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Loyola Jesuit College

Google maps shows Loyola Jesuit College as being outside of Abuja, and in Nasawara state Is this true? Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 02:00, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

I'm not from WikiProject Nigeria, but I added an article on Nigerian nationalism and am requesting review and assistance

Hi, I am not from WikiProject Nigeria, nor am a Nigerian, but I study examples of nationalism and create articles of them on Wikipedia. I created this article: Nigerian nationalism and have based it on a variety of sources. Still I am no expert on the subject and think it should be reviewed and edited by members of WikiProject Nigeria to improve it and increase the material on it, because what I've added is small in comparison to other articles on other nationalisms.--R-41 (talk) 18:21, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Maitatsine Riots of 1980 in Kano

Maitatsine died in 1980 after military offensive killed him and many of his followers in Kano. I think this should be added on the timeline of events in Nigeria because more than 5,000 people died. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.201.228.41 (talk) 06:22, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Article on plane crashes in Nigeria

Please see this article, which can be a source:

WhisperToMe (talk) 21:56, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

It's paywalled after the first couple ¶s. --Thnidu (talk) 17:11, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Olusosun landfill

Could somebody please help with the coordinates for this site. I can't find it. Also, if anyone lives in Lagos, a few images would be great. Many thanks, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:01, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Lola Shoneyin

I have just published an article on the Nigerian author and poet Lola Shoneyin, found in the user space of an absent editor. I've done some work to clean and update it, but more attention would be welcome, please. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:39, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Niger Delta Ministry

Could someone please take a look at the edit history on this one. The newspapers are not all that positive, but that is what they say about it. Now there seems to be an attempt to whitewash it by repeatedly removing sourced material. I would like a second opinion - don't want to be accused of edit warring. Thanks, Aymatth2 (talk) 00:01, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Any Hausa speakers?

Are there any Hausa speakers around?

If so, why not make an article on the BBC on the Hausa Wikipedia? The BBC has a Hausa website, and it would be helpful to have an article in Hausa http://www.bbc.co.uk/hausa/ Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 06:24, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Rename request submitted for "Muhamman Shata"

I have tagged the above article with a rename request.

— iFaqeer (talk to or email me) 16:31, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

School attack in Yobe

Hi! This may be of interest:

WhisperToMe (talk) 08:51, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

hi

Would like to request for an article to be created for a website. Can you help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.161.69.23 (talk) 20:40, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Category:Grand Commanders of the Order of the Federal Republic (Nigeria)

Category:Grand Commanders of the Order of the Federal Republic (Nigeria) has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.249.39 (talk) 11:00, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Kirikiri and Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Kirikiri Town

Dear Nigeria experts: The above submissions at the Afc are an effort to create an article about a town in Legos State. The editor could clearly use some help, but the reviewers at Afc have over 2,000 submissions right now. Can someone here please help this editor create an article about Kirikiri? —Anne Delong (talk) 21:59, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Kirikiri

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Kirikiri could use some expert help before it is ready to be submitted. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 23:09, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Professor and Pastor Luke Oladele Olajuyin

Dear Nigeria experts: Here's an old abandoned Afc submission that will soon be deleted as a stale draft. Is this a notable subject, and should the article be kept and improved instead? —Anne Delong (talk) 23:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Olisa Metuh

Dear Nigeria experts: This old Afc submission will soon be deleted as a stale draft. Is this a notable topic, and should the draft be kept and improved instead? —Anne Delong (talk) 00:46, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride 2014

You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a campaign to create and improve LGBT-related content at Wikipedia and its sister projects. The campaign will take place throughout the month of June, culminating with a multinational edit-a-thon on June 21. Meetups are being held in some cities, or you can participate remotely. All constructive edits are welcome in order to contribute to Wikipedia's mission of providing quality, accurate information. Articles within Category:LGBT in Africa may be of particular interest. You can also upload LGBT-related images by participating in Wikimedia Commons' LGBT-related photo challenge. You are encouraged to share the results of your work here. Happy editing! --Another Believer (Talk) 02:12, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Homosexuality is illegal in the Nigerian constitution and it is strongly frowned at by almost all Nigerians. I don't think it is very thoughtful of you to be promoting the act on Nigeria Talkpage. We should respect our differences. I will never go to another country's talkpage to promote a strange/alein belief there. As a custodian of our culture and constitution I kindly request that you delete this post and apologize as a sign of respect to our Nation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MyUsernameHasAlreadyBeenUsed (talk • contribs) 23:06, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Nigeria presentation at WikiIndaba 2014 is now online

The WikiIndaba 2014 sessions are now online at YouTube. This includes a presentation, Challenges and Successes in Africa - Nigeria. Highly informative and recommended. -- Djembayz (talk) 16:15, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

vandalism/spam/scam removed

At this point on the page I saw a long rambling heap of crap that looked like a classic example of the 419 scam, under the heading

TESTIMONY FROM ABERT MARK NIGERIA FAMOUS BUSINESS MAN

It was simply inserted here with no heading wiki code.

I'm deleting it. It has no relevance or utility here, and I'm treating it as vandalism. If you want to see it, check the revision history. --Thnidu (talk) 16:52, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal

Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the Localizing Offline Wikipedia and Deployment in Nigerian High Schools Proposal

Hi Naija People,

After a brief stint with some rural schools in South Western Nigeria, I have realized that access to information for these kids is difficult. This borne my desire to deploy the offline wiki to such school that already have computer labs. I believe that this project will bring us togeter as a group to update the offline wiki and those of us who have the time can even volunteer to join us deploy the offline wiki.

Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page.

Thank you for your time!

Kayusyussuf (talk) 15:30, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

— Preceding undated comment added 10:59, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Nigeria Languages and Ethnic Group

One of the major diversity in Nigeria is the language and Ethnic group, i am of the opinion that we should write as part of Nigeria Project an Article about it.Olaniyan Olushola (talk) 14:13, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

African American

Editors are trying to establish what would be the best lede paragraph for this page here. Some of the suggested phrasing involves African immigrants to the United States. As such, it may be of interest to WikiProject Nigeria members. Middayexpress (talk) 18:35, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!

Hello everyone!

You may have received a message from me earlier asking you to comment on my WikiProject X proposal. The good news is that WikiProject X is now live! In our first phase, we are focusing on research. At this time, we are looking for people to share their experiences with WikiProjects: good, bad, or neutral. We are also looking for WikiProjects that may be interested in trying out new tools and layouts that will make participating easier and projects easier to maintain. If you or your WikiProject are interested, check us out! Note that this is an opt-in program; no WikiProject will be required to change anything against its wishes. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

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Harej (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Ibrahim Babangida

Hi, this biography needs massive work to clean up its lack of references and restored to a neutral point of view. Currently, it's a mess since a couple of anonymous IPs have edit-warred over it. --  Netsnipe  (Talk)  14:30, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Sultan

Given the events of the last few days, we need to work on documenting the office of the Sultan of Sokoto and personalities related to it. I am not in Nigeria and don't have access to documents, but I am available if anyone can take the lead. Please drop me an email from my User page.

----iFaqeer 03:08, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Userbox

I noted that this project doesn't have a userbox yet. I wonder whether any of you would find this one acceptable: {{User WikiProject Nigeria}}. Oh, and I also added the flag to the project banner and made a few minor wording changes. I hope no one minds; they can always be reverted later. Badbilltucker 16:30, 15 November 2006 (UTC)


please help with orthography

Please help with Yoruba, Ibo, Hausa etc. orthography, including tone marks. If that is correct, people can properly pronounce Nigerian names, but most of us do not have the references to figure this out on our own. For example, Olusegun Obasanjo is Oluṣẹgun Ọbasanjọ is most English sources, but Olusẹgun Ọbasanjọ with an s in Yoruba wikipedia. Neither indicate tone, so for the IPA I had to go to the BBC pronunciation guide, which is not reliable. kwami (talk) 05:36, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Sadguru Maharaj ji

There was a prominent individual in the U.S. and U.K. during the 1970s who went by the name Guru Maharaj Ji, who headed an organization called the Divine Light Mission, and who claimed to be the Perfect Master.

By some coincidence, there is also an individual who was born in Ghana and is active in Nigeria who calls himself Guru Maharaj ji (or Satguru Maharaji, etc.), who claims to be the Perfect Master and, and whose organization is called either the Divine Light mission or One Love Family, which also has followers in the U.K. The Nigerian guru and his movement are mentioned in these news stories and webpages: [1][2][3][4][5]

It would help disambiguate the two individuals if we had an article on the Nigerian guru. Is anyone in this project familiar with him or have access to additional sources? Is he or his organization worth an article? ·:· Will Beback ·:· 19:24, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

The Nigerian man calls himself "Sadguru Maharaj Ji" and his group called "One Love Family". See [6], and [7] [8]. Not sure he is notable enough for a Wikipedia article. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 21:30, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Update needed

The Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya article needs to be updated. See: Talk:Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya#Update needed for details.
— V = I * R (talk to Ω) 01:11, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

I am not comfortable with the latest version of this article.

  1. The update warning seems unnecessary. All articles on living people need update, at least until they are no longer living people.
  2. The "No free image" somehow looks like a Wanted! poster for an unknown fugitive from justice - a distraction
  3. The redlinks to articles that are unlikely to ever be created add an impression of incompleteness

Somehow the overall effect of the recent changes seems to be reduce the credibility of the article without adding any value

Readers have to treat Wikipedia articles with caution. They are always incomplete, often biased, quite often inaccurate. I think readers know that. Plastering warnings on each article does not seem constructive.

Comments? Aymatth2 (talk) 02:35, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Stub icon

This article about a Nigerian politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Aymatth asked me to comment. As I see the edit history, it looks like the update needed was "In November 2009 he supported a motion by the Kano chapter of the ANPP to allow the state governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, to nominate the ANPP candidate for the 2011 governorship elections. The presumptive nominee was Sheikh Ibrahim Khaleel." and this was done. If there are more updates, then they should be done. Certainly we do not leave the tag on because there are expected to be future ones, except in special cases like ongoing news events. I s one of them at issue? In other respects, I consider the most recent edit a good job of rewriting for general style and detail. Sometimes of course that can make inadvertent changes, but I do not see any problems. But it is very possible that there might be some political nuances that I am missing? As for that default image, I agree it's horrible, but it's the one we use--I seem to remember some considerable earlier discussion. I think the first step in reopening that question would be to find or draw a better one. As for the redlinks, it's true we are not likely to have articles on Nigerian legislation, but why shouldn't we, if they are of sufficient importance? We do for the US. DGG ( talk ) 03:06, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

The note on the update flag says it is because the article leaves open the question of whom the governor will nominate as his successor. Since the elections are not due until April 2011, this question may remain open for some time. Presumably, other events will occur before then that should be noted in the article, and some of these may also have uncertain outcome. This article, and all articles about living people, require routine update. I am against putting an {{update}} flag on all bios. There was a centralized discussion on the question of image placeholders. There was no consensus, so no policy change, but in a straw poll 66% agreed that Placeholder images should not be used at all on the main page of articles, and 81% agreed that If placeholder images are retained, they should be modified in appearance. Redlinks are o.k., obviously, but should not be used for for topics that are unlikely ever to have articles. My guess is that these redlinks will stay red for a very long time, perhaps for ever. Aymatth2 (talk) 16:02, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

This seems slightly odd... I'm a bit surprised that there's any controversy here. DGG is correct, all that I did with the article is edit it for style and detail. The only reason that I added the {{update}} template to the article was for the reasons I stated on the talk page and for exactly the reasons that DGG mentioned above: the single statement in the article is dated and should be updated or edited. Once that is accomplished then the tag should definitely be removed.
As for the "no free image" picture, I can agree with the thought that the image itself could certainly be improved. I don't see that as a valid reason not to use it though, as that issue could be (and really should be) corrected.
Finally, re: redlinks... I don't see any in the article, so I'm not sure what the problem there is. Generally speaking though, redlinks to articles that could be created should remain.
— V = I * R (talk to Ω) 00:39, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

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Proposal to add order of office to Goodluck Jonathan

I have a proposal to add what number president Goodluck Jonathan is to the infobox on the relating article. There is a dispute over that, so I'm highlighting the discussion for wider community involvement. If you can get involved, thank you very much: Talk:Goodluck Jonathan#Order of office proposal. HonouraryMix (talk) 22:36, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

The British Museum wants to give you money and help you write articles!

Yesterday I was lucky enough to attend the Backstage Pass event at the British Museum. It was part of a wider project of engagement with Wikipedia (see WP:GLAM/BM) that has seen them take on a temporary Wikipedian In Residence, User:Witty lama. They see Wikipedia as sharing many of their aims, and they want to encourage involvement by Wikipedians with the museum, and vice versa. They have even offered 5 prizes of £100 at the BM shop for featured articles on BM topics - in any language, Yoruba or whatever. The Benin bronzes would be an obvious one for this Project that's currently shamefully shabby.
Most Wikipedians probably don't know that the BM has curators dedicated to answering phone/email questions about their specialist areas, and most of their department libraries welcome visitors doing bona fide research - and they now seem to recognise that editing Wikipedia articles, especially about items in the BM's collections, counts for those purposes. I know that the first question most people will have is "Can we have images of all their stuff?" and I'd just ask people to be patient on that front. Let's just say that the museum are well aware of our hopes there, there are staff who see advantages to the museum in doing something, and it's being discussed at the highest level. On the other hand it's a very complex area that needs to be handled diplomatically. Literally in some cases - foreign governments can get very touchy about the dissemination of images of artifacts relating to their cultural history, and the museum needs to respect those concerns.
So for the moment the focus is on using the BM's huge resources of books, expertise etc to improve article content, and hopefully that will include articles being peer-reviewed by BM staff. Some of them are quite nervous about doing stuff on Wikipedia, a mixture of fear of professional ridicule, nervousness about the technical aspects, stories of rapid reverts of good-faith edits and just general culture shock - it's a very different world to the one they come from. So I'd ask everyone to look after any BM people that you see around the place, Wikipedia can gain a lot from their involvement and it would be a shame if they're discouraged for any reason. As I mentioned above, WP:GLAM/BM is the clearing house for the BM's involvement with Wikipedia, and I suggest that further questions/comments are directed there. Le Deluge (talk) 14:12, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Oloye, eh?

Recently I have seen a number of edits changing the lead to articles on notable Yoruba personalities from something like "Xxx is a businessman and politician ..." to "Oloye Xxx is an aristocrat, businessman and politician ..."

The typical convention with Wikipedia biographies is to only put the name in bold and to describe titles awarded or acquired within the text, as "Xxx was given the honorary title of yyy". Also, the English equivalent of a title is usually used in the English Wikipedia, in this case maybe "Chief". I have no problem with noting that the title was awarded, but do not think the bolded Oloye belongs in the intro, and doubt that "is an aristocrat" belongs in the introduction at all. Any comments? Aymatth2 (talk) 01:35, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

  • I'd say a compromise might be to keep the title, but move it out of the boldface. I'm not familiar with Wikipedia convention on this elsewhere, but I can say that my experience in Yorubaland is that titles frequently tend to replace a person's name entirely (eg; Otunba Fasawe rather than Otunba Oyewole Fasawe). I know this is essentially (title) (family name), as in King Henry, but so many people frequently seem to use their title as their name (before I knew it was a title, I actually thought Otunba was a name because I never heard anyone call him by any other name). Just my 2 Kobo... Rjhatl (talk) 23:29, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

I am comfortable with putting the title in front when the title describes the person's most notable role. So:

Oba Okunade Sijuwade Olubuse II ...

This person is mainly notable for being an Oba (what that means should be explained), so putting the title first seems reasonable (whatever the general conventions are - I don't know either). "Alhaji" or "Chief" are standard titles that I am inclined to put in front of the name, unbolded, because that is what most sources do. But if the individual is someone who just happened to acquire a traditional title along the way and the sources do not usually put it in front, I don't think it belongs in front:

Walin Hausa Umaru Abdullahi ...

This individual is a judge who was given the title as a compliment. It does not seem to belong. Most sources would not include the title in front of the name.

I suppose a general argument against putting titles in front is that they may get out of date:

Navy Captain (later Commodore) (now retired) Joseph Abulu ...

Still not sure... Aymatth2 (talk) 02:18, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

mormon temple in Aba

There is a Mormon temple in Aba. Should the article belong to this WikiProject? LDS-SPA1000 (talk) 19:03, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Muhammadu Buhari

I just did a clean-up of the Buhari article, which basically read like a campaign ad. With the election in a few days, I think it's likely that others may try to revert my changes. If there's anybody on here who's willing to a) double-check my work and b) add this article to their watchlist, I'd be very grateful! Khazar (talk) 18:04, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Education for girls

Hi, I am interested in expanding the article on education in Nigeria. by including information regarding the differences in education that women face in Nigeria. Currently, the article that exists on education in Nigeria has no information concerning the fact that there is a disparity between the education of males and females. Not only are boys much more likely to attend school that Nigeria women, they are also more likely to be the focus in the classroom giving them an unfair advantage over women. I hope to address some of these issues and the work that is in progress to change them. I would appreciate any feedback and I look forward to contributing to this project. (Mpyles91 (talk) 22:00, 4 March 2012 (UTC))

Velodrome Abudja

I wrote an article about the Velodrome and would like to ask anyone living in Abudja to take a photo of it and upload in Commons. Thank you, --Six days fan (talk) 13:36, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

edit warring over Goodluck Jonathan

Anyone familiar with the subject can you please take a look at the page? I've locked it for the time being. Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:14, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

REQUEST: Image/Assessment for Groundnut Pyramids

Hi. I recently created the article Groundnut pyramids and would like an assessment. Also, if anyone has an image for this article, that would be great; there are no current images on Commons and I have yet to find a CC-licensed photo for this article. Thank you. PaintedCarpet (talk) 00:36, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

This page is a suspected copyright violation and needs to be rewritten or shown to be a non-copyvio. If no action it taken, it will likely be reduced to a stub when the copyright discussion at Wikipedia:Copyright problems#:Amuwo-Odofin ends. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 17:51, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Expert attention

This is a notice about Category:Nigeria articles needing expert attention, which might be of interest to your WikiProject. It will take a while before the category is populated. Iceblock (talk) 06:44, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Japanese School of Lagos

There used to be a Japanese School of Lagos (ラゴス日本人学校) but it later closed. I wonder if there is a way to get more information about this school?? WhisperToMe (talk) 21:09, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Ukamaka Olisakwe

I published an article on the Nigerian female Screenwriter and short story writer Ukamaka Olisakwe. The article is being flagged. I need all the help I can get in improving it for good. Thanks so much in advance for your assistance.

Victhur69 (talk) 11:35, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Patigi / Pategi

There is a very short article called Pategi which has no references, and content of dubious value. Within the article, the name is consistently spelled Patigi. According to Nupe people,

During the reign of Muhammadu, a Prince named Jimada moved to Patigi, northeast of Bida (not to be confused with near-identically spelt Pategi, southwest of Bida, on the southern and opposite bank of the Niger River) protesting against being ruled by a Fulani (Vandeleur 1898).

Both can't be right. I know very little about Nigeria and am totally unqualified to untangle this mess, so I'm passing it over to this Project. Good luck! {{ ping}} me to discuss. --Thnidu (talk) 07:08, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

I've added documentation on the talk page there: Talk:Pategi#PatEgi or PatIgi?. @WhisperToMe: it looks like you are pretty regularly active on this project. Would you please take a look at it? Thanks. --Thnidu (talk) 17:09, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Is there anybody in Abuja or Lagos who can check a publication that records the names of Nigerian settlements? Does such a publication exist? WhisperToMe (talk) 02:13, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

German School Lagos - Sources about the closure in 2013?

Did any Nigerian newspapers cover the closure of the German School Lagos (Deutsche Schule Lagos) of 2013? WhisperToMe (talk) 01:48, 5 April 2015 (UTC) 

BangVng (talk) 22:12, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
@BangVng: If it has senior high school WP:COMMONOUTCOMES says to keep. On top of that, a German international school in Nigeria that had existed for decades must have reliable sources. WhisperToMe (talk) 06:16, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
@WhisperToMe: The references looks cited from one source BangVng (talk) 07:38, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
@BangVng: And that's A-OK. The Wikipedia community has experienced, over and over again, multiple school related AFDs. To make things easier and simpler (we're humans, after all), it's a de facto keep if the school has a comprehensive senior high school program. WhisperToMe (talk) 07:41, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Recognized Content Suggestion

Hello folks, we now have JL-Bot automatically creating and updating recognized Nigerian content in a fresh page Wikipedia:WikiProject Nigeria/Recognized content. I think its time to truncate the main project page by removing the manually updated section Wikipedia:WikiProject_Nigeria#Recognized_content and only point readers to the new page. —M@sssly✉ 18:42, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello @Masssly:, how can the bot be installed? BangVng (talk) 21:33, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
If I understand, you're asking how to install the bot. It is already installed and running, we just have to link Wikipedia:WikiProject Nigeria/Recognized content from the main project page so people can see it. Regards —M@sssly✉ 11:50, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
@Masssly: Thanks for the info OluwaCurtis The King : talk to me 10:08, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Tai, Rivers RM

There is a requested move at Talk:Tai, Rivers#Requested move 27 September 2015 that could use some more participation to help reach a consensus. Thanks, Jenks24 (talk) 08:11, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Nollywood

There is currently a discussion at the Nollywood talk page about whether the contents of Nollywood should be merged into Cinema of Nigeria on the basis that the term 'Nollywood' is registered as a trademark in the United States. ~Cheers, TenTonParasol 17:28, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

The name of Nigeria

I have written about this before. There is reason to look into the validity of the claim that Flora Shaw coined the term Nigeria. There is now a map that confirms that Nigeria was a name in use since 1584 at least in the Latin equivalent of Nigrita. The map is at http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/africa/maps-continent/1584ortelius.jpg. Nigeria appears again in a map of 1737 at http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/africa/maps-continent/1737%20hase.jpg and 1805 at http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/africa/maps-continent/1805%20cary.jpg. There is also documents shown on http://www.slideshare.net/EdKeazor/the-journey-to-amalgamation-a-brief-summary on slide 6 showing that Nigeria was used to define a population in 1790. You can vet this or other sources, but at least address the claim of Flora Shaw coining the name Nigeria. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.21.30.57 (talk) 10:36, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Quite surprised though. Found this book supposedly written in 1812 that goes "Religion of the inhabitants of Nigritia, or Nigeria." You can search with Ctrl-F in the full text version of the book Mesh22 (talk) 12:53, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
Quite surprising, making my own researches though. --—OluwaCurtis »» (talk to me) 14:26, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

AfC submission

See Draft:Okun people. Best, FoCuS contribs; talk to me! 19:39, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello! I have just made considerable improvement to the entry on Kwali. Now, I think the footnote that says the article is a 'stub' shoiuld be removed. Then, I would like to have the article title changed from 'Kwali' to Kwali Area Council because 'Kwali' is also a name of a town and the article is about an area council that includes Kwali town and nine others. I don't know how to make these changes myself and so I've brought them up for discussion. SUMMARY: 1. Undo the 'stub' footnote. 2. Expand the title to reflect the scopeNigEditor (talk) 07:14, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Yakurr

This appears to be a place, as mentioned in Ekori (a stub which would benefit from some expert help!), but it redirects to Yakö people which ought to be about the people but is categorised as being about the place. Could someone with local knowledge perhaps have a look and perhaps split that article into the people and the place? I've made a comment at Talk:Yakö people. Thanks. PamD 09:39, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Unyeada Fishing Festival

Unyeada Fishing Festivalknown locally as Ijok-Irin is an annual Fishing and Cultural Festival of the Unyeada Kingdom in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. Unyeada was a City-State during the pre-colonial era, according to oral history, it was believed that the Unyeada people migrated from their ancestral home in Western Ijo in the earlier centuries. They are predominately migratory fishermen along the Niger Delta rivers and creeks, it is the tradition of the fishermen to return home at the expiration of each year's fishing season during the peak of raining season between the months of (July - October)to engage in Traditional Fishing Competitions such as War-Canoe Regatta, Group Fishing, Swimming, Women Water Dance etc. In recent time the festival has been rebranded to attract tourists and visitors from around the world, 2015 edition titled "21 Century Fishing Trade: Fish Value Chain Development and Sustainable Utilization of Fish and Fisheries Products", was flagged off by His Excellency Chief Barr. Nysom Ezenwo Wike, the Executive Governor of Rivers State represented by Hon. Mrs. Onimim Jacks, Honorable Commissioner, Rivers State Ministry of Agriculture on the 4th of July,2014 at Unyeada Town, Andoni. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.43.238.1 (talk) 11:31, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Help with an article?

Would anyone be willing to help find sourcing for the article Rita Pam Tarachi? The article is pretty poor off sourcing-wise, as the article relies heavily on primary sources, trivial mentions, and sourcing that wouldn't be considered reliable on Wikipedia. (For example, there's a link to a review from a website that will charge for expedited reviews and openly states that they do not give out less than 4 stars. No mention is given as to what a book would have to do to in order to not receive a high rating.)

The only true claims to fame is that she was nominated for a Shorty Award, received a very brief mention in the Nigerian Tribune as a "world class reference", and she had two reviews via Vent Magazine. I'm not entirely sure of the reliability of Vent, so I've posted at RS/N about that.

Can anyone help find sourcing? Offhand this person looks like she'd probably fail notability guidelines if this was brought to AfD. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:31, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

@Tokyogirl79:, Obviously that topic fails WP:MUSICBIO. It should be listed for AfD. Wikicology, SwisterTwister and Stanleytux should have a thing or two to contribute. Regards. --—OluwaCurtis »» (talk to me) 12:25, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

 Comment:: OluwaCurtis, thanks for bringing my attention to this. Tokyogirl79, thanks for your willingness to help but subject of the article appears to fails WP:GNG, WP:NAUTHOR and WP:MUSICBIO perhaps WP:TOOSOON. I can't find any evidence of notability. I tried all I could to find reliable sources that established her notability but all to no avail. The only reliable source I found is the very brief mention in the Nigerian Tribune, you earlier pointed out and the magazine you mentioned lack good editoria oversight/control. The author's description that she's among the "world class reference" is a reflection of his personal view. I don't see that as an evidence of notability. I also have concerns over User:Adrian 8076's behavior towards other editors on this same subject but that will be a different debate. I saw this hoax quote as well. In general, I decided to take it to WP:AfD per this thread. Please, accept my sincere apology, if you feel I had taken the wrong decision. Warm regards. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 13:50, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Signpost Article

Hello, I'd like to ask anyone active in this project if they'd be willing to do a short interview for The Signpost. Thanks! Please ping me if you're interested, as well as adding your name below: Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:57, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

From the WikiProject desk at The Signpost

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Auto-assessment of article classes

Following a recent discussion at WP:VPR, there is consensus for an opt-in bot task that automatically assesses the class of articles based on classes listed for other project templates on the same page. In other words, if WikiProject A has evaluated an article to be C-class and WikiProject B hasn't evaluated the article at all, such a bot task would automatically evaluate the article as C-class for WikiProject B.

If you think auto-assessment might benefit this project, consider discussing it with other members here. For more information or to request an auto-assessment run, please visit User:BU RoBOT/autoassess. This is a one-time message to alert projects with over 1,000 unassessed articles to this possibility. ~ RobTalk 01:16, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Where is industry?

I know this is a side comment but I think it is noteworthy that the templates that are available for the articlespace are purely centered on government. Where is industry? Where are science, the arts, philosophy, culture, etc.? BroVic (talk) 11:33, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

  • Hi BroVic, creating templates just like writing articles takes a lot of time and effort and from my experience, this project has not always been a beehive of activiies. I think we make do with what we have, if you have suggestions or ideas go ahead and be bold. Alexplaugh12 (talk) 22:39, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

"Checkmate"

Hi everyone, just doing an article on Checkmate (Nigerian TV series), and would appreciate any help with it - since it launched the careers of so many Noolywood actors. hope to see you contribute - cheers!! Bokoharamwatch (talk) 02:09, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of stub categories

Dawynn (talk) 17:46, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Contests

User:Dr. Blofeld has created Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/Contests. The idea is to run a series of contests/editathons focusing on each region of Africa. He has spoken to Wikimedia about it and $1000-1500 is possible for prize money. Would anybody here be interested in contributing to one or assisting draw up core article/missing article lists? He says he's thinking of North Africa for an inaugural one in October. If interested please sign up in the participants section of the Contest page, thanks.♦ --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:03, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

Expert attention

This is a notice about Category:Nigeria articles needing expert attention, which might be of interest to your WikiProject. It will take a while before the category is populated. There might be as few as one page in the category, or zero if someone has removed the expert request tag from the page. Monni (talk) 20:57, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

Oma Marilyn Anona

I cleanuped up this promotional unsourced article, but I can't find any reliable sources on her whatsoever. Can somebody find some?♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:54, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vatebra

The article above, which is within the scope of this project, is being considered for deletion. K.e.coffman (talk) 02:03, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Iseyin

Iseyin city also host the first registered private Polytechnic in Oke-Ogun area,SAF Polytechnic,Iseyin. Iyiola Adeniyi (talk) 11:36, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Question about a dialect of Igbo language

On Oct 22 2016, someone has asked a question at the Wikipedia Reference Desk about Igbo language. If you can help, please take a look at their question: Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Language#Mutual_intelligibility_between_Igbo_dialects. Thank you. 184.147.116.156 (talk) 00:13, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Outline of Possible Edits/Contributions

  • Revise intro
    • Leading cause of induced abortions
  • Expand upon the Penal Code (North) and Criminal Code Act (South)
  • Add a section with a timeline of historically significant events:
    • Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Medical Association - 1972
    • National Population Council - 1975
    • Federal Minister of Health’s Address at conference of the Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians of Nigeria (SOGON) - 1976
    • SOGON’s bill on termination of pregnancy - 1981
    • Campaign Against Unwanted Pregnancy -1991/1992
    • International safe motherhood day - 2006
  • Elaborate on details of unsafe abortion in Nigeria
    • Expand on the medical/economical barriers

Planned Bibliography of Sources:

  • "Cost-effectiveness of safe abortion in Nigeria and Ghana." Reproductive Health Matters, Nov. 2010: 209. Health Reference Center Academic. Web. 22 Oct. 2016.
  • Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990: Criminal Code Act Chapter 77, International Centre for Nigerian Law, 1999, Web. 18 Oct. 2016.
  • Okonafua, Friday. “Preventing Unsafe Abortion in Nigeria.” African Journal of Reproductive Health. Web. (1997) 25-36.
  • Nigeria’s Abortion Provisions, Center for Reproductive Right, Web 18 Oct. 2016.
  • Shettima, Kole. "Commentary by Kole Shettima on International Safe Motherhood Day." Macfound.org. MacArthur Foundation, 29 Apr. 2006. Web. 21 Oct. 2016.

MeghanBri7 (talk) 19:08, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

We are working together on the Abortions in Nigeria page, this is the summarized version of what we want to change about the page. Our proposal is to change the wording of the introduction and give some depth to this article. We plan to add information about the history of laws and movements that have had influence on abortions in Nigeria. In addition we would add statistics to show how abortions are affecting the people of Nigeria and expand on the availability of healthcare. Finally, we also want to talk about the main causes of abortions in Nigeria and why the rates seem to be increasing. Bonannot (talk) 00:28, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Gaya, Nigeria

See Talk:Gaya, India. In ictu oculi (talk) 07:10, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

West African Ebola virus epidemic

hi, the above article is nominated for GA review and I would therefore appreciate if one individual from this project would review[9] the article, thank you--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 13:19, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

 Done--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 02:35, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

2017 Nigerian refugee camp bombing

I started this article because I couldn't find an article on it. Please contribute. If another article does already exist, I apologize, and feel free to merge the two articles. --Harizotoh9 (talk) 19:32, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Good one and kudos. I initially wanted to write about it prior. Kaizenify (talk) 16:46, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Miss Teacher

Would someone from WP:NIGERIA mind taking a look at Miss Teacher and assessing it? It's a new article whose creator/primary contributor appears to be the film's director. There are some issues with the citation style, etc. which need some cleaning up, but it's not clear whether the film satisfies WP:NFILM. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:01, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Chika Ike

Would someone mind taking a look at Chika Ike and assessing it? The article needs to be cleaned up and it looks like there might be some COI editors primarily adding content to it. Ike seems to satisfy WP:NACTOR, but the sources are not very good for establishing her Wikipedia notability. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:09, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Upcoming "420 collaboration"

You are invited to participate in the upcoming

"420 collaboration",

which is being held from Saturday, April 15 to Sunday, April 30, and especially on April 20, 2017!

The purpose of the collaboration, which is being organized by WikiProject Cannabis, is to create and improve cannabis-related content at Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects in a variety of fields, including: culture, health, hemp, history, medicine, politics, and religion.

WikiProject Nigeria participants may be particularly interested in the following: Cannabis in Nigeria.

For more information about this campaign, and to learn how you can help improve Wikipedia, please visit the "420 collaboration" page.

---Another Believer (Talk) 14:21, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

I'd particularly invite folks to address the redlink Indian Hemp Decree (Nigeria), a key 1966 legislation. Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 04:17, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
Indian Hemp Decree (Nigeria) is created, please note that both that page and Cannabis in Nigeria have recommended sources for expansion on their Talk pages. We also welcome your assistance in translating either of these pages into Nigerian regional languages. Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 17:36, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Agbokim Waterfalls

Any help or information at Talk:Agbokim Waterfalls#Coordinate error would be appreciated. Deor (talk) 19:54, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

Women in Red's new initiative: #1day1woman

Women in Red is pleased to introduce...
A new initiative for worldwide online coverage: #1day1woman
  • Create articles on any day of any month
  • Cover women and their works in any field of interest
  • Feel free to add articles in other languages, too
  • Social media hashtag campaign: #1day1woman

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Can you look at this please?

This discussion on an image at commons appears to question whether African focussed company irokotv are acting legally or not. Victuallers (talk) 13:36, 22 August 2017 (UTC) A file from IrokoTV Victuallers (talk) 13:36, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello @Darreg:, your expertise is needed. —Oluwa2Chainz »» (talk to me) 21:44, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Biafra Nations Youth league

Someone has put this page up for deletion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Biafra_Nations_Youth_League Despite being a minor group, information of these groups is invaluable to present and future researchers of Nigeria. Would someone with better knowledge of the situation be able to put the group into a category?Egaoblai (talk) 09:55, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Sourcing problem

Could esteemed editors please look into my comment at Talk:Ogbunka, please? - Trak editor (talk) 11:08, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Due to digital divide in many articles emanating from third world countries, Wikipedia seem to be understandably tolerant since most of the sources are offline, especially for communal articles such as this. Concerning the POV,You are free to edit as deem fit, I will look at it later too whenever I'm chanced. But concerning, copyright I just want to say that many Nigerian sites copy directly from Wikipedia so have an idea on dates and use discretion soundly before tagging for removal. Its great work you're doing here, we're all here for the collaborative aim of building and improving Wikipedia. Cheers.HandsomeBoy (talk) 14:59, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Category:Recipients of the Nigerian Independence Medal has been nominated for discussion

Category:Recipients of the Nigerian Independence Medal, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you.RevelationDirect (talk) 01:07, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Women in Red November contest open to all


Announcing Women in Red's November 2017 prize-winning world contest

Contest details: create biographical articles for women of any country or occupation in the world: November 2017 WiR Contest

Read more about how Women in Red is overcoming the gender gap: WikiProject Women in Red

(To subscribe: Women in Red/English language mailing list and Women in Red/international list. Unsubscribe: Women in Red/Opt-out list)

--Ipigott (talk) 07:59, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Good Article Reassessment of Brymo

Brymo, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual 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. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:25, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Nigeria/Coordinators

This is to notify members of the WikiProject that the process of appointing a volunteer coordinator has began here, please feel free to nominate yourself or !vote to support a candidate. Regards. HandsomeBoy (talk) 14:41, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Improving Nigerian articles through Sub-WikiProjects

Presently we have only Wikipedia:WikiProject Lagos (created and maintained by Eruditescholar), Wikipedia:WikiProject Rivers State (created and maintained by Stanleytux), Wikipedia:WikiProject Akwa Ibom (created and maintained by Ukpong1‎). Any interested and dedicated editor can work towards other states of interest, especially our capital city Wikipedia:WikiProject Abuja. It is my belief that the stronger this sub-wikiprojects gets, the more solid WikiProject Nigeria will become. If you are interested in taking up any, please let us know so we can assist you in any way possible. Regards. HandsomeBoy (talk) 20:42, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

We're happy to have you back, your contributions and perspectives are always of enormous importance. Please if you have any ideas that will improve the WikiEngagement of this WikiProject, please share with us so it can be brought to life, for now till June, I'm mainly looking at educational and sporting articles.HandsomeBoy (talk) 14:43, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Starting in April 2018, this WP will have a "Top 500" page by article popularity

I went through the steps to create WP:WikiProject Nigeria/Popular pages by 'bot (<<-PLEASE DON'T CREATE THIS MANUALLY, LET THE BOT DO IT) and starting in April it should begin collating every article in WikiProject Nigeria and listing it by popularity over a two week period. So give it a few days more and it should start its list.

To see an example of such a page already in work, check out our Indian colleagues: Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Popular pages.

One we have this list, we can more easily see what are the most popular articles, how many views they have per day, and what rating they are currently at. MatthewVanitas (talk) 02:50, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

This is great, off the top of my head, an article I created in 2014, Davido and another, Wizkid_(musician) should rank high. You are doing a wonderful job here to take Wikipedia to the next level. HandsomeBoy (talk) 18:55, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

We lack an article for Nigeria's first film: Palaver (1926 film)

While I'm aware that Palaver is problematic on a number of levels, being steeped in colonial racism, etc. it is still quite significant as the first Nigerian film. Would someone here enjoy creating an article for this topic? MatthewVanitas (talk) 21:53, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you MatthewVanitas. The reason I didn't create it when I was mass-creating film articles some years ago was I assumed there will be completely zero source covering it, as it was a really old film, and there were many significant Nigerian films in the 1990s that don't have articles because of extremely low internet penetration during those period. But after seeing your post, I did a Google search and I found some coverage, including pictures from the film. I'll definitely create it, as Nollywood is my number one interest on Wikipedia. It would have been nice if Wikipedia had the license for those pictures. HandsomeBoy
Hello @HandsomeBoy:, your help would be great! There are a couple people at WikiProject Film who are also interested, so I suggest you post in this thread there so you can all coordinate together to avoid duplication and combine your efforts: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Film#We_lack_an_article_for_Nigeria's_first_film:_Palaver_(1926_film). MatthewVanitas (talk) 00:48, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
Note I have also created an article for the 1957 Nigerian film Fincho. MatthewVanitas (talk) 00:08, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
Sadly, the director of the film passed away in 2016. I should create an article for him soon, if someone doesn't beat me to it. Thanks for your work on historical Nigerian cinema. HandsomeBoy (talk) 20:03, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
Started something here, still need to be expanded. Not too familiar with less popular reliable sources. HandsomeBoy (talk) 15:57, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Voting has commenced

This is to inform the members of this Wikiproject that voting for coordinators has commenced and will run till 31st January 2018. Nominations for candidates are no longer accepted. The voting will be closed by Alex Shih a respected admin and a member of the current Arbitration committee. Regards, Mahveotm (talk) 15:31, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Voting has concluded ([10]). Alex Shih (talk) 13:50, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Ok Sunkamm (talk) 09:42, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

February - June 2018 task

Hi Nigepedians. Pending when we start activities fully and begin utilizing the mass message bot, the first strategic plan on ground is to wikify the structure of Nigerian universities on Wikipedia. It wouldn't take more than five minutes to Wikify the structure and remove unencyclopaedic information from each one of them. Feel free to pick any university of your choice. You will see the list of universities here.

Regards. HandsomeBoy (talk) 22:06, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

I don't seems to understand Sunkamm (talk) 09:48, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

How can I join the team?

Hello! I'm Hausa man from Northern Nigeria, I help alot on Hausa wikipedia articles, and I want to join this project. Please how can I join you? I need assistance.- aaagwanki 18:51, 28 May 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abubakar A Gwanki (talk • contribs)

Good evening Mr Abubakar A Gwanki, and Ramadan Kareem to you. I am very glad to hear from you. Its great to know that you are passionate about contributing to Hausa Wikipedia. Hausa is one language I wish I could speak and write. I still believe I will get married to a Fulani lady that will teach me the language. You can join the WikiProject by adding your Wikipedia username to the participant list here. If you have any more questions or ideas concerning how we can take the WikiProject to the next level, please do share with us here. And happy democracy day to you! HandsomeBoy (talk) 20:04, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

Hello

Hello Sunkamm (talk) 09:47, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

Hello Sunkamm, I hope you are having a great editing experience? HandsomeBoy (talk) 20:07, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject

The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

Portals are being redesigned.

The new design features are being applied to existing portals.

At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template {{Transclude lead excerpt}}.

The discussion about this can be found here.

Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.

Background

On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.

There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.

So far, 84 editors have joined.

If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the newsletter archive.

If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   07:50, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Names of federal ministries

At Talk:Federal Ministries of Nigeria I have asked a question about what naming convention should be followed for articles about the ministries of the Nigerian government. I pinged the editors of the article but have not had a reply. I am hoping that contributors to WikiProject Nigeria will be able to help. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 07:35, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

Article Inquiry

i wrote an article about a house of reps member and it does not come up in google search results https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Jonathan_Gbefwi is there a problem with it? or is there something more i need to do because I plan to cover a lot of people in the Nigerian public service

12:55, 9 August 2018 (UTC)Allegrarr (talk) 12:55, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Hello Allegrarr, and welcome to Wikipedia. I believe it does not appear on the first page of Google results, because it is yet to be reviewed by an editor with new page reviewer rights. This will happen in due time. While the subject is clearly notable, you can make it better by adding reliable sources to it as presently, it has just one. You also should not cite Wikipedia on Wikipedia, as Wikipedia content are user-generated. If you have more questions, please feel free to ask on my talkpage. We are glad that you're interested in creating/improving Nigerian content. Once again, welcome to our WikiProject. HandsomeBoy (talk) 21:32, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

AfroCine: Join us for the Months of African Cinema in October!

Greetings!

You are receiving this message because your portal is related to Africa, the Carribean, Cinema or theatre.

This is to introduce you to a new Wikiproject called AfroCine. This new project is dedicated to improving the Wikipedia coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the carribbean, and the diaspora. If you would love to be part of this or you're already contributing in this area, kindly list your name as a participant on the project page here.

Furthermore, In the months of October and November, the WikiProject is organizing a global on-wiki contest and edit-a-thon tagged: The Months of African Cinema. If you would love to join us for this exciting event, also list your username as a participant for this event here. In preparation for the contest, please do suggest relevant articles that need to be created or expanded in different countries, during this event!

If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally on my talkpage! Cheers!--Jamie Tubers (talk) 20:50, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Official directory of all full professors in Nigerian Universities

Hey guys, there is now an official directory for all full professors in Nigerian Universities. I know being a full prof doesn't translate to auto notability, but if there is an edit-a-thon on Nigerian/African academics, it will be a good place to start. It was done as a collaboration between National Universities Commission and Covenant University. On Wikidata, we can also use it to know the university with the highest number of professors, if all entries can be added to the repository. See the university release here, and visit the main site here. Regards. HandsomeBoy (talk) 19:24, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Wards in Kiru Local Govrnment

Kiru has a total of fifteen wards and they includes 1. Ba'awa 2. Badafi 3. Bargoni 4. Bauda 5. Dangora 6. Dansoshiya 7. Dashi 8. Galadimawa 9. Kiru 10. Kogo 11. Maraku 12. Tsaudawa 13. Yako 14. Yalwa 15. Zuwo — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.40.125.183 (talk) 08:21, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for the information ip user, if you had included a source, I would have added the info to Kiru, Nigeria. HandsomeBoy (talk) 16:40, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to the Months of African Cinema!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which has been dedicated to improving contents that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

This is a global online edit-a-thon, which is happening in at least 5 language editions of Wikipedia, including the English Wikipedia! Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section, if you haven't done so already.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing Users who are able to achieve the following:

  • Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
  • Country Winners
  • Diversity winner
  • High quality contributors
  • Gender-gap fillers
  • Page improvers
  • Wikidata Translators

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories 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. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:50, 03 October 2018 (UTC)

RfC on election/referendum naming format

An RfC on moving the year from the end to the start of article titles (e.g. South African general election, 2019 to 2019 South African general election) has been reopened for further comment, including on whether a bot could be used move the articles if it closed in favour of the change: Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (government and legislation)#Proposed change to election/referendum naming format. Cheers, Number 57 15:38, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

Nigeria article needs Refs-2006 & update-2008

Greetings, Article Abuja Gateway Consortium was tagged as needing References in 2006, and update content since 2008. Asking for help, also familiar with Aviation articles would be helpful. Regards, JoeHebda (talk) 17:41, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

@JoeHebda: I'll take a look and maybe possible merging. Thanks for posting. –Ammarpad (talk) 17:57, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
 Done - Refs added by Alexplaugh12. Thankyou. JoeHebda (talk) 14:58, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Requested move for Nigeria Civil War

Hi all, good day. This is just a soft reminder that there's currently a discussion here Talk:Biafran War seeking to establish consensus if the recent move of Nigerian Civil War to Biafran War should be reverted. Since this is a highly sensitive topic, I'm seeking notify editors interested in Articles about Nigeria of this. Warm regards, Mahveotm (talk) 01:32, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

WP 1.0 Bot Beta

Hello! Your WikiProject has been selected to participate in the WP 1.0 Bot rewrite beta. This means that, starting in the next few days or weeks, your assessment tables will be updated using code in the new bot, codenamed Lucky. You can read more about this change on the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial team page. Thanks! audiodude (talk) 06:49, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

A new newsletter directory is out!

A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.

– Sent on behalf of Headbomb. 03:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Portal:Nigeria

Portal:Nigeria, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Nigeria and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Nigeria during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. UnitedStatesian (talk) 13:26, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:Igbo people for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Igbo people is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Igbo people until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America1000 17:25, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

Keep Up the Good Work

Dear Wikipedia NG,

Well done! I applaud your efforts in creating more online presence for brands doing great work in Nigeria. Wishing your team all the best.

Regards, Grace. --T2pitchy (talk) 21:38, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

@T2pitchy: thanks for the best wishes. You may already know this, but let me reemphasize that we don't just contribute to articles on "brands", but any topic that meets the Wp:GNG. You are also very welcome to assist in our vision.HandsomeBoy (talk) 21:34, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Organizations based in Nigeria

Category:Organizations based in Nigeria and its subcategories have been nominated for renaming (whether to use organizations or organisations). You are encouraged to join the discussion on the Categories for discussion page. Oculi (talk) 08:45, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

Noticeboard discussion about adding Nairaland to the spam blacklist

There is a noticeboard discussion about adding Nairaland to Wikipedia's spam blacklist. If you're interested, please participate at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard § Nairaland. — Newslinger talk 08:16, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

Anyone available to help a new editor?

Hi friends, I notice that a new user Special:Contributions/Abeytors seems to be trying to write a page on the town of Oje-owoko but is having trouble finding the right place and formatting his information. He/she has tried to add the info to both Sepeteri and the main page. Is anyone available to chat to him/her and help? I don't know where to begin myself because I don't know anything about this town or how to find sources on it for the user. I think it may be a town mentioned in Saki East. 70.67.193.176 (talk) 22:09, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

70.67.193.176 Thanks for bring this to the attention of the WikiProject, I'll see what I can do about the situation.HandsomeBoy (talk) 13:58, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!

Greetings!

After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:

  • Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
  • Diversity winner
  • Gender-gap fillers

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories 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. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool

Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

REPORT OF COORDINATOR WIKIPROJECT NIGERIA

This year will make it exactly two years since I got elected/appointed as the coordinator of WikiProject Nigeria. My manifesto was focused on improving quality of articles and increasing the number of GA articles in our WikiProject.

However, shortly after the appointment, I had a medical issue that got me hospitalized for quite a while, after I fully recovered it dawned on me that there was a lack of consistent editors interested in Nigerian articles, and if we must initiate successful projects, we needed to get more editors to join the team. So I tilted more towards recruitment of new editors and training of the inexperienced ones. On the advice of another WikiProject team, I also created a Twitter account, (@WikiProjectNG) to give more awareness that anyone can actually edit Wikipedia. You will be amazed to know that so many Nigerians still do not know that they literally can edit Wikipedia.

On the issue of GA, even though I wasn't able to functionally be of assistance, I'm glad that a respected member of this WikiProject, Versace1606 is in the process of getting about 4 more articles to GA level, please let's assist him in whatever way we can. It doesn't matter who does it, the most important thing is that our GA articles is on a increase. On the platform of WikiProject Nigeria and AfroCine, I also virtually trained some young Nigerians (mostly university students) on contributing to WikiData (by November we should start with Wikipedia). Collectively, the state of our sporting (especially women) and higher institution articles can also be said to be better than it was when I was elected (this was one of my fulfilled campaign promises).

Finally, I believe I was elected for one year, which is expired, I will be glad to handover to someone else with fresh ideas, but if no one is interested, I will be more glad to continue. Above all, I am open to suggestions and new ideas. I believe that by working together we can improve the state of contents central to this WikiProject.

Long live Nigeria, Long live Wikipedia.. Long live WikiProject Nigeria...

@Mahveotm:, @Versace1608:, @Jamie Tubers:, @Ammarpad:, @Alexplaugh12:, @Alex Shih:

Regards.HandsomeBoy (talk) 20:42, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

Kudos on your efforts on this Wikiproject so far. You tried your best and it shows. I also think that the biggest hindrance to covering enough topics on Nigeria and Africa as a whole, is the very few number of people contributing from the country/continent. Which is why even myself have been quite focused on getting more genuine people to contribute, and when that happens, also protecting them from being chased away through hostile attitudes. So, I think you are very right and you did well by trying to get more people involved. Thank you for taking on this "thankless", but very important role!--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:43, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
Thank you HandsomeBoy, your effort is really appreciated. Indeed this WikiProject is not as active as it should be. On my part I often check User:AlexNewArtBot/NigeriaSearchResult to help in polishing/rescuing Nigeria-related articles but I have less time now than I had previously. However, I am ready to help anywhere if my attention is requested. – Ammarpad (talk) 02:06, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for the nice words and links, I am really encouraged and it literally put a smile on my face. I will also follow up with that link whenever AFD list is low, and I have more time on me. The fact that it includes draft articles is also an added feature, making it easier to spot potential editors adding content that is related to this WikiProject. HandsomeBoy (talk) 15:49, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
Hope you are doing good. I am still positive about the content on Nigeria issues because of the small number of editors we have. If you want to continue, I think you should. Regards.Alexplaugh12 (talk) 20:41, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

About the Etche

Please take a look at the article Etche. There is edit warring about whether the Etche people should be considered a subgroup of the Igbo, or not. I don’t see any sources being provided on either side. I have semi-protected the article, which had the effect of shutting down the “not a subgroup” arguers who tend to be IPs, but it was not my intention to take a side. Can someone here find sources and add them to the article, to put an end to this disagreement? Thanks. -- MelanieN (talk) 17:23, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

MelanieN, I have now added sources to clarify that they're indeed a subgroup of the Igbo. Thanks a lot for bringing this to our notice. NNADIGOODLUCK (Talk|Contribs) 17:54, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
@Nnadigoodluck: Thanks for this. Would you mind also putting the references or evidence on the article's talk page? I have someone who is posting arguments and sources on my user talk page. I am trying to get them to use the article talk page - which obviously is the place where this will be decided. -- MelanieN (talk) 19:26, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
MelanieN, Okay, will do just that. NNADIGOODLUCK (Talk|Contribs) 19:29, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Accidental revert

This revert was accidental and I didn't do it on purpose. Best, —Nnadigoodluck🇳🇬 06:39, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Request for the correction of the content that describes Nile University of Nigeria.

good day everyone, i would love to bring to the notice of Wikipedia that some of the information on Nile university of Nigeria is outdated and it has been somewhat misleading due to the fact that the management of the organization have changed. below this discussion is the recent information about Nile university of Nigeria. 


Nile University of Nigeria (NUN) is a private university located in Abuja, Nigeria. The University was established in 2009. At the time of formation, NUN had three faculties (Arts & Social Sciences, Engineering, and Natural & Applied Sciences) and 93 students. Today, Nile University of Nigeria has six faculties and a School of Postgraduate Studies, as well as over 3,700 students (undergraduate and postgraduate). NUN currently offers 26 undergraduate programs and 36 postgraduate programs.

In addition to its standard academic programmes, Nile University of Nigeria—through its Center for Lifelong Learning (CELL)— offers short, on-demand, professional courses that are tailored to the needs of the participants. The duration of the courses varies, but the majority of them range from 16 hours to 32 hours.



LIST OF PROGRAMS

College of Health Sciences

Medicine and Surgery (MBBS)

Faculty of Law

Law (LLB)

Faculty of Engineering

Computer Engineering (BEng, PGD, MEng)

Electrical and Electronics Engineering (BEng, MEng, PGD, PhD)

Civil Engineering (BEng., PGD, MEng.)

Petroleum and Gas Engineering (BEng, MEng, PGD)

Chemical Engineering (BEng)

Mechanical Engineering (BEng)

Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences

Software Engineering (B.Sc.)

Information technology (B.Sc.)

Biology (B.Sc., M.Sc., PGD)

Biotechnology (B.Sc.)

Biochemistry (B.Sc.)

Microbiology (B.Sc.)

Computer Science (B.Sc., PGD, M.Sc., PhD)

Analytical Chemistry (M.Sc.)

Industrial chemistry (B.Sc., M.Sc.)

Faculty of Management Sciences

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Accounting (B.Sc., PGD, M.Sc.)

Banking and Finance (B.Sc.)

Public Administration (B.Sc.)

Management (M.Sc., MPhil, PhD, PGD)

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Economics (B.Sc., M. Sc., PhD, PGD)

Financial Economics (M.Sc.)

English Language and Communication Studies (B.Sc., MA)

Political Science and International Relations (B.Sc.)

Political Science (PGD, M.Sc., PhD)

International Relations and Diplomacy (M.Sc., PhD, PGD)

Mass communication (B.Sc.)

Criminology and Security Studies (B.Sc.)

Sociology (B.Sc.)

Conflict, Peace and Strategic Studies (M.Sc., PGD)

References

https://leadership.ng/2020/02/25/how-nigeria-can-solve-current-social-economic-problems-conflicts-nile-varsity-vc/      https://infotrustng.com/weve-elected-uneducated-leaders-sanusi/

Ranked the most popular private university in Abuja by UniRank (URL: https://www.4icu.org/ng/federal-capital-territory/) https://www.legit.ng/1292471-hajara-kabeer-abulfatah-katsina-indigene-graduates-1st-class-nile-university.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Esther Oduola (talk • contribs) 08:27, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
@Esther Oduola: Hello Esther and welcome to Wikipedia, can you be more specific about what you want addded and what you want removed from the article. I am willing to assist you in updating the article in accordance to Wikipedia guidelines. For a start, what courses do you want removed, and what courses do you want added? HandsomeBoy (talk) 18:27, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Just Joined WikiProject Nigeria

Hi Everyone, I just want to say hello to all my Nijas in Wikipedia. Well-done everybody for all your selfless and sacrificial contribution you guys have been making to Nigeria's wikiproject and the entire Wikipedia vision and goal. I live in Dublin, Ireland but love creating AfC mostly for Nigerians I believe merit notability. I have just submitted article for the Deputy Governor of Ondo State Alfred Agboola Ajayi, which I have tried to tag for you guys to notice it help to improve it to avoid being declined. But I am not sure if I did that tagging correctly??? I'm still learning how to navigate talkpages and so on. I really consider myself a novice writer but I am equally very upbeat to learn how I can improve and professionalise my writing in Wikipedia. I joined Wikipedia in 2013 but have not been making serious contributions (only authored about 3-4 articles since then). However, since during the lock-down I have started making improvement and currently have been able to compile about 9 articles in the last 2-3 months, which I have submitted for reviews. Unfortunately, so far three of the articles have come back with few complains still after extensive updating based on initial feed-backs ranging from being overly praiseworthy, promotional, to even claims of lacking in notability and one accusation of whether I have been paid to write one of the articles given that I sounded more promotional than being neutral. All these final comments came one after the other and to be honest I was almost discouraged and demoralised. But because I am somebody that like feed-backs and constructive criticisms I tried to brave up and take the beating like a big boy. Though the canning, I must confess, has been very painful to endure. Imagine after more than four different reviewers got back to you with suggestions on what to improve on the article: like saying that the article was overly promotional, or needs more independent secondary sources or have unacceptable primary sources, etc and therefore needs to be re-written. Then you humbly obeyed and went through many days and hours of meticulously re-editing and updating but only to be told that the article is being declined because the secondary credible sources presented were mostly "interviews" or "passing mentions". I wondered why it was not declined in the first instance as unworthy to meet the standard benchmark than leading someone on to suffer for nothing. Very confusing and demoralising. That has been my experience recently and I hope I can get help from Nigerian pros on how best to improve my writing to avoid making costly mistakes again. Nice to meet you guys here.(Ozonyiawiki (talk) 15:51, 30 June 2020 (UTC)).

Isaac Delano

Newly created article that didn't get vetted by WP:AFC; so, I'm wondering is someone from this WikiProject can take a look at it and assess it. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:39, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Marchjuly,  Done on 22 July 2020 —Nnadigoodluck🇳🇬 17:35, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Could someone have a look at Yemi Osinbajo

In this article, the section "corruption allegations" is quite contentious. Could someone take a look in the page history and see if those sources are generally considered reliable and if the allegations are well-founded enough to be included in the BLP? Thanks, Sam-2727 (talk) 16:46, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Sam-2727, thank you for bringing this to the attention of our WikiProject. The edit warring on the article, started with the addition of this by Imperialization40 on 15 July 2020. The additions are totally libelous and defamatory and shouldn't be added again according to WP:BLPREMOVE. Pinging @Danidamiobi and Kaizenify: from our WikiProject to chime in, since they reverted some additions. —Nnadigoodluck🇳🇬 17:25, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
Pinging @Ikemis: who was part of the edit war. —Nnadigoodluck🇳🇬 18:53, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello Nnadigoodluck, and thanks for reaching out. Yes indeed, I created the "Corruption" heading adhering to the NPOV policy. However, I do not agree with your stance that the heading was "totally libelous and defamatory". If you take a look at the edit, several authoritative sources were cited including Transparency International's allegation of vote-buying. Furthermore for each allegation a response from Yemi Osinbajo denying the allegation was cited, including the constitutionality of his emergency management funds withdrawal and the National Assembly's response exonerating him. Be that as it may, we believe the heading despite all the safeguards taken for adequate referencing is contentious amongst new editors (based on their recent contributions) and IP's with activity on the persons article. I have since advocated the use of the talk page, and recommended to user Kaizenify and Sam-2727 for the heading to be taken down until a consensus is reached, in order to avoid foolhardy edits resulting in warring. Imperialization40 (talk) 18:55, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Hello Nnadigoodluck,

Permit me to say that the 'corruption allegation' section should be taken down. It appears like there is a prejudice, if not an agenda, to have those one-sided claims on that page. A more balanced post has been put up a number of times to replace it but some persons keep taking it down. As for the Transparency International claim, it was quoted out of context. If I may, why was the World Bank and Oxford awards given for TraderMoni not added to the Corruption Allegations? Also, the FIRS claim by Timi Frank was that the VP got N90bn but his party, the PDP claimed it was N40bn while a certain Jackson Ude claimed it was N2bn. Why the discrepancies? This is a pointer that it is false. Wikipedia should not be a propaganda channel. TracyChelsea (talk) 18:55, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Notability of Ipo Arakeji

Can someone familiar with Osun State and the general political sub-divisions of cities, villages, etc. in Nigeria look at Draft:Ipo Arakeji from a WP:Notability and WP:PLACEOUTCOMES perspective? It appears to be a populated area of less than 3 square km. surrounded by less-populated land.

If this page WOULD survive a deletion discussion then the draft should be improved and citations added. If it would not, it's probably best to let the editor know that the topic simply does not qualify for a stand-alone article in the English Wikipedia.

My hunch is that if it's got a recognized government, it will meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, if it does not, it's iffy. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 18:06, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Hello @Davidwr:,
Its nice to still see you wikifying contents on Wikipedia after so many years. I remember you during my very very early years on Wikipedia when I was working on The Headies article. Back to the article, I agree that the article should be notable, we normally keep articles on towns such as this, but it will be difficult getting internet sources for this (same with most Nigerian towns). However, I am confident there will be significant offline sources. But I want to mention that it was not until 2014 that the community became fully autonomous from Ikeji-Arakeji, although they have been having their rulers centuries earlier, but not recognized directly by the government (only through other rulers). So I wouldn't have mind a merger with the more prominent Ikeji Arakeji if we were in 2014, but presently they are completely separate communities, so that is completely out of it. I think Wikimedia Nigeria has a thing with some public libraries in Nigeria, or if there is an active Wikimedia community in Obafemi Awolowo University, those are places who can get offline sources for this article. I will speak to someone if there is a Wikimedia community in OAU. I don't know what else I can do. Maybe some other persons have something to add? HandsomeBoy (talk) 18:27, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
I am aware that some Nigerian universities are properly digitalized, if we can come to an agreement for them to give us access to their portal or get some of them to become editors I think we could easily search the database for coverage. As it is, the only tool I have is the internet and going to a library that is close to my house. This is the more reason why good strategization is required.HandsomeBoy (talk) 18:50, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
HandsomeBoy Thank you for the accurate information, Ipo Arakeji is different from Ikeji Arakeji and there is a copy of the official gazette from the State Government. Although most parts of the town was known as Ikeji Arakeji for so many years, however, the town has its own Palace and recognized traditional ruler. What do you suggest? I also appreciate your efforts User:Davidwr You are doing a really great job on this subject Anonymoussix (talk) 00:40, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Creation of an Article Seax Penz

The artiste name is Seax Penz, real name Ajetomobi Abraham Oluwafemi, an Estate Management graduate of University of Lagos. He featured on a notable Naijaloaded Cypher that was released on 1st of January 2016, the day of the Headies Awards in the same year. He also had his slang "Leave Trash For Lawma" famously used by Olamide. I would like to create an article about him, kindly suggest what to do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anonymoussix (talk • contribs) 00:50, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Note: A draft version is at Draft:Seax Penz. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 00:56, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
@Davidwr: Yes it is there, what do you think I can do to make it a worthy content please Anonymoussix (talk) 01:38, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
As I said on my talk page, I don't have the time to give you the help you need, I hope you find the help you need here or at the Wikipedia Teahouse. I also gave you some general advice on my talk page about how to be a more productive Wikipedia editor (diff). davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 01:43, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
@Anonymoussix: Don't waste your time on the article, he fails WP:NMUSICIAN and will be deleted by another editor. We have an Wikipedia:WikiProject AfroCine coming up in October. If you're truly interested in adding content, that will be a great avenue to make cinematic contributions to Wikipedia. Watch this space for information on that. HandsomeBoy (talk) 05:51, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Someone have a look?

The article Superstar (2015 film) is up for deletion and I was wondering if anyone could have a look for sourcing. It feels like there should be more out there, however Google isn't the greatest at searching non-European or American English websites. I was wondering if someone who is more familiar with getting around this could look for sourcing, to see if it passes NFILM as at present there really isn't enough to firmly establish that it does. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 03:15, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for bringing this to the attention of the WikiProject, hopefully someone has a look...keeping in mind the geographical bias that may arise on such films.HandsomeBoy (talk) 18:18, 18 October 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

First woman/women elected to parliament

Hello. I am aware that Wuraola Esan was the first woman in the National Assembly, as an appointed Senator. Does anyone know who the first woman (or group of women) elected to parliament was? Cheers, Number 57 18:27, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

@Number 57: When you say "Parliament", I believe you mean "Federal House of Representatives". My hunch tells me Patricia Etteh, but will double check and get a reference for it.HandsomeBoy (talk) 05:02, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
Margaret Icheen was the first woman speaker of any Nigerian legislature 1, 2 HandsomeBoy (talk) 05:06, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
Franca Afegbua was the first woman elected senator in Nigeria 1. HandsomeBoy (talk) 05:18, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
From my findings, Margaret Ekpo and Janet Nwadiogo Mokelu were the first women parliament members at state level. HandsomeBoy (talk) 05:39, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
Also want to point out that when Wuraola Esan became a federal senator (from 36) in 1958, there was no woman member of house of representatives (from 312) in history yet 1. HandsomeBoy (talk) 06:01, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
Since there was no woman in the house of rep election of 1959, then we need to check if the next election, which is 1964 Nigerian general election if it produced a woman.HandsomeBoy (talk) 09:09, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
I have found some references stating that the first women (possibly three) were elected to the House of Representatives in 1979. The article on Janet Akinrinade claims she was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1977, which would make her the first. However, I cannot find any information about the 1977 election and am wondering whether there really was a proper election, or whether delegates were indirectly elected by other bodies? Number 57 09:23, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
I'm also a bit confused by the claim that Esan was a Senator from 1958; the source claims that this happened at the 1958 elections, but there were no federal elections in 1958 (there were in December 1959). The sources I have seen say she was appointed in 1960,[11][12] (the latter gives her appointment date as 8 January 1960, which would be more logical if she was appointed after the December 1959 elections. Number 57 09:29, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
@Number 57: Sources suggest there were elections in 1958 and 1959, what is unclear is if hers took place in 1959 or 58 (it may be possible that for some odd reasons, her constituent election happened earlier than other regions in Nigeria). I won't also rule out the possibility of an error from references stating it happened in 1958. This sort of discrepancy in records is one of my motivations of contributing to Wikipedia. I believe Wikipedia should be used as a tool to propagate correct information even when some sources could be missing it. Secondly, I am not convinced that a legislator in 1979 will be the first. According to the scholarly article, "Women's Political Participation in State Legislatures in South West Nigeria" (2018), it says "...The first republic (1960-1965) saw only an insignificant number of women in Southeast playing prominent roles. In the Eastern house of Assembly for instance, only two women were members. Mrs Margaret Ekpo and Mrs Janet Muokelu. From 1960 - 1965, there were only two female legislators in the federal parliament and four female legislators in the whole country...". This suggest to me that we had female legislators during the 1964 elections! HandsomeBoy (talk) 05:52, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
The two it refers to are Esan and Bernice Kerri, who was appointed to the Senate in 1964.[13] The vast majority of sources state Esan was appointed in 1960;[14] the 1958 election was her being elected to Ibadan Urban District Council.[15] Number 57 12:01, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Obinwanne Okeke

HandsomeBoy, good evening. I made a discovery that MIGHT need the attention of this Wikiproject. A certain JoshuaMokwuah made some edits on Obinwanne Okeke. Considering the fact that he’s yet to be proven guilty, I do think that some edits needs to be reverted until he’s proven guilty — my thought though. Timi (talk) 19:13, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

@Timileyin Olalere: I have gone through most his changes, and I have to agree with you that I am not comfortable with may of them. At the same I want to be careful not to remove additions based on my personal assessment, and not necessarily against policy or guideline since that might be tending towards WP:OWN, and everyone should be able to freely contribute on Wikipedia. I also do not have enough time to invest in this article at the moment, but if you can make specific edit suggestions, I will review and make the changes on the article. First of all, I am going to remove the "...is a Nigerian fraudster." as the first sentence, as I believe that is giving undue weight to an individual that has only been convicted once. If he is sentenced, I'd rather have "...is a convicted Nigerian entrepreneur". Please send me your suggestions, so as to save me time, thanks. You are doing a great job monitoring the article.HandsomeBoy (talk) 06:08, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
@HandsomeBoy: I'm not Timileyin Olalere but I do have some "style-related" input: Any sentence that says "... is a convicted ..." should be followed by the crime he was convicted of, or possibly a layman's term for the crime if the actual charges are in "legalese." "Convicted [nationality] entrepreneur" is confusing, "... is a convicted [criminal charge] and entrepreneur from [nation]" or "... [nationality] entrepreneur convicted of [criminal charge]..." or something similar would be much better. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 14:23, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
@Davidwr: thanks for stopping by, and providing your always insightful interpretations of Wikipedia policies and guidelines. I have definitely taken notes and will apply that in the future. That being said, I will like to know what you think about the lede sentence for this article. When Bri created this article, the lede read "Nigerian businessperson", which I felt is more appropriate than the current "Nigerian fraudster" that was introduced by JoshuaMokwuah in September 2020. Before the fraud case, he was probably borderline notable (or soft/weak delete) as he has been independently featured on BBC, Forbes and several other Notable Nigerian media outlets. Plus, while he has already pleaded guilty, the case is still the court. I made a change, but was quickly reverted by Iridescent. Initially, I wanted to ignore and will still do, but since you are here I would just love to know what you think just for enlightenment purposes or in case of another similar situation in the future. Maybe I am just being too careful, but I think before Wikipedia categorizes someone as a fraudster alone as the intro lede, there should be more than what I am currently seeing as in the case of Invictus Obi. I was not convinced by the if most sources call someone a fraudster, then he should be addressed as such on Wikipedia argument by Iridescent.HandsomeBoy (talk) 23:23, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
I'm not the best person to ask as I am not familiar with the judicial situation in Nigeria, but thanks for asking anyway. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 23:33, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
Thank you very much. HandsomeBoy (talk) 23:39, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

We are usually very careful with BLP articles because of potential harm to the subject. I'm not sure how a Wikipedia article could further harm someone who has pled guilty to a $11M fraud case in a U.S. federal court. The guilty plea relieves us of concern IMO; BLP protections wrt to a description as a "fraudster" seem irrelevant now. If we want to be extra careful maybe "confessed fraudster" would be appropriate, but I don't see the necessity. – ☆ Bri (talk) 04:11, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

@HandsomeBoy: @Timileyin Olalere: @Davidwr: Obinwanne Okeke has pled guilty for the charges against him before a federal judge. Bri brought this to my notice. He cannot be an 'alleged fraudster' after a sworn confession has been accepted by a federal judge. This made sense to me hence the change. I'm Nigerian too so I quite understand the sentiments but I don't think they are relevant to the article.
HandsomeBoy sorry for not being quite active (Job issues and all). I guess the decision has been made. But I do still believe the article isn't just right. I'm not affiliated to him or anything but it's quite awkward to me. Nevertheless, if it's among the Wikipedia policies to throw the positive side of an article and only give the negative side (idk what happened to the neutral view policy: WP:POV) then it's totally OK by me. Timi (talk) 01:42, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Members of Borno State House of Assembly

Are members of the Borno State House of Assembly generally presumed notable? That is, do they generally receive enough coverage to meet WP:GNG? In the United States, the equivalent groups - the members of the 50 states' legislatures - would almost always qualify under WP:GNG. I don't know if the same is true in Nigeria or not, so I am asking. A new editor has drafted an article on a newly-elected member here. The draft needs major trimming upon acceptance, but if notability is not clear, I won't bother moving it into the main encyclopedia. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 04:12, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

According to WP:NPOLITICIAN, elected state members of house of assembly should be notable. Considering that Borno State is in the Northern region who have limited internet penetration, you might not find many online sources to meet GNG. Personally, if I see such an article in mainspace, the only thing I can do is to add maintenance tags for more references and improvement. I think it has every right to be in mainspace (as long as no other policy is being broken), I will open the article rightaway for more context. HandsomeBoy (talk) 12:11, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
I guess my question was more along the lines of "is there anything particular about Nigerian politics that would say otherwise." Hypothetically, a nation could have "state legislatures in name only" that had no real power and whose elected members received no more press coverage than a small-town mayor would. As an analogy, in the United States, some county- and city-level lawmaking bodies are basically toothless, in others, they exercise a lot of power and, while not "automatically" meeting WP:NPOLITICIAN since it's not a "state-level office," their members stand a good chance at meeting WP:NBIO or WP:GNG. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 16:33, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
They actually do. State has a high level of independence and immunity from federal. What I find troubling is that there is another prominent individual by the same name (likely a relation)1 2. There might be sources in Hausa, if we can get this to a stub, it will be fine by me. HandsomeBoy (talk) 18:52, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Ahmed Yusuf (Gamaliya)

This was moved into the main encyclopedia without sources and poorly written. It now has one source and I've cleaned up the writing a little.

How you can help:

  • If you are highly confident that this person is NOT "notable," nominate it for deletion. Please check for sources before nominating though.
  • If you are highly confident that this person IS "notable," say so on the talk page, provide some good references either in the article or its talk page that remove all doubt, then remove the {{notability}} template.
  • If you can help find suitable sources, add them to the article if they back up what is in there now or, if they are suitable sources but aren't needed yet, add them to the talk page so other editors can use them to improve the article. Once enough solid sources are actually being used, remove the {{BLP sources}} template.
  • Do what you can to help with the tone of the article to make it more encyclopedic. When it's good enough, remove the {{tone}} template.

A note to the primary page authors, AhmedYusuf123 and Geedado: You are encouraged to help out, but I would ask that you not remove the three templates mentioned above. If the page is improved and the templates have not been removed, put a note on the talk page asking for someone to review the page and either remove the template or tell you what more needs to be done. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 23:29, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

He fails N:POLITICIAN as he is a statewide politician that was not elected but appointed. The commision he represents is even under the supervision of the Federal Minister of Finance. HandsomeBoy (talk) 14:27, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Is this appropriate?

I wanted to make an edit at Hushpuppi when I received a warning from a higher authority. So my question is, since Obinwanne Okeke is a fraudster (who's yet to be proven), don't you think it would be appropriate if Hushpuppi can be edited? What am I saying? The short description says: “Nigerian Socialite” instead of "Nigerian Fraudster" and the lead sentence isn't anywhere close to what we know him as, someone who isn't "warned" should tell me on what to do. Timi (talk) 22:06, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Funny thing is while a pre-fraudcase Ivictus was a celebrated entrepreneur that founded several companies with many high profile individuals on the board, Hushpuppy is a narcisitc fraudster who use stolen funds to buy expensive cars and display on social media. But Wikipedia hierarchy will rather soften its stance on him, appalling! HandsomeBoy (talk) 06:25, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
@HandsomeBoy, I just peeped the Invictus obi article creator and was surprised it wasn’t a Nigerian who created the article. In my opinion & from how the article was worded, e be like say Invictus don scam baba or do baba strong thing or person wey him sabi. Celestina007 (talk) 06:45, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Celestina007 Hahahaha....*dies*. One would have thought hushpuppy should be the one with more enemies. HandsomeBoy (talk) 10:48, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
HandsomeBoy, Exactly my point! Na Hushpuppi be the real OG wire wire here. If my hypothesis is correct & Invictus did in-fact run street on top that article creator head or person wey him sabi, lol that one be say Invictus don buy market finish. Imagine running a Wikipedian street?? Your public image don enter one chance be that.
In any-case, I have however re-worded both articles to what I’d deem encyclopedic, unbiased and relatively neutral. Celestina007 (talk) 21:13, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
@Celestina007:, Thank you so much. I am 100% in support of your wording, hopefully it doesn't get reverted again. Good job! HandsomeBoy (talk) 10:36, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Nigerian women's footballers / soccer players initiative

Hello! We recently started an initiative WP:WOSO-NG at WP:WOSO to improve articles related to Women's football / soccer in Nigeria. Please consider joining! Any contributions are appreciated. We could also use extra eyes on articles nominated for deletion within this topic. Thank you!

Thank you for your contributions to women's football/soccer articles. I thought I'd let you know about the Women's Football/Soccer Task Force (WP:WOSO), a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of women's football/soccer. If you would like to participate, join by visiting the Members page. Thanks!

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Thanks for bringing this here Hmlarson. You can also join the Nigerian project page and choose an open task to work on.HandsomeBoy (talk) 16:27, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Can I?

List of Nigerian entrepreneurs; is a Wikipedia list article with notable Entrepreneurs who (i) has few amount of number of citations to back up their notability (ii) and the citation method used is relatively 'strange' or awkward and hard to understand. Few weeks ago, I received a warning after trying to expand Erica's article and somehow I decided to be indoors with my drafts. So, I wanted to know if I can go on to expand articles needing citations and give them a better tone. PS: An experienced editor can guide me while I do the job. PSS: Can I across create articles listed in the article for creation section on the project home page?, Ty,

Pinging. Sir and Ms

Timi (talk) 22:23, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Hello @Timileyin Olalere:, great to see you again. The reason List of Nigerian entrepreneurs does not have many references is because it only contains the name of the entrepreneurs, with a strict inclusion criteria that an article must exist for an entry to be added. There are many similar lists like that on Wikipedia. While that might not be the best practice, it is allowed since the wiki-linked article would already have references. Concerning Erica, to me she is close to passing WP:NACTOR, but she needs to have significant role in at least one or two more films for me to be comfortable with her being in mainspace. I might be wrong, and can understand if another editor thinks she is already notable because of her cult following, but based on existing consensus among many experienced editors on Wikipedia, participating in Big Brother Naija is not a credible claim for notability. Same reason Tacha, Efe, CeeC, Tboss are all regarded as not-notable (Some were deleted via AFD discussions. You can see this discussion for some insights Tacha Tacha2. Note that Efe won it, Erica didn't.). But in the case of Erica, even before BBN, she was already a fast upcoming actress, so I think her chances are brighter than everyone of the other nn BBN housemates that I mentioned. Till then, you can continue to improve the draft or seek alternative views from some other Wikipedians who think she's already notable. Let me know if anything is not clear, regards. HandsomeBoy (talk) 12:58, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
Thank you @HandsomeBoy: for the kind reply; sadly I’m not the creator of Erica’s article and it's the least of article's on my mind.
The List of Nigerian entrepreneurs is a Wikipedia list and I’m aware of this. I wanted to acquire the permission to expand these notable articles. I wanted a “Yes. You can” and “No. You’re not allowed” Timi (talk) 20:19, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
Timileyin Olalere Ohhhh.....but you don't need my permission or the permission of anyone to contribute to Wikipedia. I don't even have the power to stop or give anyone a go-ahead to edit on Wikipedia. Please feel free to contribute, as long as you follow Wikipedia policy and guidelines.HandsomeBoy (talk) 10:39, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
@Timileyin Olalere: When you say "I'm of this" do you mean you are an entrepreneur in Nigeria? You should read WP:Conflict of interest and WP:Paid-contributions disclosure before editing. If you intend on editing in areas where you have a conflict of interest, it is strongly recommended that you follow that guideline. If you are being paid to edit Wikipedia, you must disclose this as outlined in the "paid-contributions disclosure" policy. As a general rule, writing about yourself or anything closely connected to you is strongly discouraged (see WP:Autobiography). davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 🎄 16:15, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
@Davidwr: "..and I'm aware of this". It was a mistake. @HandsomeBoy: alright, oshey. I'll be making edits then. Thank you ♥️ Timi (talk) 00:49, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Wiki Music criteria

Can someone with Nigeria Entertainment Awards to his name with verifiable source be qualified for a music criteria? BadEdithor (talk) 09:09, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

@BadEdithor: Depends, is it a nomination or actually winning the award? I would say winning an NEA is a good claim of notability, especially since there will be an increased likelihood that other credible sources would cover such individual, but if its just a nomination then it gets more subjective. Depends on the category, year of the ceremony, etc. While the NEAs is a notable award, its awarding process is not as thorough and critically acclaimed as The Headies. A nomination in a main category of the Headies will almost certainly translate to notability.HandsomeBoy (talk) 12:43, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
He won the category he was nominated for and that was in 2017 with reliable source, can that still pass? BadEdithor (talk) 18:24, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
@BadEdithor, just so we are clear, who do you intend writing about? Celestina007 (talk) 20:39, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
As Celestina007 stated, please tell us the musician, so we can just give you our own opinion on its notability status.HandsomeBoy (talk) 21:25, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
Deshinor. BadEdithor (talk) 21:40, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
Before I share my view, I'd like you to know that whatever I say is advisory based on my experience as an editor; especially when it comes to African entertainment articles, which is the aspect on Wikipedia I am mostly involved in. But it's still at your prerogative to decide to either heed to it or seek further clarification elsewhere, there will be no hard feelings as WikiProject Nigeria is a friendly environment, similar to what is offered at WP:TEAHOUSE.
I have done an exhaustive search on the singer, and the summary of my findings is that as regards passing the requirements for WP:NMUSIC, it is still a case of WP:TOOSOON. This is further emphasized since he won the "most promising act" category at the NEAs, which shows he has potential to be notable, but after assessing his musical career from then till now, I am still not convinced he is there yet. Assessing the available sources (GNG), the best sources I could find on him were all published in November 2020, which can give legitimate concerns. While he was featured in this song, the coverage gives more credence to Laycon. This starts well but it is lacking in sufficient content. This interview buttresses that he is upcoming, which is understandable since it was published in 2017. Moreso, it does not seem independent enough. This is also more about Laycon. Those are the best sources I could find, I think his best route is through WP:NMUSIC, not the broad GNG. HandsomeBoy (talk) 20:49, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

Articles about Gubernatorial Elections in Nigeria

  • I have submitted a rapid grant request to the Wikimedia Foundation seeking to organize an online writing contest on the English Wikipedia to create articles about gubernatorial elections in all the 36 states of Nigeria. Nigeria has conducted gubernatorial elections in 1979, 1983, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. But, articles about these elections are missing on Wikipedia and this project will seek to specifically solve this problem.
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    • Good luck with getting it sorted out. One thing that I think should be mentioned to participants is not to upload any photo of the candidates they find to Wikipedia for the infobox – any images uploaded will need to be freely available. We don't want to end up with a load of copyvios being uploaded.
    • Also, I'd suggest using a different election results template – one that shows the full party names (I don't think it's very helpful for general readers to be presented with a list of 1-3 letter acronyms) and lists the full results (invalid votes) etc. I've added one to the articles in question, which has the added advantage of doing the percentage calculations automatically.
    • To aid navigation between the articles, and to see which ones are missing, I'd recommend creating a templates for each year linking to each of the gubernatorial elections held that year – something like {{1889 United Kingdom local elections}}.
    • It might also be worth explaining what voters being 'accredited' means. I've never heard this term being used before. Is it the number of voters who arrived at the polling stations and were ticked off the list, even if they didn't cast a vote? Cheers, Number 57 17:01, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
      • Number 57, Thanks a lot for the feedback, recommendations and edits on the election pages, they're duly appreciated. Per your comments, I've updated all the party templates to now show the full party names. Yes, you're right about the accredited voters, Nigeria operates a voter register and when a voter arrives the polling unit, he/she must have their name marked on the register. Some voters after the accreditation leave the voting venue without actually voting and that's why accredited voters are sometimes different from the total votes cast. —Nnadigoodluck███ 18:19, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
        • Cool, that's what I suspected it might be! Also, I don't think updating the shortname templates is the right way to fix this problem, as they are also used for infoboxes, which are now showing parties' full names (e.g. at 2015 Nigerian general election), plus having long party names disrupts {{Election box}} as it has a defined width for party names and in many cases now displays over two rows (as you can see here). I think it would be better to keep the templates as acronyms, but to avoid using the Election box template for full election result tables. Cheers, Number 57 18:31, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
This is a good one, very good one. I will certainly contribute, maybe not compete (due to scheduling issues), but I will contribute. Since it is an online contest, it is likely that a non-Nigerian will win the prize, I hope you considered the cost implications of that in your budget. Secondly, in the elections in Nigeria template, it'd be great if the regional elections of 1951, 1953 and 1954 is also captured in the contest but can understand if we want to keep it in scope to governorship elections only. All in all, well done! I plan to do something similar for Nigerian football, but am still gathering momentum on the right approach to take and will certainly be learning from this. HandsomeBoy (talk) 11:52, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
HandsomeBoy, Thanks a lot for your feedback and recommendations. About a non-Nigerian winning the prize, the cost implications was considered during the preparation of the budget. For some reasons, we're going to capture only governorship elections at this time. It'll really be great if you do something like this for Nigerian football. More grease! —Nnadigoodluck███ 12:41, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

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March is the third and final month of Women in Red's focus on biographies of African women in our Women in Africa contest. Up to now, around a hundred articles have been contributed but with your collaboration, we hope to have many more.--Ipigott (talk) 11:54, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Ipigott for the heads up. Good job you are doing! HandsomeBoy (talk) 05:33, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

FAR for Chinua Achebe

I have nominated Chinua Achebe for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 21:10, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

I legit thought the article was already a featured article.HandsomeBoy (talk) 05:36, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
It has been a featured article since November 2007. Nevertheless, concerns about its status have been expressed on the article's talk page. As far as I can see, there has been no formal attempt at delisting as FA.--Ipigott (talk) 07:20, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Covid

Hausa and Igbo don’t have articles on this, apparently only Yoruba does. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 20:24, 24 March 2021 (UTC) Ps neither do Igbo and Hausa, for Covid pandemic; only Yoruba, again, and Fulani. The more languages the better, needless to say.

@Bokoharamwatch: Thank you for bringing this to the attention of the WikiProject. Pinging some Hausa and Igbo editors for their inputs. Blossom Ozurumba, Ammarpad. HandsomeBoy (talk) 07:32, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for the ping. Hausa Wikipedia does have articles on that, see ha:Koronavirus 2019, ha:COVID-19 a Najeriya as well as ha:Annobar Koronavirus a Nijar 2020. – Ammarpad (talk) 17:13, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

PEOPLE FROM IHIALA

Professor Jude-Kennedy Emejulu - First Neurosurgeon in the South-East of Nigeria.

@212.100.79.42: with over 300 citations on Google Scholar, I was expecting to see some coverage on Google news, I was surprised to find none. Being the first Igbo neurosurgeon sounds promising, but I will be more comfortable interpreting auto-notability if he was the first in Nigeria. Can you find coverage in reliable sources? Even if they are not independent coverage, because all I am seeing are primary sources.HandsomeBoy (talk) 12:27, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

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Kebbi disaster

Checked, but so far no article. How to fix this? For this I want to use the Eq Guinea blast, Goma eruptions and Dana air crash as models. All okay to create? Bokoharamwatch (talk) 18:29, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

@User:Bokoharamwatch I created the article at 2021 Nigerian boat disaster and nominated it at Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates#Nigeria boat accident. Abcmaxx (talk) 23:52, 1 June 2021 (UTC) Yeah, I've just seen it - thanks; has it been moved, though? Bokoharamwatch (talk) 17:37, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

New kidnapping

New kidnapping as of today. If nobody does it, will take in next few hrs. Thx! Bokoharamwatch (talk) 10:25, 31 May 2021 (UTC) Clarification this is the Tegina kidnaping.... Bokoharamwatch (talk) 17:40, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

Three kidnappings no article(s) on any. I've decided enough, is ... well you know,.... Bokoharamwatch (talk) 15:49, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

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Flag of Katsina State

Nyanardsan came across this article earlier and mentioned it on Discord, which led to a discussion trying to figure out if the flag is actually real. None of the sources currently on the page are reliable, and the only source that goes beyond a bare assertion (the crwflags.com one) is talking about a different entity. The state website doesn't seem to have the flag, and the ministers' pictures all have just the Nigerian flag behind them.

A few questions for anyone who knows:

  • Is the flag currently in the article real?
  • If it's fake, does the state have a different flag or no flag?
  • If it's real, is there some reliable source that shows or describes the flag?

(courtesy-ping Cordyceps-Zombie as article creator)

Thanks, Vahurzpu (talk) 03:29, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

Shekau

Death recently confirmed by other terrorist(s). Bokoharamwatch (talk) 06:47, 7 June 2021 (UTC) PS Now BH, after ISWAP confirmed this. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 15:47, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

By the way, his birthplace is given as either Yobe - fro village where he took his name, or even outside Nigeria (likely Rep of Niger). Anyone care to educate?? Do we make article about said village? Bokoharamwatch (talk) 07:07, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

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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.

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Oji

Death recently announced. He seems defo Nigerian (Ibo?), and also a wikipedian too.

May he RIP.

Is this (Nigerian football/Nigerian sport, Nigerian wikipedians/Wiki'ers of (potential) Ni'an heritage) relevant here or not ? Thanks! Bokoharamwatch (talk) 23:28, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

So sad to hear this, at such a young age. HandsomeBoy (talk) 12:37, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Community Notification: WikiAct4SDGs Nigeria

Dear all,

I wish to inform the general Wikimedia Nigeria community of my proposed WikiAct4SDGs Nigeria Project. See the details of the project by using the link to the grant: here.

Your participation is welcome also.

James Moore200 (talk) 10:52, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

The 2021 Afrocine Nigeria Contest

Hi Community members, this is to notify of everone that the 2021 Afrocine Nigeria Contest coming up in October and November 2021, the link to the grant is here. Looking forward to everyones participation.Haylad (talk) 14:51, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

Hey @Haylad, the link to the grant page is a rend link. Kindly help rectify. Thank you. Princess of Ara 15:08, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
Hi Princess of Ara, Thanks for pointing out , fixed the error.

Terrorist attack redirects

See here (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Africa#Terrorist_attack_redirects), interesting topic. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 06:57, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

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Community Notification: Free Knowledge Leaders Program

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This is to announce to Wikiproject Nigeria the proposed Free Knowledge Leaders Program. The Free Knowledge Leaders Program is a capacity-building program that will equip free knowledge enthusiasts and beginners with the skills required to become free and open knowledge advocates. The details of the project can be accessed by using the link to the grant: [19] You can leave a message on my talk page if you would love to be a part of it. Thank you Timmylegend (talk) 17:39, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

Community Notification: Wikipedia-Training for Library Students in Kwara State

Dear all, I wish to notify the Wikiproject Nigeria of the proposed Wikipedia training for Library Students in Kwara State; a project aimed to enhance and improve Library Students' engagements in 1Lib1Ref and other Wikimedia projects and campaigns in Kwara State. See details of this project via this link Wikipedia Training for Library Students in Kwara State If you would love to participate, please kindly reach out to me via my talk page. Olani Olabimpe (talk) Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Olani Olabimpe (talk • contribs) 10:09, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

African women’s football teams

See here. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 06:24, 1 October 2021 (UTC) And this too--- here.Bokoharamwatch (talk) 07:05, 1 October 2021 (UTC) Btw happy independence, Nigeria (remember Cameroun shares it too!).

Cup

More on this topic, like to draw footy lovers to Aisha Buhari Cup. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 06:25, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

More, Caf women's CL. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 07:38, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

@Bokoharamwatch: Thanks for the links. I am so elated about the commencement of CAFWCL, really looking forward to Rivers Angels doing excellently well. Betsy Obaseki Cup should be added too, although I intend to work on it really soon. HandsomeBoy (talk) 13:02, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
Thanks, brilliant idea too. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 18:20, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
Betsy Obaseki Women Football Tournament. HandsomeBoy (talk) 20:23, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
Bravo, well done and made. Glasses and light(er)s/candles in the air. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 19:11, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
Thanks. it is still work in progress.HandsomeBoy (talk) 20:03, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

More

See here. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 19:11, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

Formatting code error in June newsletter

Please include three unmatched </center> tags in your next newsletter, to cancel the three unmatched tags in the 25 June message. (In one case I corrected these.[20])

Alternatively, you may wish to correct the affected editors' talk pages. – Fayenatic London 06:39, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

For the record, those pages have now been fixed one way or another. – Fayenatic London 10:04, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Queen of Nigeria

An RM is open at Queen of Nigeria. Please comment there to generate a clear consensus. Peter Ormond 💬 05:36, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

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Stub templates

Hi all - I see that there's a partial list of Category:Nigeria stubs sub-categories under "Assessment" on your project page; there are now so many sub-cats that it might take up a lot of room on your page, so I suggest you add a note to the effect that more sub-cats can be found under Category:Nigeria stubs for folks sorting stub articles. Just a thought. Her Pegship (?) 06:09, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

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Featured Article Save Award for Chinua Achebe

Featured Article Save Award nomination at Wikipedia talk:Featured article review/Chinua Achebe/archive1. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:47, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

This discussion proposes to update WP:PLACEDAB and the way Nigerian cities are disambiguated.

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (geographic names) § WP:PLACEDAB and disambiguating by state/province. 162 etc. (talk) 22:28, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Community Notification

Good day to all our experience editors in WikiProject Nigeria I wish to inform you Improve Article for Women's Health I will be organizing in Kaduna

Best Regards to Our Experience Editors [[Aliyu shaba]]Talk 04:18, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

Community Notification

Hello, and good day all. I wish to inform u all that I will be hosting a program "Wikidata's 9th anniversary " and all are invited. [21] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sanusi Gado (talk • contribs) 19:00, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

@Sanusi Gado: Thank you for the notification. Perhaps, you should provide a link to the event page so interested persons can know more about the requirements to join. HandsomeBoy (talk) 12:43, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

Merge?

It looks to me like these two articles are about the same place. Am I mistaken or should they be merged? —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 19:28, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

@Mx. Granger: LGAs are really a political designation that is mostly conceptual rather than an actual historical settlement. From what I can see, there is an LGA known as "Ikot-Abasi", then within that LGA there are several villages, one of which is known as "Ikot-Abasi" (notice that "Ikot-Abasi" is listed as a village in Ikpa Ibekwe clan?). If this is true, there can be a case for separate articles because while LGAs are generally notable, they tend to change overtime (depends on political climate and economical needs). But the village will always remain notable. Despite this, I will support a merge since the contents of both articles does not demonstrate their differences. Pinging article creator for possible comment @Ukpong1:.HandsomeBoy (talk) 14:35, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Community Notification

good day all hope every here is well i wish to inform our nigerian community of Wikiproject Nigeria i will be organize the PhotoWalk for Traditional Food of Northern Nigeria [[Aliyu shaba]]Talk 08:49, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Best Regards to our Nigeria community

Ops

I'm curious what you all think of certain military operations/actions by the Nig. govt - namely python dance and croc smile, seems to be missing here. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 08:35, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Could you actually tell us what this is all about??!! I have no idea! --Bduke (talk) 08:50, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
@Bokoharamwatch: and Bduke Operation Python Dance, otherwise known as Operation Egwu Eke in Ibo Language, was launched at the wake of heightened tension in the South East following activities of the now outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. It was launched in 2019 and it seems like they do it every year. While for crocodile smile, the army said it is a confidence-building patrol that seeks to reassure the people of Rivers state and the Niger Delta that the army is ready to work. And it also fight crimes like cultism, militancy, and kidnapping so that people can go about their business without fear. --Idoghor Melody (talk) 09:58, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
Thank you. I do not think I can add anything. I worked in Northern Nigeria for a few years quite a long while ago.--Bduke (talk) 10:05, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
@Bduke: That means you will be very familiar with Nigeria. Are you still in Nigeria?--Idoghor Melody (talk) 10:55, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
No, I was Professor of Chemistry at Bayero University, as it now is, from 1985 to 1991. I am now long retired. --Bduke (talk) 22:31, 2 October 2021 (UTC) Wasn't this the guy at Maitatsine 1980? Bokoharamwatch (talk) 19:37, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
@Bduke: Oh that's nice sir. I hope you're enjoying your retirement sir --Idoghor Melody (talk) 23:00, 2 October 2021 (UTC)


Hope all had a good weekend. Thanks to, and for, all the above (edit Bokoharamwatch (talk) 19:35, 9 October 2021 (UTC), talk:Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria and the talk:conflict in the Niger Delta). I meant to point out the seeming lack of coverage. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 23:44, 3 October 2021 (UTC) Let's not also forget/neglect the human rights angle (see here, here and here). Bokoharamwatch (talk) 18:23, 6 October 2021 (UTC) Topic(s) was(were) missing like almajiri was. Hopefully will be sorted. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 00:20, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Operation Python Dance

Is this operation python dance: click here? Bokoharamwatch (talk) 19:59, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Hausa (and maybe Fulani) assistance

This isn't the first time doing this, but now it's on behalf of another (who approached me on this topic). Bokoharamwatch (talk) 16:53, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

@Em-mustapha: @Ammarpad: please your comments will be appreciated here. HandsomeBoy (talk) 19:10, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks @HandsomeBoy:. Sorry this is not very clear to me, is this about translating these articles to Hausa or something different? – Ammarpad (talk) 07:39, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
Someone approached me on my talk page asking about a translation for said article in link in here. They're not a speaker of the language(s). Bokoharamwatch (talk) 12:34, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Sources

Greetings, wiki'ians. Some issues for sources on some obscure events.....

I suspect this might not be reliable, http://twitter.com/bulamabukarti/status/1296399057565421569?s=19 it's all we got over this one incident.

I also have a no. of blogs which on something else may not seen as wiki-worthy. That's all for now. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 17:56, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Unfortunately, Buhari has banned Twitter in Nigeria so I can't view that tweet. Hopefully, it gets re-instated soon. HandsomeBoy (talk) 19:34, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
Yes, how can I forget the forum of posting. Hopefully someone outside can see it! Bokoharamwatch (talk) 20:11, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
Yeah. Some people can use VPN to view it too.HandsomeBoy (talk) 13:02, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Unknown kidnap rescue

A second case in point: , see here. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 19:23, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Some banned refs: http://instranet.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/, http://dablue-ng.blogspot.com/2014/12/boko-haram-tried-to-kidnap-540-school.html?zx=e667c5e2654de843, http://lilvalblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/boko-haram-tried-to-abduct-540-government-school-girl-todays-in-gombe-but-failed-thanks-to-our-armed-forces/, http://updatingng.blogspot.com/2014/12/boko-haram-tried-to-kidnap-540-school.html, http://chrisogar.blogspot.com/2014/12/soldiers-rescues-trapped-fggc-students.html

Bokoharamwatch (talk) 19:34, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

www.nairaland.com/2029232/boko-haram-tried-kidnap-540-school-girls Bokoharamwatch (talk) 17:18, 7 January 2022 utc


Draft was rejected. Have a look why. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 20:05, 7 January 2022 (UTC) Just had an exchange about this. It really seems many confuse Chibok with this. Oh. dear. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 23:38, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

I'm considering deleting the draft; it's been declined twice now. No point. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 11:39, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Assuming the kidnap actually happened (i.e if it was successful) it would have been accepted. HandsomeBoy (talk) 19:18, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
Any more such arguments about this issue that I can answer? Not attacking anyone here, if anything I want to know more about the sorts of things I might meet on this that are likely to be (un)convincing. I often find though when I question such, I may be met with silence or more policy hurdles. In any case I'd like to practise by answering all these objections, excuses or justifications all at once. Also we dont know that. I don't think we know that if the kidnapping occurred this would be different. Feel free to accept my challenge. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 15:06, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
I understand you. What I mean is that if every kidnap attempt is having an independent articles, Wikipedia content may lose its factual value. Also, per WP:CRYSTALBALL, there is a level of substantiated coverage that is needed for such as article, and it is not common with "attempt" articles. This does not mean that a terrorist attempt can not be notable for Wikipedia, it just means it is easier to attain notability if it graduates from an attempt to an actual incident.HandsomeBoy (talk) 09:40, 10 January 2022 (UTC)



Some rationales... Bokoharamwatch (talk) 14:35, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

"Your submission at Articles for creation: Gombe kidnap attempt (January 7) "

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Eagleash was:
Thank you for your submission, but the subject of this article already exists in Wikipedia. You can find it and improve it at 2014 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping instead.
Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
Eagleash (talk) 18:38, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
"Your submission at Articles for creation: Gombe kidnap attempt (January 8)"
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Dan arndt was:
This submission appears to be a news report of a single event and may not be notable enough for an article in Wikipedia. Please see Wikipedia:NOT#NEWS and Wikipedia:ONEEVENT for more information.
Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
Dan arndt (talk) 06:31, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Focus on my mind

SO much stuff, so little time to cover it. I may need to refocus on mission. Nigeria, Nigeria.... Bokoharamwatch (talk) 18:31, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

@Bokoharamwatch: I can relate with that. We just have to do the little we can and hope someone else carries the baton when we are nolonger motivated to continue.HandsomeBoy (talk) 19:36, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
Yeah, thanks. But I'm thinking more of the goings on recently. I've made so many recent stubs it's ridiculous. And not nearly enough! I feel like I'm gonna drown. Hence, the refocus. So no lack of motivation. Just time....Bokoharamwatch (talk) 20:15, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
I can also relate with that. Its good to know we have you covering security-related articles. :)HandsomeBoy (talk) 13:01, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Sokoto

What's going on here? There seems to be several things going on at once. Anyone explain? Bokoharamwatch (talk) 19:21, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Sabon Birni? Goronyo?

Can you wikilink and highlight the specific issues you are having? Sabon Birni and Goronyo while a stub, seem good to me. HandsomeBoy (talk) 19:16, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks. There seem to be several killings in Sokoto. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 22:53, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
You can create a list page as a sub of your userpage where you will be itemizing all of these. This is so we won't lose track of the happenings. Even if we don't have independent articles for all of them, we can certainly have a combined article that covers the security situation in Sokoto State.HandsomeBoy (talk) 09:28, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Others

My focus has come at a good time. There is at least one of the recent stubs (2018 Adamawa Taraba) proposed for deletion. Possibly more may follow. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 18:22, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

The article is quite short and not well integrated into Wikipedia. Perhaps you should expand it more. Secondly, please try to indent your comments and replies using the semi-colon. Also, looking at Draft:Gombe kidnap attempt, I completely disagree with the first decline reason, Chibok is not even in Gombe so that should not be a basis for a decline. Can I also ask why you use AFC instead of creating them directly? Please indent your replies!! HandsomeBoy (talk) 18:27, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
I guess articles like this is why I decided to refocus on BH articles (as the Niger delta is not as hot). So many/much so little time. I could create several stubs, but might annoy people. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 22
09, 16 January 2022 (UTC) Oh and for the rest, see section above, and where I discuss this. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 22
15, 16 January 2022 (UTC) ps A bit more explanation. This had only one reference that wasn't banned or a blog.

Nnamdi Kanu

Hello, and a good morning to y’all. I wanted to ask if the page Nnamdi Kanu could be protected to avoid the POV pushing by his followers. Best, Reading BeansTalk to the Beans 06:55, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Reading Beans file an official request(report) with diffs to corroborate your complaints at WP:RFPP. Celestina007 (talk) 22:10, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Community Notification

Hello good people! I will like to inform the general public that I have an upcoming project Nigerian women in politics Edit-a-thon [22]. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sanusi Gado (talk • contribs) 22:11, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

FIRST ANTI-BULLYING DAY HELD IN LAGOS, NIGERIA by Dr.NIYI OSILAJA

Leadnow Youth Development Initiative In conjunction with the Lagos State Ministry of Education held its first ever anti-bullying campaign to mark the 2022 International Day Against Violence, Bullying At School Including Cyberbullying; perhaps the first of its kind to assume its loudest in Nigeria since its observance across the world.

The event which was held at Ikeja Grammar School had in attendance about 300 students. Guests speakers from all walks of life including the schools' counsellors and teachers as well as representatives from the Lagos State Ministry of Education.

The theme of this year's event is: Lift Each Other Up.

The theme, though borrowed from Canada where the celebration originated, is being adopted to mark this year's anti-bullying day. The theme portrays elemental significance of tolerance, love and care for young people including adults who are faced with threats of bullying, that in the face of circumstantial ordeals in which they have been maltreated and traumatised, suffered maganalisation and discrimination, they can be strengthened, and in addition, that prevention and elimination of violence and bullying related attitude is possible in our society

Speaking at the event, the initiator and the head of the youth organisation, Dr Niyi Osilaja said that the time has come now to give anti-bullying vigorous campaign and serious sensitization. Young people were asked to speak up and report bullying cases in the anti-bullying box shared and given to schools by the organisation. A book entitled: Overcoming Bullying in School - a parental, teacher and social responsibility was launched, together with Leadnow Club.

Since Sylvester Oromoni saga that took hold of the social media in 2021, which apparently caused commotion in the nation, bullying has gained a nationwide attention with Lagos State Government making a serious move against it.

On the 10th of December, 2021 Governor Sanwo-Olu led a massive campaign against bullying in schools while at the commissioning of a hostel and block of classrooms at Lagos State Model College, Ikorodu. The Governor said, "Let us all stop bullying, we would not allow bullying in any of our schools. If you are in a senior school, you are not meant to bully your junior pupils. You are meant to encourage and support them. You should never bully any students because they will also grow up to become senior students. So, say it out, if anybody is unnecessarily bullying. It is when you support each other that you will grow to become great students and citizens of this nation.” This is a social problem in our society today which remains a thing of great concern to everyone. It is believed that this will curb bullying and all sort of violence in schools and promote peace and development. 105.112.75.83 (talk) 15:48, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

How does this concerns WikiProject Nigeria, or even Wikipedia as a whole?? Maybe you should create a Wikipedia username so I can get more historical context to this.HandsomeBoy (talk) 10:17, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Help with this draft page: Yonov Frederick Agah

Dear all, I hope that you are all fine? Please note that the Wikipedia page of Yonov Frederick Agah, was moved to the draft space. It was stated that "incubate in draftspace, BLP for active diplomat that badly sourced. Great article apart from that". In this case, as Wikipedia articles that have not been improved on will be deleted after six months - I wanted to kindly request help in improving the page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Yonov_Frederick_Agah thank you. Planetearth285 (talk) 11:40, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

@Planetearth285: I have added the article to my watchlist. I will make some contributions as time permits. But a quick one, instead of writing Teaching, 1978 – 1982 as a section header, I think 1978 - 1982: Academic engagements is more in line with our manual of style. You also need to limit the content to very key information, it needs to be trimmed down a bit. There are unnecessary information in the article. Then lastly and probably the most important are your references. Some sections in the article do not even have a single reference. Many have just one reference with a lot of text and multiple paragraphs. You need to make it clear where you are getting those information from. Regards.HandsomeBoy (talk) 10:14, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
Hi @HandsomeBoy: thanks a lot for your response, and for agreeing to contribute to the draft, I really appreciate it. On changing "Teaching, 1978 – 1982 as a section header, to 1978 - 1982: Academic engagements" - the suggested change is very fine with me, I can update it accordingly. Regarding references and cutting things down, I also agree with you. At the moment, I am actually working on gathering more references, but this has been challenging tbh, but I will edit the page as advised. Lastly, please I would love to collaborate with you on this page. So, I really hope that time permits you to make changes. Thanks once again Planetearth285 (talk) 12:55, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
@ Planetearth285, I would advise not editing the page per concerns on your talk page. If HandsomeBoy is willing to contribute I think it best to make suggestions and let that editor make changes. Otr500 (talk) 14:20, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Otr500: ahh, I am getting different advises. I was told by a different editor that in the draft, I could edit it. However, in this case @HandsomeBoy: or Otr500, please make the changes as suggested by HandsomeBoy. Thank you Planetearth285 (talk) 16:43, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification voting open from 7 to 21 March 2022

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The ratification voting process for the revised enforcement guidelines of the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) is now open! Voting commenced on SecurePoll on 7 March 2022 and will conclude on 21 March 2022. Please read more on the voter information and eligibility details.

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Sincerely,

Movement Strategy and Governance

Zuz (WMF) (talk) 10:44, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Wikimedia for Digital Literacy: NLA @ 60th Anniversary

Hi Community Members,

I am writing to notify this community of the grant proposal. The projection is aimed at consolidating the success recorded so far and engendering Wikimedia projects as a veritable tool for promoting digital literacy LIS educators, Librarians and Library students. See here for do

Kind regards

  1. Atibrarian (talk) 16:24, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Community Notification

Hello all,

I am writing to notify you all about the 2022 Hackathon in Kwara State proposed grant. Click here to view the proposal.

Kind regards, Favourdare123 (talk) 16:24, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

@Favourdare123: Thank you for the notification. You should consider adding your username as a member of WikiProject Nigeria, it helps in facilitating progression and on-wiki developments.HandsomeBoy (talk) 10:57, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia Awareness for Library and Information Science Students in Nigeria

Hello All, Here is a notification and link to my grant proposal here You are welcome to endorse it. Thanks Linason Blessing (talk) 20:11, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

@Linason Blessing: Thank you for the notification. You should consider adding your username as a member of WikiProject Nigeria, it helps in facilitating progression and on-wiki developments. My challenge is - before endorsing I always have suggestions/questions/etc. Sometimes it is best I don't endorse. HandsomeBoy (talk) 11:03, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
Okay, i have done just that sir Thanks for the observation.. Linason Blessing (talk) 15:39, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

AWC in Nigeria

Good day to you all,

I am using the medium to inform you all about the proposed Africa Wiki Challenge grant. You can check here to view the grant page.

Thank you very much.

Best regards, Major Lyte (talk) 09:15, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

@Major Lyte: Thank you for the notification. You should consider adding your username as a member of WikiProject Nigeria, it helps in facilitating progression and on-wiki developments.HandsomeBoy (talk) 11:17, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources

Main page: User:Headbomb/unreliable

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

  • John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

and turns it into something like

It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Federal Medical Centres, University Teaching Hospitals and Federal Specialty Hospitals in Nigeria Contest

A contest will be organized for Nigerian editors on English Wikipedia to create articles about Federal Medical Centres, University Teaching Hospitals and Federal Specialty Hospitals in Nigeria.

The contest is expected to run from 1 June till 30th June 2022.

Your comments and feedback regarding the contest are duly welcome. Thanks everyone. —Nnadigoodluck███ 11:15, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

This is a good one. I love how you limited to only a certain category of hospitals that should be automatically notable as long as verifiable content can be found about them. HandsomeBoy (talk) 19:41, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
HandsomeBoy Thanks for your feedback. —Nnadigoodluck███ 19:43, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Several issues and goings-on

I want to talk more about this topic here, from January. It was denied publication. July 2015 Adamawa and Borno States attacks article moved to draftspace. And, and whatabout the Easter Imo attack? And explosion? Imo seems, hmmm...Bokoharamwatch (talk) 21:45, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

I am thinking if you can look for a way to group these articles rather than individual articles, it will be more encyclopaedia worthy. For example, we have had several attacks in South Eastern Nigeria this year, instead of creating articles for each of them, you can have something like 2022 Biafra agitation in Southeastern Nigeria, something along that line. People need to know what is happening in Nigeria.HandsomeBoy (talk) 00:27, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Art + Feminism 2022

Dear all,

This is to inform you that I’d be having a project joining the Art + Feminism project, by creating and improving articles about Nigerian Women on Wikipedia B.Korlah (talk) 11:03, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

This is a good one B.Korlah, but I want to suggest that you start to thinking of ways that will limit the chances of participants creating articles that will be contested from a notability point of view. Something like what Nnadi plans to do in his hospital editaton. I know you have good intentions but it is what it is. If possible, if we can even encourage improvement of existing ones, rather than new articles, it will be great. HandsomeBoy (talk) 00:21, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

I understand and thank you for your feedback. I appreciate B.Korlah (talk) 06:51, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Join Federal Medical Centres, University Teaching Hospitals and Federal Specialty Hospitals in Nigeria Contest

You're specially invited to join the Federal Medical Centres, University Teaching Hospitals and Federal Specialty Hospitals in Nigeria Contest from 25 May 2022 to 25 June 2022.

Federal Medical Centres, University Teaching Hospitals and Federal Specialty Hospitals are Federal government of Nigeria owned hospitals controlled by the Federal Ministry of Health. There are a total of 22 Federal Medical Centres, 20 University Teaching Hospitals and 13 Federal Specialty Hospitals in Nigeria, but articles about these hospitals are missing on Wikipedia and this project will seek to create these articles on the English Wikipedia.

Sign up for this contest by listing your username under the participants section.

Souvenirs will be awarded to participants at the end of the contest

For more information concerning the contest and how to fully participate, visit the contest page by clicking here.

If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:25, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Deborah Samuel

Nice to see someone beat me on this topic. How do we take forward this topic? Bokoharamwatch (talk) 21:45, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Bokoharamwatch Has an article been created already? Can't seem to find it. She does not meet the notability guidelines for people, but the incident does meet Wikipedia guideline. Then she can be a redirect to the murder article. Good to see you back here.HandsomeBoy (talk) 22:57, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
Why don't you give it a shot? I am interested in this article. HandsomeBoy (talk) 22:59, 14 May 2022 (UTC)


Yes it was created. I'm looking for other similar articles. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 01:58, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi @HandsomeBoy, here’s the link of the article created:

of Deborah Yakubu B.Korlah (talk) 11:06, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Deborah_Yakubu B.Korlah (talk) 11:07, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks. I didn't know her name was also "Yakubu".HandsomeBoy (talk) 00:23, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
Another one, see below. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 16:30, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Abuja killing

I believe another one happened in yesterday- it seems that blasphemy and religious violence articles in NIgeria need significant updates. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 16:34, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

I completely agree with you. There was also a terrorist attack at a Catholic Church in OWo yesterday.HandsomeBoy (talk) 15:07, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Endorsement and Feedback

Hello and good day to you all our experience editors i informing you about my project [23]. Aishaadam2022 (talk) 17:22, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

Sani Abacha

No not that guy, but Suleiman Abacha (footballer). He exists at Galadima Football Club, like namesake both now late. Put in a request for those in the know. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 17:45, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

lol. I was wondering if that guy has reincarnated :). Don't mind me, just kidding but on a more serious note, WP:FOOTYN can be quite tense for uncapped African players. I see he was signed to Budapest_Honvéd_FC in 2020 1, but he is not listed in their squad list which makes it difficult to verify if he played for the senior team. The Hungarian elite league (Nemzeti Bajnokság I) is listed as a fully professional league, so if he has played for them, he will be worthy of a Wikipedia article. I searched for a reference that showed that he has been featured in the team but found none. Considering he was just 18 years when he signed the contract, it is very possible he was drafted to the reserve or junior team. There is also information that he recently cancelled his contract with the team 2. Finally, while the Nigerian elite league is regarded as fully professional on WP, Galadima Academy has only been part of the amateur divisions while Abacha was with them. The summary of what I am saying is that, just signing a contract with a professional team is not enough, you need to actually play for the team in a pro league to stand a chance of being notable.HandsomeBoy (talk) 10:49, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

To the unnamed, above - noted, more later/ Bokoharamwatch (talk) 04:24, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

It is me lol. Forgot to sign. HandsomeBoy (talk) 10:49, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Egbo (food)

I was wondering if active editors from this wikiproject could take a look at Egbo (food)? The article claims that it's a staple food and I'm inclined to believe the editor that wrote that, but the sourcing doesn't seem ideal to me. Maybe someone with better access to Nigerian sources and is more aware of the general context could help improve the article? Clovermoss (talk) 01:24, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Clovermoss Thank you for bringing this here. Luckily for Wikipedia, I know a lot of indigenous people from Ibadan. I will get direct information from them, then look for a source to substantiate their claims before giving you a reply. I had a quick look at the meaning of "Staple foods" through Google as it is a first for me. Regards.HandsomeBoy (talk) 10:47, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
If "Staple Food" means a meal that is of cultural interest to an ethnic group, then I think it falls in that category. I am pretty sure similar corn meals exist in other parts of the world, but might differ in the manner of preparation. There are even packaged products in the area concerning it. I couldn't find reliable sources, but these sites provide some insight on the one by Yoruba people (i.e Egbo) 1, 2. Indigenous African meals is one of those areas that it can be difficult to find sources online. HandsomeBoy (talk) 11:04, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Wikimedia Promotions in Federal University of Kashere

I want to inform you about my proposal to promote Wikimedia activities in Federal University Kashere. Your suggestions and recommendations will be appreciated at the discussion page of the proposal. Thank you. https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Rapid_Fund/Wikimedia_Promotions_in_Federal_University_of_Kashere_(ID:_21905642) Ibjaja055 (talk) 12:52, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

@Ibjaja055: Please provide a link so interested persons will easily locate the page.HandsomeBoy (talk) 11:00, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
Thank you. I have added the link Ibjaja055 (talk) 13:34, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Politics § 2023 Nigerian general election

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Politics § 2023 Nigerian general election. The discussion is about the article title of 2023 Nigerian general election. Regards, —usernamekiran (talk) 15:25, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for bringing this here. As Wikipedians, we spend a lot of time on less-valuable things, while ignoring highly valuable content areas. If we can redirect some of our talkpage energy to actual article content, Wikipedia will be more better for everyone. That is my personal take on the discussion.HandsomeBoy (talk) 00:55, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol

 New Page Patrol needs experienced volunteers
  • New Page Patrol is currently struggling to keep up with the influx of new articles, including Nigeria related articles. We could use a few extra hands on deck, if you think you can help.
  • Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia policies and guidelines; Wikipedia needs experienced users to perform this task, and there are precious few with the appropriate skills. Even a couple of reviews a day can make a big difference.
  • If you would like to join the project and help out, please see the granting conditions and review our instructions page. You can apply for the user-right HERE. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:53, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Loves SDGs Global Edit-a-thon 2022

Dear Wikimedian,

This is to notify you of the upcoming global event which is aimed at celebrating the global goal week in September.

We will appreciate if you can invite your community members within Nigeria who are interested in topics that is about the SDGs and localising the English content would be highly appreciated this time.

You can do well to reach out to the team for any further information by sending email to: wikilovessdgsng@gmail.com

We look forward to having you on board. You can take a look at the proposal here and you can also add your comment, here Thank you for your time.

Best regards, James Moore200 (talk) 14:48, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

Organiser. James Moore200 (talk) 14:48, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

Flag of the Republic of Benin (1967)

Hello. I believe that the article about the Flag of the Republic of Benin (1967) needs actual sources, and I am afraid, that the existance of the flag might have been made up. As of now, the only source given is a list of governors of the region. It lists a photo of the flag, with no further description, nor any source for where it comes from. Additionally, I personally couldn't find any actual information about the existence of the flag. The only mention online I could find is crwflags.com. This website is a blog, and and author there doesn't states any actual sources. What is more, Commons credits that blog, as the source of the flag image. All of this, together with the fact that the Republic of Benin existed only from around 7 hours, from its announcement to its fall to Nigerian army, and the fact, that design of the flag is basically just the flag Biafra, makes me worried that the flag did not actually existed, and had been made up by somebody online. This is why I'm writing here, asking for help in finding any proper source, mentioning the flag, or, deleting this article, in case no source can be found.

Sincerelly, Artemis Andromeda (talk) 13:54, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for the notification Artemis Andromeda. So I will answer you in two ways. Your concern is very valid. I also did a search and the best I could see was Vintage News, which does not only seem unreliable, but also does not go into detail on how they verified the flag was for Benin, and looked copied from Wikipedia. Despite this, if I were to use my discretion to decide if this is a hoax or not, I will likely say it is not. I have seen this kind of scenario play itself before and it is usually a case of lack of web resources being freely available on African topics rather than a fabrication. But the risk and the damage that can be done to Wikipedia reputation is too high to take such chances, as such I will perfectly support the said article is nominated for deletion so that more eyes can be on it. I will also share this to a group of scholarly Wikipedians to see if any of them have substantial evidence to back it up. HandsomeBoy (talk) 00:13, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Ngwa language

Hi I’m a new page reviewer and I have some concerns about this article. A number of new articles on Ngwa-related topics appeared at once. Some are fine but I’m not sure about this one. I can’t find a single source online about a Ngwa language. Our article on Igbo language says Ngwa is a dialect of Igbo. The options are 1. Pass it as it is because it’s fine 2. Rename it to “Ngwa dialect” and pass it 3. Redirect to Igbo language 4. Something else. I’d appreciate views from members of this WikiProject on what’s best. Many thanks Mccapra (talk) 04:52, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Yes, Ngwa is one of the igbo dialects spoken in Abịa State were other dialects are spoken too like the Ubakala and Nsirimo dialects,Nigeria.It is a dialect and NGWA DIALECT is better.
Akwugo (talk) 03:34, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

Yes, Ngwa is a dialect in Igbo Language. It is widely spoken by Abia State residents in Nigeria. Therefore, Ngwa is a dialect under the Igbo Language. Iwuala Lucy (talk) 05:31, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

NGWA is one of the varieties of Igbo language and a dialect under Igbo language. The same way as Anambra, Owerri and the rest of the dialects. General Igbo is the only acceptable and should be the only acceptable form of the Igbo language. This will enable people read and understand articles written with it clearly without difficulty. Thank you. Onyeike Izuchi (talk) 09:43, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks everyone page moved to Ngwa dialect. Mccapra (talk) 04:27, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Sources help

Does this project have a list of reliable/unreliable sources similar to WP:RSPSOURCES? I'm presently working on the World Digital Song Sales page and trying to locate non-Billboard-based secondary sources that mention or discuss Wizkid, Burna Boy, Mr Eazi and Tems achieving number-ones on the chart. -- Carlobunnie (talk) 17:37, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

I'm just passing by to ask a question myself, but I've found this useful for sources: Wikipedia:WikiProject Nigeria/Nigerian sources Mujinga (talk) 11:55, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
I swear I scrolled the Project's mainpage twice and didn't see this anywhere, so tysm for the link! -- Carlobunnie (talk) 16:35, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Building awareness in Federal University of Akure

Dear all, This is a notification that a grant submission has been made for building wikimedia awareness in Federal University of Akure. Thanks Tesleemah (talk) 02:54, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Please provide a link to your event meta page. Regards.HandsomeBoy (talk) 19:33, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

'Yemi

Hiya I'm working on the article for Yemi Adamolekun and I've noticed some sources (including her employer) give her name as ‘Yemi Adamolekun, with an apostrophe at the beginning. Can someone advise what the best name for the page title is? Cheers! Mujinga (talk) 11:57, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

@Mujinga: Thank you for answering the earlier question by Carlobunnie, it is greatly appreciated. Concerning your own query, from my little understanding of the Yoruba language, putting an apostrophe in front of "Yemi" does not make any sense but then it is her name, and she must have her reasons. I was also able to find independent sources that precedes the name with an apostrophe, so it is not a oneoff or typo. From my understanding on how Wikipedia works, I will say use the apostrophe in all occurrence of her name in her article but keep the title index without an apostrophe. I hope this makes sense and is helpful. Have a nice day. Regards.HandsomeBoy (talk) 19:23, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
Yes her own twitter account uses the apostrophe so it must be intended. Great, I'll do as you suggest then and if any Yoruba speakers have an opinion please feel free to edit the article. Cheers for the answer! Mujinga (talk) 20:28, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia @ 22

Hello Wikimedians! I wish to inform you all that I will be hosting "Hausa Community Wikipedia @22" event. I am open for advice and collaboration. Thank you all! Sanusi Gado (talk) 15:54, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Wikimedia Promotions in Federal Polytechnic Kaltungo

The project is aimed at promoting Wikipedia and it's sisters' projects in Federal Polytechnic Kaltungo. This is the link to the proposal https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Rapid_Fund/Wikimedia_Promotions_in_Federal_Polytechnic_Kaltungo_(ID:_22007680)


Ibjaja055 (talk) 10:14, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

Mustapha Ado Muhammad

Hi! Everyone,

I am currently working on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Mustapha_Ado_Muhammad. While he's a popular business person in the North, I realise there are not enough sources on him looking at the review I got.

Is there anyway anyone can help with more sources on him? Ajatontiriajabale (talk) 10:32, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Hello Ajatontiriajabale, I see it was deleted via an AFD discussion just four days ago. When an article goes through AFD, it is best you wait for several months before considering recreating it. Except you want to contest the AFD consensus (which I will not recommend). Let me also add that the notability threshold for businessmen is quite high since there is a high chance of COI. In summary, just continue to monitor sources about him. Four days is too short to recreate a previously deleted article. PS: I did not do any Google search on the subject so don't have a personal opinion yet. HandsomeBoy (talk) 12:04, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
If he has a national honour, you should include that in the article. Most prominent businessmen should have one.HandsomeBoy (talk) 12:08, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Review

I have been working on the Qdot article in the draft and I need a page reviewer to review it so that I can know where to improve. Ibjaja055 (talk) 07:20, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Hello Ibjaja055. In the article, you did not specify the awarding body that issued the "best indigenous artiste" award. Just listing the category is not enough, we need to also evaluate the body that issued the award. Secondly, in the infobox image, I can see he is holding an MTV plaque, did he win MTV award?? I need to know these or/and have them reflected in the article before doing a sources assessment on the subject.HandsomeBoy (talk) 18:08, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Dabo Aliyu

Can anyone from WP:NG find a reliable source which can be used to verify the death of Dabo Aliyu? The description given for the infobox image File:Portrait of Dabo Aliyu in uniform.jpg states the Aliyu died in 2020, but there's no content related to his death currently in the article. Unless his death can be verified in accordance with WP:BDP, the article is going to remain categorized as a BLP, which in turn means that a non-free image is not really going to be allowed to be used for primary identification purposes. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:31, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Hello Marchjuly, thanks for stopping by. According to this source from PM News, he is infact truly dead. I will reflect it in the article immediately. I always admire the thoroughness of Wikipedians. HandsomeBoy (talk) 16:56, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
Thank you so much for helping sort this out HandsomeBoy. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:39, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Traditional marriage in Hausa culture

Hi editors, I'm one of the reviewers at AfC (Articles for Creation). Currently this article has been submitted, but I'm wondering whether the content could/should be merged into Arranged marriage? As this is the only WikiProject listed on that page, I'll take consensus here, and any editors who might agree are, of course, free to merge any content (with attribution - see Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia) to that page. Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 18:23, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Mattdaviesfsic Personally, I disagree to a merge. I think this is a topic that in routinely covered in reliable sources and core to Northern Nigerian tradition. I will shed more light on why the article should remain standalone, but I'd love to know what Ammarpad and Anasskoko thinks first.HandsomeBoy (talk) 12:47, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
@HandsomeBoy, indeed this should be a standalone article. There are pretty even academic sources that cover Hausa marriage rituals in detail. – Ammarpad (talk) 13:47, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Traditional Hausa marriage is topic on its own which I have gone through is, the article cover all the process of marriage in the Hausa land. I also disagreed for merging the article. It's should be on it owned.Inyor4mr (talk) 13:09, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks Inyor4mr and HandsomeBoy for your views against the merge. I'm happy to accept it as a standalone article, but - of course - feel free to edit it! Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 13:42, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Usman Faruk

Would some member of this WikiProject mind checking to see whether either this or this would be considered reliable sources for verifying Usman Faruk is deceased? The article is still classified as a WP:BLP, but the file description for the image being used in the main infobox states that Faruk is dead, and the infobox states he died in December 2020. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:47, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Done. Sure he is dead. The references are correct.HandsomeBoy (talk) 22:00, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for looking into this HandsomeBoy. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:55, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

ENTRY ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA

The entry that "The group was founded in 2012 by Nnamdi Kanu" is not correct. This organisation was founded by Nnamdi Kanu and Uche Mefor. The BBC report on 9th of January, 2023, captured the true and authentic position on paragraph 15: "Formed in 2012 by two UK-based Igbos, Nnamdi Kanu and Uche Mefor, as a peaceful movement...."( https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-64110852?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA).Could you please correct the Wikipedia report?-----UM. Mefonna (talk) 19:20, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Mefonna I agree with you in some way, but also disagree in some other way. And I will use an example to illustrate this. If you are asked, who is the founder of Facebook, most people will consider "Mark Zukerberg" as the most correct answer even though there were other co-founders. Based on multiple sources I have seen over the years, Nnamdi Kanu was the most significant of the founders of IPOB (I didn't even know there were others until today) so I can understand why Uche Mefor might have been overlooked in the Wikipedia article. Nevertheless, I agree with you that it should be mentioned in the article and I will do that rightaway. Wikipedia should document history exactly how it is. Lastly, let me mention that the Wikipedia article intelligently uses the term "leader", rather than "founder". There is a clear distinction between both. Uche Mafor might have been a co-founder, but is he still a leader of IPOB? I will only include his name in the infobox as a co-founder till we have sources that clearly explain his subsequent role in the organization. Thanks for bringing this up. Regards.HandsomeBoy (talk) 13:19, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Alert

Yo, 2023 Nigerian presidential election now has its own categories page. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 02:41, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

check it out. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 02:43, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
Yeah, thanks. HandsomeBoy (talk) 13:11, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Community Notification: Wikimedia Awareness and Training in Federal College of Education (T)

Dear all, I wish to notify WikiProject Nigeria that I have submitted a proposal for Wikipedia awareness in Federal College of Education (T). The project aims to create awareness & trandining on Wikimedia projects for librarians and students. The details of the project can be accessed through this link : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Rapid_Fund/Wikimedia_Awareness_and_Training_in_Federal_college_of_Education_(Technical)._(ID:_22069143)

Your support and advice will be highly appreciated.

Best wishes! Meritkosy (talk) 02:31, 1st April 2023 (UTC)

Meritkosy (talk) 01:35, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Nigeria Music Industry Including Record Labels

Anyone here active with previous experience reviewing wiki pages in Nigeria Music Industry? I have created a record label wiki page that is currently in review. It was original declined as requiring notable sources which is now added. Its been a while now and wiki page suggested reaching out through wiki talks of related projects to get supported. Wondering if anyone here can help. Thanks. 12closecall (talk) 18:09, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

A link to the article or draft might be helpful for volunteers to take a second look. Regards. Atibrarian (talk) 19:12, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
Here is the draft link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Etins_Records 12closecall (talk) 16:24, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
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