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Rita Payés moved to draftspace
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 * Hi,
 * I'm a German fan of Sant Andreu Jazz Band and I noticed that you have worked decisively on draft:Rita Payés. Their submission has been declined recently, shortly after I joined your effort :(
 * What are you gonna do?
 * How can we work together on a second attempt?
 * Cheers! Alossola (talk) 20:24, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for reaching out. I also tried to create the page after watching her on YouTube and discovering that she was not on Wikipedia. Anyway, this is what I think we can do:
 * We can begin by creating the article in as many language Wikis as possible then translate from those langauages to English Wikipedia ( I can speak 6 languages from South Africa and Indonesian Fluently, all of whom are on Wikipedia)
 * How can we work together on a second attempt?: You can also start the article on German Wikipedia and other languages you know then we focus on English at the end.
 * Cheers Bobbyshabangu talk 20:37, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your thoughts. Articles have been established in Catalan, Spanish and German - my language skills are exhausted. I didn't see how to link the languages into the draft.
 * OTOH, after asking here I received some advice to concentrate on "in-depth reviews" - I'm going to write to Rita for further sources. Cheers Alossola (talk) 07:56, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

,, the Rita Payés article was moved to mainspace this morning. Thanks to you both, as I wouldn't have know about her had I not been randomly served the draft by the AfC Review algorithm! Marvellous voice. Please do help add more information and better sources as they become available (as it is, it's a bit heavy on the non-SIGCOV concert announcements). Cheers, Cl3phact0 (talk) 08:20, 10 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your help!
 * From my distant residence, it's difficult to get independent reviews. Unfortunately, Rita didn't answer my request for such material. Ciao, Alossola (talk) 08:51, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks @Cl3phact0, I shall definitely add more sources as they come through. @Alossola please don't contact her to avoid conflict of interest and so that we maintain a neutral tone on the page. Bobbyshabangu talk 16:33, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for caring, but I see no conflict when I maintain "journalist" distance, but I won't repeat my request anyway. Alossola (talk) 17:12, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

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Parkview Library
It was not a serious Wikipedia page. Have you quoted reliable sources supporting notability of the library? And I did not delete the page, I proposed to delete it. The page was deleted twice, by different editors. Please check several pages describing libraries. Category:Libraries in South Africa Xx236 (talk) 09:00, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Randburg Library


The article Randburg Library has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Not a notable library. Recent news coverage indicating that the library has been the recipient of a donation to install solar power does not constitute significant coverage, and much of the content is either promotional, or is taken from the Johannesburg Libraries websites describing libraries in general, and not this library in particular."

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 * You updated the Old prod template with the contest reason: This is part of a WikiProject Libraries campaign to work with libraries and increase the number of notable South African Libraries. I will note that adding a page about the library to Wikipedia does not make the library notable (and therefore does not increase the number of notable SA libraries). The library needs to be notable in order to add it to Wikipedia. I am still not convinced that this library is notable. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:53, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm still working to improve this page. The history of this particular library constitute notability. Kindly let's park it in a draft space if you feel it's does not meet notability criterion. Also, we (Wikimedia ZA) are working with librarians to identify notable libraries from this list of South African Libraries. Would be great to work with someone like you on this project. <b style="color: DarkOrange">Bobby</b><b style="color: DarkOliveGreen">shabangu</b> <b style="color:DeepSkyBlue">talk</b> 17:03, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Thoko Mayekiso moved to draftspace
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Some of your work
Hello, thank you for creating Thabo Bester, with a little effort I might be able to get it to good article standard. I have been re-patrolling some of your work randomly since I have stumbled across some of the articles you've created here. If I'm not mistaken you created. You are doing a really good job. However, most of your articles fail to demonstrate notability although there are multiple reliable sources online. Again your work is a product WP:OR. For an example, see Linda Sikhakhane, clearly he's notable but you missed reliable sources to back your statements. This, this, and and this source, just to mention a few, are reliable sources that demonstrate clear WP:SIGCOV of Linda Sikhakhane. Please beware of this when moving forward.  dxneo  (talk) 13:04, 30 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Dxneo thanks. Please subscribe to the African Wikimedians Mailing list here our Facebook page Wikimedia ZA and apply for sponsorship for South African Wikimedians to join the WikiIndaba conference in Jo'burg. Would be great to have you there meet with other Wikipedians from around Africa and share the good work you are doing as well. Contact me directly at bobby.shabangu@wikimedia.org.za for more info. <b style="color: DarkOrange">Bobby</b><b style="color: DarkOliveGreen">shabangu</b> <b style="color:DeepSkyBlue">talk</b> 17:07, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Okay, I just subscribed to African Wiki. Come to think of it, I have emailed you multiple times and you do not respond. Any reason behind that?  dxneo  (talk) 19:24, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

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Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did at Sizwe Zakho, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use your sandbox for that. Thank you. Dl2000 (talk) 00:38, 1 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi there @Dl2000, Rebecca Malope is not a discography of Sizwe Zakho but someone who worked with him. I decided to remove that infobox because it was about discography and replace it with a propriate for musician. Please re-check the article and continue to improve it. <b style="color: DarkOrange">Bobby</b><b style="color: DarkOliveGreen">shabangu</b> <b style="color:DeepSkyBlue">talk</b> 07:10, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

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