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2006-2007 in Arg Football

Hi!

We usually make changes to the week's results after the whole week is over to avoid confusion. Besides, chicago has now 1.50, which puts it higher in the relegation list. The same with the points. If you are going to make changes, please make correct ones, otherwise please don't edit. Thanks!!! Sebastian Kessel ^Talk 16:57, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it was, but you didn't update Chicago's points, didn't move it up in the table according to the new points, and didn't change the relegation table accordingly when you made the change to reflect Chicago having an average of 1.500. My point was, if you want to make a change, make it complete or don't make it. Making it halfway only creates more work for other editors. Sebastian Kessel ^Talk 17:31, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

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OK, no problem. Then, only the stub oftransfer nationality, not stub of born.--Kolins (talk) 14:43, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

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Cristiano Alves Pereira

I am interested in the information Cristiano Alves Pereira representing Togo national football team. May you give more information about it to me? Thanks. =] --Antonytse (talk) 02:51, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

How many matches did he played for Togo?--Antonytse (talk) 10:51, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

JAVIER BALBOA

Hi there KOLINS, VASCO from Portugal,

Could you please tell me about your edits in Javier Balboa? Why did you write "midfielder" in one place then "winger" in the other? Kind of odd. Also, due to compression purposes, i often choose to write the side (right, left) in introduction rather than infobox. Can you accommodate me?

Thank you in advance, cheers,

VASCO AMARAL - --NothingButAGoodNothing (talk) 01:04, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

• Yes my friend, i see your point, but are some "issues" about this: altough a midfielder is pretty much the same as winger, a WN is more attacking than a MF. Furthermore, as the categories have not been merged yet (at least i have not been notified, but will try to find out more about that), there is CATEGORY:FOOTBALL (SOCCER) MIDFIELDERS and CATEGORY:FOOTBALL (SOCCER) WINGERS, i think the specification is in order.

Cheers, have a good weekend, VASCO - --NothingButAGoodNothing (talk) 16:18, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

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Javier Balboa

Hi there KOLINS, VASCO here,

Once again, i ask you this: Please, please, stop changing Javier Balboa from a winger (what he is) to a midfielder. Even if the category WINGERS disappears and merges with MIDFIELDERS, he should still be referred to as a winger, i sent you already a message explaining the differences. Please, stop. I respect (although i don't understand) why the birthplace is removed from birthdate and put somewhere else, but not this, he is not a midfielder, could you also respect my edits, please?

Have a nice weekend, from Portugal,

VASCO AMARAL - --NothingButAGoodNothing (talk) 03:27, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Yao Mawuko Sènaya

Could you provide a source for his current club? Matthew_hk tc 09:44, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

I now provide two sources for his current club. Check it.--Kolins (talk) 15:46, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Matthew_hk tc 16:18, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

São Tomé and Príncipe categories

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George Elokobi

Please stop altering his nationality, he is considered Cameroonian by all media. He may have been born in Somalia - which btw you have offered no source for - but was raised in Cameroon and has publicly stated he wishes to play for Cameroon and considers that his nationality. Wolvesweb (talk) 12:20, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

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"Nsué" and "Nsue"

I want to know more about why using "Baruc Nsue" instead of "Baruc Nsué". Why the latter one is correct? I really don't know. Thanks! --FootballHK (talk) 18:31, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Selección ecuatoguineana

Hola Kolins, enhorabuena por tus aportaciones sobre jugadores ecuatoguineanos, son de agradecer. Quería hacerte una pregunta sobre Sipo Bohale, me preguntaba por qué no ha vuelto a ser convocado con su selección y más ahora que juega habitualmente en Segunda B, una categoría importante. Por otro lado, preguntarte sobre el jugador Esteban Makoli para saber si fue el primer ecuatoguineano en jugar en España. Saludos! --Herculano (talk) 13:54, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Por favor

Hola KOLINS, VASCO desde Portugal al habla,

Sé que no me vas a contestar (o pienso que sí, porque he escrito muchos mensajes y casi nunca contestas, a lo mejor en Español), pero ahí va:

Te pido, por favor, dos cosas. Por favor, no mezcles las categorías en los jugadores, queda sin ningun sentido. Creo que la mejor "técnica" sería: primero, las categorías personales (1977 births, living people, people from X, Equatoguinean catholics, etc), luego las deportivas (empezando por posición - association football midfielders - luego la competición - por ejemplo LA LIGA - y luego los clubes), finalizando com los INTERNATIONAL y EXPATRIATES.

Lo segundo: por favor, no pongas los "templates" del idioma delante, siempre van después del enlace (ejemplo FUTBOLME PROFILE (es icon), no al revés).

Que todo vaya bien, un saludo,

VASCO - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 01:46, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

• I understand your approach, but take a look for example at Liédson: he has the category PORTUGUESE FOOTBALLERS because he has been naturalized, but also BRAZILIAN FOOTBALLERS because he was Brazilian at birth, and also BRAZILIAN EXPATRIATE FOOTBALLERS because he played outside Brazil as a Brazilian citizen.

But don't worry, i will bring up the discussion at WP:FOOTY, to see some "opinions".

Take care, have a nice week, from Portugal, saludos - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 21:43, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

• I understand your point of view completely my friend. It's just i think all persons (and footballers of course) should have all the categories of what they "are" and "were", that is more complete like that. Of course Liédson is now, by law, a Portuguese footballer, but he played as a foreign player in Sporting (and the country) for nothing less than six years. So, when we talk about him in 50, 100 years, people will say "The Brazilian Liédson arrived in Portugal in 2003, playing for Sporting and then for the Portuguese national team...", etc, etc.

I also think that the Equatoguinean footballers that you edit so much should have both sets of categories too (see the example of Benjamín Zarandona, he played for Spain U21 - already as a senior player, 22 or 23 years of age - before changing to Equatorial Guinea).

For more, you can see the discussion i started at WP:FOOTY (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football#Categories); there are already some opinions there, you can leave yours too.

Regards from Portugal - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 03:38, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

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Tariq Spezie

Although Tariq Spezie is born in UAE, his parent are Spanish and Italian and not eligible to UAE nationality. If you change again, you will receive warning. Matthew_hk tc 09:40, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

I had put his country-born because he doesn't have senior caps or calls with Spain or Italy yet.--Kolins (talk) 11:52, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

According to Wikipedia MOS POB means nothing. The flag is show nationality not POB. Matthew_hk tc 11:54, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

YOUTH CLUBS

Hi there KOLINS, VASCO here, hope all is fine,

although you presented games and goals for Rubén Epitié Dyowe at youth level, it should not go in senior clubs, as there is a field in infoboxes for youth teams. I already corrected it for you.

Cheers, have a cool week, from Portugal - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 23:17, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

• Ok.--Kolins (talk) 21:35, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

• Also my friend, i finally brought up the discussion about categories in players that change nationality (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football#To_cat_or_not_to_cat). As you can see, we should leave both categories (for example in Liédson, we should have "Portuguese footballers", "Brazilian footballers" and "Brazilian expatriate footballers").

Take care, happy editing - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 18:24, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

OK

Hi there KOLINS, VASCO here,

Even though the discussion presented in the message i sent you called "POR FAVOR" is not very clear if both nationalities of players should appear in article (we have some users saying "YES" and others saying "NO"), i see that you don't respect my approach of keeping both, and removed - at least in José Freijo - the category "SPANISH FOOTBALLERS". So, i suppose you did it in ALL the players in which i inserted it - again, i give the example of Benjamín Zarandona, he was born in Spain and played for Spain's U21, changing nations at more than 25 years of age, he has to have the category!

OK, don't worry, even though i think your approach is wrong, i will not revert it, don't want to get in any edit wars. You do as you wish, fine with me. - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 05:03, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

• And another situation, and a request please (found it today in Randy's page): Why did you say you respected my input in categories - personal categories first, then sporting categories, then expatriate ones - when you are mixing everything again? Really hard to understand... Also - the request now - please don't remove the geographic region in INTRO - in this case Canary Islands - to put in BOX (boxes are smaller, so it's better in intro), please respect other people's work, saves a lot of hard work that way.

Really would appreciate an answer, please, cheers - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 17:16, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

• Still about RANDY (now with a new page name, don't know why, when we have a lot of article's named X or Y name and "FOOTBALLER" in brackets): please don't insert two different columns in box for LAS PALMAS B, even if club has changed name, only one that matters is current name. Besides, in box, for compression purposes, only name of club (in this case "LAS PALMAS") followed by "B" is enough. That discussion has already been settled when it came up about FC Barcelona.

Thanks for your understanding, keep up the good work, cheers - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 15:24, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

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Stuff display

Hi there KOLINS, VASCO here,

If you said you agreed with my approach, why did you go back to doing the OPPOSITE, as in Yago Alonso-Fueyo Sako and Iban Iyanga, for example? Please, the language template comes AFTER not BEFORE the link, it makes no sense, please.

Also, let's keep the links with some order. For instance, "www.national-football-teams.com" and "www.fifa.com" should be together, because they are both for national teams. The links for club stuff also should be together in my opinion (for example, the stuff in Spanish sites should be together, and so on, so on).

Please, respect my work, have a nice weekend and continue the good work. --Vasco Amaral (talk) 04:50, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Well, about language templates in external links, you are right and I acknowledge my mistake since now. I try to correct that mistake in other articles of my attraction. About order of external links, I drove to the web sites first by languages -first English, as the local language, and after in alphabetical order (Arabic, French, Portuguese, Spanish...)- and after in alphabetical order (FIFA, National Football Teams, ZeroZero Football...). My intention is always to have no differences with other publishers, but it's important to line up a definite pattern. Check Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Players, I think this would require some enhancements that help users how to proceed on the edit. Greetings and have a good day.--Kolins (talk) 02:24, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Bille/Esono

Hello. I can't remember where I read about Juan Simeon Esono's death/his relationship to Teclaire Bille, and I can't seem to find the information now - perhaps a news story added this information (which I read and used) before later retracting it. As for Teclaire Bille's date and place of birth - I didn't add that information to the article, try somebody else. Regards, GiantSnowman 16:33, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

I've reverted your recent edit to the Esono article, no reason to replace the correct infobox with one that is being fazed out. Regards, GiantSnowman 22:16, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

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Emilio Nsue

Hi there KOLINS, VASCO from Portugal here,

please stop adding the ZEROZERO link in this player's page, the links there are more than enough, and that website is a Portuguese one, i think it's more suited for Portuguese players (or players who have played several seasons in the country), or when you can't find anything else as a stats site.

In the case of Nsue, he has plenty already, most of them customary for Spanish footballers, as he is. Please don't add it again, and please write summaries.

Attentively, happy week - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 22:39, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

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Your edits to Filipino footballers

You have edited various articles on Philippines international footballers as being "naturalized". That is incorrect and I have reverted all your edits! There are no naturalized footballers playing for the Philippines national team. Also, every country has their own law on nationality. Therefore, at the very least, please familiarize yourself with each country's nationality law before tagging someone as naturalized. Thank you. Banana Fingers (talk) 11:37, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

• Hey, Category:Filipino people of Icelandic descent is empty now. But Ray Jonsson is Filipino of Islandic descent. You reverted all my edits in Filipino footballers and thus removed many correct categories, such as being the descent. In any case, you should have edited, not reversed. Error yours.--Kolins (talk) 21:41, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
• Paul Mulders is Filipino because he plays for the Philippines. Therefore, Mulders must be considered a Filipino and not a Dutch, although born in Amsterdam.--Kolins (talk) 21:54, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
• You've also removed their FIFA's profiles.--Kolins (talk) 21:56, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Nationality

His dual nationality is confirmed here - the Spanish categories should remain. GiantSnowman 18:39, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Also, per WP:BRD you should have discussed my reversion on the talk page. If you're admamant you're correct, I advise you to do this. GiantSnowman 18:42, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Suppose you, Spain vs. Equatorial Guinea, and Barila plays and even he scores a goal. Is he really a Spanish man or, at least, a Spanish footballer?--Kolins (talk) 19:04, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

So if had never played for EG, he would not have been Spanish? GiantSnowman 19:11, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

If Barila had not played for Equatorial Guinea, he would now be a Spanish of Equatoguinean descent, but he changed his FIFA nationality. FIFA recognizes only the senior nationality.--Kolins (talk) 19:15, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

But we're not FIFA, and people are allowed numerous nationalities... GiantSnowman 19:23, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Barila has a Wikipedia article thanks to his football career. And as a footballer, he chose to Equatorial Guinea.--Kolins (talk) 19:24, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Born and raised in Spain, but not Spanish? Nonsense. You're fighting a losing battle here I'm afraid. GiantSnowman 19:26, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

If he is Spanish, is not Equatoguinean.--Kolins (talk) 21:17, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

And the source here which confirms he is both?! GiantSnowman 21:39, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Look, PlayerHistory believes that the country of birth is a nationality always. The same happened with Gonzalo Higuaín. [1]. The fact is that 'Spanish' and 'Spanish-born' are not synonymous. A Spanish is a person from Spain, born in his country (and available to the same) or abroad -under naturalization (case Curro Torres, German-born Spanish)-; while a Spanish-born is a foreigner who was born in Spain. Sergio Barila is a Spanish-born Equatoguinean footballer, like Gonzalo Higuaín is French-born Argentine.--Kolins (talk) 00:39, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

But both of those players you mentioned do have dual nationality... GiantSnowman 00:43, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

But only one of the two is the sport nationality.--Kolins (talk) 00:47, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

By your standards, therefore, Jermaine Jones would be only American, as that is who he represents internationally? GiantSnowman 00:51, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

It isn't easy the Jermaine Jones' nationality topic, like Alfredo di Stefano, Ferenc Puskas and all players with two or more senior national teams... but in this others players (Barila, Higuain), with one senior national team, it is. Respect your question, yes. Think about this: A Spanish footballer who is ineligible for Spain? Nonsense.--Kolins (talk) 01:08, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Was Barila eligible for Spain? Yes - that makes him a Spanish footballer. GiantSnowman 11:47, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

After playing for Equatorial Guinea? No - that makes him a non-Spanish footballer.--Kolins (talk) 01:16, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

He WAS a Spanish footballer until 10 October 2003. Since October 11, 2003, he is an Equatoguinean footballer (now former).--Kolins (talk) 01:21, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

You don't just lose your nationality... GiantSnowman 01:34, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

• Kolins also thinks that Marcos Senna and Liédson should have the "BRAZILIAN FOOTBALLERS" categories removed from their articles, i rest my case. Attentively, sorry to butt in... --Vasco Amaral (talk) 15:11, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Please read this message (see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:VascoAmaral#User:Kolins). Attentively - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 20:53, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Nationality categories

Please stop your disruptive removal of 'Spanish footballer' categories from appropriate articles, as discussed above. Regards, GiantSnowman 16:49, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

João Pedro Pinto Martins

He was born in Portugal, grew up in Portugal... how can it be "Angolan expatriates in Portugal"? He just opted to play for Angola probably because his parents or grandparents are from there. He's portuguese too. --Hydao (talk) 18:14, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Your recent edits

I have started a discussion about your removal of nationality categories from footballer articles, please join in at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football#Kolins and nationality categories. GiantSnowman 18:01, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

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ANI

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• Kolins, you really need to start talking. Start by giving edit summaries, and continue by participating in this discussion, at ANI and wherever else it might take place. At some point, if a consensus is reached on some guidelines for those nationalities (with or without you), you're going to have to abide by them too, and uncommunicative editing against guidelines is disruptive. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 16:43, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

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Gílson Paulo

Kolins, you've been here long enough to know that we need reliable sources to verify information, especially about living people. Consequently, I have reverted your eduts to the Gílson Paulo article. GiantSnowman 17:42, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

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Incommunicado

Kolins, at least twice you have been discussed on ANI concerning your unexplained changes to nationalities etc. in soccer-related articles. You never weighed in. There are serious questions about what to do with those nationalities--the last thing that the project needs are editors who simply act on what seems to be their own instinct, without discussing this with others. Moreover, the lack of edit summaries is problematic, in these and other edits--in your last 500 edits I saw 14 edit summaries. This incommunicative spirit is not helpful in a cooperative project and is borne out in other fields: in 8,903 edits, you've made 151 to article talk pages and 46 to user talk pages (including your own).

Your edits have come under scrutiny again, esp. those concerning nationalities, and I wanted to give you one more opportunity to respond, to show that you actually want to be involved in a project which is always going to require communication. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 00:37, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

RFC/U discussion concerning you (Kolins)

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January 2012

Thank you for your contributions. Please remember to mark your edits, such as your recent edits to Lawrence Doe, as "minor" only if they truly are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes, or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. This is obviously not a minor edit. Drmies (talk) 16:13, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed your recent edit to Narcisse Ekanga does not have an edit summary. Please provide one before saving your changes to an article, as the summaries are quite helpful to people browsing an article's history. Thanks! No edit summary given; besides, this is not a minor edit. Drmies (talk) 16:14, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing, as you did at Narcisse Ekanga. Your edits have been reverted or removed.

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Proposed deletion of Valéry Tenfa

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Dual nationality II

I reverted the RM Castilla page when you added four players dual nationality. I think this information should be in each player's page not in the team page. I do not think any of the team pages allow dual status because of thw awkwardness it presents on the page. Since the player's page is his, that infomation can be included in his bio. Of course you will have the problem of national representation in World Cups or national championships. Once a player declares at the senior level, it pretty much exclude the non-representative country. Roberto Carlos is a good example: he is a Spanish citizen by naturalization, but he is considered Brazilan because that is the country he plays for. Those players who do not make it to their senior teams, are generally listed their birth countries. Raul17 (talk) 01:26, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Julio Engonga

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Nomination of José Freijo for deletion

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David Zurutuza

Kolins, as you have previously been told - at your RFC/U - you should not remove valid nationality categories from footballer articles, as you have done with David Zurutuza. Please consider this a final warning - if it happens again, I will block you for disruption. Regards, GiantSnowman 14:36, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

• As your userpage informs, you surely can understand/read Spanish. Please read reference #1 in Zurutuza's article, the title (and the text also of course) says "...no me siento francés...", meaning "i DON'T FEEL French". If he doesn't feel French he is Spanish no? --AL (talk) 14:44, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

October 2012

Please do not add or change content without verifying it by citing reliable sources, as you did to Alex Oikkonen. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. GiantSnowman 11:23, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

• Can you please stop adding FACEBOOK and TWITTER profiles to players? With all the links with stats and references from newspapers and official websites releases, we have more than enough. If a player happens to have an official website, that would be interesting, but not the rest.

I know that you will 1 - revert me; 2 - not reply to this message, but that's OK, i'm prepared to both. We could at least start a discussion at the pertinent place, even though the last one already seemed pretty negative about using that stuff as links. Thanks. --AL (talk) 22:39, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Facebook & Twitter

Hi Kolins, if you read WP:ELPEREN, it does state that Twitter and/or Facebook should not generally be used as an external link. GiantSnowman 08:18, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

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December 2012

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Juan Simeón Esono, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. GiantSnowman 22:37, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of VfL Wolbeck

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Nomination of Fernando Obama for deletion

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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema!

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AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!

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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.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Equatoguinean Presbyterians

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Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

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The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

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We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes 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. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

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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
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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)

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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!

Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.

The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:

• Overall winner
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• Diversity winner - $100
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• Language Winners - up to $100*

Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes 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. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)

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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
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  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap filler - $100
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Hungarian people of Equatoguinean descent

A tag has been placed on Category:Hungarian people of Equatoguinean descent indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:06, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Emiliana Mangue

The article Emiliana Mangue has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Article about former footballer which fails WP:SPORTBASIC.

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Proposed deletion of Abdoulaye Ndoye

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Article about former footballer which fails WP:SPORTBASIC.

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Proposed deletion of Ronaldinho Gomes

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Article about former footballer which fails WP:SPORTBASIC.

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Proposed deletion of Anthony Nwagbara

The article Anthony Nwagbara has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Article about former footballer which fails WP:SPORTBASIC.

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Proposed deletion of Anthony Nwagbara

The article Anthony Nwagbara has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Trivial professional career and clearly not notable at all.

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Discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 June 18 § Category:Association football people by prefecture in Japan

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 June 18 § Category:Association football people by prefecture in Japan. Qwerfjkltalk 16:39, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 October 1 § X by Y in Z

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Category:Religion in Malabo has been nominated for merging

Category:Religion in Malabo has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –Aidan721 (talk) 17:45, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Nomination of Casiano Mba for deletion

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Robby.is.on (talk) 09:32, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:People with acquired Chilean citizenship has been nominated for merging

Category:People with acquired Chilean citizenship has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Omnis Scientia (talk) 16:53, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Category:People with acquired Swedish citizenship has been nominated for merging

Category:People with acquired Swedish citizenship has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Omnis Scientia (talk) 19:22, 9 June 2024 (UTC)