Talk:16 African Women Translate-a-thon

Articles proposed for translation / Articles proposés à la traduction

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The contest involves the translation of at least 16 articles into at least 16 local and international languages. The articles to be translated will be the biographies of African women of at least B quality (preferably higher quality). The idea is to translate each article into at least 16 languages. The list of language can be, but are not limited to:

• International languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, German
• African languages: Akan, Afrikaans (af), Igbo, Hausa, Wolof, Tswana, Zulu, Xhosa, Shona, Swahili (sw), Yoruba (yo), Sudanese, Amharic (am), Tsonga, Ewe, Sesotho, Chichewa,

List of propositions

(goal : 16 articles of at least B quality level, preferably higher)

• w:en:Malouma, Mauritanian singer, songwriter and politician (currently exist in French, English, Arabic. Stub is a 4th language).
  •  Support this article results from the Wiki Loves Women Writing Contest so seems mandatory to me. Currently GA on EN Anthere (talk)
  •  Support+1 Islahaddow (talk) 11:07, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
• w:fr:Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, politician, South Africa (main source French. Partial translation in English. Stub in a 3rd language)
  •  Support this article results from the Wiki Loves Women Writing Contest so seems mandatory to me. Currently GA on FR Anthere (talk)
  •  Support+1 Islahaddow (talk) 11:07, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
• w:en:Cri-Zelda Brits, South African cricketer: GA on EN
  •  Support would be nice if we had a picture... otherwise, support Anthere (talk)
  •  Support Islahaddow
• w:en:Manal al-Sharif, Saudi women's rights activist: GA on EN, well covered on AR, needs major expansion on CS, DE, ES, FR, PL and translation into PT, SW and other African languages
  •  Support although from Saudi, I can see how she would be interesting and beneficial especially to the N. African readers. Islahaddow (talk) 11:04, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
• w:en:Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian women's rights activist, C class on EN, reasonable coverage on DE, ES, FR, needs expansion on CA, YO and translation into AR, PT, SW and other African languages
  • If Ransome-Kuti and Nwapa are selected, I suggest the EN articles should first be more richly sourced and brought up to B class. This should not be difficult.--Ipigott (talk) 12:04, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
  •  Support Islahaddow
• w:en:Flora Nwapa, Nigerian Igbo writer, C class on EN, needs expansion on ES, FR, SV and translation into AR, DE, PT, SW and other African languages.
  • If Ransome-Kuti and Nwapa are selected, I suggest the EN articles should first be more richly sourced and brought up to B class. This should not be difficult.--Ipigott (talk) 12:04, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
  •  Support Agreed. But those 4 options are pretty good. Anthere (talk)
  •  Support+1 for all of the above Islahaddow (talk) 11:04, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
• w:en:Samia Yusuf Omar (sprinter from Somalia)
  • I would rather oppose because the article is not fantastic and already exist in many languages Anthere (talk)
• w:en:Maggie Laubser (South African painter)
  •  Support Anthere (talk)
• w:en:Fatima Massaquoi (pioneer educator in Liberia)
  •  Support Anthere (talk)
• w:de:Mel Gambôa, Angolan actress, reasonable coverage in DE, PT, needs translation into other languages including EN
  • this article coverage seems to be a bit limited though... Anthere (talk)
• de:Rozena Maart
• w:fr:Eulalia Pérez Sedeño (philosopher, Maroco, Spain). FR/ES
  • looks mostly spanish now... Anthere (talk)
• w:fr:N'Goné Fall(Architecte, Senegal). FR/IT
  • Not very supportive because potential COI Anthere (talk)
• w:en:Frances Ames, South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist EN only
  •  Support Anthere (talk)
• w:ar:Asmaa Mahfouz, Egyptian activist (many languages. Badge in Arabic)
  •  Support Anthere (talk)
• w:ar:Narriman Sadek, Last queen of Egypt (many languages. Badge in arabic)
• w:ar:Lotfia ElNadi, She was the first African woman as well as first Arab woman to earn a pilot's license (several language. A badge in arabic)
  •  Support Anthere (talk)

Here are my nominations in English Wikipedia (these are based as trailblazers and activists contemporary and historic). Some of them are not of the best quality, I know. But thinking of their value to women across the continent:

• w:en:Yaa Asantewaa (Ghana, former Queen Mother). Main negative : already available in many languages
  • weak  Support Anthere (talk)* w:en:Thuli Madonsela
  •  Support- nominated Islahaddow
• w:en:Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (current president of Liberia). Great person and good article. Main problem... already translated in MANY languages.
  •  Support- nominated Islahaddow
• w:en:Joyce Banda (former president Malawi). Main problem... already available in MANY languages (most being stubs though)
  •  Support- nominated Islahaddow
• w:en:Fatou Bensouda
  •  Support- nominated Islahaddow
  •  Support Anthere (already available in several languages, but most are stubbish)
• w:en:Samia Suluhu (politician). Good idea, though already available in several languages.
  •  Support- nominated Islahaddow
  •  Support Anthere - article not very extended though
• w:en:Martha Karua (kenyan politician)
  •  Support Anthere (talk) 23:38, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
  •  Support- nominated Islahaddow
• w:en:Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
  •  Support- nominated Islahaddow
• w:en:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (writer)
  •  Support- nominated Islahaddow
  • good choice. But already translated basically
• w:en:Nehanda Nyakasikana (spiritual leader)
  •  Support- nominated Islahaddow
  • Great choice. I am concerned that the quality of the article might be questionnable Anthere (talk)
• w:en:Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba
  •  Support- nominated Islahaddow
• w:en:Bessie Head - not a wonderful article, needs an image or two and upgrading a bit.
  •  Support- nominated Islahaddow
• Chinwendu Ihezuo
  •  Support, as nominator. Nigerian woman football player. Probably the best of the bunch in Category:Nigeria women's international footballers. Sportswomen are important to have in terms of normalizing their participation in sport. Equality in sports involvement for women is strongly tied to human rights for women around the world. --LauraHale (talk) 11:30, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
• Nassima Saifi
  •  Support, as nominator. Nassima Saifi is a multi-medal winning Algerian Parlaympian. Article lead could use some improvement. Sportswomen are important to have in terms of normalizing their participation in sport. Equality in sports involvement for women is strongly tied to human rights for women around the world. Also, increases visibility of women with disabilities, which is important as different types of women matter strongly. --LauraHale (talk) 11:36, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
• Tshotlego Morama
  •  Support, as nominator. Tshotlego Morama is the first woman to represent Botswana at the Paralympic Games. Article could use some improvement and updating since last touched probably around 2009. --LauraHale (talk) 11:39, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
• w:en:Anna Tibaijuka from Ingo

Other comments

Petscan queries

• in French, no article of quality article de qualité [1]
• in French, 2 articles bon article [2] with w:fr:Cléopâtre VII and w:fr:Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge
• in English, 2 articles FA w:en:Ranavalona I and w:en:Ranavalona III [3]
• in English, 9 GA w:en:Nefertiti Bust, w:en:Rakie Ayola, w:en:Samia Yusuf Omar, w:en:Cri-Zelda Brits, w:en:The Pandorica Opens, w:en:Maggie Laubser, w:en:Cleopatra and Caesar (painting), w:en:Malouma, w:en:Fatima Massaquoi [4]

La plupart des articles du w:fr:Projet:Afrique/Biographies de femmes existent déjà en FR+EN suite à des traductions, plus rarement FR+DE (w:fr:Iolanda Cintura, w:fr:Leda Hugo pour les plus récentes) ou FR+ES (w:fr:Eulalia Pérez Sedeño) ou FR+IT (w:fr:N'Goné Fall, w:fr:Danièle Diwouta-Kotto). Quelques créations en FR n'ont pas encore été traduites en EN (w:fr:Sophie Dabo, w:fr:Joséphine Guidy Wandja, w:fr:Maïmouna Ndoye Seck) mais la plupart de ces articles ne sont pas très étoffés...--Cbyd (talk) 17:11, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

C'est maigre :( J'en rajoute deux à la liste Anthere (talk)

See also: these Wikidata queries

Romanian Wikipedia joins

Hi all. I am pleased to announce that Romanian Wikipedia will join the challenge: ro:P:16wikiwomen. Please add ro: whenever necessary in the translate-a-thon's tracking pages. Thank you. --Gikü (talk) 21:13, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

user:Gikü great news ! I'll fix the language list ! Anthere (talk)

Hebrew Wikipedia is also participating

Is there somewhere we should be listing the articles we translate? TMagen (talk) 10:33, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

This is brilliant news!! Thank you! Please put your names and the articles you are translating here on the 16 African Women Translate-a-thon/participants page. Islahaddow (talk) 11:23, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Catalan and Spanish

Hello. Davidpar has created the page on Catalan Wikipedia and I created it on Spanish. --Millars (talk) 13:33, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Wonderful!!! Thank you Davidpar and Millars! Please put your names and the articles you are translating here on the 16 African Women Translate-a-thon/participants page. Islahaddow (talk) 14:37, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Sister Challenge in the CEE Region

Hello, I'd like to "advertise" a sister challenge that is taking place from 20 April to 30 May: 100wikidays/CEE women. Don't panic, no need to make 100 wikidays for CEE women only, also no need to actually write 100 articles, I ask for at least 10 articles in the next 40 days. And there will be a supercool prize... go and check the page... ;) →Spiritia 06:35, 21 April 2017 (UTC)