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Hello, Af265, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Below are some pages you might find helpful. For a user-friendly interactive help forum, see the Wikipedia Teahouse.

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Chichewa as official language

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@Af265 Are you sure that Chewa is the official language of Malawi? I am asking this because you said so in your edit summary. Without wasting time, Chewa is not official language of Malawi, and is not even national language of Malawi. There is no such claim in the constitution of Malawi. Chichewa and Chitumbuka are not official or national languages of Malawi. But know that they were once official languages of Malawi alongside English. English is still officially official language of Malawi while the two lost such status 50 years ago. Chichewa dominates the Central and Southern Malawi and can be understood by tribes found in the regions including Yao, Lomwe, Sena, etc. In the same case, Chitumbuka dominates the Northern Region and parts of Central Region (in Kasungu and Nkhotakota districts). In the Northern, if different tribes meet in one place such as the Tonga, Nyiha, Sukwa, Ndali, Nyakyusa, Ngonde, Senga, Tumbuka and Lambya, they could use Chitumbuka and understand each other.

Stop pushing or considering Chichewa (or Chitumbuka) as national or official languages of the country. There are currently no such claims officially. Spreading wrong information to the world and on Wikipedia is against its policies.

I am not in favor of Chichewa or Chitumbuka, but in favor of facts. Tumbuka Arch (talk) 12:59, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for your message. However, I said it is the de facto official language. In other words, it is the common denominator of all local languages in Malawi. Almost everyone in Malawi understands a certain degree of Chichewa. For example, a Sena from Nsanje might go to Karonga for business and he/she might be able to talk to the locals there in Chichewa rather than Chitumbuka. These two people, even though they are not Chewa, still understand it, at least the basics. So Chichewa is the common denominator. Therefore, I believe it would be correct if an article about the Sena people said something like, most of them understand some basic Chichewa, but the same cannot be said for other languages like Chitumbuka, Tonga, Lomwe, etc., in this case.
I’m not trying to push Chewa, but it’s a fact that Chewa is the common language in Malawi, understood by almost everyone, making it easier for people of different tribes to carry on a conversation or business.
Once again, I’m not saying that Chewa is the official language of Malawi, but it is a de facto language that almost everyone understands. Af265 (talk) 14:56, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ai content

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@Af265 in this edit I removed your content as it appeared to have been generated from an LLM eg Chatbot. If you intend to fix the text, do so, but next time try to fix (double check) generated content before inserting in mainspace. Tumbuka Arch (talk) 13:07, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is noted, thank you Af265 (talk) 14:57, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Mungo Murray Chisuse has been accepted

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Mungo Murray Chisuse, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Thanks again, and happy editing!

CNMall41 (talk) 17:54, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@CNMall41 Thank you so much Af265 (talk) 18:19, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome

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I saw your edits at Mary Hall (explorer), thanks, and you added quite a few links to countries and their capital cities. Wiki calls this overlinking. The idea is that no competent reader needs a link from London or France to find out more about them. You should see that these items are not usually linked. Cheers Victuallers (talk) 21:44, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Victuallers Hello,, this is noted thank you. I'll revert the edit and remove the kinks to the countries and cities. Af265 (talk) 01:58, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Done, hope its better now. Thanks once again Af265 (talk) 03:26, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your understanding. You'll do well here. Victuallers (talk) 07:01, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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Thank you for your contributions to articles related to Malawi! It's a topic whose articles unfortunately don't seem to get much attention. Thank you for your efforts. Professor Penguino (talk) 05:13, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Your welcome Af265 (talk) 05:17, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Turnout figure

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Please stop reinstating the turnout figure without a source. If you have a source, add it. If not, don't reinstate the data. In most cases the turnout in the infobox is not sourced because the figure appears in the article with a source. However, if the information is not in the article, it needs a source if challenged. And if you 'don't want to engage in an edit war', stop violating WP:BRD and reinstating unsourced claims. Number 57 19:43, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Very well, i hear you. Thank you Af265 (talk) 20:01, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for 2025 Malawian general election

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On 26 September 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2025 Malawian general election, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. – robertsky (talk) 07:30, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

this is noted, thank you Af265 (talk) 09:05, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]