiopia. The goal of this WikiProject is to provide complete coverage of Ethiopia by expanding articles on people, places, and things related to the country. This project and its subprojects contain suggestions that should help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, become a member. Then look through the tasks or join one of the specialized departments below. Categories for discussion
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Articles for creation
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Ethiopia WikiProject
The following templates can be used on pages in Wikipedia to associate them with the Ethiopia WikiProject. Click on a template's title to see a sample of what it produces when included on a page. Main templates
Stub templatesGe'ez script - Short VersionProper namesEthiopians commonly use their fathers' given names as patronymics after their own, e.g. Abiy Ahmed means Abiy, the son of Ahmed. Sometimes their father's father's name appears in third place, but this style is usually for official documents; only in rare circumstances would Ethiopians adopt their grandfather's name as a last name for common usage. Note that if the name is Amharic, it does not imply that a subject is a member of the Amhara people, as many other groups also use Amharic names. Many Ethiopian names are compound nouns in Ge'ez, for example "Zara Yaqob" which means "Seed of Jacob". He should not be referred to as "Zara" or "Mr Yaqob" -- unless this unusual usage can be verified in a reliable source, which then needs to be added to the relevant article. Ethiopians, especially in the West, will frequently adopt their own transliteration scheme for styling themselves, that does not always correspond to any of the various schemes employed by linguists. Whenever proper names become notable under such ad hoc spellings, they should be preferred as the most common searchable term, e.g. songstress Manalemosh Dibo. Articles about musicians with stage names are listed at their more familiar name, e.g. Teddy Afro and Gigi (singer), with the legal name given in the article lead sentence. This also applies to names of albums, songs, etc. that are sometimes transliterated directly as proper names. The name of an album is italicised, and if desired, the English interpretation could be given in parentheses and quotation marks ("like this"). Active membersTo join WikiProject Ethiopia, edit this section and add the
Wikitext of:
Former membersThank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
Member identificationMembers of WikiProject Ethiopia should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Ethiopia participants.
For other Ethiopia user templates, see Category:Ethiopia user templates. InvitationsTo invite someone to join the project, just copy and paste the following to their user talk page: Which creates the following invitation: Invitation to WikiProject Ethiopia
The recipient's user name is automatically added in the introduction, and your signature is automatically added at the end. |
This is a
WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate!
|
WikiProject EthiopiaWelcome to the Ethiopia WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to Ethiopia. The goal of this WikiProject is to provide complete coverage of Ethiopia by expanding articles on people, places, and things related to the country. This project and its subprojects contain suggestions that should help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, become a member. Then look through the tasks or join one of the specialized departments below. Categories for discussion
Redirects for discussion
Good article nominees
Articles for creation
Departments
Ethiopia WikiProject
The following templates can be used on pages in Wikipedia to associate them with the Ethiopia WikiProject. Click on a template's title to see a sample of what it produces when included on a page. Main templates
Stub templatesGe'ez script - Short VersionProper namesEthiopians commonly use their fathers' given names as patronymics after their own, e.g. Abiy Ahmed means Abiy, the son of Ahmed. Sometimes their father's father's name appears in third place, but this style is usually for official documents; only in rare circumstances would Ethiopians adopt their grandfather's name as a last name for common usage. Note that if the name is Amharic, it does not imply that a subject is a member of the Amhara people, as many other groups also use Amharic names. Many Ethiopian names are compound nouns in Ge'ez, for example "Zara Yaqob" which means "Seed of Jacob". He should not be referred to as "Zara" or "Mr Yaqob" -- unless this unusual usage can be verified in a reliable source, which then needs to be added to the relevant article. Ethiopians, especially in the West, will frequently adopt their own transliteration scheme for styling themselves, that does not always correspond to any of the various schemes employed by linguists. Whenever proper names become notable under such ad hoc spellings, they should be preferred as the most common searchable term, e.g. songstress Manalemosh Dibo. Articles about musicians with stage names are listed at their more familiar name, e.g. Teddy Afro and Gigi (singer), with the legal name given in the article lead sentence. This also applies to names of albums, songs, etc. that are sometimes transliterated directly as proper names. The name of an album is italicised, and if desired, the English interpretation could be given in parentheses and quotation marks ("like this"). Active membersTo join WikiProject Ethiopia, edit this section and add the
Wikitext of:
Former membersThank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
Member identificationMembers of WikiProject Ethiopia should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Ethiopia participants.
For other Ethiopia user templates, see Category:Ethiopia user templates. InvitationsTo invite someone to join the project, just copy and paste the following to their user talk page: Which creates the following invitation: Invitation to WikiProject Ethiopia
The recipient's user name is automatically added in the introduction, and your signature is automatically added at the end. |