Wikipedia:Mabiligu dundɔŋ: Waligimsim din be labiteei balibu ni.

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== New stubs ==
:''See also: [[Wikipedia:Introduction]]''
Welcome to the Dagbani Wikipedia, officially launched on June 30, 2021! At the Dagbani Wikipedia, we are an open, friendly, inclusive, and welcoming educational online community. Here, not only the Dagomba people but also anyone from around the world interested in African cultures and languages can share their knowledge with the world and write their own narratives.
 
Here are some of the new categories and their respective articles that I have started. I have tried my best to link them to the correct Wikidata items. They don't have any text yet, just infoboxes, pictures, and links via Wikidata (more at [[:meta:Filling red links with Wikidata]]). We will need editors to add text and content to the articles, so that we can have a nice-looking encyclopedia instead of just a picture dictionary (which is a good start though).
*[[:Pubu:!Main category]]
*[[:Pubu:Binnamda]] (living things)
**[[:Pubu:Binvuhirigu]] (animals)
***[[:Pubu:Biŋkɔbigu]] (mammals)
***[[:Pubu:Nooŋa]] (birds)
***[[:Pubu:Binneeŋa]] (insects)
**[[:Pubu:Bimbilli]] (plants)
***[[:Pubu:Tia]] (trees)
***[[:Pubu:Mɔɣu]] (grasses)
*[[:Pubu:WikiProject Medicine]] (medical topics)
*[[:Pubu:Balli]] (ethnic groups)
*[[:Pubu:Dunia]] (world, geography)
*[[:Pubu:Saha]] (time)
*[[:Pubu:Bindirigu]] (food)
*[[:Pubu:Biɛɣu]] (musical instruments)
*[[:Pubu:Alikuraan]] (the Holy Qur'an)
 
You can expand the articles and add Dagbani content to them. I am more familiar with languages in Nigeria, and am not a fluent speaker or writer of Dagbani, so I would gladly appreciate Dagbani translation help from time to time.
 
Be sure to use dictionaries such as [[Tony Naden]]'s ''Dagbani dictionary'' (2014) to check for spelling and usage. If the entries in Naden (2014) are incorrect, you can make a note of it and put the correct one on Wikipedia instead.
:Naden, Tony. 2014. [https://www.webonary.org/dagbani/download/ ''Dagbani dictionary'']. Webonary.
 
[[Knut Olawsky]]'s Dagbani grammar book and [[:en:Roger Blench|Roger Blench]]'s lists of Dagbani [http://www.rogerblench.info/Ethnoscience/Plants/General/Dagbani%20plant%20names.pdf plant] and [http://www.rogerblench.info/Ethnoscience/Animals/General/Dagbani%20living%20things.pdf animal] names are also very useful.
 
If you want to start new articles, be sure to:
#Add <nowiki>{{Databox}}</nowiki> on top
#Link the Dagbani article to other Wikipedia language editions
#Add categories (pubu)
#Add references (kundivihira)
 
Currently, a few of the Dagbani Wikipedia's most active editors are:
*[[Ŋun su:Masssly|Masssly]] ([[Ŋun su:Mohammed Sadat (WMDE)|Mohammed Sadat (WMDE)]])
*[[Ŋun su:Shahadusadik|Shahadusadik]]
*[[Ŋun su:Sabon Harshe|Sabon Harshe]]
 
More information can be found at [[:meta:Dagbani Wikimedians User Group|Dagbani Wikimedians User Group]].
 
Thank you and happy editing! [[Ŋun su:Sabon Harshe|Sabon Harshe]] ([[Ŋun su yɛltɔɣa:Sabon Harshe|Yɛltɔɣa]]) 09:30, 22 Silimin gɔli July 2021 (GMT)
:Thank you for sharing these useful resources [[Ŋun su:Sabon Harshe|Sabon Harshe]]![[Ŋun su:Shahadusadik|Shahadusadik]] ([[Ŋun su yɛltɔɣa:Shahadusadik|Yɛltɔɣa]]) 15:27, 22 Silimin gɔli July 2021 (GMT)
 
::And thanks to everyone's hard work linking articles on African-language wikis to [[Wikidata]], the Dagbani and Hausa Wikipedias were mentioned in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymMxPsNGI64&t=562s this Wikimania 2021 presentation about Wikidata]. [[Ŋun su:Sabon Harshe|Sabon Harshe]] ([[Ŋun su yɛltɔɣa:Sabon Harshe|Yɛltɔɣa]]) 04:42, 21 Silimin gɔli August 2021 (GMT)
 
== Tell us about Dagbani Wikipedia ==
 
I have started a new FAQ at [[:meta:Tell us about Dagbani Wikipedia]]. You can put your thoughts in there if you would like. [[Ŋun su:Sabon Harshe|Sabon Harshe]] ([[Ŋun su yɛltɔɣa:Sabon Harshe|Yɛltɔɣa]]) 02:09, 29 Silimin gɔli July 2021 (GMT)
 
== Welcome message ==
 
I think we can create a [[Tɛmplet:Welcome]] template to introduce new users to the Dagbani Wikipedia. You can post a proposed message below. [[Ŋun su:Sabon Harshe|Sabon Harshe]] ([[Ŋun su yɛltɔɣa:Sabon Harshe|Yɛltɔɣa]]) 12:49, 6 Silimin gɔli August 2021 (GMT)
:Okay, Sounds good. We also want to put a similar welcome message on the home page. Maybe we could link from the [[Tɛmplet:Welcome]]?[[Ŋun su:Shahadusadik|Shahadusadik]] ([[Ŋun su yɛltɔɣa:Shahadusadik|Yɛltɔɣa]]) 11:41, 10 Silimin gɔli August 2021 (GMT)
 
== Request for Endorsements ==
 
Dear all, we wish to share our [[proposed rapid grant]] for the Gurenɛ Wikimedia Community project. Please feel free to endorse and share. Thanks [[Ŋun su:Uprising Man|Uprising Man]] ([[Ŋun su yɛltɔɣa:Uprising Man|Yɛltɔɣa]])
:I would be very interested in helping to get the Gurenɛ (Frafra) Wikipedia started. [[Ŋun su:Sabon Harshe|Sabon Harshe]] ([[Ŋun su yɛltɔɣa:Sabon Harshe|Yɛltɔɣa]]) 20:28, 24 Silimin gɔli August 2021 (GMT)
 
:Wow that's great. It's still in the [[incubator:Wp/gur/Pɛgerɛ_yia|incubator]]. [[Ŋun su:Dnshitobu|Dnshitobu]] ([[Ŋun su yɛltɔɣa:Dnshitobu|Yɛltɔɣa]]) 21:32, 24 Silimin gɔli August 2021 (GMT)
 
Hello fellow wikimedians!
I request your support once more to endorse this project for our sister sub group. Gurene Wikimedia Community. Your usual cooperation is highly anticipated. Open the link below to endorse.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Guren%C9%9B_Wikimedia_Community/TranslateWiki.net [[Ŋun su:Alhassan Mohammed Awal|Alhassan Mohammed Awal]] ([[Ŋun su yɛltɔɣa:Alhassan Mohammed Awal|Yɛltɔɣa]]) 21:06, 24 Silimin gɔli August 2021 (GMT)
 
== Announcement ==
[[meta:Wiki Loves Monuments 2021|Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in Ghana]] is coming soon scheduled for September 2021 and Dagbani Wikimedians will take part in the local photo walk in the northern part of Ghana. All are encouraged to endorse. [[Ŋun su:Din-nani1|Din-nani1]] ([[Ŋun su yɛltɔɣa:Din-nani1|Yɛltɔɣa]]) 15:12, 23 Silimin gɔli August 2021 (GMT)
:Dear fellow wikimedians! I come to you once again with another request for your cooperation and support. This is one of our grant applications and I urge you all to endorse it by leaving your comments at the endorsement section. Let's do that ASAP through this link
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Dagbani_Wikimedians/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_Ghana
[[Ŋun su:Alhassan Mohammed Awal|Alhassan Mohammed Awal]] ([[Ŋun su yɛltɔɣa:Alhassan Mohammed Awal|Yɛltɔɣa]]) 18:38, 23 Silimin gɔli August 2021 (GMT)
 
== Wikidata vandalism ==
Watch out for Wikidata vandalism. It is probably good practice to add at least a short definition to each new article or page, not just a databox, so that we can check if anything goes wrong when Wikidata gets vandalized by persistent vandals such as [https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/1.42.147.76&offset=&limit=500&target=1.42.147.76] (This vandal keeps adding random unrelated articles to Wikidata items about Disney cartoon characters). [[Ŋun su:Sabon Harshe|Sabon Harshe]] ([[Ŋun su yɛltɔɣa:Sabon Harshe|Yɛltɔɣa]]) 07:45, 26 Silimin gɔli August 2021 (GMT)
 
:Agreed! [[Ŋun su:Masssly|Masssly]] ([[Ŋun su yɛltɔɣa:Masssly|Yɛltɔɣa]]) 10:18, 26 Silimin gɔli August 2021 (GMT)
 
== Coming soon: Template dialog improvements for VisualEditor and new wiktext mode ==