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Portal:Roads

The World Roads Portal is at Peer Review, if any editors know of any articles, images, news items or DYKs which could be added to the Portal, please add them directly to the portal or contact ....SriMesh | talk 00:39, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

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The use of barley in cuisine

I have a quote that the grain barley is not much used in food except in the Middle east, yet I didn't see much mention in the cuisine articles. I figured I'd ask here, if anyone was familiar with the uses of barley in any western asian/middle eastern cuisine, adding it to the Barley#Food section of the barley article would be highly appreciated. Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:17, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes that's correct, Barley is used in Western Asian/Middle Eastern dishes. It goes back to the Ancient Iraqis/Mesopotamians (who first cultivated the grain). Izzedine (talk) 15:52, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

GA Class Review of the United Arab Emirates

Can someone please reassess the United Arab Emirates article. I believe it has geatly improved, and deserves a review. --MoHasanie  Talk  13:10, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Rename Southwest Asia to Western Asia

Please share your views here. Izzedine (talk) 14:00, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

WP 1.0 bot announcement

This message is being sent to each WikiProject that participates in the WP 1.0 assessment system. On Saturday, January 23, 2010, the WP 1.0 bot will be upgraded. Your project does not need to take any action, but the appearance of your project's summary table will change. The upgrade will make many new, optional features available to all WikiProjects. Additional information is available at the WP 1.0 project homepage. — Carl (CBM · talk) 04:09, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Middle East

Maybe should be renamed to Wikiproject Middle East most of the countries in scope are better known in mainstream media as Middle East. Turkey and Lebanon should be moved to WP:Eurasia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.230.112.13 (talk) 04:49, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Why not use the term MENA - Middle East and North Africa since most articles and countries fit within that regional scope: https://en.wikipedia.org/MENA

Vincentbarnhard (talk) 15:47, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Ancient Arabic units of measurement

Israel FAR

I have nominated Israel for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Cptnono (talk) 14:32, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Asian Games by country articles

FYI, several Asiad related articles have been prodded for deletion on March 23, see WP:PRODSUM for that day.

76.66.194.32 (talk) 04:39, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

They have all ended up for deletion at AfD, see Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Log/2010 March 25

76.66.194.32 (talk) 04:39, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Southwest Asian countries

Western Asia articles have been selected for the Misplaced Pages 0.8 release

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We would like to ask you to review the Western Asia articles and revisionIDs we have chosen. Selected articles are marked with a diamond symbol (♦) to the right of each article, and this symbol links to the selected version of each article. If you believe we have included or excluded articles inappropriately, please contact us at Misplaced Pages talk:Version 0.8 with the details. You may wish to look at your WikiProject's articles with cleanup tags and try to improve any that need work; if you do, please give us the new revisionID at Misplaced Pages talk:Version 0.8. We would like to complete this consultation period by midnight UTC on Monday, October 11th.

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Missing task forces - propose creation for categorization purposes

Seems this project is affected by the same issue as the Central Asia project. Please see my argument and proposal here. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 23:19, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

New project

Please note that Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Asia is now up and running SatuSuro 09:12, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Proposed move: Foreign relations of Palestine

It has been proposed that Foreign relations of the Palestinian National Authority be renamed and moved to Foreign relations of Palestine. Please see the move discussion here. Alinor (talk) 06:45, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Discussion closed and then re-opened again from scratch at Talk:Foreign_relations_of_the_Palestinian_National_Authority#Requested_move_.28open_version.29 Alinor (talk) 06:36, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Portal:Ras al-Khaimah

Portal:Ras al-Khaimah has been nominated for deletion. 184.144.166.87 (talk) 06:44, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Experienced editors with specialist regional knowledge urgently wanted

The Arbitration Committee is seeking to appoint additional people to the CheckUser and Oversight teams, in particular people with specialist knowledge.

Because of increasing activity in the South Asian, Southeast Asian, or Middle Eastern regions, CheckUser applications are particularly sought from people who not only meet our general requirements but also are familiar with the ISPs and typical editing patterns of any of these regions.

Successful candidates are likely to be regularly available and already familiar with local and global processes, policies, and guidelines especially those concerning CheckUser and Oversight. CheckUser candidates are expected to be technically proficient, and previous experience with OTRS is beneficial for Oversight candidates. All candidates must at least 18 years of age; have attained legal majority in their jurisdiction of residence; and be willing to identify to the Wikimedia Foundation prior to receiving permissions. If you think you may be suitably qualified, please see the appointments page for further information. The application period is scheduled to close 18 September 2011.  Roger Davies 15:48, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

FAR

I have nominated Turkey for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Dana boomer (talk) 13:55, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month

Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Western Asia will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Western Asia's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Misplaced Pages (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 21:27, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Perth requested-move notification

A requested move survey was started at Talk:Perth_(disambiguation)#Requested_move, which proposes to move:

• Perth → Perth, Western Australia
• Perth, Scotland → Perth, Perthshire
• Perth (disambiguation) → Perth

Background: There was a previous requested-move survey which ran from late May to mid June. There was a great deal of controversy surrounding the closure and subsequent events, which involved a number of reverts and re-reverts which are the subject of an ongoing arbitration case. There was a move review process, which was closed with a finding that the original requested-move closure was endorsed; however, the move review process is relatively new and untried. — P.T. Aufrette (talk) 03:24, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Palestinian Authority issue

Users are welcome to express their opinion on a reformulated discussion Talk:Palestinian National Authority#Palestinian Authority - an organization (government) or a geopolitical entity?. Thank you.Greyshark09 (talk) 21:37, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Palestine at Asia topic

An ongoing discussion at Asia topic template talk page is proposing to change the redirection target of "Palestine" from "Palestinian territories" to "State of Palestine" at Template:Asia topic. Thank you.Greyshark09 (talk) 13:57, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

New 'Women in the Arab Spring' article

I'm planning on writing a new 'Women in the Arab Spring' article as part of my Poverty, Gender and Human Development course at Rice University. I will add the page to this WikiProject because the Arab Spring represents a major change in many countries of Western Asia. The topic of women in the Arab Spring is not currently discussed in the Arab Spring article or anywhere else on Misplaced Pages. I plan to cover the role of women before, during, and after the Arab Spring with my article (see the Arab Spring talk page for details) and would greatly appreciate any feedback on my plans. Thanks! Nadhika99 (talk) 06:53, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Culture of Asia

Culture of Asia has been requested to be renamed, see talk:Culture of Asia -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 05:23, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Category discussion

Input welcome at this discussion Misplaced Pages:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_May_28#Category:Antisemitism_in_the_Middle_East. --Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 05:08, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

AjmanMen-Arabia.jpeg

image:AjmanMen-Arabia.jpeg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 07:56, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

RedSea.jpg

image:RedSea.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 06:44, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

CanaaniteRelief.jpg

image:CanaaniteRelief.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 05:49, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

{{Countries of Western Asia}}

Template:Countries of Western Asia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 05:24, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

{{Countries bordering the Persian Gulf}}

Template:Countries bordering the Persian Gulf (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 10:43, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

{{Countries and territories of the Mediterranean Sea}}

Template:Countries and territories of the Mediterranean Sea (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 10:43, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

{{Countries bordering the Caspian Sea}}

Template:Countries bordering the Caspian Sea (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 10:51, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

{{Countries bordering the Black Sea}}

Template:Countries bordering the Black Sea (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 10:51, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

{{Countries bordering the Red Sea}}

Template:Countries bordering the Red Sea (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 10:57, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

{{Countries bordering the Arabian Sea}}

Template:Countries bordering the Arabian Sea (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 11:04, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

{{Countries and territories bordering the Indian Ocean}}

Template:Countries and territories bordering the Indian Ocean (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 11:09, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

{{Turkic Council}}

Template:Turkic Council (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 01:42, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

{{GCC}}

Template:GCC (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 00:55, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Categorizing descent

Hey, WikiProject,
I work on categorizing articles and categories on Misplaced Pages and today delved into the field of categories involving "people of Asian descent". The work has brought up a couple of contentious issues but I'm posting here because I have a question of nomenclature.

WP has Category:American people of Southwest Asian descent and Category:American people of Middle Eastern descent and not only are the contents for the two categories close to being identical, the categories are cross-posted. Think of categories as a family tree with parent categories and child or subcategories that are placed in the parent category. It causes confusion to have two categories both listed of parents to each other.

Now, I come to Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Western Asia to see if there is a preferred choice for nomenclature and discover that here it is identified as "Western Asia". Enter a third option.

So tell me, if we are discussing Iraqis, Israelis, Kurds, Azerbaijanis, Turks, etc. is the proper identification Middle Eastern, Southwest Asia or Western Asia? Thanks so much for your help! Liz 21:44, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Discussion regarding renaming Category:African_people_of_Arab_descent and four other categories

You are invited to join the discussion at Misplaced Pages:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_December_4#Category:African_people_of_Arab_descent. __ E L A Q U E A T E 01:12, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

CfDs

See my three CfDs related to Israel/Palestine historical cats at Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 February 9. trespassers william (talk) 21:54, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride 2014

You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a campaign to create and improve LGBT-related content at Misplaced Pages and its sister projects. The campaign will take place throughout the month of June, culminating with a multinational edit-a-thon on June 21. Meetups are being held in some cities, or you can participate remotely. All constructive edits are welcome in order to contribute to Misplaced Pages's mission of providing quality, accurate information. Articles within Category:LGBT in Asia may be of particular interest. You can also upload LGBT-related images by participating in Wikimedia Commons' LGBT-related photo challenge. You are encouraged to share the results of your work here. Happy editing! --Another Believer _(Talk) 21:18, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Two articles on the Middle East/Islamic world and LGBT attitudes

Hi! I found some articles by Georg Klauda on LGBT attitudes and the Islamic world. They talk about how anti-LGBT attitudes were not always the norm (previously Europe was homophobic and Europeans went to the Middle East and had homosexual experiences there), but that the anti-LGBT attitudes came to the Middle East when "gays/homosexuals" were made into an identity group.

• Klauda, Georg. "With Islamophobia against Homophobia?" (Archive). MRZine, Monthly Review. 12/11/07. Originally published in German in: Arranca! 37 (October 2007).
• Klauda, Georg (English translation by Angelus Novus). "Globalizing Homophobia" (Archive). MRZine, Monthly Review. 08.12.10. Previous version appeared in Phase 2 No. 10 (December 2003). Also published as the first chapter of Die Vertreibung aus dem Serail: Europa und die Heteronormalisierung der islamischen Welt (Berlin: Männerschwarm-Verlag, 2008).

Also if anyone edits on the Arabic Misplaced Pages, these articles need to be posted to the appropriate articles there, with text used from these sources translated into Arabic within the citations (to show what was cited) WhisperToMe (talk) 14:46, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal

Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Misplaced Pages struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Expert attention

I created Category:Western Asia articles needing expert attention for making Category:Ottoman Empire articles needing expert attention a child of it. Category:Western Asia articles needing expert attention will maybe be populated in the future, and might be of interest to your WikiProject. Iceblock (talk) 02:20, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!

Hello everyone!

You may have received a message from me earlier asking you to comment on my WikiProject X proposal. The good news is that WikiProject X is now live! In our first phase, we are focusing on research. At this time, we are looking for people to share their experiences with WikiProjects: good, bad, or neutral. We are also looking for WikiProjects that may be interested in trying out new tools and layouts that will make participating easier and projects easier to maintain. If you or your WikiProject are interested, check us out! Note that this is an opt-in program; no WikiProject will be required to change anything against its wishes. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

Note: To receive additional notifications about WikiProject X on this talk page, please add this page to Misplaced Pages:WikiProject X/Newsletter. Otherwise, this will be the last notification sent about WikiProject X.

Harej (talk) 16:58, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Zain listed at Requested moves

Wiki Loves Pride

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