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Categories | Western Asia, WikiProject Western Asia |
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Parent project(s) | Asia |
Project banner template | {{WikiProject Western Asia}} |
Userbox | {{User WikiProject Western Asia}} |
Assessment | Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Asia/Assessment |
CSB | Relevant for Countering systemic bias |
This WikiProject was formed to encourage cooperative editing of articles about countries in Western Asia. This area is roughly similar to the older but commonly used eurocentric termination the Middle East, plus the South Caucasus, and minus Egypt.[1]
Goals[edit]
The goals of this project are to:
- create, improve, and maintain articles relating to the countries of Western Asia, their history, people, geography, and culture. Included are the independent nations of
- assist with the various portals associated with the area.
Scope and current activities[edit]
All articles which fall in Category:Southwest Asian countries are within the scope of this WikiProject. We are grateful for our sister WikiProjects, which aim to cover individual nations or other smaller areas within Southwest Asia. Our particular focus is on covering areas which are not within the scope of more specific projects and on coordinating the activities of other Southwest Asia WikiProjects. For example, the activity of WikiProject Qatar has slowed down in the past few months and we are encouraging activity in this area.
Participants[edit]
Active members[edit]
To join WikiProject Western Asia, edit this section and insert the Wikitext #{{subst:me}}
with your areas of interest into the following list of members in alphabetical order. Members should also place member identification on their user page.
- Badbilltucker (probably primarily in the project's administrative functions, leaving most of the article-related work to better qualified people)
- Eshcorp 18:13, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
- Orionist 20:08, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
- John Carter 14:28, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
- Ammar (Talk - Don't Talk) 21:32, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
- Главателефонов 19:02, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
- Greyduk 21:28, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
- Mnbitar 20:06, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
- Æetlr Creejl 22:51, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
- Tyciol (talk) 12:51, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
- Cherryleaf - 20 August 2008
- Md Nahid Islam Sumon 14 October 2021 (UTC)
- NeMiStIeRs (talk) 10:03, 17 June 2009 (GMT)
- CielErrant (talk) 22:31, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
- AFriedman (talk) 22:01, 26 February 2010 (UTC) (involved in Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism, which considerably overlaps with this WikiProject)
- Mikhailov Kusserow (talk) 07:53, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
- Captain armenia (talk) 19:43, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
- Nadhika99 (talk) 06:52, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
- Lemonmelonsuperstar (talk) 12:07, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
- Desertroad (talk) Desertroad (talk) 14:48, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- LightandDark2000 (talk) 18:18, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
- VB00 (talk) 19:30, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
Former members[edit]
Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
Member identification[edit]
Members of WikiProject Western Asia should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Western Asia members.
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For other Western Asia user templates, see Category:Western Asia user templates.
Departments[edit]
- Assessment - the assessment department.
Related WikiProjects[edit]
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Asia
WikiProject Armenia
WikiProject Azerbaijan
WikiProject Bahrain
WikiProject Cyprus
WikiProject Georgia
WikiProject Iraq
WikiProject Iran
WikiProject Israel
WikiProject Jordan
WikiProject Kuwait
WikiProject Lebanon
WikiProject Oman
WikiProject Palestine
WikiProject Qatar
WikiProject Saudi Arabia
WikiProject Syria
WikiProject Turkey
WikiProject United Arab Emirates
WikiProject Yemen
To do[edit]
- Place the {{WikiProject Western Asia}} banner on the talk pages of all related articles.
- Add all related pages to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Asia/Articles page, by category, so that they can appear on the recent changes page, so that we can monitor them for any vandalism, upkeep, improvement, and vandalism.
- Improve coverage of Qatar and coordinate Wikipedia:WikiProject Qatar.
Requested articles[edit]
Kuwait[edit]
Showcase[edit]
Western Asia articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
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2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
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1 | 1 | |||||
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2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | ||
B | 14 | 17 | 29 | 41 | 11 | 112 | |
C | 10 | 22 | 34 | 123 | 1 | 59 | 249 |
Start | 2 | 31 | 92 | 544 | 2 | 189 | 860 |
Stub | 2 | 5 | 49 | 1,219 | 7 | 224 | 1,506 |
List | 2 | 25 | 151 | 3 | 56 | 237 | |
Category | 1 | 3 | 5,040 | 5,044 | |||
Disambig | 9 | 9 | |||||
File | 1 | 128 | 129 | ||||
Portal | 18 | 18 | |||||
Project | 1 | 1 | 21 | 23 | |||
Redirect | 2 | 5 | 233 | 240 | |||
Template | 2 | 440 | 442 | ||||
NA | 1 | 1 | |||||
Other | 2 | 2 | |||||
Assessed | 31 | 82 | 236 | 2,097 | 5,906 | 539 | 8,891 |
Unassessed | 1 | 4 | 1,062 | 1,067 | |||
Total | 31 | 82 | 237 | 2,101 | 5,906 | 1,601 | 9,958 |
The following items have received recognition from the Wikipedia community:
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Featured articles[edit]
Former featured articles[edit]
Good articles[edit]
Former good articles[edit]
Did you know? articles[edit]
1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake
Ahmad Hashim Abd al-Isawi
Abu Dhabi Media
Al Jahra
Al Jalali Fort
Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration
Axis powers negotiations on the division of Asia
Bir Hima Rock Petroglyphs and Inscriptions
Crime in Kuwait
Crime in Qatar
Democracy promotion by the United States
Violet Dickson
Filipinos in Bahrain
Filipinos in Kuwait
Filipinos in Oman
Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates
Graham E. Fuller
Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia
Gilgamesh
The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia
Hugh III of Cyprus
Human rights in Kuwait
Human rights in Qatar
Husn Camp
Iftah Ya Simsim
Jordan
Koreans in the Arab world
Kuwait–Russia relations
Levantine Arabic
Limassol District
Middle Bronze Age migrations (ancient Near East)
Mining industry of Yemen
Mussafah
Nakhal Fort
Namus
National Democratic Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf
Neanderthal
Hazem Nuseibeh
Palestine (region)
Paper Dolls (film)
Poverty in Cyprus
The Prime Ministers
Prosecution of Marte Dalelv
Robot jockey
Talal al-Sharif
Bashar al-Shatti
Tel Qiri
Tel Zeton
Telegraph Island
Tell Qudadi
Thursday of the Dead
Timeline of the 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests (from July 2012)
Valando Tryfonos
Victory Team
Water supply and sanitation in Abu Dhabi
Women in the Arab Spring
In the News articles[edit]
- 2009 Kuwaiti general election
- 2010 America's Cup
- 2011 Omani protests
- 2012 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak
- Arab Spring
- Battle of Al Hudaydah
- Eurasiatic languages
- Flame (malware)
- Ali Hassan al-Majid
- Neanderthal
- Operation Olive Branch
- Palestinian National Authority
- Qaboos bin Said
- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
- Saudi Arabia
- MV Sirius Star
- Beatrice de Cardi
Did you know... (DYK)[edit]
The following items all appeared in the Wikipedia:Main page Did You Know section:
- Al Jahra - 22 September 2009.
- Crime in Kuwait - 9 September 2008.
- Human rights in Kuwait - 13 August 2006.
- Koreans in the Arab world - 27 April 2007.
- Major non-NATO ally - 24 January 2006.
Wikipedia 1.0 Release Version selections[edit]
The following articles have all been chosen to be included in one or more release versions of Wikipedia.
Article alerts[edit]
Articles for deletion
- 11 Apr 2022 – Munira Al-Fadhel (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
Categories for discussion
- 06 Apr 2022 – Category:South Ossetian society (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Balkovec (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Apr 2022 – Category:Omani society (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Balkovec (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Apr 2022 – Category:Kuwaiti society (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Balkovec (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Apr 2022 – Category:People from Mamulan (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Apr 2022 – Category:People from Azna, Lorestan (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Apr 2022 – Category:People from Aligudarz (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Apr 2022 – Category:People from Aleshtar (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 31 Mar 2022 – Category:Persian artists (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Rathfelder (t · c); see discussion
- 31 Mar 2022 – Category:Persian painters (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Rathfelder (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Mar 2022 – Category:Economies by city in Iran (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Fayenatic london (t · c); see discussion
- (1 more...)
Templates for discussion
- 10 Apr 2022 – Template:2016–17 Saudi Professional League table (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Hhkohh (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Requests for comments
Requested moves
- 31 Mar 2022 – 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Persian Gulf crisis (2019–present) by Daveout (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 17 Nov 2021 – Oriental studies (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Asian studies by Sdkb (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Apr 2021 – Beheading in Islam (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Capital punishment in Islam by XLinkBot (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Apr 2022 – WarnerMedia EMEA (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Discovery EMEA by MegaSmike46 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Articles to be split
- 19 Jan 2021 – Bahrain (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Moxy (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 12 Mar 2022 – Draft:Mush-Mush & the Mushables (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MegaSmike46 (t · c)
Templates[edit]
- {{User WikiProject Western Asia}} is a userbox which all members can add to their talk pages.
- {{WikiProject Western Asia}} is the project banner, to be added to the talk pages of all articles which fall within the scope of the project.
Stub templates[edit]
- {{MEast-stub}} - Stub template to be added to articles relating to the Middle East which are not included in any of the more specific stub types below; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Bahrain-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Bahrain; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Caucasus-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Caucasus countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Armenia-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Armenia; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Armenia-hist-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Armenian history; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Armenia-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Armenian geography; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Armenia-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Armenian people; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Azerbaijan-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Azerbaijan; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Azerbaijan-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the geography of Azerbaijan; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Azerbaijan-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Azerbaijani people; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Georgia-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the nation of Georgia; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Georgia-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the Geography of Georgia; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Georgia-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Georgian people; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Armenia-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Armenia; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Cyprus-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Cyprus; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Cyprus-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the Geography of Cyprus; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Iran-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Iran; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Iran-hist-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Iranian history; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Iran-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Iranian geography; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Iran-mil-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the military personnel and military history of Iran; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Iran-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Iranian people; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Iran-politician-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Iranian politicians; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Iran-sport-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Iranian sportspeople; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Iran-footy-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Iranian football (soccer) people; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Iran-university-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to universities and colleges in Iran; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Bahá'í}} - Stub template for articles relating to Bahai, Babism, Bayanis, and Azalis; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Iraq-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Iraq; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Iraq-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the geography of Iraq; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Iraq-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Iraqi people; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Iraq-politician-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Iraqi politicians; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Israel-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Israel; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Israel-mil-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Israel Defense Forces; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Israel-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the Geography of Israel; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Israel-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Israeli people; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Israel-footy-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Israeli football (soccer); to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Israel-politician-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Israeli politicians; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Jordan-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Jordan; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Jordan-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the Geography of Jordan; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Jordan-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Jordanian people; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Kuwait-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Kuwait; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{lebanon-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Lebanon; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Lebanon-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Lebanese geography; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Lebanon-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{MEast-struct-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to buildings and structures of the Middle East; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{MEast-university-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to universities and colleges of the Middle East; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{MEast-hist-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Middle Eastern history; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{MEast-myth-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Middle Eastern mythology; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{MEast-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Middle Eastern people; to be put on the bottom of each article page with {{SEAsia-geo-stub}} as well.
- {{MEast-actor-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Middle Eastern actors; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{MEast-royal-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Middle Eastern royalty; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{MEast-writer-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Middle Eastern writers; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{MEast-mil-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to people connected with the military of countries in the Middle East; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Oman-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Oman; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Oman-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the Geography of Oman; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Palestine-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to State of Palestine; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Palestine-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles about the geography of areas under the Palestinian National Authority; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Qatar-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Qatar; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Saudi-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Saudi Arabia; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{SaudiArabia-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the Geography of Saudi Arabia; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{SaudiArabia-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Saudi Arabian people; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Syria-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Syria; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Syria-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Syrian geography; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Turkey-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Turkey; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Turkey-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the Geography of Turkey; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{AegeanTR-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the geography of the Aegean region of Turkey; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{BlackSeaTR-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the geography of the Black Sea region of Turkey; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{CAnatolia-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the geography of the Central Anatolia region of Turkey; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{EAnatolia-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the geography of the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Marmara-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to geography of the Marmara region of Turkey; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{MediterraneanTR-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the geography of the Mediterranean Region of Turkey; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{SEAnatolia-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the geography of the Southeast Anatolia region of Turkey; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Turkey-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to people from Turkey; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Turkey-footy-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to people in Turkish football (soccer); to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Turkey-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the Geography of Turkey; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{UAE-stub}} - Stub template for articles related to United Arab Emirates; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{UAE-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for articles related to the geography of the United Arab Emirates; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Yemen-stub}} - Stub notice for articles related to Yemen; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Yemen-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for articles related to the geography of Yemen; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Yemen-bio-stub}} - Stub notice for articles related to Yemeni people; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
Resources[edit]
There are a huge number of resources available for this area. Please see the page of the specific country or area in which you are interested for the ones applicable for your specific interest.
Sisterlinks[edit]
Related WikiProjects[edit]
WikiProject Western Asia is one of the Asian WikiProjects:
Tools[edit]
- Main tool page: toolserver.org
- Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
- Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
- Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
- Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
References[edit]
- ^ "CIA World Factbook: Middle East/West Asia". Retrieved 19 March 2015.