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Wikimedia ZA Annual General Meeting 2017

This is just to let everyone know that the Wikimedia ZA AGM will be taking place in November 2017 in Cape Town. See below for more details.

• Time: Sunday, 26 November 2017, starts at 14:00 to 17:00
• Location: 6 Spin Street Restaurant (in the Tutu room at the back), ground floor, 6 Spin Street, in the Cape Town city bowl area.

If you would like to attend digitally we will be broadcasting the event over Google Hangouts, to join click on the link here.

The event page can be found on the Wikimedia ZA website here.

The AGM is open to all South African based Wikipedia and other Wikimeddia project editors. Membership is required to vote on resolutions but not required to attend. People are able to sign up as members at the AGM or they can signup before hand at the details on the Wikimedia ZA website.

5th Meetup

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Everyone is warmly invited to attend the 5th South African online discussion held on Zulip.

Date and time

• Date: Saturday, 26 September 2020
• Start time: 10:00 AM SAST
• End Time: 12:00 PM SAST
• Location: Online Meeting
  • Platform: Zulip (text chat)
    • Server: Wikimedia ZA (note: registration is necessary)

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)

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

Wikimedia ZA Annual General Meeting 2021

This is just to let everyone know that the Wikimedia ZA AGM will be taking place on 25 September 2021. See below for more details.

• Time: Saturday, 25 September 2021, starts at 10:00 to 16:00. With intermission at 13:00
• Location: held digitally online this link

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

Good article reassessment for Scouts South Africa

Scouts South Africa has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:08, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia birthday celebration in South Africa

Hello everyone, as you know Wikipedia turned 23 on 15 January this year. Wikimedia South Africa will be celebrating this event by hosting meetups in both Cape Town and Johannesburg as well as online. This event is open to anyone with a passion for Wikipedia. You can learn more about it (and other meetups around the world and in the future) at the meetup page here.

Date and time:
Saturday, 27 January 2024. Starting from 11:00 and ending at 13:00 SAST.

Location

• Cape Town Venue: Tigersmilk Restaurant. Ground Floor Sunclare Building 21 Dreyer Street. Claremont, Cape Town.
• Johannesburg Venue: Gaucho Restaurant Address: 67 7th St, Linden, Randburg, 2104

Digital attendance I will also be hosting a digital hangout which we hope to connect with the ones in Cape Town and Johannesburg. It will take place at the same time and date (11:00-13:00 SAST on 27 January 2024). You can join through the link to our channel on Discord below.

Interested in joining the South African Wikipedia Discord?
If you are interested in a joining, please visit Wikipedia:Meetup/South Africa/Discord for more Infomation or click the button below Everyone in Southern Africa is Welcome, for any technical issues or questions about Discord, Please ask User:TapticInfo on his talk page Join Server

Discott (talk) 10:45, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation banner fundraising campaign in South Africa

Dear all,

I would like to take the opportunity to inform you all  about the upcoming annual Wikimedia Foundation banner fundraising campaign in South Africa.

The fundraising campaign will have two components.

1. We will send emails to people who have previously donated from South Africa. The emails are scheduled to be sent between the 1st to 24th of May.  
2. We will run banners for non-logged in users in South Africa on English Wikipedia itself. The banners will run from the 28th of May to the 25th of June.

Prior to this, we are planning to run some tests, so you might see banners for 3-5 hours a couple of times before the campaign starts. This activity will ensure that our technical infrastructure works.

I am also sharing with you a community collaboration page, where we outline more details around the campaign, share some banner examples, and give you space to engage with the fundraising campaign.

We will also be hosting a community call, details are on the collaboration page, to which you can bring your questions and suggestions.

Generally, before and during the campaign, you can contact us:

• On the talk page of the fundraising team
• If you need to report a bug or technical issue, please create a phabricator ticket
• If you see a donor on a talk page, VRT or social media having difficulties in donating, please refer them to donatewikimedia.org

Thanks you and regards, Julia JBrungs (WMF) (talk) 11:01, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Barbeque Downs Business Park

Hi, I have been looking at Barbeque Downs Business Park which is currently a page with no refs. Is it a different place to Barbeque Downs or could they be merged? Would someone be able to improve it if not? Thanks. JMWt (talk) 07:40, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

• Merge - Well, I clicked on each of the two infobox co-ordinates and I noticed that the Jukskei River separates both. According those co-ordinates, Barbeque Downs Business Park is north of the river while Barbeque Downs is south of it. But I am not convinced that they are meant to be two separate areas; I believe that both sides of the river are one place.
• Another thing I have noticed: when we click the citation in the Barbeque Downs article (census2011), the area shaded is north of the river and is referred to as "Barbeque Downs" while the area south of the river is referred to as "Barbeque AH" (https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/798004030), which does not match what I stated in the previous paragraph. So, despite the co-ordinates in the Barbeque Downs infobox pointing to south of the river, the "citation used" is pointing to north of the river, which is contradictory. So, the "co-ordinates" and "citation used" in the Barbeque Downs article are not a match.

GeographicAccountant (talk) 12:05, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Advice needed at Mfecane page

Hello everyone! I've been preparing for a re-write of the Mfecane article and would really appreciate some feedback at the talk page. Thanks in advance! Pliny the Elderberry (talk) 18:50, 9 April 2024 (UTC)