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Requested articles
Articles requested to be created.

Please remove articles that have been created.

Missing encyclopedic articles (from list of Asia-related topics)
This is an inclusive list of related articles from the old Asia-related topics list. Some of them might need redirects to existing articles. Where relevant, links to some information are included.

General

 * 1) Euro-Asian Steppe- missing entries
 * 2) Architectural Decoration in Central Asia
 * 3) Carpets in Central Asia
 * 4) Central Asian Languages → Altaic languages
 * 5) Central Asian Literature
 * 6) Central Asian Media
 * 7) Central Asian Regionalism
 * 8) Central Asian tribes and tribal federations
 * 9) Christianity in Central Asia
 * 10) Communism in Central Asia
 * 11) Dance in Central Asia
 * 12) Energy in Central Asia
 * 13) Felting in Central Asia
 * 14) Fine arts in Central Asia
 * 15) Folklore in Central Asia
 * 16) Germans in Central Asia
 * 17) History of Central Asia/Early Medieval Period
 * 18) History of Central Asia/Late Medieval and Early Modern Periods
 * 19) History of Central Asia/Modern Period
 * 20) Hinduism in Central Asia
 * 21) Ismaili Sects in Central Asia
 * 22) Kalym - brideprice  (see Bride price)
 * 23) Marriage and family in Central Asia
 * 24) Men in Central Asia
 * 25) Nomadic Pastoralism in Central Asia → Eurasian nomads
 * 26) Oil and mineral industries in Central Asia
 * 27) Paleoanthropology of Central Asia
 * 28) Radioactive waste and contamination in Central Asia
 * 29) Relations between China and Central Asia
 * 30) Relations between Russia and Central Asia
 * 31) Relations between the United States and Central Asia
 * 32) Russians in Central Asia
 * 33) Russification and Sovietization of Central Asia
 * 34) Tile work in Central Asia
 * 35) Timeline of Modern Central Asia
 * 36) Traditional Central Asian Medicine
 * 37) Westernization in Central Asia
 * 38) Women in Central Asia
 * 39) Woodworking in Central Asia
 * 40) Nomads of Eurasia museum exhibit

Afghanistan

 * Requested articles: Afghanistan
 * 1) Clothing, Traditional - Afghanistan
 * 2) Ethnic Conflict - Afghanistan
 * 3) Aushpazi, by Wali Zikria
 * 4) Afghanistani Kufta (meatballs)
 * 5) Halwaua-e-Aurd-e-Sujee
 * 6) Draft:Osh Pyozee (Stuffed onions)
 * 7) Cream roll (pastries)

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Uyghuristan/East Turkestan)

 * 1) Uyghur History
 * 2) Uyghur Clothing, Traditional
 * 3) Uyghur Popular Music
 * 4) Famous Uyghurs →
 * 5) Uyghur Politics
 * 6) Guxnan pan-grilled lamb pies

Kazakhstan

 * 1) Dauylpaz - Kazakh drum used in falconry
 * 2) Kazakhstan - History - Timeline
 * 3) Literature of Kazakhstan / Kazakh literature
 * 4) Popular music of Kazakhstan - SuperStar KZ
 * 5) List of cities in Kazakhstan - missing entries
 * 6) List of Presidents of Kazakhstan - missing entries of past presidential candidates
 * 7) Beiimbet Mailin / Mailin, Beiimbet - Kazakh, ??,,  Beiisqulov, T.,  Daryn daralygy book about life and creative work of Beiimbet Mailin, in Kazakh, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 1994, 136 pp., P,    SUBJECT(S)/KEYWORD(S): Literature; History
 * 8) Mukhammedzan Seralin / Seralin, Mukhammedzhan - Kazakh, editor of Ai Qap - may be information about him and the publication in Russian Colonization and the Genesis of Kazakh National Consciousness by Steven Sabol from Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2003.
 * 9) Prime Minister of Kazakhstan - missing entries
 * 10) Oleg Mozheyko
 * 11) chuzhuk (horsemeat sausages)
 * 12) horse delicacies (zhal, zhaya)
 * 13) sheep milk and its products (kaimak, katyk, qurt, irimshik)
 * 14) kuimak
 * 15) oima - flat puff cakes fried in oil then covered in cream

Kyrgyzstan

 * 1) Clothing, Traditional - Kyrgyzstan
 * 2) Kyrgyzstan - Education System
 * 3) Literature of Kyrgyzstan / Kyrgyz literature
 * 4) Turdakun Usubalievich Usubaliev / Usubaliev, Turdakun Usubalievich, Kyrgyz politician,
 * 5) List of political parties in Kyrgyzstan - missing entries
 * 6) List of universities in Kyrgyzstan - missing entries
 * 7) Bishkek Philharmonic Orchestra
 * 8) Kyrgyz National Opera
 * 9) Evgeniî Shmelëv
 * 10) Aigul' Duîsheyevna Duîsheyeva, founder of Girl Scouting in Kyrgyzstan
 * 11) Kyrgyzstan Women's Congress
 * 12) Altai Borubayev
 * 13) Suusamyr valley
 * 14) Maksym (beverage) (see Kyrgyz cuisine for enough to make a stub from)
 * 15) Jarma (beverage) (see Kyrgyz cuisine for enough to make a stub from)
 * 16) Jeti-Ögüz village
 * 17) Broken Heart rock formation, a rock formation near Jeti-Ögüz
 * 18) Moldo ashuu pass (see Ak-Talaa District)
 * 19) Kalmyk ashuu pass (other side of Song Köl)
 * 20) Bishkek National Medical Institute
 * 21) Great Chüy Canal
 * 22) Kloop, one of the most famous investigative media outlets
 * 23) Raim Matraimov, former politician, named as one of the most corrupt officials in the history
 * 24) Birimdik, one of the leading political parties
 * 25) Mekenim Kyrgyzstan, another leading party

Mongolia

 * 1) Clothing, Traditional - Mongolia
 * 2) Forest Industry - Mongolia
 * 3) Mongolia-China-Russia Relations
 * 4) Mongolia-Soviet Union Relations
 * 5) Russians in Mongolia
 * 6) United Party of Mongolia
 * 7) List of universities in Mongolia - missing entries
 * 8) List_of_newspapers_in_Mongolia - missing entries
 * 9) Amarsanaa (leader of 1755-1757 uprising)
 * 10) Myagmaryn Esunmönkh
 * 11) Bansh (mn) – dumpling
 * 12) Bantan (mn) – porridge
 * 13) Boodog (mn) – barbecue
 * 14) Tsuivan (ru) – noodles
 * 15) Shorlog – skewers
 * 16) Chanasan makh – boiled meat and innards
 * 17) Guriltai shöl – meat noodle soup
 * 18) Banshtai tsai – dumplings in tea

Tajikistan
Acting Secretaries and First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Tajikistan
 * 1) Chinor Emomov (1924-1927); Acting secretary
 * 2) Mumin Khojaev (1927-1928); Acting secretary
 * 3) Ali Shervoni (1928-1929); Acting secretary
 * 4) Clothing, Traditional - Tajikistan
 * 5) Kayrakkum
 * 6) Ragoun
 * 7) List of universities in Tajikistan - missing entries
 * 8) Education in Tajikistan needs wikified
 * 9) Muhammad Sharif Himmatzoda - opposition leader during civil war in Tajikistan
 * 10) Hajji Akbar Turajonzoda - Tajik political leader, 2nd in command in the Islamic Renaissance Party.
 * 11) Kamoludin Abdullaev - historian
 * 12) Rahim Masov - historian
 * 13) Muhammad Osimov - also spelt Asimov - Historian, writer, philosopher
 * 14) King Somoni Inheritance nationalist youth movement
 * 15) Jaman Pass, a pass on the Tajik/Afghan border
 * 16) chiburekki (deep-fried dough cakes) — see Burek, which needs major clean-up and addition to the Russian (chebureki) and Mongolian (xuushuur) versions.
 * 17) Cimtarga
 * 18) Fan Mountains

Tibet

 * 1) Clothing, Traditional - Tibet
 * 2) Lhasa dialect
 * 3) Tibet - Image in the Modern West

Turkmenistan

 * 1) Clothing, Traditional - Turkmenistan
 * 2) Garabil Plateau -
 * 3) Literature of Turkmenistan / Turkmen literature
 * 4) Turkmenistan - Education System
 * 5) Turkmenistan - History - Timeline
 * 6) List of cities in Turkmenistan - missing entries
 * 7) Turkmen tribes, possibly broken down by Teke (Tekke), Yomut (Yomud), Arsary (Ersary), Chowdur (Choudur), and Saryk (Saryq), as well as the Salyr (Salor), a tribe that declined as a result of military defeat before the modern period
 * 8) Khalikberdy Atayev (1992-1993) former foreign minister
 * 9) Turkmenistan's United Democratic Opposition
 * 10) Watan Party of Turkmenistan opposition party
 * 11) Hudaýberdi Orazow disapproved pres candidate
 * 12) Oraz Garajaýew major of the town of Abadan, pres candidate
 * 13) Aşyrnyýaz Pomanow mayor of Türkmenbaşy, pres candidate
 * 14) Amannyýaz Atajykow member of parliament, pres candidate
 * 15) Ka'urma mutton deep-fried in its own fat
 * 16) churban churpa mutton fat dissolved in green tea
 * 17) Ishkiykli dough balls filled with meat and onion which are traditionally cooked in sand that has been heated by a fire

Uzbekistan

 * 1) Alisher Navoiy Samarkand State University
 * 2) Clothing, Traditional - Uzbekistan
 * 3) Ferghana Valley Incident
 * 4) Literature of Uzbekistan / Uzbek literature
 * 5) Mamadali Mahmudov - Uzbek writer, currently imprisoned within Uzbekistan ,
 * 6) Uzbekistan - Education System
 * 7) Uzbekistan - History - Timeline
 * 8) List of cities in Uzbekistan - missing entries
 * 9) Nariman Shayakubov
 * 10) Dholeh - a risotto type dish
 * 11) Shakarap - thinly sliced tomatoes and onions with salt and pepper

Central Asian Studies

 * 1) Seymour Becker - author, academic
 * 2) Teresa Rakowska-Harmstone -author, academic
 * 3) Michael Rywkin - author, academic
 * 4) Yutaka Akino - Noted Japanese scholar of Central Asian history. Murdered in 1998 in Tajikistan working for United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan. See for a great deal of information about Akino. It would help if someone who can read Japanese wrote article about Akino.
 * 5) William Fierman - author, academic (Note: article was deleted November 15, 2007)

Sports

 * 1) 2007 Central Asian Games and subpages
 * 2) NOCs general Olympic pages: KAZ, KGZ, TJK, TKM, UZB

World Heritage Sites

 * 1) "Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly" in Kazakhstan need their own site

Requested Photographs

 * Requested photographs of Afghanistan
 * Requested photographs of Kazakhstan
 * Requested photographs of Kyrgyzstan
 * Requested photographs of Mongolia
 * Requested photographs of Tajikistan
 * Requested photographs of Turkmenistan
 * Requested photographs of Uzbekistan
 * Requested photographs of Khorasan

Requested Maps

 * 1) Kamboja-Dvaravati Route
 * 2) Map of where the Tanggula Mountain Pass is located in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
 * 3) See also Category:Wikipedia requested maps in Central Asia.

Articles to expand
These are articles that are stubs or in need of expansion

General

 * Central Asia stubs
 * Afghanistan stubs
 * Kazakhstan stubs
 * Kyrgyzstan stubs
 * Mongolia stubs
 * 1) Portal:Kazakhstan - it needs expanding to attract more readers interested in the country
 * 2) Portal:Kyrgyzstan - it needs expanding to attract more readers interested in the country
 * Tajikistan stubs


 * Uzbekistan stubs
 * Tibet stubs
 * 1) University of Central Asia

Geography

 * Central Asia geography stubs
 * Afghanistan geography stubs
 * Kazakhstan geography stubs
 * Kyrgyzstan geography stubs
 * Mongolia geography stubs
 * Tajikistan geography stubs
 * Turkmenistan geography stubs
 * Uzbekistan geography stubs
 * 1) Kafiristan

History

 * Central Asian history stubs
 * 1) Civil War in Tajikistan

Sino-Tibetan language stubs

 * Groma language
 * Khams Tibetan language
 * Ladakhi language
 * Lisu language
 * Qiangic languages
 * Tani languages

Turkic language stubs

 * Afshar language
 * Altay language
 * Chagatai language
 * Karakalpak language
 * Khorasani Turkish language
 * Kyrgyz language
 * Old Turkic language
 * Nogai language
 * Shor language
 * Tuvan language

Iranian language stubs

 * Balochi language
 * Bukhori language
 * Ingush language
 * Ishkashimi language
 * Munji language
 * Sarikoli language
 * Shughni language
 * Vanji language
 * Wakhi language
 * Yaghnobi language
 * Yazgulyam language
 * Yidgha language

Language stubs most relevant to Afghanistan

 * Askunu language
 * Brahui language
 * Dardic languages
 * Domari language
 * Hazaragi language
 * Kalasha-ala language
 * Kamkata-viri language
 * Kamviri
 * Kata-vari
 * Khalaj language
 * Moghol language
 * Pashayi language
 * Shumashti language
 * Tregami language
 * Vasi-vari language
 * Waziri language



Other language stubs relevant to the region

 * Buryat language
 * Evenk language
 * Kangjia language
 * Khitan language
 * Kurmanji
 * Lezgi language
 * Parnian
 * Tu language
 * Wutunhua

Miscellaneous

 * 1) Komuz - Stringed instrument used in Kyrgyz music
 * 2) Kyl kyyak - Stringed instrument used in Kyrgyz music

People

 * 1) Mirzo Tursunzade – Poet from Tajikistan
 * 2) Bobojan Gafurovich Gafurov - Tajik politician and scholar,
 * Afghan people stubs
 * Kazakhstani people stubs
 * Uzbekistani people stubs
 * 1) Ainu People of China
 * 2) Karait People of Central Eurasia Kipchak Christians influential in the rise of the Genghisids.

Addition of local language text
These are existing articles that would be improved by addition of text and names in the local languages
 * 1) Scouting in Kyrgyzstan
 * 2) Scouting in Turkmenistan
 * 3) Scout Association of Uzbekistan

Articles in dispute
These are articles are tagged as having either their neutrality or accuracy in dispute.
 * Culture of Tajikistan
 * History of Tajikistan

Articles to clean-up
Please see WikiProject Central Asia's Cleanup listing for an extensive list of articles currently tagged to be cleaned up.


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