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Create Wikipedia articles on the state of Open Access on many countries around the world using open license text from the UNESCO Global Open Access Portal descriptions. The table below have been created to organise and make it easier to create articles from the existing open license descirptions To create an article:

  1. Find a country with a red Wikipedia article link (this means the article doesn't exist yet).
  2. Click on the draft article.
  3. Format the draft using the instructions below.
  4. Click on the red Wikipedia article link to the article to be create
  5. Click on Create at the top of the page and paste in the text.
  6. Click Save Page and add created article using open license text, see the Sources section for more information to the edit summary.

Page view statistics for Wikipedia articles using text from the Global Open Access Portal

link Converting draft pages into Wikipedia articles

Before saving the draft page for the first time

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  • Remove personal information of individuals
  • Ensure the Open Access text Attribution is included, otherwise the text may be deleted as a copyright infringement

Formatting

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  • Remove any bold text from the body of the document
  • Change section headings from being Subheadings to be Heading

Style

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  • Remove personal information of individuals
  • The first sentence should include the name of the article in bold e.g Open access in Algeria is a recent movement, however, there has already been positive and steady feedback on it from variety of stakeholders; librarians, academics and researchers - all support and participate in the OA movement.
  • Remove words that do not specify a time period e.g currently
  • Remove non encyclopedic words like moreover
  • Change the section title Past and Future Open Access Related Activities to Open Access Related Activities
  • Add full names where acronyms are being used and add the acronym afterwards where it is available, links should be created for the full names and not the acronym. E.g MVSL is changed to Maghreb Virtual Science Library (MVSL)
  • Where a section simply consists of a list, add a sentence at the start to introduce the list. E.g for a list of key organisations add the sentence: There are a number of key organisations involved in Open access in NAMEOFCOUNTRY, these include:
  • Remove references to the future that are speculative
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  • Where the name of an organisation is used create a Wikipedia link to it, even if the article doesn't exist yet.
  • Change List of Publications heading to External links
  • Create links to the articles in the External links section
  • Only link to external sources in the External Links section

Referencing

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  • Ensure the original document is referenced at the end of every paragraph (using the Re-use section of the citation tool).
  • Find other references for the subject and these to the article.


Regions

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Country Draft Wikipedia article
Africa draft article Open access in Africa
Arab States draft article Open access in the Arab States
Asia draft article Open access in Asia
The Pacific draft article Open access in The Pacific
Europe draft article Open access in Europe
North America draft article Open access in North America
Latin America draft article Open access in Latin America
The Caribbean draft article Open access in Caribbean Countries

Africa

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Country Draft Wikipedia article
Algeria draft article Open access in Algeria
Angola draft article Open access in Angola
Benin draft article Open access in Benin
Botswana draft article Open access in Botswana
Burkina Faso draft article Open access in Burkina Faso
Burundi draft article Open access in Burundi
Cameroon draft article Open access in Cameroon
Cape Verde draft article Open access in Cape Verde
Central African Republic draft article Open access in Central African Republic
Chad draft article Open access in Chad
Congo draft article Open access in Congo
Democratic Republic Of The Congo draft article Open access in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Egypt draft article Open access in Egypt
Eritrea draft article Open access in Eritrea
Ethiopia draft article Open access in Ethiopia
Gabon draft article Open access in Gabon
Gambia draft article Open access in Gambia
Ghana draft article Open access in Ghana
Ivory Coast (Côte D'Ivoire) draft article Open access in Côte d'Ivoire
Kenya draft article Open access in Kenya
Lesotho draft article Open access in Lesotho
Liberia draft article Open access in Liberia
Libya draft article Open access in Libya
Madagascar draft article Open access in Madagascar
Malawi draft article Open access in Malawi
Mali draft article Open access in Mali
Mauritius draft article Open access in Mauritius
Morocco draft article Open access in Morocco
Mozambique draft article Open access in Mozambique
Namibia draft article Open access in Namibia
Niger draft article Open access in Niger
Nigeria draft article Open access in Nigeria
Rwanda draft article Open access in Rwanda
Sao Tome And Principe draft article Open access in Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal draft article Open access in Senegal
Seychelles draft article Open access in Seychelles
Sierra Leone draft article Open access in Sierra Leone
South Africa draft article Open access in South Africa
Sudan draft article Open access in Sudan
Swaziland draft article Open access in Swaziland
Tanzania draft article Open access in Tanzania
Togo draft article Open access in Togo
Tunisia draft article Open access in Tunisia
Uganda draft article Open access in Uganda
Zambia draft article Open access in Zambia
Zimbabwe draft article Open access in Zimbabwe

Arab States

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Country (with link to text) Draft Wikipedia article
Algeria draft article Open access in Algeria
Bahrain draft article Open access in Bahrain
Egypt draft article Open access in Egypt
Iraq draft article Open access in Iraq
Jordan draft article Open access in Jordan
Kuwait draft article Open access in Kuwait
Lebanon draft article Open access in Lebanon
Libya draft article Open access in Libya
Malta draft article Open access in Malta
Morocco draft article Open access in Morocco
Oman draft article Open access in Oman
Palestine, State Of draft article Open access in Palestine
Qatar draft article Open access in Qatar
Saudi Arabia draft article Open access in Saudi Arabia
Sudan draft article Open access in Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic draft article Open access in Syrian Arab Republic
Tunisia draft article Open access in Tunisia
United Arab Emirates draft article Open access in United Arab Emirates
Yemen draft article Open access in Yemen


Asia and the Pacific

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Country (with link to text) Draft Wikipedia article
Afghanistan draft article Open access in Afghanistan
Australia draft article Open access in Australia
Bangladesh draft article Open access in Bangladesh
Bhutan draft article Open access in Bhutan
Brunei Darussalam draft article Open access in Brunei
Cambodia draft article Open access in Cambodia
China draft article Open access in China
India draft article Open access in India
Indonesia draft article Open access in Indonesia
Islamic Republic Of Iran draft article Open access in Iran
Japan draft article Open access in Japan
Kazakhstan draft article Open access in Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan draft article Open access in Kyrgyzstan
Malaysia draft article Open access in Malaysia
Maldives draft article Open access in Maldives
Mongolia draft article Open access in Mongolia
Myanmar draft article Open access in Myanmar
Nepal draft article Open access in Nepal
New Zealand draft article Open access in New Zealand
Pakistan draft article Open access in Pakistan
Republic Of Korea draft article Open access in Republic of Korea
Russian Federation draft article Open access in Russia
Singapore draft article Open access in Singapore
Sri Lanka draft article Open access in Sri Lanka
Tajikistan draft article Open access in Tajikistan
Thailand draft article Open access in Thailand
Uzbekistan draft article Open access in Uzbekistan
Vietnam draft article Open access in Vietnam


Europe and North America

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Country (with link to text) Draft Wikipedia article
Albania draft article Open access in Albania
Andorra draft article Open access in Andorra
Armenia draft article Open access in Armenia
Austria draft article Open access in Austria
Azerbaijan draft article Open access in Azerbaijan
Belarus draft article Open access in Belarus
Belgium draft article Open access in Belgium
Bosnia And Herzegovina draft article Open access in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria draft article Open access in Bulgaria
Canada draft article Open access in Canada
Croatia draft article Open access in Croatia
Cyprus draft article Open access in Cyprus
Czech Republic draft article Open access in Czech Republic
Denmark draft article Open access in Denmark
Estonia draft article Open access in Estonia
Finland draft article Open access in Finland
France draft article Open access in France
Georgia draft article Open access in Georgia
Germany draft article Open access in Germany
Greece draft article Open access in Greece
Hungary draft article Open access in Hungary
Iceland draft article Open access in Iceland
Ireland draft article Open access in Ireland
Israel draft article Open access in Israel
Italy draft article Open access in Italy
Kazakhstan draft article Open access in Kazakhstan
Latvia draft article Open access in Latvia
Lithuania draft article Open access in Lithuania
Luxembourg draft article Open access in Luxembourg
Malta draft article Open access in Malta
Monaco draft article Open access in Monaco
Montenegro draft article Open access in Montenegro
Netherlands draft article Open access in the Netherlands
Norway draft article Open access in Norway
Poland draft article Open access in Poland
Portugal draft article Open access in Portugal
The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia draft article Open access in Macedonia
Republic Of Moldova draft article Open access in Republic of Moldova
Romania draft article Open access in Romania
Russian Federation draft article Open access in Russia
San Marino draft article Open access in San Marino
Serbia draft article Open access in Serbia
Slovakia draft article Open access in Slovakia
Slovenia draft article Open access in Slovenia
Spain draft article Open access in Spain
Sweden draft article Open access in Sweden
Switzerland draft article Open access in Switzerland
Turkey draft article Open access in Turkey
Ukraine draft article Open access in Ukraine
United Kingdom draft article Open access in United Kingdom
United States Of America draft article Open access in the United States of America

Latin America and the Caribbean

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Country (with link to text) Draft Wikipedia article
Argentina draft article Open access in Argentina
Bolivia draft article Open access in Bolivia
Brazil draft article Open access in Brazil
Caribbean Countries draft article Open access in Caribbean Countries
Chile draft article Open access in Chile
Colombia draft article Open access in Colombia
Costa Rica draft article Open access in Costa Rica
Cuba draft article Open access in Cuba
Dominican Republic draft article Open access in Dominican Republic
Ecuador draft article Open access in Ecuador
El Salvador draft article Open access in El Salvador
Guatemala draft article Open access in Guatemala
Haiti, Republic Of draft article Open access in Haiti
Honduras draft article Open access in Honduras
Mexico draft article Open access in Mexico
Nicaragua draft article Open access in Nicaragua
Panama draft article Open access in Panama
Paraguay draft article Open access in Paraguay
Peru draft article Open access in Peru
Puerto Rico draft article Open access in Puerto Rico
Uruguay draft article Open access in Uruguay
Venezuela draft article Open access in Venezuela