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Re: Barnstar

Hi Bobby, wow, thanks very much for the barnstar and the kind words! Graham87 10:41, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Editing tips as promised

Hi Bobby, here's a few tips to make things easier:
* NEVER save an article right away, always use the preview button first so you can do any tweaking to the layout of the article that may be necessary like fixing typos, checking whether links work correctly, etc.
* When you're going to use the same reference source for multiple articles, make a template (see lower down) - it makes life much easier.
* Make yourself a sandbox. I can't for the life of me remember how I made mine, unfortunately, but it's at User:Andre Kritzinger/Sandbox and it's linked to one's own user page. It's handy for checking your new articles before you save them on Wikipedia for all to see.
* When you edit anything, copy and paste the complete contents of the edit box into a word processor like Work, make your changes there, then copy and paste it back to your sandbox (or the main sandbox) to make sure it looks the way you want it to, before you copy it back to the article's edit box.

Translating articles is a great idea. The pictures are already on Wikimedia and the article just contains links to them so you don't need permission. In fact, some things you can simply copy over as is:
* The loco infobox. All you'll need to do is translate things like the title and picture descriptions. But if you want all the headings in siSwati as well, you'll have to create a siSwati infobox template (copy the English one, translate the whole thing and save it under a siSwati name).
* For pictures, just copy the "File:...." links and translate the description part.
* Same with tables, copy the whole thing and translate the column headings.

I've made a bunch of book templates that you can use when you're using the same reference sources:
* Template:Bagshawe
* Template:Dulez 150
* Template:Durrant-Twilight
* Template:Holland-Vol 1
* Template:Holland-Vol 2
* Template:Middleton-SA Loco Guide
* Template:Pattison-Seventh
* Template:Paxton-Bourne
* Template:The South African Railways
They save you the trouble of having to redo the whole book pedigree every time you use it as reference in a new article. All you need to do is, for example, copy the <ref name="Paxton-Bourne">{{Paxton-Bourne|pages=xx–yy}}</ref> part and replace the xx and yy with page numbers.

I'd also suggest you add pages that you translate to your watchlist, that way you'll know when the source pages have been changed so you can update the siSwati one as well.

If you need more help, feel free to ask! André Kritzinger (talk) 15:52, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Are you making progress? I'd like to see your locomotive article when it's done! André Kritzinger (talk) 21:02, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

I've made so much progress over the couple of months since we've last talked, thanks a lot André Kritzingerfo your help Bobbyshabangu (talk) 12:21, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

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Hello I dream of horses thanks for leaving the page's content but i wanted to delete it and start from the scratch, forgive my not explaining on the edit summary why the deleting but , i don't think i edited it right so i wanted to start from the scratch with good quotations and stuff Bobbyshabangu (talk)03:48, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

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A cookie for you!

Hi from Ghana. Enjoy that cookie! Happy editing! →Enock4seth (talk) 16:29, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

thanks Enock4seth Bobbyshabangu _talk 00:52, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Welcome Bobby! →Enock4seth ^(talk) 15:46, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

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Hi i don't have much information about Nkosinkulu because there is no written history on my there is only oral history , hence i've created a stub on him to increase later when i find more information to reference on the article Bobbyshabangu _talk 19:30, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

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Workshop results

Hi Bobby, hope you enjoyed our trip and got home safely. We still have some work to do ;) I have for now created three project space copies of articles that I think can be expanded with our village elders' narratives. The articles are listed here: Wikipedia:Oral citations experiment/Articles. On one of them I have put a paragraph with a sample of how the oral citation could be formatted: diff Please feel free to comment, edit, or change this suggestion. Let me know if I can be of assistance, Cheers, Pgallert (talk) 12:59, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi Peter, can you sort out the info box on the Otjinene article Bobbyshabangu _talk 20:17, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Hmm, I see nothing wrong with it? --Pgallert (talk) 18:16, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

On another topic: Our "camera man" unfortunately didn't shoot many useful pictures, and those he did shoot he doesn't want to release under an open license :( Can you upload some of your pictures? Particularly the elder and his wife, but also of our discussion round, and possibly some Otjinene landmarks? Thanks, Pgallert (talk) 10:34, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

I think we should have been clear from the onset around explaining copylefts and copyrights issues with him. I did took some few, I will upload them later today. Bobbyshabangu _talk 12:11, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

I talked to him for about two hours about this during our trip, and we both agreed that releasing work under open licenses is win--win for everyone. Well, talking the talk is not the same as walking the walk... --Pgallert (talk) 05:59, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

I have already uploaded some of the pictures I have taken from Otjinene and I have put them under the category:Villages in Namibia , unfortunately because of poor quality a user by the name of Ies decided to nominate them for deletion. However I will try and photoshop them to "meet user Ies standard of Wikicommons" then upload them again under the category Otjinene. Bobbyshabangu _talk 10:46, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

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Hello Bobbyshabangu, thank you again for appreciating Wikipedia:Vetting process. I now realize that that page didn't have much use for many years, so I'm curious what you find it useful for. — Sebastian 15:04, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

I was involved as part of a vetting team for a Wikimedia project and I wanted to look at if there are norms and standards that one has to abide by when they are doing the vetting process Bobbyshabangu _talk 20:26, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Oh, cool! How did it work out for you? (Please feel free to e-mail me; a topic like this might involve privacy concerns.) Was that the Joburgwiki project? What a cool idea to encourage people to edit historic building articles and post QR codes on the buildings! — Sebastian 22:38, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Well I'll email you Bobbyshabangu _talk 08:47, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

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Your country needs more of you

Hi Bobbyshabangu, I've setup a style guide for anything South Africa people related. I noticed you've done a lot on various South Africans. Would you be interested in writing a style guide for future editors? The idea is to get more standardisation across these articles. The guide is should be structured in the same way as the article layout, you can have a look at the one I started for government cabinets. - That Video Shop Guy (talk) 22:02, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi That Video Shop Guy (talk) this is very useful information, I'm definitely utilizing style guide on my next South African person related article. Thank you so much Bobbyshabangu _talk 02:38, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

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Hi WhisperToMe (talk) please let me know the articles that you would want this photos to be used at. I can go and take the pictures and upload them onto commons to be used in those articles. Otherwise if you would like to further explain to me you can do so on my email bobbyshabangu@gmail.com Bobbyshabangu _talk 04:30, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Here you go:

• Japanese School of Johannesburg - 12-20 Caledon Road,Emmarentia Johannesburg, 2195 Rep. of SOUTH AFRICA
• Lycée Jules Verne - Corner Bauhinia and Cestrum, Morningside Ext 40, Sandton, South Africa Map}}
• Deutsche Internationale Schule Johannesburg - 11 Sans Souci Road, Parktown P.O. Box 91005 Auckland Park 2006 - Map
• Comair head office: Cnr Atlas Road and Marignane Drive Bonaero Park 1619 South Africa
• Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) head office, 2 Ernest Oppenheimer Avenue Waterview Corner Bruma 2198
• South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) head office - Ikhaya Lokundiza Building 16 Treur Close Waterfall Park Bekker Street Midrand
• Ethiopian Airlines South Africa head office: Unit 7, Ridgeview Office Park, 248 Kent Avenue, Randburg

Thank you so much! :)

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Sure, they will be uploaded soon. Bobbyshabangu _talk 23:20, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

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Hi Bobby. That's great, however these days I do not have much time to edit the Wikipedia articles. However, more attention should go to the articles on Swaziland, its economy, government, culture and other things. Also there could be more stuff on Swazi people and culture on both sides of the border. More up to date pictures of places are even better. I happen not to live in Swaziland or SA but in the US right now, but I am from Swaziland. Ludvonga (talk) 03:12, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

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Sure, I'll add them soon.Bobbyshabangu _talk 11:27, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

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Hello! Bobbyshabangu, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that 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! Robert McClenon (talk) 16:50, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi Robert McClenon (talk), Thanks, I've fixed the problem and made it clear that the article is about Sotho-Tshwana ruins. I trust this time around it will be accepted. Bobbyshabangu _talk 12:39, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

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Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Sotho-Tswana ruins, from its old location at User:Bobbyshabangu/sandbox. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. /wiae /tlk 14:38, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. Bobbyshabangu _talk 17:50, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

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Nomination of Abiel Lebelo for deletion

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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. As someone who has previously expressed interest in African topics, would you 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 Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:13, 21 July 2016 (UTC) = Thanks for the info, I'll check the competition out. Bobbyshabangu _talk 10:00, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

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Invitation from Wikipedia Asian Month 2016

Wikipedia Asian Month

Thanks for partipating Wikipedia Asian Month last year, and I hope you enjoy it. Last year, more than 7,000 articles contribute to Wikipedia in 43 languages in Wikipedia Asian Month, making us one of the largest event on Wikipedia. We will organize this event again in upcoming November, and would like to invite you join us again.

This year, we are lowering down the standards that you only need to create 4 (Four) articles to receive a postcard (new design), and articles only need to be more than 3,000 bytes and 300 words. We are also improving our postcard sending process, e.g. making the postcards right now, and collecting the address after the event ends without waiting other languges.

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Welcome to Wikipedia Asian Month!

Hi there! Wikipedia Asian Month is about to start. Here is some information about participating in the event:

1. Please submit your articles via this tool. Click 'log in' at the top-right and OAuth will take care the rest. You can also change the interface language at the top-right.
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Nomination of Sibusiso Mashiloane for deletion

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Speedy deletion nomination of Tsoro Deep

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You've got email :)

Hey there! Sorry for writing in English. I just sent you an email about your participation in the Training Modules pilot testing. Thanks! Joe Sutherland (WMF) (talk) 09:23, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Saw it thanks Bobbyshabangu _talk 09:28, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Leo Gura

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Proposed deletion of Bisham (Parktown)

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Proposed deletion of House Mckie (Houghton)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Windybrow Theatre

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Please don't copy material from elsewhere online

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Hi there Diannaa 🍁 (talk), what happens when you work separately on a word document or google docs ( like I usually do) because you would be working on putting your references together. Then when you are finish and feel satisfied you then copy to your Wikipedia page to create the stub? Bobbyshabangu _talk 12:50, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

I don't see any problem with using a word processor or Google Docs, as long as the document is not publicly shared online. Another good way to create drafts is to do them in a sandbox or draft. Then use the Wikipedia move feature to more your draft to mainspace one you're satisfied. Please have a look at Wikipedia:Drafts if you think this option might work for you. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:57, 12 July 2017 (UTC)