Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Syria
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[edit] Next?
Any proposals for what to do now as a project? I suggest creating quick stubs for missing articles, most importantly cities, towns, lakes, mountains, historic landmarks, etc. Agreed? We have a list of cities, towns and villages in Syria which is missing a lot of cities and towns but has some red links to get started with. We will also need to complete the list. —Anas talk? 16:58, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
- I'm currently working on updating and completing the list. I'm searching with difficulty on the names of the cities (70, other than capitals) in Syria. As for the towns and villages, there are over 6000 villages in Syria, damn! —Anas talk? 00:52, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Is there anything I can do Anas Bazel 03:23, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, see that list above. You can help by creating proper stubs for the cities with no articles. Thank you. :-) —Anas talk? 10:49, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
- I think we really should do something about the Syria article, it is of good quality but definitely needs improvement; the major thing I'm talking about is those sections that need to be synced with their main articles. I will try to allocate some of my time for that this week(end). Asabbagh 09:06, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
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- Definitely, but now is really not the time for it. First of all, let's face it, we don't have the man power right now. I'm having Internet connection difficulties and have no published sources in hand. If you will try to work on it, you will burn out. As I suggested, it will be better to fill in the missing articles, to complete the coverage of Syria-related articles in Wikipedia and to make room for further expansions. Concerning the city list, I have found, using a few tricks and a combination of statistics pages, the names of 56 of the cities, and 14 more remain. I have contacted teh Syrian Bureau of Statistics for the needed information, let's hope they reply to me. All the best, Anas talk? 10:49, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Logo
I added a logo I created this afternoon. Figured it would be a nice touch to the main page. :-) —Anas talk? 15:35, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Good to see Syrian Stub
Hello Every Buddy ,i just add Syrian Stub on it Shouting_Hill,Mount_Hermon.If in future come corss such topic i will add syrian tag or stub on it.Khalidkhoso 02:47, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for helping out. Just make sure that you only add a stub template to the articles that are actually stubs, and note that there are right now 3 kinds of Syrian stub templates, a {{Syria-bio-stub}} for biographies, {{Syria-geo-stub}} for geographical articles, and a general template, {{Syria-stub}} for all other Syria-related stubs. Asabbagh 06:40, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
- ..And a {{Syria-sport-stub}} for Syrian sport-related articles. —Anas talk? 09:59, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] POV & maps
This article (Kurds in Syria) might have some POV issues. I am guessing that the WPSY participants might have higher priorities, but might want to keep an eye on it all the same. Cheers! Baristarim 11:10, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
- It does. It uses a biased tone and exaggerated language, not something to be found in an encyclopedia. It can use some euphemism. I am flooded with work and real life is absorbing my time. Plus, I want to enjoy my Easter. :-) —Anas talk? 17:30, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
- It is ok, no rush :) By the way, I went ahead and created two categories at Category:Wikipedia requested maps in Syria and Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Syria. Just use {{reqmapin|Syria}} and {{reqphotoin|Syria}} to list articles which WP Syria might provide photos/maps and it also helps the project keep track of which articles need those. (Take a look at Khabur River for example to see how multiple projects and countries can be listed for photos and maps) Cheers! Baristarim 01:09, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
- By the way, how is the map situation for WPSyria? Do you think that the articles in general have enough maps? Baristarim 01:09, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
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- No problems. I was just going to suggest that (no, I am not a good mapmaker :)) you contact User:Rarelibra. He is a professional mapmaker and he helped us create real good and free maps for all Turkish administrative units and islands. He also helped us organize them in regions/provinces/districts format which comes in pretty handy. I don't know how the Syrian provinces/regions are organized, but some other WPTR users also designed a very complicated template at Template:Districts of Turkey after looong disputes over coding but it is very handy. I didn't participate in its design but if you left a note there, other users might be able to figure out a way to adopt it to Syria. It is good because it also includes maps. I am sorry, I am making it a bit complicated - just a leave a note at Rarelibra and see what he thinks (he might be busy with something else, I don't know). After the map issues are settled I can contact other WPTR users to help with transposing the template for Syria.. Baristarim 02:03, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
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- Wow! Rarelibra looks just like the man we are looking for. Thank you for the reference. I will definitely seek to contact him soon. The template seems rather too complicated for me, but I will have to look in to the matter soon. Syria has a different administrative system; to get a quick idea, see list of cities in Syria. Unfortunately, April and May are going to be the busiest months for me — I have my finals and my SAT admission test coming up early May. Life's a bitch, eh? —Anas talk? 02:20, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
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- Yep, it can be. lol. I hope that he will be of help. As for the template, whenever you want just leave a note at its talk page and I will ask WPTR users to help with adopting it to Syria. Cheers and good luck with your studies! Baristarim 02:27, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
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