Wikipedia:WikiProject South Africa
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Welcome to WikiProject South Africa, a collaborative effort to improve coverage on South Africa and the organisation of information and articles on this topic. If you know of any active editors who have contributed to South Africa related articles or related WikiProjects, please refer them to this project. Everyone is welcome!
This WikiProject is part of the WikiProject Africa and aims primarily to help coordinate and improve pages on South Africa, History of South Africa and South Africans. We are associated with the Wikimedia South Africa chapter. This national not-for-profit was created to promote the interests of Wikimedia projects within South Africa (RSA).
Article Quality[edit]
Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections[edit]
- Afrikaans
- Angolan Civil War
- Arniston (East Indiaman)
- Cape Town
- Ceres
- Desmond Tutu
- Erik Chisholm
- Francis William Reitz
- Golden Gate Highlands National Park
- HMS Birkenhead (1845)
- Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller
- Jan Willem Spruyt
- Johannesburg
- Mbabane
- Mzoli's
- Nelson Mandela
- Oscar Pistorius
- Pedi people
- Pretoria
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
- Sekhukhune I
- Shaka
- South Africa
- South Africa under apartheid
- South African Scout Association
- Venda
- Zulu
- Xhosa
Project statistics[edit]
South Africa articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
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2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | ||
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6 | 6 | 12 | ||||
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2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
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3 | 11 | 35 | 36 | 8 | 93 | |
B | 26 | 58 | 124 | 161 | 66 | 435 | |
C | 41 | 130 | 702 | 1,120 | 487 | 2,480 | |
Start | 58 | 257 | 2,184 | 4,136 | 12 | 1,792 | 8,439 |
Stub | 1 | 58 | 2,035 | 7,044 | 60 | 3,037 | 12,235 |
List | 2 | 16 | 479 | 277 | 1 | 193 | 968 |
Category | 8,047 | 8,047 | |||||
Disambig | 39 | 9 | 48 | ||||
File | 1 | 130 | 131 | ||||
Portal | 91 | 91 | |||||
Project | 1 | 1 | 64 | 66 | |||
Template | 1 | 1 | 4 | 650 | 656 | ||
NA | 9 | 29 | 767 | 805 | |||
Other | 88 | 88 | |||||
Assessed | 134 | 532 | 5,584 | 12,820 | 9,949 | 5,592 | 34,611 |
Unassessed | 1 | 3 | 37 | 1,922 | 1,963 | ||
Total | 134 | 533 | 5,587 | 12,857 | 9,949 | 7,514 | 36,574 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 127,020 | Ω = 5.36 |
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South Africa-related Drafts |
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Articles[edit]
Did you know
- 15 Apr 2023 – Mackay Davashe (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Vanamonde93 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 02 Jun 2023 – Murder of Carrim Alli (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 21 May 2023 – Tom Green (field hockey) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Sportsfan 1234 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
- 24 May 2023 – Koegathe Rabithome (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Jogurney (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 31 May 2023; see discussion (5 participants)
- 24 May 2023 – 2022 Road Safety World Series squads (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Joseph2302 (t · c) was closed as merge by Explicit (t · c) on 31 May 2023; see discussion (8 participants)
- 24 May 2023 – Stick it to the Stickman (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by NortonAngo (t · c) was closed as draftify (deleted) by Explicit (t · c) on 03 Jun 2023; see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
- 14 May 2023 – Reformed Old Apostolic Church (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Veverve (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 26 May 2023; see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 07 May 2023 – Together we can: South Africa’s Youth against AIDS (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Onel5969 (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 14 May 2023; see discussion (4 participants)
- 06 May 2023 – Thanda Private Game Reserve (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Maile66 (t · c) was closed as keep by Explicit (t · c) on 20 May 2023; see discussion (14 participants; relisted)
- 30 Apr 2023 – David Kramer (singer) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Elttaruuu (t · c) was closed as keep by Courcelles (t · c) on 07 May 2023; see discussion (7 participants)
- 28 Apr 2023 – Shaun Ruwers (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Primefac (t · c) was closed as delete by Premeditated Chaos (t · c) on 06 May 2023; see discussion (3 participants)
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Proposed deletions
- 25 May 2023 – Murder of Carrim Alli (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by BusterBuster123 (t · c) was deproded by Liz (t · c) on 01 Jun 2023
- 20 May 2023 – Zodwa Nsibande (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by 136.62.180.130 (t · c) was deproded by Mujinga (t · c) on 21 May 2023
- 18 May 2023 – Ben Raubenheimer (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Dr vulpes (t · c) was deproded by Liz (t · c) on 25 May 2023
- 18 May 2023 – Stick it to the Stickman (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by MrsSnoozyTurtle (t · c) was deproded by SlightAngle (t · c) (author) on 19 May 2023
- 17 May 2023 – Koegathe Rabithome (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by JoeNMLC (t · c) was deproded by Das osmnezz (t · c) on 23 May 2023
- 03 May 2023 – Thanda Private Game Reserve (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by True Pagan Warrior (t · c) was deproded by Kvng (t · c) on 06 May 2023
- 29 Apr 2023 – SAPIENT (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Streetlampguy301 (t · c) was deleted
Categories for discussion
- 02 Jun 2023 – Category:Standards of South Africa (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 26 May 2023 – Category:South African expatriates in the Philippines (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Oculi (t · c); see discussion
- 26 May 2023 – Category:South African expatriates in the Gambia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Oculi (t · c); see discussion
- 26 May 2023 – Category:Hungarian expatriates in South Africa (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Oculi (t · c); see discussion
- 26 May 2023 – Category:Expatriates of Norway in the Colony of Natal (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Oculi (t · c); see discussion
- 24 May 2023 – Category:South African people of Slavic descent (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Qwerfjkl (t · c); see discussion
- 23 May 2023 – Category:South African people of Tamil descent (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 23 May 2023 – Category:South African people of Parsi descent (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 23 May 2023 – Category:South African people of Gujarati descent (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 15 May 2023 – Category:South African deafblind people (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
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Templates for discussion
- 17 May 2023 – Template:South Africa policy (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Jonesey95 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Files for discussion
- 01 Jun 2023 – File:Zulu Baker Caine.gif (talk · edit · hist) (on Zulu (1964 film)) was FfDed by Aspects (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 22 Apr 2023 – Mike Wingfield (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by FuzzyMagma (t · c); start discussion
- 16 Mar 2023 – Errol Musk (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by CT55555 (t · c); start discussion
Requested moves
- 16 May 2023 – Lebanese people in South Africa (talk · edit · hist) move request to Lebanese South Africans by Flalf (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
Articles to be split
- 26 Dec 2022 – South Africa (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by HadesTTW (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Jun 2021 – Insulator (electricity) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Rod57 (t · c); see discussion
- 07 May 2023 – 2023 Africa floods (talk · edit · hist) proposed for splitting by Elijahandskip (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Articles for creation
- 16 May 2023 – Draft:Branko Brkic (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Wofoz (t · c)
- 06 May 2023 – Draft:Kyle Jansen (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by HomegrownATL (t · c)
- 26 Apr 2023 – Draft:Badger International (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MaxnaCarta (t · c)
- 23 Apr 2023 – Draft:Tali's Wedding Diary (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Teatreez (t · c)
- 18 Apr 2023 – Draft:Imad Khan (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Rugby0915 (t · c)
- 27 Mar 2023 – Draft:Styli Charalambous (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Imaanmoosa (t · c)
- 27 Feb 2023 – Draft:Elana Brundyn (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Saffron critic (t · c)
- 01 Feb 2023 – Draft:Mia Malan (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Wofoz (t · c)
- 29 May 2023 – Draft:Ryan Blumenthal (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by RiskingLifeforDeath (t · c) was declined by Greenman (t · c) on 02 Jun 2023
- 21 May 2023 – Draft:The Johannesburg Review of Books (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by A niche kale geek (t · c) was accepted to The Johannesburg Review of Books (talk · edit · hist) by Greenman (t · c) on 22 May 2023
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South African Categories |
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Languages[edit]
Use {{lang}}, for marking up non-English words or phrases:
- {{lang|af|Afrikaans phrase}}
- {{lang|nr|South Ndebele phrase}}
- {{lang|nd|North Ndebele phrase}}
- {{lang|st|Southern Sotho phrase}}
- {{lang|ss|Swati phrase}}
- {{lang|tn|Tswana phrase}}
- {{lang|ve|Venda phrase}}
- {{lang|xh|Xhosa phrase}}
- {{lang|zu|Zulu phrase}}
See List of ISO 639-1 codes for more language codes.
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