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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)#Proposed change to election/referendum naming format. Cheers, Number 5 7 15:36, 20 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Expert attention

This is a notice about Category:Guyana articles needing expert attention, which might be of interest to your WikiProject. It will take a while before the category is populated. There might be as few as one page in the category, or zero if someone has removed the expert request tag from the page. — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs) 20:54, 13 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Towns in Guayana Esequiba

On Wikipedia, the introduction to many settlements in Guayana Esequiba include near identical text on the border dispute with Venezuela. Is this necessary? I suggest this is undue weight and the issue should be kept largely in the page on the border dispute. There are many more, but here are three examples...

Lethem: "claimed by Venezuela as part of Bolívar state, who is localizated in the Guayana Esequiba."
Mabaruma: "claimed by Venezuela as part of Delta Amacuro state, who is localizated in the Guayana Esequiba."
Orinduik: "claimed by Venezuela as part of Bolívar state, who is localizated in the Guayana Esequiba."

There is no mention of these towns in the articles about Delta Amacuro or Bolivar state. Your thoughts? --Wavehunter (talk) 15:24, 24 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Wavehunter: I couldn't agree more. It is plastered on all villages, towns and regions. Even Jonestown is claimed as a massacre in Venezuela. KittenKlub (talk) 10:35, 27 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@KittenKlub: Okay, I've been bold and made a start eliminating these mentions. Nineteen down, who knows how many more to go! There is a place for Guayana Esequiba and the border dispute on Wikipedia, but not on every article about a town or village west of the Orinoco. --Wavehunter (talk) 14:15, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Wavehunter: Thanks, yes there are more. I am going to check a region as well. KittenKlub (talk) 14:28, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@KittenKlub: Great work. I think we might be there. --Wavehunter

@Wavehunter: The villages in the template are done, so I'm satisfied now :) KittenKlub (talk) 15:22, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help with wording of Georgetown area

Hello, I've been working on draft:Clive Y. Thomas and I want to make sure I'm summarizing correctly: According to this Kaiteur News article, "He grew up in Charlestown before moving to Hill Street, Albouystown, then to Leopold Street, before departing to further his studies in England." I don't know if those locations are all within Georgetown or if they are near/suburbs of Georgetown. I tried researching it, but locality divisions are always a bit tricky for outsiders. Advice appreciated! Cheers, Estheim (talk) 12:05, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Possible Mergers

I have proposed 2 mergers. Both are stubs that have overlapping info in their parent articles (which are also stubbish). Input welcome! Estheim (talk) 16:48, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Popular Pages Guyana!

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Guyana/Popular pages bot-list has assessed it's first month! The link is underneath the Article Assessment table for the top 500 articles by by page view. This should be a boon for making useful Importance-assessments as well as improving and protecting articles based on traffic.

TOP TEN for December 2020

I think this is a great opportunity to fix up Kaieteur Falls; I've moved it's importance to TOP to better reflect these results. I hope this list inspires the pop-culture and politics junkies out there as well. Cheers, Estheim (talk) 00:21, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation of places in Guyana

Hello, I thought it would be useful to add an IPA pronunciation of some places or objects in Guyana. As a non-English speaker, I find the names like Port Mourant or Boerasirie very confusing in terms of pronunciation: should I pronounce them as in French and Dutch respectively, or as in English? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.169.40.15 (talk) 16:23, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Guyana articles needing expert attention has been nominated for discussion

Category:Guyana articles needing expert attention has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Peaceray (talk) 18:16, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Queen of Guyana

A discussion about the article Queen of Guyana is open at Talk:Queen of Ghana#Requested move 7 June 2022. Please comment there to generate a clear consensus. Thanks. Peter Ormond 💬 08:29, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal to split History of Guyana article

There is an ongoing discussion at Talk:History of Guyana#Split into pre- and post-independence history? about splitting the article into two parts, one covering all of Guyanese history up to independence and another covering everything from Guyana's independence to the present-day. Comments would be appreciated. Historyday01 (talk) 00:37, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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.

Guyana is listed as a developing country for the purposes of this contest, so articles related to it are eligible to be submitted to the contest. 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}) 10:40, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiproject

Would anyone be interested in joining a sub project of WP:Anthropology on oral tradition? WP's coverage of this is quite poor atm imo Kowal2701 (talk) 17:43, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Green's October 2024 edit-a-thon

Hello WikiProject Guyana:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2024!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2024, 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) 11:31, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]