Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Asia

WikiProject Western Asia

Western Asia
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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.

Goals

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
  • Armenia,
  • Azerbaijan,
  • Bahrain,
  • Cyprus,
  • Georgia,
  • Iran,
  • Iraq,
  • Israel,
  • Jordan,
  • Kuwait,
  • Lebanon,
  • Oman,
  • Palestine,
  • Qatar,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • Syria,
  • Turkey,
  • United Arab Emirates, and
  • Yemen.
• assist with the various portals associated with the area.

Scope and current activities

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

To join WikiProject Western Asia, edit this section and add # ~~~~ and any comments to the following list of members in alphabetical order by username.

1. Badbilltucker (probably primarily in the project's administrative functions, leaving most of the article-related work to better qualified people)
2. Eshcorp 18:13, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
3. Orionist 20:08, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
4. John Carter 14:28, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
5. Ammar (^Talk - ^{Don't Talk}) 21:32, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
6. Главателефонов 19:02, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
7. Greyduk 21:28, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
8. Mnbitar 20:06, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
9. Æetlr Creejl 22:51, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
10. Tyciol (talk) 12:51, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
11. Cherryleaf - 20 August 2008
12. NeMiStIeRs (talk) 10:03, 17 June 2009 (GMT)
13. CielErrant (talk) 22:31, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
14. AFriedman (talk) 22:01, 26 February 2010 (UTC) (involved in Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism, which considerably overlaps with this WikiProject)
15. Mikhailov Kusserow (talk) 07:53, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
16. Captain armenia (talk) 19:43, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
17. Nadhika99 (talk) 06:52, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
18. Lemonmelonsuperstar (talk) 12:07, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
19. Desertroad (talk) Desertroad (talk) 14:48, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
20. LightandDark2000 (talk) 18:18, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
21. VB00 (talk) 19:30, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Member userboxes

You may place either {{User WikiProject Western Asia}} or {{User WP Western Asia}} on your user page to display one of the following userboxes:

This user is a member of
WikiProject Western Asia.

This user is a member of
WikiProject Western Asia.

Either of these templates will add your user page to:

• Category:WikiProject Western Asia members
• Category:Wikipedians interested in Western Asia

For other Western Asia user templates see:

• Category:Western Asia user templates

Departments

• Assessment - the assessment department.

Related WikiProjects

• 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

• WikiProject Ancient Near East
• WikiProject Arab World
• WikiProject Caucasia

To do

• 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

• Ḥilf al-Muṭayyabīn

Kuwait

• Safat
• Al-Zour

Showcase

Western Asia articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA			1				1
GA	2	1	3	4		1	11
B	12	10	20	20		4	66
C	7	18	22	41		26	114
Start	3	22	79	345	1	103	553
Stub	3	4	54	861	5	134	1,061
List		2	18	135	1	44	200
Category			1		5,132		5,133
Disambig					6		6
File	1				136		137
Portal					44		44
Project					26		26
Redirect		1		2	176		179
Template					547		547
NA					2		2
Other					6		6
Assessed	28	58	198	1,408	6,082	312	8,086
Unassessed		2	1	1		1,564	1,568
Total	28	60	199	1,409	6,082	1,876	9,654
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 7003984300000000000♠9,843			Ω = 5.43

The following items have received recognition from the Wikipedia community:

Featured articles

• Cyclone Gonu
• Nagorno-Karabakh War

Former featured articles

• Gregory of Nazianzus
• Iranian peoples
• Israel
• Sasanian Empire
• Turkey

Good articles

• 1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake
• Al Jalali Fort
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Gaza City
• Gilgamesh
• Iftah Ya Simsim
• Jordan
• Land of Black Gold
• Palestine (region)
• Joseph Stalin
• Turkey

Former good articles

• Dubai
• Incense Route
• Iran
• Lebanon
• Music of Kuwait
• Persian literature
• Spice trade

Did you know? articles

• 1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake
• Ahmad Hashim Abd al-Isawi
• Abu Dhabi Media
• Al Jahra
• Al Jalali Fort
• American democracy promotion in the Middle East and North Africa
• Axis power negotiations on the division of Asia
• Bir Hima Rock Petroglyphs and Inscriptions
• Crime in Kuwait
• 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
• Grand Mosque (Dubai)
• Human rights in Kuwait
• Human rights in Qatar
• Husn Camp
• Iftah Ya Simsim
• Jordan
• Koreans in the Arab world
• Kuwait–Russia relations
• Limassol District
• Major non-NATO ally
• Middle Bronze Age migrations (Ancient Near East)
• Mussafah
• Nakhal Fort
• Namus
• National Democratic Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf
• Hazem Nuseibeh
• Palestine (region)
• Paper Dolls (film)
• The Prime Ministers
• Prosecution of Marte Dalelv
• Robot jockey
• Talal al-Sharif
• Bashar al-Shatti
• Telegraph Island
• Thursday of the Dead
• Timeline of the 2011–12 Saudi Arabian protests (from July 2012)
• Victory Team
• Water supply and sanitation in Abu Dhabi
• Women in the Arab Spring

In the News articles

• 2010 America's Cup
• 2011 Omani protests
• 2012 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak
• Arab Spring
• Battle of Al Hudaydah
• Eurasiatic languages
• Flame (malware)
• Kuwaiti general election, 2009
• Ali Hassan al-Majid
• Neanderthal
• Palestinian National Authority
• Saudi Arabia
• MV Sirius Star
• Turkish military operation in Afrin
• Beatrice de Cardi

Did you know... (DYK)

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

The following articles have all been chosen to be included in one or more release versions of Wikipedia.

• Arabic language
• Dunnock
• Gulf War
• Kuwait
• Kuwait City

Article alerts

Articles for deletion

• 30 Oct 2018 – Sunnistan, Shiastan and Kurdistan (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Sakiv (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
• 14 Sep 2018 – Al Quwayz (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Alexandermcnabb (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
• 10 Nov 2018 – Shahawat (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Alexandermcnabb (t · c) was closed as delete by Tone (t · c) on 17 Nov 2018; see discussion (3 participants)

Categories for discussion

• 17 Nov 2018 – Category:Geography of Umm al-Quwain (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BrownHairedGirl (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Nov 2018 – Category:Geography of Ras al-Khaimah (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BrownHairedGirl (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Nov 2018 – Category:People from Ras al-Khaimah (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BrownHairedGirl (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Nov 2018 – Category:Ras al-Khaimah (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Nov 2018 – Category:1836 establishments in Ottoman Syria (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Nov 2018 – Category:1912 establishments in Ottoman Syria (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Nov 2018 – Category:1911 establishments in Ottoman Syria (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Nov 2018 – Category:1892 establishments in Ottoman Syria (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Nov 2018 – Category:1890 establishments in Ottoman Syria (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Nov 2018 – Category:1887 establishments in Ottoman Syria (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion

(16 more...)

Templates

• {{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

• {{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.
  • {{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.
    • {{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

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.

Related WikiProjects

WikiProject Western Asia is one of the Asian WikiProjects:

Tools

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

External watchlist

• Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Western Asia