Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Kenya

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). Cheers, Number   5  7  15:37, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

William Ruto Dr tag and nickname issue
There is an ongoing dispute regarding Dr tag and 'Hustler' nickname issue on William ruto's page. Any help will be appreciated. Regards. Shadychiri (talk) 18:42, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:Mombasa for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Mombasa is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Mombasa until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America1000 05:53, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

See the one for Nairobi for comment. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 18:20, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:Nairobi for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Nairobi is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Nairobi until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America1000 23:07, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

Another bites the dust... Bokoharamwatch (talk) 18:11, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Call for portal maintainers
Are there any editors from this WikiProject willing to maintain Portal:Kenya? The Portals guideline requires that portals be maintained, and as a result numerous portals have been recently been deleted via MfD largely because of lack of maintenance. Let me know either way, and thanks, UnitedStatesian (talk) 05:53, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

This topic is one I've been watching for some time - it piqued my interest not long ago. More later. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 18:13, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

12th Parliament
Please help fill in the 12th Parliament of Kenya article. Thanks. AngusWOOF ( bark  •  sniff ) 00:06, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

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) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Kisii people
Kisii people is almost exclusively made up of original research and could do with attention from someone with knowledge of the subject. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 19:38, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!
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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!
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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) 12:04, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Kenya cricket list
Hi everyone. Hope you all are well. If anyone you have some time then please give your input at Articles for deletion/List of international cricket five-wicket hauls on Irish cricket grounds. Thanks. Störm  (talk)  17:09, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

SPLIT
A split proposal is in progress for Serengeti to Draft:Great Migration (Serengeti). Please discuss in at Talk:Serengeti#Split with your thoughts. Thank you.  TigerScientist  Chat   18:24, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

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

Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!
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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!
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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 and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * 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.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Queen of Kenya
A discussion about the article Queen of Kenya is open at Talk:Queen of Ghana. Please comment there to generate a clear consensus. Thanks.  Peter Ormond &#128172;  08:29, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Villages and settlements - stubs without reliable sources
Most of the articles in Eastern Province (Kenya) are stubs created in 2010 based on an unreliable source, which was removed leaving them without any references, and many have not been improved since; there are similar stubs in the subcategories of Category:Kenya geography stubs for this and other provinces. One article (Gariba) was deleted in 2019, another (Karuari) was recently proposed for deletion and a reference has been added but the source is based on GEOnet Names Server and is still not enough without additional sources. Similar articles were deleted at Articles for deletion/Airagwani. Is there anything reliable to verify the designation of places in the list (and subcategories) as populated places, and if any are "populated, legally recognized places" considered notable under WP:GEOLAND? A865 (talk) 10:38, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

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 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 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) 21:11, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Mount Kenya
Mount Kenya 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. AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:22, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Maasai shúkà
Please see: Talk:Maasai people. The gist is that we have a section on clothing at that article, and a section on the same cloting/material at Tartan, so we probably either need to do some merging or even have a separate article at Shúkà. I'm not sure exactly which is preferable. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  12:21, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for 2013 CECAFA Cup
2013 CECAFA Cup 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) 21:09, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Could someone please look into improving Mau Mau rebellion?
It’s not just a high-importance Africa article, but a level-5 vital article overall, and it’s a measly B-class. The recent talk page isn’t full of discussions on article improvement but IPs complaining that it sucks. I’m not remotely familiar with the event, so could someone please look into this? Dronebogus (talk) 13:46, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Women in Green's 5th Edit-a-thon
 Hello WikiProject Kenya:

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) 13:14, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

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.

Kenya 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 ) 11:13, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge
Would love to see more editors participating in this challenge and seeing more entries coming in from Kenya on a diversity of topics ♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:37, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Kenya finance bill protests
New article alert. Expansion needed Wår (talk) 00:26, 21 June 2024 (UTC)