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Archive 1

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Happy editing! Cheers, S0091 (talk) 16:11, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Thank you @user:S0091, I have a question here, my account is new but I have experience with pages' creation and regulations to abide with...I submitted 10 of the draft I created to AFC, and they seem to be just fine (all 9, one was moved to main space by a reviewer). Will I do the right thing If I move all of them to main space? ANU^writes 16:04, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy Holidays (NEW YEAR)

Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, ANU^writes 00:45, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Richard Mabala has been accepted

Richard Mabala, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

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_Signed, Pichemist ^{( Contribs | Talk )} 07:13, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

QUESTION ABOUT AFC

I WAS READING AFC GUIDELINES TODAY AND I FOUND THIS,

Established users in good standing, however, are encouraged to not clutter up the AfC queue with pages that do not need support or guidance from AfC reviewers. If you are not required to use the AfC process but still need time to work on a new article before it's ready for mainspace, please do not submit it for review

SHOULD I JUST WRITE ARTICLES TO MAIN SPACE? ANU^writes 15:57, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Nahida Esmail

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A tag has been placed on Nahida Esmail requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://www.burtaward.org/nahida-esmail and https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42260615-living-in-the-shade. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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I think there was a partial infringement from www.burtaward.org/nahida-esmail and 0% from www.goodreads.com/book/show/42260615-living-in-the-shade. The article was never supposed to be deleted in that manner, you had to place a 'Wikipedia:Copyright problems' template instead of speedy deletion because of 'slight copyvios'. With/without that paragraph deleted, the article would still stand. ANU^writes 12:15, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Afyaniuhai!

Happy New Year!

Afyaniuhai,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Abishe (talk) 21:02, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

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Abishe (talk) 21:02, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

January 2023

Hi Afyaniuhai, I'm reaching out to you after seeing the Teahouse post you made about the changes I made in your articles. I actually meant to reach out to you earlier to explain my edits, but I got sidetracked and forgot and only remembered when I seen the message you left. I'm really sorry for making those changes in your articles. I thought I was following manual of style, as WP:LAYOUT does put the infobox before the introduction. Did you take a look at the policy I left in the edit summaries? The infobox is listed in "Before the article content" and the introduction is under "Article content". Anyways, I'll leave the infoboxes where they are from now on, but I do want to comment on your Teahouse post where you mentioned something about feeling really bad to burden me for making the edits. You should never feel bad for me or anyone else that makes cleanup edits in your articles, it's really no bother to help. If it was a burden, I wouldn't still be here after almost 15 years. Again, sorry for any problems I caused you. Cmr08 (talk) 04:33, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello Cmr08, Thank you for the hardwork you make to improve Wikipedia. You don't have to apologize because you're a wonderful editor. I haven't learned on how to give barnstarts, I should have given you one. Apart from you helping to rearrange the articles I started, I learned a thing or two. First, I never knew of something called WP:LAYOUT to have ever existed but now I know and I'm trying to improve myself on it, it's fun (hope I may get a third c-class on my next articles, or even a b-class). Secondly, I now know the good way to reference is to let a full stop come first before the ref. I was referencing anyhow before you taught me that, Thank you, I'll be reaching out to get aid if I ever fail arranging my articles or if I get to see any arrangement I don't understand, hope you will agree on being my mentor for the time being. ANU^writes 07:37, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

5th January

Hi mr Afya? mimi ni Ayo! natokea Tanzania na ninahitaji mawasiliano yako tafadhali. Asante. Ayo9 (talk) 17:48, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello Ayo9, and welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. I'm not fluent at Swahili, if you could use English next time that would be much better. Reach me anytime on my talk page if you need any assistance. ANU^writes 19:24, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Check me on WhatsApp please 0684 997 985 Ayo9 (talk) 19:26, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Kindly Ayo9, not everyone in here is addressed as 'Mr' don't forget that. As long as we don't have any personal connection to have a private conversation outside of Wikipedia talk pages, leave a message here if you need any assistance. Here is my WhatsApp. And don't leave a message anywhere on my talk page, every section contains it's own issues. ANU^writes 19:39, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

10th January

Want to thank you for all your great work on WP:BLP articles recently! BLP are the hardest articles, and Tanzania much more so. Difficult to find sources, and moderators default to delete of TZ BLPs. You have created great articles, with many sources, and added many articles much needed to add. I wanted to reach out and say if you ever need a hand or help in future please feel free to reach out to my talk page and ask. I quit making BLP when someone tried to delete the page Marioo I had created. It was a very frustrating experience to me so I do not make them anymore. I greatly appreciate your patients and good work as they are needed.

Quick note about the "Mr" from editor above, there is not gender in that use of "Mr". They intended same as "Mzee" that is for both men and women. It only a greeting meant to show you respect, not say you are man. Bantu does not have genders as English so translations create a gender and say "Mr". Better would be to say elder, or something else, but that is not how English, or translators, work. If working with Tanzanians you maybe called both genders many times each in same conversation, or even same sentence. It is not intended as disrespectful, only how the translation added it to make english work.

Again, thank you for all the great BLP work. You are contributing very important work! Amani kwako! BevoLJ (talk) 19:13, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Ahsante BevoLJ, that's so kind. Hope we can expand Tanzania/Swahili-related articles to the higher clouds. I promise to reach out to you if I'll ever need any assistance.

About 'Mr' matter, I think I just overreacted, I'm aware of that now. ANU^writes 08:42, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Welcome to Tanzania Wikimedia Community

Hopefully for anything here and especially not to forget having much fun from this community while creating or editing and discussing stuffs. Cheers to healthy life! Benson Kaile (talk) 23:03, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

ahsante @Benson Kaile ANU^writes 12:51, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Sony Music Africa

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Your draft article, Draft:Sony Music Africa

Hello, Afyaniuhai. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Sony Music Africa".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:26, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

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