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Wikipedia Asian Month 2023

Wikipedia Asian Month is an annual Wikipedia contest focused on the promotion of Asian content on various language-specific Wikipedias. Each participating community runs a month-long online edit-a-thon every November on their language's Wikipedia to create new content or improve existing articles about Asian topics apart from their own country. Participation is not limited to Asian communities.

The first iteration of this competition began in 2015 and each year the number of articles has increased and the participants have diversified and expanded. In the past seven years, over 53,840 high-quality articles have been added in more than 64 language-specific Wikipedias by more than 4,800 Wikipedia editors.

As part of the friendship and cultural exchange of the Wikipedia Asian Community, participants who create at least four articles will receive a special Wikipedia Postcard from another participating community.

Get ready to be surprised! You never know which Wiki community will be sending you postcards! Wikipedians who create the most articles on each Wikipedia will be honored as "Wikipedia Asian Ambassadors".

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If you run into issues with your submission, you may also submit via this page

Rules

In a nutshell: Create new articles relating to Asia (people, places, culture, etc.), 3,000 bytes and 300 words minimum, with sources, during November 2023. Lists do not qualify.

  • The article is newly created by you (i.e. not expanding stubs) between November 1, 2023, at 0:00 and November 30, 2023, at 23:59 (UTC).
  • The article should be at least 3,000 bytes and at least 300 words in length. (excluding infobox, templates, etc.)
  • The article must fulfill the notability criteria.
  • The article must have decent references; doubtful or controversial statements in the article should be verifiable by the citation(s) listed in that article.
  • The article must not be purely machine-translated and should be properly copy-edited.
  • There must be no major issues with the article (no copyright violations, questions of notability, etc.)
    • Editors who submit multiple instances of copyright violations may be disqualified from winning the ambassador title.
  • The article should not be a list.
    • Exception: Creating a list that becomes a featured list counts. (Only applies in Wikipedias that have featured lists.)
  • The article should be informative.
  • The article should be about any topic concerning an Asian country.
  • Articles submitted by an organizer need to be checked by other organizers.
  • Judge(s) from each language Wikipedia will determine whether an article is accepted or not for their language Wikipedia's contest.
  • When you create 4 articles that fulfill the above rules, you will receive a digital barnstar (list of eligible editors) from one of the Asian communities.
  • Wikipedia Asian Ambassadors will receive a signed certificate from Asian Affiliates, and an additional postcard. See the Q&A for more information.

Initiatives

Sign up

You can sign up any time until November 30, 2023, at 23:59 (UTC).

List of participants

To sign up for the contest, add your signature to the bottom of the list of names below using # ~~~~ while logged in.

  1. Nicholas0 (talk) 16:36, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  2. CarCai (talk) 01:20, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  3. ✗plicit 13:15, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  4. ~Moheen (keep talking) 10:46, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Dan Carkner (talk) 14:08, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Penny Richards (talk) 15:46, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Kazamzam (talk) 15:29, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Ainty Painty (talk) 16:15, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Oaktree b (talk) 03:29, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Abishe (talk) 09:53, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Holapaco77 (talk) 13:28, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:51, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Rishikesh Roy (talk) 06:07, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Link20XX (talk) 16:15, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Alarichall (talk) 10:42, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  16. CobaltSteel (talk) 01:25, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  17. MirkoS18 (talk) 12:00, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Syadthabigo (talk) 09:12, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  19. ときさき くるみ not because they are easy, but because they are hard 07:58, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Fritzmann (message me) 17:49, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Martin de la Iglesia (talk) 23:28, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Marluliaq (talk) 09:04, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Krishnachandranvn (talk) 12:59, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Cheers, --The Lonely Pather (talk) 00:09, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Submit articles

Contributed to the English Wikipedia for Asian Month? Submit your contributions through the Fountain tool, and the template {{WAM talk 2023}} will be added automatically to article talk pages by the Fountain tool.

If you are having trouble submitting to Fountain, please report your problem at the event's talk page and try again later. If you are still having problems, you can report your contributions here. Submissions that have already been made can be seen here: [1]

Focus theme

Asia is a very large region! It has the largest land area in the world as well as maritime space in which many islands are located. It is not easy to understand the rich diversity of the natural and cultural aspects of this huge area. For Wikipedia Asian Month, we hope to select a focus theme for each year's campaign and encourage participants to get to know more about one aspect of this area. Please join and propose the theme you wish to introduce to the world the most!

Organizers

Jury members

Previous editions

Affiliates