WikiProject Central Asia
Central Asia located as a region of the world
Welcome to WikiProject Central Asia . This
project aims to expand, cleanup and wikify, better organize, and neutralize the point of view on articles related to
Central Asia , a vast
landlocked region of
Asia with both a rich culture and history. For centuries Central Asia has been home to various classifications of
Turkic and
Iranian peoples as well as
Mongols and
Tibetans . Small but significant minorites such as
Russians and
Han Chinese also live in the region.
Islam is the predominant religion (mostly of the
Sunni sect), followed by
Tibetan Buddhism . There are also small pockets of
Christians ,
Bukharan Jews , and
Hindus as well. The usual definition of the region encompasses
Afghanistan ,
Kazakhstan ,
Kyrgyzstan ,
Mongolia ,
Tajikistan ,
Turkmenistan ,
Uzbekistan , western
Pakistan (
North West Frontier Province and
Baluchistan ),
Xinjiang ,
Tibet ,
Central Asian portions of
Russia , and
Khorasan ,
Iran . It is hoped that topics regarding these areas will be enhanced through this project as well as the knowledge of fellow Wikipedians and outside readers. If you would like to help, please inquire on the
talk page .
Goals
To create a body of articles that accurately depicts the history and cultures of Central Asia and Central Asian peoples.
To standardize articles on Central Asia and Central Asian subjects with similar layouts and formatting.
To standardize the use of local-language terms, names, and translations into English across the series.
Things to watch
A native
Turkmen man in traditional dress with his
dromedary camel in
Turkmenistan .
Open tasks
Place the {{
WikiProject Central Asia }} on the talk pages of all articles that fall within the scope of this project,
Add the articles, by category, to the
Wikipedia:WikiProject Central Asia/Main Articles list,
Monitor the
recent changes for improvements which might raise the assessment level, damages to the articles, and vandalism,
Update and hierarchize the categories in
Categories page,
Maintain and update the
Tasks page,
Clear the evaluation and assessment backlog of articles who have been tagged with the project banner.
For a list of stubs and infobox templates that can be used for this project, please see
Templates .
A game of
Buzkashi in
Mazari Sharif , northern
Afghanistan .
Assessment
The
assessment department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia articles related to
Central Asia . While much of the work is done in conjunction with the
WP:1.0 program, the article ratings are also used within the project itself to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.