Wikipedia:WikiProject Yemen

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Sabaean head found in Tamna, Yemen
Sabaean head found in Tamna, Yemen
Old San‘a’ in Yemen.
Old San‘a’ in Yemen.

Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Yemen. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you have any question, please inquire on the talk page. All help is appreciated!


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[edit] Goals

  1. To improve the quality and quantity of Yemen related articles, including improving Yemen to featured article status.
  2. To present a holistic view of Yemen and her cultural influence on the world.
  3. To make Wikipedia one of the prime online resources on Yemen.

[edit] Participants

Let's not forget to welcome new participants by leaving a message on their talk page :-)

  • Jidan
  • Inahet
  • Yom — can really only contribute to pre-570 AD history for now.
  • Madris
  • BigHaz - can't guarantee I'll be much use, but I love the place
  • aelfthrytha
  • ThrashedParanoid - I've done some work on the articles about the frm. North and South for a while, nd recently made the Unification article.
  • Cluckbang - Ive done some work on the proof that there was a Sabean invasion of Ethiopia and that its not a 'theory' or 'hypothesis'
  • bamakhrama
  • Aymx - I added a section about Qat and would add pictures about Yemen
  • Darwinek - created many geo-stubs in the past
  • Skatewalk

[edit] Tasks

Please feel free to list your Yemen-related article here (newer articles at the top, please). Listing the articles here often gets other editors to help improve and expand a new article.

[edit] Urgent tasks

  1. Yemen presidential election of 2006 has been created to cover the elction happening this month. It is in need of expansion. --Inahet 20:42, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Articles that need to be created

  1. Abdullah Ba-Kalaba
  2. Abdulhadi Khidhr
  3. Abdul Rahman Isma’il al-Khawlani (Wadah al-Yemen)
  4. Amna Yousuf
  5. Nabila al-Zubayr
  6. Yahya Awadh Abdulaziz Al-Maqaleh
  7. Abu Bakr Salim
  8. Ahmad Fathi
  9. Ahmed Sunaidar
  10. Ali Alanisi
  11. Amal Kadal
  12. Fuad Alkibsi
  13. Jaber Ali Ahmed
  14. Mohammed Alharithy
  15. Mohammed Obaid Al-Qa'atabi
  16. Yahya Omer Al Yafiee
  17. Yasser Al-Ghurazy
  18. Tamna, Yemen
  19. Law enforcement in Yemen

[edit] Articles that need to be expanded

See also Category:Yemen stubs.

  1. Yemen
  2. Abdullah Al-Baradouni
  3. Ayoob Tarish
  4. History of Yemen - and related articles about the history of Yemen.
  5. Governorates of Yemen - We need a map of Yemen with the 21 governorates and some info about them.
  6. Music of Yemen
  7. Culture of Yemen
  8. Ibrahim al-Hamadi

[edit] Newly-created articles

  1. Hashid
  2. Yemenite reunification
  3. King of Yemen
  4. Bader Ben Hirsi
  5. Al-Akhdam

[edit] Templates

[edit] Project notice

{{WikiProject Yemen}}
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This article is part of WikiProject Yemen, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Yemen-related topics. If you would like to participate, you can edit this article, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of objectives.
{{User WikiProject Yemen}}
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This user is a member of WikiProject Yemen.
{{Governorates of Yemen}}
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Governorates of Yemen

Abyan - أبين | Aden - عدن | Ad Dali' - الضالع | Al Bayda' - البيضاء | Al Hudaydah - الحديدة | Al Jawf - الجوف | Al Mahrah - المهرة | Al Mahwit - المحويت | 'Amran - عمران | Dhamar - ذمار |
Hadhramaut - حضرموت | Hajjah - حجة | Ibb - إب | Lahij - لحج | Ma'rib - مأرب | Raymah - ريمه | Sa'dah - صعده | Sana'a - صنعاء | Sana'a(capital) - صنعاء | Shabwah - شبوة | Ta'izz - تعز


[edit] Userboxes

{{User Yemen History}}
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This user is interested in the history of Yemen.

[edit] Stub templates

{{Yemen-stub}}
 This Yemen-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
{{Yemen-geo-stub}}
 This article about the geography of Yemen is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
{{Yemen-bio-stub}}
 This Yemenian biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[edit] Wikipedia Categories

Wikipedia Categories should always be added to articles. They give a good oversight over the Yemeni articles, and show the correlation between the different articles. Feel free also to add new categories.

Category:Yemen

[edit] General

[edit] History

[edit] Culture

[edit] Buildings and structures

[edit] Politicis

[edit] Geography

[edit] People

[edit] Wikipedia namespace and Meta-Wiki articles on Yemen WikiProject

[edit] Related WikiProjects

[edit] Links

Yemeni community

Info about Yemen