Welcome to the Africa WikiProject. This project covers all articles about people, places, things, and events associated with the African continent, not already covered by WikiProject African diaspora. Our article alerts page is here.
[edit] Goals and scope
- Improve Wikipedia's coverage of Africa and maintaining such articles in a fair and accurate manner.
- To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to Africa in Wikipedia.
- Create and improve guidelines for articles about items related to Africa.
- Improve and maintain the navigation aids (tables of contents and indexes) for Africa-related topics on Wikipedia. See: Index of Africa-related articles, Outline of Africa, and Category:Africa.
As of 11 February 2012, there are &1000000000004994400000049,944 articles within the scope of WikiProject Africa, of which &1000000000000007300000073 are featured. This makes up 1.29% of the articles on Wikipedia and 1.3% of featured articles and lists. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etcetera, there are &10000000000142298000000142,298 pages in the project.
[edit] Open tasks
[edit] Needing work
If you're working on an article and you'd like to bring it to the attention of other editors, list it here. There should be no more than 20 articles listed at one time. Put the newest at the top and delete from the bottom when the total is over 20. Format: # [[Article title]], class. Details on what should be done (optional). ~~~~
- 2011 Horn of Africa drought. Should be expanded and updated. Arjuno (talk 03:30, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
- Chad Basin: i created the article the Chad Basin, but now i need assistance to bring it up to the correct Wikipedia standards. Thanks --Assarhaddon 06:45, 30. June 2011 (UTC)
- luwii i have made a change to an article (Zambia Adventist University) but the change is not taking effect. the unversity changed its name to Rusangu Unveersity, can any one tell me what i can do for the i make to the article to take effect. luwii 21:49, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
- Resolved. --Banana (talk) 06:10, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
- Chad Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project I am working on this article for a class at Syracuse University, and would appreciate any advice or insights as I go along. Katheb246 (talk) 23:03, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
- The existing article is actually at Chad–Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (the difference is just a hyphen). I've created a redirect for convenience, so that red link is now a blue link. If I could offer a pointer, it would be sources. Find more sources which mention the project. The World Bank and IFC appear to have some good background information although there's a handful of relevant case-studies &c in Google Scholar too. Beware of websites which "mirror" content from wikipedia (maybe a copy of an older version of that page). Looks interesting; good luck with it! bobrayner (talk) 00:07, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
- Basankusu I've written the whole thing apart from the opening credits - and supplied the photos - there must be someone else who can provide a different perspective. It's quite an important hub in the DRC, especially for conservation. Francis Hannaway 18:37, 31 October 2010 (UTC) (talk)
- Panel of the Wise, stub. Just created article, needs more everything. Plenty of sources out there. Sjb0926 (talk) 03:44, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
- Rozwi Empire Lengthy merged article that needs more references, organization, hyperlinks, etc. Possibly contains original research and reads like an essay. Needs attn from someone familiar w the subject, as I read it and still am unclear (the Culture section is particularly opaque). Marcipangris (talk) 20:34, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
- Traditional African Medicine I am working on this article for a class at Duquesne University and could use any edits, revisions, and suggestions on how to make the article better and more coherent.Mitchel2 (talk) 02:26, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
- 2003 Afro-Asian Games needs assessment. Also request for making this article the collaboration of the month.
- African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights needs assessment, and expansion, especially application and rulings.
- Constitution of South Africa Chapter 2: Bill of Rights needs assessment and expansion (rulings, recent developments) and link across to other SA articles.
- National Youth Service (Zimbabwe), Stub class. Requesting a reassessment now that I have rewritten it to provide sources and to include the government POV. Image added under fair use; is it in the public domain in the US? WillOakland (talk) 22:03, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Translation/Félix_Houphouët-Boigny, Start class. A cooperative translation from French Wikipedia's fr:Félix Houphouët-Boigny, which was a Featured article there, has begun. Please signup at the link above. T L Miles (talk) 14:48, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
- Hayton A.A., Brigadier Brigadier A. A. Africa ?? D.S.O. Chairman, National Liberation Council for Apollo_11_Goodwill_Messages#Ghana --Termer 06:08, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
- Zémidjan, stub. I started it, don't have time to develop it into a proper article yet. Anyone have a better picture? (Bengl 02:01, 30 September 2007 (UTC))
- Big Brother Africa 2, start. Just needs more editors and attention - references are widely available, it just needs more input. Seaserpent85Talk 00:07, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
- Viriato da Cruz, start. Angolan politician & poet. Needs copy editing and references. Belovedfreak 11:54, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
- The Historical Background to Church Activities in Zambia, This is a new article, but based on previous work and I need assistance to bring it up to the correct Wikipedia standards. Thanks.
- Ashanti, article. I think the article could be expanded and refined. It's still a bit rough and some of the information even if its true or beneficial will be deleted without proper citation. Research on this subject shouldn't be too difficult. Higher standards
- History of CAF, needs assessment. Lengthy article, needs more references, probably some organization and pictures. - Adel.M.Radwan (talk) 20:20, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] African Knights
need articles about african knighthood, armours and weapon described in "The African Knights The Armies of Sokoto Bornu and Bagirmi in the Nineteenth Century" (Idot (talk) 06:51, 8 May 2011 (UTC))
[edit] Requests
[edit] Articles
[edit] Photos
If your subjects have to do with countries that do not use English as an official language, in addition to posting your image requests on the list, on the talk page(s) of the subject(s), and on the Wikimedia Commons (Commons:Commons:Picture requests), please also post them on the photograph request lists on other Wikipedias.
[edit] Articles
[edit] Statistics
| Africa articles by quality and importance |
| Quality |
Importance |
| Top |
High |
Mid |
Low |
NA |
??? |
Total |
FA |
3 |
6 |
12 |
42 |
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3 |
66 |
FL |
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1 |
4 |
2 |
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7 |
GA |
5 |
10 |
25 |
35 |
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14 |
89 |
| B |
43 |
113 |
113 |
74 |
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190 |
533 |
| C |
53 |
79 |
171 |
185 |
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177 |
665 |
| Start |
40 |
411 |
778 |
1,776 |
1 |
3,025 |
6,031 |
| Stub |
29 |
435 |
1,416 |
7,771 |
1 |
19,243 |
28,895 |
| List |
6 |
25 |
62 |
258 |
39 |
571 |
961 |
| Book |
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6 |
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6 |
| Category |
2 |
1 |
9 |
20 |
19,085 |
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19,117 |
| Disambig |
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84 |
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84 |
| File |
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132 |
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132 |
| Portal |
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|
90 |
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90 |
| Project |
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|
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|
99 |
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99 |
| Template |
5 |
5 |
13 |
16 |
1,510 |
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1,549 |
| NA |
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1 |
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3 |
120 |
|
124 |
| Assessed |
186 |
1,087 |
2,603 |
10,182 |
21,167 |
23,223 |
58,448 |
| Unassessed |
|
59 |
84 |
38 |
|
12,500 |
12,681 |
| Total |
186 |
1,146 |
2,687 |
10,220 |
21,167 |
35,723 |
71,129 |
All tagged articles are found below, sorted into their respective classes.
[edit] By quality
An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Africa}} project banner on its talk page:
- {{WikiProject Africa|class=???}}
The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article:
For pages that are not articles, the following values can also be used for the class parameter:
The class parameter should be assigned according to the quality scale below.
[edit] By importance
An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Africa}} project banner on its talk page:
- {{WikiProject Africa|importance=???}}
The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project:
The importance parameter should be assigned according to the importance scale below.
[edit] Article alerts
- Articles for deletion
- Proposed deletions
- Featured article candidates
- Good article nominees
- Requests for comments
- Requested moves
[edit] Templates
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[edit] General
A list of Africa-related stub templates can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/Stubs. If you notice that any are missing, please add them.
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- ScottPAnderson
- Thomas.macmillan 23:21, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
- FayssalF - Wiki me up ® 09:23, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Rarelibra 10:52, 28 March 2007 (UTC) Maps - lots and lots of maps. :)
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- Anonymous Dissident
- Themalau 09:20, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
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- Africa Festival
- --Ezeu 23:25, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
- Omoo 12:25, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
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- Tanzanite 19:17, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
- T L Miles 17:01, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
- Black Falcon (Talk) 20:05, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
- Marco Alfarrobinha {chat}contributions 00:11, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
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- Wikiacc (?) 02:11, 6 October 2007 (UTC) - finally got around to it after being invited in March
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- User:Damian Doyle (talk) 22:15, 10 March 2008.
- Editorofthewiki 18:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
- Robbie Honerkamp (talk) 15:07, 13 March 2008.
- Todgar - linguistics and social/cultural anthropology
- Shanbhag.rohan
- Smallbig (talk)
- passionforafrica - social and environmental history, social anthropology, climate vulnerability and adaptation (talk)
- Chris Lowe 1 May 2008 (talk)
- Mounblow 15 May 2008 (talk)
- EJF (talk) 20:59, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
- Ekhaya2000 (talk) 06:53, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
- Hitrohit2001 (talk) 15:12, 16 June 2008 (UTC)Hitrohit2001
- Jaxfl (talk) 19:32, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
- Visionholder (talk) 22:39, 20 June 2008 (UTC) (Emphasis on lemurs)
- Cruise meerkat (talk) 04:45, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
- Merenta (talk) 14:50, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
- Bláthnaid talk 21:07, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
- abgaaloow
- Maxman (talk)
- Apalomita (talk) 15:29, 4 September 2008 (UTC) - Uganda, particularly Karamoja; Rwanda
- --Zenman2 (talk) 07:57, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
- Omnipedian linguistic classification, cultural anthropology (including mythology), and ancient civilizations
- MeegsC | Talk 17:22, 18 October 2008 (UTC) - especially interested in ecology and environment, including flora and fauna
- Thebiggesthorse (talk) 19:01, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
- Mr Accountable (talk) 21:43, 1 December 2008 (UTC) Economy
- Flatterworld (talk) 09:18, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
- Adel.M.Radwan (talk) 12:13, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
- Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 04:54, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
- Againme (talk) I'm tagging political parties articles. --Againme (talk) 18:23, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
- Wiki User 68 Blah Stuff 02:22, 19 February 2009 (UTC) - Portal Design and flora and fauna conservation of the Sahel Belt and Cape Verde, et al.
- Bradybd (talk) 21:42, 8 March 2009 (UTC) - specifically interested in North and West Africa
- CopaceticThought (talk) 06:51, 21 March 2009 (UTC) - primarily interested in politics and cultural geography but willing to branch out into other areas.
- Neelix (talk) 22:53, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
- Fsmatovu 01.32, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
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- Ratattuta (talk) 18:43, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
- Nogburt (talk) 07:07, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
- Pim Rijkee (talk) 19:46, 30 July 2009 (UTC) - Geography, primarily rivers.
- CôteD'Ivoire2
- Mandingoesque (talk) 17:13, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
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- Canon Law Junkie §§§ Talk 21:35, 11 October 2010 (UTC) General grammar, history of Africa, colonialism
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- JimSukwutput 22:27, 28 July 2011 (UTC) ~ Economics, politics, history.
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[edit] Resources
There are a large number of resources available on this subject, as well as on individuval countries. Listed below are some sources available through online databanks, either in citation, abstract, or full-text format. See the pages of individual countries or regions for resources specific to those topics. If you should want any information from these sources, please send me an e-mail with your e-mail address, the subject or periodical and period you are intersted in, and I will forward what I find to you. John Carter (talk) 18:09, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
- Africa (1992-on)
- Africa & the Middle East Telecom (2002-on)
- Africa Analysis (2002)
- Africa Focus (2008-on)
- Africa News Service (1998-on)
- Africa Report (1987-1995)
- Africa Telecom (2000-2002)
- Africa Today (1986-on)
- African Affairs (1989-on)
- African and Middle East Mobile Communications Report (2002-2003)
- African Archaeological Review (2000-on)
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- African Arts (1987-on)
- African Business (1992-on)
- African Eye News Service (2003)
- African Mining Monitor (1999-2002)
- African Review of Business and Technology (2004-on)
- African Studies Quarterly (2003-on)
- African Studies Review (1989-on)
- Agribusiness Worldwide (1989-1994)
- allAfrica.com (2005-2009)
- Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (2000-2005)
- Economic Development in Africa Report (2005-on)
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