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Picture of Shuwa Arab woman for the Baggara Wikipedia Article

Hello how are you doing? I hope your having a great day. The photo you provided is of the Baggara Arab tribe yes indeed but it is not an accurate representation of the Baggara or how they dress and would be unfair and inappropriate to cite thag photo which was taken by a European traveler who had no idea of the culture, dress, and lifestyle of the Baggara and claim this is how their women dress like. I removed the photo because it does not accurately represent the Baggara Arab dress and culture. Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 16:39, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

hey. maybe they did dress like that in Bornu as Denham, the traveller, made the drawing while he was in Bornu and from the Shuwa women he met. BlueSahelian (talk) 16:50, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Yes but this is not an accurate representation of how the Baggara Arab women dress if you want you can bring a modern photo of the Baggara women dress, but this photo only represents a specific section of the Baggara Arab society in Chad, and is not a representative dress of the Baggara as a whole. Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 16:54, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

But the people depicted there are Shuwa (Baggara) wearing clothing unique to the Shuwa (of Bornu).

"specific section of the Baggara Arab society in Chad, and is not a representative dress of the Baggara as a whole"

That is why I put "Shuwa Arab women in Bornu (1826)" very clear that these are Shuwa Arab women of Bornu in 1826. I am sure modern Shuwa people of Nigeria and Chad would like to know how their people dressed centuries ago. BlueSahelian (talk) 17:04, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Try Flickr they have many amazing photos of the Baggara in Chad. Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 16:57, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

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Idris Alooma

Hi BlueSahelian. You added a reference for "Barth 1926" to Idris Alooma, but no such work is defined in the article. Could you add the required cite, or let me know what work this refers to? -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 18:46, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Hey. Yeah sorry, it was the 20th reference on the article. From this link: https://archive.org/details/travelsdiscoveri21857bart/page/658/mode/2up BlueSahelian (talk) 18:49, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, fixed in this edit -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 19:00, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you...

...for your work on Asokoro. Keep up the good work! Best, Reading Beans (talk) 05:24, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate it. BlueSahelian (talk) 09:59, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

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1959 Nigerian general election

Hello. Many thanks for adding the detailed results of this election. Would it be possible to add the full results (including all candidates and the number of votes cast), for example like this or this? It would also enable a full summary results table to be produced. Cheers. Number 57 12:32, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Alright ill try my best. BlueSahelian (talk) 23:37, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

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Regarding Adamawa Central senatorial district

Hello, BlueSahelian. I came across your article and wanted to let you know about MOS:COLOR. Basically, it is part of the Manual of Style with COLOR focusing on the accessibility of articles using colors. The reason I brought this up is due to the use of the party colors making it hard to read the text and the links in the Party column. If you can adjust the color to something that MOS:COLORS recommends, then that would be preferred. Alternatively, it might be better to edit the cell to split is and have the color be beside the text, like in this first table. Hope this helps, Super Goku V (talk) 09:24, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. BlueSahelian (talk) 11:59, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

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	nice work on Hayatu ibn Sa'id. Can you add the Arabic name please (if you know it) FuzzyMagma (talk) 16:29, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar. I appreciate it.

Sure, no problem. Ill add that right now. BlueSahelian (talk) 19:35, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

WikiProject

Hi, I see you've contributed a lot to Kingdom of Kano, would you be interested in a taskforce on oral tradition? Kowal2701 (talk) 20:10, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Yeah sure, I'll contribute what I can. BlueSahelian (talk) 20:17, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi, got questioms

got questions don allah Peaq1 (talk) 01:30, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

how far. what's the question? BlueSahelian (talk) 01:34, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

help me improve my draft Peaq1 (talk) 14:39, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

Sure, can you send the link? BlueSahelian (talk) 14:52, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks inflowbit Peaq1 (talk) 14:54, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

I am sorry but I dont do companies. Ill do what I can but it wont be much, unfortunately. BlueSahelian (talk) 18:20, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

okay thanks mate, please which one do you do? Peaq1 (talk) 20:17, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

I just created another article, Draft:Emma Ojinere please have a look and help improve. Peaq1 (talk) 00:05, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

I'll add what I can. BlueSahelian (talk) 23:25, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

I've learnt a lot from you in couple of past days, thank you. If I have any questions I will ask sir Peaq1 (talk) 09:28, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi sir, it's me again. I wrote another article. Can you have a look and improve it? Thanks Peaq1 (talk) 00:42, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Sure, Ill check it out. BlueSahelian (talk) 00:12, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, I am no longer interested in that person. BlueSahelian (talk) 00:29, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

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  This may be a mistake? Is it because the wiki article and the alleged victim of the copyright infringement both quoted the manifesto? BlueSahelian (talk) 20:38, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

  @JBW Can you help me with an answer? BlueSahelian (talk) 20:42, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

The URL given in the message above appears to be to another copy rather than to the original, but that doesn't matter: either way it is evidence that the text was copied from somewhere. I have searched extensively and failed to find any evidence anywhere that the text is either freely licensed or in the public domain. If it is, then we need evidence that it is: Wikipedia policy does not allow us to presume that text is available for free re-publication without evidence. JBW (talk) 21:27, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

The text was first published in 1950, 74 years ago. According to Nigeria's copyright rules, the work is in the public domain as it was published more than 70 years ago. BlueSahelian (talk) 21:34, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

OK, thanks for clarifying that. I have restored the article. JBW (talk) 22:16, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. BlueSahelian (talk) 22:23, 9 September 2024 (UTC)