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errors in your pages on Otuke District, Uganda

There are multiple errors in the Wikipedia page on Otuke District, including antiquated colonial-era place-names which have not been used for many decades, and the page (and all mention of) 'Otuke Town'- which does not exist. These pages do not permit any edits to the first section of each, which contain the spurious references to 'Otuke Town'. If I am posting this message in the wrong place, please advise. Thanks ````

RfC on reliability of African Independent

There is a request for comment on the reliability of African Independent (africanindy.com). If you are interested, please participate at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard § RfC: Is African Independent a reliable source? — Newslinger talk 06:10, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Perspectives sought on infoboxes

Any comments at Talk:1965 Burundian coup d'état attempt#Value of an infobox would be much appreciated. —Brigade Piron (talk) 16:52, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

FAR for Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence

I have nominated Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. buidhe 11:19, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Dilling (Sudan) and Dalang, Sudan

Is it possible that this "district" is actually the same as the city? The district article was created by a SOCK that's now blocked and only has one source (which actually should be removed I think) that gives no real information. -- Fyrael (talk) 19:35, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Noticeboard discussion on reliability of the Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences

There is a noticeboard discussion on the reliability of the Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences. If you are interested, please participate at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard § Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences. — Newslinger talk 16:45, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

WP:Articles for Creation has a new sort tool, you can see all pending relevant drafts here: Wikipedia:AfC sorting/Geography/Regions/Africa

Just in case there are folks here who might be interested in reviewing drafts awaiting article status that are particular to this WikiProject. MatthewVanitas (talk) 21:19, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

@MatthewVanitas: Do I need special permissions to accept or reject a draft? -Indy beetle (talk) 23:47, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

@Indy beetle: there are instructions for how to sign up to be an AFC reviewer here, and note once you have permissions they have really nifty automated control panels which make reviewing an absolute breeze. Tons of tedious manual stuff (like I used to do back at AFC back in the day) is automated now, so by all means sign up and use the cool tools: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation#How_to_get_involved. MatthewVanitas (talk) 03:39, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Contradictory claims

The opening of the article along with it's accompanying source claim the kingdom was founded in the 13th century while later on in the article it is claimed that was founded in the 16th — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.231.203.210 (talk) 16:28, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Which article? This is the talk page for WikiProject Africa, which is not an article. -- Fyrael (talk) 16:42, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Addition of unrelated refs to some articles

Well, a few users (apparently part of an edit-a-thon) added loads of references to some articles on a few Africa-related subjects. However, on inspection some of those references are completely irrelevant, and suspicious enough that I even filed an SPI report on the matter. If some of you could take a look at the contributions of the listed editors and verify how useful they are it would be appreciated. Thanks, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 17:11, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Bono people

The Bono people article is quite poorly-written and has serious problems with it. Would anyone be able to take a look and help reorganize/revise/cite/remove some of the information on it? Thanks. Lingvulo (talk) 16:29, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aurat (word)

The terms "Aurat", "Arvad", "Avret", and "Awrath" may refer to: Women of Asian religious or cultural descent and identity.

Self nomination for AFD since article copy pasted to Draft:Aurat for incubation because IMHO current article title Aurat (word) is misleading and confusing leading to western systemic bias and stifling the article growth. Please find Detail reason at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aurat (word)

I invite project members to review current and potential sourcing and weigh in on the AfD discussion. Thanks!

Bookku (talk) 03:31, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

RfC about lack of global coverage in Racial bias on Wikipedia

More opinions are needed at [1]. The issues being discussed are that, despite the title, the coverage relates only to English Wikipedia, and that the coverage is US-centric. NightHeron (talk) 11:02, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Adding Ethiopian perspectives to Gondrand massacre article

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Gondrand_massacre#Rebooting_the_conversation:_Unilateral. Generalrelative (talk) 01:20, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Make WikiProject Ottoman Empire a task force of Wikipedia:WikiProject Former countries?

Dear users of this WikiProject:

At Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Former_countries#Make_WikiProject_Ottoman_Empire_a_task_force_of_Wikipedia:WikiProject_Former_countries? I have left a proposal to convert Wikipedia:WikiProject Ottoman Empire into a task force of Wikipedia:WikiProject Former countries. I asked this project (as the Ottoman Empire once controlled parts of northern Africa) and several other projects to get further feedback. Please let me know if you have questions, comments, or objections.

Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 02:11, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

I am new to this. Working on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Cultural_Nigeria and removed several dead links. Can't find any references to this pageant except the pageant's own PR materials and one interview of a contestant that is already linked to the article. What do I do if the information needs citations and verification but there is none? Thanks. Lekarren (talk) 02:25, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

@Lekarren: it may qualify for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion if there is no WP:SIGCOV.--Bob not snob (talk) 07:18, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

I wondered about that. I have removed all the dead links and left one link that is just a promotional link. I put "citation needed" on the paragraphs. Please review if you think it should be deleted entirely, or tell me more about that. Thank you! Lekarren (talk) 16:33, 8 July 2020 (UTC)