Talk:Makwerekwere

Makwerekwere is currently a World history good article nominee. Nominated by FuzzyMagma (talk) at 12:22, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

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Short description: South African afrophobic slur

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A fact from Makwerekwere appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 May 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that makwerekwere is the South African equivalent of "barbarians", an offensive and derogatory slur used to refer to foreigners?

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 14:27, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Makwerekwere is the South African equivalent of "barbarians", an offensive and derogatory slur used to refer to foreigners? Source: The Atlantic and The Economist
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Monster Max

Created by FuzzyMagma (talk). Self-nominated at 21:55, 7 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Makwerekwere; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Article was nominated the same day it was made, so is new enough. It is more than long enough, reads neutrally, and properly uses inline citations with no copyvio issues. The hook is short enough, interesting, and cited inline. The QPQ has been done and there's no image to review. Looks good to go! Silver seren^C 17:39, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It is interesting. Just wanted to say that it suffers a bit from WP:OVERCITE. It is distracting to read through. Bruxton (talk) 14:25, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]