User talk:Malangali

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Malangali! My name is Ryan, aka Acetic Acid. I noticed that you were new and haven't received any messages yet. I just wanted to see how you were doing. Wikipedia can be a little intimidating at first, since it uses different formatting than other sites that use HTML and CSS. In the long run, though, you'll find that the WikiSyntax is a lot easier and faster than those other ways. Here are a few links to get you started:

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Okiek and Akiek

I see that you have created different articles for Okiek and Akiek. Since they are synonymous, there is no need for two different articles. One can redirect to the other. I have made Akiek a redirect to Okiek. --Ezeu 02:01, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kwavi / Parakuyo / Baraguyu

Hi I like your Tanzania ethnic stubs but should the article be included in the Kwavi language article??. Personally I think there should be seperate articles for kwani ethnic gropu and language but seperate articles should be linked in each article. e.g in your Kwavi article you should mention the Kwavi language. Also check that the articles you have already listed to not already exist under .... language. good luck James Janderson 13:09, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your input, James. I have no fish to fry in this discussion - my interest here is to get as complete a list as possible of ethnic groups in Tanzania (in English and Swahili), and to create useful baseline stubs for each group so that people who know more can come along and add more information later. I know almost nothing about the Kwavi, or even whether the article should appear as Kwavi or Parakuyo or Baraguyu. Please feel free to make any fixes that the evidence supports - just make sure to update the page List of ethnic groups in Tanzania if you make any redirects.

On the subject of Kwavi versus Kwavi language, I do have a strong opinion that these should be two separate articles. In general, an article like Kwavi should include information about the people, and an associated article like Kwavi language should be reserved for a discussion of the history of the language and a linguistic description of it. Malangali 15:52, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Hi, nice work making a start on articles for Tz ethnic groups! — Matt Crypto 22:20, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Almost done with all the stubs in English - and then it's on to the same list in Swahili... Malangali 22:23, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Inconsistencies

I have replied on my talk page, to avoid spreading the discussion over several articles. Kwa heri, — mark ✎ 06:41, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Again replied over there, in case you weren't aware. Regards, — mark ✎ 17:28, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting user name

Does your user name derive from Malangali Secondary Scool or from the ward it is in? I did voluntary work at Malangali Secondary School for nine months in 2003, so I would be interested in finding out the reason why you chose it as a user name. Marcoscramer 18:32, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I have lived in Malangali off and on since 1995. I used to live in Mwilavila, down the hill from the secondary school on the road to Itengule. In 1996 I built a house near the top of the hill across the river in Isimikinyi, which you can see from the secondary school area, particularly if you stand at the intersection near the police station. Malangali 20:53, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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I have added interwikilinks to your user pages. This makes it easier to navigate across projects. You can find them on the left, under the toolbox. Best, — mark ✎ 12:15, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, you're a star! Malangali 20:23, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Diane Farrell continued...

Well if you haven't seen already I restored the article, and ran straight into a lot of complaints. It looks like the article will be kept now but I was wondering if you would give me permission to post the conversation we had on IRC on wiki in order to set some people's minds at rest. the wub "?!" 12:22, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, it would be fine to post that conversation. It's also worth considering what to do about the other challengers in the upcoming US Congressional elections - there might be a massive power shift overnight, with dozens of people who have been subject to Wikipedia deletion. Malangali 23:39, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tanzania ethnic groups

Hello there!

I noticed that you created a mass amount of Tanzanian ethnic groups. First off, I would like to thank you for the energy you have put in, too many people concern themselves with the big articles and not enough with improving ignored articles and places. I just wanted to let you know that there is now a {{Tanzania-ethno-group-stub}}. I have begun sorting it, but if you would like to sort them (seeing as you created them) that would be fantastic. Also, try not to include 2 similar categories. For example, don't include Indigenous people of Africa and Indigenous people of East Africa. East Africa is sufficient. Thanks again and continue with the good work.--Thomas.macmillan 20:42, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tanzanian Politicians

Pleas correct your articles to Category:Tanzanian politicians and add a [[ ]] around it now. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 23:19, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, I don't understand exactly what you are suggesting. Could you please amend the article for Anna Margareth Abdallah as an example, and then I will be happy to follow through for the rest of the MPs. Malangali 02:31, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tanzanian politicians

What is the point of creating all these articles with no content and no sources? Why not, for example, create a list and have them redirect? —Centrx→talk • 03:29, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Like this is fine now Anna Margareth Abdallah but please try to add a little bit of info e.g birth date? or what they actually do? Ernst Stavro Blofeld 10:06, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The point is to create stubs that can subsequently be filled in. It is part of a process, not an end to itself. Creation of the stubs is much easier if it can be done mostly by cutting and pasting. Then, the next step will be returning to the individual member pages at the Parliament website to flesh out the details. It is a large project, so I am trying to accomplish it in the manner that is most efficient, not necessarily the most elegant. Malangali 13:36, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stub sorting

Greetings Malangali

Please do not tag articles with both {{Tanzania-bio-stub}} and {{Tanzania-politician-stub}}. Since the -politician-stub is a child of the -bio stub template, using both templates is not only unnecessary, it also makes it very hard to keep the -bio category at a manageable size, which is the main reason why the -politician-stub template was create in the first place. The standard used thoughout Wikipedia is simply to use the most specialized template. I'll try to fix this material, but in the future; please just use {{Tanzania-politician-stub}}. Happy editing. Valentinian ^{(talk) / (contribs)} 17:13, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I just realized that the {{Tanzania-politician-stub}} template was flawed. It should have linked one way or another to both the politician material and the Tanzanian categories. I have created a Category:Tanzanian politician stubs which is a child of Category:Tanzanian people stubs, and regarding the members of the African Parliament, I've made the appropriate category a child of Category:Tanzanian politicians and resorted the articles accordingly. All in all, I hope that the category tree is more logical now. Happy editing. Valentinian ^{(talk) / (contribs)} 18:06, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, you too! —An gr 12:36, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Rungu

Hi there. Im just curious why u moved the page from Rungus to Rungu (Borneo ethnic group)? As far as i know the ethnic group is known as "Rungus" in Malaysia, with no distinction for plural or singular. kawaputra^hello! 17:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Homosexual necrophilia in the mallard duck

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Umepotea katika-sw:wiki

Malangali, salam. Jamani Malangali upo? Ni muda sasa sijakuon katika wikipedia yetu ya Kiswahili, na nimeona ujumbe uliomwachia Matt kuhusu kuhudhulia katika uteuzi wa wakabidhi wapya katika wikipedia. Karibu sana na usipotee kiasi hicho!!! Kheri ya mwaka na kazi njema.--Muddyb Blast Producer (talk) 12:27, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi did you take this pic?Genisock2 (talk) 09:48, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thankyou for letting me know.Genisock2 (talk) 00:03, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

List of largest buildings in the world

Hi there, I have recently taken on the task of improving the list of largest buildings in the world article. I noticed that you have made some contributions to this article and read on the talk page that you have done some research into this topic in the past. I was wondering if you would be able to provide me with some sources that you used to carry out this research as I am finding it a little difficult to get information at the moment. Any help would be much appreciated.CStubbies 10:48, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

February 2008

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits like the ones you did on Palace of the Parliament. Thanks--DurzaTwink^TALK 18:53, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article says it is the world's second largest administrative building after the Pentagon. bogdan (talk) 18:57, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Durzatwink - what was unconstructive about the comment? I was correcting an obviously bogus factual error, as I was running out the door. Someone noticed, which means that they should then have picked up the ball and implemented the fix. The fact that the article was reverted to its original incorrect form indicates that everything I said in my temporary fix was 100% correct.

Bogdan, the Palace of the Parliament is NOT the world's 2nd largest administrative building. It is NOT! It is NOT! Look at the list of world's largest buildings and you will find more than one other that is larger. Maybe it was at one time, perhaps, just like the Empire State Building was once the world's tallest building. But the facts have changed as new buildings have been built, so Wikipedia should reflect the new reality. Malangali (talk) 08:54, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vitufe vya kufanyia kazi

Salam, Malangali. Nd. Kuna baadhi ya vifaa naona hamna katika wiki yetu. Na nimejaribu kuzungumza na Pathochlids kuhusu code za kuongezea vifaa hivyo (vitufe) akasema kwamba ni lazima ni mpate mtu aliye-mkabidhi ndiyo afanye kazi hiyo. Sasa unaweza ukapata kaji muda kadogo cha kufanya hiyo kazi? Basi ukiona umepata, naomba fungua hapa...--Muddyb Blast Producer (talk) 06:10, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Salam. Jamani upo?--RecorDpRoduceR (talK to mE) 14:20, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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What is your opinion about removing your flag on ee.wikipedia and lg.wikipedia ? I see on your user pages there that it was a temporary solution.

Since the creation of global sysop flag there is new active users to check vandalism ?

Regards

--Hercule (talk) 20:43, 6 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!

Greetings!

After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:

Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
Diversity winner
Gender-gap fillers

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

Overall winner
- 1st - $500
- 2nd - $200
- 3rd - $100
Diversity winner - $100
Gender-gap fillers - $100
Language Winners - up to $100*

We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

Greetings,

Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.

It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.

Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

Overall winner
- 1st - $500
- 2nd - $200
- 3rd - $100
Diversity winner - $100
Gender-gap filler - $100
Language Winners - up to $100*

We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!

Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!

Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.

The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:

Overall winner
- 1st - $500
- 2nd - $200
- 3rd - $100
Diversity winner - $100
Gender-gap fillers - $100
Language Winners - up to $100*

Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)

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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

Greetings,

It is already past the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the Months of African Contest 2021 achievements so far! We want to extend our sincere gratitude for the time and energy you have invested. If you have not yet participated in the contest, it is not too late to do it. Please list your username as a participant on the contest’s main page.

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