Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Asia

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.

Active members
To join WikiProject Western Asia, edit this section and insert the Wikitext   with your areas of interest into the following list of members in alphabetical order. Members should also place member identification on their user page.
 * 1) Eyas 18:13, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Orionist 20:08, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) John Carter 14:28, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Ammar  (Talk - Don't Talk) 21:32, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) CabronUnitтелефонов 19:02, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Greyduk 21:28, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) Cherryleaf - 20 August 2008
 * 8) Md Nahid Islam Sumon 14 October 2021 (UTC)
 * 9) NeMiStIeRs (talk) 10:03, 17 June 2009 (GMT)
 * 10) CielErrant (talk) 22:31, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 11) La comadreja   (talk)  22:01, 26 February 2010 (UTC) (involved in WikiProject Judaism, which considerably overlaps with this WikiProject)
 * 12) Mikhailov Kusserow (talk) 07:53, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 13) Captain armenia (talk) 19:43, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * 14) RavenNR (talk) 06:52, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
 * 15) Lemonmelonsuperstar (talk) 12:07, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * 16) Desertroad (talk) Desertroad (talk) 14:48, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 17) LightandDark2000 (talk) 18:18, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 18) VB00 (talk) 19:30, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * 19)  15:27, 23 June 2023 (UTC) (Overlapping with WikiProject Arab world)
 * 18:37:37, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

In memory

 * 1) Mnbitar 20:06, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Former members
Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
 * 15:39:57, 9 August 2019 (UTC) – WikiProject templates and categories.

Member identification
Members of WikiProject Western Asia should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to .

For other Western Asia user templates, see .

Departments

 * Assessment - the assessment department.

Related WikiProjects

 * 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 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 WikiProject Qatar.

Requested articles

 * Ḥilf al-Muṭayyabīn

Kuwait

 * Safat
 * Al-Zour

Showcase
The following items have received recognition from the Wikipedia community:

Did you know... (DYK)
The following items all appeared in the 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

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.

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.