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Hi,
I have started a ATKV page here, now we can work on it a bit before publishing it.
Marno Rossouw ( talk) 15:27, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
Can you please let me know if you think this article is ready for publishing. Marno Rossouw ( talk) 11:16, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
In copyediting this article, I came across a longish Afrikaans quote from the Transvaal Archive and listed it on the translation page. After doing that, though, I realized it might be done faster if I made a request here too. Thanks! -- Wi2g ( talk) 19:08, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
Please...I need a photo uploaded that shows the poison leaf plant. We have no photo of it. But I want to show it in the Fluorine article which is being worked up for FA. It would also grace the article for the plant itself as well as the article for fluoroacetate. So high impact. If someone does not upload it for me...I...I will be very sad...and go watch Endless Summer where they find the perfect wave in J-bay. :( TCO ( talk) 20:08, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
South African National Blood Service now has an article, but honestly, I've never set foot in Africa so it might be a good idea to have someone with a little more of a local clue have a look at it. SDY ( talk) 02:33, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Dear colleagues, when I visited this page last it was a ghost town. ZA-related articles are sorely needed on the en.WP. I've noticed a few nominations at WP:DYK, in which I've queried the variety of English. Please confirm: -ise- is preferred to -ize-, I'd have thought. And the date format is more commonly day-month-year than the US-based month-day-year? Thanks. PS a greater input at the style guides by ZA editors would be much appreciated. Buzz me if you need any information. Tony (talk) 09:50, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
I have started assessing a large number of articles for WP:RSA, correcting assessments of articles already tagged for WP:RSA and adding articles to WP:RSA that should be included in the project.
During the process I am updating the talk page template to a standard format:
{{AfricaProject|importance= |class= |attention= |South Africa=Yes|South Africa-importance=}}
and adding class, importance and South Africa-importance information.
Changes will appear under the assessment Statistics and Log. If the information seems out of date, then Toolserver can be used to force an update.
Anyone that wishes to help out is more than welcome to do so, specifically by adding importance to the
500 odd Start class articles and the
2100 Stub class articles that currently do not have importance assigned to them.
Quality assessment FAQ and Instructions are at Wikipedia:WikiProject South Africa/Assessment
-- NJR_ZA ( talk) 18:23, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Please participate in the deletion debate at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Winterbottom. He was a SA Air Force pilot who received the Honoris Crux posthumously for staying with his crashing plane to steer it away from a residential area and so giving up his chance to eject safely. The point of the debate is that people who recieve their country's highest awards are "inherently" notable - examples give are the Medal of Honor of the US and the UK's Victoria Cross. This AfD debate will set a precedent for all future articles about Honoris Crux holders as this article happens to be the first. Roger ( talk) 06:56, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
I've created an article on this chap who, in English terms, was a fairly run-of-the-mill cricketer but whose obituary in The Times of London suggests that he was a pretty important person in South Africa as headmaster at Umtata High School. Difficult for me to find more in the UK, but perhaps others nearer might have better sources. Johnlp ( talk) 00:27, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
I have a few draft articles in my sandbox that some of you might like to work on, particularly if you're interested in aviation, military or corporate topics. I'm in a bit of a rut as far as working on these drafts is concerned so I thought I'd invite some input from other editors. Roger ( talk) 11:11, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
User:NJR ZA's work on tagging pages for this project have made me wonder: why are we still using the generice {{ WikiProject Africa}} template instead of a {{ WikiProject South Africa}} template. (It's a blue link, but currently it just transcludes the Africa template with the SA parameters set.) Many other African wikiprojects have started using their own templates - e.g. Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, even South Sudan! The combined template made sense when the number of Africa articles was small, but now that we're over 10 000 for SA alone, maybe not so much. Having our own template would also allow us to tag for specific task forces (yes, we only have one at the moment, but there will be more).
If we do want to do this, I'd be willing to write a bot that would find all articles that are currently tagged with {{ WikiProject Africa}} with the South Africa parameter and not tagged for any other African country and replace the tag with {{ WikiProject South Africa}}, copying the quality and importance parameters where they exist.
Thoughts? - htonl ( talk) 03:30, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
I have the bot code almost ready, but of course I'll have to get approval from WP:BRFA before I can run it. - htonl ( talk) 12:52, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
Update: the bot is approved and running now. See Special:Contributions/HtonlBot to follow what it's doing. - htonl ( talk) 16:57, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
So, the bot is done; there are now just over 10 000 talk pages that transclude {{ WikiProject South Africa}}. I'm still busy going over the bot's contributions and checking for articles that specficially should have the whole-Africa template; there don't seem to be that many. - htonl ( talk) 05:01, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
We use a lot of statistics in a very wide range of articles: elections, geography, economics, demographics, business, etc. (even sports!) so I would like to propose that we establish a Statistics Task Force. Roger ( talk) 07:37, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi, if anyone wants something to do that will actually help people out, please can you have a look at University of KwaZulu-Natal and Controversies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. I tried working on them recently, but there's only so much I can do myself. I want to get these pages up to scratch because there are actually a good number of French, American and British students coming to the university each year on exchange/study abroad, yet many of them cannot find information online on the university, nor is it easy for them to phone and get an accurate picture of the university itself. The same applies for their home institutions. This can lead to some bad situations as I have just witnessed where international students were shot at and almost arrested during the strikes/residence invasions of 2011 and their universities had to pull them out! MartinMorrison ( talk) 08:31, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
Perhaps I am looking in the wrong place, but are there specific criteria for grading importance for this project? Wikipedia:WikiProject South Africa/Assessment doesn't seem to have any criteria listed.... Hack ( talk) 05:05, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
We all know the IFP won the KZN province in 1994. And it's mayoral candidate was Sipho Ngwenya. However, his name seem to be disappear from history, surely the Durban municipality still has records of him being the first blak mayor - beaded mayoral chain etc, why has he been deleted? Before this makes some conspiracy story - I suggest the List of Durban mayors be relooked for correctness — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zamitheku ( talk • contribs) 19:36, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
I'm trying to a little deduction here, is it possible that this is a photo of South Africa? Could anyone confirm if it is, and what city? There is no description, and the name is File:DSCF1085.JPG. Any help would be appreciated. ▫ JohnnyMrNinja 07:46, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
Using WP:AWB I have create a list of all articles in Afrikaans with no equivalent links in the English wikipedia. This maybe of interest to interlanguage link or create a suitable equivalent article. Regards, SunCreator ( talk) 23:39, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi there,
A page I created for the stub Coenraad De Buys keeps saying that it has multiple issues, including that it needs additional citations for verification; may require cleanup that the introduction may need to be rewritten and that it may need to be wikified.
I'm also trying to upload an image to the page, but struggling.
I'm not sure what to do. Can anyone please assist me?
Thanks
Tdebuys ( talk) 11:54, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
-- NJR_ZA ( talk) 17:57, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
The lead says he was impressive etc but it does not say "who" he was. What makes him significant enough to have an article here on WP? Roger ( talk) 18:50, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
I think that a page that is in need of some major help is the article on Township (South Africa). I was hoping to get some ideas of things that could be added in order to make the article more scholarly and correct. I have a few sources that I will be using to add some new sections as well as add information to the current sections. Any feedback I can get will be greatly appriciated because I believe that the article deserves to have a good page so people can learn more about it. Clwilson91 ( talk) 18:25, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
WikiAfrica is looking for a writer/coordinator/project administrator based in Cape Town.
Full details at Call for Applications
-- NJR_ZA ( talk) 04:22, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi guys! I found something which may help Languages of South Africa
WhisperToMe ( talk) 09:08, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
I think it's time to start getting our ducks in a row for the upcoming census. The co-ordinated "high intensity operation" the municipal task force did for the recent municipal elections was IMHO a great success and I believe we should do something similar for the census.
I took a look at South African National Census of 2001 and found it to be in a really poor condition. (I updated the WikiProject template.) I propose that we have a co-ordinated go at getting it fixed up. This would also serve as practice for dealing with the 2011 count and also give us a "template" for creating South African National Census of 2011. A census obviously doesn't create a flood of information at a rate comparable to an election so the pace and intensity of our activity will obviously be much more relaxed but the focus and co-ordination we had here during the election is certainly applicable to the census too. Would a specific "Census task force" be a useful idea? Roger ( talk) 10:52, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
User:Biggleswiki has been caught editing on behalf of the PR firm Bell Pottinger. See Here
Likely worth spending some time cleaning up the South African articles he was involved with:
-- Firefishy ( talk) 11:38, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
Congratulations on the new Wiki-africa office. There are a lot of wikiprojects that may be helpful; one is the military history project ("Milhist"). I think particularly when you're doing outreach to try to get non-Wikipedians involved, it makes sense to make use of the stronger wikiprojects, to help people get started. Feel free to add the {{WPMILHIST}} to the top of the talk page of articles that seem relevant to you, or post a message at our talk page if any of you would like assistance on these articles. We take a pretty broad view of what's relevant to "military history". - Dank ( push to talk) 14:19, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
For WikiProject South Africa, what is the prefered referencing style? For example just footnote references/citations as in P. K. van der Byl or citations referring to a bibliography as in Siege of Kimberley.
-- ShiningWolf ( talk) 06:19, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
I found that af:Modderfontein has no English article. Would anyone be interested in starting an English article on the community? Thanks WhisperToMe ( talk) 23:03, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
Could somebody here please chime in at Talk:Charlize Theron? Some misguided soul thinks that we should "Americanize" this actress who clearly achieved notability while a South African national simply because the films she acted in were American films. She had 12 years of notability as a South African national before becoming a naturalized American citizen in 2007, and according to WP:MOSBIO should be described as South African, as that is the nationality she held at the time she became notable. Yworo ( talk) 06:36, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
Please participate in the discussion about the importance rating of the article. Some editors feel that the default "low importance" rating that suburb articles get in this project is not adequate in this case. Roger ( talk) 09:12, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
Please, please, please, we really need more opinions! Roger ( talk) 16:28, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
Dzwerani is found in lwamondo village,under the chief tshililo.its near town is thohoyandou and its about 25km to the city.It is well known for its school called ndaedzo.ndaedzo was named after chief ndaedzo of dzwerani and then its called ndaedzo secondary school.it offers varity of learning from science and technology,history commerce and agriculture and ndaedzo is also regarded as the best school in lwamondo village ant it bring about 100% in english and with superior achivement in geography. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kmunzhelele ( talk • contribs) 10:13, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
I would appreciate some feedback on the work I have done on the Sophiatown article. I am new to this so any guidance will be appreciated. ShiningWolf ( talk) 19:38, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated Sophiatown for review, a lot of good work has gone into it. Please consider doing the review. Thanks Roger ( talk) 18:29, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi! Would anyone in Pretoria be interested in photographing the SAMSA head office? It is at 161 Lynnwood Rd cnr Duncan Street Brooklyn 0181 P O Box 13186 Hatfield 0028 Thanks WhisperToMe ( talk) 14:22, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
what and where do you go to bring an idea for film alive to film or at cinema. how to get funding are the first step but how do you get a R40millon budget and for companies to take on a project of that mass. i have gone through many film and production companies and most of our companies do commercials but what about film for south africa to make a mark. i have created ideas for that platform but it just cant get to that point of a go ahead project.for this and other creative ideas from other south africans; where and how do we go from here. thanks mr razak johnstone
—y Preceding unsigned comment added by Maker film studios ( talk • contribs) 16:23, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
The current Huisgenoot article relies heavily on self published sources. The Afrikaans article on the other hand is well sourced from independent reliable sources. Who can help import and translate material from af:Huisgenoot to improve our article? Roger ( talk) 11:22, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
I have just completed a cleanup of destinations served by Airlink and South African Express, some of the destinations listed them as acting on behalf of SAA. It's been quite a few years since these two airlines have been "servants" of SAA. They operate in their own names for their own accounts. Roger ( talk) 12:36, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
Dear Administrator (of the ASSAGAY wikipedia page),
I was pleasantly surprised to find the lovely and informative new article about Assagay on Wikipedia. It really puts us on the world map!
My family moved into this beautiful area in September 2011 and we live at <private info redacted> (to be precise). This property also is the home of the <advertising removed>, which we have taken over from the previous owners. We are very excited about being able to host guests/tourists that visit Assagay on pleasure or business and would very much like to have a link added on the Assagay page to our website. Our web address is <Advertising removed> and the name is <Advertising removed>.
Kind regards,
165.143.155.55 ( talk) 13:45, 10 February 2012 (UTC) <Name removed> email: <removed>
I've been working on the this article, however the subject himself has taken exception to some the content. There are conflict of interest, weight and reliable source issues at play. I'd appreciate a review by an unconnected editor from this project - any suggestions for article improvement would be most welcome. Thanks in advance. Socrates2008 ( Talk) 11:05, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
The biography of Dan Roodt is being heavily edited by User:Ysgravin in a way that is attempting to "whitewash" (excuse the pun) his highly controversial positions on race and ethnicity. The editor is also ignoring problems such as inadequate references, the standard heading structure for biographies and inline external links which I have repeatedly tried to correct or point out to him/her - see the notes I have posted to User talk:Ysgravin as well as my edit summaries in the article history. I have now run out of AGF with this editor - please help. Roger ( talk) 14:50, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
I'd like to propose an editing campaign to improve the The Parlotones article. The current article is real mess and really needs drastic improvement. See Talk:The Parlotones#Article improvement campaign and join in the fun. Roger ( talk) 09:13, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject South Africa seeks to increase coverage of Wikipedia topics relating to South Africa. In accordance with this goal, I would like to create a new article entitled "HIV/AIDS in South African townships." In this article, I will demonstrate the link between HIV/AIDS and poverty and the long-term effects of apartheid on health disparities in South Africa. Apartheid, which was not formally discontinued until 1994, left non-white South Africans trapped in underdeveloped areas known as townships with little access to social services. Today, HIV/AIDS is particularly concentrated in South African townships due to poverty and a lack of education and awareness programs. I hope to contribute to the efforts of WikiProject South Africa through this article about health conditions in South African townships.
I welcome your comments and suggestions! Thanks!
Jak8 ( talk) 22:52, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Members of the project may be interested in a move request for the Free State article. - htonl ( talk) 22:41, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
The South African WikiMedia Chapter is considering participating in Wiki Loves Monuments 2012
See Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 in South Africa for more info or join the mailing list.
-- NJR_ZA ( talk) 08:11, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Should Herenigde Nasionale Party merge to National Party (South Africa)? Please comment at Talk:National Party (South Africa)#Merger proposal. Also, please advise on how to carry out such a merger (or better yet, just do it if people support it, as you know more about South Africa than I do). Thanks, D O N D E groovily Talk to me 03:05, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
If these results are deemed accurate, I would recommend moving Modjadjiskloof, Sibasa, Mookgophong and Lephalale to their previous names, and leaving the rest as they are.-- eh bien mon prince ( talk) 12:24, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
What I also found weird was that google books showed that the former names for Zimbabwean towns were gaining ground?
I am actually quite confused as to why google books shows more results for the former names (if now ever-growing) as those name changes happened about 30 years ago!! Why are the new names less common than the old ones?! Bezuidenhout ( talk) 16:13, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
I think that the best way to solve the issue of the dearth of adequate illustrations for our WikiProject, short of travelling around the country and taking the pictures ourselves, is establishing a content partnership with a South African image repository, and asking them to release their content under GFDL, as it was done with PicSwiss. Is this feasible for us? Has this possibility been explored by the local WM chapter?-- eh bien mon prince ( talk) 11:42, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia should please not perpetuate the falacy about the origins of Afrikaans speaking people in South Africa. Most progenitors of Afrikaans families were not Dutch, but came from the German terrorities to the east of the Netherlands. They came to South Africa to work for the Dutch East Indian Company -- but the Dutch came first and these Hollanders had many daughters who could marry the many Germans.
Because the Dutch dialects and the Low German dialects were so closely related that they could easily be called one language, the Dutch brides and German bridegrooms had no problem whatsoever understanding each other. The results of these unions are that there are about 33 per cent Dutch and 33 percent German blood in the Afrikaner -- but that the Germans contributed substantially more to the Afrikaner's gene pool. (Twelve totally unrelated Germans could marry twelve Dutch sisters, for instance).
Several linguists, dr. Hans Heese being one of them, pointed this out decades ago, but the belief in the Afrikaner's totally Dutch origin keeps on being propagated.
In reality 17 per cent of the Afrikaner's blood also comes French Huguenots who emigrated to South Africa in the 1700s. The rest of the blood comes from other sources.
But Wikipedia features a list of South Africans of “Dutch" origin that needs to be reworked. Of Charlize Theron, for one, it is implied that her progenitor had been Dutch, while in reality he was French. The first South African Barnard, I am pretty sure, also came from the German Low Lands. The same applies to some other surnames. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mieliestronk ( talk • contribs) 00:11, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
A handful of us over at The Zulu Wikipedia have been reviving the site and recently saved it from being shut down. We're now almost at 500 articles, and we're wondering if anyone in this chapter can offer some assistance. There are a lot of stubs that just need filling out, and if you're more interested in the technical side we could really use some templates. Our priority now is quantity of articles - we want as many basic pages as possible to attract contributors - so if it's not your first language all you need is high school Zulu and this on-line translator. We hope you can visit our site and lend a hand! ...Crucially we'd benefit from having a bot that detects articles at our wiki and automatically links to them on other wikis, and vice versa. -- Oisteadman ( talk) 22:36, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
I am planning on editing the Sexual violence in South Africa article. One of the main additions I will be making is to reference the South African constitution, South African set of laws, and reports to UN bodies by South Africa to display what the country is doing to combat this problem. Furthermore, I want to add more statistics and viewpoints about the issue through discussing different forms of sexual violence, conviction rates, social/medical ramifications, and portrayal in the media. I came to the South Africa WikiProject page because the article falls under the WikiProject of South Africa, but also because I will be specifically editing the article to show more government activity and more substantial information about what the problem is in South Africa. I wish to add onto the existing article to use more evidence of and more dimensions about the issue. I would appreciate any feedback. Juliabarrow3 ( talk) 20:27, 8 March 2012 (UTC)Juliabarrow3
A large number of old photos of South Africa from the Colonial Office photographic collection held at The National Archives of the UK has been added to commons. Help is required to categorise these photos at commons:Category:South_Africa -- NJR_ZA ( talk) 20:52, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
I'd appreciate some input on the move proposal at Talk:South African Party - it's been relisted because noone except me has commented on it. - htonl ( talk) 22:52, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
I find that many of "our" articles are incorrectly tagged with the {{Use British English}} template. As I find them I change them to {{Use South African English}} - I've just done it on South African Airways and Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging. I'm just wondering if there is a way we can do this more systematically - perhaps even task a bot to do it? Roger ( talk) 07:41, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
I'd like to propose an editing campaign to improve the Gift of the Givers article. It's really dissapointing that such a high-profile organisation has a miserable little stub article. A quick Google search (using the "News" filter) brought up many potential sources. Note that the News filter on Google can be too narrow when it comes to SA media - many mainstream SA news sources are not recognised by the filter. Remember to extend your searches all the way back to the early 1990s. Roger ( talk) 15:28, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
This time, Talk:Magistrates' Court (South Africa)#Requested move - hopefully this one won't get relisted for a second week before anyone comments! - htonl ( talk) 21:55, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
I've just been going through all the municipality articles of the Northern Cape (other provinces to follow) to check for consistent template use when I discovered that there is no template for John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality. It's the template that goes at the bottom of the page such as this one Template:Namakwa District Municipality. I'm not experienced enough with templates to make one of these. Roger ( talk) 16:58, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
It looks like this event has not yet filtered through into our articles. Roger ( talk) 14:42, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
I have just started the article South Africa at the 2012 Summer Paralympics with yesterday's announcement of the full team. Please help to get the article into shape - I'm not sure if I have the templates and other bells & whistles correct. Roger ( talk) 09:10, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
It would seem that while some of the new toponyms have definitely supplanted the previous names ( Mokopane rather than Potgietersrus, and, to a lesser degree, Polokwane rather than Pietersburg), many have not taken hold, and the previous name remains the only one in common use ( Warmbad remains the most used by some length, and the same goes for Naboomspruit). As these 'new' names have been around for about a decade by now, this is not likely to change any time soon. I believe we should use the most common name as page title in every occurrence.-- eh bien mon prince ( talk) 19:52, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Wait, but isn't the town spelt Mookgophong? Bezuidenhout ( talk) 07:54, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
An earlier requested-move survey generated lots of controversy and an arbitration case. Therefore, this one is being posted here and in many other places, to gather a very wide range of opinions outside of the Scotland and Australia WikiProjects. |
A requested move survey was started at Talk:Perth_(disambiguation)#Requested_move, which proposes to move:
Background: There was a previous requested-move survey which ran from late May to mid June. There was a great deal of controversy surrounding the closure and subsequent events, which involved a number of reverts and re-reverts which are the subject of an ongoing arbitration case. There was a move review process, which was closed with a finding that the original requested-move closure was endorsed; however, the move review process is relatively new and untried. — P.T. Aufrette ( talk) 03:25, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
I have the start of an article in my sandbox about a new/currently under development indigenous SA weapon system - User:Dodger67/Sandbox/Denel Dynamics Umbani. I unfortunately don't have the time to do much work on it these days, so if anyone else would like to adopt this baby, please feel free to do so. Roger ( talk) 12:49, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
I have just moved the draft to mainspace - please take a look at Denel Dynamics Umbani and fix any errors I might have made or expand the article. Roger ( talk) 12:52, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
Another new article, this time about Denel Aviation. Please feel free to dig in and improve it. Roger ( talk) 12:40, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
The KaNgwane article contains a map that I believe incorrectly identifies the former bantustan within South Africa. Information on reintegration is also incorrect.
The map shows three areas in red - two to the north of Swaziland (Mswati to the west and Nkomazi to the east) and one to the south-east.The area to the south-east is the Ngwavuma region that was part of KwaZulu bantustan. The area was proposed to be incorporated into Swaziland alongside KaNgwane to the north but was never part of KaNgwane.
Further, a third area of KaNgwane (Nsikazi) is not shown on the map. This area was located to the north of Mswati and north-west of Nkomazi - close to White River. I believe it has incorrectly been show as part of Gazankulu on the Gazankulu wiki page.
Identification of Ngwavuma as part of KaNgwane has also led to the article claiming that when KaNgwane was reintegrated into South Africa it formed part of Mpumalanga and KwaZulu Natal. This is also incorrect - all of the former KaNgwane now sits within Mpumalanga.
In short - the south-east red section (Ngwavuma) should be removed from the map and a new section placed to the north (Nsikazi) while the information on reintegration should be amended. Corresponding changes should be made to the Gazankulu and Kwazulu pages. -- Dulais valley ( talk) 14:39, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Please take a look at this diff and the subsequent discussion at WT:Manual of Style/Icons#South African flag issue. Roger ( talk) 13:45, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Momuments is in progress on Commons and you can participate by uploading photos of South African monuments.
See the Wiki Loves Monuments South Africa website for details. -- NJR_ZA ( talk) 12:08, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
Over the past weeks I have built up and maintained the South Africa at the 2012 Summer Paralympics article. While the text is practically complete except for a few finishing touches, I'm desparately looking for photos of any of the team members - photos that do not have any copyright problems. Please help. Roger ( talk) 11:39, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi, the WikiAfrica and Share Your Knowledge teams are glad to announce that many "African" pictures are being published on Commons, either donated by international institutions or by single photographers. You can help: please see the list of categories here, then you can either add relevant categories to the pictures or place them in relevant articles in your favourite Wikipedia. Contents are mainly about, but not limited to, Senegal, Ethiopia, Mali, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa. Thanks a lot!-- Elitre ( talk) 19:41, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
The 2011 census results are apparently going to be released on Tuesday. It's not clear if this is just the "big picture" results or if it will include all the detailed town- and suburb-level data that we use all over the encyclopaedia. Anyway, there are lots of articles that will need updating. - htonl ( talk) 21:58, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
WikiAfrica is seeking Wikipedians in Residence! One to work in Cameroon and one in South Africa. Please visit their blog to learn more. SarahStierch ( talk) 18:46, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi
I recently found Wikimedia Project ZA @ wikimedia.org.za and on wikipedia.
What relation is that project to this one? Which one am I to join? Airbender3 (Talk) 22:38, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
I am currently reviewing " Elephant" as part of its peer review. Per WP:DASH, should "Hluhluwe-Umfolozi" (as in " Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve") use an endash or a hyphen? Thanks. Axl ¤ [Talk] 22:11, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
Here is the management plan for the park from KZN Wildlife, which, with a fair degree of consistency, refers to it as "Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park", with what appears to be a hyphen. I have renamed the article accordingly, although I express no opinion in the punctuation debate and I don't mind if someone wants to change the hyphen to an en-dash.- htonl ( talk) 21:50, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
A classmate and I are in a Wikipedia contribution class and we want to expand the Corrective rape article. We are very passionate about this article because we think that it needs a lot of expansion, as it is lacking in depth and gives only a basic description. We came to the South Africa WikiProject page because not only does the article fall under the WikiProject of South Africa, also, but the article is very pertinent to gender relations/LGBT support in South Africa and other countries around the world. If anyone would be interested in giving us advice/feedback, we would love to receive it. - Rachel and Tasneem 0:15, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
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Hi,
I have started a ATKV page here, now we can work on it a bit before publishing it.
Marno Rossouw ( talk) 15:27, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
Can you please let me know if you think this article is ready for publishing. Marno Rossouw ( talk) 11:16, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
In copyediting this article, I came across a longish Afrikaans quote from the Transvaal Archive and listed it on the translation page. After doing that, though, I realized it might be done faster if I made a request here too. Thanks! -- Wi2g ( talk) 19:08, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
Please...I need a photo uploaded that shows the poison leaf plant. We have no photo of it. But I want to show it in the Fluorine article which is being worked up for FA. It would also grace the article for the plant itself as well as the article for fluoroacetate. So high impact. If someone does not upload it for me...I...I will be very sad...and go watch Endless Summer where they find the perfect wave in J-bay. :( TCO ( talk) 20:08, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
South African National Blood Service now has an article, but honestly, I've never set foot in Africa so it might be a good idea to have someone with a little more of a local clue have a look at it. SDY ( talk) 02:33, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Dear colleagues, when I visited this page last it was a ghost town. ZA-related articles are sorely needed on the en.WP. I've noticed a few nominations at WP:DYK, in which I've queried the variety of English. Please confirm: -ise- is preferred to -ize-, I'd have thought. And the date format is more commonly day-month-year than the US-based month-day-year? Thanks. PS a greater input at the style guides by ZA editors would be much appreciated. Buzz me if you need any information. Tony (talk) 09:50, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
I have started assessing a large number of articles for WP:RSA, correcting assessments of articles already tagged for WP:RSA and adding articles to WP:RSA that should be included in the project.
During the process I am updating the talk page template to a standard format:
{{AfricaProject|importance= |class= |attention= |South Africa=Yes|South Africa-importance=}}
and adding class, importance and South Africa-importance information.
Changes will appear under the assessment Statistics and Log. If the information seems out of date, then Toolserver can be used to force an update.
Anyone that wishes to help out is more than welcome to do so, specifically by adding importance to the
500 odd Start class articles and the
2100 Stub class articles that currently do not have importance assigned to them.
Quality assessment FAQ and Instructions are at Wikipedia:WikiProject South Africa/Assessment
-- NJR_ZA ( talk) 18:23, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Please participate in the deletion debate at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Winterbottom. He was a SA Air Force pilot who received the Honoris Crux posthumously for staying with his crashing plane to steer it away from a residential area and so giving up his chance to eject safely. The point of the debate is that people who recieve their country's highest awards are "inherently" notable - examples give are the Medal of Honor of the US and the UK's Victoria Cross. This AfD debate will set a precedent for all future articles about Honoris Crux holders as this article happens to be the first. Roger ( talk) 06:56, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
I've created an article on this chap who, in English terms, was a fairly run-of-the-mill cricketer but whose obituary in The Times of London suggests that he was a pretty important person in South Africa as headmaster at Umtata High School. Difficult for me to find more in the UK, but perhaps others nearer might have better sources. Johnlp ( talk) 00:27, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
I have a few draft articles in my sandbox that some of you might like to work on, particularly if you're interested in aviation, military or corporate topics. I'm in a bit of a rut as far as working on these drafts is concerned so I thought I'd invite some input from other editors. Roger ( talk) 11:11, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
User:NJR ZA's work on tagging pages for this project have made me wonder: why are we still using the generice {{ WikiProject Africa}} template instead of a {{ WikiProject South Africa}} template. (It's a blue link, but currently it just transcludes the Africa template with the SA parameters set.) Many other African wikiprojects have started using their own templates - e.g. Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, even South Sudan! The combined template made sense when the number of Africa articles was small, but now that we're over 10 000 for SA alone, maybe not so much. Having our own template would also allow us to tag for specific task forces (yes, we only have one at the moment, but there will be more).
If we do want to do this, I'd be willing to write a bot that would find all articles that are currently tagged with {{ WikiProject Africa}} with the South Africa parameter and not tagged for any other African country and replace the tag with {{ WikiProject South Africa}}, copying the quality and importance parameters where they exist.
Thoughts? - htonl ( talk) 03:30, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
I have the bot code almost ready, but of course I'll have to get approval from WP:BRFA before I can run it. - htonl ( talk) 12:52, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
Update: the bot is approved and running now. See Special:Contributions/HtonlBot to follow what it's doing. - htonl ( talk) 16:57, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
So, the bot is done; there are now just over 10 000 talk pages that transclude {{ WikiProject South Africa}}. I'm still busy going over the bot's contributions and checking for articles that specficially should have the whole-Africa template; there don't seem to be that many. - htonl ( talk) 05:01, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
We use a lot of statistics in a very wide range of articles: elections, geography, economics, demographics, business, etc. (even sports!) so I would like to propose that we establish a Statistics Task Force. Roger ( talk) 07:37, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi, if anyone wants something to do that will actually help people out, please can you have a look at University of KwaZulu-Natal and Controversies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. I tried working on them recently, but there's only so much I can do myself. I want to get these pages up to scratch because there are actually a good number of French, American and British students coming to the university each year on exchange/study abroad, yet many of them cannot find information online on the university, nor is it easy for them to phone and get an accurate picture of the university itself. The same applies for their home institutions. This can lead to some bad situations as I have just witnessed where international students were shot at and almost arrested during the strikes/residence invasions of 2011 and their universities had to pull them out! MartinMorrison ( talk) 08:31, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
Perhaps I am looking in the wrong place, but are there specific criteria for grading importance for this project? Wikipedia:WikiProject South Africa/Assessment doesn't seem to have any criteria listed.... Hack ( talk) 05:05, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
We all know the IFP won the KZN province in 1994. And it's mayoral candidate was Sipho Ngwenya. However, his name seem to be disappear from history, surely the Durban municipality still has records of him being the first blak mayor - beaded mayoral chain etc, why has he been deleted? Before this makes some conspiracy story - I suggest the List of Durban mayors be relooked for correctness — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zamitheku ( talk • contribs) 19:36, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
I'm trying to a little deduction here, is it possible that this is a photo of South Africa? Could anyone confirm if it is, and what city? There is no description, and the name is File:DSCF1085.JPG. Any help would be appreciated. ▫ JohnnyMrNinja 07:46, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
Using WP:AWB I have create a list of all articles in Afrikaans with no equivalent links in the English wikipedia. This maybe of interest to interlanguage link or create a suitable equivalent article. Regards, SunCreator ( talk) 23:39, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi there,
A page I created for the stub Coenraad De Buys keeps saying that it has multiple issues, including that it needs additional citations for verification; may require cleanup that the introduction may need to be rewritten and that it may need to be wikified.
I'm also trying to upload an image to the page, but struggling.
I'm not sure what to do. Can anyone please assist me?
Thanks
Tdebuys ( talk) 11:54, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
-- NJR_ZA ( talk) 17:57, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
The lead says he was impressive etc but it does not say "who" he was. What makes him significant enough to have an article here on WP? Roger ( talk) 18:50, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
I think that a page that is in need of some major help is the article on Township (South Africa). I was hoping to get some ideas of things that could be added in order to make the article more scholarly and correct. I have a few sources that I will be using to add some new sections as well as add information to the current sections. Any feedback I can get will be greatly appriciated because I believe that the article deserves to have a good page so people can learn more about it. Clwilson91 ( talk) 18:25, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
WikiAfrica is looking for a writer/coordinator/project administrator based in Cape Town.
Full details at Call for Applications
-- NJR_ZA ( talk) 04:22, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi guys! I found something which may help Languages of South Africa
WhisperToMe ( talk) 09:08, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
I think it's time to start getting our ducks in a row for the upcoming census. The co-ordinated "high intensity operation" the municipal task force did for the recent municipal elections was IMHO a great success and I believe we should do something similar for the census.
I took a look at South African National Census of 2001 and found it to be in a really poor condition. (I updated the WikiProject template.) I propose that we have a co-ordinated go at getting it fixed up. This would also serve as practice for dealing with the 2011 count and also give us a "template" for creating South African National Census of 2011. A census obviously doesn't create a flood of information at a rate comparable to an election so the pace and intensity of our activity will obviously be much more relaxed but the focus and co-ordination we had here during the election is certainly applicable to the census too. Would a specific "Census task force" be a useful idea? Roger ( talk) 10:52, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
User:Biggleswiki has been caught editing on behalf of the PR firm Bell Pottinger. See Here
Likely worth spending some time cleaning up the South African articles he was involved with:
-- Firefishy ( talk) 11:38, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
Congratulations on the new Wiki-africa office. There are a lot of wikiprojects that may be helpful; one is the military history project ("Milhist"). I think particularly when you're doing outreach to try to get non-Wikipedians involved, it makes sense to make use of the stronger wikiprojects, to help people get started. Feel free to add the {{WPMILHIST}} to the top of the talk page of articles that seem relevant to you, or post a message at our talk page if any of you would like assistance on these articles. We take a pretty broad view of what's relevant to "military history". - Dank ( push to talk) 14:19, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
For WikiProject South Africa, what is the prefered referencing style? For example just footnote references/citations as in P. K. van der Byl or citations referring to a bibliography as in Siege of Kimberley.
-- ShiningWolf ( talk) 06:19, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
I found that af:Modderfontein has no English article. Would anyone be interested in starting an English article on the community? Thanks WhisperToMe ( talk) 23:03, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
Could somebody here please chime in at Talk:Charlize Theron? Some misguided soul thinks that we should "Americanize" this actress who clearly achieved notability while a South African national simply because the films she acted in were American films. She had 12 years of notability as a South African national before becoming a naturalized American citizen in 2007, and according to WP:MOSBIO should be described as South African, as that is the nationality she held at the time she became notable. Yworo ( talk) 06:36, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
Please participate in the discussion about the importance rating of the article. Some editors feel that the default "low importance" rating that suburb articles get in this project is not adequate in this case. Roger ( talk) 09:12, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
Please, please, please, we really need more opinions! Roger ( talk) 16:28, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
Dzwerani is found in lwamondo village,under the chief tshililo.its near town is thohoyandou and its about 25km to the city.It is well known for its school called ndaedzo.ndaedzo was named after chief ndaedzo of dzwerani and then its called ndaedzo secondary school.it offers varity of learning from science and technology,history commerce and agriculture and ndaedzo is also regarded as the best school in lwamondo village ant it bring about 100% in english and with superior achivement in geography. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kmunzhelele ( talk • contribs) 10:13, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
I would appreciate some feedback on the work I have done on the Sophiatown article. I am new to this so any guidance will be appreciated. ShiningWolf ( talk) 19:38, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated Sophiatown for review, a lot of good work has gone into it. Please consider doing the review. Thanks Roger ( talk) 18:29, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi! Would anyone in Pretoria be interested in photographing the SAMSA head office? It is at 161 Lynnwood Rd cnr Duncan Street Brooklyn 0181 P O Box 13186 Hatfield 0028 Thanks WhisperToMe ( talk) 14:22, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
what and where do you go to bring an idea for film alive to film or at cinema. how to get funding are the first step but how do you get a R40millon budget and for companies to take on a project of that mass. i have gone through many film and production companies and most of our companies do commercials but what about film for south africa to make a mark. i have created ideas for that platform but it just cant get to that point of a go ahead project.for this and other creative ideas from other south africans; where and how do we go from here. thanks mr razak johnstone
—y Preceding unsigned comment added by Maker film studios ( talk • contribs) 16:23, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
The current Huisgenoot article relies heavily on self published sources. The Afrikaans article on the other hand is well sourced from independent reliable sources. Who can help import and translate material from af:Huisgenoot to improve our article? Roger ( talk) 11:22, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
I have just completed a cleanup of destinations served by Airlink and South African Express, some of the destinations listed them as acting on behalf of SAA. It's been quite a few years since these two airlines have been "servants" of SAA. They operate in their own names for their own accounts. Roger ( talk) 12:36, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
Dear Administrator (of the ASSAGAY wikipedia page),
I was pleasantly surprised to find the lovely and informative new article about Assagay on Wikipedia. It really puts us on the world map!
My family moved into this beautiful area in September 2011 and we live at <private info redacted> (to be precise). This property also is the home of the <advertising removed>, which we have taken over from the previous owners. We are very excited about being able to host guests/tourists that visit Assagay on pleasure or business and would very much like to have a link added on the Assagay page to our website. Our web address is <Advertising removed> and the name is <Advertising removed>.
Kind regards,
165.143.155.55 ( talk) 13:45, 10 February 2012 (UTC) <Name removed> email: <removed>
I've been working on the this article, however the subject himself has taken exception to some the content. There are conflict of interest, weight and reliable source issues at play. I'd appreciate a review by an unconnected editor from this project - any suggestions for article improvement would be most welcome. Thanks in advance. Socrates2008 ( Talk) 11:05, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
The biography of Dan Roodt is being heavily edited by User:Ysgravin in a way that is attempting to "whitewash" (excuse the pun) his highly controversial positions on race and ethnicity. The editor is also ignoring problems such as inadequate references, the standard heading structure for biographies and inline external links which I have repeatedly tried to correct or point out to him/her - see the notes I have posted to User talk:Ysgravin as well as my edit summaries in the article history. I have now run out of AGF with this editor - please help. Roger ( talk) 14:50, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
I'd like to propose an editing campaign to improve the The Parlotones article. The current article is real mess and really needs drastic improvement. See Talk:The Parlotones#Article improvement campaign and join in the fun. Roger ( talk) 09:13, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject South Africa seeks to increase coverage of Wikipedia topics relating to South Africa. In accordance with this goal, I would like to create a new article entitled "HIV/AIDS in South African townships." In this article, I will demonstrate the link between HIV/AIDS and poverty and the long-term effects of apartheid on health disparities in South Africa. Apartheid, which was not formally discontinued until 1994, left non-white South Africans trapped in underdeveloped areas known as townships with little access to social services. Today, HIV/AIDS is particularly concentrated in South African townships due to poverty and a lack of education and awareness programs. I hope to contribute to the efforts of WikiProject South Africa through this article about health conditions in South African townships.
I welcome your comments and suggestions! Thanks!
Jak8 ( talk) 22:52, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Members of the project may be interested in a move request for the Free State article. - htonl ( talk) 22:41, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
The South African WikiMedia Chapter is considering participating in Wiki Loves Monuments 2012
See Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 in South Africa for more info or join the mailing list.
-- NJR_ZA ( talk) 08:11, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Should Herenigde Nasionale Party merge to National Party (South Africa)? Please comment at Talk:National Party (South Africa)#Merger proposal. Also, please advise on how to carry out such a merger (or better yet, just do it if people support it, as you know more about South Africa than I do). Thanks, D O N D E groovily Talk to me 03:05, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
If these results are deemed accurate, I would recommend moving Modjadjiskloof, Sibasa, Mookgophong and Lephalale to their previous names, and leaving the rest as they are.-- eh bien mon prince ( talk) 12:24, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
What I also found weird was that google books showed that the former names for Zimbabwean towns were gaining ground?
I am actually quite confused as to why google books shows more results for the former names (if now ever-growing) as those name changes happened about 30 years ago!! Why are the new names less common than the old ones?! Bezuidenhout ( talk) 16:13, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
I think that the best way to solve the issue of the dearth of adequate illustrations for our WikiProject, short of travelling around the country and taking the pictures ourselves, is establishing a content partnership with a South African image repository, and asking them to release their content under GFDL, as it was done with PicSwiss. Is this feasible for us? Has this possibility been explored by the local WM chapter?-- eh bien mon prince ( talk) 11:42, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia should please not perpetuate the falacy about the origins of Afrikaans speaking people in South Africa. Most progenitors of Afrikaans families were not Dutch, but came from the German terrorities to the east of the Netherlands. They came to South Africa to work for the Dutch East Indian Company -- but the Dutch came first and these Hollanders had many daughters who could marry the many Germans.
Because the Dutch dialects and the Low German dialects were so closely related that they could easily be called one language, the Dutch brides and German bridegrooms had no problem whatsoever understanding each other. The results of these unions are that there are about 33 per cent Dutch and 33 percent German blood in the Afrikaner -- but that the Germans contributed substantially more to the Afrikaner's gene pool. (Twelve totally unrelated Germans could marry twelve Dutch sisters, for instance).
Several linguists, dr. Hans Heese being one of them, pointed this out decades ago, but the belief in the Afrikaner's totally Dutch origin keeps on being propagated.
In reality 17 per cent of the Afrikaner's blood also comes French Huguenots who emigrated to South Africa in the 1700s. The rest of the blood comes from other sources.
But Wikipedia features a list of South Africans of “Dutch" origin that needs to be reworked. Of Charlize Theron, for one, it is implied that her progenitor had been Dutch, while in reality he was French. The first South African Barnard, I am pretty sure, also came from the German Low Lands. The same applies to some other surnames. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mieliestronk ( talk • contribs) 00:11, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
A handful of us over at The Zulu Wikipedia have been reviving the site and recently saved it from being shut down. We're now almost at 500 articles, and we're wondering if anyone in this chapter can offer some assistance. There are a lot of stubs that just need filling out, and if you're more interested in the technical side we could really use some templates. Our priority now is quantity of articles - we want as many basic pages as possible to attract contributors - so if it's not your first language all you need is high school Zulu and this on-line translator. We hope you can visit our site and lend a hand! ...Crucially we'd benefit from having a bot that detects articles at our wiki and automatically links to them on other wikis, and vice versa. -- Oisteadman ( talk) 22:36, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
I am planning on editing the Sexual violence in South Africa article. One of the main additions I will be making is to reference the South African constitution, South African set of laws, and reports to UN bodies by South Africa to display what the country is doing to combat this problem. Furthermore, I want to add more statistics and viewpoints about the issue through discussing different forms of sexual violence, conviction rates, social/medical ramifications, and portrayal in the media. I came to the South Africa WikiProject page because the article falls under the WikiProject of South Africa, but also because I will be specifically editing the article to show more government activity and more substantial information about what the problem is in South Africa. I wish to add onto the existing article to use more evidence of and more dimensions about the issue. I would appreciate any feedback. Juliabarrow3 ( talk) 20:27, 8 March 2012 (UTC)Juliabarrow3
A large number of old photos of South Africa from the Colonial Office photographic collection held at The National Archives of the UK has been added to commons. Help is required to categorise these photos at commons:Category:South_Africa -- NJR_ZA ( talk) 20:52, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
I'd appreciate some input on the move proposal at Talk:South African Party - it's been relisted because noone except me has commented on it. - htonl ( talk) 22:52, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
I find that many of "our" articles are incorrectly tagged with the {{Use British English}} template. As I find them I change them to {{Use South African English}} - I've just done it on South African Airways and Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging. I'm just wondering if there is a way we can do this more systematically - perhaps even task a bot to do it? Roger ( talk) 07:41, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
I'd like to propose an editing campaign to improve the Gift of the Givers article. It's really dissapointing that such a high-profile organisation has a miserable little stub article. A quick Google search (using the "News" filter) brought up many potential sources. Note that the News filter on Google can be too narrow when it comes to SA media - many mainstream SA news sources are not recognised by the filter. Remember to extend your searches all the way back to the early 1990s. Roger ( talk) 15:28, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
This time, Talk:Magistrates' Court (South Africa)#Requested move - hopefully this one won't get relisted for a second week before anyone comments! - htonl ( talk) 21:55, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
I've just been going through all the municipality articles of the Northern Cape (other provinces to follow) to check for consistent template use when I discovered that there is no template for John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality. It's the template that goes at the bottom of the page such as this one Template:Namakwa District Municipality. I'm not experienced enough with templates to make one of these. Roger ( talk) 16:58, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
It looks like this event has not yet filtered through into our articles. Roger ( talk) 14:42, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
I have just started the article South Africa at the 2012 Summer Paralympics with yesterday's announcement of the full team. Please help to get the article into shape - I'm not sure if I have the templates and other bells & whistles correct. Roger ( talk) 09:10, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
It would seem that while some of the new toponyms have definitely supplanted the previous names ( Mokopane rather than Potgietersrus, and, to a lesser degree, Polokwane rather than Pietersburg), many have not taken hold, and the previous name remains the only one in common use ( Warmbad remains the most used by some length, and the same goes for Naboomspruit). As these 'new' names have been around for about a decade by now, this is not likely to change any time soon. I believe we should use the most common name as page title in every occurrence.-- eh bien mon prince ( talk) 19:52, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Wait, but isn't the town spelt Mookgophong? Bezuidenhout ( talk) 07:54, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
An earlier requested-move survey generated lots of controversy and an arbitration case. Therefore, this one is being posted here and in many other places, to gather a very wide range of opinions outside of the Scotland and Australia WikiProjects. |
A requested move survey was started at Talk:Perth_(disambiguation)#Requested_move, which proposes to move:
Background: There was a previous requested-move survey which ran from late May to mid June. There was a great deal of controversy surrounding the closure and subsequent events, which involved a number of reverts and re-reverts which are the subject of an ongoing arbitration case. There was a move review process, which was closed with a finding that the original requested-move closure was endorsed; however, the move review process is relatively new and untried. — P.T. Aufrette ( talk) 03:25, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
I have the start of an article in my sandbox about a new/currently under development indigenous SA weapon system - User:Dodger67/Sandbox/Denel Dynamics Umbani. I unfortunately don't have the time to do much work on it these days, so if anyone else would like to adopt this baby, please feel free to do so. Roger ( talk) 12:49, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
I have just moved the draft to mainspace - please take a look at Denel Dynamics Umbani and fix any errors I might have made or expand the article. Roger ( talk) 12:52, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
Another new article, this time about Denel Aviation. Please feel free to dig in and improve it. Roger ( talk) 12:40, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
The KaNgwane article contains a map that I believe incorrectly identifies the former bantustan within South Africa. Information on reintegration is also incorrect.
The map shows three areas in red - two to the north of Swaziland (Mswati to the west and Nkomazi to the east) and one to the south-east.The area to the south-east is the Ngwavuma region that was part of KwaZulu bantustan. The area was proposed to be incorporated into Swaziland alongside KaNgwane to the north but was never part of KaNgwane.
Further, a third area of KaNgwane (Nsikazi) is not shown on the map. This area was located to the north of Mswati and north-west of Nkomazi - close to White River. I believe it has incorrectly been show as part of Gazankulu on the Gazankulu wiki page.
Identification of Ngwavuma as part of KaNgwane has also led to the article claiming that when KaNgwane was reintegrated into South Africa it formed part of Mpumalanga and KwaZulu Natal. This is also incorrect - all of the former KaNgwane now sits within Mpumalanga.
In short - the south-east red section (Ngwavuma) should be removed from the map and a new section placed to the north (Nsikazi) while the information on reintegration should be amended. Corresponding changes should be made to the Gazankulu and Kwazulu pages. -- Dulais valley ( talk) 14:39, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Please take a look at this diff and the subsequent discussion at WT:Manual of Style/Icons#South African flag issue. Roger ( talk) 13:45, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Momuments is in progress on Commons and you can participate by uploading photos of South African monuments.
See the Wiki Loves Monuments South Africa website for details. -- NJR_ZA ( talk) 12:08, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
Over the past weeks I have built up and maintained the South Africa at the 2012 Summer Paralympics article. While the text is practically complete except for a few finishing touches, I'm desparately looking for photos of any of the team members - photos that do not have any copyright problems. Please help. Roger ( talk) 11:39, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi, the WikiAfrica and Share Your Knowledge teams are glad to announce that many "African" pictures are being published on Commons, either donated by international institutions or by single photographers. You can help: please see the list of categories here, then you can either add relevant categories to the pictures or place them in relevant articles in your favourite Wikipedia. Contents are mainly about, but not limited to, Senegal, Ethiopia, Mali, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa. Thanks a lot!-- Elitre ( talk) 19:41, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
The 2011 census results are apparently going to be released on Tuesday. It's not clear if this is just the "big picture" results or if it will include all the detailed town- and suburb-level data that we use all over the encyclopaedia. Anyway, there are lots of articles that will need updating. - htonl ( talk) 21:58, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
WikiAfrica is seeking Wikipedians in Residence! One to work in Cameroon and one in South Africa. Please visit their blog to learn more. SarahStierch ( talk) 18:46, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi
I recently found Wikimedia Project ZA @ wikimedia.org.za and on wikipedia.
What relation is that project to this one? Which one am I to join? Airbender3 (Talk) 22:38, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
I am currently reviewing " Elephant" as part of its peer review. Per WP:DASH, should "Hluhluwe-Umfolozi" (as in " Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve") use an endash or a hyphen? Thanks. Axl ¤ [Talk] 22:11, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
Here is the management plan for the park from KZN Wildlife, which, with a fair degree of consistency, refers to it as "Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park", with what appears to be a hyphen. I have renamed the article accordingly, although I express no opinion in the punctuation debate and I don't mind if someone wants to change the hyphen to an en-dash.- htonl ( talk) 21:50, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
A classmate and I are in a Wikipedia contribution class and we want to expand the Corrective rape article. We are very passionate about this article because we think that it needs a lot of expansion, as it is lacking in depth and gives only a basic description. We came to the South Africa WikiProject page because not only does the article fall under the WikiProject of South Africa, also, but the article is very pertinent to gender relations/LGBT support in South Africa and other countries around the world. If anyone would be interested in giving us advice/feedback, we would love to receive it. - Rachel and Tasneem 0:15, 8 March 2012 (UTC)