Wikipedia:WikiProject Nigeria
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Project banner template | {{WikiProject Nigeria}} |
Userbox | {{User WikiProject Nigeria}} |
Assessment | /Assessment |
CSB | Relevant for countering systemic bias |
For WikiProject Northern Ireland see WP:NIR
Welcome to WikiProject Nigeria! This project aims to expand, cleanup and wikify, better organize, and neutralize the point of view on articles related to Nigeria. It is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page.
Scope
This WikiProject aims to help coordinate efforts to improve and maintain pages related to:
Goals
Goals for the project may be divisible into two domains: a general domain encompassing aims for all Nigeria-related articles, and specific goals pertaining to particular articles or sets of articles. Both sets of goals are expounded upon in the subsequent sections and both are subject to modification and discussion.
General goals
- Ensure that all Nigeria-related articles remain "cleaned up" and accurate, minimising vandalism and spam links as much as possible. These issues are the most pervasive to Nigeria-related items and therefore assume top priority; the aforementioned are also to some degree subsumed in the other general goals to follow.
- To create a body of articles that accurately depicts the history and cultures of Nigeria and Nigerian peoples.
- To highlight Nigeria's relationships and/or bringings to the rest of the world.
- To standardize articles on Nigeria and related subjects with similar layouts and formatting.
- To include all relevant information, making especially certain to include the voices of women, the poor, the indigenous, and basically all the rest of Nigerian society. Note also that all information must be sourced. Whether in the form of refs or at least external links, please try to provide a way to verify the information provided, especially that which you add.
- To standardize the use of native language terms, names, and translations into English across the series.
Specific goals
Specific goals may be created or abrogated on an ad hoc basis as deemed neccessary and appropriate by project participants. More goals should be discussed and added; please feel free to make suggestions on the discussion page. High priority goals may include:
- Nigeria; the article is subject to nearly constant vandalism, spam links, and the addition of false and/or biased information at all times, largely by unregistered or new users. The page thus requires constant upkeep to prevent further degradation, in addition to requiring general improvement. The Foreign relations section has been complained about frequently, as have issues regarding vandalism associated with census controversies (probably needs its own article to begin with), Nigerian cities, and other ethno-religious based unhelpful edits.
- History of Nigeria; nearly all of the above apply equally well to this article.
- Atiku Abubakar; political controversy has left this article a mess
- Adding the name of the local language(s) from Ethnologue to articles about towns and villages, with a wikilink to the article about the language. The cite for this is easy: <ref> {{e17| [3 letter language code goes here] }} </ref>
Other suggested work
- Looking at "What links here" for Nigeria-related articles can often turn up uncategorised Nigerian articles. Categorizing them (even as Category:Nigeria for now) will put them somewhere where they can be accessed for improvement.
- Add Template:WikiProject Nigeria to the talkpages of Nigeria-related articles.
Requests for uncreated articles
- Ministry of Power, Works, and Development
- Ministry Of Information
- Ministry of Petroleum Resources
- Agho Obaseki, Iyase of Benin and political rival of the Oba of Benin
- James Green Ugbaja Mbadiwe, business magnate and older brother of K.O. Mbadiwe
- Chuwkudifu Oputa, Nigerian jurist and Head of the Oputa panel
- Atedo Peterside, Nigerian entrepreneur and founder of Investment Banking and Trust Company (IBTC)
- Patrick Dele-Cole, Nigerian historian, former Ambassador of Nigeria to Brazil, and former Managing Director of The Daily Times
- Major Akinloye Akinyemi implicated in a coup plot against the government of Ibrahim Babangida and younger sibling of Bolaji Akinyemi
- Jones Arogbofa, former National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan
- Ben Akabueze
- Harris Dzarma
- Mamuda Yerima
- Mohammed Balarabe Haladu
- Peter Nwaoduah
- Segun Agbaje, CEO, GTBank
- Julius Kosebinu Agbaje, first Nigerian Director of Standard Bank (later First Bank)
Participants
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Please add your name below if you are interested in participating. Everybody is invited to get involved!
You may want to add the userbox {{User WikiProject Nigeria}} to your user page, which will produce a userbox and category indicating that you are a member of this project. (Alternately, just using [[Category:WikiProject Nigeria members]] might suit you).
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- Wikicology (talk · contribs)
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- Ankimai (talk · contribs)
- Oaadeola (talk · contribs)
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- Adewole (talk · contribs)/Loadewole (talk · contribs)
- Chippla (talk · contribs)
- Ajisekanla (talk · contribs)
- evolutionofmankind (talk · contribs)
- Otelemuyen (talk · contribs)
- Joluata (talk · contribs)
- Johnmoor (talk · contribs)
- Dreambeaver (talk · contribs)
- Ochiwar (talk) 22:06, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
- Toludpilgrim (talk · contribs)
- DonaldsonWriter (talk · contribs)
- Jamie Tubers (talk · contribs)
- Enock4seth (talk · contribs)
- Versace1608 (talk · contribs)
- Darreg (talk · contribs)
- DawgmasterZ (talk · contribs)
- Mr. Gonna Change My Name Forever (talk · contribs)
- —Sadat (Masssly)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:16, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
- unak1978 - Contributions
- DaSkeptik (talk · contribs)
- Raphael Obadina (talk · contribs)
- Efante (talk · contribs)
- Blessing99 (talk · contribs)
- Jackninja5 (talk · contribs)
- Olaniyan Olushola (talk · contribs)
- Joy-historian (talk · contribs)
- Stanleytux (talk · contribs)
- shardoe (talk · contribs)
- BroVic (talk · contribs)
- Kehindeadewusi (talk · contribs)
- Eikwu Moses (talk · contribs)
- Mahveotm (talk · contribs)
- layusmen (talk · contribs)
Recognized content
- Pygmy Hippopotamus - 14 August 2007
- Chinua Achebe - 4 November 2007
Tijani Babangida - 16 November 2008
Igbo people - 11 January 2009
Kingdom of Nri - 22 April 2010
Enugu - 2 October 2010
Jaja Wachuku - 2 September 2011
Isaac Folorunso Adewole - 4 December 2015
Emergency (WizzyPro song) - 30 October 2016
Finally (D'banj song) - 30 October 2016
Flavor (Iyanya song) - 30 October 2016
Sexy Mama (Iyanya song) - 30 October 2016
Did you know (DYK)s
- Jaja of Opobo - 29 November 2005
- Bayajidda - 24 December 2006
- Iya Abubakar - 11 January 2007
- Area Boys - 7 March 2007
- Margaret Ekpo - 1 July 2007
- Evan Enwerem - 28 August 2007
- Arrow of God - 23 September 2007
- Alhassan Dantata - 19 October 2007
- Bolaji Akinyemi - 31 October 2007
- Kingdom of Nri - 21 November 2007
- Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello - 27 December 2007
- Usman Nagogo - 5 Jan 2008
- John Ezzidio - 6 Jan 2008
- Mining in Nigeria and Nigerian Coal Corporation - 18 Apr 2008
- Arthur's Day - 24 September 2009
- Stephanie Okereke - 11 Oct 2009
- Half of a Yellow Sun - 30 July 2008
- Femi Robinson - 18 June 2015
- Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan - 29 June 2015
- Yoruba tribal marks - 6 July 2015
- Igogo festival - 28 July 2015
- Iwoye-Ketu - 14 August 2015
- National Association of Seadogs - 20 October 2015
- Mahmood Yakubu – 1 November 2015
- Zuriel Oduwole – 30 December 2015
- Isaac Folorunso Adewole – 7 January 2016
- Josiah Ransome-Kuti – 27 March 2016
- Felicity Okpete Ovai – 28 June 2016
- Priscilla Nzimiro – 23 July 2016
- Remi Sonaiya – 27 July 2016
- Humblesmith – 29 July 2016
- Harcourt Whyte – 22 August 2016
- Greater Port Harcourt – 22 August 2016
- Gbe languages - 28 May 2005
- Music of Nigeria 19 September 2005
Resources
Assessment
Nigeria articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
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1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
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1 | 1 | |||||
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5 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 54 | ||
B | 27 | 25 | 34 | 68 | 52 | 206 | |
C | 71 | 89 | 192 | 771 | 461 | 1,584 | |
Start | 77 | 124 | 673 | 2,812 | 2,034 | 5,720 | |
Stub | 10 | 37 | 337 | 4,027 | 2 | 2,568 | 6,981 |
List | 31 | 20 | 64 | 176 | 7 | 147 | 445 |
Category | 3 | 13 | 26 | 7,181 | 7,223 | ||
Disambig | 1 | 45 | 46 | ||||
File | 66 | 66 | |||||
Portal | 70 | 70 | |||||
Project | 1 | 2 | 22 | 25 | |||
Redirect | 2 | 5 | 15 | 101 | 375 | 498 | |
Template | 1 | 1 | 4 | 515 | 521 | ||
NA | 6 | 6 | |||||
Other | 2 | 167 | 169 | ||||
Assessed | 224 | 317 | 1,346 | 8,013 | 8,457 | 5,262 | 23,619 |
Unassessed | 4 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 1,095 | 1,130 | |
Total | 224 | 321 | 1,349 | 8,040 | 8,458 | 6,357 | 24,749 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 77,553 | Ω = 5.33 |
Templates
General articlespace templates:
- {{Nigerian Heads of State}}
- {{NigerianVicePresidents}}
- {{President Nigerian Senate}}
- {{Speaker Nigerian House of Representatives}}
- {{Current Nigerian governors}}
- {{Nigeria states}}
- {{Supreme Court of Nigeria}}
- {{Nigeria states map}}
- {{NigerianAssembly delegation}}
For stubs, small articles in the article namespace in need of expansion, place one of the following tags at the bottom of the article (below everything except interlanguage links):
- {{Nigeria-stub}}
- {{Nigeria-bio-stub}}
- {{Nigeria-ethno-group-stub}}
- {{Nigeria-footyclub-stub}}
- {{Nigeria-geo-stub}}
- {{Nigeria-hist-stub}}
- {{Nigeria-party-stub}}
For article talk pages:
For user pages:
- {{User WikiProject Nigeria}}, if you are in this WikiProject
- {{User Nigeria}}, if you are Nigerian
Categories
- Category:Nigeria and its subcategories; basic overlay to be found at Portal:Nigeria/Categories. If there is not a Nigeria specific category for what you're looking to categorize, create it or try looking around in Category:Africa.
Other pages
Article Alerts
Did you know
- 25 Jul 2024 – Ka Esi Le Onye Isi Oche (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Vanderwaalforces (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 15 Aug 2024 – Flag of the Republic of Benin (1967) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by NorthTension (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 13 Aug 2024 – Peller (comedian) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Getreallycool (t · c); see discussion (8 participants; relisted)
- 11 Aug 2024 – Egbema tribe (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LR.127 (t · c); see discussion (8 participants; relisted)
- 02 Aug 2024 – Educational Basketball (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Timtrent (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 11 Aug 2024 – Bolaji Aluko (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Hemiauchenia (t · c) was closed as keep by Goldsztajn (t · c) on 19 Aug 2024; see discussion (10 participants)
- 10 Aug 2024 – Aguike (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ibjaja055 (t · c) was closed as delete by OwenX (t · c) on 17 Aug 2024; see discussion (7 participants)
- 10 Aug 2024 – Shaddy Jay (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ibjaja055 (t · c) was closed as delete by Northamerica1000 (t · c) on 17 Aug 2024; see discussion (3 participants)
- 10 Aug 2024 – Adedoyin Oseni (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ibjaja055 (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 17 Aug 2024; see discussion (3 participants)
- 08 Aug 2024 – Pre-modern forest conservation practices in Southern Nigeria (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by OzzyOlly (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 15 Aug 2024; see discussion (3 participants)
- 03 Aug 2024 – Obafela Bank-Olemoh (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Gabriel601 (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 10 Aug 2024; see discussion (3 participants)
- (37 more...)
Proposed deletions
- 26 Jul 2024 – Occult Grandmaster Now in Christ (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Counterfeit Purses (t · c) was deleted
Categories for discussion
- 15 Aug 2024 – Category:Northern Elements Progressive Union (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Aug 2024 – Category:Edo religion (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Aug 2024 – Category:Etsu Patigi (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Aug 2024 – Category:Zazzau (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 17 Jul 2024 – Category:People by era in Rivers State (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 30 Jun 2024 – Category:Puerto Rican people of Nigerian descent (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Omnis Scientia (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Featured list candidates
- 26 Jul 2024 – List of governors of Edo State (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Vanderwaalforces (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Jul 2024 – National symbols of Nigeria (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Vanderwaalforces (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 09 Jul 2024 – Peter Obi (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SafariScribe (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Apr 2024 – Lucid (Aṣa album) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Versace1608 (t · c); start discussion
- 26 Mar 2024 – 2Baba (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SafariScribe (t · c); start discussion
- 13 Jul 2024 – Udagbedo (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Vanderwaalforces (t · c) was not promoted by Thebiguglyalien (t · c), see discussion
Good article reassessments
- 08 Aug 2024 – Afrobeats (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by LunaEclipse (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 13 Aug 2024 – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by SafariScribe (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 03 Jul 2024 – 2024 Borno State bombings (talk · edit · hist) move request to Gwoza bombings by 2A00:23CC:B4AA:2F01:8CCD:1CFF:FEBB:539F (t · c) was moved to 2024 Gwoza bombings (talk · edit · hist); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 24 Jul 2024 – Transcorp Hotels plc (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Transnational Corporation of Nigeria by CassierREDDDD (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 18 Aug 2024 – Draft:Something Like Gold (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Afrowriter (t · c)
- 06 Aug 2024 – Draft:Damilola Onafuwa (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Yemsquare (t · c)
- 02 Aug 2024 – Draft:Boma Ilamina-Eremie (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Mateodakiri (t · c)
- 01 Aug 2024 – Draft:Adia Sowho (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Pinkcloves (t · c)
- 30 Jul 2024 – Draft:SportyBet (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Gabriel601 (t · c)
- 25 Jul 2024 – Draft:Damola Ayegbayo (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sophia2030 (t · c)
- 24 Jul 2024 – Draft:Happy Story, Sad Reality (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 102.89.23.182 (t · c)
- 14 Jul 2024 – Draft:Young Duu (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Gabriel601 (t · c)
- 17 Jun 2024 – Draft:Battle of Òsogbo (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Darztheeditor (t · c)
- 11 Jun 2024 – Draft:Oluwatosin Olaseinde (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Danidamiobi (t · c)
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