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Purpose: WikiProject Syria (or WP:SY for short) is a forum for Wikipedia editors interested in improving and maintaining articles related to Syria, with a primary focus on the history and achievements of Syrian societies.

Issues for discussion on this forum: identifying articles and topics in the scope of this project, discussing ways to improve article standards, coordinating collaborations and article improvement efforts, developing standards and guidelines designed to achieve consistency between related articles, rating articles by appropriate standards and classes and organizing the articles by suitable categories and links.

Project structure: The WikiProject's main page includes the following elements:

  • An introduction to the project's scope, its goals, and its subject area
  • A list of the members and participants of the project
  • An assessment of the current status of the articles within the scope of the project
  • A catalog of all the templates and categories related to Syria and its WikiProject
Map of Syria
Map of Syria

Syria is a majority Arabic-speaking country in the Middle East, bordering Lebanon to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north. Syrian was a member of the Arab League from creation to 2011. Prior to the 2011-present Syrian Civil War, the country had a population of over 18 million, divded into fourteen governorates; By 2020, the population is estimated at just over 19 million citizens, though millions of those are being refugees abroad. Syrian Arab Republic traces its name to the Roman province of Syria. Under Arab rule, it largely became known as Bilad al-Sham province. Syria's capital city, Damascus, was the seat of the Umayyad Empire and a provincial capital of the Mamluk Empire. Historically, the region of Syria has often included the territories of Lebanon, Palestine, parts of Turkey and Jordan, but excluded the Jazira region in the north-east of the modern Syrian state. The modern state of Syria was formed during the period of the French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon and attained independence from the French mandate of Syria in 1946.

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The main goals of this WikiProject are to:

  • Improve and maintain Syria-related articles: fact and prose checking, expanding and ensuring currency of information, providing reliable citations and references, maintaining a NPOV, bringing more selected articles up to Featured article or Good article status;
  • Expand Wikipedia's coverage of Syria-related topics: check for completeness of articles, start new articles, expand entries on neglected subjects;
  • Maintaining consistency in article organization: maintaining a similar structure, coverage and presentation across articles, maintaining categories and links;
  • Develop tools and resources for others to use in article production: templates, categories, infoboxes, diagrams, base maps, useful and commonly used references;
  • Coordinating collaborations: between editors to establish priorities and avoid duplication of effort, gaining consensus on disputed issues.
  • Develop the subject's site map: the Outline of Syria is intended to map out Wikipedia's coverage of Syria, providing a convenient navigation aid to visiting the many articles about Syria, by providing links to those articles or the lists which include them. This navigation system is useful to both readers and editors. It helps readers see what is available, and it helps editors see the gaps that need to be filled and identify problems in existing articles. (And by using "Related changes", it serves as an extensive watchlist).

The scope of this WikiProject includes Syrian-related articles, lists, categories, and templates.

Items within this scope can be grouped under the following high-level topics or themes:

  • Syrian Geography – regions, locations, natural history, environment, vegetable and mineral resources, climate, hydrology, geology
  • Syrian Archeology – chronologies, structures, monuments, pottery and other artifacts
  • Syrian History – by time periods, by civilization, of events, of individuals, historical documents
  • Syrian Cultures and Civilizations – descriptions of the peoples and their locations, histories, polities, interactions, accomplishments, society, beliefs, influences, continuity of heritage to the preset day
  • Syrian Languages – languages related to Syria, their phonology, typology, grammar etc.
  • Syrian Society – cultural practices, polities and governance, social structures and order, commerce and trade, education, warfare, costume and dress, gender roles, population trends
  • Syrian People – biographies of notable personages, rulers, roles and titles, (includes also notable non-Syrian figures related to Syria)
  • Syrian Arts – visual arts and decorative styles, iconography, media, cross-cultural influences, music, dance
  • Syrian Mythology and Religion – religions, beliefs, philosophies, mythologies, rituals and ceremonies
  • Projects with related or overlapping scope include: Wikipedia:WikiProject Arab world, Wikipedia:WikiProject Assyria, Wikipedia:WikiProject Ancient Near East.
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WP:SY article rating and assessment scheme
(NB: Listing, Log & Stats are updated on a daily basis by a bot)
Current detailed listing of Syria articles by quality
Daily log of status changes
Current Statistics
Syria articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 1 3 10 17 31
A 1 4 5
GA 1 7 32 40 80
B 18 63 117 201 41 440
C 24 89 208 600 102 1,023
Start 17 69 430 2,004 184 2,704
Stub 23 246 3,484 203 3,956
List 2 13 64 137 8 224
Category 4,059 4,059
Disambig 19 19
File 32 32
Portal 2 2
Project 13 13
Redirect 1 2 26 170 305 504
Template 286 286
NA 2 2
Other 3 29 32
Assessed 64 269 1,134 6,660 4,747 538 13,412
Unassessed 1 68 69
Total 64 269 1,134 6,661 4,747 606 13,481
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 42,833 Ω = 5.20

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Members

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Active members

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To join WikiProject Syria, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

  1. Meno25 (talk · contribs) March 23, 2007
  2. Aziz1005 (talk · contribs) March 23, 2007
  3. Darwinek (talk · contribs) March 25, 2007
  4. Kintetsubuffalo (talk · contribs) March 25, 2007
  5. Disdero (talk · contribs) March 31, 2007
  6. Al Ameer son (talk · contribs)
  7. Spencer (talk · contribs) 3 March, 2009
  8. Mikhailov Kusserow (talk · contribs) 20 July 2010
  9. Terrortank (talk · contribs) 11:41, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Fitzcarmalan (talk · contribs) 8 October 2013
  11. Attar-Aram syria (talk · contribs) 13 October 2014
  12. Tacoblimpfan (talk · contribs) 16 February 2016
  13. SyrianLion (talk · contribs) 27 December 2016
  14. Serafart (talk · contribs) 00:57, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Greek Hades (talk · contribs) - 16 February 2018
  16. Jadd Haidar (talk) 08:04, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Pokerplayer513 (talk) 08:39, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Max Pigeon (talk) 11:53, 4 October 2019 (EST)
  19. Sm8900 (talk · contribs) 22:30:14, 11 December 2019 (UTC) [reply]
  20. Loesjecampo (talk · contribs) 12 May 2020
  21. Greyshark09 (talk · contribs) 07:34:33, 14 August 2020 (UTC) [reply]
  22. Calochortus nuttallii (talk · contribs) 27 September 2021
  23. Thea Ghabra (talk · contribs) 23 November 2021
  24. Suii Guy (talk · contribs) 08 December 2024
  25. Algirr (talk · contribs) 02:37:08, 29 March 2025 (UTC) [reply]

Members by specialty

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  1. Meno25 (talk · contribs)
  2. Aziz1005 (talk · contribs)-focusing on notable biographies,photography.
  3. Darwinek (talk · contribs) - geography, maintenance
  4. Kintetsubuffalo (talk · contribs) - Syrian Scouting
  5. Disdero (talk · contribs)
  6. Al Ameer son (talk · contribs) - Damascus, villages, and mosques
  7. Crtew (talk · contribs) - Journalism and mass communications
  8. Terrortank (talk · contribs) - Syrian civil war, Syrian cities and towns
  9. Fitzcarmalan (talk · contribs) - Syrian culture, history and civil war.
  10. Attar-Aram syria (talk · contribs) - Syrian history
  11. MrPenguin20 (talk · contribs) - Contribution to the Syrian Civil War
  12. Bulbajer (talk · contribs) - Contribution to the Syrian Civil War
  13. SyrianLion (talk · contribs) - Syrian foreign relation and policies, Syrian War, Syrian businesses and technology
  14. Editor abcdef (talk · contribs) - Syrian Civil War
  15. Sheldybett (talk · contribs) - Syrian Civial War
  16. Sm8900 (talk · contribs) 22:30:40, 11 December 2019 (UTC)  updating latest information on Syrian Civil War[reply]
  17. Loesjecampo (talk · contribs) 11:52:21, 12 May 2020 (UTC)  Kurds in the Syrian civil war[reply]
  18. Ronaldthez (talk · contribs) 10:17:22, 21 January 2021 (UTC)  Syrian history and heritage[reply]
  19. Calochortus nuttallii (talk · contribs) - Justice, accountability, and documentation in the Syrian conflict.
  20. Geopony (talk · contribs) 23:48:33, 5 May 2022 (UTC)  - Syrian military, media and business and civil war[reply]
  21. Algirr (talk · contribs) 02:37:08, 29 March 2025 (UTC)  - Syrian army, Ba'athist era and civil war[reply]
  22. Cltr (talk · contribs)

Former members

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Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

  1. Buaidh (talk · contribs) 03:21:45, 14 May 2019 (UTC) [reply]
  2. Freedoxm (talk · contribs) - 15 March 2025  

Member identification

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Members of WikiProject Syria should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Syria participants.

Wikitext userbox where used
[[Category:WikiProject Syria participants]] none linked pages
{{Template:User WikiProject Syria}}
This user is a participant in WikiProject Syria.


 linked pages
{{Template:User WP Syria}}
This user participates in
WikiProject Syria.
 linked pages
{{Template:User WP Syria|invite}}
This user invites you to join
WikiProject Syria.
 linked pages

For other Syria user templates, see Category:Syria user templates.

Areas of interest/expertise...
Templates relevant to this Project (see also this category listing)
Template link Type What it's for / Where it goes Syntax / parameters / actions
Article templates (content related)
{{Syria-stub}} Stub purpose: identifies stubs relating to Syria
placement: at the bottom of Syrian stub articles. 		action: automatically assigns to Category:Syria stubs
{{Syria-geo-stub}} Stub purpose: identifies stubs relating to the geography of Syria
placement: at the bottom of Syrian geographical stub articles. 		action: automatically assigns to Category:Syria geography stubs
{{Syria-bio-stub}} Stub purpose: identifies stubs of the biographies of notable Syrian personages
placement: at the bottom of Syrian biographical stub articles. 		action: automatically assigns to Category:Syrian people stubs
{{Syria-sport-stub}} Stub purpose: identifies stubs relating to the sport of Syria
placement: at the bottom of Syrian sport stub articles. 		action: automatically assigns to Category:Syrian sport stubs
{{Syria-hist-stub}} Stub purpose: identifies stubs relating to the history of Syria
placement: at the bottom of Syrian history stub articles. 		action: automatically assigns to Category:Syria stubs
{{Syria-film-stub}} Stub purpose: identifies stubs relating to a Syrian film
placement: at the bottom of Syrian cinema stub articles. 		action: automatically assigns to Category:Syria stubs
Meta-templates (not content related)
{{WP Syria}} Banner purpose: Project banner template; identifies in-scope articles, alerts other editors to this WikiProject. Also used for recording article assessments per the rating scheme via its parameters, there are other flags as well.

placement: On the talk page of relevant articles, at the top.

syntax:
{{WP Syria |class= |importance= }}

parameters: see Instructions for details.
action: automatically assigns to Category:WikiProject Syria articles, and other cats depending on the parameters assigned.

{{User WP Syria}} Userbox purpose: identifies project participants
placement: somewhere in your user space 		action: automatically assigns to Category:WikiProject Syria participants
{{WPSY-Invitation}} Template purpose: to invite users to the Project
placement: user's talk page 		actions: creates an invitation message
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Syrian Barnstar of National Merit {{Syrian Barnstar of National Merit|message - ~~~~}} - for any extraordinary contribution(s) to Syria-related topics.

Syrian Hawk of National Merit
Syrian Hawk of National Merit
{{Syrian Hawk of National Merit|message - ~~~~}} - for extensive contributions to upgrading Syrian contents to GA and FA status on Wikipedia.

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

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Categories for discussion

Redirects for discussion

Good article nominees

Requests for comments

Peer reviews

Requested moves

Articles to be merged

Articles to be split

Articles for creation

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.



Tools

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Main tool page: toolserver.org
  • Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
  • Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
  • Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
  • Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.