Talk:Makwerekwere
Makwerekwere is currently a World history good article nominee. Nominated by FuzzyMagma (talk) at 12:22, 30 December 2023 (UTC) Anyone who has not contributed significantly to (or nominated) this article may review it according to the good article criteria to decide whether or not to list it as a good article. To start the review process, click start review and save the page. (See here for the good article instructions.) Short description: South African afrophobic slur |
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A fact from Makwerekwere appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 May 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 14:27, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
- ... that Makwerekwere is the South African equivalent of "barbarians", an offensive and derogatory slur used to refer to foreigners? Source: The Atlantic and The Economist
Created by FuzzyMagma (talk). Self-nominated at 21:55, 7 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Makwerekwere; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
- Article was nominated the same day it was made, so is new enough. It is more than long enough, reads neutrally, and properly uses inline citations with no copyvio issues. The hook is short enough, interesting, and cited inline. The QPQ has been done and there's no image to review. Looks good to go! SilverserenC 17:39, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
- It is interesting. Just wanted to say that it suffers a bit from WP:OVERCITE. It is distracting to read through. Bruxton (talk) 14:25, 11 May 2023 (UTC)