Wikipedia talk:WikiProject AfroCine/Months of African Cinema/2020

Languages

I didn't understand something about the languages part. I can create/expand articles in any language? Or does there have to be a judge who can read and understand the language? For example can I contribute articles on Hebrew Wikipedia? Pinging @Jamie Tubers: as creator of page. --SuperJew (talk) 20:19, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello SuperJew, thank you for your question. Yes, you can create articles in any language. So, please go ahead.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 20:49, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

I will do. Signing up as a participant now ;) --SuperJew (talk) 20:52, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Of course it is nice to create articles in another language but you need to make that English an international language .not every body can understand Israelite and thank Thijin William Deng (talk) 01:35, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

@Thijin William Deng:, the longstanding purpose of having separate Wikipedia projects for different languages is to provide content to readers of those languages. A page in the Hebrew WP, for example, must meet the notability and quality standards for that WP, and the fellow editors there will review it. To make pages on the AfroCine topics more accessible, appropriate new categories (based on existing Wikidata items) may need to be created and populated in foreign language WPs. Netflix Israel presently offers Nigerian content and Hebrew WP readers will appreciate more information about actors, directors, producers, et al. -- Deborahjay (talk) 12:09, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

English Setswana Leokame (talk) 10:34, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

English

Ay bamidele (talk) 16:47, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Good

Ay bamidele (talk) 16:47, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Question

@Jamie Tubers: I just created an article (Tobong’u Lore) for the competition, only to realize the competition doesn't start until October. Can I count this towards the competition anyway? If I win a prize (unlikely!), I want to donate the money to one of the communities I work with in Kenya. -Darouet (talk) 17:50, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

• Hello Darouet, if this is the only article you have created, I guess exceptions can be made. Please list the article accordingly.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 02:51, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

What is love Hlonela samwill (talk) 12:47, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Cool Increaser lion (talk) 12:24, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Love is a feeling,affection and care towards someone Joy eucharia (talk) 21:15, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Africa country is independence days

Hello everyone, I would to share these information with you that would it not be possible to update our countries 's independence day so each of us May be able to celebrate them individually .especially I'm South Sudanese 🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸🇸 and i may need to celebrate Africa countries 's independence days individually .like 🇨🇩🇬🇭🇪🇹🇪🇬🇰🇪🇸🇸🇸🇩🇿🇦🇺🇬🇳🇬🇳🇦 and some many others. God bless Africa Amen!!!!! Thijin William Deng (talk) 01:30, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your comment Thijin William Deng. We look forward to seeing film articles from South Sudan in the contest. HandsomeBoy (talk) 13:25, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

1st October 1960 Ay bamidele (talk) 16:50, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Listing articles

@Jamie Tubers: Is there a special sub-page to list articles, in accordance to the prize category? Or do we just list only under Wikipedia:WikiProject AfroCine/Months of African Cinema#Article achievements and you and the judges will sort it out? --SuperJew (talk) 10:50, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the suggestion, you can list articles here Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema/Users_By_Articles. HandsomeBoy (talk) 13:22, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

@HandsomeBoy: Thanks for the answer and for creating the space. I was thinking of something like was done for the WiR World Contest or for the Summer World Destubbing Challenge - listing sections for each prize and sub-headings for users and one lists their pages. --SuperJew (talk) 17:58, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you so much, I have made some changes. I believe it will be expanded as the contest develops. HandsomeBoy (talk) 18:22, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you HandsomeBoy! --SuperJew (talk) 18:46, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Tatar language articles

Excuse me, we've got several articles in Tatar Wikipedia that could suit to take part in Afro Cine contest.

• tt:Ачарья Бхактиведанта Свами Прабхупаданың Маврикийга кунакка килүе турында видеоязма an article about the Srila Prabhupada's visit to Mauritius documentary.
• tt:Алан Пэйтон an article about the writer Alan Paton with films listed.

As of now we haven't started to take part, so thinking perhaps we could join also. User:A.Khamidullin

Thank you A.Khamidullin. Your contribution will increase the diversity of the contest. Please remember to list articles created in Tatar Wikipedia in the "Article Achievement" section, so that the jury will be able to assess appropriately. HandsomeBoy (talk) 13:20, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Flags

Do I put the flag of my country or the film's country? Alvin kipchumba (talk) 12:03, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your contribution Alvin kipchumba. Please the film country is what we need. There is a prize for the editor that create articles for the most countries. HandsomeBoy (talk) 13:17, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Green white green Ay bamidele (talk) 16:49, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Improving articles

Is this just an article writing contest, or an article improvement one? I thought it was both. Did the rules and scoring change? ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 12:05, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your contributions Editorofthewiki. To be eligible to win prizes, I am pretty sure only newly created articles will count as entry. But for the metrics (1000 articles) of the contest, maybe expansion may be counted. pinging @Jamie Tubers: for clarification on the latter. HandsomeBoy (talk) 13:15, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

@HandsomeBoy and Jamie Tubers: Following up on this question: while I'm creating articles on Hebrew Wikipedia, I'm also expanding and adding references on English Wikipedia. Should I list the articles I improved? --SuperJew (talk) 12:03, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

SuperJew Please do. I have confirmed that the only place article expansion does not count is in determination of prize winners. Thank you so much for your work. HandsomeBoy (talk) 20:26, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

@HandsomeBoy: Could we clarify this point? Editorofthewiki removed my expansions I listed in this edit. I would like to know if to continue expanding as well as creating or if to invest my time only in new articles (for the competition obviously). --SuperJew (talk) 06:43, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

SuperJew I only removed your expansions because someone had previously removed mine and several others. If I recall correctly the rules were during the beginning that you received a half point for expansions, but it seemed to have changed in the first few days. I don't have a problem either way, I just want some consistency. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 13:39, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

@Editorofthewiki: Yes I would be happy for consistency too and to know where to invest my time. --SuperJew (talk) 15:21, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

• Hello SuperJew and Editorofthewiki; just to reiterate what has already been said, please note that you can list the articles that you have expanded in the achievement section. They are very much appreciated, but please note that they would not count towards winning prizes. Thank you very much!--Jamie Tubers (talk) 20:33, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

types

Can we write about tv programes — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alvin kipchumba (talk • contribs) 15:28, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Sure, that is very much within the scope of AfroCine. We look forward to your contributions on television programmes. @Alvin kipchumba: HandsomeBoy (talk) 15:47, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia

If there is already a film about something on wikipedia english can you translate it to another wikipedia language Alvin kipchumba (talk) 22:30, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Alvin kipchumba That is very much allowed! You can translate as many as possible, there are prizes designed to ensure excellent editors in this category are rewarded.HandsomeBoy (talk) 19:10, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Nathan

Does nf known in here? Increaser lion (talk) 12:24, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

@Increaser lion:, kindly clarify your question here. -- Deborahjay (talk) 11:55, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

To know about the world

Tell the people how the world is in our hand Lordtamuno2023 (talk) 21:35, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

I don't understand? HandsomeBoy (talk) 22:40, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Many stubs exist

I'm making this a new section to ensure it gets clarified, but a continuation of the above (Improving articles). Many stubs exist, so a new page can't be created for those names. See Category:African actor stubs for just one topic in the En WP. So expanding those pages is counted in the contest, each as a full page? -- Deborahjay (talk) 12:23, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for bringing this category to the talkpage. I will add it to the article suggestion page. Expansion of stubs is very much appreciated to the success of the AfroCine Project, and I would personally recommend that during AfroCine 2021, there should be rewards targeted at destubbing articles in this context. However, just to reiterate and avoidance of doubts for persons who may seem unsure, the metrics for gifting prizes for Months of African Cinema 2020 has already been laid down, and can not change. Expansion of existing stubs will be indexed in our success articles, but will play no part in deciding who wins prizes. HandsomeBoy (talk) 21:04, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

Content translation tool

Does translating articles from English wiki to another language using "content translation" tool considered as an use of automated, or semi-automated tool? .. or it is allowd? Fady Nash'at (talk) 11:20, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

@Fady Nash'at: to the best of my knowledge, the AfroCine Project does not have any cast-in-stone policy or guideline that prohibits participants from using translation tools. However, as a Wikipedia editor that have been here for a while, I know English Wikipedia volunteers generally frown at automating the article creation process, especially when sources are not readily verifiable in English. But since you are interested in going the other way round (i.e from English to others), I would think that if you identify notable AfroCine topics in en WP, I don't see anything wrong in using tools to translate them to other less populated WP. Pinging Jamie Tubers if he has something to say. HandsomeBoy (talk) 18:26, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

• Thank you for pinging me HandsomeBoy. Hi @Fady Nash'at:... there are no rules against translation tools; however, please only translate to languages that you also understand, so that you can properly vet translation accuracy and grammar.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 20:28, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Movie

Silver spoon Mahdbello (talk) 17:42, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

From racks to riches Mahdbello (talk) 17:44, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Afroptimistic Mahdbello (talk) 17:45, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

I don't understand. HandsomeBoy (talk) 10:02, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Labarina

Rayuwa ta Mahdbello (talk) 17:48, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Clarify your point. HandsomeBoy (talk) 10:03, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Foreign director

If a foreign director makes a film in Africa, does it count for the scope of the contest to create an article on the director? ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 17:57, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

@Editorofthewiki: If the film was produced in Africa and the story is primarily related to Africa, then it definitely counts. The ancestry of the director does not really matter in determining if a film is within the scope of AfroCine, it is if you want to create a BLP for the director that we weigh that. HandsomeBoy (talk) 20:03, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

My question was about a bio of the director. I was assuming that a film counted. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:38, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

@Editorofthewiki: Sorry for misreading your comment. I do not think it counts, except the director is primarily known for his works in African cinema. HandsomeBoy (talk) 23:04, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Igho Lewis Yegbeburu

Free Mode See Photos Facebook logo Go to Home The Glorious Fountain Ministries MEET OUR GUEST SPEAKER Rev. Igho Lewis Yegbeburu is a distinguished clergyman, songwriter, composer, arranger, music producer, and life coach. He is the President of The Glorious Fountain Ministries, an interdenominational and nonprofit making body, committed to promoting worship and the unity of churches through music and worship, since 1994. He is an Alumnus of the Faculty of Church Music of the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary and has led the production of over thirteen albums by the Glorious Fountain Choir, that is currently blessing lives all over the world. Rev Igho is the author of the award-winning book titled “Finding Fresh Passion to Worship” by Xulon Press in the United States of America, a recommended textbook in the teaching of worship in two reputable Baptist Theological Seminaries in Nigeria. He is married to Toyin Yegbeburu, and they are blessed with three lovely children: David, Sharon, and Bliss The Glorious Fountain Ministries face book Ikhenoba Andrew (talk) 14:39, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

@Ikhenoba Andrew: this page is for discussions related to AfroCine content/topics, not for the article themselves. If you think Igho Lewis Yegbeburu is notable, you can submit a draft article for him, through the WP:AFC process. Be sure to include reliable sources to increase the chances of the draft being accepted. HandsomeBoy (talk) 19:36, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi

Hi. I have a question. Is it correct for one participant to take the same item as another? I mean, is it possible for two participants to have the same items in the same order just like one of them copies the other's list? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.179.17.143 (talk) 07:05, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Yes Ay bamidele (talk) 16:51, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

I honestly do not understand this question, more clarity will help. HandsomeBoy (talk) 05:57, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

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)

You can opt-out of this annual reminder from The Afrocine Project by removing your username from this list

Help

Do I put the flag of my country or Just The name of The Country?181.179.17.1 (talk) 22:20, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

@181.179.17.1: Preferably the flag. Thank you for your contributions. HandsomeBoy (talk) 08:41, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

vusumuzi

Zuluboy

Ok 2Shot RSA (talk) 02:13, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Afro-Brazilian

Would creating articles on Afro-Brazilians count for the project? ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 20:26, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

@Editorofthewiki: Sure it would, according to the AfroCine description our geaography of interest are "...Africa, Caribbean & the diaspora", Afro-Brazilians certainly counts as diaspora. A number of African film awards also honour black Brazilian films too. Thank you for your contributions. HandsomeBoy (talk) 08:39, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

12 Nov 2020

Mgiftoz feat.Gilano- Ingqondo Yami (Vocal mix).mp3 Mgiftoz Entertainer (talk) 20:30, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Nothing

Bitches S.Esau (talk) 12:09, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

AfDs

I really hope our admins and jury are taking note of articles qualified to be tagged in the AfD criteria currently left largely unattended to, even with the NOTABILITY rule being broken by a number of editors in this project. Kambai Akau (talk) 23:08, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

I am, and will pass the info to the jury. Henceforth, I will also participate in the AFDs. But kindly still leave the article listed, even if it is moved to draftspace. HandsomeBoy (talk) 15:42, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

HandsomeBoy - Ow, thanks. I had three of my aricles marked as AfD, they all got moved to the draftspace, but I succeeded in having one improved and returned to the mainspace. The other two, do I bring them back to the list? Because I had them removed after their movement to the draftspace. Kambai Akau (talk) 23:33, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Kambai Akau Please send me the links to them. HandsomeBoy (talk) 10:49, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

HandsomeBoy: I'm sorry, I thought the pages were drafted. They were actually deleted totally, but here are their link addresses in my user folder: User:Kambai Akau/Neba Lawrence and User:Kambai Akau/The Chronicles (2020 film). Thanks!Kambai Akau (talk) 22:30, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

I have gone through the AFD discussions, and also done a search on the articles. Since the Cameroonian film was deleted via AFD, we compulsorily need to go through AFC. For the Corona Virus film, I also suggest using AFC to be safe. You need to move them to draftspace (Draft:The Chronicles (2020 film) and Draft:Neba Lawrence). After that we will submit for review, and I will come in the discussion. I think both films have a chance of being in mainspace, lets remember that Cameroon have a lot of their sources in French, and I could find some reviews for Toka's film. HandsomeBoy (talk) 19:23, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

HandsomeBoy : Bless you brother. I just moved the contents to the draftspace. Thanks! Kambai Akau (talk) 01:50, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Diversity

As we wind down the project, I was wondering something. Both me and User:Gihan Jayaweera have created articles on every single African country, no small achievement since some African countries have essentially no film industry. I was wondering, with regards to the diversity prize if we could split it. What are everyone's thoughts? ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 21:32, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

@Editorofthewiki: It is indeed quite laudable, I remember how difficult it was during the last Women In Red contest for many editors to get to that mark. This is even more tasking since the scope is limited to just cinematic contributions. Back to your question, that will be the decision of the jury, but I don't think that particular category can be split as that was not what we submitted to the WMF when we were requesting for grant. If either of you should win, you can split it among yourselves based on your personal arrangement. May I also mention that the diversity award is not only about African countries, but it looks at a participant that create articles for the highest number of countries. HandsomeBoy (talk) 20:08, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

After 30 November

Hello everybody, please I have a question about the contributions after 30 November. Is the contributions (expanding the articles that I have already created during the contest) after this date are counted ? Or only the size of the page before this date that will be counted ? Thanks again.--Mohamed Belgazem (talk) 14:51, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

@Mohamed Belgazem: This contest is purely an article creation contest, not a destubbaton or article expansion contest. As long as your article was in mainspace between October 1st and November 30th, it will be counted based on its status when the jury is reviewing it. So you can continue to improve your articles even after 30th, as long as it was created within the window period it is eligible.HandsomeBoy (talk) 20:13, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

@HandsomeBoy: When will the judging take place? (more out of interest than anything as my 13 articles won't got far (got bogged down in uni work :( unfortunately)) Whoever is judging has quite a task ahead of them - seems while there's a very high amount of quantity submitted, from a quick random sample, there seems to be a severe lack of quality and length on a lot of them. --SuperJew (talk) 09:29, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Your contributions is well appreciated. Tentatively winners will be announced in January 2021, and everything concerning the contest is planned to be completed latest February. We want to give a bit of space for exactly the reasons you've highlighted above. HandsomeBoy (talk) 11:18, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

That means every article made after 30 November will not be eligible for the contest?? OR Can we make new articles after 30 November?? Gihan Jayaweera (talk) 22:50, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

No, it won't be counted if it was not created between October 1st and November 30th. The contest is over! HandsomeBoy (talk) 19:48, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Edits made by bots

Hi!. I have a question, when the articles are evaluated, will the edits made by bots be taken into account? I wonder it because in some wikis the bots add up to 2k. So do those edits count or only human edits? Greetings — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.179.27.57 (talk) 18:59, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

For some reasons, I am just seeing this post, apologies for late reply. Once again, this contest is an article creation contest, not article expansion contest. While there is a minimum size standard, it is extremely low and a well-referenced stub article will likely have same eligibility status as a GA article as regards winning prizes. So as long as your article is notable, well-referenced, wikified, etc. it is eligible irrespective of the additions by bots. I hope that answered your question. HandsomeBoy (talk) 11:28, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

CONTEST

I did'nt submit my article on time . is there any option? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thijin William Deng (talk • contribs) 00:58, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

@Thijin William Deng: You can still submit your articles in the contest page, as long as they were created between October and November 2020, and covers AfroCine. But notify me here when you do that. HandsomeBoy (talk) 18:07, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Timeline

When will the results of the contest be announced? And announce the composition of the jury, please. JukoFF (talk) 13:47, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

@JukoFF: I can confirm that a number of jury have started work. We are working towards before the end of the month.HandsomeBoy (talk) 19:24, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

@HandsomeBoy: I wish you to develop the contest further! Аs someone who has conducted more than 20 contests in Russian Wikipedia, I advise if the contest is planned to be annual, always write a timeline. This will keep last year's entrants in the next year! JukoFF (talk) 20:01, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for the suggestion, it will be conveyed across.HandsomeBoy (talk) 13:33, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

@HandsomeBoy: When will you announce results?--Amr F.NagyAmr F.Nagy (talk) 17:29, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

@Amr F.Nagy: we are having a little challenge with some of the Spanish WP entries. As soon as that is settled, it will be announced. We are done with every other assessment as seen from the jury page. HandsomeBoy (talk) 18:25, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Indaba 2021 is here!

Hosted by the Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda, the first ever virtual Wiki Indaba conference is taking place online from the 5th to the 7th of November 2021 under the theme Rethink + Reset : Visions of the future.

Wiki Indaba 2021 is a unique opportunity to come together to build the capacity of African Wikimedians both within the continent and the diaspora to foster the growth of the coverage and our involvement in Wikimedia projects.

The call for submissions is open, please submit your session proposal either as a presentation, panel discussion, lightning talk, or workshop before September 24th 2021.

Most importantly, we would like to have you at the conference, please register here to get your free ticket and spread the word to your community members.

Looking forward to seeing you and hearing you speak at the conference.

Geoffrey Kateregga (talk) 23:45, 16 September 2021 (UTC) - On behalf of the Wiki Indaba 2021 Local Organizing Committee

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)

Ýou can opt-out of this annual reminder from The Afrocine Project by removing your username from this list

Lennox Woods Lennox Woods (talk) 18:24, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Possible vandalism of a certain George marquis47

Thank you MJL for reverting the edits of George marquis47. It seems he copied my bio on meta. The user is a newly created account I guess intended to create vandalism. I am currently running the Afrocine project on Central Bikol Wikipedia. I appreciate your help for noticing this. Kunokuno (talk) 09:06, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Home affairs Prospecton

Hi I am a line cutter, I Q 4 u then u 0683817200 Call Sabelo😉 SabeloRsa (talk) 17:30, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

Good

Am happy to be here Desmond abudes (talk) 13:51, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

@Desmond abudes: We are happy to have you. Looking forward to your contributions during the contest. HandsomeBoy (talk) 08:03, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Question

Hello Everybody, and thanks for organizing this contest again. I have a question about some articles I want to create them for the contest. Is this type of articles Blaxploitation and List of accolades received by 12 Years a Slave (film) included in this contest ? Thanks again.--Mohamed Belgazem (talk) 12:02, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

@Mohamed Belgazem: Please do. They are certainly needed, especially articles on similar topics like "Blaxploitation", as long as there is an AfroCentric angle to it. In the case of "List of accolades received by XXXXX", it needs to be for a really notable AfroCine film that won numerous awards. But they are certainly in scope of the contest as the contest page states: ...a contest/edit-a-thon for creating African cinema-related articles.HandsomeBoy (talk) 12:06, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi again @HandsomeBoy:, Thank you so much for your response.--Mohamed Belgazem (talk) 14:31, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

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.

Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the article achievements' section of the contest page so they can be tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article in the users by articles. Please note that your articles must be present in both the article achievement section on the main contest page, as well as on the Users By Articles page for you to qualify for a prize.

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*

Thank you once again for your valued participation! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 18:50, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

You can opt-out of this annual reminder from The Afrocine Project by removing your username from this list

Concern about gaming from New Page Patrol

Hi, we have to patrol the new articles that are coming out of this project and of particular concern are those from User:Gihan Jayaweera, by far the biggest contributor to the New Page Patrol backlog. The competition rules state, No automated, semi-automated tools, scripts or manual templates to mass generate content are permitted for the contest. Any indication that editors are cheating by using a cookie-cutter template or script to mass-generate through lists may lead to disqualification. however GJ has stated at I have a source code format used in creating the article. It is a mistake of that name. Their articles are hastily created rather than focusing on notability, high quality, etc. which creates more work for other editors. Myself and other editors commenting at Wikipedia_talk:New_pages_patrol/Reviewers#caution_please are concerned that this project due to its design—both the high $$$ award and attention to number of articles created rather than quality—is incentivizing behavior that does not help the encyclopedia. (t · c) buidhe 08:14, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for you comment buidhe, I have dropped a note on his talkpage addressing the use of pre-defined template for some parts of his articles. But I think most of his articles are fairly notable, they are coming from Africa so might not have all the multiple sources you'd want to see, but he mostly picks articles from the "Article suggestion" pages, which have some form of open independent vetting. But I certainly agree with you that he needs to find a balance between efficiency and effectiveness, rather than let one suffer.HandsomeBoy (talk) 09:58, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Question regarding type of additions

Is this contest also for Wikidata items? As far as I understood it is only for articles. Olugold has recently added many Wikidata items to the entries for the contest. @HandsomeBoy: as the main overseer of the contest. --SuperJew (talk) 07:53, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

@SuperJew: Let me start by thanking you for always assisting in the monitoring of the page. It is really appreciated. Now to your question, according to the established jury process, which has three metrics for scoring, any WikiData item created during the contest will attain a point. The remaining two metrics does not apply to WikiData entries, and some prize categories are "Wikipedia only". So essentially, WikiData contributions is also part of the contest. I need to make some clarifications if they should be listed in the achievement page, or we should have a separate list for them, I remember in 2019 we used Outreach dashboard to track them rather than listing them there. So I will get back to you on that. HandsomeBoy (talk) 08:38, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

According to listing guideline, it states: Only place entries created during the contest here. Enter the flag of the country, the article, and your username and place the article at the bottom of the list. Try to ensure that they are a minimum of 1 kb and have adequate sourcing. If you're adding an article which you created in another language: Wikipedia or Wikidata, remember to use the language prefix accordingly in your Wikilink. If you're not sure how to link from other Wikis, just list the page title you created and put the Wiki in brackets., so listing is allowed.HandsomeBoy (talk) 08:46, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

@HandsomeBoy: Okay I see cool I wasn't aware of that :) Sorry I didn't contribute as much this contest... real life is super busy rn :/ --SuperJew (talk) 09:36, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

A suggestion

Dear organizational team,

I think a simple certificate for participants in the contest would means a lot, at least to appreciate their effort. I hope you will take this suggestion into consideration, thank you.--Amr F.Nagy (talk) 23:26, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

@Amr F.Nagy: Thank you for your suggestion. As regards acknowledging participants, we will definitely provide barnsters for all participants appreciating their efforts. As for certificates, so that I will understand you correctly, do you mean physical or digital certificates? HandsomeBoy (talk) 13:42, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

@HandsomeBoy: Thank you for replying, I think digital certificates are easier (for you) by sending them via emails, if a participant would like to receive it.--Amr F.Nagy (talk) 20:58, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you once again Amr F.Nagy, I have discussed with the team and they welcome the idea. I am also aware that some of the local organizers gave out certificates during their physical meetings. For this year global contest, you can send an email to info@afrocineproject.org requesting for one and we will issue out a digital certificate in your preferred name.HandsomeBoy (talk) 00:36, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Great! It was very nice of you to discuss this with the team, I'll contact the email above. Thank you so much HandsomeBoy, I appreciate it.--Amr F.Nagy (talk) 01:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

HandsomeBoy I'm sorry, but do you think this email (info@afrocineproject.org) is valid? I sent many messages and the gmail answer is (No Such User Here), Finally, I sent a message at the project page (afrocineproject.org) but I'm not sure if it was delivered.--Amr F.Nagy (talk) 02:00, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for the heads up Amr F.Nagy, apparently this is an issue with Gmail as a sender, and we are presently working on fixing it. For the time being, please visit Jamie Tubers and send an email to him directly. Apologies for the mail filter issue.HandsomeBoy (talk) 05:03, 3 May 2022 (UTC)