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WikiProject Botswana

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Botswana-related tasks You can help! Here are some Botswana related tasks you can do: Requests: Wikipedia:WikiProject Botswana/Article requests Stubs: Category:Botswana stubs Category sorting: Verify or Factual Accuracy: Update: NPOV : Citations: Copyedit, Style or Cleanup: Expand: view • • discuss • history • watch

Article Statistics

Botswana articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	1	3	8	2			14
FL	1		1				2
FM					4		4
A				1			1
GA	3	5	11	15			34
B	17	7	7	12		4	47
C	23	21	17	31		43	135
Start	36	34	89	164		262	585
Stub	1	24	30	210		786	1,051
List	5	34	4	31		41	115
Category					1,379		1,379
Disambig					3		3
File					30		30
Portal					1		1
Project					9		9
Redirect	1	1	6	9	162		179
Template					98		98
Other			2		6		8
Assessed	88	129	175	475	1,692	1,136	3,695
Unassessed						2	2
Total	88	129	175	475	1,692	1,138	3,697
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 9,982			Ω = 5.35

Welcome to WikiProject Botswana! This group was formed to better organize articles on Botswana in a spirit of cooperation.

Scope

This group includes within its scope all articles related to Botswana, its cities, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Botswana in a fair and accurate manner. All of these articles should be contained within the Category:Botswana or one of its subcategories.

To-do

Get all Botswana districts to GA class.

Assessment of Botswana Districts

Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections

• Botswana
• Seretse Khama

Article alerts

Did you know

• 25 Aug 2026 – Edwin Masuge (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Splains (t · c); see discussion

Categories for discussion

• 06 Jun 2026 – Category:Religious education in Botswana (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Mclay1 (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Jun 2026 – Category:Islam in Botswana (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Mclay1 (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Jun 2026 – Category:Religious schools in Botswana (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Mclay1 (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 30 Sep 2026 – African buffalo (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Wolverine X-eye (t · c); start discussion
• 07 Sep 2026 – Ghanzi Airport (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Splains (t · c); start discussion
• 25 Aug 2026 – Coat of arms of Botswana (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Splains (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Aug 2026 – Edwin Masuge (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Splains (t · c); start discussion

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

Sources

You can install User:Splains/WPBWHighlighter.js, an extension to Novem Linguae's Cite Highlighter.

News

Reliable

• allAfrica.com on Botswana
• Government owned: Daily News Botswana
• Mmegi/The Reporter Online
• The Weekend Post
• Sunday Standard
• The Botswana Gazette
• Botswana Guardian & The Midweek Sun
• The Business Weekly & Review

Semi reliable

• The Voice online - Generally Reliable tabloid for local events; Use with caution for sensitive biographical claims.
• The Patriot on Sunday - Politically biased. Use the neutral Mmegi if possible.

Unreliable

• Botswana-news.com Content aggregator/no editorial transparency

Books and Journals

Reliable

Historical Dictionary of Botswana
Botswana Notes and Records (BNR)
Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies
University of Botswana Law Journal (UBLJ)
Journal of Southern African Studies (JSAS)
Marang: Journal of Language and Literature