Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Zimbabwe/Archive 1

Excellent idea

Thank you Mangwanani for starting this WikiProject. Perspicacite 21:24, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pleasure. I thought we needed one and it brings all the articles needing work together and in one place. Mangwanani 16:34, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

IMPORTANT NOTE

If you start a new Zimbabwe related article please make sure that {{WikiProject Zimbabwe}} is added to the top of the talk page so that it can be covered in our scope. Many thanks. Mangwanani 16:58, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rhodesia discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals

Description: to improve and preserve articles related specifically to this area prior to 1980

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Comments

With the proliferation of national WikiProjects, even one for Austria-Hungary, 90 years gone, would there be enough interest to justify such a project as this?

You might want to check with the proposed Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#Eastern Africa group first. Personally, it seems to me that there may be more editors with interests in Europe than Africa, and that might be why the Austria-Hungary project exists. It might be a better idea to create the larger group first, and then, when it is known whether there is enough interest, to create task forces of that larger group. Badbilltucker 15:45, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Austria-Hungary project appears to be inactive. Since you want to deal with pre-1980, such a project can also be part of WP Former countries. - 52 Pickup 20:08, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Given the small number of users involved and the similarity (continuity, really) of the topics, can the Zimbabwe project not also encompass pre-1980 Zimbabwe? It doesn't make sense to just focus on post 1980 articles, as the present is incoherent without a solid documentation and understanding of the past. After all, tomorrow is not another country. Detruncate 07:20, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed user box

TUKU

This user listens to Oliver Mtukudzi

What do you think?Babakathy 20:10, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I like it. If there are any more ideas for Zimbabwe-related Userboxes, contact me on my Talk page, and if there are enough I will add another page to the WikiProject Zimbabwe Navigation where others can access these Userboxes. Mangwanani 16:17, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Hi, my name is Joe and I have just created the Bulawayo South article. I am trying to create a comprehensive guide to Zimbabwe's constituencies and any help or sources you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Political parties

Been going through a bit and ZANU is in a mess, I mean here, before anyone gets ideas on POV. There are three sites ZANU, ZANU (PF) and ZANU (Ndonga). All 3 have sections on the war and period pre Mugabe/Sithole split. I am suggesting ZANU as a master article covering only the foundation and war years in detail and then linking to ZANLA, ZANU (PF) and ZANU (Ndonga). The latter two articles should then simply refer to the former one for earlier history. How does that sound?

All 3 articles have the bizarre claim that Ndonga is a Ndebele party and ZANU and ZANU (Ndonga) have no citations, nor does ZANLA. Babakathy 22:46, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rating

Should we begin rating the articles within our scope as most other WikiProjects do? Mangwanani 19:10, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Constituency

Has anyone seen the Bulawayo South article I created, I haven't gotten any feedback yet. I'm going to start working on more constituencies soon and any help would be appreciated. -- Joe 15:27, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Forgive the directness but can you tell me the result of the 1965 Rhodesian election in Bulawayo South? You know, the election which I have already researched but haven't written the Wikipedia page for yet so it's not available online but only by finding the Rhodesia Herald in a real life library. Fys. Ta fys aym. 21:18, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Great Job

Great job Mangwanani on this one. mangqina-Mazondo 04:01, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA policy

I posted Frederick Russell Burnham to the WikiProject Zimbabwe GA section, and it was removed with the following comment: its still only nominated for good article status. until it becomes a GA it cannot be listed here."

But the instructions for this section say:

"The following articles have either been recognized as good articles or are currently under review for good article status.

The Burnham article is currently under GA review.

Either the instructions are wrong or the article should be returned to the GA War and military category. -- Ctatkinson 11:00, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for restoring the article. -- Ctatkinson 00:42, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rhodesian Air Services

I have added a few lines to this entry. I have reservations about the line which states that the Vilanculos route was transferred in 1962 - I distincly recall going on a Rhodesian Air Service DC-3 to there in 1965. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Simonwoollard (talk • contribs) 20:15, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA announcement

Frederick Russell Burnham obtained GA status today. Hurray!!! The GA reviewer commented that it is already a very good article and, for FA, he suggests suggest more on Burnham's non-military work. Many thanks for everyone's contributions to-date. It sounds like we can bring it to FA with only a bit more work. Further input and peer review here would be much appreciated. Let's give the team a big hurrah!!! -- Ctatkinson 19:04, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stub template

Just a heads-up: the template {{Zimbabwe-ethno-group-stub}} is up for deletion as it has only been used on one article. This just means that stub articles about ethnic groups in Zimbabwe would be re-sorted into the general ethnic groups in Africa stub category. If your project tags 30+ articles with the Zimbabwe type, there's a good chance we can keep it. Cheers, Her Pegship (tis herself) 19:46, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Salisbury

Somebody is trying to claim that "Salisbury" should redirect to Salisbury, United Kingdom rather than Harare, as though S-UK is more notable. Put this on your watchlist - the guy is really persistent in trying to push this view. Perspicacite 19:16, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WPRhodesia

I have started a Rhodesian WikiProject for all who are more interested in Rhodesian articles. It can be found here. Mangwanani 16:21, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Rhodesia

A user has posted a lengthy copy and paste of policies on Talk:Rhodesia to a point I would consider spamming. Does anyone mind if I remove/revert the posts? Perspicacite 07:53, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I mind.

You revert too much. You need to consider editing in a co-operative manner rather than reverting. Please read what you call "spam". It is actually policy.

In your latest revert today at Rhodesia, amongst other ignorant edits you

re-introduced a redlink of sodium coumadin sic
removed the valid piped link in "the toxin Sodium Coumadin (an anti-coagulant commonly used as the active ingredient in rat poison)"
linked (without good reason) 1969, 1965, 1979, 1987 contrary to WP:MOSNUM
introduced typos/spelling mistakes (at least in the WP:ENGVAR the article is written in {eg replacing "As the Bush War got under way," with "As the Bush War got underway,"})
restored the double linking of ZANU and ZAPU as in "the military wing of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), and ZIPRA, the military wing of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU),"
replaced "The defunct State was landlocked and located in southern Africa." with "The country is landlocked and located in southern Africa." Do you not realise that the article is about a political entity that ceased to exist in the last century?
completely lost the explanatory clause "First Chimurenga " was the name given to the Second Matabele Warthat began in 1896)" - not for the first or even second or even third destructive revert!
replaced "Rhodesia was known as Southern Rhodesia, a self-governing colony of the British Empire, prior to 1964." with "The British Empire ruled over the self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia prior to 1964."

ALL without consensus or discussion on the article's talk page and all on the day that you returned from being blocked for WP:3RR for exactly this type of ignorant, non-consensual revert and with a mendacious edit summary of "(rv. Keeping the few good changes made.)" What exactly were the "good changes made" from "your version" that you preserved?

When are you going to learn to edit rather than mindlessly and irritatingly revert? Alice.S 09:21, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Shona Population Figures

In the Wiki entry on the Shona people,the info box in the upper right of the page lists their total population at 13 million, while the second line of the actual article states that there are about 9 million. I left it unedited, partly because I have no idea what the number is, and partly because I think the author may have meant to say "about 9 million in Zimbabwe", with the remainder largely in Mozambique, but it does not state this. If anyone current on Southern African demographics could address this you have my thanks71.142.67.174 (talk) 00:57, 27 March 2008 (UTC)Kevin D.[reply]

Boy Scouting and Girl Guiding in pre1979 Rhodesia

Hello everyone! I am trying to write a history of Boy Scouting and Girl Guiding in pre1979 Rhodesia. Right now both are stubs at The_Boy_Scouts_Association_of_Zimbabwe and at Girl_Guides_Association_of_Zimbabwe. Please help me fill in some blanks. The present period is also spotty, but I would like to ask for

1) photographs of Scouts or Scout events before 1979 (scans are fine, not the originals, those are important to you)

2) photos of badges or emblems from either organization. Particularly needed is the 1964-1979 fleur-de-lis badge, I've only seen one at a distance, it might have a mountain on it.

3) history or information on membership, activities, rank structure, public service, and any Rhodies of note who were Scouts or Guides

4) anything else you can think of that would make either article better, right now you can see they are both lacking, the Scouts being more developed than the Guides just for availability of information

Thank you so much! Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 00:39, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal to consolidate African country WikiProject banners

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Draft Guidelines for Lists of companies by country - Feedback Requested

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Whites in Zimbabwe GA Sweeps Review: On Hold

As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria and I'm specifically going over all of the "Culture and Society" articles. I have reviewed Whites in Zimbabwe and believe the article currently meets the majority of the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. I have left this message at this WikiProject's talk page so that any interested members can assist in helping the article keep its GA status. In reviewing the article, I have found there are a few issues that may need to be addressed, and I'll leave the article on hold for seven days for them to be fixed. I have left messages on the talk pages of the main contributors of the article and other related WikiProjects. Please consider helping address the several points that I listed on the talk page of the article, which shouldn't take too long to fix if multiple editors assist in the workload. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 06:12, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WIP: Banknotes of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

I have formally began work on improving the Banknotes of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe article as of 24 June 2008. my aim is to make it a Featured Article. Therefore we would need reliable sources and good examples of as many banknotes as possible to cover the topic of Numismatics. Thanks! --Marianian (talk) 13:59, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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New article needs help

I've just created Second round of voting in the Zimbabwean presidential election 2008, a split from Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008, but in so doing I've broken several citations which i don't know how to repair. Could somebody explain how I can repair the links? Thanks. Totnesmartin (talk) 15:03, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Template request

Hello! there's a request at Talk:Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008 for a template to cover all articles related to the election. Unfortuneately neither I nor User:Everyking (who made the request) know how to make one. Could anyone here oblige? Thanks. Totnesmartin (talk) 08:36, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Articles flagged for cleanup

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List of MPs and senators elected in the Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2008

I understand that this is pretty much a list. However, it still needs attention, and it needs to be completed with Mashonolands, Matabeles, and the Midlands. It is probably necessary to move it to a better title as well. It would be good for people to try and find these results.--HandGrenadePins (talk) 13:11, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. The data are available. Title: do you have suggestions? Is there a convention for this sort of list? Seeing the content, it might be better as Results of the Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2008 Babakathy (talk) 13:22, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have raised a point in the talk page [[1]]--AssegaiAli (talk) 09:17, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved it to Constituency Results of the Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2008 and am working on completing it and putting it in the same format as earlier elections. Babakathy (talk) 20:54, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV in politics!!

I think there is a serious problem at the moment with NPOV in many articles relating to Politics of Zimbabwe, including the article itself. Looking at the project page, none of these seem to be mentioned on the main page. I would hate to be labelled as a "Zanu-PF crony" or something like that, but I can't be the only one who thinks there is an issue with name-calling and one-sided arguments. Don't get me wrong, there are some very good articles in the section. However, the Robert Mugabe article has to be looked at, particularly the section on "Elections", as well as the ongoing debate on whether Mugabe should be called "president", "de facto president", "de jure president", de facto but not de jure president", in both the infobox and the introduction itself. Politics of Zimbabwe, as i said, must be looked at urgently. There are probably several others which give the MDC argument without giving the Zanu-PF argument, possibly because the Zanu-PF argument is harder to find for them. I do not want this to become just another MDC mouthpiece for the world. Whatever our opinions on the Zimbabwe crisis, it is important that we remain impartial when talking about such a sensitive issue.--HandGrenadePins (talk) 14:12, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support wholeheartedly. Babakathy (talk) 14:59, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Movement for Democratic Change (pre-2004)

I've just done this article, but we are gonna need to find out where the old HQ was. It is also mostly about the split, and some other information, and more sources, might be useful. The current Movement for Democratic Change has quite a few issues. I have taken a little from that article (and sourced it), although much of it is poorly sourced. It is also necessary to have that article reserved for the Mutambara faction, which carries that legal name. Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai will be for the Tsvangirai faction. —Preceding unsigned comment added by HandGrenadePins (talk • contribs) 13:37, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, it seems this issue is going to have to be debated in talk:Movement for Democratic Change even though it seems pretty obvious we need to have seperate articles.--HandGrenadePins (talk) 15:32, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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African cinema task force

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Zimbabwe-related articles needing geographical coordinates

Based on a search of Wikipedia's articles, I've found some Zimbabwe-related articles that I believe are about places, and could usefully have geographical coordinates added.

The articles in question are listed in Category:Zimbabwe articles missing geocoordinate data. At the time of writing, some examples included:

...and there are many more. At the time of posting this notice, there were 116 articles in this category left to tag with geographical coordinates.

The articles are all marked with {{coord missing}} tags, which need replacing with {{coord}} tags that contain their latitude/longitude coordinates. You can find out how to do this at the Wikipedia:Geocoding how-to for WikiProject members. Please let me know if this is useful! -- The Anome (talk) 21:56, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Having coordinates is a matter of policy? But I think it is nice if someone can look up the location of a place of interest on Google Earth or whatever.Babakathy (talk) 18:28, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Now 96 left to tag with geographical coordinates.Babakathy (talk) 18:51, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

University of Zimbabwe

I am appealing for assistance for the section on Sports, clubs, traditions and for photos for the article. Babakathy (talk) 09:23, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Addition of link to lyrikline.org page on Chirikure Chirikure

I have proposed at Talk:Chirikure Chirikure that a link be added to the article, linking to the page on Lyrikline.org for the poet. As the whole site is blacklisted, except for one link now whitelisted for the page on the web site itself, I have requested whitelisting for this link, discussion is underway.

I have also suggested at Talk:Shona_language#Possible_external_link_for_this_article. that this poet's page on Lyrikline be linked from the article, as a notable example of the Shona language, with the poet reading in Shona (audio) and translation into English. That's why I've come here, since the poet's article seems to have little traffic or notice, which is a shame. If there is consent here, I would add this usage to my whitelisting request, and if the request is granted, would add the link to the Shona page. The page link is given in the Talk page text. Most browsers, you can just put that in the address bar, it will work, or you can put http:// at the beginning. Thanks for looking at this. --Abd (talk) 18:11, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Leonard Zhakata

Hi, can nayone help with some references for this musician Leonard Zhakata? Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:18, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Anti-British sentiment?

Hi, would anyone knowledgeable on colonial/rhodesia/zim history be able to add anything on Anti-British sentiment? Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:03, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mashonaland Central districts

The Mashonaland Central#Mashonaland Central districts list doesn't match with the Districts of Zimbabwe#Mashonaland Central Province list. In particular, I'm wondering about Mbire, Muzarabani, and Mukumbura. According to ghits, Mbire appears to be a district. There's already an article on Muzarabani referring to it as a district and I could re-name it Muzarabani District; ghits supports that its a district. Mukumbura appears to be an area in Mount Darwin District rather than a district. But as these 3 aren't listed on the Mashonaland Central article, I'm cautious about adding them there. As I'm not an expert on this region, and I'm unable to find an English language official government website with the list of Zimbabwe districts by province, I'm wondering if someone within this wikiproject can assist? --Rosiestep (talk) 17:32, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Denis Norman

This article could do with some more details I feel - anyone got any more info? Cheers, Giant Snowman 15:55, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of Zimbabwean national cricket captains at FLRC

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New article Rhodie bar needs pics, more footnotes

This article could definitely use a few pics from editors in Zimbabwe or South Africa. Also any more published references would be great. MatthewVanitas (talk) 22:42, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Expert eyes required please

Folks we appear to have two articles about the same politician at Chenhanho Chimutengwende and Chen Chimutengwende. Are they in fact both about the same person? If so, the content of the latter (as the newer article) should be merged into the former and the latter page redirected to the former. Would an expert on the politicians of Zimbabwe please take a look at this. Also, someone purporting to be Chimutengwende posted at Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/Archive/23#Regarding the entry on Chen Chimutengwende asking for more detail to be added - I directed them to Talk:Chenhanho Chimutengwende. Thanks. – ukexpat (talk) 17:09, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Art in Zimbabwe, especially sculpture

I am interested in expanding the pages on Art in Zimbabwe, especially for sculpture Category:Zimbabwean sculptors, and have recently added extensively to Shona art, Henry Munyaradzi and Joram Mariga. I believe that the articles Art in Zimbabwe and Shona art should be merged but would like opinions (and help!) on this. Please add to the discussion here or use my own talk page.Mikedt10 (talk) 13:53, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Khami and Khame Ruins, Zimbabwe

The Khame Ruins, Zimbabwe orphan page deals only with the ruins of Khami. Any volunteer to merge the two pages? Touchatou (talk) 11:50, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:1958 in Zimbabwe

Category:1958 in Zimbabwe, which is under the purview of this WikiProject, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:44, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

History Articles for WikiProject Zimbabwe

I would like to point out that the country Zimbabwe did not exist before the elections in 1980. Previous to these elections the country was called - in reverse order, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe Rhodesia, Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia. (See timeline below)

Therefore where there are Historical references to Zimbabwe predating the election in 1980, These references are incorrect. To be true to the facts Zimbabwe's history begins in 1980, the country should be referred to in the correct manner with dates before this.

Timeline for the history of Zimbabwe and countries that preceded Zimbabwe.

Pre -1965 The country was known as Southern Rhodesia until the breakup of the Federation in 1963, when it was known as Rhodesia 11 November 1965 - 10 December 1979 : Rhodesia 1 June 1979 - 11 December 1979 : Zimbabwe Rhodesia 12 December 1979 - 17 April 1980 : Southern Rhodesia 18 April 1980 - Present : Zimbabwe — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zafgak (talk • contribs) 06:30, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WikiWomen's History Month

Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Zimbabwe will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Zimbabwe's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 22:19, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

FAR

I have nominated Frederick_Russell_Burnham for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:03, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:PZWfooter nominated for renaming

Template:PZWfooter has been nominated for renaming to Portal:Zimbabwe/Featured content/footer. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. DH85868993 (talk) 01:27, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Request for help

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)[reply]

Hi, I updated the list, there are many new images waiting for Wikipedia articles to host them. Who's willing to help? --Elitre (talk) 13:52, 23 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed move of Anglo-African to British in Africa

See Talk:Anglo-African#Proposed move to British in Africa. Helen (talk) 17:30, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Loves Pride 2014

You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a campaign to create and improve LGBT-related content at Wikipedia and its sister projects. The campaign will take place throughout the month of June, culminating with a multinational edit-a-thon on June 21. Meetups are being held in some cities, or you can participate remotely. All constructive edits are welcome in order to contribute to Wikipedia's mission of providing quality, accurate information. Articles within Category:LGBT in Africa may be of particular interest. You can also upload LGBT-related images by participating in Wikimedia Commons' LGBT-related photo challenge. You are encouraged to share the results of your work here. Happy editing! --Another Believer _(Talk) 01:58, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Opposition leaders

Hello everyone! For some time now, I want to create an article about leaders of the opposition of Rhodesia, from introduction of the responsible government in 1923 until the demise of Rhodesia in 1979. Also, that article could contain opposition leaders of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and Zimbabwe, since 1980 (in the same fashion as List of Speakers of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe contain parliamentary speakers of all three entities). As you know, all the countries which adopted Westminster-style system at some point in their history have lists of leaders of official opposition (UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, etc), so I want to make a list like that for Rhodesia/Zimbabwe-Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. Unfortunately, I was unable to find any source online which contain list of Rhodesian opposition leaders. So, I'm asking all of you for help. If anyone knows where to find sources about this, please let me know. Cheers! --Sundostund (talk) 13:36, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Languages in censuses and Race and ethnicity in censuses

Pleas add information about this country to this articles--Kaiyr (talk) 13:04, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed Creation of Water Supply and Sanitation in Zimbabwe

As part of a class assignment through Rice University's Poverty, Justice and Human Capabilities program, I would like to create a page titled Water Supply and Sanitation in Zimbabwe. This page would provide a history of water supply and sanitation efforts in Zimbabwe, a current overview of the infrastructure and government organizations that deal with water supply and sanitation in Zimbabwe, a list and description of efforts of NGOs and aid branches of foreign governments that are helping to improve water supply and sanitation in Zimbabwe, and a description of current issues and future plans for helping to change water supply and sanitation in Zimbabwe. In addition I will add a section dealing with environmental concerns regarding water supply and sanitation in Zimbabwe and a section about human concerns, which will endeavor to make the connection between the general quality of life in Zimbabwe and the quality and quantity of water supply and sanitation in Zimbabwe. The sources I plan to use for this article include, but are not limited to, UNICEF, Human Rights Watch, African Development Bank Group, and Water Sanitation Program scholarly reports, studies, and factual overviews. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions about what should or should not be included and used for this article.OLucier (talk) 20:08, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal

Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Zimbabwean Bond Coins

I've just created the page Zimbabwean Bond Coins, which should be of interest to this community.
To discuss this with me, please {{Ping}} me. Thnidu (talk) 21:04, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject X is live!

Hello everyone!

You may have received a message from me earlier asking you to comment on my WikiProject X proposal. The good news is that WikiProject X is now live! In our first phase, we are focusing on research. At this time, we are looking for people to share their experiences with WikiProjects: good, bad, or neutral. We are also looking for WikiProjects that may be interested in trying out new tools and layouts that will make participating easier and projects easier to maintain. If you or your WikiProject are interested, check us out! Note that this is an opt-in program; no WikiProject will be required to change anything against its wishes. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

Note: To receive additional notifications about WikiProject X on this talk page, please add this page to Wikipedia:WikiProject X/Newsletter. Otherwise, this will be the last notification sent about WikiProject X.

Harej (talk) 16:58, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Killing of Cecil the lion

Killing of Cecil the lion is considered for deletion. Any input would be appreciated. --Tobias1984 (talk) 13:34, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bulawayo a province?

Is Bulawayo treated as a province so that there should be a category for it within Category:Populated places in Zimbabwe by province? At present Category:Suburbs of Bulawayo has a redlinked Category:Populated places in Bulawayo: should that exist? (This from stub-sorting the unsourced Pelandaba, created as part of a swathe of self-promotional autobiographical edits by a WP:SPA.) PamD 16:39, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Zimbabwe First Party

There are new articles on Zimbabwe First Party and its leader Maxwell Zeb Shumba. Currently, these are obviously not neutral, and they need some loving care from people familiar with the situation in Zimbabwe. I am therefore adding both to the scope of your Wikiproject. — Sebastian 07:46, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Zimbabwean Bond Notes

Can someone please create an article titled 'Zimbabwean Bond Notes'?

There is reports that they will be released in July this year by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. - (124.197.51.229 (talk) 09:13, 10 May 2016 (UTC))[reply]

Zimbabwe's Bond Notes for 2 & 5 Dollars are being released today (28 November), along with a bimetallic 1 Dollar Bond Coin dated 2016. - (119.224.80.18 (talk) 09:12, 28 November 2016 (UTC))[reply]

Contests

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. Would anybody here 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.} 20:03, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Is Derek Walker a president ?

Derek Walker is a British architect. Is it a hoax or we need a new page?Xx236 (talk) 07:16, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What seems to be the problem? And where is it? --Katangais (talk) 00:45, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Music of Zimbabwe could use some help

For the past year, the Music of Zimbabwe page has been only 2 sentences long after being reduced due lack of references. I restored it to it's previous length and did my best to add references and clean things up but it could use more work. I believe that this page is important and worthy of further investment to make it better. IGTaylor (talk) 19:55, 15 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment of "Zimbabwe"

I made a reassessment of the article Zimbabwe, found here. There are several issues that have to be fixed for the good article status to be maintained IMO. I invite interested editors to take a look. Saturnalia0 (talk) 22:08, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Highlands, Harare

If the neighbourhood of Highlands, Harare should have an article, could someone start the article? If it is not really part of Harare, then the article would be Highlands, Zimbabwe. All I can find out about the neighbourhood is that its coordinates are approximately 18°1′4″S 30°40′29″E / 18.01778°S 30.67472°E / -18.01778; 30.67472 (Highlands) and that Holy Trinity College is located there. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 02:17, 20 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject

The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

Portals are being redesigned.

The new design features are being applied to existing portals.

At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template {{Transclude lead excerpt}}.

The discussion about this can be found here.

Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.

Background

On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.

There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.

So far, 84 editors have joined.

If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the newsletter archive.

If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thank you. — The Transhumanist 08:01, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

AfroCine: Join us for the Months of African Cinema in October!

Greetings!

You are receiving this message because your portal is related to Africa, the Carribean, Cinema or theatre.

This is to introduce you to a new Wikiproject called AfroCine. This new project is dedicated to improving the Wikipedia coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the carribbean, and the diaspora. If you would love to be part of this or you're already contributing in this area, kindly list your name as a participant on the project page here.

Furthermore, In the months of October and November, the WikiProject is organizing a global on-wiki contest and edit-a-thon tagged: The Months of African Cinema. If you would love to join us for this exciting event, also list your username as a participant for this event here. In preparation for the contest, please do suggest relevant articles that need to be created or expanded in different countries, during this event!

If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally on my talkpage! Cheers!--Jamie Tubers (talk) 20:50, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the Months of African Cinema!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which has been dedicated to improving contents that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

This is a global online edit-a-thon, which is happening in at least 5 language editions of Wikipedia, including the English Wikipedia! Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section, if you haven't done so already.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing Users who are able to achieve the following:

Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
Country Winners
Diversity winner
High quality contributors
Gender-gap fillers
Page improvers
Wikidata Translators

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:50, 03 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

RfC on election/referendum naming format

An RfC on moving the year from the end to the start of article titles (e.g. South African general election, 2019 to 2019 South African general election) has been reopened for further comment, including on whether a bot could be used move the articles if it closed in favour of the change: Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (government and legislation)#Proposed change to election/referendum naming format. Cheers, Number 5 7 15:42, 20 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A new newsletter directory is out!

A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.

– Sent on behalf of Headbomb. 03:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

MfD nomination of Portal:Zimbabwe

Portal:Zimbabwe, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Zimbabwe and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Zimbabwe during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:59, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!

Greetings!

After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:

Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
Diversity winner
Gender-gap fillers

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool

Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:25, 27 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

FAR notice

I have nominated P. K. van der Byl for a here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 17:48, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ian Smith Featured article review

Ian Smith has been nominated for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:44, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Communication

I would very much like to communicate with some of the members here; I have multiple ways to be contacted Twitter: @caldergb or Discord: Calder#0001. I have also made plenty of Rhodesia userboxes etc also, if anyone wants to use them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CalderRC (talk • contribs) 22:19, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Zimbabwean Lives Matter

Please be advised of the new Wikipedia:WikiProject Zimbabwean Lives Matter added by Mike T. Sithole. I did a little editing on it, to get it past the Speedy Deletion tag. Feel free to contribute. — Maile (talk) 18:03, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

Greetings,

Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.

It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.

Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

Overall winner
- 1st - $500
- 2nd - $200
- 3rd - $100
Diversity winner - $100
Gender-gap filler - $100
Language Winners - up to $100*

We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!

Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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

Need a notability assessment

I need someone to assess the notability of the person described in Draft:Mqondisi Moyo.

The draft is not the best, so I'm hoping someone "on the ground/in the country" will speak up and say "yeah, he's notable, here's 3 solid references" or "um, I live in the area he does and I've never heard of him" or something like that.

If he IS notable, then the draft will need cleaning, if he's not, I won't waste time trying.

Note that a page about a person with this name, probably the same person, was deleted at AFD only a few months ago, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mqondisi Moyo, so I'm not optimistic. I hope I'm wrong, but I'm not optimistic. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 02:30, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Africa contest

March is the third and final month of Women in Red's focus on biographies of African women in our Women in Africa contest. Up to now, around a hundred articles have been contributed but with your collaboration, we hope to have many more.--Ipigott (talk) 12:10, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cricket lists

Hi everyone. Hope you all are well. If anyone you have some time then please give your input at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of international cricket five-wicket hauls on Irish cricket grounds. Thanks. Störm (talk) 17:30, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

SheSaid Campaign 2021

Dear WikiProject Zimbabwe members ; l am are glad to announce that l will organize Wiki loves women 2021 in Zimbabwe, l have also have submitted a rapid grant for this event, your comments and feedback are welcomed. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Sichelesile/SheSaid

Sichelesile (talk) 13:29, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

SheSaid Campaign 2021

Hallo WikiProject Zimbabwe members, I hereby announce the entry of Wiki Loves Women She_Said Campaign for 2021 in Zimbabwe with he sole aim of improving women content on the Wiki loves Africa Project. A rapid grant application has been applied to facilitate this event. You are invited to make your contributions on the invisaged programme and .communicate them on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/ChabbiCee/She_Said ChabbieCee (talk) 21:39, 15 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Wiki Indaba 2021 is here!

Hosted by the Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda, the first ever virtual Wiki Indaba conference is taking place online from the 5th to the 7th of November 2021 under the theme Rethink + Reset : Visions of the future.

Wiki Indaba 2021 is a unique opportunity to come together to build the capacity of African Wikimedians both within the continent and the diaspora to foster the growth of the coverage and our involvement in Wikimedia projects.

The call for submissions is open, please submit your session proposal either as a presentation, panel discussion, lightning talk, or workshop before September 24th 2021.

Most importantly, we would like to have you at the conference, please register here to get your free ticket and spread the word to your community members.

Looking forward to seeing you and hearing you speak at the conference.

Geoffrey Kateregga (talk) 23:45, 16 September 2021 (UTC) - On behalf of the Wiki Indaba 2021 Local Organizing Committee[reply]

The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

Greetings,

It is already past the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the Months of African Contest 2021 achievements so far! We want to extend our sincere gratitude for the time and energy you have invested. If you have not yet participated in the contest, it is not too late to do it. Please list your username as a participant on the contest’s main page.

Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the article achievements' section of the contest page so they can be tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article in the users by articles. Please note that your articles must be present in both the article achievement section on the main contest page, as well as on the Users By Articles page for you to qualify for a prize.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

Overall winner
- 1st - $500
- 2nd - $200
- 3rd - $100
Diversity winner - $100
Gender-gap filler - $100
Language Winners - up to $100*

Thank you once again for your valued participation! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 18:50, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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

Rhodesian mission in Lisbon Featured article review

I have nominated Rhodesian mission in Lisbon for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:42, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

FAR for Shangani Patrol

I have nominated Shangani Patrol for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. (t · c) buidhe 17:57, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

User script to detect unreliable sources

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

and turns it into something like

John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Roads in Zimbabwe

Hi. I am not a member of this WikiProject but I have a suggestion.

Can somebody review the "grammar" and generally the way the information is being explained in every article under the "Roads in Zimbabwe" Category. I would appreciate. Thanks. GeographicAccountant (talk) 23:11, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

William Harper Featured article review

I have nominated William Harper (Rhodesian politician) for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:37, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Project-independent quality assessments

Quality assessments by Wikipedia editors rate articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Wikipedia:Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a |class= parameter to {{WikiProject banner shell}}, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.

No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to {{WikiProject banner shell}}, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.

However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass {{WPBannerMeta}} a new |QUALITY_CRITERIA=custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 20:27, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Political history of Zimbabwe

Political history of Zimbabwe has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:44, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Green's 5th Edit-a-thon

Hello WikiProject Zimbabwe:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2023!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2023, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there!

Grnrchst (talk) 13:56, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Rhodesian Bush War#Requested move 12 October 2023

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Rhodesian Bush War#Requested move 12 October 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. estar8806 (talk) ★ 21:58, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Gold Mafia

Considering the massive amount of coverage surrounding the Gold Mafia investigation by Al Jazeera[1], I think it's enough to justify further coverage on the subject of gold smuggling in Zimbabwe, possibly even a separate article. What do you all think? PrecariousWorlds (talk) 17:28, 29 February 2024 (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.

Zimbabwe is listed as a developing country for the purposes of this contest, so articles related to it are eligible to be submitted for 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!

Best wishes, Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI (^{talk to me!}/_{my edits}) 11:11, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:WikiProject Oral tradition

Would people be interested in joining a wikiproject on improving and creating articles about oral tradition? Wikipedia's coverage on this appears to be very poor Kowal2701 (talk) 19:17, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]