Mnazini

SWAHILI PROMOTION

@Mnazini Hello, in this edit you added Swahili in a city of Mzuzu that has no Swahili speakers. Why would you do that? If it was accidental, please be careful next time. If it was intentional, please provide citation. If you continue such kind of edits, you may be reported and blocked. Kind regards.--Tumbuka Arch (talk) 10:44, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

@Mnazini Matter of fact, you have added countless on unrelated pages. I am reverting them. Tumbuka Arch (talk) 10:49, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

An edit war is when reversions happen without debate or resolution. As per Wikipedia rules, edit war is not the appropriate course of action for editors involved in a dispute; instead, they should pursue dispute resolution or reach consensus. Edit warring is counterproductive; it generates animosity between editors, hinders the process of reaching consensus, and confuses readers. Individuals who participate in edit warring may find themselves blocked or possibly banned. As your username implies, you appear to hold a pronounced and biased position in favor of Tumbuka tribalism. It is requested that you remain impartial and not undo edits without first providing feedback. Mnazini (talk) 01:01, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

According to the article, there are people who speak Swahili in Mzuzu. It seems that you are a Tumbuka nationalist who is attempting to eradicate the minority languages that are spoken in that area. In order to avoid being reported and blocked, please avoid politicizing this platform and keep it as ubiased as possible. Regards. Mnazini (talk) 00:17, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

@Mnazini First of all, your accusation towards me as a nationalist is not constructive. In fact, it backfires you as you are the one who has a Swahili username and is going to random city pages and adding Swahili. While I am not interested to reveal my identity, I will just let you know a few things. Mtumbuka, or in short "Tumbuka", it is both a name and a surname. Such people with similar surnames include Martin Anwel Mtumbuka (whom I am not related to, nor have I ever edited their page), among others. It is like seeing someone with their surname as Zulu. Similar people with that surname include this list here. According to you, these will be Zulu nationalists, no?

I have even seen people with their surname as "English", for example here which is also a language. Others are this, etc. Talking about usernames that you have started yourself, I wonder why you frequently change your usernames in two years for more than 4 times, thus you were User:Khalidsalewa, then User:Halidtz before User:Mangapwani and finally User:Mnazini, which of course is harmless and none of my business.

Now that being said, let me get back to the current scenario.

First things first, I am not edit warring with you. I am just worried that you are adding info that is not needed. Here, you were warned by User:Ayaltimo when you did similar with Somali city articles. In your reply, you refered them to edit warring which I am finding habitial of you when other users are complaining or warning about your edits.

While Swahili is really a major language in Africa, it is also good to know that it has boundaries as the language is more common in the East African Communities (or countries) than in Southern Africa where you are adding that.

Here you added Swahili on Nampula Province of Mozambique. The entire vast of the page has no word "Swahili" mention in it, nor in its ethnic groups or languages. It is Makhuwa language that should have its local name.

Your quotes "edit war is when reversions happen without debate or resolution". In the same way, you do know then that every claim added to a page should be sourced. On the page Shotgun wedding, you added "In Tanzania, it is know in Swahili as Ndoa ya mkeka.." without providing a source which were reverted by User:Waxworker.

Here you added Swahili again on Nkhatabay District. Did you mind checking the languages there? Because that would be Tonga in native than Swahili you added. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nkhata_Bay_District#Demographics .

The list is long with more than 30 pages that you have done that at random. It looks like you are localising random articles with Swahili. You have done same with most of Malawian, Zambian and Mozambican districts. If you are interested to do that, please do with Tanzanian, Kenyan or Ugandan cities/distircts because it makes sense as these are the regions where Swahili is minded.

Finally, if you think I am edit warring with you, please you can report me to any admin or any relavant place. Again wikilawyering and pointing me to block policies whilst you are the one missing manual of style is not gonna help. A page can have its name in local if that language is an official language, regional language, district language or has more population, natives, or is more spoken in the place. Just because the language is big in Africa it doesn't necessarily mean or give you power to visit any page at random and adding Swahili. Best. Tumbuka Arch (talk) 19:49, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

@Mnazini, Wait... What evidence do you have to prove that Swahili is a well-talked-about language in Zambia? What made you believe that it was the right thing to do to go onto Zambian District articles and start adding Swahili pronunciations when Swahili is nowhere near being a well-known language in that nation? And please, I do not think saying "because Tanzania is adjacent" would be the right answer to my question!

Take a look at the Northern Cape article, for example. As we can all see, only applicable languages are appearing in the Infobox and first paragraph. There is a reason why Sotho, which belongs to the neighbouring Free State province, is not mentioned there. It is for the same reason that Swahili does NOT belong in the first sentence of any Zambian article. Preferably, we should be adding Bemba pronunciations or Nyanja pronunciations to such articles!

Sorry to say, but Swahili and Zambia are not as connected as you believe they are (I can give you citations to prove it; even just looking at the Languages of Zambia article is enough evidence). The only foreign language which is given enough attention in Zambia is French, which is taught at Primary and Secondary schools alongside English and any local language depending on region. So, I am going to remove the mention of Swahili from any Zambian District article where you have added it, as it does not make sense for Swahili to be the only language mentioned in a Zambian Article (and in the first sentence for that matter). I hope you understand that Swahili is primarily for Kenya and Tanzania; Zambian articles should not have the page title's name translated into a language that has little to do with Zambia.

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