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How to merge articles
Thanks for your helpful comments.

Hovea 09:18, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * My pleasure :) --Leviel 18:15, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

League of Copyeditors roll call
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Stellenbosch to bid for Wikimania 2012!
Hi Leviel!

The nascent South African Wikimedia chapter has decided to bid to host Wikimania in Stellenbosch, South Africa in 2012. This would be the first Wikimania in South Africa, and would be a great advertisement for our country. Please take a look at meta:Wikimania_2012/Bids/Stellenbosch. If you can add to the discussion, please do. If you feel that you are able to do anything to help, please join the Wikimedia South Africa mailing list and let us know. Even simple messages of support are valued!

Best regards,

David Richfield

Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference
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Tibet
Yes I am well aware I need to complete the Tibetan settlement articles. It is hard work and I don't think it is grade 1 urgent to get it done immediately. I'll try to do a few a day and eventually iy will get done. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦      "Talk"? 17:36, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Its yes so it isn't speedy deleted - to show I aim to add the proper box and geo details as soon as I can. An editor insisted I use the under construction tag in them. Perhaps I should have gone through the mundane process of starting an article fully each time but I had 800 or so red links to get rid of and would rather do it this way by completing afterwards. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦      "Talk"? 19:11, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes I was setting the pages up first e.g .... is a village in Tibet. It s located at .. and that ws it for starters but some way through I was warned that they could be deleted as empty which I really did not want to see so thought this was the safer option. They will be fine editions when complete. It isn't a fun process I'm, afraid but it is important to fill in gaps. Hopefully they can all be expanded later like Tingri recently was with some nice images. Hey congrats on the rugby!! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦      "Talk"? 19:24, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Ah no you are thinking of the   {inuse} tag which is for articles which editors are currently working on in that minute. under construction is a tag for a week or two for articles which are undergoing more long term change. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦      "Talk"? 19:32, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Islam
''I decided to venture into this treacherous field after I started dating a Muslim guy. I will attempt to improve the quality (e.g. grammar, links, headings) of the articles so that they are easier to understand - especially for someone without a Muslim background. I will try to make the articles less biased and more factual. If you feel that it did more damage than good, please feel free to point it out - I assure you that it wasn't intentional! --Leviel (talk) 13:24, 29 July 2008 (UTC)''

Update from NJR_ZA
I have recently overhauled WikiProject South Africa with the following:
 * Improving collaboration of participants by adding an Open tasks section with specific as well as common tasks
 * Added link to the CatScan tool to find articles needing cleanup, referencing and expanding
 * Added common tasks that should be performed on Portal:South Africa
 * Added information on how to add Geographical coordinates
 * Added articles missing Images
 * Added assessment information
 * Improving the layout to make access to information easier
 * Added simple "How can I help?" instructions for new project members
 * Extended the Resources section to assist participants in finding South Africa related information
 * Added bot generated Article alerts
 * Added a bot generated Cleanup listing
 * Added more information on template usage
 * Added a section on language usage
 * Improved the categories section with trees for category:South Africa Wikipedia administration and category:South Africa
 * Added link to Wikipedia Books
 * Marked inactive sections of the project as inactive

Comments, constructive criticism and suggestions for improving it further are welcome --NJR_ZA (talk) 07:29, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Inviting you to WikiAfrica Incubator!
Hey Leviel,

WikiAfrica invites you to support the Africa Incubator

WikiAfrica is pleased to invite you as a self-declared African Wikipedian to evaluate the Africa Incubator. WikiAfrica has created the Africa Incubator to support and assist new authors, as they create their first articles and learn the ins and outs of contributing to Wikipedia.

The Africa Incubator is a ‘soft landing’ for new authors to develop articles that relate to Africa. It assists them in becoming compliant and knowledgeable of Wikipedia principles and rules. Based within the Wikipedia framework, the Africa Incubator is fully interactive and enables feedback, assistance and forums.

This is where we need your help! For the Africa Incubator to be successful, it needs the intervention, interaction and experience of Incubator Mentors. We are looking for a pool of active experienced Wikipedians to consistently participate in ’owning’ the Africa Incubator. Incubator Mentors will assist new comers through the editing process. They will also help test and expand the Africa Incubator, and will play a vital role in encouraging newcomers to be Wikipedians for life

Please visit WikiAfrica Incubator to give us your honest feedback and evaluation. WikiAfrica is a ground-breaking project that is designed to Africanise Wikipedia by generating and expanding 30,000 articles over two years. Find out more about this project here WikiAfrica. To get involved, contact Francis [wikipedian@wikiafrica.net] Twitter: twitter.com/#!/wikiafrica Facebook: www.facebook.com/WikiAfrica --Awinda 07:35, 8 March 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Awinda (talk • contribs)

Wiki Loves Monuments in South Africa
Dear WikiProject South Africa Wikipedians

This is an urgent call from Wikimedia South Africa. We are currently working hard on the South African side of the exciting international photographic competition, Wiki Loves Monuments. We have been planning to make this national competition really take off, but to do so, we need your help! The competition starts on the 1st September, and we need your help now! If you are interested in being part of or can help the Wiki Loves Monuments national organising team, then please join here [ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_in_South_Africa]. If you have limited time, but want to help out at an upload marathon at a heritage site near you, please then contact either Lourie [louriepieterse@yahoo.com] or Isla [islahf@africacentre.net]. We look forward to hearing from you!"

Kind regards, Lourie

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Call for Wikipedians in Residence in Africa
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I hope you are well and thriving!! WikiAfrica has just put out a call for two Wikipedians in Residence. One in Cape Town at WikiAfrica, at the Africa Centre; and the other for WikiAfrica Cameroon in Douala, at doual’art. If you are interested, please contact either Marilyn [marilyn.doualabell@undefineddoualart.org] for the WikiAfrica Cameroon call or Isla [islahf@undefinedafricacentre.net] for the WikiAfrica position in Cape Town.

If you are not interested in applying, I would be very grateful if you could spread this call far and wide among your networks to ensure that both projects get excellent candidates. Here is the link for the information page: http://www.wikiafrica.net/two-wikipedians-in-residence-for-africa/

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