Wikipedia:African Collaboration of the Month/History

Culture of Ethiopia

Nominated July 7 2005, needs 12 votes by August 4, 2005.

Support:

Falphin 7 July 2005 13:20 (UTC)
Pharos 7 July 2005 19:38 (UTC)
— mark ✎ 7 July 2005 23:03 (UTC)
nixie 7 July 2005 23:51 (UTC)
Revolución 8 July 2005 01:07 (UTC)
Gyrofrog (talk) 8 July 2005 03:50 (UTC)
Warofdreams 8 July 2005 09:14 (UTC)
Fenice 8 July 2005 09:31 (UTC)
500LL July 8, 2005 14:47 (UTC)

Comments:

Not much of an article. Ethiopia has a very diverse and large culture. 7 July 2005 13:20 (UTC)
Quite a good choice. Ethiopia has a very rich culture, and this is a very poor article.--Pharos 7 July 2005 19:38 (UTC)
Good choice. Will add something about the languages if this one's chosen. — mark ✎ 7 July 2005 23:03 (UTC)
The LOC Country study has some information that might be worth modifying, there are also a few other articles that can be used to write summary sections for music, cuisine etc.--nixie 7 July 2005 23:51 (UTC)
- I'm in shock this already has 9 votes and is only been up a day and half. Falphin 8 July 2005 15:48 (UTC)

Architecture of Africa

Nominated:July 8, 2005 needs 6 votes by July 22, 2005.

Support:

Warofdreams 8 July 2005 11:07 (UTC)
BrianSmithson 8 July 2005 12:04 (UTC)
Fenice 9 July 2005 11:15 (UTC)
Revolución 9 July 2005 18:50 (UTC)
Demarioj 15:48, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

This is an extremely broad subject about which it would be useful to pool knowledge. It could provide a summary of regional and local styles and forms of architecture, discuss materials and the purposes of architecture, and act as a jumping off point for specific styles - see for instance Islamic architecture or the stub on Sahelian architecture. Warofdreams 8 July 2005 11:07 (UTC)
What about architecture of Africa? I believe that's the normal convention. --Dmcdevit 21:10, July 9, 2005 (UTC)
- After some searching I think you're right. In instences when it is a style the name goes first then architecture, ex:Gothic architecture, but when it involves an entity it follows the patter of Architecture first then the entity. Ex:Architecture of Ireland, Architecture of Birmingham, Architecture of the United Kingdom. Falphin 21:29, 9 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - I've changed the title. Warofdreams 09:38, 11 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Second Liberian Civil War

Nominated:July 7, 2005 needs 6 votes by July 21, 2005.

Support

Dmcdevit July 7, 2005 07:54 (UTC)
Fenice 8 July 2005 09:32 (UTC)
Warofdreams 8 July 2005 11:34 (UTC)
Scott Ritchie 02:06, 10 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Greenman 07:24, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Dvyost 11:55, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

An important recent (ended '03) conflict that received international attention (which seems to be rare even for wars in Africa). It was an ethnic and political struggle with notable war crimes and peacekeepers sent by the ECOWAS, the UN, and even (sort of) the US. Especially important in light of the current unstable peace and potential for flare-up. A desperately needed topic. --Dmcdevit July 7, 2005 07:54 (UTC)
I've made a start at the article by copying relevant info from the History of Liberia article. It still needs a good deal of work. Warofdreams 8 July 2005 11:34 (UTC)

Dar es Salaam

Nominated:July 7, 2005 needs 3 votes by July 14, 2005.

Support:

Revolución 7 July 2005 05:47 (UTC)
Fenice 8 July 2005 09:33 (UTC)
Scott Ritchie 02:06, 10 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Joolz 10:26, 21 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Greenman 10:03, 26 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Rich Farmbrough 11:01, 27 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

Former capital of Tanzania and also the largest city in the country. Revolución 7 July 2005 05:47 (UTC)
While the article could be expanded, it is better than those on many equally important African cities. Warofdreams 8 July 2005 09:20 (UTC)
I think a city is going to be easier to do than some of the other candidates -- Joolz 10:26, 21 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

West Africa

Nominated:July 24, 2005

Support

Dvyost 21:17, 24 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Revolución 23:15, 24 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Warofdreams 10:54, 25 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
– Quadell ^{(talk) (sleuth)} 21:15, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

Comments

Over a thousand articles link here, but it isn't much of an article. (This is true for all of the Africa regional articles I've seen, which might make good future candidates). Possible sections: Geography/Climate, History (right now this stops in pre-history, but could summarize the Ghana, Mali, Songhai Empires, then the French/British and post-col), Geology, Economy, Culture/Language, Regional politics and organizations, Recent and current conflicts. Much of this information is already available in Wikipedia, just needs to be summarized and combined. --Dvyost 21:17, 24 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Acholi language

Nominated:July 21, 2005

Support

Wackymacs 06:06, 21 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Revolución 23:16, 24 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
– Quadell ^{(talk) (sleuth)} 21:15, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
TreveX^talk 00:16, 7 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
*drew 02:51, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

This is a very empty article in need of attention, it failed the IDRIVE and COTWS nominations. I hope it gets more attention here, as it is a language and deserves a better article. Wackymacs 06:06, 21 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Central Africa

Nominated:August 8, 2005

Support

Dvyost 19:34, 8 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
*drew 07:06, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
--Revolución (talk) 02:35, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Bancroftian 23:16, August 20 2005 (UTC)
Warofdreams 12:24, 30 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Close to 500 articles link here, but the article remains nothing more than a basic definition of the region. Even a few hours spent consolidating existing articles on the area would improve this article tremendously. Including regional overview articles would help tie all of Wikipedia's Africa coverage together. --Dvyost 19:34, 8 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Definatley needs revison, important region with a small article. It doesn't add up. Bancroftian 23:16, August 20 2005 (UTC

African Democratic Rally

Nominated:September 19, 2005 Support

Comments

A movement that played a very important role in Francophone Africa. Mother organization of several current major political parties in the region. Complex and intriguing history. --Soman 21:20, 19 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Reason: I started this article a couple of months ago. I than presented it to peer review. I think it is time now to nominate it here and looking forward to become a featured article. -- Svest 01:10, August 28, 2005 (UTC) ^{Wiki me up}

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Black Consciousness Movement (2 votes)

Nominated November 18 2005

Support:

Harro5 06:09, 18 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Ban e s 10:41, 18 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

A poor stubby article on an important organisation during the South African apartheid movement. Sorely in need of improvement, and a recent enough topic that it may draw some attention to this COTW. Harro5 06:08, 18 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ashanti Confederacy (3 votes)

Nominated November 26, 2005;;

Support

Ashanti Confederacy needs some work --Melaen 22:34, 26 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Smmurphy^(Talk) 03:39, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Dvyost 04:36, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Basically no introduction, hundreds of years in a single paragraph, no references. Smmurphy^(Talk) 03:39, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Kibera (2 votes)

Nairobi (Kenya) slum; largest slum in Africa with around a million inhabitants. Currently a stub. — Matt Crypto 11:07, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Kingdom of Aksum

Nominated: March 15, 2006 (UTC)

Support:

Yom 02:03, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

The Aksumite kingdom was considered by Mani as the third most powerful empire in the world (the top four in no particular order being China, Rome, Persia, and Aksum), and there's plenty of history that could be incorporated into the article that is still missing. It's currently on the verge of major archaelogical breakthroughs (one paper described it as Greece in the 1820s or Egypt in the 1890s) as only 3% of its remains have been uncovered, but there is still plenty of information to be added. Yom 02:03, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]