User talk:MDCore

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Hi, likewise. We need as many South Africans as possible on this place to ensure our lovely country doesn't get under-represented or worse, misrepresented. One extreme example is how the article on Apartheid became another Israel-Palestine conflict page, virtually ignoring what Apartheid really was, a South African system, and part of our history.
So, yep, it's great to see another South African on Wikipedia! Impi 19:25, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Hi MD, good to meet you. Thanks for your message on my talk page. I guess it doesn't matter too much what message gets used... we seem to managed to get a nice little article started between us and particular Stan. Hope to see you around in the future! Pcb21| Pete 23:26, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Clock towers and the Clock Tower

As there are no clock towers called the Clock Tower that I know of (or probably at all), there is no need to move Clock Tower to Clock Tower (Westminster). ed g2s • talk 00:27, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I agree the case sensitive of wikipedia is a bit odd, I've added disambiguation link to the top of Clock Tower which I think was needed. ed g2s • talk 16:42, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)

World Radio Geneva

159753: I have got the infomation from WRG's web-site so they are likely to make non neutral. Sorry about this. Feel free to alter this.

Birmingham

You might like to check out the current vote at Talk:The Lord of the Rings
along with some of the discussion at
Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion#Category:Literature_from_Birmingham.2C_England
Category_talk:Birmingham,_England
-- Solipsist 09:43, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Thanks

Nice comments for what I thought was slightly rant-tastic! PMcM 16:15, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

The Humungous Image Tagging Project

Hi. You've helped with the Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Syntax, so I thought it worth alerting you to the latest and greatest of Wikipedia fixing project, User:Yann/Untagged Images, which is seeking to put copyright tags on all of the untagged images. There are probably, oh, thirty thousand or so to do (he said, reaching into the air for a large figure). But hey: they're images ... you'll get to see lots of random pretty pictures. That must be better than looking for at at and the the, non? You know you'll love it. best wishes --Tagishsimon (talk)

Emeryville, California

Thanks for your tip on the Olympia Oyster - see Talk:Emeryville, California, and look at the article to see how it was handled Leonard G. 06:18, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Cities and towns

Hi MDCore, The suburbs that you are refering to used to be towns but are now part of the Cape Metro. If they were always suburbs of Cape Town please let me know or change them as I've only been to Cape Town twice in my lifetime, hopefully I can visit again soon :-). I only did the list last night and need to still go trough some of the links that are not appropriate. If you want you can fix them, thanks for the heads up.

Anyway why don't you put your username on a list of South African Wikipedians at Wikipedia:Wikipedians/South Africa --Jcw69 12:56, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

suburbs

Hi, I am a new Capetonian wikipedian, and am busy writing articles for Cape Town's suburbs, so far I ve written one on Bergvliet and Tokai. Is there a chance that you could help me out please? Thanks. Banes 15:44, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the nice comment on my talk page! I've only just started redoing the UCT article; I'm planning to get it into the structure at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Universities, although that is sometimes a bit USA-specific. - htonl 15:30, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Wikimania 2008 in Cape Town

Hi. Would you be interested in helping to ensure Wikimania 2008 is held in Cape Town? If so, please go to the Cape Town bid page, and sign up on the discussion page. Feel free to dive right in with adding suggestions, or fleshing out the bid! I'd greatly appreciate any help, no matter how small. Greenman 23:59, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

South African Wikimedia Chapter

The idea of setting up a local Wikimedia chapter has been discussed by South African Wikipedians (and those associated with other Wikimedia projects) for some time now, and we want to help turn this dream into a reality. There are currently over 25 chapters established around the world, and several more planned and being discussed, but so far, none in Africa. A South African chapter, should it become a reality, would be a continental first. If you're interested in being involved in the creation of a South African Wikimedia Chapter, could you please email me directly at wikipedia@africancommons.org. Kaydee 68 13.53, 08 June 2010 (UTC)

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