Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Eritrea

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I'm interested in adding an article by Girma Asmerom that would update the economic protion of the page, as well as offical exchange rates from the government of Eritrea. MTekle

Is this project still active? Ted87 21:21, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Actually, it's just becoming active. It was only formed a little while ago, and no one has organized anything yet.
Yom 21:47, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Dope enough. I'm in. Ted87 22:08, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
We do work on projects, however, there doesnt seem to be very much work going on. I would appreciate your input to help us improve the information content of Eritrea. I of course cannot do so single handedly :) Merhawie 23:17, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Let me take a look around then I'll give some input. Ted87 00:06, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Hey, is there anyone who's able to translate some articels of this project into tigrinyain order to add to the Eritrean Wikipedia?

Sorry, I don't think any (very) active Wikipedian speaks Tigrinya well (Merhawie can't speak it much, I don't think). The Tigrinya Wikipedia is for all Tigrinya speakers, not just Eritreans, by the way (there are actually more Tigrinya speakers in Ethiopia than in Eritrea). Good luck, though! — ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk • E 03:42, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Images

hello, i am a fellow eritrean, but i, and many eritreans i know who have viewed this site, wondering why the editor of this page has dicided to put a rashida photo up instead of another group more representative such as habesha, blen etc. i say this because rashida are actually a group who have immigrated to eritrea from the Peninsula, but were granted citizenship due to the number of years the resided in eritrea, although i am by no means suggesting they are not eritrean, we just feel that another group should be presented (lets not forget this is mainly to educate those who do not know about eritrea). other then this, the overall site seems very good, and i thank you for taking to to read this, if you decide to change the picture, i would be happy to recommend one. thanks.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.191.154 (talk • contribs)

So you say that the Rashaida are LESS Eritrean than for example the Tigrigna? --Tiqur Anbessa 12:49, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

LOL, how did i know i would find someone who is looking for a fight. I never made that claim, quite the contrary, but if u look at my brackets i said to remember that we are educating those who do not know about eritrea, therefore does it not make sense to put a picture of the majority in our capital city. and if u dont mind me askin, are you rashaida.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.191.154 (talk • contribs)

Hello, I was the onoe who has put up a number of the pictures related to Eritrea. I put the pictures up provide a broad description of ALL Eritreans. The Rashaida are just as Eritrean as the Kunama and I would say from significantly different ethnic backgrounds. Furthermore to recognize the Tigrinya population I put up the kitcha fit-fit, which is an exclusively "highlander" food. So in general the pictures that were chosen were chosen to provide a broad view of all Eritreans without having too much clutter. --Merhawie 18:18, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
The Rashaida constitute the smallest population size of eritean ethnic groups and their skin color is dissimilar to the other 8 ethnic groups (which have black color in common with different degree) . If you tell a foreigner that is what eritreans look like I don’t think he will see one with in months if not years.

[edit] Project directory

Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 15:00, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Day Awards

Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 19:58, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bilateral relations discussion

I would like to invite you all to participate in a discussion at this thread regarding bilateral relations between two countries. All articles related to foreign relations between countries are now under the scope of WikiProject Foreign relations, a newly created project. We hope that the discussion will result in a more clean and organized way of explaining such relationships. Thank you. Ed ¿Cómo estás? 18:00, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] National Scout Association of Eritrea

Can someone who speaks Tigrinya render "National Scout Association of Eritrea" and "Be Prepared", the Scout Motto, into Tigrinya? Thanks! Chris 14:34, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposal to consolidate African country WikiProject banners

Template:AfricaProject was recently modified, and now contains individual parameters for all countries in Africa (see usage notes). Since project-specific assessment for all African countries can now be accomplished through the template, a proposal has been made at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Africa to consolidate all individual African country WikiProject banners.

Comments or suggestions would be most welcome. Thank you, Black Falcon (Talk) 20:11, 23 April 2008 (UTC)