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Izingane Zoma

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Please stop If you want Izingane ZoMa moved to a different name, there is a process for page moving at WP:RM. You cannot just copy and past the contents of an article from one name to another. If you need any help, you can ask me (although I'm about to go to sleep...) —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:31, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

• hi, just trying to correct the apparent typo of "ZoMa" to "Zoma". I can't find a mention of "ZoMa" anywhere in their biographies or websites, presuming it's a typo. --Oisteadman (talk) 09:33, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Ngcono ihlwempu kunesibhanxo sesityebi

Hi Oisteadman,

Not sure if your section "Ngcono ihlwempu kunesibhanxo sesityebi" in The Spear (painting) is necessarily completely relevant to the article, other than it being controversial as The Spear is. Could it not maybe have its own page, and be referenced in The Spear? --Stuart Steedman (talk) 11:32, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

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Multilingual signs

Hi Oisteadman, would you be able to help me ensure multilingual signs in South Africa on Commons are correctly categorised? HelenOnline 11:42, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi I would be very happy to help, the page looks good to me at the moment. Any specific queries I can answer? OliverOnline 12:42, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Oliver! There are two bilingual signs (both the same) and two trilingual signs where I am not sure of the language which is not English or Afrikaans (Xhosa, Zulu or other). I would also like someone to check those currently categorised as Zulu signs and Xhosa signs are correctly categorised, although I am fairly confident they are. HelenOnline 13:02, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi Helen all the signs are correctly categorised. OliverOnline 12:42, 27 December 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.136.159 (talk)

Thanks Oliver. There are four (three really) that are not currently categorised by language and I need to know what the second or third language is if you can help with that:

• Pretoria Art Museum
• Drakenstein prison
• Robben Island penguin colony

HelenOnline 12:56, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi Helen, in order: Pretoria sign is in Afrikaans and Northern Sotho - Drakenstein sign is in English then Afrikaans then Xhosa - Robben Island sign is in English then Xhosa then Afrikaans. OliverOnline 12:42, 7 January 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.127.18.253 (talk)

Thanks Oliver! HelenOnline 13:33, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

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The next 68 articles in WP ZU

Greetings, Oisteadman! I've recently become active on the Zulu Wikipedia. Without knowing the language at all, I can nevertheless perform quite a bit of fundamental editing. Might you be willing to check over my edits at your leisure and make any necessary corrections? (Search my activity in Contributions for User:Deborahjay.) My particular focus at present would to be creating a stub page for South African musicians, writers, et al. who have a linkable article (via Wikidata) in the English Wikipedia as a content source for a future translation. I'm also keen on creating and populating Categories to facilitate access to pages, but I'd need a Zulu-speaking editor (or several) to work in tandem with me. It would be an achievement to create the next 68 pages in WP ZU to break into the 1,000-article club! Let me know what you think, and if you've collaborated with any other translator-editors who might be interested. Cheers! -- Deborahjay (talk) 12:50, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Deborah yes I'd love to help, how can we structure this - do you plan on, say, 2 articles per week? I will aim to check in on Monday mornings for a review session, if that sounds sensible! Cheers! -- Oisteadman (talk) 12:55, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

See this great place to start: Category:Zulu people has 99 pages on the English-language Wikipedia, which means these individuals have notability, content and categories. My usual approach is to look by occupations in fields with global reach, e.g. music (Category:South African musicians with 156 pages in WP EN), but the Zulu Wikipedia needs to be populated first with notable Zulu people. Biography articles have a suggested format with section headings, as well as the Infobox template with space for a photo that might be available on the Wikimedia Commons. I'll try to sneak in some time on this over the next few days. By the way - I just checked, and of South Africa's 11 official languages, Zulu's Wikipedia is the third largest (after the Big Two, obviously). Looking forward to making progress! -- Deborahjay (talk) 15:24, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Edited to add: This List of Zulu people is even more focused. I'm already starting my review. -- Deborahjay (talk) 17:29, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

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