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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.

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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

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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.

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Patriotic Front

Hi.

I raised a concern at Talk:Patriotic Front (Zambia)#Information Accuracy. May we look what what I wrote there. GeographicAccountant (talk) 13:00, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Distro Kuomboka

This article Distro Kuomboka is one of the oldest unreferenced articles on the site and deals with a Zambian band. Would anyone be able to take a look at this? Thanks. Tooncool64 (talk) 07:01, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Developing Countries WikiContest

Starting this July, we will see a new contest on the scene - the Developing Countries WikiContest (WP:DCWC)! Think of it as a WikiCup but only for articles and media on developing countries.

Competitors may submit GAs, GTs, FAs, FTs, FLs, FPs, and DYK and ITN entries from/on developing countries to gain points and proceed to further rounds. Points are also awarded to those who review GAs, FAs and FLs.

Zambia is listed as a least-developed country for the purposes of this contest, which means Zambia-related submissions to the contest will get a multiplier in points. I encourage everyone here to sign up and compete with editors from around the world to create high-quality content!

Append your name to the DCWC signup page today!

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-== Zambian Road Articles ==
+== Patriotic Front ==
-Hi, People.
+Hi.
+I raised a concern at [[Talk:Patriotic Front (Zambia)#Information Accuracy]]. May we look what what I wrote there. [[User:GeographicAccountant|GeographicAccountant]] ([[User talk:GeographicAccountant|talk]]) 13:00, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
-When I joined Wikipedia, I found that only the [[Great North Road, Zambia|Great North Road]], [[Great East Road]] and [[Lusaka-Mongu Road]] had articles from all the roads in Zambia.
+== [[Distro Kuomboka]] ==
-Then, I decided to make sure that each & every "Main Road" in Zambia, from T1 to T6 (inter-territorial roads) and from M1 to M20 (territorial roads), has an article on Wikipedia; either its own article or mentioned under another article as a branch road.
+This article [[Distro Kuomboka]] is one of the oldest unreferenced articles on the site and deals with a Zambian band. Would anyone be able to take a look at this? Thanks. [[User:Tooncool64|Tooncool64]] ([[User talk:Tooncool64|talk]]) 07:01, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
-I would use the "Road and Road Traffic Amendment Act (Cap 464)" as my citation on these articles, since every single "numbered route" in Zambia is listed in that document.
+== [[WP:DCWC|Developing Countries WikiContest]] ==
-Now, a problem has arisen. Under each road article, I would place "Route" sections, describing the numbered routes entirely from start to finish. But now, on [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Highways]], certain editors have claimed that leaving the "Route" section uncited is wrong and also that citing GPS Websites such as [[OpenStreetMap]] and [[Google Maps]] is also wrong, as those websites are "unreliable", although I beg to differ!
+Starting this July, we will see a new contest on the scene - the Developing Countries WikiContest ([[WP:DCWC]])! Think of it as a [[WP:CUP|WikiCup]] but only for articles and media on developing countries.
-So, what is your opinion on this matter? Which websites would you recommend for us to be using on Zambian Road Articles? If citations are not found for those "Route" sections, we risk editors deciding to erase that content. [[User:Chils Kemptonian|Chils Kemptonian]] ([[User talk:Chils Kemptonian|talk]]) 14:34, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
+Competitors may submit [[WP:GA|GA]]s, [[WP:GT|GT]]s, [[WP:FA|FA]]s, [[WP:FT|FT]]s, [[WP:FL|FL]]s, [[WP:FP|FP]]s, and [[WP:DYK|DYK]] and [[WP:ITN|ITN]] entries from/on developing countries to gain points and proceed to further rounds. Points are also awarded to those who review GAs, FAs and FLs.
-:@[[User:Chils Kemptonian|Chils Kemptonian]] Well, this is a tough question to answer; since proper atlases, either online or offline , are not easily accessible in this nation, I can't think of how the problem can be resolved regarding citing. I see you did extensive work on the [[T2 road (Zambia)]] article and it is sad to think that such information (i.e. the "Route" section) can be erased easily by authorized editors. Anyway, when I have time, I will try to ask our fellow residents of Zambia about what books exist on the roads of the nation apart from that "Legislation" (Roads Act) cited in the introduction of the article I mentioned. [[User:GeographicAccountant|GeographicAccountant]] ([[User talk:GeographicAccountant|talk]]) 22:24, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
+Zambia is listed as a least-developed country for the purposes of this contest, which means Zambia-related submissions to the contest will get a multiplier in points. I encourage everyone here to sign up and compete with editors from around the world to create high-quality content!
-== Requested move at [[Talk:Death and state funeral of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani#Requested move 25 September 2022]] ==
-[[File:Information.svg|30px|left]] There is a requested move discussion at [[Talk:Death and state funeral of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani#Requested move 25 September 2022]] that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. [[User:UtherSRG|UtherSRG]] [[User_talk:UtherSRG|(talk)]] 10:50, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
+Append your name to the [[WP:2024 Developing Countries WikiContest/Signups|DCWC signup page]] today!
-That probably was cryptic... why do we care about that? This RM involves about 50 state funeral articles, including at least one that is related to this WP. - [[User:UtherSRG|UtherSRG]] [[User_talk:UtherSRG|(talk)]] 12:12, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
+Best wishes, [[User:Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI|Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI]] (<small><sup>[[User talk:Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI|talk to me!]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:contributions/Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI|my edits]]</sub></small>) 14:39, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
-== Zambian Constituency and District Articles ==
-Greetings.
-I have noticed that every [[List of Zambian parliamentary constituencies|Zambian Parliamentary Constituency]] has an article on Wikipedia except the ones from Southern Province and Western Province. Could there be a reason that the two provinces have been avoided? A few minutes ago, I created the [[Sioma (constituency)]] and [[Nkeyema]] articles (both created for the 2016 election),
-Also, there were two duplicate articles, namely [[Nkeyama District]] and [[Nkeyema District]]. I decided to redirect the article with the spelling error (the first one) to the article with the correct name (the latter one). Did I do the right thing here? [[User:GeographicAccountant|GeographicAccountant]] ([[User talk:GeographicAccountant|talk]]) 02:11, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
-:I was creating the constituency articles, and was going through the template ({{tl|Zambian constituencies}}) in order; I just hadn't got to the bottom rows yet. Cheers, [[User:Number 57|<span style="color: orange;">Number</span>]] [[User talk:Number 57|<span style="color: green;">5</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Number 57|<span style="color: blue;">7</span>]] 17:03, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
-::@[[User:Number 57|Number 57]] Cool. Thanks. [[User:GeographicAccountant|GeographicAccountant]] ([[User talk:GeographicAccountant|talk]]) 17:25, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
-== AfD: [[Chilinda District]] ==
-Just leaving a notice of an AfD process for the [[Chilinda District]] article. See [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chilinda District|Chilinda District AFD]]. [[User:GeographicAccountant|GeographicAccountant]] ([[User talk:GeographicAccountant|talk]]) 15:47, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
-== Constituency Development Fund ==
-Hi, people.
-Notice that there is a "Constituency Development Funds Performance" section on the [[Livingstone, Zambia]] article, added by User:Ezyg8. In your opinion, does this information belong on Wikipedia? [[User:Chils Kemptonian|Chils Kemptonian]] ([[User talk:Chils Kemptonian|talk]]) 22:33, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
-:No. I noticed they had added it to a few constituency articles too (which I removed). Cheers, [[User:Number 57|<span style="color: orange;">Number</span>]] [[User talk:Number 57|<span style="color: green;">5</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Number 57|<span style="color: blue;">7</span>]] 22:44, 4 November 2022 (UTC)