Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethiopia

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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Ethiopia. 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 would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there. See especially the list of resources to get you started.

Gold coin of King Aphilas of Aksum.

Interior Paintings at the Church of Debre Birhan Selasie

Glass goblets excavated from a grave in Axum are believed to come from Syria about the time of Christ

10th Century Ethiopian Bible at St. Mary's of Zion

[edit] Title

WikiProject on Ethiopia

Use the following template to mark pages to be included in this project (note, the template is for the top of the talk page - the link below is to the template page):

{{WikiProject Ethiopia}}

which will return this:

	This article is part of WikiProject Ethiopia, an attempt to co-ordinate articles related to Ethiopia. If you would like to participate, you can edit this article, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
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Also, for your user page, you might want to add {{User WikiProject Ethiopia}} to your userboxes, which returns the following (feel free to edit it if you can make the colors work better):

This user is a member of
WikiProject Ethiopia.

[edit] Scope

To counter Wikipedia systemic bias through the creation of Articles relating to Ethiopia and its people. This project will better organizing the creation and format of Ethiopia-related articles.

[edit] Participants

Participation in WikiProject Ethiopia is not limited to anyone; it's open to all editors who want to contribute to Ethiopian-related topics. Please add your name to the list of participants below using {{user|username}} to join the project. If you don't have a Wikipedia account yet, you can sign up here.

Participants:

ሀላካሕ contribs • Talk 04:05, 12 December 2006 (UTC) Working on History, food, nature and music.
ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk 04:05, 30 May 2006 (UTC) Will mainly be working on History articles and history subsets of pages.
ፈቃደ (ውይይት) 00:13, 3 June 2006 (UTC) will do what I can when I get a chance!
Jidan Ethopia's or Habisha history and culture is very much connected with that of Yemen. You can't understand one without understanding the other. I newly created Wikiproject Yemen, and everybody is welcome to join there. I will help here as much as I can. Jidan 04:31, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
llywrch 05:34, 4 June 2006 (UTC) -- I guess we're getting organized now.
Badagnani 09:26, 4 June 2006 (UTC) -- I will help with music, both traditional and modern. Badagnani 09:26, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
gidonb 11:57, 4 June 2006 (UTC) Geography of Ethiopia, including human geography. Started working on the main article with Yom.
MikeG 19:23, 4 June 2006 (UTC) -- I'll work on what I know best, languages. And maybe help Badagnani with modern music.
Gyrofrog (talk) 12:30, 14 June 2006 (UTC) Happy to help out when I can (less often these days). I do keep a lot of these articles on my watchlist.
Elfalem - I'll do what I can.
Yhever -- languages.
George the Hippy Topics related to Rastafari, Haile Selassie I and Amharic verbs
Szvest 10:51, 19 June 2006 (UTC) ^{Wiki me up} -- Help with admin tasks.
Golbez - I made the maps of the regions, so if any new maps need to be made, or thematic maps or whatever, come to me.
Ldingley- I will start contributing articles for the study of Ethiopian history (Akhsum, Gondar, etc) and religion.
Cluckbang- I will work more on the ancient history and regarding Ethiopia's relations with Southern Arabia-Ancient Yemen article. I have already started a Habesha article, and everyone is welcomed to edit
Simfan3416:03, 31 August 2006 (UTC)-Being half Ethiopian, I'll help.
Tiqur Anbessa 14:17, 16 September 2006 (UTC) I'll try to help wherever I can!
buddhagazelle 25 Sept, 2006
Ebelular - I don't know much, I'm Irish but spent 3 weeks in Ethiopia doing charity work. I love the idea of wikipedia, and am willing to help however I can.

[edit] Structure

Sub-sections:

/History

A lot of overlap; includes Kings, Dynasties, History of church, Literature, provinces, etc.

/Geography

Regions, Woredas, Cities, lakes, Mountains, ecology, etc.; some overlap w/History regarding pre-1994 provinces.

/Linguistics

See /Transliteration for transliteration issues; Can include languages in Eritrea out of simplicity, but see Wikipedia:WikiProject Eritrea for more specific discussion on Eritrean languages.

/Culture

Includes music, food, dress, traditions, ethnicity; some overlaps with history (religion, literature, etc.)

[edit] Hierarchy definition

No classification of this project has been defined.

[edit] Goals

To bring up every /Key article to Good, and then Featured article status.
To create a /Transliteration system to be used for all articles concerning Ethiopia (and Eritrea) and a common way of adding the Ge'ez script version (when applicable) and transliteration to an article.

[edit] Projects

Improve Key articles:
1. Ethiopia (obviously)
2. Languages of Ethiopia (expand to more than a list - i.e. add some text)
3. People of Ethiopia (i.e. description of ethnicities & ethnic interactions over the centuries - also some genetics and origins discussion)
4. Geography of Ethiopia (already substantial - some copy-editing can get it to GA or even FA)
5. Politics of Ethiopia (can discuss historically, from Fetha Negest (also an important and potential GA) to 1931 constitution, centralization, issues w/ feudalism & land reform, up to ethnic federalism today - a lot to talk about)
6. History of Ethiopia (needs to be trimmed down and made into a more flowing narrative - Solomonic, Gondarine & modern sections need some expansion).
7. Kingdom of Aksum (section into history, archaeology, architecture, culture, etc. & expand a lot)
8. Invasion of Ahmed Gragn
9. Ethiopian Civil War (late 1970s-1994)
10. 1984 - 1985 famine in Ethiopia
11. Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
12. Amharic language (+images and expand grammar)
13. Tigrinya language (+images split off grammar section and summarize)
14. Oromo migrations (I've created a skeleton at User:Yom/Oromo migrations to be filled soon)
15. Battle of Adowa (a lot of background & specific military data to be incorporated);
Less important ones:
1. Zagwe dynasty
2. Sabaean invasion hypothesis (theory?)
3. Zemene Mesafint – split from History of Ethiopia, copy-edit & expand
4. Solomonic dynasty
5. Environmental issues in Ethiopia

[edit] Tasks

*More Urgent* - we need to develop a page Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Ethiopia-related articles) to address all the various conventions in Ethiopian names, father's names, titles, etc., in the manner of Wikipedia:Manual of Style (China-related articles), Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Indic-related articles), Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Ireland-related articles), Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Islam-related articles), Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles), and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Korea-related articles)

You're right Feqade/Codex. Please make the appropriate subsection when you can (I'll try to get to it if not) so that we can begin discussion. — ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk • E 06:43, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I had a spare moment, so I created the page, borrowing from some of the suggestions above. Feel free to edit the stuffings out of it. -- llywrch 18:42, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Wow that is an excellent start! Great job Llyw! ፈቃደ (ውይይት) 18:55, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

An article on (and template for) all notable Churches (Here's a list of all beginning with "Debre" in Ethiopia and Eritrea from the Encyclopaedia Aethiopica - using newly adopted translit, except for standardized "Sellasie")
1. Dayr as-Sultan (also Debre Silṭan - in Jerusalem)
2. Debre Abbay
3. Debre Abrentant
4. Debre Amin Tekle Haymanot
5. Debre Asebot
6. Debre Beggi`
7. Debre Bahriy
8. Debre Birhan Selassie
9. Debre Birhan Selassie (Adwa)
10. Debre Biśrat
11. Debre Bitsu`a Amlak (i.e. Biṣu`a; aka Kodadu)
12. Debre Bizen
13. Debre Daga Istifanos (aka Daga Istifanos; not Debre Hayq Istifanos)
14. Debre Damo
15. Debre Dihuhan (i.e. Diḫuḫan)
16. Debre Dimah (i.e. Dimaḥ)
17. Debre Indriyas
18. Debre Gennet Elyas
19. Debre Halléluya
20. Debre Hayl Qiddus Ragu'el
21. Debre Hayq Istifanos (aka Debre Hayq or Debre Negʷedgʷad)
22. Debre Kol
23. Debre Libanos (originally Debre Asbo - renamed by Zara Yaqob)
24. Debre Libanos of Akkele Guzay (occasionally Debre Werq, not to be confused with another in Gojjam)
25. Debre Me`ar
26. Debre Marqos
27. Debre Maryam of Gojjam
28. Debre Maryam of Seraye
29. Debre Mawi' (aka Debre Mawi' Maryam)
30. Debre Miśwa` (undiscovered, only mentioned in Chronicle of Eskender)
31. Debre Mitmaq Maryam (i.e. Miṭmaḳ)
32. Debre Negʷedgʷad (in Medieval Amhara province, not Hayq)
33. Debre Ṣ́ehay Qʷisqʷam
34. Debre Selam Mika'el
35. Debre San (originally probably Debsan)
36. Debre Ṣigé (in Seraye)
37. Debre Ṣigé Qiddus Ura'el
38. Debre Ṣiyon (multiple churches)
39. Debre Sina of Eritrea (near Keren)
40. Debre Sina of Gojjam (not to be confused with an island in Lake Zway)
41. Debre Te'amina
42. Debre Tillul (i.e. Ṭillūl)
43. Debre Werq
44. Gunde Gundé (Debre Garzen)
45. add church here
An article on (and template for) all notable Monasteries.
1. Debre Siltan (or Debre SilTan to show t.)/Dayr es-Sultan
2. add monastery here
Expand historical provinces
1. Dembiya
2. Begemder
3. Lasta
4. Wag (province)
5. Tigray province
6. Shewa
7. Wollo
8. Arsi
9. Bale (i.e. include info for kingdom)
10. Hadiya (another kingdom incorp. under Amda Seyon I)
11. Dawaro
12. Fätägar
13. Ifat
14. Adal
15. Menz (northern Shewa)
16. Add new province here.

[edit] Adopt an article

Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.

User:Yom/Oromo migrations — ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk 19:48, 31 May 2006 (UTC) Already begun at a subset of my user page.
D`mt — ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk 19:48, 31 May 2006 (UTC) Have some interesting information to add from Encyclopaedia Aethiopica and Annales d'Éthiopie.
~~GDRT — ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk 13:39, 5 June 2006 (UTC) Might as well. Perhaps it's possible to get up to GA despite the lack of info?~~ ~~Little more to do (maybe some copyediting, and alliances on map).~~ Now GA status :).
Axum coinage — ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk 05:37, 9 June 2006 (UTC) another might as well. I think I can get it up to FA status, but copy-edits and image finding would be very appreciated.
Battle of Adowa - llywrch 22:15, 11 June 2006 (UTC) Obviously a key article for Ethiopia, & perhaps the best known battle fought on Ethiopian soil.
Amda Seyon I — ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk 20:41, 23 June 2006 (UTC) I have some info from the Encylopaedia Aethiopica, Bordelands, and Ethiopian Royal Chronicles to add. If I can find some images, it's another one of those articles with enough info to get to FA.
Transport in Ethiopia have some experience and will look up information. gidonb 18:05, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] General strategy and discussion forums

/General
/Strategy

[edit] Other subpages

Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Ethiopia-related articles)

[edit] Templates

Template:Cities of Ethiopia - done

[edit] Infoboxes

Needed:

{{Zones of Ethiopia}}
{{Regions of Ethiopia}}
{{Cities of Ethiopia}}
{{Former Provinces of Ethiopia}}
{{Monasteries of Ethiopia}}
{{Churches of Ethiopia}}
{{Lakes of Ethiopia}}

[edit] Stub templates

[edit] Other templates

{{History of Ethiopia}}

[edit] Categories

Note: There are numerous repetitions; the categories will have to be resorted.

[edit] Lists

[edit] Articles

[edit] Wikipedia articles on Ethiopia

Ethiopia, of course. Too many to list, however. Check Category:Ethiopia.

[edit] New Wikipedia articles related to Ethiopia

Please feel free to list your new Ethiopia-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYK has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article.

A start:

Add new article here
Robert Hetzron
Edward Ullendorff
Arboye
Jeju (woreda)
Onesimos Nesib - featured in DYK 16 July 2006
Book of Aksum
Bahrey
Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus
National Archives of Ethiopia
National Library of Ethiopia
Dallol, Ethiopia - a real hot spot
Ethiopian Red Cross Society
Ethiopian Legal Information Website
Ethiopian Telecommunication Agency
Walta Information Center
Ethiopian News Agency
Woreda
GRMT
Dar'a
Menz
Afawarq Gabra Iyasus
Mengistu Lemma

[edit] Did you know?

Onesimos Nesib

Featured articles

Good articles

Ethiopia articles		Importance
Ethiopia articles		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Class
	FA
	A	1		1			2
	GA		2	3	2		7
	B	16	33	19	2		70
	Start	3	62	181	101	3	350
	Stub	2	26	161	459	26	674
	Unassessed					56	56
	Total	22	123	365	564	85	1159

[edit] Requests

Tomorrow, August 18, is Buhe in Ethiopia. Is there anyone interested in seeing this holiday on MainPage ? Please expand the article. Thanks. -- PFHLai 19:20, 17 August 2006 (UTC)