Wikipedia:WikiProject Central Asia

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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.

Contents 1 Goals 2 Participants 3 Current events 4 New Central Asia articles 5 Requested articles 5.1 Geography 5.2 Miscellaneous 5.3 Missing encyclopedic articles (from list of Asia-related topics) 5.3.1 General 5.3.2 Afghanistan 5.3.3 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Uyghuristan/East Turkestan) 5.3.4 Kazakhstan 5.3.5 Kyrgyzstan 5.3.6 Mongolia 5.3.7 Tajikistan 5.3.8 Tibet 5.3.9 Turkmenistan 5.3.10 Uzbekistan 5.4 Central Asian Studies 5.5 Sports 5.5.1 Miscellaneous 5.6 World Heritage Sites 6 Requested Photographs 7 Requested Maps 8 Articles to improve 8.1 Articles to expand 8.1.1 General 8.1.2 Geography 8.1.3 History 8.1.4 Languages 8.1.4.1 Sino-Tibetan language stubs 8.1.4.2 Turkic language stubs 8.1.4.3 Iranian language stubs 8.1.4.4 Language stubs most relevant to Afghanistan 8.1.4.5 Other language stubs relevant to the region 8.1.5 Miscellaneous 8.1.6 People 8.1.7 Addition of local language text 8.2 Articles in dispute 8.3 Articles to clean-up 9 Administrative Work 9.1 Assessment 10 Other suggested work 11 Templates 12 Related Wikipedias

[edit] Goals

1. To create a body of articles that accurately depicts the history and cultures of Central Asia and Central Asian peoples.
2. To standardize articles on Central Asia and Central Asian subjects with similar layouts and formatting.
3. To standardize the use of local-language terms, names, and translations into English across the series.

[edit] Participants

• aelfthrytha
• Zak
• deeptrivia (talk • contribs)
• Chris
• Amir85
• Tombseye
• Zaparojdik
• FrancisTyers (talk • contribs)
• Straughn (talk • contribs)
• RamBow (talk • contribs)
• hux
• Rayana fazli (talk • contribs)
• Surena
• Jameswilson
• Konchevnik81
• Khosrow II
• Haider
• Proud Iranian
• Aivazovsky
• Briangotts all the wway bro
• siddiqui (talk • contribs)
• Guss2
• Bektour İskender
• Sikandarji
• Mabuse
• MarsRover (talk • contribs)
• FOA
• Casimiri
• KASchmidt
• The Way
• Khoikhoi
• OpenToppedBus
• Le Anh-Huy
• David Straub
• Absar
• MChew (talk • contribs)
• b_cubed
• jsx
• otebig
• KazakhPol
• ManiF
• Jahangard
• Nathanhamm
• Sborsody
• ZeroFC
• Joey AFG
• Mehrdad
• Abdulnr
• Danohuiginn (talk • contribs)
• Clonyara (talk • contribs)
• Nareklm (talk • contribs)
• Atamyrat (talk • contribs)
• Ed4linda (talk • contribs) Doc Rock
• Mattisse (talk • contribs)
• Ga1taman (talk • contribs)

• Patricknoddy (talk • contribs)
• Brian0324 (talk • contribs)
• Jabez (talk • contribs)
• Erkin2008 (talk • contribs)
• Aswatkins (talk • contribs)
• cs (talk • contribs)
• Xaphoo (talk • contribs)
• TheColdTruth (talk • contribs)
• Sa.vakilian (talk • contribs)

[edit] Current events

With the death of Saparmurat Niyazov on December 21, 2006, the situation on the ground in Turkmenistan may change rapidly, and will change the timbre of the region in any case. This is going to be a busy next few weeks for our Project. Chris 03:31, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Absolutely - I'm on it already, but I have to deal with it in more than one way. In another role, I'm a volunteer editor of English documents and press releases for a few of the major Turkmen political opposition organizations. Because of that, that's where my first attentions will go, so I might not be around so much. Aelfthrytha 06:35, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't believe its anywhere in Wikipedia, though I could be wrong, but the election is scheduled for February 11, 2007, according to the Turkmen Embassy in Washington. So perhaps there should be some mention of it, perhaps an article as is the norm for every other major national election? Kaiser matias 20:32, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Central Asia articles

FULL New articles moved to here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Central Asia/New articles, from January 2007 on.

The following are our new articles from within the last 7-14 days Central Asia-related articles on Wikipedia within the last month. Please feel free to add your own (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page.

Note: If you remove something from here, please archive it to the New Articles page.

• Kara Darya 22:27, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
• Lake Kamyslybas 22:27, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
• Saif ed-Din Bokharzi & Bayan-Quli Khan Mausoleums 05:32, 1 February 2007

[edit] Requested articles

Articles requested to be created.

Please remove articles that have been created.

[edit] Geography

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Missing encyclopedic articles (from list of Asia-related topics)

This is an inclusive list of related articles from the Asia-related topics list. Some of them might need redirects to existing articles. Where relevant, links to some information are included. More articles which aren't obvious can be found at: List of Asia-related topics

[edit] General

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

[edit] Afghanistan

1. Requested articles: Afghanistan
2. Clothing, Traditional - Afghanistan
3. Cuisine of Afghanistan
4. Ethnic Conflict - Afghanistan

[edit] Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Uyghuristan/East Turkestan)

1. Ghulja Massacre
2. Uyghur History
3. Uyghur Clothing, Traditional
4. Uyghur Cuisine
5. Uyghur Popular Music
6. Famous Uyghurs →[2]
7. Uyghur Politics

[edit] Kazakhstan

1. Dauylpaz - Kazakh drum used in falconry
2. Kazakh Uplands
3. Kazakhstan - Education System
4. Kazakhstan - History - Timeline
5. Literature of Kazakhstan / Kazakh literature
6. Popular Music of Kazakhstan - SuperStar KZ
7. List of cities in Kazakhstan - missing entries
8. List of Presidents of Kazakhstan - missing entries of past presidential candidates
9. Beiimbet Mailin / Mailin, Beiimbet - Kazakh, ??, [3] , 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 US$18.05
10. Aliya Moldagulova/Molagulova, Aliya - Kazakh war hero, World War II female sniper
11. Mukhammedzan Seralin / Seralin, Mukhammedzhan - Kazakh, editor of Ai Qap
12. Isatai Taimanov / Taimanov, Isatai - Kazakh rebel leader [4]
13. Chokan Valikhanov / Valikhanov, Chokan - Kazakh explorer & scholar, [5]
14. Prime Minister of Kazakhstan - missing entries
15. Tekeli

[edit] Kyrgyzstan

1. Clothing, Traditional - Kyrgyzstan
2. Kyrgyzstan - Education System
3. Literature of Kyrgyzstan / Kyrgyz literature
4. Turdakun Usubalievich Usubaliev / Usubaliev, Turdakun Usubalievich, Kyrgyz politician, [6]
5. List of political parties in Kyrgyzstan - missing entries
6. List of universities in Kyrgyzstan - missing entries
7. kylkyak
8. Bishkek Philharmonic Orchestra
9. Kyrgyz National Opera
10. Sayakbai Karalaev
11. Takhti Sulaiman
12. National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic
13. Cuisine of Kyrgyzstan

[edit] Mongolia

1. Buddhism - Mongolia - Timeline
2. Clothing, Traditional - Mongolia
3. Forest Industry - Mongolia
4. Education in Mongolia / Mongolia - Education System - [7]
5. Mongolia-China-Russia Relations
6. Mongolia-Soviet Union Relations
7. Russians in Mongolia
8. Shamanism - Mongolia -> Tengrism
9. United Party of Mongolia
10. Tsendiyn Damdinsuren - Mongolian writer, [8]
11. Prime Minister of Mongolia - missing entries
    • Janlavyn Narantsatsralt [9]
12. President of Mongolia - missing entries
13. List of universities in Mongolia - missing entries
14. List_of_newspapers_in_Mongolia - missing entries
15. List of cities in Mongolia - missing entries

[edit] 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. Shirinsho Shotemur (1929-1930); Acting secretary.
5. Clothing, Traditional - Tajikistan
6. Kayrakkum
7. Chkalovsk- links to disambig page
8. Kanibadam
9. Jirgital - district
10. Ragoun
11. Tavildara - district
12. Tajikabad - district
13. Nurabad - links to disambig page with missing city in Tajikistan
14. Kafirnigan River [10]
15. Literature of Tajikistan / Tajik literature
16. List of universities in Tajikistan - missing entries
17. Tajikistan - Education System / Education in Tajikistan
18. Tajikistan - History - Timeline / History of Tajikistan
19. Fuzail Maksum - Bashmachi leader who fought against Bolsheviks in the 1920s-30s
20. Muhammad Sharif Himmatzoda - opposition leader during civil war in Tajikistan.
21. Davlat Khudonazarov - acclaimed film director and opposition canidate in 1991 presidential elections. Fled country when war began in 1992.
22. Lali Badakhshan- also spelt La'l-i Badakhshan - Early 1990s political group that represented separatist ambitions of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province
23. Rastokhez - Tajik nationalist political group involved in the civil war in Tajikistan.
24. Hajji Akbar Turajonzoda - Tajik political leader, 2nd in command in the Islamic Renaiisance Party.
25. Kamoludin Abdullaev - historian
26. Rahim Masov - historian
27. Muhammad Osimov - also spelt Asimov - Historian, writer, philosopher
28. Cuisine of Tajikistan
29. King Somoni Inheritance nationalist youth movement

[edit] Tibet

1. Clothing, Traditional - Tibet
2. Lhasa dialect
3. Tibet - Image in the Modern West
4. Tibetan Uprising - Which uprising? There has been quite a few.

[edit] Turkmenistan

1. Clothing, Traditional - Turkmenistan
2. Garabil Plateau - [11]
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. Avdy Kuliyev (1990-1992) former foreign minister
9. Khalikberdy Atayev (1992-1993) former foreign minister
10. Turkmenistan's United Democratic Opposition
11. Nurmuhammed Khanamov former ambassador to Turkey
12. Watan opposition party
13. Hudaýberdi Orazow disapproved pres candidate
14. Oraz Garajaýew major of the town of Abadan, pres candidate
15. Aşyrnyýaz Pomanow mayor of Türkmenbaşy, pres candidate
16. Amannyýaz Atajykow member of parliament, pres candidate
17. Cuisine of Turkmenistan
18. Republican Party of Turkmenistan (in exile) [12]

[edit] 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 [13] , [14]
6. Uzbekistan - Education System
7. Uzbekistan - History - Timeline
8. Mohammed Salikh
9. List of cities in Uzbekistan - missing entries

[edit] Central Asian Studies

1. Ole Olufsen - explorer, author
2. Louis Dupree - author
3. Seymour Becker - author
4. Teresa Rakowska-Harmstone -author
5. Michael Rywkin - author
6. Yutaka Akino - Noted Japanese scholar of Central Asian history. Murdered in 1998 in Tajikistan working for United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan. See [15] for a great deal of information about Akino. It would help if someone who can read Japanese wrote article about Akino.

[edit] Sports

1. 2007 Central Asian Games and subpages
2. 1997 Central Asian Games
3. 1999 Central Asian Games
4. 2003 Central Asian Games
5. 2005 Central Asian Games
6. NOCs general Olympic pages: KAZ, KGZ, TJK, TKM, UZB

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] World Heritage Sites

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

[edit] Requested Photographs

1. Requested photographs of Afghanistan
2. Requested photographs of Kazakhstan
3. Requested photographs of Kyrgyzstan
4. Requested photographs of Mongolia
5. Requested photographs of Tajikistan
6. Requested photographs of Turkmenistan
7. Requested photographs of Uzbekistan
8. Requested photographs of Khorasan

[edit] 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.

[edit] Articles to improve

[edit] Articles to expand

These are articles that are stubs or in need of expansion

[edit] General

1. Central Asia stubs
2. Afghanistan stubs
3. Kazakhstan stubs
4. Kyrgyzstan stubs
5. Mongolia stubs
6. Tajikistan stubs
7. Uzbekistan stubs
8. Tibet stubs
9. University of Central Asia

[edit] Geography

1. Central Asia geography stubs
2. Afghanistan geography stubs
3. Kazakhstan geography stubs
4. Kyrgyzstan geography stubs
5. Mongolia geography stubs
6. Tajikistan geography stubs
7. Turkmenistan geography stubs
8. Uzbekistan geography stubs
9. Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasavi
10. Kafiristan

[edit] History

1. Central Asian history stubs
2. Civil War in Tajikistan

[edit] Languages

[edit] Sino-Tibetan language stubs

1. Groma language
2. Khams Tibetan language
3. Ladakhi language
4. Lisu language
5. Monpa language
6. Qiangic languages
7. Tani languages

[edit] Turkic language stubs

1. Afshar language
2. Altay language
3. Chagatai language
4. Karakalpak language
5. Khorasani Turkish language
6. Kyrgyz language
7. Old Turkic language
8. Nogai language
9. Shor language
10. Tuvan language

[edit] Iranian language stubs

1. Balochi language
2. Bukhori language
3. Ingush language
4. Ishkashimi language
5. Munji language
6. Sarikoli language
7. Shughni language
8. Vanji language
9. Wakhi language
10. Yaghnobi language
11. Yazgulyam language
12. Yidgha language

[edit] Language stubs most relevant to Afghanistan

1. Askunu language
2. Brahui language
3. Dardic languages
4. Domari language
5. Hazaragi language
6. Kalasha-ala language
7. Kamkata-viri language
8. Kamviri
9. Kata-vari
10. Khalaj language
11. Moghol language
12. Pashayi language
13. Shumashti language
14. Tregami language
15. Vasi-vari language
16. Waziri language

[edit] Other language stubs relevant to the region

1. Buryat language
2. Evenk language
3. Kangjia language
4. Khitan language
5. Kurmanji
6. Lezgi language
7. Parnian
8. Tu language
9. Wutunhua

[edit] Miscellaneous

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

[edit] People

1. Mirzo Tursunzade – Poet from Tajikistan
2. Bobojan Gafurovich Gafurov - Tajik politician and scholar, [16]
3. Afghan people stubs
4. Kazakhstani people stubs
5. Uzbekistani people stubs
6. Ainu People of China

[edit] Addition of local language text

These are existing articles that would be improved by addition of text and names in the local languages

1. Afghan Scout Association Can someone put this text into the organization name on the article? Thanks Chris 18:33, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
2. Scouting in Kyrgyzstan
3. Scouting in Turkmenistan
4. Scout Association of Uzbekistan

[edit] Articles in dispute

These are articles are tagged as having either their neutrality or accuracy in dispute.

• Culture of Tajikistan
• History of Tajikistan

[edit] Articles to clean-up

These articles are tagged as needing to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality.

1. Karateghin - based on 1911 encyclopedia, out of date
2. Abay Qunanbayuli

[edit] Administrative Work

[edit] Assessment

This project now engages in assessment as per the Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment guidelines. Please assess all the articles on which the project's banner {{WikiProject Central Asia}} is placed.

Comment At present we can't identify importance of the article. I suggest to make a page like Wikipedia:WikiProject Islam/Assessment.

[edit] Other suggested work

• Looking at "What links here" for Central Asian-related articles can often turn up uncategorised Central Asian articles. Categorizing them will put them somewhere where they can be accessed for improvement.
• Attaching our newly created WikiProject Template to Central Asia-related articles.
• Making contact with people currently in Central Asian countries to request use of their photographs or to request that they take photographs for us. Sites such as these [www.flickr.com] [www.photobucket.com] might be places to look for people.

[edit] Templates

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