Talk:List of African writers by country

message: Please help to fill in at least stubs for the authors on this page. If you would like to concentrate on a particular country or set of authors, please indicate them here. Shorne 22:25, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: After the holidays I'm planning on working on the Congos and Ethiopia. I intend to be off after this message though.--T. Anthony 08:11, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Started on that with some Congolese writers. I'm going to focus on Ethiopians ones for a time as I seem to be running into a bit of snag on the Congo, well for now.--T. Anthony 22:21, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Im really confused here. Im new to the Wiki thing and wondered how in the world South Africa has no entry in African Literature. Could someone please explain. I dont think Im up to creating the whole category so whats an easy fix? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Walkzuluwar (talk • contribs) 14:03, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Planning 

message: I've completed the list of countries. Please add authors for the following, which are still unrepresented. Shorne 00:03, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of countries completed 

message: There's a partial overlap between this article's list of South African writers, and the list at List_of_South_African_writers. I'd like to merge the two, but first would like consensus on where the list belongs. My feeling is that this list will get too long and unwieldy to be on one page. Those countries that currently only have a few writers listed should have them listed here, but as these lists get longer they can get broken off into their own lists (with only a link here). The South African list can be substantially longer, as there's a bit of a boom happening now, with lots of new authors being published. Greenman 12:13, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: If no one has any objections, then I'll shortly start removing the SA writers from here, and the SA list will become the definitive one. Greenman 10:09, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I have broken off the long list of Nigerians writers and moved them to List of Nigerian writers.--Ezeu 22:34, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Breaking off longer lists into their own article?

message: I have suggested that List of African writers be merged into this list. They are duplicates, and certainly there is no gain in having both. / --Ezeu 00:04, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Strongly agree, although the Talk page could perhaps keep a list of unassigned authors, rather than letting these be deleted. JackyR 03:34, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably a bit bold, but I have redirected that page to this one, and added a todo list on top of this page. Hopefully I am not stepping on too many toes. --Ezeu 00:57, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with [[List of African writers]] 

message: OK, I'm now well confused. I started a stub for Musaemura Zimunya, virtously adding categories so he appears under  
* People: By occupation: Writers: By nationality: Zimbabwean
* Zimbabwe: People: By occupation: Writers
* Writers by nationality
And now I find I have to manually add him to the List of African writers and the List of African writers (by country). Is this me mucking things up or just the Way of the Wiki? JackyR 03:42, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category: African writers 

message: I changed Léone to Léonie as that seems like the right person. I'm wondering though about something else. I found a Congolese writer named Lima-Baleka Bosek' Ilolo do you think that's who is meant by Lila-Baleka Bosek?Ilolo? I don't want to start that until I know for sure.--T. Anthony 21:36, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Congolese names

message: I feel that we really have to clean up these lists to make them more credible, therefore my suggestion is to remove all names that are “red”, as they have no wiki page and are therefore pointless to the user of the encyclopaedia as they cannot be verified. Let us remember that the wiki is an encyclopaedia on the internet and if someone is searching for something or some one, then there must be clear links that lead them to useful information, at the very least a stub.
I will give it a few days to see if others agree or disagree. If agree or no reply, I shall start removing all “red” names and check all current names and links. If you disagree, please provide a valid reason. The Wiki is a team effort, where we all work together. My aim is to clean up and help to improve the Wiki.--BSTemple (talk) 10:44, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Dealing with existing red links
*In general, red links should not be removed from articles if they link to something that could plausibly sustain an article. An existing red link can indicate that a new article is needed. At any time, a Wikipedian may independently write an article on the linked-to subject, and when this happens, there's already a link ready and waiting for it. The red link also gives readers the opportunity to click on it to create the needed article on the spot.
* In topic/author lists, it is useful to include every topic/author you can possibly find or think of that could plausibly sustain an article. When they are turned into links, the list immediately shows where the gaps in Wikipedia's coverage for that subject are, since all of the topics missing articles will show up in red. Such lists are useful tools in developing subject areas on Wikipedia, as they show where work is needed most. 
* The red link may identify a need to create a redirect to another author.
* Some WikiProjects have bots that determine how many times a certain red link appears in Wikipedia. This is used to determine what articles are the most needed. Editors can also, after clicking on a red link, use the "what links here" function to determine how many times the subject has been red linked.S711 (talk) 12:59, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  DELETE all non wiki article names 

message: I added a photo for one of the redlinked authors from Lesotho - when she has her own article it can be moved there. Dcoetzee 00:01, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo 

message: I have dual South African and Ghanaian citizenship. My name appears in the South African list but not in the Ghanaian list. Would someone with more Wiki skill than I have please add my name to the Ghanaian list?  Thanks. Manuherb (talk) 10:07, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Manu Herbstein 

message: I fixed some spacing and spelling errors in the Niger section.  It appears that this text may have been generated using an OCR.  If that is the case it may likely be a copyright violation.--Rock soup 23:47, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: not the right place for that material anyway, so I've removed it.Dsp13 (talk) 09:13, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Niger OCR

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message: For instance, Doris Lessing?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.74.14.178 (talk) 18:35, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Doris Lessing is already listed in the Zimbabwean list. Greenman (talk) 20:57, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should we list countries no longer on the map, e.g. Rhodesia?  

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