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We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia! </p><p>Please <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema#Participants" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject AfroCine/Months of African Cinema">list your username under the participants’ section</a> 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. </p><p>The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest: </p> <ul><li><i><b>Overall winner</b></i> <ul><li>1st - $500</li> <li>2nd - $200</li> <li>3rd - $100</li></ul></li> <li><i><b>Diversity winner</b></i> - $100</li> <li><i><b>Gender-gap fillers</b></i> - $100</li> <li><i><b>Language Winners</b></i> - up to $100*</li></ul> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject AfroCine/Months of African Cinema">here</a>. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--<a href="/wiki/User:Jamie_Tubers" title="User:Jamie Tubers">Jamie Tubers</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Jamie_Tubers#top" title="User talk:Jamie Tubers">talk</a>) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC) </p> </div> </div> <p><small><i>Ýou can opt-out of this annual reminder from The Afrocine Project by removing your username from <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MassMessage/Lists/AfroCine" class="extiw" title="m:MassMessage/Lists/AfroCine">this list</a></i></small> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="The_Months_of_African_Cinema_Contest_Continues_in_November!" data-mw-thread-id="h-The_Months_of_African_Cinema_Contest_Continues_in_November!-2021-11-11T18:50:00.000Z"><span id="The_Months_of_African_Cinema_Contest_Continues_in_November.21"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-The_Months_of_African_Cinema_Contest_Continues_in_November!-2021-11-11T18:50:00.000Z"></span>The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!<span data-mw-comment-end="h-The_Months_of_African_Cinema_Contest_Continues_in_November!-2021-11-11T18:50:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Waitabout&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Jamie_Tubers-2021-11-11T18:50:00.000Z-The_Months_of_African_Cinema_Contest_Continues_in_November!"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256334245" /><div class="ivmbox" style=""> <div class="ivmbox-text"> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:AfroCine_-_bare_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/AfroCine_-_bare_logo.png/211px-AfroCine_-_bare_logo.png" decoding="async" width="211" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/AfroCine_-_bare_logo.png 1.5x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="253" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>Greetings, </p><p>It is already past the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject AfroCine/Months of African Cinema">Months of African Contest 2021</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema#Participants" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject AfroCine/Months of African Cinema">list your username as a participant</a> on the contest’s main page. </p><p>Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema#Article_achievements" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject AfroCine/Months of African Cinema">article achievements</a>' section of the contest page so they can be tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article in the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema/Users_By_Articles" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject AfroCine/Months of African Cinema/Users By Articles">users by articles</a>. Please note that your articles must be present in <i><b>both</b></i> 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. </p><p>We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners: </p> <ul><li><i><b>Overall winner</b></i> <ul><li>1st - $500</li> <li>2nd - $200</li> <li>3rd - $100</li></ul></li> <li><i><b>Diversity winner</b></i> - $100</li> <li><i><b>Gender-gap filler</b></i> - $100</li> <li><i><b>Language Winners</b></i> - up to $100*</li></ul> <p>Thank you once again for your valued participation! --<a href="/wiki/User:Jamie_Tubers" title="User:Jamie Tubers">Jamie Tubers</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Jamie_Tubers#top" title="User talk:Jamie Tubers">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Waitabout#c-Jamie_Tubers-2021-11-11T18:50:00.000Z-The_Months_of_African_Cinema_Contest_Continues_in_November!" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">18:50, 11 November 2021 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Jamie_Tubers-2021-11-11T18:50:00.000Z-The_Months_of_African_Cinema_Contest_Continues_in_November!"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Jamie_Tubers-2021-11-11T18:50:00.000Z-The_Months_of_African_Cinema_Contest_Continues_in_November!"></span> </p> </div> </div> <p><small><i>You can opt-out of this annual reminder from The Afrocine Project by removing your username from <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MassMessage/Lists/AfroCine" class="extiw" title="m:MassMessage/Lists/AfroCine">this list</a></i></small> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="ArbCom_2022_Elections_voter_message" data-mw-thread-id="h-ArbCom_2022_Elections_voter_message-20221129004200"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-ArbCom_2022_Elections_voter_message-20221129004200"></span>ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message<span data-mw-comment-end="h-ArbCom_2022_Elections_voter_message-20221129004200"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Waitabout&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <div class="ivmbox" style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 1px solid #AAA; background-color: ivory; padding: 0.5em; display: flex; align-items: center;"> <div class="ivmbox-image" style="padding-left:1px; padding-right:0.5em; flex: 1 0 40px;"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20221129004200-ArbCom_2022_Elections_voter_message"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scale_of_justice_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Scale_of_justice_2.svg/40px-Scale_of_justice_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="41" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Scale_of_justice_2.svg/60px-Scale_of_justice_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Scale_of_justice_2.svg/80px-Scale_of_justice_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="204" data-file-height="208" /></a></span></div> <div class="ivmbox-text"> <p>Hello! 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I am simply curious (as you seem to have more knowledge of this topic based on your qualifications) whether you would like to improve upon my edits or find additional references for the article. </p><p>Cordially yours, <span style="background:#000000;color:white;padding:4px;box-shadow:0 1px 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,255)"><a href="/wiki/User:Epifanove" title="User:Epifanove">EPIFANOVE</a><sup><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Epifanove" title="User talk:Epifanove">(TALK)</a></sup></span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Waitabout#c-Epifanove-20230212181200-Free_state_goldfields_article" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">18:12, 12 February 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Epifanove-20230212181200-Free_state_goldfields_article"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Epifanove-20230212181200-Free_state_goldfields_article"></span> </p> <dl><dd>Hi. I haven't been very active on Wikipedia recently, so just saw your message of several months ago. Thanks for all the changes to and development of the article. I am not really an expert on the subject matter and created it as a favour to the original Afrikaans author who had asked for my assistance at a meeting of the WikiMedia Foundation South Africa Chapter. 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Our chapter seeks to promote local awareness of the projects and their proper academic use, encourage translation efforts into local languages and support the creation of local free knowledge and media </p><p>We are always looking to support South Africans or Africans in the promotion of free knowledge and to promote the enhancement of local knowledge in local languages on wikipedia and online for the benefit of all. </p><p>As a chapter engagement is an important strategic initiative and we would encourage you to check out the chapter on the links below. Links: </p><p>Meta Page: <a class="external free" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_South_Africa">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_South_Africa</a> </p><p>Facebook: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.facebook.com/share/1FtVdvzjnr/?mibextid=wwXIfr">https://www.facebook.com/share/1FtVdvzjnr/?mibextid=wwXIfr</a> </p><p>Twitter: @Wikimedia_ZA </p><p>Instagram: @wikimedia_za </p><p>Website: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.wmza.org/">https://www.wmza.org/</a> </p><p>Each month the Chapter hosts In-Person Meetups in Cape Town and Johannesburg where fellow Wikimedians and newcomers meet to enjoy refreshments and snacks and to discuss Wikipedia, Wikimedia South Africa initiatives and to isolate community needs. </p><p>In February our next Chapter Meetups will occur in person in Johannesburg at the Goethe Institut: </p><p><a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_Meet-up_South_Africa/_Johannesburg_14">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_Meet-up_South_Africa/_Johannesburg_14</a> </p><p>and in Cape Town at the Codebridge offices: </p><p><a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_Meet-up_South_Africa/_Cape_Town_45">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_Meet-up_South_Africa/_Cape_Town_45</a> </p><p>The Meetup will occur on Saturday the 22nd February 2025 between 10:30am and 12:30pm. </p><p>This meetup will be special as we will be celebrating the 13th Anniversary of Wikimedia South Africa and the 24th Anniversary of Wikipedia. There will be refreshments and entertainment. </p><p>We will be reflecting on our past year as well as our plans for the Chapter in 2025 and would love for you to participate. 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