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4	Checked	Topic	More specific topic from the South African curriculum	List of articles proposed	Articles retained	Direct link to Wikipedia	Next step	Addition	Related articles (often focused on South Africa)	References to find further articles	Notes

5	y	National history	General	Republic of South Africa	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_South_Africa		1		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_South_Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:South_Africa_topics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:South_Africa
6	y	National history	History of South Africa	History of South Africa	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_South_Africa	New section "ZA Leaders"	1
7	y	National history	Flag of SA	Flag of South Africa	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Africa	TBE	2
8	y	National history	Anthem of SA	National anthem of South Africa	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem_of_South_Africa	TBE	2
9	y	National history	National symbols	National symbols of South Africa	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_symbols_of_South_Africa	TBE	2
10		National history	Constitutional Hill	Constitutional Hill		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Hill,_Johannesburg		4			Added to the list after the WLW edit-a-thon in Joburg
11		National history	Constitutional Court	Constitutional Court of South Africa		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_South_Africa		4			Added to the list after the WLW edit-a-thon in Joburg
12	y	Life stories of leaders	Nelson Mandela (mentioned in the CAPS)	Nelson Mandela	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela	Review JO	1			Already marked as "good article", protected.
13	y	Life stories of leaders	Mahatma Gandhi (mentioned in the CAPS)	Mahatma Gandhi	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi	Review JO	1			Already marked as "good article", protected.
14	y	Life stories of leaders	Walter Sisulu	Walter Sisulu	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Sisulu	Review EX	1			Less than 10k bytes; lead section needs to be improved
15	y	Life stories of leaders	Oliver Tambo	Oliver Tambo	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Tambo	Review EX	1			Slightly over 11k bytes; needs additional citations for verification.
16	y	Life stories of leaders	Winnie Mandela	Winnie Mandela	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie_Madikizela-Mandela	Review EX	1
17	y	Life stories of leaders	Steve Biko	Steve Biko	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Biko	Review EX	1
18	y	Transport on land	Animals	Animal powered transport	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal-powered_transport	new/ to be completed	1			Just two sentences in the country article, merely listing some mammals; in the SA index page, only 5 names of animals in the Fauna paragraph; the wildlife article does not cite any references or sources; the Riverine rabbit article lacks pictures; the giraffe's one instead has several but is a micro-stub; the Kudu one needs citations. Articles 4, 5 and 6 in the list are not so easy to find while they are interesting. In the Fauna article, the section about terrestrial invertebrates is almost empty.
19	y	Transport on land	Carts, wagons, coaches	Transport in South Africa	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_South_Africa	Review/new	1			The transportation article only mentions roads, railways, airports, water transport; the paragraph about tramways is extremely short and a good idea for further expansion; Roads in SA is a missing article.
20	y	Transport on land	Bicycle	Bicycle	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle	Review	1			Izak van Zyl 15:04 14 ott: Article seems complete. More info may be added to 'Environmental impact' as well as to 'Manufacturing' if needed.
21	y	Transport on land	Steam engine and train	Rail transport	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport	Review (main article)	1
22	y	Transport on land	Steam engine and train	Rail transport in South Africa	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_South_Africa	Review (main article)	1	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_locomotive_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_foot_gauge_railways_in_South_Africa	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Locomotives_of_South_Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_South_African_locomotive_classes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_abandoned_railway_lines_in_South_Africa	The abandoned railways list is marked as incomplete.
23	y	Transport on land	Motor car	Automobile	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile	Review	1			Izak van Zyl 15:08 14 ott: Should we create a specific article here? e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_South_Africa
24	y	Transport on land	Common forms of transport of people and goods today	Transport	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport	Review CO	1
25	y	Transport on land	Steam engine and train	South African Locomotive history	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_locomotive_history		1A
26	y	Transport on land	Steam engine and train	Tow foot gauge railways in South Africa	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_foot_gauge_railways_in_South_Africa		1A
27	y	San hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age	(all about them)	Later Stone Age	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Later_Stone_Age		1			This article is just a stub.
28	y	San hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age	(all about them)	San people	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_people	Review	1			There are some citation needed warnings in the main article.
29	y	San hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age	(all about them)	!Kung People	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C7%83Kung_people		1A			Nancy Howell	Sent request
30	y	San hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age	(all about them)	San Religion	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_religion		1A
31	y	San hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age		Gana and Gwi people	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gana_and_Gwi_people		2A
32	y	San hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age		San Languages	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_languages		2A
33	y	Khoikhoi herder society in the Later Stone Age	(all about them)	Khoikhoi	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoikhoi	Review	1			The History section of the main article does not cite references or sources.
34	y	Khoikhoi herder society in the Later Stone Age	(all about them)	Griqua people	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griqua_people	Review	1			The History section of the main article does not cite references or sources.
35	y	Khoikhoi herder society in the Later Stone Age	(all about them)	Herero and Namaqua Genocide	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herero_and_Namaqua_Genocide	Review	1			The History section of the main article does not cite references or sources.
36	y	Khoikhoi herder society in the Later Stone Age	(all about them)	Khoikhoi mythology	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoikhoi_mythology	Review	1			The History section of the main article does not cite references or sources.
37	y	Khoikhoi herder society in the Later Stone Age	(all about them)	Hottentot Venus	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hottentot_Venus	Review	1			The History section of the main article does not cite references or sources.
38	y	Heritage from each province	Cradle of humankind - Gauteng	Cradle of Humankind	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_of_Humankind	Review, new articles	1			There are 3 red links about main sites @ the Cradle site.
39	y	Heritage from each province	Cradle of humankind - Gauteng	Gauteng	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauteng	Review, new articles	1			There are 3 red links about main sites @ the Cradle site.
40	y	Heritage from each province	Golden objects at Mapungubwe - Limpopo	Mapungubwe	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapungubwe	New section in Mapungubwe Review JO	1			The main article lacks an encyclopedic style.
41	y	Heritage from each province	Golden objects at Mapungubwe - Limpopo	Mapungubwe National Park	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapungubwe_National_Park	New section in Mapungubwe Review JO	1			The main article lacks an encyclopedic style.
42	y	Heritage from each province	Golden objects at Mapungubwe - Limpopo	Mapungubwe Museum	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapungubwe_Museum	New section in Mapungubwe Review JO	1			The main article lacks an encyclopedic style.
43	y	Heritage from each province	Frances Baard - Northern Cape	Frances Baard	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Baard	TBC Review JO	1			Article less than 10k bytes, unfortunately with no pics.
44	y	Heritage from each province	Heritage in names of rivers, dams, towns - Free State	Free State province	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_State_%28province%29	New section in Free State Province Review JO	1			Missing paragraph on heritage, toponomastic
45	y	Heritage from each province	Changing identities, the Castle - Western Cape	Western Cape	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Cape	Review JO needs link to Western Cape	1			Castle of Good Hope, missing redirect
46	y	Heritage from each province	Changing identities, the Castle - Western Cape	Castle of Good Hope	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_Good_Hope	Review JO needs link to Western Cape	1			Castle of Good Hope, missing redirect
47	y	Heritage from each province	Healing properties of the Aloe - Eastern Cape	Aloe	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloe#Uses	Review JO	1			The Aloe article needs further citations.
48	y	Heritage from each province	Healing properties of the Aloe - Eastern Cape	Aloe vera	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloe_vera#Uses	Review JO	1			The Aloe article needs further citations.
49	y	Heritage from each province	Stone-walled town of Kaditshwene - North West	Kaditshwene	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaditshwene	NEW Review JO	1C		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heritage_sites_in_North_West	Nice catch! There's no article about this town, except for a short and incomplete mention in the linked article.
50	y	Heritage from each province	Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Makhonjwa Mountains - Mpumalanga	Mpumalanga	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpumalanga	NEW Review JO	1	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_knowledge		No articles about the Makhonjwa Mountains, no mentions of them in the Mpumalanga one; the article about IK is tagged as having multiple issues.
51	y	Heritage from each province	San rock art in the Drakensberg - Kwazulu Natal	San rock art	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_rock_art	Review JO	1			The art article is almost 7k bytes long.
52	y	Heritage from each province	San rock art in the Drakensberg - Kwazulu Natal	Drakensberg	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drakensberg#San_cave_paintings	Review JO	1			The art article is almost 7k bytes long.
53	y	Heritage from each province	Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Makhonjwa Mountains - Mpumalanga	Makhonjwa Mountains	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhonjwa_Mountains		C
54	y	Crop and stock farming	Important crops in South Africa	Agriculture in South Africa	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_South_Africa		1	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentraal-Suid_Ko%C3%B6perasie		The info about crops seems to be quite outdated (prior to 2000). Someone tried to add an article about this agricultural cooperative (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentraal-Suid_Ko%C3%B6perasie).
55	y	Crop and stock farming	Case study of fruit farming in South Africa	Farm	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm		1A	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wineries_in_South_Africa	Fani Ncapayi		Lungisile Ntsebeza (troppo specializzato?)
56	y	Crop and stock farming	Case study of fruit farming in South Africa			possibly not encyclopedic			https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wineries_in_South_Africa	Maybe grapes? The fruit of the marula tree?
57	y	Crop and stock farming	Stock farming (large, small stock and poultry)			It doesn't appear encyclopedic					Looks like there is no mention of activities related to livestock in South-Africa related articles?
58	y	Crop and stock farming	Case study of stock farming			It doesn't appear encyclopedic
59	y	Food processing	Cooking	South African Cuisine	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_cuisine	Summary	1		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_cuisines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_restaurants_in_South_Africa	Article lacks inline citations.
60	y	Food processing	(Food preparation)	Cooking	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking	Summary	1		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_food_preparation
61	y	Food processing	Dying				NEW
62	y	Food processing	Squeezing				NEW
63	y	Food processing	Cutting				To be evaluated
64	y	Food processing	Mixing				To be evaluated
65	y	How people get access to water	Collecting water from rivers, streams, springs	Water supply and sanitation in SA	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_South_Africa		1	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Board_%28South_Africa%29		The articles look quite general and probably don't mention what we're looking for.
66	y	How people get access to water	Collecting water from rivers, streams, springs	Water privatization in SA	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_privatization_in_South_Africa		1			The articles look quite general and probably don't mention what we're looking for.
67	y	How people get access to water	Boreholes and wells	Borehole	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borehole		1			The articles don't seem to be related to South Africa.
68	y	How people get access to water	Boreholes and wells	Water well	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_well		1			The articles don't seem to be related to South Africa.
69	y	How people get access to water	Trucks with water containers			It doesn't appear encyclopedic
70	y	How people get access to water	Taps (how they work)	Tap valve	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tap_%28valve%29#Water_taps		1			Some citation needed tags; no specific examples for South Africa though?
71	y	Mineral and coal resources in South Africa	How coal is formed. Use of coal	Coal	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal		1
72	y	Mineral and coal resources in South Africa	Location of mineral and coal mines and links to settlement patterns (map)	Mining industry of SA	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_industry_of_South_Africa		1			The mining industry article lacks pictures and has some tags for improvements; the coal one is quite short, and there are no maps of settlements.
73	y	Mineral and coal resources in South Africa	Location of mineral and coal mines and links to settlement patterns (map)	Coal in SA	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_South_Africa		1			The mining industry article lacks pictures and has some tags for improvements; the coal one is quite short, and there are no maps of settlements.
74	y	Fair trading	Concepts and definitions	Fair trade	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_trade#Africa		1			No specific examples about South Africa; also, not mentioned in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_trade_of_South_Africa article.
75	y	Fair trading	The human cost of unfair trade			It doesn't appear encyclopedic					Not sure if this might interest you, but actually the criticism of fair trade in its article needs improvement (it's not neutral and should be integrated in the article itself: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_trade#Criticisms ).
76	y	Fair trading	Fair trade: case study of a positive aspect			It doesn't appear encyclopedic
77	y	Fair trading	Trading	Trade	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade		2
78	y	Animal shelters	Case study of animal shelters	Bird nest	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_nest		1		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Shelters_built_or_used_by_animals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nest-building_in_primates
79	y	Animal shelters	Case study of animal shelters	Nest	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nest#Names_of_nests		1		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Shelters_built_or_used_by_animals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nest-building_in_primates
80	y	Animal shelters	(can be any: wasp nest, fox hole, bird nest, etc.)			[example of animal - with information on its shelter - site-specific] -	to be defined
81	y	Solid materials	Sand and glass	Sand	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand		1			The sand article apparently needs more citations and could be expanded by translating the Dutch one. Like the glass one, this kind of articles needs to be carefully evaluated because the language is probably too complex for school level. Also, none of the articles in this section are strictly related to South Africa.
82	y	Solid materials	Sand and glass	Glass	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass		1			The sand article apparently needs more citations and could be expanded by translating the Dutch one. Like the glass one, this kind of articles needs to be carefully evaluated because the language is probably too complex for school level. Also, none of the articles in this section are strictly related to South Africa.
83	y	Solid materials	Fibers and paper	Fiber	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber		1			There are also articles about paper processing. Notice that the main one is oddly protected.
84	y	Solid materials	Fibers and paper	Paper	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper		1			There are also articles about paper processing. Notice that the main one is oddly protected.
85	y	Solid materials	Clay and ceramics	Clay	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay		1
86	y	Solid materials	Clay and ceramics	Ceramic	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramic		1
87	y	Solid materials	Wool and fabric	Wool	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wool		1			Some citation needed tags in the Fabric article.
88	y	Solid materials	Wool and fabric	Fabric	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile		1			Some citation needed tags in the Fabric article.
89	y	Movement and energy in a system	Indigenous musical instruments	African musical instruments	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_music#Musical_instruments		1	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_South_Africa		The first article has several issues. Doesn't look like there are South Africa specific examples though?
90	y	Movement and energy in a system	How instruments work and are designed (any instrument)	Music of South Africa	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_South_Africa		1A
91	y	Vibration and sound	Vibration and sound	Vibration	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibration		1
92	y	Vibration and sound	Vibration and sound	Sound	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound		1
93	y	Vibration and sound	Making sounds (volume, pitch, duration)			https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume_%28disambiguation%29	Volume needs further evaluation.	1			Just a disamb page. Listed in the first selection. Dumped later
94	y	Vibration and sound	Making sounds (volume, pitch, duration)	Pitch in music	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_%28music%29		1
95	y	Vibration and sound	Making sounds (volume, pitch, duration)	Duration in music	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duration_%28music%29		1
96	y	Vibration and sound	Noise pollution	Noise pollution	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise_pollution		1
97	y	Stored energy in fuels	Fuels: wood, coal, petrol paraffin, gas, wax (and also food)	Energy in South Africa	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_South_Africa		1A			Was not originally in this list but was in the [active] page as part of the first selection. Was not on wikipedia either.
98	y	Stored energy in fuels	Fuels: wood, coal, petrol paraffin, gas, wax (and also food)	Wood	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood		1	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_South_Africa	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Power_in_South_Africa	Environmental issues in SA, Renewable energy in SA, Energy policy of South Africa and Oil industry in South Africa are missing articles; the petrol-paraffin engine article needs more citations;
99	y	Stored energy in fuels	Fuels: wood, coal, petrol paraffin, gas, wax (and also food)	Petrol paraffin engine	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrol-paraffin_engine		1
100	y	Stored energy in fuels	Fuels: wood, coal, petrol paraffin, gas, wax (and also food)	Gaz	X	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas		1