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Proposal for a 200-WikiProject contest

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Haiti articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release

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Would Love Your Collaboration

http://www.afropedea.org -sak passe —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.186.48.62 (talk) 02:30, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject cleanup listing

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Soliny Védrine

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Soliny Védrine may be of interest to this project. J04n(talk page) 11:42, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month

Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Haiti will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Haiti's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 23:25, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Merger proposal : Olmeus Charles and Charles Olemus

I propose to merge Olmeus Charles and Charles Olemus because it seemed that it is the same person. In fact the real name should be Charles Olmeus (first name Charles and second name Olmeus), but I am not so sure, and I have not found sources which will garanty this. The discussion is here Talk:Olmeus Charles.--Berdea (talk) 10:51, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Who knows Haitian Creole?

Is there anyone here who knows Haitian Creole? I have some article requests on the Haitian Creole Wikipedia... WhisperToMe (talk) 17:10, 9 September 2012 (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)

Pageview stats

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

Hard Choices, new article about book on humanitarian intervention

I've created a new article about the book on humanitarian intervention, titled, Hard Choices: Moral Dilemmas in Humanitarian Intervention.

Help with suggesting additional secondary sources would be appreciated at the article's talk page, at Talk:Hard Choices (Moore book).

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 17:31, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Restavec listed at Requested moves

A requested move discussion has been initiated for Restavec to be moved to Restavek. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 22:48, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Question

We recently had an article listed on Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English on a certain Ady Jean-Gardy, as the article was in French. Having done some translation and editing on it, we're not entirely sure on the notability of this person. His cornerstone projects (according to the bio) such as the Fédération de la Presse Africaine and the Fédération de la Presse Haïtienne throw up virtually zero google hits. I was wondering if someone with better knowledge of Haitian topic could have a look and maybe give us some input? Thanks. Akerbeltz (talk) 14:20, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Jimmy 0 article

I invite participation in the proposed deletion of the Jimmy O article. Jimmy O was a Haitian hip-hop artist who died in the earthquake last week.David Straub (talk) 20:56, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

{{2010 Haiti earthquake}}

FYI - There're questions about Haiti on the Talk:2010 Haiti earthquake page and other talk pages in regards to the geography of Haiti...

76.66.195.93 (talk) 08:43, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

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2010 Haitian cholera outbreak

A new article created, 2010 Haitian cholera outbreak. Feel free to contribute. Plenty of sources exists. --Kslotte (talk) 21:05, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Article is currently an candidate for In the news on the main page. Help expand it, so it will be classified as a releasable news. --Kslotte (talk) 13:23, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Article needed on diplomatic crisis between the Dominican Republic and Haiti in 2013

On the Spanish Wikipedia, I discovered: es:Crisis diplomática entre República Dominicana y Haití de 2013. I realized there is no English article. Is anyone interested in starting it? WhisperToMe (talk) 01:30, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

New Article: Structural Violence in Haiti

Hello! I am a student at Rice University and am currently a member of a class on Poverty, Gender, and Human Capabilities. One of our assignments is to produce a Wikipedia contribution. I am currently working on a contribution regarding structural violence in Haiti and I just want to share a bit more on my planned contribution and to receive any comments and advice that you might have.

I will be creating a new entry on structural violence in Haiti and would just like to share a bit on the outline that I have. For my article, I will begin with a definition of “Structural Violence” and its relevance in Haiti. I will then elaborate on how different axes of oppression, specifically gender, race (ethnicity), and socioeconomic status, negatively influence the level of structural marginalization. I will then move on to cover some of the major impacts of Structural Violence. Currently, I have identified four major impacts: Poverty, Education, Access to Healthcare, and Health Outcomes. Immediately following impacts, I will cover the factors that have resulted in Structural Violence in Haiti. Following a description of the causes, I will then discuss some of the measures that are currently being taken to address Structural Violence.

I believe that my entry will be a useful contribution to the Wikipedia community because it sheds light on the reality that multi-level structural barriers exist within societies that prevent the underprivileged from receiving the same amenities that the more privileged do. Instead of simply attributing a lack of basic human rights/needs to poverty or poor infrastructure, my article will demonstrate that disparity is a result of a multitude of factors ingrained within society—including culture, political entities, racism, and sexism, all of which converge to form a barrier to a select few.

To craft my article, I plan on drawing upon a multitude of works, mostly from the fields of Anthropology, Sociology, and Medical Anthropology. Someone in particular who has done much work on structural violence in Haiti is Dr. Paul Farmer. I will be heavily referencing his works, but wonder if you might have any other advice on sources to pursue, particularly those that are written by Haitians themselves? I want to be cautious of over referencing Dr. Farmer’s works, as well as relying on sources where structural violence is not the primary focus. Do you know of any sources or works that I should consider pursuing?

Additionally, because this is a project page specifically dedicated to Haiti, I would appreciate any feedback in regards to sources that I have overlooked that might reference social structure in Haiti, oppression in Haiti, discrimination in Haiti, as well as structural violence in Haiti. Additionally, I was also wondering if I might get feedback on the structure of my outline and if I am covering the appropriate things as they relate to Haiti?

Thanks in advance for any insight that you might give!

Sarah.heberlig (talk) 06:03, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Languages in censuses and Race and ethnicity in censuses

Pleas add information about this country to this articles.--Kaiyr (talk) 05:43, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Place names in Haiti

Currently, many articles on Haitian communes are being renamed, which is in itself a good thing. However, nobody is changing the links to these articles, which means that when they get deleted, as I just did, the link gets lost. I spent some time fixing the links, but then I realized that the problem is a bottomless pit for two reasons:

1. Each of the articles contains a list of other communes in the same municipality, which multiplies the number of links that need to be changed by a factor of about 10. This is not standard for other countries.
2. The change of place names is taking time; currently e.g. in the Dame-Marie, Grand'Anse article, we have Balandier, Carrefour Malatle, Dame Marie, Grand'Anse, Durocher, Haiti, Duvineau, Mandor Doca, Mome, Haiti, Plaine Griffie and Planche, Haiti, where it can be seen from the redlinks that about half of them still need to be renamed.

Both problems could be avoided either by using categories for this, or you could create templates, such as Template:King County, Washington. — Sebastian 09:02, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback Sebastian! Savvyjack23 (talk) 00:06, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Flag of Leogane?

Unfortunately, we have had a spate of bogus flags being submitted as the "flag of Leogane". We currently have this: File:Leogane_Flag.png. Can anyone with direct knowledge of Haiti confirm that this is in fact a valid flag for the area? -- The Anome (talk) 12:33, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

The Anome, I have been unable to verify this as well. I will continue my search and report any new feedback I may have. Savvyjack23 (talk) 20:37, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. The nearest match I can see is this Zazzle T-shirt, from a design submitted by "ROMULUS for MAYOR" -- which is very close to the User:Majistra Romulus who uploaded the flag image, and a similar image can be found at this fundraiser page, also submitted by a " Majistra Romulus". All of these appear to be related to one another by similar names; I have so far failed to find any flag or emblem of Leogane that is supported by other independent parties. -- The Anome (talk) 20:54, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

Spliting the Haitian Revolution

I would like to call your attention to a proposal for splitting the Haitian Revolution article. We welcome your participation. Thanks. Caballero/Historiador ^⎌ 23:40, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Émile Jonassaint

Please could someone with some knowledge of Haiti address the serious tone, POV and lack of sourcing issues on this article. I'll reduce it to a stub if it's not addressed, but that'd be a shame. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 08:26, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

New contributions to the Haiti project

Greetings. I edited an entry regarding Father Antoine Adrien. Wondering why there is no Fanmi Lavalas category that can apply to Adrien as information about them is edited and entered. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sillyuser (talk • contribs) 20:33, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi Sillyuser, where did you make this edit? There isn't actual categories for Haiti's political parties yet probably because the parties located in Category:Political parties in Haiti, may need some more work and verification but I will keep this in mind. Savvyjack23 (talk) 00:11, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Greetings Project Haiti folks, I am going to be doing an opensource/free software training with some students in Haiti next weekend. We just decided that part of one of the days will be about contributing back (both in terms of code and general information). None of the trainers are very experienced wikipedians but we're going to do our best to get the students to not create too big of a mess as they start to participate here. We will likely start by attempting to clean up the List of Haitian Colleges and Universities (which at this point does not list any of the Universities that this group of students attend) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_in_Haiti and add English, French and Kreyol versions of this page (which is one of the Universities these students attend) https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole_Sup%C3%A9rieure_d'Infotronique_d'Ha%C3%AFti I just wanted to make note here in case there are places where the Project Haiti folks think these students effort would be useful Ericfg (talk) 16:57, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

That is great Ericfg, all the help and future help is much appreciated! If you need to reach out you can ping my user name anytime and I will assist you a lot quicker than the first time → {{U|Savvyjack23}} Cheers! Savvyjack23 (talk) 00:09, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages

Greetings WikiProject Haiti/Archive 1 Members!

This is a one-time-only message to inform you about a technical proposal to revive your Popular Pages list in the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey that I think you may be interested in reviewing and perhaps even voting for:

• Fix and improve Mr.Z-bot's popular pages report

If the above proposal gets in the Top 10 based on the votes, there is a high likelihood of this bot being restored so your project will again see monthly updates of popular pages.

Further, there are over 260 proposals in all to review and vote for, across many aspects of wikis.

Thank you for your consideration. Please note that voting for proposals continues through December 12, 2016.

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Thanks Stevietheman, missed the vote but you can another one from me here! Y Savvyjack23 (talk) 00:15, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Pétion-Ville coords

The coords at Pétion-Ville don't seem right. See Talk:Pétion-Ville. Thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:15, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you Anna Frodesiak. I will assist in the situation. Your concern is very much appreciated. Cheers! Savvyjack23 (talk) 00:05, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you kindly, Savvyjack23. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:04, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Brigadier General Jean Rene Boucicaut

Hello,

I have been working on the combined family trees of myself and my husband. In doing a bit of research on his maternal grandfather, I stumbled across a Wiki page on Haitian Military. I noticed that there was not a photo of him, and wanted to contribute that much, for now.

Attached, is a link to a photograph of Brigadier General Jean Rene Boucicaut, my husband's grandfather: https://public.fotki.com/pikliz/discover-the-world/discover-haiti/acadmie-militaire-dhaiti/generaljeanrenboucicaut.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bernie4289 (talk • contribs) 18:51, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Bernie4289, thank you for sharing! If you'd like, this may be a fun project for you to learn about your husband's grandfather, while uncovering some information on him. Show me the links and we'll see if we can make an article! Cheers! (By the way, to sign your comments at the end type ~~~~ Savvyjack23 (talk) 03:29, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Haitian Population Estimates

Hello all, I'd like to work on updating Haitian population statistics for various admin levels (along with possibly creating or helping to create an infobox for Haitian admin levels/localities), as 2003 census stats are just so out of date. The Haitian Statistics Office has put out population estimates as recent as 2015 down to the commune section level, but these estimates are only for the 18+ population. I also cannot locate any more detailed info from the 2003 census below Department level to update local admin levels with 2003 data anyway...

While I certainly have issue with publishing only the adult population, I also have issue with the most recent stat available being from 13 years ago without any indication on when there will be another general census. At the Department level, the 2015 adult population estimates have been added to the infoboxes, but there is no explanation that this is only for 18+, which I feel is misleading.

I would like to hear from others on what we can/cannot or should/shouldn't do to provide more up-to-date population stats with the data that is available. Maybe only use the estimates at higher admin levels? Or round the number -- make it obvious its an estimate? Even if others think there's reason to not update, I'd like to hear why not. Would be good to come to some agreement on how to deal with Haiti's census statistics going forward, as estimates seem to be the "future". Yacara15 (talk) 20:56, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you Yacara15, you pose a serious concern, sorry that it took a year to date for a response! There is pretty much nothing we can do as far as these estimates are concerned, other than including a footnote on each update indicating that these estimates were reached covering persons 18+. Chances are these recent estimates are higher than the 2003 estimates anyway due to the steady rise year-after-year of the Haitian population, but of course not in all localities. I would compare populations between 2003 and 2015 and implement the year with the highest number as it will probably reflect a higher accuracy.

I 100% agree that a new infobox is in order covering Haitian admin levels/localities, although I would like to see its admin articles improve between a Start and a C article to make sure everything is in order prior. Since Haiti's administration is nearly identical with the governance of France, I have found it helpful using France-related pages as a rubric in general, shaping its outline. It is worth noting however, that its levels/localities may slightly differ due to its administrative levels considering it is much bigger than Haiti (for example, Regions of France is its first level, instead of departments which is its second level) so I would proceed here with caution but I am fully confident in you.

Some codes that would be useful just reflecting that of these French admin articles are:

• {{Infobox department --not exclusive to France apparently, as Colombian-articles use it as well
• {{''Haitian'' arrondissement
• {{Infobox ''Haitian'' commune
• {{Infobox French canton or {{French communate → {{Haitian communal section --not sure, which communal section is more alike to

What we could do first is to take care of all the department articles of Haiti (10), considering this code is used for multiple countries. It would serve better than its current "settlement" template. Savvyjack23 (talk) 04:03, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

thanks for the reply Savvyjack23 -- I've since resolved some of my questions since my first post-- my French has improved enough to realize I had misread the 18+ estimated population, the 2015 population estimate does in fact include children, as well as a separate 18+ count -- so that concern is moot, though official census is nowhere in the works, but we can make do with the estimate well enough.

I've also taken your advice for the departments and started with Artibonite and Centre for the infoboxes and bringing some info from the French wiki over. Will work on the others as I find time Yacara15 (talk) 13:10, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

I can't say I haven't noticed what you have been doing Yacara15 . I am glad I could be of some use. --Great news about the 2015 populations, this helps tremendously. Keep up the great work! Savvyjack23 (talk) 04:13, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Popular pages report

We – Community Tech – are happy to announce that the Popular pages bot is back up-and-running (after a one year hiatus)! You're receiving this message because your WikiProject or task force is signed up to receive the popular pages report. Every month, Community Tech bot will post at Wikipedia:WikiProject Haiti/Archive 1/Popular pages with a list of the most-viewed pages over the previous month that are within the scope of WikiProject Haiti.

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We're grateful to Mr.Z-man for his original Mr.Z-bot, and we wish his bot a happy robot retirement. Just as before, we hope the popular pages reports will aid you in understanding the reach of WikiProject Haiti, and what articles may be deserving of more attention. If you have any questions or concerns please contact us at m:User talk:Community Tech bot.

Warm regards, the Community Tech Team 17:16, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Yves Volel

New article, could use help. Yves Volel. Andrevan@ 06:10, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Invitation to edit

Hi, I invite you to edit and expand this article United States involvement in regime change in Latin America that would certainly benefit from more editors. Greetings. --Dereck Camacho (talk) 05:32, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Possible Edits to Be Made

It may be helpful to add in a section about global health interventions that Haiti receives because the article is geared mainly towards the economic support that Haiti gets but an additional form of aid is global health intervention. This may display to readers that not only is Haiti dependent on developed nations for foreign aid but also for the sake of meeting the health needs of their citizens.

In addition, it might be helpful to get more verified sources and have more leading topics.

Lastly, it might be helpful to give a background of why Haiti needs aid. This can include: issues with their independence from colonization, stigma, sex tourism (its affiliation with the country's HIV/AIDs prevalence rate) and natural disasters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Agrey39 (talk • contribs) 06:31, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema!

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RfC on election/referendum naming format

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March 2019: Vive la Francophonie

In connection with International Francophonie Day on the 20th, WikiProject Women in Red is focusing on Francophone Women throughout the month. Help us to increase coverage of Haitians in English and/or in French, turning red links into blue.--Ipigott (talk) 12:33, 21 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)

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)

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

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.

The call for submissions is open, please submit your session proposal either as a presentation, panel discussion, lightning talk, or workshop before September 24th 2021.

Most importantly, we would like to have you at the conference, please register here to get your free ticket and spread the word to your community members.

Looking forward to seeing you and hearing you speak at the conference.

Geoffrey Kateregga (talk) 23:45, 16 September 2021 (UTC) - On behalf of the Wiki Indaba 2021 Local Organizing Committee

The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

Greetings,

It is already past the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the Months of African Contest 2021 achievements so far! We want to extend our sincere gratitude for the time and energy you have invested. If you have not yet participated in the contest, it is not too late to do it. Please list your username as a participant on the contest’s main page.

Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the article achievements' section of the contest page so they can be tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article in the users by articles. Please note that your articles must be present in both the article achievement section on the main contest page, as well as on the Users By Articles page for you to qualify for a prize.

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*

Thank you once again for your valued participation! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 18:50, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

You can opt-out of this annual reminder from The Afrocine Project by removing your username from this list

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

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

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) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Kidnapping

Any thing on the missionaries kidnapped recently? Bokoharamwatch (talk) 19:08, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

Another more recent kidnaping occurred this year. Any on this? Bokoharamwatch (talk) 04:30, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

ITN nomination for 2022 Haitian crisis

There is currently a discussion taking place over at Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates regarding the recent end to a blockade of Haiti's largest fuel terminal. Input from other contributors is welcome! —Matthew - (talk) 01:56, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Compas#Requested move 26 November 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Compas#Requested move 26 November 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. —usernamekiran (talk) 17:12, 3 December 2022 (UTC)