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Nomination of Tolu' A Akinyemi for deletion

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Undisclosed Paid Editing

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Hello Brain7days. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to Tolu' A Akinyemi, gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat SEO.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are extremely strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

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COI Tag lacks evidence

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@celestina007 your accusations are clearly sentimental, appalling, and violate Section 4 of the Wikimedia Terms of Use and against wikietiquette. I would advice you take down your Conflict of Interest(COI) tag except otherwise you have an evidence for such allegation. That i debate the credibility of this article does not permit such accusations. You also failed to consider Section #1 sub section #2 of wikipedia: Nomination Processes by first claiming that the subject of article lacks reliable sources and later move to question the nobility of the subject. I will also like to refute your claims that the article lacks reliable sources according to "our guidelines" as you claimed, which is against Section #3 Sub section 1(d) of the WP: AFD Being a writer that you are you are clearly arguing personalty and not fact as oppose WP:APR

May 2020

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  Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions; however, it appears you may have written a Wikipedia article about yourself, at Olatunde Brain. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – please see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to or change an existing article about yourself, you are welcome to propose the changes by visiting the article's talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was the page I created deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss this with the deleting administrator. Thank you.  Versace1608  Wanna Talk? 10:43, 21 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Barry Jhay

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A tag has been placed on Barry Jhay, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Hi

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Hi Brain7days,
Now that I have agreed to adopt you, I'd like you to answer a few questions. Please be sincere in your response. You are the first person I am adopting and I do not like working with dishonest people.

  1. Are you new to Wikipedia? Have you edited Wikipedia prior to creating this account on September 10, 2018?
  2. Do you create articles or contribute to Wikipedia in exchange for money?
  3. Are you Olatunde Brain in real life?

Please be sincere in your response. I'm confident that your answer to question 3 is a resounding yes. For your info, writing about yourself or people you have an external relationship with is not allowed per WP:COI.  Versace1608  Wanna Talk? 14:02, 23 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

versace1608

  1. I joined Wikipedia 2 years ago and i have edited quite a few articles majorly typos and misuse of punctuations
  2. I have never created/edited an article for money
  3. Yes, I am
Thanks for answering my questions. Moving forward, please do not create an article about yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, etc. If you want to see changes made to an article you have a COI with, you are allowed to propose changes on the article's talk page by using the {{request edit}} template. Same thing applies if you're a paid editor. COI and paid editors are mandated to disclose who is paying them. Please read WP:COIEDIT, WP:PAY and WP:COIPAYDISCLOSE. Here are a few more questions:
  • What exactly do you want to do on Wikipedia?
  • Are you here to create as many articles as possible?
  • Are you solely interested in being a member of the typo team?
I'd like to know what your Wikipedia goals are. As you are aware, there are tons of activities editors can take part in other than article creation. Some people may choose to participate solely in WP:AFD, WP:AFC, or WP:GOCE, etc. Please read WP:SIGNATURE. Whenever you post comments on a user talk page, article talk page and any other discussion page, you must signed your comments with four tildes (~~~~). Please also read WP:INDENT and get in the habit of indenting your replies on user talk pages, article talk pages and any other discussion pages. When you're replying to this message, simply add four colons (:) before your comments. If I reply, I will add five colons and if you choose to reply, you will add six. These are little habits you should acquire on your journey to becoming an experience editor.  Versace1608  Wanna Talk? 15:40, 23 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
Being a writer and having editorial/ background it is natural for me to research anything at any time and every day and wiki is the first place I run to, so most times when i read articles on the wiki and I spot typos I tend to unconsciously correct them until I find that I could actually be an editor and make corrections where necessary, hence being a part of the typo team became consequential.
  • I'm here to contribute and also build a portfolio for myself in the editing realm and if I can actually be paid to create/edit then it's an opportunity I look forward to embracing.
  • I believe wiki will imbue my innate ability, I believe it will sharpen my writing/editing skill and broaden my knowledge because for me confidence is a gift
You should have indented everything, even the bulleted sentences. No worries, I did that already. What exactly do you mean by "build a portfolio for yourself"? You created an autobiography about yourself while being completely oblivious to our WP:COI policy. Now that you are aware of this policy, you need to adhere to it. You are not going to get paid to create and edit articles; Wikipedia is not that platform. You need to remember that we are volunteers who are not employed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Editing Wikipedia should be a hobby and not a job. I cannot associate myself with anyone who believes they should be getting paid for editing Wikipedia. I'm glad you believe that editing Wikipedia will sharpened your writing; this is actually true. I want you to work on articles in your sandbox before moving them to draftspace. I'd like to review your work and give you pointers. I don't want you to waste time working on an article that can get deleted. Come up with a list of articles you want to create. You can put this list on your userpage. I am going to Google each title and tell you if the subject of the article meets our notability guidelines. I'd like you to adhere to the following:
  1. Do not share your Wikipedia account with anyone.
  2. Do not allow anyone edit your account on your behalf
  3. Do not create a secondary account if you ever get block from editing Wikipedia; please read Wikipedia:Sock puppetry.  Versace1608  Wanna Talk? 18:51, 23 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
As you and other veterans have done here, that's my meaning by "building a portfolio". It is not in my believe that i will get paid to create/edit, i am even surprised that a WP:COIPAYDISCLOSE exist here. I regret creating an autobiography, it was meant to be in a draft but it was a negligence on my part. Some of the articles i'm currently working on and plan to work on are:
Draft:Moyosore Onigbanjo
Tolu' A Akinyemi
Tunde Ednut
Temi Otedola
List of Nigerian Cartoonist
Ogun Okuta(stone war in Akure)
Please how do i appear anonymous or prevent the encroachment of my account? --Olatunde Brain (talk) 20:16, 23 May 2020 (UTC)--Reply
You should not believe that you will get paid. No genuine editor, who values integrity, gets paid for editing Wikipedia. You cannot be surprised that we have a WP:COIPAYDISCLOSE policy. There are people out there who edit Wikipedia for money and solicit companies and individuals for money. They take advantage of people who are unaware that they do not need to pay for a Wikipedia article. Accepting money from people to create an article doesn't mean the article is going to be kept in mainspace. The Moyosore Onigbanjo draft has already been moved to mainspace. Tolu Akninyemi isn't notable so do not waste time creating an article about him. You should create the three sandbox pages below and work on the articles you have on your list. Let me know when you're done. I will review each sandbox page and will let you know if your work is good enough to be moved to mainspace.
Work on these three articles for now and once you're done with them, you can start working on the Ogun Okuta article. I am going to monitor these pages. Let me know when you're done and I will review each of them. The only way to appear anonymous is to edit using an IP address. You already have an account so you should only be using this account to make edits. Please read Wikipedia:Why create an account?. Wikipedia does not encourage editors to use their real name because doing so can put you at risk of harassment. Since Brain7days is somewhat associated with your real name, you can request for a name change. Please read our WP:USERNAME policy before you submit a name request at Global user account rename request. Make sure the username you come up with is not already taken. You can use the Global account information page to check to see if a username you are interested in using is not already taken. Alternatively, you can also request a name change at WP:CHU/SIMPLE.  Versace1608  Wanna Talk? 15:26, 24 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
Noted! I requested for a name change instead. I'll get to work now.--Olatunde Brain (talk) 11:48, 25 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
I just completed a review of the Tunde Ednut page in your sandbox; you can accessed it here. I don't believe the subject meets our notability guidelines at this time. I think you should work on the List of Nigerian Cartoonist and Ogun Okuta articles next. I'm not sure if Temi Otedola is notable; I know she is dating Mr Eazi and is the younger sister of DJ Cuppy, but I will need to do a through search to see if she meets any of our notability guidelines.  Versace1608  Wanna Talk? 00:52, 29 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Moyosore Onigbanjo has been accepted

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Moyosore Onigbanjo, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Tolu' A Akinyemi (June 6)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Celestina007 was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
Celestina007 (talk) 14:15, 6 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
 
Hello, Brain7days! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation 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! Celestina007 (talk) 14:15, 6 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Tolu' A Akinyemi

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Tolu' A Akinyemi requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tolu' A Akinyemi. When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discussion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

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Canvassing

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Note that canvassing as you did here & here for people who !voted in your favor for the article to be relisted in the deletion review isn’t a good look and generally canvassing in any form or context is very much frowned upon. Celestina007 (talk) 20:06, 6 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Requesting help with a draft or an article is not canvassing, Celestina007. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 23:12, 6 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Draft accepted

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Tolu' A Akinyemi, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Tolu' A Akinyemi

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A tag has been placed on Tolu' A Akinyemi requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tolu' A Akinyemi. When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discussion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

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. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here.  Versace1608  Wanna Talk? 12:48, 7 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

WP:ASPERSIONS

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Might I suggest you redact your statement here or substantiate it with diffs? Accusing people of COI and bad faith is a personal attack, especially when you do not provide evidence. Praxidicae (talk) 13:19, 7 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

I have been accused of COI, Canvassing and now Aspersion. All because I refused to be intimidated or pledge allegiance, is this all in good faith? We are all volunteers here, there are over 30million editors, over 6 million articles you can not do all the job, I am not here to pick fight with anyone but worth doing at all is what doing well.I won't continue to jostle with you or anyone, I'll just let you do whatever pleases you but remember you are not here forever. Best wishesOlatunde Brain (talk) 13:56, 7 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Brain7days, I don’t think anyone has intimidated you thus far & from your edit history it appears the community has significantly supported you thus far. However what Praxidicae is saying is you can’t keep on casting aspersions without providing diffs to substantiate your claims as that constitutes a personal attack. If you continue with the personal attacks via casting aspersions you may have to be reported to the admin notice board & eventually blocked as this is a trait of an editor not here to build an encyclopedia. Consider this a friendly warning. Celestina007 (talk) 19:43, 9 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
Friendly Warning?, like seriously? Dear Celestina007 I have since moved on from this discussion, you should move on too. I will take that as a threat but in the same vein assume it came in good faith. However i request your expertise with this. Kindly help review and reimprove. Thanks and Best regard.Olatunde Brain (talk) 22:44, 9 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Brain7days, I’d ignore the sarcasm & actually try to help with the draft by giving my input. It would have been a lot easier if M-Mustapha, had commented on why he declined the draft, but I presume it’s because the article doesn’t per se discuss how the subject of the article is notable or why it’s deserving of a stand alone. As a relatively new editor you may want to avoid creating articles on businessmen or philanthropists as they are very tricky & proving their notability may be a very daunting task even for experienced editors. Celestina007 (talk) 23:00, 9 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Olu Okeowo (June 8)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by M-Mustapha were: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Olu Okeowo (June 21)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Timtrent was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
Fiddle Faddle 12:36, 21 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Mashood Olabisi Ajala

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If you are going to move Mashood Olabisi Ajala into main space please tidy up behind yo0urself and remove the WP:AFC tags from it.

If you judge yourself to be competent to create articles that will survive please bypass AFC entirely, and just create a new draft without the AFC headers. Fiddle Faddle 15:14, 23 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Noted! Thanks.--Brain7days (talk) 17:06, 23 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Tolulope Arotile

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A tag has been placed on Tolulope Arotile requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tolulope Arotile. When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discussion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

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Nomination of Tolulope Arotile for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Tolulope Arotile is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tolulope Arotile (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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July 2020

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would like you to assume good faith while interacting with other editors, which you did not do on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tolulope Arotile (2nd nomination). Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. ——Serial 09:07, 20 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Not assuming good faith?? How? For having a discussion with other editors? Isn't that why it is called a discussion page?Brain7days (talk) 09:47, 20 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
Why did you strike out his entry though? That’s very much rude of you. Celestina007 (talk) 16:05, 20 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
See WP:SHOUTING, for starters.  Ganbaruby! (Say hi!) 09:18, 21 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Public Announcement

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This relatively new editor is compelled to write to the community and to bring to attention the unrequitted support they have recieved since joing the community.

  • It all started with a stretched edit-waring following a suspected coi. The editors talk page is filled with controversies and accusations ranging from aspersions, canvassing, not assuming good faith and coi by a strategem of pioneer editors who percieved the editor as exhibiting a sign of problematic editor.
  • The editors page is being watched, monitored and under unjustifiable investigation by these sect of editors.
  • The editor wish to inform the community that their editing dreams is being discouraged and demoralised by these alleged bureaucrats.
  • The editor wish to inform the community that they are helpless and might be defeated sooner than later.
  • The editor however wish to inform the community that they are in no panic over the events that may follows.
  • The editor wish to inform the community that they will continue to contribute their quota to the growth of wikipedia in the best of their abilities and in the interest of the community and in accordance to the rules and guidelines of wikipedia.Best regards--Brain7days (talk) 08:43, 21 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

RE: Kiriji War

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Hello! I'm happy you contacted me and thank you for the edit to my page and for the advice. Regarding ogun okuta, I have not heard of it but since it happened in Akure, I would be happy to work with you on this article, just create a draft for Stone War or Ogun Okuta. Have a great day and I look forward to working with you. Oniwe (talk) 00:56, 29 July 2020 (UTC)OniweReply

DYK for Tolulope Arotile

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On 11 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tolulope Arotile, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Tolulope Oluwatoyin Sarah Arotile, the first female combat helicopter pilot in the Nigerian Army, died in a freak car accident? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Tolulope Arotile), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 11 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

DYK Barnstar

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  The DYK Barnstar
Congratulations on your first DYK article on Wikipedia. Well deserved. —Nnadigoodluck🇳🇬 01:16, 13 August 2020 (UTC)Reply


Ogun Okuta moved to draftspace

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An article you recently created, Ogun Okuta, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Nathan2055talk - contribs 18:21, 21 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Brain7days, objectively speaking I thought this was a fairly decent encyclopedic article. I was going to add more sources then mark as reviewed before it was moved to draft by Nathan. Which wasn’t a bad move per se as the article truly didn’t have enough sources to remain on mainspace. Although two sources for a non BLP article isn’t horribly wrong. In any case, If you can do add more sources then ping me to review it. Celestina007 (talk) 22:33, 21 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

A belated welcome!

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The welcome may be belated, but the cookies are still warm!  

Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, Brain7days! I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. Though you seem to have been successful in finding your way around, you may still benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome! Nathan2055talk - contribs 18:21, 21 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

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Greetings!

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:

  • Overall winner
    • 1st - $500
    • 2nd - $200
    • 3rd - $100
  • Diversity winner - $100
  • Gender-gap fillers - $100
  • Language Winners - up to $100*

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)

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

Your submission at Articles for creation: 2nd Niger Bridge (September 28)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted because it included copyrighted content, which is not permitted on Wikipedia. You are welcome to write an article on the subject, but please do not use copyrighted work. Calliopejen1 (talk) 18:34, 28 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Ogun Okuta

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Thank you for creating the page on Oye Owolewa. It looks great and really adds detail to the DC Shadow Senators on here. I just wanted to let you know I reached out to him yesterday about possibly releasing one of his images for use on Wikipedia. Baconheimian (talk) 17:18, 6 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

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