User talk:Oarabile Mudongo

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Hi! I am just letting you know that I replied on User talk:PiRSquared17. πr² (t • c) 14:58, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Dumela rra! Great job with Wikimedia Botswana and the fundraising video! :) Ditumediso tsa setlha, πr² (t • c) 18:18, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the courage,kante o motswana?

Nnyaa, ga se (nna) motswana. (correct my grammar please). But I would still like to help! PS, What does "kante" mean? πr² (t • c) 19:47, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

• Heheheheheh!!!! nooo!! i didnt say your name is Motswana as you have replied above,but my question is are you a Motswana?Well "Kante" is just a setswana word that emphasizes something.Oarabile Mudongo (talk) 18:23, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

  Actually, I thought what I wrote meant "I am not a Motswana". How would you say that in Setswana? Someone asked a question about your video here. πr² (t • c) 18:30, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

I heard you wanted to start a Wikipedia in Kalanga! You can start by going here and creating articles there. πr² (t • c) 00:04, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Congratulations on Fundraising 2012/Translation/Orabile Appeal and good job with Wikimedia Botswana. :) πr² (t • c) 12:43, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Working on tn.wikipedia

Can you translate:

1. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
2. Featured article (Check back later for today's.)
3. Did you know... that (...)
4. Featured picture (Check back later for today's.)
5. In the news
6. On this day...

? πr² (t • c) 00:53, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

tn.wikipedia

Helo User:PiRSquared17 yes i can translate that but i seem not to comprehend what you want me to do,please be detailled about that am logged on to the page now and i cant even see the stated subtopics in the page please.If maybe you could help me locate that then i think i will be great to move.

See tn:Main Page/Test. πr² (t • c) 13:33, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Completion of editing tn.wikipedia Main Page test

Helo once again πr² (t • c) this note serves to inform you that i managed to complete the task you allocated me on the tn.wikipedia page.Please have a look at the changes http://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page/Test and may i know if i have made the right things after having a look at it please.Oarabile Mudongo (talk) 16:15, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

I saw your changes already. Do you like that version of the Main Page? πr² (t • c) 16:16, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

• I personaly like it so much,maybe if atleast we can upgrade to this one it would be a well one job.As i was making some wikipedia outreaches and encouraging people to start editing on the page they seemed to have some problem with getting used to the existing interface.Please kindly request that we switch to the newly designed.?

  I just switched tn:Main Page. You may create tn: Wikipedia:Introduction as an introduction to Wikipedia as well. πr² (t • c) 16:27, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

• That should be in Tswana right!?.Maybe if i can copy and paste the existing one from the existing page would be much better,how is the idea?

  Great! πr² (t • c) 16:39, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

• I think am done here http://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction please have a look at it.

  Do you think that the Main Page looks better now?

  If you want, you can edit and update the content on:

  1. tn:Template:POTD (change the picture and text to another article every day/week/month)
  2. tn:Template:About_Wikipedia
  3. tn:Template:Did_you_know
  4. tn:Wikipedia:Today's_featured_article (update every day/week/month)

  πr² (t • c) 17:18, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

• That's what i have been looking for infact,i really like it this way so now let me give it a try by trying to update the:

  1. tn:Template:Did_you_know
  2. tn:Template:POTD (change the picture and text to another article every day/week/month)

Let me know something before i try,so all i need to do is just delete the current news feed and write the latest right and it will therefore be updated automaticaly in the interface?

Yes, just replace the old content with new stuff and it will be updated! For tn:Wikipedia:Today's_featured_article, you should probably only use very good or long articles (like tn:Botswana, tn:Nko, tn:Molelo. Actually, the picture on "Molelo" looks like it could be on POTD.). I know that the "Did you know" section looks bad, but all you have to do is change that. πr² (t • c) 17:35, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

• Thank you so much about that,let me give it a try then.By the way what's you facebook name am Oarabile Joseph Chizipi Mudongo try send me your request if you have a facebook account alternatively you can email mudongo.oarabile@gmail.com for futher communication.

I don't use Facebook, but you can email me using Special:EmailUser/PiRSquared17. However, the easiest way to contact me is on my talk page (User talk:PiRSquared17). tn:Template:Did_you_know has no content currently, can you add some? :-) πr² (t • c) 19:02, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

• Helo please have a look at the tn:Wikipedia:Today's_featured_article template when i trie to edit it with this article tn:Molelo it combines the existing one with the one i have stated but i dont know why hence the article i want to update on Today's Featured article section is nt updated automatically please help fix the problem for me.

  Would you like me to change Today's featured article to Molelo [fire] or Nko [nose]? What about POTD(Picture of the day)? I'll fix it so you can see. πr² (t • c) 15:42, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

• You change it to Molelo,yah!! you can also change Picture of the day i will work on Did you know section....hope that fine with you right.

  I changed the featured article to Molelo: [1]. Is "Molemo" the same as "Molelo"? I also figured out why your edit didn't work: you edited "Template:Top icon" instead of "Wikipedia:Today's featured article" or "Template:POTD". πr² (t • c) 16:57, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

• Point of correction "Molemo" means Medicine while "Molelo" simply refers to Fire,so i realise you wrote Molemo simply medicine yet the article speaks of Fire.I will correct it though.

  I just copied it from tn: Molelo. The article itself says "Molemo" many times. πr² (t • c) 14:13, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Wikimedia Blog/Drafts/We need equal access to Wikipedia to do our homework.

I just heard that you were involved in this. Great work! PiRSquared17 (talk) 01:00, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

• Greetings PiRSquared17 yes! that's true,i was with Victor Grigas Hamilton and Charlin Music in Cape Town,Joe Slovo Park with Students from Sinonjongo High School.These students are just so amazing and incredible.You could tell their dedication and enthusiasm towards their school work and even their passion to achieve that which they want.I was so touched by their family backgrounds and how they really wanted to know about Wikipedia.You know it was as if someone has been waiting long for something unexpected.Honestly i enjoyed that community outreach and wish to undertake more of this work for the benefit of the foundation and the well being of everyone.Personally i enjoy working as a Wikipedia Volunteer because i also believe in the motive of "Free Access to Information".

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• Thank you very much,even though i once submitted my proposal idea and never got any of your responces. Oarabile Mudongo (talk) 07:51, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

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Hi Oarabile, thanks for volunteering to help out in this year's Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 South Africa! I have noticed that you are volunteering to help out in JHB which I think is great. I would also like to encouarge you to consider volunteering to drive the North West province as it has 67 registered monuments most of which are in Potchefstroom or in Limpopo which are both closer to your part of the world.--Discott (talk) 12:48, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

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• Hello! thanks for sharing and sorry for taking long to respond back to you. Absolutely am more than happy to help with translating the page.I will be having a look at the page and start working on some translations sooner. Oarabile Mudongo (talk) 09:44, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

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Wikipedia as an mHealth tool: 3-phase study in Gaborone, Botswana

Dumela rra! I recently sent you a Facebook message, but thought I would write you here as well. Are you still in Botswana? My name is Afton Chavez and I am a US medical student working on a Wikipedia study under the Botswana-UPenn Partnership in collaboration with the University of Botswana and Faculty of Health and Sciences librarians. We are hoping to launch a "Wikipedia Wednesdays" dedicated to improving the quality and comprehensiveness of Wikipedia articles relevant to Botswana and Africa, and also translating the pages. If you're around maybe you'd be interested in joining or pointing us to other people who may be interested in the project? For more information you can check out the grant application I just created here Gaborone Wikipedia 3-phase study Thanks! Abchave1 (talk) 15:13, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

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