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 three years, over 20,500 high-quality articles have been added in more than 50 language-specific Wikipedias by more than 2,000 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".

In a nutshell: Create new articles relating to Asia (people, places, culture, etc.), 3,000 bytes and 300 words minimum, with sources, through the duration of the event (November through December 7). Lists do not qualify.

• The article is newly created by you (i.e. not expanding stubs) between November 1, 2019 0:00 and December 7, 2019 23:59 (UTC).
  • The event has been extended one week past the end of November in consideration of a week-long internet block in Iran.
• 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 WAM postcard 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.

• We are partnering with WikiProject Women in Red to encourage the creation of articles on notable Asian women. Visit their event guide for more information and lists of articles to create.

You can sign up any time through the end of the event (December 7).

Contributed to the English Wikipedia for Asian Month? Submit your contributions through 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.

• SuperHamster
• Narutolovehinata5

• WAM 2015
• WAM 2016
• WAM 2017
• WAM 2018