Archives at User talk:Wikiwizzy/Archive1 up to October 2005, User talk:Wikiwizzy/Archive2 to March, 2006.
I will answer requests here, if you post them here. I mostly concentrate on Africa based articles.
I've renamed the category as suggested. -- Mohau 10:05, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Township is defined as a residential development which confined non-whites (Africans, "coloureds" and Indians) who lived near or worked in white-only communities.
Residential developments that were developed for non-whites would be in the list, but any other residential development that did not have the same racial confines will not be included. -- Mohau 13:32, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
I've sent an email to Tim Starling (according to meta:XFF project), with the details of the proxies, and he replied that they have been whitelisted. So hopefully everything's sorted out now. dewet| ™ 08:27, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Andy. Sure. I won't post again before end April. best wishes. Bob BScar23625 21:20, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
Thank you Andy for the revert on my talk page. As soon as I start vandal patrol this starts. I see that you are from Kenya, what tribe? My neighbours are Kenyan. The husband is Luo and the wife is Kĩkũyũ. -- Jcw69 18:17, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
Well, considering yourself African does not mean you belong to a "tribe". In the same way that being a US rapper does not mean you are a nigger. Beware of colonialist divide-and-conquer theories when dealing with African issues. Speaking of which, could you perhaps take a look at what I dumped at Talk:Bantu languages yesterday? Be sure to tell all your friends about it... Please alert me on my talk page when you respond. Zyxoas ( talk to me - I'll listen) 14:25, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
Fixed now. thanks for heads up (you may need to refresh)
-- BozMo - talk 07:10, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
Not really but just to show you: {{WPCD}} —Preceding unsigned comment added by BozMo ( talk • contribs)
Andy, some users want to vote off the Timeline of South African history from wikipedia. Please vote at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timeline of South African history. Thank you -- Jcw69 20:40, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi, if you have not yet done so, we could sure use your input on Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Dewet. Thanks! Elf-friend 10:24, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi Andy, regarding the WDCD template you're adding, does the template automatically add these to a category page, do you know? I tried to follow what was being added from "what links here," but it doesn't list pages in alphabetical order, so it's hard to use, whereas the category list would be alphabetical. Any information gratefully received. :-) SlimVirgin (talk) 13:50, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi Wizzy,
Hey, thank you so much for getting the WPCD template out there, that's really helpful! Can I take it that you would be interested in helping with the next version of that collection?
Thanks also for signing up to help out with WP:V0.5. I was thinking of opening up the V0.5 nominations page on Thursday to start accepting nominations, what do you think? Will you be around to help in the next few weeks? Would you be able to help review articles for it? I have contacted Maurreen and Tito directly as well, they are currently the active folks associated with this, though I hope that more will join us once we get up & running. Let me know your opinion. Thanks again for all your help, Walkerma 02:43, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Hello again, I notice that you have been busy with the {{ WPCD}} template, and I saw your mention of downloading category listings. Have you thought about using the bot to do this sort of thing for you? The main listing is here, and there is a guide to adding a project to the listing. I'll also post something on the project page. I hope, too, that you can help review articles for us at WP:V0.5N when you get a chance. South Africa has already been passed! Cheers, Walkerma 01:27, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
I have the mediawiki software, so I can re-create a server with just those articles. I have (a quite old) picture archive, that might save me some time. Maybe a combination of my own server and some pybot tools will allow me to experiment ? Wizzy… ☎ 13:27, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi Andy, the Africa Award has been proposed as an official award, we could sure use your input at the proposal page - Thank you! -- Jcw69 07:56, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Me again, the South African Bush Telegraph has a page of its own. If you interested please go to ...
Wikipedia:WikiProject South Africa/Bush Telegraph. Regards, --
Jcw69
15:21, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi Andy, I am sorry I don't know how to reference a page without showing the image. Would you like me to change the image in any way? I have the source files somewhere. Just let me know and its good as done. -- Jcw69 16:16, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
...from BarCampCapeTown ;) dewet| ✉ 13:08, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
Why is Robert Isherwood still banned? Two more people have been banned for giving very similar legal advice etc. As its extremely unlikely they are all the same person (!) what is the precise argument against him? 81.129.155.181 22:18, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Will you be online for wikimania ? Where are you living/working these days? Best, +sj + 14:03, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I've recently added Libya to the list of featured article candidates. Overall the candidature is going well with many of the objections now sorted out. The final concrete objection is with the article's prose. I have been the main contributor to the article and have been looking at it for the previous 9 - 10 months. My eyes no longer see it freshly, so I am not a suitable copy-editor!
To meet the final demand of copy editing, I have been advised to ask different people to edit parts of the article.
I would really love to get this article featured as you can probably see from the page's history! I've worked very hard on it and I see this as possibly being the final hurdle.
You can see the prose objections, mostly raised by
Sandy, on the
candidature page. If you have the time, please choose a section (Politics, Religion, Culture etc.) and copyedit, perfect, ace it! I would be very grateful with any help I can get.
Thanks a lot,
P.S. I see you have the coveted Africa award. Would you much rather have this : )
-- Jaw101ie 17:02, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We appreciate your contributions to the Trevor Ncube article, but we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material. Perhaps you would like to rewrite the article in your own words. For more information, take a look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Happy editing! [1] -- Jeandré, 2006-07-24 t18:28z
Thanks for note! I'm glad you appreciate it. -- Rmrfstar 13:39, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the note. I guess this means that I'll be sticking around. :) - BT 20:20, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Hey Wizzy. I've been working on Barack Obama these last days and was hoping you'd consider cleaning up and condensing the Africa section there (where I see you'd contributed earlier), to take it from a kind of rolling newsfeed to a more encyclopedic tone. As yet, there is no detailed mention of the HIV test or the Chad visit and Darfur isssues. Would be great for our global Wikipedia if some of the key references cited come from the local press. Others who can lend a hand are also welcome. There's loads of material about it on the official Obama sites (listed at the bottom of the article), and "Obama"+anything is a googler's paradise. Thanks in advance.-- HailFire 23:36, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi Wikiwizzy - Please vote on the proposed title change of the 'South African farmer murders' page. The straw poll is here. Please also pass this message on to others you think would be interested. Thank you! Cheers, Jason Lionchow - Talk 08:29, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
No problem, Andy, to tell you the truth I also saw the notice on the African Regional Board and started the article. When I went back to let them know that it was done, I saw that there had just been another new article for the same place created so I just made it a re-direct. :-) It is good that many of us cover all the bases -- Jcw69 10:55, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for your kindness! Of course all of this work comes to nought if there isn't someone like yourself to put it into a usable format for the world to read! No pressure! I'll be in touch regularly in the coming days. Thanks, Walkerma 18:26, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
You have (I dl'd) a Palm-compatable format of BozMo's 2006 Wikipedia CD Selection. Are you are planning to do this with future releases? Interest in distributing a Palm version was expressed here. If OK with you, The torrent project could take the version you have made available by ftp and pass it along the channels the project works in. Do you know if this is already on eD2K or in the Kad Network? (I searched for wikipedia.pdb and wikipedia palm in eMule and found a similar but larger prc file). -- Paleorthid 17:58, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Any luck on finding a host for your script mentioned here? -- Paleorthid 17:58, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I'm trying to lay the foundation for an African military history task force within the Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history. Would you be interested in joining (I read your edits on Impi)? Greatings Wandalstouring 11:02, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi. Your edit to Literacy (rv spam) seems to have gone wrong. I tried to fix it; perhaps you could check whether I guessed your intentions correctly? Cheers, Jitse Niesen ( talk) 10:57, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Andy. Thanks for the Barnstar - it is much appreciated. Tell me, can you see any link between images 1 and 7 in the Whites in Zimbabwe article?. best wishes. Bob BScar23625 14:51, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Maybe it needs just a little imagination?. best wishes. Bob BScar23625 15:09, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
You got it. Bob BScar23625 16:13, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi Wizzy, we're having an IRC meeting at 23:00 UTC on Saturday November 4th, to discuss upcoming offline releases from en, please attend if you can! I think you could contribute a lot to the conversation, please feel free to add to the agenda if there's anything urgent. Please sign up here if you can make it, thanks! Walkerma 09:22, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
A complete list of articles in V0.5 (except countries and new additions) is at Wikipedia:Version 0.5/biglist. You should format it to work with the CDTools. Port 22 is still not open... Eyu100( t| fr| Version 1.0 Editorial Team) 23:38, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Reviewing has stopped. I have a complete list of all the articles that will go into Version 0.5 (except for the countries, you'll have to add them). Can you try to find a way to generate a CD from that list? You should probably post on the talk page, as you will most likely need help. Eyu100( t| fr| Version 1.0 Editorial Team) 05:15, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Does this affect this information? I'll check with Emmanuel by email. Keep in touch. Cheers Walkerma 08:12, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
No, it does not. A student using a browser to read the CD will not be able to use the reader search index.
Wizzy
I think pm27 was not referring to his software, he was referring to his working machine/server. Going through Emmanuel's document, this is a rough googly translation of the relevant sections :-
We need free multiplatform software:
The software must reach the most level of accessibility. In its contents generated by the software, like the search results page [...]. Thus the software will have rigorously to satisfy chapter 12 (assistance with navigation) while the chapter 13 (contents accessible) is the responsibility of the content provider.
This software must make it possible to be easily localisable.
This software must be based on XPFE.
The installation must:
All the provided code must be under licence LPG version 2.
The delivery must comprise for all the systems/architectures:
It all looks great, but all requires software to be installed. I don't want to nix their work, but I also want access with just a browser. Wizzy… ☎ 13:05, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I think it would be better for all concerned if we simply ignore the various trolls on these articles instead of engaging them time and again. Zun aid © Please rate me at Editor Review! 13:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi. Hope (and trust) the weather is a bit better where you are. Several things: the 0.5 plus images has been grabbed and put up here: http://wikipedia-release-version-0.5.fixedreference.org/ and our 2007 list (which is much longer) is at http://2007-wikipedia-cd-selection.fixedreference.org/wp/index/alpha.htm
Also to let you know about Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/2006_Wikipedia_CD_Selection. The current marginal majority to move the page to Wikipedia space. This makes some sense but practically far fewer people will ever see the CD releases if we always put them in project place (the internal search on Wikipedia excludes project pages) and I think there is enough notability now to make the case...-- BozMo talk 11:57, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
I was just wondering if the "External links" and "See also" sections couldn't be removed? Lincher 17:01, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
It looks much nicer without them (2007 CD version from BozMo). Lincher 17:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
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bondy by any other moniker has seen two serious blocks today and it looks like they will keep at it - so thanks for that - it will probably continue - sigh Satu Suro 13:22, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Wizzy, There is one week left for final comments on the 2007 Wikipedia CD Selection to be submitted. The 2006 CD has an estimated circulation of over 50,000 so its worth getting as good as possible. The most recent viewable copy is at : [2]. Changes planned are listed at Wikipedia:2006 Wikipedia CD Selection in terms of (1) articles currently included to exclude (2)articles to add (3) articles to update because the version listed is vandalised (4) sections to exclude (mainly on appropriateness to children) (5) string deletes and spelling corrections (to UK English) (6) redirects of common article names to the main article. Most proposals are coming to me by email (which is a bit easier to manage, so please do) but suggestions on the article page or discussion pages are also useful. Navigation and search pages are being sorted separately. -- BozMo talk 14:04, 16 March 2007 (UTC) PS Plan is to download with thumbnails but offer a DVD with full images. I guess I could mail you the DVD...-- BozMo talk 14:05, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey Wizzy. I'm kinda perplexed about the message as I'm not sure what exactly needs to be fixed up. So far as I can see, the details are correct. — Imp i 14:01, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Looks interesting - at UWC 2007-04-19 if you're interested. -- Jeandré, 2007-04-12 t09:31z
I don't know how much expertise I have in this area, but I can at least try to look out for vandalism and neutrality.-- Cdogsimmons 17:48, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
See http://schools-wikipedia.org we are closing the gate on changes in 48 hours. It will be available on DVD with full images (3.5 GB) or as a download with thumbnails only. Are the shuttleworth foundation interested? The Wikimedia Foundation want to do a press release when we kick off and it would be nice to say anything if you intend to but look first. The search bit is the main outstanding improvement.
Talk to me! Happy to post to you guys of course. -- BozMo talk 18:55, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
When you get a chance please revert Beneaththelandslide's edit to Ahrn Palley. [3] The user has followed me onto that page from Rhodesian Front. Perspicacite 05:25, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Wizzy thanks. My email on WP does work: other people use it all the time. The Torrent download has a problem I think (because people are struggling to unzip the file: size too big). I have put up a different compressed file but am doing a complete check through of download process before flagging it and I will post you the DVD whenever you want. Article size is definitely 4655. -- BozMo talk 18:45, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Hey, Mangwanani started a Zimbabwe WikiProject. If you are interested, please join us. Perspicacite 17:05, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi! You have endorsed one of the candidates in the current board elections. However, you have not provided a link from your local project (this one) to your user page on Meta, so we have no way of confirming that you are the same person. Please provide a link to Meta from your user page or user talk page to Meta, then reinstate your endorsement, which I struck and indented. If you like to have your user page in a certain way, you can do it in a diff, like this, but then you have to provide the link to the diff for us. Thank you for your cooperation! Jon Harald Søby 19:56, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Dear Wizzy, this upcoming Wikidocmentary film article is currently under discussion at Wikipedia:Deletion review on today, because a recent decision to retain it on Wikipedia has been appealed and it is in progress in reaching an ultimate consensus. You may wish to support for restoration by contributing it to the review. Since you had involved into it in regards to this upcoming Wikidocumentary film by Nic Hill, so please do help out and try not to hesitate to voice out your advocated opinion! Otherwise without you commenting about it, this article would never had existed. Pole Heinz Tower 14:31, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi Andy, I tried sending an email but it bounced - is there a problem? Anyway, I was just wondering if you were still active on WP and interested in Version 0.7. I know a student who's been working at the University of Cape Town, and he was very interested in our work. Please get in touch. All the best, Walkerma 05:37, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
Many thanks for that! I get a lot of satisfaction from contributing, but it was also good to receive your unexpected message & barnstar. Regards Rexparry sydney 02:21, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm afraid you were mistaken about Chris Hani and I have reverted the articles to previous edits. According to National Heritage Council, Africa Files and Chris Hani's biography on the South African Communist Party website [4] he was expelled from Fort Hare University and graduated from Rhodes University. -- Cazo3788 16:10, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello. I saw that you edited the Pius Ncube article. I only recently discovered it, via Portal:Current events. I think that, with some referencing and cleanup, it could become a Good Article. What do you think? -- Ag ü eybaná 20:43, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
I appreciate your comments, and the fact that you think the redirect should point at Salisbury, UK - not to Harare. I do however think my comments should remain, if someone is claiming that I have been using expletives and I am breaking various wikipedia rules, then I feel I should at least put my side of it, otherwise people will assume, that all I have been doing is insulting the editor, without making any attempts to discuss the issue. I dont want people to think Ive been saying things along the lines of 'change the fu***ng redirect, you idiot' when I did try very hard to discuss this with him.
Out of respect, I will not put the comments back in, without waiting for a response from you, if there is a good reason, as to why I shouldnt put the comments in there again, of course I am more than willing to listen to your opinion.
Right now, I feel my comments should go back, but then again, my opinion is not always 100% perfect, so lets wait and see. thanks Sennen goroshi 07:37, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Is there any efforts made to make Wiktionary (or even other wiki projects) converted to Plucker Format? PS: Thanks for your great work on Wikipeadia 06 on Plucker format, work great on my Windows Mobile 5.2 Treo with VadeMecum viewer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.201.105 ( talk) 09:04, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
The photo you added to the Snoqualmie Pass page is nice, but I do not believe it is actually from Snoqualmie Pass. There are 2 major problems with this to be a SP photo. First, the railroad tracks shown on the photo are below the road. The Milwaukee Road rail lines were never located near the road anywhere on Snoqualmie Pass, especially below the road. Also the lack of trees makes this photo appear to be taken in Eastern WA, possibly near Ellensburg. It might be a photo on Highway 10 'on the way to' Snoqualmie Pass, but it could not have been taken on Snoqualmie Pass. Mrhyak 14:53, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
You know, how can I get Aji to stop the massive dumps of text - his comments are hard to read through... and IMO I feel they are not necessarily long... more like long for long's sake. BTW he disputes what you are saying. Some anon signed up, but I don't know if it is Aji or someone else. WhisperToMe ( talk) 00:29, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Please note the following:
Hello... Nice contributions, leave me a message! -- The lil lady with the hat 20:45, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Will be the end of April. Any particular requests? We are including a tour bus feature to try to improve interest for children
-- BozMo talk 13:12, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
You wrote this in an edit summary: " http://allafrica.com/stories/200804110823.html - I am not putting ref in page because allafrica expires news to its pay site" Please put references like this regardless of whether they will become pay-only after a length of time. A reference is still a reference even if there's a barrier to access; it is likewise perfectly acceptable to cite off-line books and journals. Any kind of reference is better than no reference at all (however, if a more accessible reference can be found, it should be used instead, or in addition). Everyking ( talk) 20:32, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Please take the time to rewrite the info you add from references; it's a copyvio to just copy-paste. I think maybe you do change it somewhat sometimes, but a lot of sentences seem to be taken verbatim from the source. Otherwise, I appreciate your help on the election article. Everyking ( talk) 03:44, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Wizzy. Thanks so much for spotting the inadvertent pong among my 'consistency' edits! Because the article is quite long, I became harried into going on and on, and then having to rush. It's a great article, but a pity it's marred by lack of proper citations. Cheers Bjenks ( talk) 21:58, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Mzoli Ngcawuzele requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company or corporation, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for companies and corporations.
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Hi, I'd like to ask you to do something if it is possible. The Spirit of Mystery is currently docked in Cape Town and I need someone to take a photograph of it and upload it to Wikipedia so that it can be used in the article. I did post a request at WP:SAFRICA but have had no response there. Don't worry if you are unable to do this for any reason, it's not a big thing. Mjroots ( talk) 19:32, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Her comments talk about Jews! Where in the quote or the recording is the word Zionist????
Not all Jews are Zionists, so why use the headline "Comments about Zionists."
Every the foreign minister realised she was talking about Jews...hence her condemnation.
Maybe you arent up to speed on World War II, but her comments are EXACTLY the same as is documented in just about every history book about the Nazi view of Jews. I can cite any one of thousands of these books if you wish to transpose her comments to the Nazi era.
Besides which, why else would the Sunday Times say "Heil Hajaig!?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Qwerty084 ( talk • contribs) 14:48, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Seeing that you've visited Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali, Dogon territory, Senegal, The Gambia (countries which I am actively trying to develop on here) see Zangbeto LOL and Parakou etc. I was wondering if you have any photographs of towns and villages in these places which you could upload?? Dr. Blofeld White cat 13:05, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Seeing that you have contributed regularly to the Movement for Democratic Change article, I am notifying you that I have now split it into:
I think this better reflects the current political dispensation and avoids confusion from readers new to the topic, as discussed on the talk page. So far, all that has been done is redistributing the existing text between the three articles, copyediting and (some) link-fixing in other articles. I'd appreciate it, if you have time, for you to take a look at the three articles for any mistakes I have made, plus naturally to continue imporving the article. Thanks. Babakathy ( talk) 21:07, 13 February 2009 (UTC)