Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ghana/Archive 3

Possible Public Domain sources
As many of you know, there are a fair number of sources in the public domain available on most parts of the world, and Internet Archive appears to have quite a few which relate to the old "Gold Coast" area, or in a search there for "Ghana". It would certainly be possible to try to maybe find which sources there would be the most useful for articles here, and maybe try to transcribe them to wikisource first, or just find the sources and add the material verbatim or otherwise to the relevant articles here. If anyone wanted to suggest some works which could be transcribed for wikisource, which has the advantage of also making the transcribed version readily available in perpetuity, feel free to suggest them below. John Carter (talk) 14:29, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

New databank subscription available
10 subscriptions to Sabinet, a digital publisher in South Africa, are being offered through the Wikipedia Library, among other databanks. Information can be found at WP:TWL. Parties interested in any of the databanks should feel free to read their terms of service and sign up for them. John Carter (talk) 22:00, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject X up for renewal
First of all, I would like to express my appreciation for WikiProject Ghana for testing the new WikiProject interface and tools. Thank you.

WikiProject X is up for renewal at the Wikimedia Foundation. We would like to continue working to make our existing tools better: to make them easier to use, and to integrate them with other Wikimedia projects, including Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. Please review our renewal proposal and leave feedback.

As always, if you have any questions or feedback, please let me know on this talk page or the WikiProject X talk page.

Thank you again, Harej (talk) 18:58, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Maintenance work
To let everyone know, I will be making a change to the Load WikiProject Modules Lua module, used on this project to render the different sections. This change involves, among other things, moving the different section headers out of the subpages and onto the main WikiProject page. This change will make the WikiProject easier to use and maintain. During this change, there may be a brief time window where the WikiProject page looks broken. Once the changes are finished, everything should be restored to normal. If not, purge your cache and it will work. If there are any bugs, please let me know promptly on my talk page. Thank you, Harej (talk) 01:27, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
 * This work is now done. Please let me know if there are any bugs. Harej (talk) 02:12, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Ing. Dr. Louis Ekow Casely-Hayford
Please assist me work on this draft and publish it. Louis Casely hayford — Preceding unsigned comment added by Forsonkwesi (talk • contribs) 19:10, 11 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Great efforts Forsonkwesi. However that's a lot of content, you might have to cut it down a bit. Also I think there are too many headings. Good luck.-- —M@sssly ✉  23:16, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Splitting Domestic violence
Domestic violence in Ghana I really think it could do with additional help anybody willing to help woud be useful. Dwanyewest (talk) 05:19, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Check-in
Hello, WikiProject Ghana! Just checking in. How has your work on Wikipedia been going? Have the tools and reports on the WikiProject been useful? Running into challenges using or maintaining the WikiProject? Anything you would like to see changed? Harej (talk) 15:14, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Auto-assessment of article classes
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Of interest
Of interest to this project: Articles for deletion/Matilda Amissah-Arthur. Montanabw (talk) 16:12, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Contests
User:Dr. Blofeld has created 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. 20:02, 20 July 2016 (UTC)


 * There is probably also need for a tie-up with Wiki Loves Women and Women in Red. Has anyone been looking at these possibilities?--Ipigott (talk) 10:16, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

National Contest for Ghana
and. How would you chaps like to be involved with launching an inaugural WikiProject Ghana/National Contest for Ghana, the first proper national general content contest for an independent nation on wikipedia? Not just women but everything Ghanaian under the sun ;-)? Such a contest would naturally involve Wiki Loves Women and the women cause and special attention to that but it would attract editors to improve articles on everything at once and try to emulate this. A contest could be designed to tackle every topic and every type of article from missing content, to cleanup, destubbing, high importance/core, Good Articles etc, and you'd design points to give to editors who notch up the most points. like 10 points new article, 25 points destubbing, 200 points GA etc. And you could apply for a grant to get prize funding for it. The Nigerian one wasn't aware that it was allowed when they organized the current one!

Let me know if you're interested. You'd be free to run the contest yourself of course ;-) If you can get a few people interested I will set something up, and you could run it as a part WP:Ghana, part Wiki Loves Women contest. If somebody like University of Ghana could be approached and help sponsor it or something all for the better.♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:57, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks Dr. Blofeld  the project sounds interesting and I will surely want to be part please let me know what to do and the way forward.Regards Rberchie (talk) 21:50, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

I've created an initial page at WikiProject Ghana/National Contest. I'll work on it more tomorrow.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:57, 4 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Sounds interesting. →Enock 4 seth  (talk) 20:48, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages
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Media upload of historical photographs of Ghana
Dear editors,

I would like to draw your attention to a media upload that may be of relevance to this page:

The Temminck Groll Collection consists of 2,641 historical photographs taken by the Dutch architect and architectural historian Coen Temminck Groll (1925-2015). The photos were taken in regions with which the Dutch have had historical relations, including countries in Africa, South America and Southeast Asia (see the category description for a full listing). The photos were taken during Temminck Groll's travels and study of 'shared cultural heritage' (heritage of the Netherlands located outside the country’s borders) and mainly date to the 1960s and 1970s. The photographs were digitised by the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands and made available to Wikimedia Commons in the context of the project The Netherlands and the world. If you have any questions about this upload, or have other media requests regarding Dutch shared cultural heritage, don't hesitate to leave a message at the project page!

Kind regards, --AWossink (talk) 14:26, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Netherlands and the World Exchange Platform is online
Wikimedia Nederland launches the Netherlands and the World Exchange Platform. The platform aims to stimulate global re-use of Dutch collections on non-European cultural heritage. In particular, it aims to stimulate collections on countries with which the Netherlands have had historical ties. These countries include Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Ghana, Suriname, South Africa, and others.

The platform also aims to foster contacts between Dutch cultural heritage institutions and Wikimedia contributors across the globe. However, participation is not limited to Wikimedia contributors. Anyone can participate, making it relevant for education and research as well.

Key properties:
 * Dutch heritage institutions can post offers on (parts of) their collections that are relevant to non-European countries
 * Wikimedia contributors gain insight in the contents of Dutch collections and can make requests for digitalisation.
 * Knowledge exchange and cooperation are key concepts.

The platform is easy to use. After registration, users can post offer/requests notices, depending on whether they are looking for material, or want to offer material for re-use. Statistics on re-use are also available.

The Netherlands and the World Exchange Platform is part of the program The Netherlands and the World. This program is supported by Wikimedia Nederland and aims to make available knowledge and content on non-European countries.

Regards, --AWossink (talk) 14:57, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Popular pages report
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Ashanti hoax tags
One user has tagged a number of pages associated with the Ashanti region or the historic Ashanti Empire as hoaxes, such that such articles now dominate the list of suspected hoaxes on wikipedia. Most of these tags seem unwarranted, as verifiable sources for the article are already linked. It'd be great if some other editors could check out these articles and remove the hoax tag where it's not needed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Landscape repton (talk • contribs) 08:20, 12 July 2017 (UTC)