User talk:HandGrenadePins

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Welcome

Hi, HandGrenadePins, and welcome to WikiProject
Zimbabwe!

We are a growing community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to identifying, categorizing, and improving articles relevant to Zimbabwe. Here are some points that may be helpful:

Our main aim is to help improve Zimbabwe-related articles, so if people ask for help with an article, please try your hardest to help them if you are able.
Most important discussions take place on the project's main discussion page; it is highly recommended that you watchlist it.
The project has several ongoing and developing activities, such as the current collaboration, which you are welcome to participate.
If you have another language besides English, please consider adding yourself to our translation section, to help us improve our foreign Zimbabwe topics.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the talk page, and we will be happy to help you.

Again, welcome! We hope you enjoy working on this project.

Mangwanani ^(talk) 15:39, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cuegloss

The {{Cuegloss}} template's first parameter is case-sensitive, and the glossary entries begin with upper-case. I.e. {{Cuegloss|pot|pot}} is invalid; it must be {{Cuegloss|Pot|pot}}. The first parameter must match exactly the ===Heading=== of the glossary entry in question (e.g. {{Cuegloss|"D", the|the "D"}}). Also, you can't use the same <ref name="x">...</ref> structure more than once in the same article; subsequent occurrences of the same source must be <ref name="x" /> (note the "/"), with no content and no closing tag, or errors will result. I've already fixed all that at Sinuca Brasileira; just thought you should know. (PS: Your source got the spelling wrong; I fixed that as well.) — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 10:06, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE:Herald

Hey there. I'm not sure what you do about that scenario. There may be something here about it... but otherwise I don't actually know. Sorry. :( Mangwanani ^(talk) 18:27, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nationality?

Last time I checked there was an English language but no English nationality! How about 'British'? :-) --TraceyR (talk) 11:00, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently, you didn't look very hard! The English, Welsh and Scots are all nations/ethnicities. "British" is the political joining of all three.50.111.55.122 (talk) 22:02, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Date autoformatting change

HGP, here's a link to a notice (posted during a survey) that encapsulates the arguments, with further links and capped information.

Talk:Alpha_Kappa_Alpha#Proposal_to_remove_date-autoformatting. Tony (talk) 12:05, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article

You recently voiced your opinion on deleting article Suicide methods. I agree with you for such reason since it is more like an "assist article" rather than an "information article." To get it deleted, I would suggest more voice from other people or email Jimbo Wales, Wikipedia founder to get it deleted. I have tried to get that article deleted before, however, failed. Good luck. Oh. And. Don't bother notifying the admins. Chances are, they'll tell you that the article should stay. :( Prowikipedians (talk) 14:21, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

POV in Robert Mugabe article

Further to comments you raised. Yes, I did remove the NPOV tag, but I did give a reason. The article is balanced and well referenced. A lot of the comments that are contentious are argued over ad nauseam in the discussion page. If you have issue with a specific point then raise it on the talk page.

As you seem to have already discovered I'm not the only one correcting your edits. If you don't like having your edits challenged don't bother with wikipedia. You have to have a good argument to win out against most editors especially on a page as contentious as the Robert Mugabe page! You seem to have a problem with the BBC and Mugabe's marxist credentials I suggest you find contradictory sources to challenge these issues and make edits accordingly. A word of warning: editors will not tolerate unreliable sources. Whilst I'm giving advice I suggest refraining from f****** swearing as it just makes you look silly! simonthebold (talk) 08:23, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that there is a neutrality problem. However, use of the tag requires specific discussion of the problem on the talk page, so please add your comments to Talk:Robert Mugabe#Bias. --Marvin Diode (talk) 15:13, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

dates

"Thanks for the date page. Appreciate it. However, I am not sure why it is on this page, and specifically whether this is really an official policy, and what evidence there is that this has been conducted by administration. Sorry for being a drag but I am not really sure about this."

Sorry, I can't recall what I did—linked you to the info page on the removal of date autoformatting? DA is now deprecated, after a long long debate at MOSNUM talk. Style guides are not policy, but going against them requires a case that this is common sense and improves an article. Let me know if you require further information. Tony (talk) 16:15, 13 September 2008 (UTC) Here's the info page. Tony (talk) 16:16, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

MDC

If you intend to split the article,the two parties must be referred as MDC-Tsvangirai and MDC-Mutambara.mangqina-Mazondo (talk) 04:35, 14 September 2008 (UTC) Africa Festival[reply]

MDC articles

Hi. Seeing that you have contributed regularly to the Movement for Democratic Change article, I am notifying you that I have now split it into:

Movement for Democratic Change (pre-2005)
Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai
Movement for Democratic Change – Mutambara
Movement for Democratic Change - as a disambiguation page

I think this better reflects the current political dispensation and avoids confusion from readers new to the topic, as discussed on the talk page. So far, all that has been done is redistributing the existing text between the three articles, copyediting and (some) link-fixing in other articles. I'd appreciate it, if you have time, for you to take a look at the three articles for any mistakes I have made, plus naturally to continue imporving the article. Thanks. Babakathy (talk) 21:08, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

University of Zimbabwe

Do you know who any of these people are:

Basil Fletcher (professor)
Langham
Llewelyn

thanks. Babakathy (talk) 14:32, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Contests

User:Dr. Blofeld has created Wikipedia: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. As someone who has previously expressed interest in African topics, would you 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.} 01:23, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red World Contest

Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

AfroCine: Join us for the Months of African Cinema in October!

Greetings!

You are receiving this message because your username or portal was listed as a participant of a WikiProject that is related to Africa, the Carribean, Cinema or theatre.

This is to introduce you to a new Wikiproject called AfroCine. This new project is dedicated to improving the Wikipedia coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the carribbean, and the diaspora. If you would love to be part of this or you're already contributing in this area, kindly list your name as a participant on the project page here.

Furthermore, In the months of October and November, the WikiProject is organizing a global on-wiki contest and edit-a-thon tagged: The Months of African Cinema. If you would love to join us for this exciting event, also list your username as a participant for this event here. In preparation for the contest, please do suggest relevant articles that need to be created or expanded in different countries, during this event!

If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally on my talkpage! Cheers!--Jamie Tubers (talk) 20:50, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the Months of African Cinema!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which has been dedicated to improving contents that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

This is a global online edit-a-thon, which is happening in at least 5 language editions of Wikipedia, including the English Wikipedia! Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section, if you haven't done so already.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing Users who are able to achieve the following:

Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
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For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:50, 03 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!

Greetings!

After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:

Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
Diversity winner
Gender-gap fillers

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

Overall winner
- 1st - $500
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We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

Greetings,

Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.

It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.

Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

Overall winner
- 1st - $500
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We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!

Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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