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: {{Re|Lefcentreright}} Hi, is 17 references not enough? How many will be enough? Rossouw 06:55, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

:: {{Re|Lefcentreright}} Is 23 enough? Rossouw 09:47, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

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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

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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

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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

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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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'''AfroCine:''' 2020 Months of African Cinema Contest Winners

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Thank you very much for participating in ''The 2020 Months of African Cinema Global Contest ↗'' which was concluded on 30 November 2020. The contest was able exceed all expectations, with the creation of over 3,200 articles written in 19 languages. This places the contest firmly as one of the most successful article writing contest on Wikipedia.

A big thank you to you and every single person who created articles during the period of the contest for making this happen!

Please note that we have now concluded the review of all submitted articles, and winners have now been listed on the relevant page ↗. We'd still be contacting everyone who has won something separately to send over their prizes. Thank you very much once again! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:45, 03 April 2021 (UTC)}}

Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

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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.

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'''''Overall winner'''''

*1st - $500

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*3rd - $100

'''''Diversity winner''''' - $100

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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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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.

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25px|alt=Information icon ↗ Hi Dumbassman! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor at :AfriForum ↗ that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia—it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections ↗ or reverting obvious vandalism ↗. Any edit that changes the ''meaning'' of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit ↗ for more information. Thank you.  <span style="color:#070">Doug Weller</span> talk 13:26, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
: Thanks a lot, I didn't know that. Rossouw (talk) 15:28, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

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:Hey Teles, my friend from Brazil. Was awesome meeting you. Thanks Rossouw (talk) 16:32, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

You misquoted WP:RSNP ↗

It does NOT say " their opinions should not appear in the introduction " it says "Some editors have questioned the reliability of the SPLC on non-United States topics. SPLC classifications should not automatically be included in the lead section of the article about the group which received the classification. The decision to include should rather be decided on a case-by-case basis.". <span style="color:#070">Doug Weller</span> talk 10:18, 12 October 2025 (UTC)
:Cool, do what you want Rossouw (talk) 10:34, 12 October 2025 (UTC)

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: {{ping|Doug Weller}} I didn't vandalize anything. I'll stop editing Afriforum. In turn, please leave me alone. Rossouw (talk) 19:17, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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: My first Barnstar! Thanks a lot. Rossouw (talk) 08:17, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

About your username

Hey there, welcome to the DCWC ↗! I noticed while you were signing up that you sign as "Rossouw" rather than with your username. Since this can be a bit confusing for people, what I'd recommend instead is that you request that your username be changed using Special:GlobalRenameRequest ↗ — it looks like the username Rossouw is available! For the time being, I've done the paperwork to sign you up under your username, since any changes to that might be disruptive to the way the contest's pages work on the back end. However, if you decide to get it changed, please let the coordinators know, and we'd be happy to change it over to your new username. Let me know if you have any questions! <span class="nowrap">—<span style="color: #0b541f;">'''TechnoSquirrel69'''</span></span> <small>(<span style="color: #0b541f;">'''talk'''</span>)</small> 20:55, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

:Thanks. I like my username, but don't want to flaunt it. A lot of people know me as "Rossouw". So I'm going to keep it as is. Thanks Rossouw (talk) 17:22, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

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