User talk:Phelie2024

Wikimedia South Africa Engagement Project

Good Day Wikipedia Contributor,

It is good to see the efforts you have made in 2024 to African Content on Wikipedia and we would encourage you to continue editing and contributing.

Wikimedia South Africa is a chapter founded on 25 February 2012 after being approved as a chapter by the Wikimedia Foundation on 26 March 2011. Our chapter seeks to promote local awareness of the projects and their proper academic use, encourage translation efforts into local languages and support the creation of local free knowledge and media.

We are always looking to support South Africans or Africans in the promotion of free knowledge and to promote the enhancement of local knowledge in local languages on wikipedia and online for the benefit of all. As a chapter engagement is an important strategic initiative and we would encourage you to check out the chapter on the links below.

Links:

Meta Page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_South_Africa

Facebook: Wikimedia South Africa

Twitter: @Wikimedia_ZA

Instagram: @wikimedia_za

Website: https://www.wmza.org/

Each month the Chapter hosts In-Person Meetups in Cape Town and Johannesburg where fellow Wikimedians and newcomers meet to enjoy refreshments and snacks and to discuss Wikipedia, Wikimedia South Africa initiatives and to isolate community needs.

In February our next Chapter Meetups will occur in person in Johannesburg at the Goethe Institut and in Cape Town at the Codebridge offices. The Meetup will occur on Saturday the 22nd February 2025 between 10:30am and 12:30pm. This meetup will be special as we will be celebrating the 13th Anniversary of Wikimedia South Africa and the 24th Anniversary of Wikipedia.

There will be refreshments and entertainment.

We will be reflecting on our past year as well as our plans for the Chapter in 2025 and would love for you to participate. If you are able to attend in person please RSVP so we can appropriately plan by completing the form by 12th February 2025.

Can’t join in person no problem online participation will be available and an option is available in the form above as well.

Best Regards,

Wikimedia South Africa Indiphile Ntliziyombi (WMZA) (talk) 20:45, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: LUSANDA MCINGA, THE COMMUNITY PROMINENT FIGURE (June 18)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Curb Safe Charmer were:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

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 after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:LUSANDA MCINGA, THE COMMUNITY PROMINENT FIGURE and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 09:57, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Phelie2024! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 09:57, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]